'Survivor 50' recap: Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish fuel player rivalry

Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish were both heavily mentioned in the new Season 50 episode, which saw two players voted out.

While Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish have yet to play "Survivor," their names were inadvertently at the center of a "Great War" between two players in the new Season 50 episode.

After country music star Zac Brown hogged screentime on the "Survivor" reward challenge last week, the two pop icons' names were inescapable from the Wednesday, March 25 episode that might as well have been called "Operation Bad Blood."

The "Birds of a Feather" singer's name has been used for the new Billie Eilish Boomerang idol, currently in possession of three players. Meanwhile, Season 46 runner-up Charlie Davis returned with a plethora of Swiftie puns and unresolved trauma from his last time playing in 2023, leading to friction with Rizo Velovic, the self-appointed "Riz God" who possesses the Eilish advantage.

The two guys in their 20s sought to blindside each other, both telling Kamilla Karthigesu about the Eilish idol in an effort to sway her to their side.

Aside from the Swift and Eilish of it all, Wednesday, March 25, saw the first double tribal council of the season, which was highly expected due to the historic cast of 24 contestants this season. Only the first tribe to finish the immunity challenge was safe, while the other two were sent back to Jeff Probst for another vote.