
Rizo Velovic
The young idol-hoarding schemer who clawed deep into two straight seasons and hit the same wall of fire both times.
Known for
Rizo came out of Survivor 49 looking like a strategist from the start, sitting in Uli's majority and spinning up his own alliance. The merge flipped him to the bottom with Savannah Louie and Sophi Balerdi, but his idol worked as a shield, and the trio slowly pried control away from the majority. When Sophi won the final immunity, Rizo had to make fire against Savannah, and she beat him.
He was back for In the Hands of the Fans only weeks later. After the swap he teamed with Cirie Fields and took down his rival Charlie Davis, then rode a post-merge trio with Cirie and Ozzy Lusth that dictated vote after vote. At the final eight he blindsided Ozzy for leaking his whole end-game plan to the trio's target, Aubry Bracco, and later cut Cirie loose as a threat nobody could beat. An idol clutched to the end got him to the final four again, where Jonathan Young beat him at fire.
Background: Survivor Wiki
Season by season

4Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fansage 25, Yonkers, New York4th of 24 · 25 days · jurySurvivor 50 profile, moments and fantasy scores →
Photos and logos: CBS
Where they rank
- 34thMost times on the jury2 juries
Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.
Sources (4)
- “Survivor 49,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_49.
- “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_50:_In_the_Hands_of_the_Fans.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Rizo Velovic,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Rizo_Velovic.

