‘Survivor 49’ Finalist Sage Ahrens-Nichols Accuses Solid Members of Pre-Gaming

Survivor 49 finalist Sage Ahrens-Nichols has been opening up about her expertise on the long-running CBS actuality sequence, together with accusations of unprecedented pre-gaming going down earlier than filming started.

For context, Survivor host and government producer Jeff Probst beforehand revealed that two contestants have been dropped from the Survivor 49 forged simply 12 hours earlier than filming was scheduled to start out. This was as a result of these two gamers allegedly speaking in Ponderosa — the on-site location in Fiji the place contestants are sequestered earlier than the present begins.

“I cannot think of a time we have ever pulled somebody for violating our pre-game rule policy of not talking to other players,” Probst informed TV Insider. “I’m sure over the years we’ve had people push the envelope a bit, and then our casting team will step in and say, ‘Hey, we know it’s difficult, but just remember you can’t talk until the game starts. And that’s when you’re in front of Jeff.’ This was very different. This was blatant disrespect for the casting team.”

Jason Treul and Michelle “MC” Chukwujekwu — the 2 Survivor 49 alternates — have been in the end chosen to be on the ultimate forged after the rule-breakers have been dismissed and despatched house.

However, Ahrens-Nichols claims different forged members additionally broke the pre-gaming guidelines and but weren’t dropped from the present. On Monday (December 29), the third-place finisher took to her Instagram Stories to share her perspective on pre-gaming and the rumors that jury member Sophie Segreti was concerned.

“I saw the theory about @sophiesegreti being ‘bad’ during pre-game in terms of talking,” Ahrens-Nichols wrote. “As some people know, I was the alternate for season 47. So I got the unique experience of being able to compare pre-game for 47 and for 49.”

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She went on to explain the pre-gaming throughout Survivor 47 as a “2/10 (with ’10’ being the worst ever)” and the Survivor 49 pre-gaming as “9.9999/10.”

“It was insane and caused our game to actually start during pre-game (and absolutely influenced dynamics within our game),” Ahrens-Nichols continued, noting that there have been “tiers” to the “talking offenders.”

“But when it comes to Sophie Segreti, she was hands down the best behaved person in our cast,” she acknowledged. “She wouldn’t even look at anybody during pre-game. I actually thought she was the alternate for our season since she wouldn’t engage with anyone.”

Ahrens-Nichols posted a follow-up on Tuesday (December 30), the place she as soon as once more claimed a number of of her forged members have been concerned in pre-gaming. In a prolonged publish, the Survivor castaway mentioned she is going to ultimately be “naming names” and inspired these concerned to return ahead.

“The people involved know who they are, and while they will likely deny it, that is not surprising based on how they have moved post-game,” she wrote. Ahrens-Nichols claimed that whereas “production did try to intervene,” they didn’t know “the extent of what was happening.”

She went on to say she is open to talking with these concerned in the event that they “reach out in a respectful way” and “take accountability.”

“I will eventually be naming names, and this is an opportunity to be part of that process,” she added.

Ahrens-Nichols completed Survivor 49 in third place, behind runner-up Sophi Balerdi and winner Savannah Louie.