Survivor 49 has officially entered the individual phase of the game, which is where each player truly begins to shine. There are currently nine players left standing, after Nate Moore and MC Chukwujekwu were both sent to the jury. While there are all sorts of reasons players get voted off, there are usually a few mistakes on their part. Both Nate and MC made several critical errors after the merge, which unfortunately resulted in their games being cut short.
How did the first two jurors mess up on Survivor 49?
After the merge, the remaining eleven players came together on one beach. Following two tribe swaps, many of the players had already interacted. However, the majority of players were still extremely loyal to their starting tribes, including Nate and MC. In addition to their underlying loyalties, Nate and MC both made several critical mistakes that resulted in them being voted out.
Nate Moore played an overly confident game and didn’t focus much on strategy
In the original Uli tribe, Nate was in a position of power. He was in a solid alliance of four players, with the others being Rizo Velovic, Savannah Louie, and Shannon Fairweather. When Nate got swapped to the New Hina tribe, Rizo and Savannah joined him, along with former Uli member Jawan Pitts. This helped Nate to avoid getting sent home, as the numbers were still in his favor. After the third tribe swap, Nate found himself at the bottom of Newer Uli. However, he was spared since the group never went to Tribal Council.
Once the merge hit, Nate was confident in his old Uli alliance. In addition to pulling in Sophi Balerdi, the group also recruited Jawan and Sage Ahrens-Nichols. However, unbeknownst to Nate and the others, Jawan and Sage were secretly working with the old Hina members to blindside old Uli. Since the group was worried that Rizo would use his idol on himself or Savannah, they chose to target Nate.
Nate’s biggest mistake was his confidence, as he never expected to become a target. He also focused too much on sticking with his original tribe alliance, which doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to Survivor. If Nate had played a bit more cautiously and put effort into new alliances, he might not have been targeted so early on.
MC Chukwujekwu blew up her game by misplaying an idol and breaking her trust with Sophie Segreti
Similar to Nate, MC was in a strong position on her original Hina tribe. She had a strong core alliance and found the beware advantage. When she was switched to New Kele, she stayed with the majority of her original Hina tribe. MC had the numbers, but new Kele was never sent to Tribal Council. After the third swap, MC was switched to Newer Hina, where she didn’t have any of her allies. Luckily, the group was never sent to Tribal Council.
After the merge, MC had the opportunity to finally find her idol from her original beware advantage. MC didn’t need the idol, however, as there were no votes cast for her. After the next Immunity Challenge, MC was a part of the losing group sent to Tribal Council. While the plan was originally to blindside Rizo, MC told Jawan that Sophie Segreti planned to place a decoy vote for him. This led to a ton of paranoia, which eventually resulted in the group voting out MC.
MC’s critical error was not saving her idol for a Tribal Council where she actually needed it. Furthermore, by breaking her trust with Sophie, she set herself up to be blindsided by Sophie as well as the old Uli members in the losing group. During Tribal Council, MC got up and began whispering around, trying to influence the vote. This showed how hard MC was playing, which likely didn’t work in her favor either. MC played a great game; however, a few wrong moves led to her becoming the second juror.
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