# Survivor 49 - Premiered 9/24/25 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [September 25, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379 "2025-09-25T14:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/81 "2025-11-14T02:42:21Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > I think voting out MC was the way to go. She could win everything if she remained. That’s both alternates out, I believe. She and that Asian guy were the last second replacements. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/82 "2025-11-14T06:13:29Z")
That was a frustrating episode. They had Rizo gone and they pissed it away. Sophie was smart to plan to throw a vote on somebody else in case Rizo played his idol. She was stupid to tell anybody about it. After that, paranoia took over, and they actually allowed the player _that they all wanted to vote out_ to manipulate them into doing what he wanted. An amazing display of ineptitude. Meanwhile, Savannah’s sob story about her job where nobody would talk to her simply highlighted her lack of introspection and self-awareness. Surely _she_ had nothing to do with this; everyone was just mean and she was the victim. Ugh. For a minute last week I thought the tables were turning, but I predict Savannah and Rizo will continue to lead the rest of these idiots around by the nose, and we’ll all be pissed at how this season ends. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/83 "2025-11-14T20:25:13Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Meanwhile, Savannah’s sob story about her job where nobody would talk to her simply highlighted her lack of introspection and self-awareness. Surely _she_ had nothing to do with this; everyone was just mean and she was the victim. Ugh. Yeah, I forgot about that. That was my thought too - I wouldn’t want to have to deal with her in a professional environment either. I can see her being so very annoying that people just don’t want to interact with her because shes.. annoying. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/84 "2025-11-14T21:24:51Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > As soon as the competition was announced, I knew Savannah would win - Her lack of body mass and her yoga training made this perfect for her. I liked the Extra Vote she got, as that’s a huge advantage. I was hoping she’d be voted out. Oh well. The Producers obviously favor her. > [@Wheelz](#): > > They had Rizo gone and they pissed it away. Sophie was smart to plan to throw a vote on somebody else in case Rizo played his idol. She was stupid to tell anybody about it. Yes and yes. > [@Wheelz](#): > > Meanwhile, Savannah’s sob story about her job where nobody would talk to her simply highlighted her lack of introspection and self-awareness. Surely _she_ had nothing to do with this; everyone was just mean and she was the victim. Ugh. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/85 "2025-11-14T21:28:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I was hoping she’d be voted out. Oh well. The Producers obviously favor her. Do you think they specifically planned this challenge (a variation of which has been done nearly every season) to save her? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/86 "2025-11-14T21:30:28Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Do you think they specifically planned this challenge (a variation of which has been done nearly every season) to save her? No, but she has clearly been getting more camera time than anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/87 "2025-11-14T23:33:06Z")
Somebody has to get more camera time than the other players. Yes, I agree Savannah has been the default narrator, but I think that more likely she is more media savvy than the other contestants meaning she is more eloquent and well spoken in front of camera. Honestly, I don’t understand all hate on this board towards Savannah. I think she has made the show a lot more interesting. And any speculation that the producers inserted this challenge specifically for Savannah is non-sense. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/88 "2025-11-15T00:54:02Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Honestly, I don’t understand all hate on this board towards Savannah. I think she has made the show a lot more interesting. And any speculation that the producers inserted this challenge specifically for Savannah is non-sense. I di not claim that. But as an example, one time she came in while Jawan was napping, started to yap away, which woke him up, then she went around complaining he “was listening in to my conversation”. . ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/89 "2025-11-15T02:27:15Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Honestly, I don’t understand all hate on this board towards Savannah. Yeah, I kind of like her. She gives off a privileged vibe, not that I know anything about her upbringing. But generally she is OK. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/90 "2025-11-16T15:43:27Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Meanwhile, Savannah’s sob story about her job where nobody would talk to her simply highlighted her lack of introspection and self-awareness. Surely _she_ had nothing to do with this; everyone was just mean and she was the victim. Ugh. OK, I feel like a sucker because her sob story actually made me warm to her a little. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/91 "2025-11-16T21:16:12Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > OK, I feel like a sucker because her sob story actually made me warm to her a little. Yeah, I am tired of this Queen for a Day sob story crap. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/92 "2025-11-17T18:47:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > No, but she has clearly been getting more camera time than anyone else. You realize this is done in post, right? They edit the show based on how it plays out, not the other way around. > [@Wheelz](#): > > Meanwhile, Savannah’s sob story about her job where nobody would talk to her simply highlighted her lack of introspection and self-awareness. Surely _she_ had nothing to do with this; everyone was just mean and she was the victim. Ugh. Oh my God, yes. As mentioned above, all I could think of while she was relaying that story, was ‘well no shit!’ ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/93 "2025-11-20T19:09:58Z")
Well, there was an episode. Where thing happened. I remember the competitions, but that’s pretty much it. There was a lot of talking, and some emotional things, and someone swapped from the winning tribe to let someone else eat. Then whats-his-face went home. I really didn’t care about this episode. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/94 "2025-11-20T19:31:27Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > I really didn’t care about this episode. It seemed to follow the trend I’ve noticed\[1\]. None of the players that get the most talk about voting for go home. It’s always one of the others. Obviously an editing choice, but it kind of is anti-suspense for me. All that talk of voting out Rizo and Soph means they’re safe. * * * 1. I can’t imagine I’m the first, it has just been a bit in my face this season and last. Probably because these are the only ones I’ve paid attention. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/95 "2025-11-20T21:34:34Z")
I got fooled by the editors this week. There were at least two players who got confessionals where they boasted about how well their strategies were going and how they were secretly in charge of everything. “Normally” that is something the editors put into the episode where they get eliminated, for the irony of it. This time none of them went! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/96 "2025-11-21T00:33:04Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > It seemed to follow the trend I’ve noticed . None of the players that get the most talk about voting for go home. It’s always one of the others. How did you add this footnote? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/97 "2025-11-21T06:14:14Z")
These players all really want to just give the game to Rizo and I don’t know why. Savannah _totally_ has mean girl energy. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/98 "2025-11-21T15:35:47Z")
Seriously! All that talk about “forcing Rizo to use his idol”, and then he sails through the TC with the idol still in his pocket. “Saving blackheads in a jar” may be the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard. And I don’t want to even think about what she’s saving them for. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/99 "2025-11-21T15:45:15Z")
If they aren’t going to vote Rizzo out, I don’t get why they aren’t trying to at least make him nervous enough to play his idol. Just go to him and say “hey, I’m not voting for you but I’m not sure we have enough votes.” ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379/100 "2025-11-21T18:58:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > How did you add this footnote The construction is `^[note]` so that will create\[1\] and\[2\]. > [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Savannah _totally_ has mean girl energy. Yes, but I don’t have a handle on what creates it. They all talk bad about other players, maybe it is something about bouncing between being nice and mean? She has some major stamina and will power though. * * * 1. note 2. note, too [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-49-premiered-9-24-25/1023379.md?page=6)