Fan Favorite 'Survivor' Contestant Makes Hilarious Offer for Season 50

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Fan Favorite 'Survivor' Contestant Makes Hilarious Offer for Season 50 originally appeared on Parade.

Liz Wilcox wanted to appear on Survivor 50 - but not as a contestant.

The Survivor 46 contestant shared on The Survivor 50 Files, which is a part of the Rob Has a Podcast podcast network, that she auditioned to return to Fiji as a waitress for the classic Applebee's reward.

"I made, like, a 45-second video, and I was like, 'Hello, my name is Liz Wilcox, I was on Season 46 of Survivor,'" she said. "I'm now known for being this Applebee's queen, Applebee's mascot. I am applying for the position of Applebee's waitress for that reward on Season 50.'"

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Wilcox earned the title of "Applebee's queen" during the 10th episode of her season, when she had an epic meltdown after fellow contestant, Q Burdette, did not select her to participate in the reward.

Wilcox, who suffers from several food allergies, struggled with the survival aspect of the game as she couldn't eat much of the food on the island. She also happens to be fan of Applebee's, and as she explained during the episode, her go-to order is their bourbon burger — the exact meal the reward offered.

After Burdette decided not to include Wilcox, she began to cry. Host Jeff Probst asked her to share how she was feeling. Through tears, she yelled, "I'm pissed."

"Q, you almost blew up my whole game," she screamed. "You overshadowed everything I was trying to do and I said, 'It's cool.' I didn’t say nothing. I don’t even want to be around you."

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"Thank y'all for letting me have that," she told her castmates after calming down. "I feel better. I just exploded. I'm sorry, back to your regularly scheduled program. I haven't eaten since the merge. I have had zero calories since the merge. I don't even think I screamed that hard during my divorce."

Two years after the iconic moment was filmed, Wilcox can now look back on it and laugh. She likened the video to a Survivor audition tape that castaways make, but Wilcox said she never heard back from CBS.

The idea to return for the reward in Season 50, an all-returnees season titled In the Hands of the Fans, came to her while she was going for a run. Wilcox previously placed 4th on Survivor 46.

Fan Favorite 'Survivor' Contestant Makes Hilarious Offer for Season 50 first appeared on Parade on Jul 9, 2025

This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 9, 2025, where it first appeared.