The latest person to join the jury in the current season of “Survivor” has explained what led to her being voted out — at least in her opinion. Sophie Segreti has opened up about what went wrong for her on season 49 and what she would do differently if given the opportunity to play again. 

Sophie Segreti Details Reason For Her Elimination 

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly following her elimination from season 49 of “Survivor,” Segreti revealed that she felt that not having a super close ally was the main reason that she was voted out of the show. 

When asked by the interviewer about not having a ride or die like Rizo and other players in the reality television series, Segreti was quick to agree that this was a major issue with her gameplay. “That is exactly the biggest critique I have of my game,” she said. “And I think especially when you are a physical competitive player, yes, you need that ride or die.” 

She continued, “You need somebody watching your back because you will always be an easy vote. And honestly, at a time I thought it was MC early on at Hina. We didn’t get a ton of screen time because of how it works. We’re winning, so they don’t really show the winning tribes.”

“But I felt like MC and I were quite close, especially when she let me in early on that there was a secondary alignment alliance within Hina forming without me. They wanted me out, so on and so forth. And so I thought we were quite tight. I honestly think I ended up being kind of third on everyone’s list for some reason. I didn’t go hard enough socially early on.”

Segreti Didn’t Play The Social Game Well

According to Segreti, she got off to a bad start in terms of the social game and never recovered to a position where she was able to build a strong alliance with other players. This was largely a result of her not wanting to appear too keen, which might have been viewed with suspicion — although she admits that this was clearly a mistake. 

Segreti explains, “I didn’t go hard enough socially early on because I was worried about seeming too eager and playing too hard. And I think that’s what ended up biting me in the end because MC was more loyal to Steven than she was to me. And at a point I thought that Sage and I were getting quite close. Again, she was the one who told me that Jawan flipped in the MC vote. So I feel like Sage and I were developing that bond, but again, her No. 1 was Jawan.”

“So I think where my game really went awry was not playing harder socially early on and locking in a true ride or die number one. Instead, I feel like I was like trying to keep my options open and be friends with lots of people, and it was a little bit of jack of all trades, master of none in that situation.”

Related