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Billie Eilish is opening up about her Survivor 50 Boomerang Idol, and her comments are adding a fresh layer of intrigue to the season. The Grammy-winning singer discussed the hidden immunity idol during the latest episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast on Tuesday, May 5.
The Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol was introduced early in Survivor 50, and its rules are just as unusual as its name suggests. Whoever finds it has to pass it to another player, and it only returns to them if that player is voted out while still holding it. So far, Genevieve Mushaluk from Survivor 47 has found two of the idols and sent them to Ozzy Lusth and Rizo Velovic. Christian Hubicki found the third and passed it to Aubry Bracco. At the time of publication, Aubry is the only contestant who has used her idol.
Poehler asked Eilish to break down the idol on Good Hang. The singer gave a small eye-roll before explaining, “It’s a Billie Eilish idol, so basically I wrote a letter to the contestants being like, ‘Here’s your secret idol.’”
Poehler then wanted to know what draws Eilish to the reality competition series so strongly.
“I love imagining that I could one day do it, but I’m so bad with like… the math part of the problems are the things that I couldn’t do. I feel that I could do the physical stuff. I mean, I say that, which who knows ’cause it’s so hard seeming.”
Eilish is one of four celebrity “cameos” on Survivor 50. Host Jeff Probst has said the celebrities are all Survivor superfans who wanted to be part of the milestone season, which is built around the theme “In the Hands of the Fans.” The celebrity participants came up with the ideas for their own appearances.
Eilish’s idol and letter appeared early in the season, but she has not shown up on the series herself. Country singer Zac Brown appeared as a guest star in a reward challenge. Jimmy Fallon, like Eilish, introduced his One in the Urn twist through a letter, and that twist led to Christian’s elimination before he later appeared on The Tonight Show to receive an apology from Fallon.
Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson appeared in Episode 10 during the auction and tribal council. He created the MrBeast Super Beware Advantage, which centered on a coin toss with Rick Devens. After winning the toss, he secured immunity from that tribal council, a hidden immunity idol, and a $2 million grand prize for the Sole Survivor in the finale.
Survivor 50, Wednesdays, 8/7c, CBS
