{"id":325628,"date":"2025-12-04T21:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/325628\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T21:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:18:13","slug":"sophie-segreti-reveals-the-survivor-49-story-you-didnt-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/325628\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Segreti Reveals the Survivor 49 Story You Didn\u2019t See"},"content":{"rendered":"

By John Powell \u2013 GlobalTV.com \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

According to her own castmates Sophie Segreti was one of the most competitive players on the Survivor 49 island\u2026but you wouldn\u2019t know that with the almost \u2018purple\u2019 edit she had during the first part of the season. To put things in perspective though, the Hina Tribe didn\u2019t lose someone though until five episodes in when the tribes were swapped. Now a member of the jury, Sophie filled us in all that we might have missed about her Survivor journey.<\/p>\n

John Powell: Sophie, it\u2019s great to be talking to you today. How are you?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: Honestly, doing much better than expected. I hate to lose. I\u2019m a competitor so I am not going to lie. Last night was a little rough to watch but I\u2019m in good spirits today.<\/p>\n

John Powell: Well, I have to say I sympathize and empathize with you because all the way through high school, all the way through public school in our classes there was two other Johns. So I became \u2018John P\u2019 the whole time. So, you can imagine in public school being called John \u2018P\u2019. How did \u2018Yellow Sophie\u2019 come about? Did you have any say? How did this work out?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: So we had no say in \u2018Yellow Sophie\u2019 versus \u2018Blue Sophie\u2019. That\u2019s just like, early on, how we were able to distinguish us but what\u2019s funny is the whole time I\u2019m like: \u2018Come on! Kele keeps losing. Vote her out, if for no other reason then so I can be the only Sophie!\u2019 When that didn\u2019t work out Jeff (Prost) told us you cannot do the blue and yellow thing. We are not doing that.<\/p>\n

We had originally wanted to go by our last names which I think are sick: Segreti and Balerdi! However, somebody on our cast, who I won\u2019t put their name out there, was like: \u2018They\u2019re too hard to pronounce, they\u2019re too many syllables.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Sophie Segreti. Photo: Robert Voets\/CBS.<\/p>\n

So, now we\u2019re getting \u2018Soph\u2019 and \u2018Sophie\u2019. I think that\u2019s actually more confusing. I did secretly hope that somebody was going mess up when it came time for me to get voted out and actually write like \u2018Soph\u2019 and then I\u2019d be like: \u2018It\u2019s not me!\u2019 But no, everyone last night was like: Yellow Sophie. They did not leave anything up for discussion.<\/p>\n

John Powell: Before going to tribal did you have any clue that your name was going to come up?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: I was absolutely shocked. Shame on me for not realizing that I was clearly an option. Watching that episode back there are some things that maybe should have tipped me off but Savannah\u2019s name had been thrown out and people have been voting for her in previous tribal in the past so it wasn\u2019t beyond the pale for me to be like: \u2018Oh, of course Steven, Kristina and Sage and maybe even Soph are going to flip and vote Savannah.\u2019<\/p>\n

John Powell: You were in a position in the game where you basically had to pick between which side you\u2019re going to focus on. Why did you make the decision you made?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: I think it comes down to two things. It was rust and then also the numbers. So, from a numbers perspective, I ended up choosing to ally myself with Rizo, Soph and Savannah because then I was in an alliance of four. Whereas had I stuck with Sage, Jawan, Steven and Kristina in that Jawan vote I\u2019d have been the bottom of an alliance of five and kind of an easy vote out. Whereas, if you\u2019re with four, you at least at the bottom of a four and if you make it to fire that\u2019s a fighting shot.<\/p>\n

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Sophi Segreti, and Jawann Pitts. Photo: CBS.<\/p>\n

I think the other reason was those Hina allies had just proven again and again that they didn\u2019t fully trust me. I was the last person to know about MC\u2019s idol! I found out at tribal council that Savannah and the other alliance even knew about it! So that was a clue that everybody knew except for me. After MC went home and I got back to camp and everyone was blatantly upset that I was still there.<\/p>\n

I just realized that I was just kind of a number and not really being treated like a valued member of the alliance. I was dispensable to Steven, Kristina and Alex at the time. I was kind of more of: Hey! I know that Rizo and Savannah and Soph have not been on my side but at least they\u2019re not blatantly behind my back pretending to be allied with me and wanting me out. Those were kind of the two reasons why I think I had a better chance of getting further.<\/p>\n

John Powell: You were able to watch it back last night and you got to see a lot of the things you didn\u2019t We saw comments by Sage. She was obviously very emotional about what happened. We saw Savannah\u2019s comments. How was it watching those things back?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: Watching it back I think I just underestimated how upset Sage was at the Jawan vote. At a point in the game you\u2019re backstabbing a lot of people and people are going home and there are some votes that people get over quite easily after they\u2019ve been betrayed and this was not one of them. Watching it back that was a key thing that kind of stood out to me.<\/p>\n

I will say nothing surprised me about what Savannah said. I similarly never intended to go to the end with her. It didn\u2019t make sense for either of us. It\u2019s no it\u2019s no secret that I was her biggest competition threat.<\/p>\n

It honestly was tough watching back because I was reliving that moment where all of a sudden, my Survivor dream came to an end and it was so unexpected. In the moment, I am so shocked. I laugh and I take it well but watching it back the magnitude of that moment hit me and I got a little teary eyed, not going lie, when Jeff snuffed my torch.<\/p>\n

John Powell: Well, you do have one fan. I spoke to Jawan and he this is what he said. \u201cWell, I want, first off, to give \u2018Yellow Sophie\u2019 her flowers. Man, she\u2019s such a dominant force!\u2026I remember early days, even before we did the merge and the tribes watch, she definitely was someone who was very competitive.\u201d What do you think about that?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: I read that and I love Jawan! That made me so happy to read. I really appreciate that he said that! He\u2019s great guy! It makes me laugh because I am extremely competitive and there was a moment when I was preparing for this game, like: Do I try to hide that at all and lessen my threat value? What I learned is I simply cannot. I want to win so badly even if it means that I\u2019m cutting off my nose to spite my face, like winning the battle but losing the war which is what I did. I can\u2019t lose! I can\u2019t willingly lose! It got me a reputation early on even in those team challenges because I was a little bit of a drill sergeant like: \u201cDo this!\u201d I loved competing! I love the challenges! They were so fun!<\/p>\n

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Sophie Segreti. Photo: Robert Voets\/CBS.<\/p>\n

John Powell: We didn\u2019t see it on the show but you have an extremely competitive athletic background going all the way back to school. A number of people have mentioned that your story didn\u2019t begin to later on. How do you feel about that? Even Jawan, a video editor, was saying: \u201cThey\u2019ve done her dirty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: That\u2019s a certified video editor who says they did me dirty! It\u2019s funny because you are out there and you are living it and you feel like you are a part of Survivor. It honestly felt a little bit like gas-lighting, where I was watching these episodes and I know that I lived that day and was on that beach and competing in that challenge but I\u2019m just not getting airtime. You know that you\u2019re filming confessionals and talking to people and that Jeff (Probst) is talking to you and so to not get any of it? I was kind of questioning things. Was I a part of (Season) 49? Did I do things? I thought I was.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also funny because it just was so at odds with what I thought. To Jawan\u2019s point I feel like there were a lot of chatter even before the merge that: \u2018Sophie is a challenge threat.\u2019 You don\u2019t see any of that because none of that is shown. I agree with Jawan. I would have loved to see a little more of me but I guess producers just wanted to leave a little up to the imagination well.<\/p>\n

John Powell: Are there any other moments, whether it be a strategic thing or a bond with somebody, you wish fans would have saw about your journey?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: I think I wish that they would have shown a little bit more of Sage and I becoming close. That\u2019s the reason why I voted out Jawan instead of Sage and I think that\u2019s also the reason, interestingly, why she came for me so hard because we were so close and so it hurt even more so that I betrayed her. At one point, she disclosed to me that she was an alternate as well. We just really bonded over that. I was an alternate for season 48 she was an alternate for season 47 and I think it helped explain my strategic decisions to flip when I did and to show that I was building relationships.<\/p>\n

The critique of my game is that I didn\u2019t have a \u2018ride or die\u2019 but that\u2019s not to say that I wasn\u2019t making relationships and building bonds. I think that\u2019s one where I wish they had shown a little bit more of that context so that you could understand why I made the decisions I did. I feel like people had no idea why I picked Jawan instead of Sage and it was because of this relationship we had built but nobody ever really got to see that.<\/p>\n

John Powell: I want to ask this because it came kind of left field at Tribal Council. Well, if you watch Survivor, you kind of get the reference, but what was the whole \u2018Yellow Jacket\u2019 comment?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: You didn\u2019t get to see the jacket in question. I had this sick jacket but it was yellow with flowers and it is cold at night in Fiji. I know this is the hottest season on record but at night it is cold and it had been raining, and I had Nicole\u2019s clothes. I was wearing Nicole\u2019s clothes as well that she left on the beach. I had the best fits of anybody. I had the best clothes. So, a lot of people wanted my jacket\u2026I was in that moment, it was a little Angelina call back and a little: Enjoy the rain!<\/p>\n

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John Powell: You obviously can\u2019t talk about who you voted for because that\u2019s under wraps but you\u2019re a fan. You\u2019ve been watching for quite some time. What are some of the attributes you look for in a deserving Survivor winner?<\/p>\n

Sophie Segreti: I\u2019m not a bitter. I\u2019m not a bitter voter. If you\u2019ve blindsided me, that\u2019s probably more points to your credit. I wanted to vote for people who were intentionally strategic. I will be honest, I don\u2019t love a coattail rider. I like an active player and the other thing I\u2019ll say is I love competitions. I love seeing somebody who can win. So that does mean a little something to me. I know there are some folks who just go pure strategy but to me winning challenges is part of strategy. Those are big things. I think the other thing is I really value players who were at the bottom or in situations where their names were coming up and they evaded being voted out. There have been some seasons where a majority alliance just rolls through to the end and then you\u2019re picking one of three of the alliance and that\u2019s not really as fun. Get some grit! Get some people who\u2019ve really clawed their way up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By John Powell \u2013 GlobalTV.com According to her own castmates Sophie Segreti was one of the most competitive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-325628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}