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	1
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 competing on Survivor 49 were officially announced on August 20, 2025. ^{[5] [6]} The cast includes former Marvel Studios executive Nate Moore. ^[7] Michelle "MC" Chukwujekwu and Jason Treul were originally alternates but were brought into the game hours before it began after two contestants were removed for violating sequester rules. ^{[8] [9]}

List of Survivor 49 contestants

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

Future appearances

Two contestants will return for 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
3	"Lovable Losers"	October 8, 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"	TBA	October 1, 2025 (2025-10-01)	TBD
704	3	"Loveable Losers"	TBA	October 8, 2025 (2025-10-08)	TBD

Voting history

Survivor 49 voting history

	Original tribes
Episode	1	2	3
Day	3
Tribe	Kele
Eliminated	Nicole
Votes	5–1
Voter	Vote
Alex	Nicole
Annie	Nicole
Jake	Nicole
Jason
Jawan
Jeremiah	Nicole
Kristina
Matt
MC
Nate
Rizo
Sage
Savannah
Shannon
Sophi	Nicole
Sophie
Steven
Nicole	Annie

References

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9. Ross, Dalton (August 28, 2025). "The Survivor 49 alternates reveal thoughts before being put into the game: 'I'm 100 percent ready to go in'". Entertainment Weekly . Dotdash Meredith. Archived from the original on August 31, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
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External links

• Official website