the season <\/a>with five jury votes to Balerdi\u2019s two and Ahrens-Nichols\u2019 one.<\/p>\n\u201cI was surprised at how well I was doing and how well received my answers were to the jury,\u201d Balerdi told The Post of her final tribal council performance. \u201cI knew I had good relationships with them, and I knew that my game, because of my pre-merge, was respected, but the underdog story was really powerful. I was just looking for that last flashy thing to do, and that\u2019s what my dilemma was with the Knowledge Is Power \u2014 taking Stevens\u2019 advantage or taking Rizo\u2019s idol.\u201d<\/p>\nRizo Velovic, Sophi Balerdi, Sage Ahrens-Nichols, Kristina Mills, Steven Ramm, Savannah Louie, and Sophie Segreti on \u201cSurvivor 49.\u201d CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSophi Balerdi at tribal council on \u201cSurvivor 49.\u201d CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe final five of \u201cSurvivor\u201d Season 49. CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cBut ultimately I didn\u2019t feel super confident sitting next to someone who had won four immunities and won fire,\u201d she added, referring to Louie. \u201cI\u2019m a very self-aware person. I\u2019m not going to sit there and be like, \u2018I had this in the bag,\u2019 you know? So I went in there thinking it was going to be an uphill battle. And it was.\u201d<\/p>\n
Balerdi also revealed that after she won the final immunity challenge, she considered putting herself into the final four firemaking competition to try to eliminate Louie.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t tell anybody what I was really thinking. I wanted to really sit and think about it,\u201d Balerdi explained. \u201cAnd that entire day I sat for hours by myself and I thought about it. It was only two options: Sav and Rizo, or me and Sav. I was strongly considering it because I knew that if the chance was that if Sav won fire, it was probably it for me.\u201d<\/p>\nSophi Balerdi on \u201cSurvivor 49.\u201d Robert Voets\/CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cBut I did ultimately gamble with if Rizo wins it, I\u2019m probably gonna win,\u201d she said. \u201cI think I just convinced myself that I deserved to sit in those final three seats because of everything I had gone through in the game. I feel like if you win final immunity you should sit at the final three. It would have been badass. And had I beat her in fire, I probably would have won too. There was paths there to winning, but again, shoulda, coulda, woulda. I\u2019m proud of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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