Sia has donated a complete of $130,000 (£105,000) to her three favorite contestants from the forty fourth season of Survivor.
After the season finale aired on Wednesday night time, the Low-cost Thrills singer introduced that she would proceed her custom of giving out the Sia Award. For the reason that present’s thirty third season, Sia has awarded money to her favorite contestants.
This yr, the singer provided $15,000 (£12,000) to fourth-place contestant Carson Garrett, $15,000 (£12,000) to fifth-place contestant Lauren Harpe, and $100,000 (£81,000) to third-place contestant Carolyn Wiger.
“I wished to let you know that you just’re superior, and I actually felt the battle for you and your children and stuff,” Sia informed Lauren in a Pop Crave interview following the information. “I wished to provide you not the largest prize, however I wished to provide you 15 grand simply to say, ‘I like you’ and, ‘Hold going.'”
Clarifying that the Sia Award was “a tax-free reward”, she added, “Meaning, I pay the taxes on it; you do not. That is essentially the most I might provide you with: tax-free. However I simply love you a lot, and I am sorry that you just missed out proper on the finish. I actually thought you performed a very good recreation.”
After calling Lauren “rad”, Sia thanked her for “what you confirmed all the one moms on the market” and promised continued monetary help sooner or later.
Carson shared a video on social media of Sia interrupting his interview to announce her reward.
“When your favorite singer of all time interrupts ur #Survivor interview to provide you some specials information (sic),” Carson tweeted. “THANK YOU.”
Within the video, Carson informed Sia, “I’m your greatest fan. I’m in your prime 0.1 per cent of listeners on Spotify. Oh my gosh, I’m freaking out!”
