{"id":103799,"date":"2025-10-25T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/103799\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:32:09","slug":"survivor-49-teases-second-tribe-swap-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/103799\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Survivor 49\u2019 Teases Second Tribe Swap of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time to drop your buffs \u2013 Again! Just two episodes after \u201cSurvivor 49\u201d<\/a> made history by hosting the first ever \u201cnew era\u201d three-to-two tribe swap<\/a>, the currently-airing season teased yet another \u201cmajor shakeup\u201d for its 12 remaining castaways as a second pre-Merge tribe swap was revealed to take place in next week\u2019s sixth episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Survivor 49\u2019 Teases Unprecedented Second Tribe Swap<\/p>\n

In a synopsis for Season 49 Episode 6, set to air on Wednesday, October 29, CBS teased<\/a> that \u201ca major shakeup hits the game when two tribes turn to three. New tribe members size each other up, but with only four players on each tribe, there is not much room to hide.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Season 49 started with three tribes \u2013 Uli, Kele and Hina \u2013 the Uli tribe was dissolved during Episode 4\u2019s tribe swap.<\/p>\n

Though longtime \u201cSurvivor\u201d host Jeff Probst<\/a> revealed that a swap was pre-scheduled to occur after four players had been eliminated, the reshuffling became unavoidable after the so-called \u201cdisaster\u201d Kele tribe found themselves with just two remaining players following three back-to-back Tribal Council eliminations and the medical evacuation of castaway Jake Latimer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The season\u2019s first tribe swap saw three tribes become two for the first time in \u201cnew era\u201d history, however, the cast will once again be reshuffled into three tribes of four players each on next week\u2019s episode, with the Uli tribe being resurrected for the first-of-its-kind swap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rumored New Tribes: Who Ends Up Where in Episode 6?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a closer look at which remaining castaways are rumored<\/a> to end up on each of the new tribes, and how their pre-existing relationships could potentially affect the rest of the season up to the Merge<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New Uli Tribe<\/p>\n

The freshly reestablished Uli tribe will feature Alex Moore, Kristina Mills, Sophie Segretti and Nate Moore<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"AlexCBSThe New Kele Tribe: Alex Moore, Kristina Mills, Sophie Segretti and Nate Moore.<\/p>\n

Going into the second tribe swap, Kristina and Sophie, who began the season together on the Hina tribe before swapping to the new Kele tribe in Episode 4, boast the strongest pre-established connection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The female duo similarly have experience playing alongside Alex, who also joined the new Kele tribe after the first swap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new dynamic could leave Nate, who has hardly even met his new tribemates outside of competing against them in immunity challenges, on the bottom of the tribe coming into Episode 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New-er Kele Tribe\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reshuffled for the third time since the start of the season, the newest iteration of the Kele tribe with feature castaways Shannon Fairweather, Sage Ahrens-Nichols<\/a>, Jawan Pitts and Steven Ramm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"ShannonCBSThe New-er Kele Tribe: Shannon Fairweather, Sage Ahrens-Nichols, Jawan Pitts and Steven Ramm.<\/p>\n

Once again, the new tribe will boast two players who have been tribemates since the beginning of the game in Shannon and Sage, who both began on the Uli tribe before swapping to the new Kele tribe in Episode 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The duo will remain on the new-er Kele tribe alongside Steven, who donned the tribe\u2019s blue buff two weeks ago after starting the game on the original Hina tribe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jawan, who began the game on the Uli tribe, will reunite with his original tribe members Shannon and Sage on new-er Kele, though it remains unclear as to whether the two women will honor their OG Uli alliance with Jawan, or if they\u2019ll opt to work with Steven towards the Merge. Regardless, on the surface, it appears that the two men could be in trouble if Kele returns to Tribal Council this week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New-er Hina Tribe\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finally, the new-er Hina tribe will feature Rizo Velovic<\/a>, Savannah Louie, Sophi Balerdi and Michelle \u201cMC\u201d Chukwujekwu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"RizoCBSThe New-er Hina Tribe: Rizo Velovic, Savannah Louie, Sophi Balerdi and Michelle \u201cMC\u201d Chukwujekwu<\/p>\n

In what seems to be a pattern for the second tribe swap of the season, new-er Hina will once again boast two players who have played the entirety of the game together up to this point in Rizo and Savannah, who both began the game on the original Uli tribe before swapping to new Hina in Episode 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll remain at the Hina beach alongside Sophi, who moved to the tribe after surviving the disastrous original Kele tribe. The trio have worked together in recent weeks, joining forces to send home Matt Williams and Jason Treul in back-to-back Tribal Councils after the Episode 4 swap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The final member of new-er Hina will be MC, who will return to her original beach after a two-week stint on the new Kele tribe. While MC has avoided Tribal Council to this point in the season, it seems clear that she would be on the bottom of the four-person tribe should they lose next week\u2019s immunity challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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