Who Won ‘Survivor 49’? The Roller-Coaster Season Finally Crowns a Winner
After a season that started slow, picked up momentum and tore into the finale at break-neck speed, Survivor 49 finally has a winner. Warning: Spoilers below for the finale of Survivor 49. Savannah Louie earned the title of Sole Survivor on the Wednesday, December 17, season finale, defeating Sophi Balerdi and Sage Ahrens-Nichols in the final jury vote, 5-2-1. The trio reached the final tribal council after voting out Kristina Mills in the final five. When Sophi won immunity at the final four, staging an unbelievable comeback in the process, she elected to take Sage with her to the final three, forcing Savannah, 31, and Rizo Velovic to square off in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist. ‘Survivor 49’ Cast: The 18 New Castaways Vying for $1 Million Prize After all three had their say, Savannah stood out for showing how she, as she said, dodged more bullets than anyone in the game. Targeted as a physical threat from the merge to the end of the game, Savanna...