Rob Cesternino was on CBS Mornings Monday discussing the S50 finale. I thought it was a great segment and loved that he gave predictions for
the rest of the game. He thinks Tiff will be out at F5, Jonathan at F4,
and that Aubry will win the game. I had to laugh when Gayle King said a
lot of people have said to her the coin toss for $2 million was rigged!
https://x.com/CBSMornings/status/2056386831185240460
On 5/19/2026 2:35 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
Rob Cesternino was on CBS Mornings Monday discussing the S50 finale. I
thought it was a great segment and loved that he gave predictions for
the rest of the game. He thinks Tiff will be out at F5, Jonathan at
F4, and that Aubry will win the game. I had to laugh when Gayle King
said a lot of people have said to her the coin toss for $2 million was
rigged!
https://x.com/CBSMornings/status/2056386831185240460
I definitely initially thought the coin toss was rigged, but as Rob
pointed out, the show has a long history of being aboveboard in the way
it does things, and he also mentioned the role of Standards and
Practices.-a If the only issue was doubling the first place award, then sure, the coin toss could have been faked, but it also kept Rick Devens
in the game and with an idol, so no that had to be legit.
Something I have been wondering is if all the speculation about Aubry is
now affecting our judgement in picking a winner.-a Clearly, the edit and
the betting patterns are pointing to her, but just based on who the remaining players are and what we know about their alliances etc., is it that clear that she would win against, say, Rizo and Joe?-a Only thing I
can think of is she either gives a whiz bang speech to the jury (which
is quite possible) or Rizo flames out (literally perhaps) and doesn't
even get to F3 or gives a terrible speech, which are also quite
possible.-a I have no doubt Aubry would likely shellac Jonathan and Joe
if that's who she ends up against
On 5/19/2026 8:17 AM, Rick wrote:
On 5/19/2026 2:35 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
Rob Cesternino was on CBS Mornings Monday discussing the S50 finale.
I thought it was a great segment and loved that he gave predictions
for the rest of the game. He thinks Tiff will be out at F5, Jonathan
at F4, and that Aubry will win the game. I had to laugh when Gayle
King said a lot of people have said to her the coin toss for $2
million was rigged!
https://x.com/CBSMornings/status/2056386831185240460
I definitely initially thought the coin toss was rigged, but as Rob
pointed out, the show has a long history of being aboveboard in the
way it does things, and he also mentioned the role of Standards and
Practices.-a If the only issue was doubling the first place award, then
sure, the coin toss could have been faked, but it also kept Rick
Devens in the game and with an idol, so no that had to be legit.
The two seasons of Beast Games also had a coin toss. It would be
interesting to see if anyone has ever "failed" on the coin toss.
Something I have been wondering is if all the speculation about Aubry
is now affecting our judgement in picking a winner.-a Clearly, the edit
and the betting patterns are pointing to her, but just based on who
the remaining players are and what we know about their alliances etc.,
is it that clear that she would win against, say, Rizo and Joe?-a Only
thing I can think of is she either gives a whiz bang speech to the
jury (which is quite possible) or Rizo flames out (literally perhaps)
and doesn't even get to F3 or gives a terrible speech, which are also
quite possible.-a I have no doubt Aubry would likely shellac Jonathan
and Joe if that's who she ends up against
There are still a few things that could influence who goes out at F5:
Ozzy's old idol and a possible advantage challenge. If Tiff doesn't have immunity at F5 then I'm pretty sure she's gone. I still think Rizo's
going to get get screwed over at F4 but who knows.
If F3 is Aubry, Joe, and Jonathan then she'll win easily. If F3 is
Aubry, Tiff, and Rizo I can see Aubry winning thanks to split votes. If Rob's prediction is correct, I can see Ozzy and Cirie determining who
wins. It might come down to Rizo not having a known past biting him in
the butt.
On 5/19/2026 4:51 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 5/19/2026 8:17 AM, Rick wrote:
On 5/19/2026 2:35 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
Rob Cesternino was on CBS Mornings Monday discussing the S50 finale.
I thought it was a great segment and loved that he gave predictions
for the rest of the game. He thinks Tiff will be out at F5, Jonathan
at F4, and that Aubry will win the game. I had to laugh when Gayle
King said a lot of people have said to her the coin toss for $2
million was rigged!
https://x.com/CBSMornings/status/2056386831185240460
I definitely initially thought the coin toss was rigged, but as Rob
pointed out, the show has a long history of being aboveboard in the
way it does things, and he also mentioned the role of Standards and
Practices.-a If the only issue was doubling the first place award,
then sure, the coin toss could have been faked, but it also kept Rick
Devens in the game and with an idol, so no that had to be legit.
The two seasons of Beast Games also had a coin toss. It would be
interesting to see if anyone has ever "failed" on the coin toss.
Something I have been wondering is if all the speculation about Aubry
is now affecting our judgement in picking a winner.-a Clearly, the
edit and the betting patterns are pointing to her, but just based on
who the remaining players are and what we know about their alliances
etc., is it that clear that she would win against, say, Rizo and
Joe?-a Only thing I can think of is she either gives a whiz bang
speech to the jury (which is quite possible) or Rizo flames out
(literally perhaps) and doesn't even get to F3 or gives a terrible
speech, which are also quite possible.-a I have no doubt Aubry would
likely shellac Jonathan and Joe if that's who she ends up against
There are still a few things that could influence who goes out at F5:
Ozzy's old idol and a possible advantage challenge. If Tiff doesn't
have immunity at F5 then I'm pretty sure she's gone. I still think
Rizo's going to get get screwed over at F4 but who knows.
If F3 is Aubry, Joe, and Jonathan then she'll win easily. If F3 is
Aubry, Tiff, and Rizo I can see Aubry winning thanks to split votes.
If Rob's prediction is correct, I can see Ozzy and Cirie determining
who wins. It might come down to Rizo not having a known past biting
him in the butt.
It also could come down to Rizo making a terrible, self-centered final speech, where he goes on and on about being Riz God and how great he is
and hamming it up the way he does, and Aubry gives a tearful speech
about overcoming her loss to Michele and doing it for her little boy,
etc., and maybe that makes the difference.
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