Survivor fans get ready, because the season 47 finale is going to look a little different this year. Survivor 47’s finale will be split into two parts running for two hours each, Us Weekly can confirm. Part one will air on Wednesday, December 11, at 8 p.
m. The second part will follow one week later on December 18 at the same time. Entertainment Weekly was the first to break the news.
While no extra details about what the finale will entail were released, fans can assume the typical course of action will commence including the reading of the votes and the aftershow. The addition of the two-part finale will make season 47 run for 14 weeks instead of its traditional 13. Like all seasons in the new era (since Survivor 41 ), the format has included Jeff Probst reading the jury’s votes and crowning the latest Sole Survivor directly from Fiji.
Survivor previously did a live reunion show where the votes were read in front of a studio audience but have not done so since season 39. ( Survivor: Winners At War had their reunion over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) Typically, the Survivor finale runs for about three hours.
However, the show has expanded from one hour to 90 minutes in the regular season for Survivor 45, due to the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. While the strikes ended that same year, Survivor has continued with the new format occasionally throwing in two-hour episodes throughout the season. The new finale format isn’t the only change Survivor has made this seaso.