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Sam Phalen Survivor 49 Finale Reactions

Rob Has a Podcast | Survivor, Traitors, Big Brother & Reality TV - RHAP

Survivor Know-It-All, Rob Cesternino | RHAP Productions

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, After Shows

4.95K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Sam Phalen Survivor 49 Finale Reactions

Today, Rob Cesternino and Survivor 47’s Sam Phalen break down the Survivor 49 finale.

The Survivor 49 finale was packed with drama, unexpected moves. Rob Cesternino and Sam Phelan discuss it all. Savannah emerged as a unique and dynamic winner, combining challenge wins with honest, straightforward gameplay. Unlike many winners before her, Savannah’s approach was focused and unapologetic, leading the trio of herself, Rizzo, and Soph to dominate much of the late game.

Rob and Sam discuss:

  • How Savannah’s clutch challenge wins and alliance management secured her victory.
  • Sage’s emotional journey and her reaction to the jury’s reception.
  • The final Tribal Council, including a throwback moment when Christina asked Savannah to name loved ones of jurors.
  • Rizzo’s creative idol bluffing and speculation about how his game might evolve in Survivor 50.

The upcoming Survivor 50 was teased, featuring legendary returning players, celebrity cameos, and new twists from Billie Eilish, Zac Brown, Jimmy Fallon, and Mr. Beast.

Stay tuned as Survivor enters its next chapter—with returning favorites, twists, and celebrity cameos. There’s so much more Survivor coverage and community fun ahead, right here on RHAP!

To pre-order Rob’s book, The Tribe and I Have Spoken, visit www.robhasabook.com

This episode is sponsored by 20th Century Studios and their new film Send Help.

Send Help is directed by Sam Raimi and stars Rachel McAdams and Bradly Preston in a thrilling, darkly twisted survival story that only Sam Raimi could bring to life.

Experience the suspense on the big screen — Send Help is only in theaters and in 3D starting January 20th!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. What's going on?

0:10.1

Rob Sesterino back with you live after the Survivor, 49 finale.

0:16.4

What a night.

0:17.8

What a night.

0:19.0

So many things that we were not expecting here in this night.

0:23.9

As we congratulate our brand new winner of Survivor. Survivor 49 winner, Savannah, congratulations.

0:33.0

And here with me tonight to break it all down, an honest to goodness survivor finalist, a survivor finalist who gets votes even here with me tonight to break it all down and honest to goodness survivor finalist a survivor

0:38.3

finalist who gets votes even here with me to break it all down it's sam phelan sam how are you

0:44.3

i'm great i'm so honored to uh not jimmy phelan not jimmy phelan uh i will not be deciding

0:52.9

anyone's uh fate tonight but very excited to be here with you,

0:56.7

Rob. I'm honored to be here for the finale. I think the top story of the night for me shifted

1:02.7

like eight times throughout the evening. So we certainly have a lot of fun to break down and talk about.

1:08.3

Well, this is going to be a great spot to talk with you. I'm so excited

1:11.6

that you're here. Stephen has to go to bed early. He's busy out, you know, promoting escape. And so

1:17.9

we will talk with Stephen tomorrow. We'll have a live Survivor No Italls tomorrow at 3 p.m.

1:22.7

on a very busy Thursday when 3 p.m. Eastern, I will also talk with four of the five finalists. I believe

1:29.8

Sage is scheduled for an exit interview coming up on Friday. So I will speak with Savannah,

1:36.4

Rizzo, Christina, and Sof on Thursday. And then we should have an exit interview with Sage on Friday.

1:44.0

Also, some very exciting

1:45.3

news. Tonight's big Survivor finale recap is sponsored by a brand new movie, Send Help in

1:54.5

theaters in 3D, January 30th. We have more to show you about that. We're very excited about that. Great commercials for

2:02.5

Send Help during the Survivor finale. So we're super pumped up about that. Sam, how are you after

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