'Survivor' finale has historic and controversial ending — and fans are fuming

Nick Paschal
·Supervising Producer, Yahoo Entertainment
Updated

The Survivor: Edge of Extinction finale was a wild ride Wednesday night, and fans were left with mixed emotions. A grueling 27 nights after being voted out, Chris won his way back into the game from the Edge of Extinction. He survived a couple of tribal councils with some help from hidden immunity idols, and then won the final immunity challenge. With his spot in the final three secured, Chris then did something nobody saw coming: gave his immunity necklace away so he could go against Rick Devens in a fire-making challenge.

It was a bold move and the first time anyone has given up their immunity to compete in the fire-making contest. Devens had been dominating the game, and was the clear favorite to win — that is, until Chris took him out. With Devens out of the way, and Chris's bold move fresh in the minds of the jurors, all that was left was for Jeff Probst to read the votes.

Chris took home the $1 million prize and became the first contestant to win after being voted out of the game. But fans were upset that Chris won after spending most of the show on the Edge of Extinction.

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