Who Was Voted Out on ‘Survivor 49′?
Spoiler Alert
[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Survivor Season 49.]
Only five players remain in Survivor 49. Tonight’s finale will reveal the Sole Survivor, as well as the two 49 players that were cast in Survivor 50 (the trailer for the milestone season comes out during the finale, too!).
Savannah Louie, Rizo Velovic, Sophi Balerdi, Kristina Mills, and Sage Ahrens-Nichols will compete for the $1 million in the three-hour finale. Here, we’re compiling every Survivor 49 elimination so far, along with our episode recaps and exit interviews.
Scroll down to find out who was voted out in Survivor 49 and why, and stay tuned to TV Insider tomorrow for our interviews with the winner and runner-up.
Survivor, Season 49 Finale, Wednesday, December 17, 8/7c, CBS
Survivor, Season 50 Premiere, Wednesday, February 25, 8/7c, CBS
Nicole Mazullo — Episode 1
Between spitting in Jeremiah Ing’s eye and vomiting after taking a multivitamin on an empty stomach, Nicole was a memorable first boot. But she couldn’t read the writings on the wall about her impending elimination, so she didn’t play her Shot in the Dark in Tribal Council like she swore she would if the moment called for it.
Annie Davis — Episode 2
Annie rubbed her tribe mates the wrong way when working at the camps, and her teammates identified her as a “weak” player who, like Nicole, couldn’t help them win challenges. Whether that’s true is up for debate, but she became the second boot regardless.
Jake Latimer — Episode 3
Jake was medically evacuated out of the game after he was bitten by a sea krait snake. This snake is 10x more venomous than a rattlesnake. Thankfully, it was a dry bite (aka no venom was injected), but Jake had to be removed from the game regardless. However, this did mean that he didn’t miss the birth of his first child!
Jeremiah Ing — Episode 3
The Kele tribe was the only tribe to experience Tribal Council for a considerable chunk of the pre-merge part of the season. Kele went back to Tribal after Jake was sent home early, and Jeremiah was voted out after Sophi Balderi and Alex Moore affirmed their alliance.
Matt Williams — Episode 4
Matt Williams talked a big game about two-time winner Sandra Diaz-Twine’s “anyone but me” strategy, and then he found himself using that exact strategy he critiqued so much. He tried to stage a Nate Moore blindside to save his skin, but Nate caught wind and got him voted out through the power of his alliances.
Jason Treul — Episode 5
One of Season 49’s two alternates was in the unlucky position of being the only original member of the Hina tribe left among the Uli-strong alliance after a tribe swap. While he indicated his interest in working with new people, the Uli group wanted to “declare war” against Hina by sending Jason packing.
Shannon Fairweather — Episode 6
Shannon Fairweather was trying to stage a blindside against Jawan Pitts, but she had no idea that Sage Ahrens-Nichols had it out for her. Sage, Jawan, and Steven Ramm staged a successful blindside that weaked the Uli-strong alliance, and then Sage refused to hug Shannon as she left Tribal Council.
Nate Moore — Episode 7
Nate’s elimination was the biggest blindside of the season so far, and it was the first vote to truly put the Uli alliance on the bottom for the first time. Everyone outside of the Nate, Savannah, Rizo, and Sophi alliance voted the Marvel producer out.
MC Chukwujekwu — Episode 8
MC Chukwujekwu put her trust in other players too late. When she “blew up” elimination strategy talks in order to show Jawan he could trust her, Sophie, Rizo, and more started considering her for elimination. Rizo and his idol were the targets at first, but then he convinced everyone to vote for MC or Sophie. MC caused a live Tribal, but Jawan betrayed her.
Alex Moore — Episode 9
Rizo targeted Alex for elimination in Episode 9 because he’d successfully been playing both sides since the merge. Players went along with the vote despite Rizo’s immunity idol being public knowledge, implying that they want to keep his idol in the game so it’s not put back in if they were to vote him out.
Jawan Pitts — Episode 10
Jawan was voted out when Savannah finally deployed her extra vote. It was a timely move, as Jawan and Sage had stacked three votes against her with Steven. But a flip from Sophie S. sealed Jawan’s fate and made him the fourth member of the jury. He accidentally took Rizo’s torch with him on the way out, capping off a season of funny accidents involving him using other people’s stuff.
Sophie Segreti — Episode 11
Sophie was voted out in a unanimous blindside. Steven was Rizo’s next target, but he pivoted to Sophie after Steven won a block-a-vote advantage and the immunity necklace. Sophie was the flipped vote that led to Jawan’s elimination, so Sage wanted revenge. Savannah wanted revenge, too, since Sophie was her biggest competition and had tried to get her out before. Everyone agreed that, since Sophie was the only player remaining who had been on the right side of every vote, it was time for her to go.
Steven Ramm — Episode 12
Steven was starting to become a big threat to Savannah, Rizo, and Sophi’s games, and his closest allies, Sage and Kristina, started believing that, too. Steven used his Block a Vote advantage against Savannah. Because he had to play it before Tribal Council, he had no advantage to fork over when Sophi used her Knowledge is Power advantage to try to take it. She should’ve taken Rizo’s idol! Despite Rizo’s idol still being a threat, everyone voted for Steven in Episode 12.
The Tribe Has Spoken
Get absolutely everything about Survivor in your inbox!
Watchlist Easy access to only the shows you care about — all in one simple place
Alerts Only important notifications — when a show is returning, when it becomes available to stream, and more.
Special Offers Exclusive products we release related to your favorite shows and streaming services