It was the Australian Survivor ending no-one ever expected: 24-year-old Kristie Bennett overcome all obstacles to beat fan-favourite Lee Carseldine in a landslide win in the show’s epic finale.

But some fans were left fuming, after an ad for The Project, which teased an interview with the winner of the show, appeared to spoil the ending.

The teaser only showed footage of Kristie while hinting the show would be doing the winner's 'first TV interview'.

Understandably, viewers weren't happy with the hint.

Um, did the ad for The Project just spoil #survivorau ?!

— Gemma Najem (@gem_k) October 25, 2016

Well thanks to the project promo ads on the TenPlay app I totally did see that winner coming an hour ago #SurvivorAU (oh & the obvious edit

— Eloise Gray (@eloise_f_gray) October 25, 2016

good work The Project for ruining the ending #SurvivorAU #TheProjectTV

— Autocorrect (@JazzPineapple) October 25, 2016

#survivorau
the project just had an add saying they are intervieing the winner of survivor ans showed krsty only#fail?

— Grant Gregory (@mrgrantgregory) October 25, 2016

#SurvivorAu... omg!! the project just spoilt the final of survivor !

— Carolineisonearth ✌ (@tabily25) October 25, 2016

A spokesperson for the network told news.com.au that the teaser had not spoiled the result.

"The Project promo that aired during the Australian Survivor finale did not spoil the ending," they said.

"The promo included vision of all three finalists and was positioned to viewers that The Project would be chatting to the winner of the hit series."

Despite the potential 'spoiler', many fans didn't see the surprise ending coming, with Kristie revealing she had intentionally played the role of the underdog and introvert the whole competition so the other competitors wouldn't feel threatened.

It was truly one of the greatest blindsides in Survivor history, with fans of the long-running show heralding her as the "greatest winner ever".

Cried the entire way through the Australian Survivor finale. I think Kristie is my favourite winner ever #SurvivorAU

— Faggy G (@_GeorgeHepher) October 25, 2016

Best finale I've ever seen. #SurvivorAU

— p. پريا (@ReVampWorld) October 25, 2016

Kristie at tribal council had a bit of #PrimalFear about it! Not the same girl! They all got played! #thereisnoaaron #SurvivorAU

— Lulu (@LyndalDavies) October 25, 2016

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