Survivor 49

Survivor 49
Season 49
Presented by	Jeff Probst
No. of days	26
No. of castaways	18
Location	Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
No. of episodes	4
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 24, 2025 (2025-09-24) – present
Additional information
Filming dates	April 20 (2025-04-20) – May 15, 2025 (2025-05-15) [1]
Season chronology
← Previous Season 48 Next → 50: In the Hands of the Fans
List of episodes

Survivor 49 is the ongoing forty-ninth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor . It premiered on September 24, 2025 ^[2] on CBS in the United States. It is the seventeenth consecutive season to be filmed in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.

Production

On December 15, 2023, Manoa Kamikamica, the Fijian Minister of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, announced that the Fijian Parliament had renewed its contract with Survivor for an additional two years. ^[3] A preview trailer for the season was released on May 21, 2025, right after the finale of Survivor 48 aired. Like in the previous season, Survivor 49 and The Amazing Race 38 retain the 90-minute runtime; the premiere episode of Survivor 49 ran for two hours. ^[4]

Contestants

The 18 castaways were officially announced on August 20, 2025. ^{[5] [6]} Notable cast members include Annie Davis, lead singer of the band Trashy Annie; and former Marvel Studios executive Nate Moore. ^[7] In an unprecedented move, two unnamed contestants were removed from the cast prior to the start of the game, for violating sequester rules; they were replaced by Michelle "MC" Chukwujekwu and Jason Treul just hours before the game began. ^{[8] [9]}

List of Survivor 49 contestants

Contestant	Age	From	Tribe			Finish
			Original	Switched	Merged	Placement	Day
Nicole Mazullo	26	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Kele			1st voted out	Day 3
Kimberly "Annie" Davis	49	Austin, Texas				2nd voted out	Day 5
Jake Latimer	36	St. Albert, Alberta				Medically evacuated	Day 6
Jeremiah Ing	39	Toronto, Ontario				3rd voted out
Matthew "Matt" Williams	52	St. George, Utah	Hina	Hina		4th voted out	Day 8
Sage Ahrens-Nichols	30	Olympia, Washington	Uli	Kele
Sophia "Sophi" Balerdi	27	Miami, Florida	Kele	Hina
Michelle "MC" Chukwujekwu	29	San Diego, California	Hina	Kele
Shannon Fairweather	28	Boston, Massachusetts	Uli	Kele
Savannah Louie	31	Atlanta, Georgia	Uli	Hina
Kristina Mills	36	Edmond, Oklahoma	Hina	Kele
Alex Moore	26	Washington, D.C.	Kele	Kele
Nate Moore	47	Hermosa Beach, California	Uli	Hina
Jawan Pitts	28	Los Angeles, California	Uli	Hina
Steven Ramm	35	Denver, Colorado	Hina	Kele
Sophia "Sophie" Segreti	31	New York City, New York	Hina	Kele
Jason Treul	32	Santa Ana, California	Hina	Hina
Rizo Velovic	25	Yonkers, New York	Uli	Hina

Future appearances

Two castaways are set to return on Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans . ^[10]

Season summary

The season filmed in the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji.

Survivor 49 season summary

Episode			Challenge winner(s)		Eliminated
No.	Title	Air date	Reward	Immunity	Tribe	Player
1	"Act One of a Horror Film"	September 24, 2025	Hina	Hina	Kele	Nicole
				Uli
2	"Cinema"	October 1, 2025	Hina		Kele	Annie
			Uli
3	"Lovable Losers"	October 8, 2025	None		Kele	Jake
			Hina		Kele	Jeremiah
			Uli
4	"Go Kick Rocks, Bro"	October 15, 2025	Kele		Hina	Matt
5	"I'm a Wolf, Baby"	October 22, 2025
6	"The Devil's Shoes"	October 29, 2025
7	"Blood Will Be Drawn"	November 5, 2025

Episodes

See also: Lists of Survivor (American TV series) episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title  [11]	Rating/share (18–49)	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
702	1	"Act One of a Horror Film"	0.6/9 [12]	September 24, 2025 (2025-09-24)	4.03 [12]
The 18 new castaways arrived in Fiji by boat to begin their Survivor journey. Marooning Challenge: Two tribe members raced into the jungle for crates. Two other tribe members then retrieved a boat full of crates from the ocean. The last two members assembled the crates to make a cube, which one tribe member would climb to ring a bell hanging above them. The first to ring the bell won flint, a pot, and a machete for their tribe. The two losing tribes would have to send a tribe member away to complete another challenge to earn their supplies. Hina won the reward challenge. Uli sent Rizo to complete the challenge, while Kele sent Alex. Supply Challenge: Each castaway must retrieve ten marked coconuts on a small peninsula, each containing multiple puzzle pieces. Once all coconuts are collected, they must use the pieces to assemble a map revealing the location of a buried ship wheel; each tribe had its own wheel in a different location on the peninsula. Using the wheel, they must raise their tribe's sail, which releases a key to the chest containing the supplies. The first to unlock the chest wins the supplies for their tribe. Rizo completed the challenge first, winning supplies for Uli. Immunity Challenge: Each tribe was split into three pairs. Each pair in turn navigated a rope tunnel, crawled through a muddy pit, then raced into the jungle to retrieve a large serpent. When all three serpents were retrieved, three players worked together to navigate a ball along a winding snake track. The first two tribes to finish won immunity. Hina and Uli won the challenge. At Kele, the majority alliance of Alex, Jake, Jeremiah, and Sophi targeted outsiders Annie and Nicole, considering them the weakest members of the tribe physically, Nicole in particular. Annie attempted to form an alliance with Sophi, saying that she wanted to target Alex and Jake in the future. Sophi notified the majority alliance of Annie's proposal, and they considered voting Annie off over Nicole because of this. However, at Tribal Council, they ultimately chose to vote off Nicole.
703	2	"Cinema"	0.6/8 [13]	October 1, 2025 (2025-10-01)	4.03 [13]
At Kele, Alex and Jake found a beware advantage, and the majority alliance affirmed their plan to target Annie next. At Hina, Matt invited MC into his alliance with Kristina and Steven, but a distrustful MC alerted Sophie of this. At Uli, Jawan was on the outs and further strained his relationship with Savannah by unknowingly taking her bag and dumping its contents to fill it with firewood. Jake, Jawan, and Matt were chosen for a journey. Journey: Players tossed coconuts in their opponents’ bags, causing them to eventually drop from the weight. The last person left standing won. Jawan won and had a choice between stealing Jake or Matt’s next vote or imposing a disadvantage on Hina or Kele at the next challenge. He chose the latter. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Tribes traversed an obstacle course and dug a ladder out, holding it up for one member to retrieve a key. The key unlocked a ramp to a large puzzle. The first two tribes to complete their puzzle won immunity plus a large fishing kit for first place and a smaller fishing kit for second place. After learning the disadvantage would be for each tribe member to carry twenty pounds of coconuts through the obstacle course and to work through ten keys instead of one, Jawan chose to penalize Hina. In spite of the penalties, Hina placed first and Uli placed second after Kele’s massive lead was blown at the puzzle. At Kele, Alex found an idol and told everyone, including Annie, who Alex had tried to secretly align with. He considered voting out Sophi over Annie, but at Tribal Council, everyone stuck to the original plan to eliminate Annie.
704	3	"Loveable Losers"	0.6/9 [14]	October 8, 2025 (2025-10-08)	4.23 [14]
At Kele, on the morning of the Immunity Challenge, Jake was bitten by a sea krait. He was immediately taken to Base Camp, where the medical staff treated him. While the bite was determined to be non-venomous, the medical staff refused to clear him to return to the game, given the conditions at Kele and the inability to monitor his condition. (Unusually, significant portions of Jake's treatment at Base Camp were shown on-camera; moreover, Alex showed that each tribe receives a binder depicting animals and plants to avoid.) Immunity Challenge: One tribe member from each tribe raced to the top of a tower and leapt into the ocean. They then crossed a survivor water totter, retrieved a key, made their way across a series of floating platforms, and swam to the end. Then the next two players went. Once everyone was at the end, two players unlocked and solved a survivor turtle puzzle. The first two tribes to finish won immunity. Hina and Uli won yet again. MC and Rizo found Hina and Uli's respective beware advantages. Sophi and Jeremiah plotted to blindside Alex by making him feel comfortable enough to not play his idol, but when Sophi overheard Alex tell Jeremiah he was considering voting Sophi to save himself, Sophi considered voting Jeremiah instead. At Tribal Council, Alex played his idol and Jeremiah was voted out.
705	4	"Go Kick Rocks, Bro"	0.6/9 [15]	October 15, 2025 (2025-10-15)	4.27 [15]
On day 8, the tribes were reshuffled and Uli was disbanded. Sophi from Kele and Nate, Rizo, Jawan, and Savannah from Uli, joined Matt and Jason at Hina. Sage and Shannon from Uli, and Kristina, MC, Sophie, and Steven from Hina, joined Alex at Kele. Reward/Immunity Challenge: Starting in the water, tribes pull their boat to two stations of 5 small cubes on each. Once their boat was hooked at shore, one tribe member brought those cubes across a balance beam in two trips, while the remaining six worked together to transport 10 larger cubes across parallel and uneven beams. The seven members then worked together to individually stack the 20 cubes into a high tower. The first tribe to complete their tower won immunity and a fruit reward. Kele won. Rizo followed his clue to an idol. Sophi was brought into the majority alliance of old Ulis, and they debated whether to target Matt or Jason. Meanwhile, Matt tried to gain traction for a move against Nate. At Tribal Council, Savannah and Sophi voted for Jason and the rest for Matt who was voted out.
706	5	"I'm a Wolf, Baby"	TBA	October 22, 2025 (2025-10-22)	TBD
707	6	"The Devil’s Shoes"	TBA	October 29, 2025 (2025-10-29)	TBD
708	7	"Blood Will Be Drawn"	TBA	November 5, 2025 (2025-11-05)	TBD

Voting history

Survivor 49 voting history

	Original tribes				Switched tribes
Episode	1	2	3		4	5
Day	3	5	6		8
Tribe	Kele	Kele	Kele	Kele	Hina
Eliminated	Nicole	Annie	Jake	Jeremiah	Matt
Votes	5–1	4–1	Evacuated [a]	2–0 [b]	4–2–1
Voter	Vote
Alex	Nicole	Annie		Jeremiah
Jason					Matt
Jawan					Matt
Kristina
MC
Nate					Matt
Rizo					Matt
Sage
Savannah					Jason
Shannon
Sophi	Nicole	Annie		Jeremiah	Jason
Sophie
Steven
Matt					Nate
Jeremiah	Nicole	Annie		Alex
Jake	Nicole	Annie
Annie	Nicole	Sophi
Nicole	Annie

1. No vote; Jake was medically evacuated from the game.
2. Alex played a hidden immunity idol on himself; therefore, one vote for him was not counted.

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External links

• Official website