Sophi Balerdi
The Kele survivor who climbed out of a doomed tribe, kept her friends close, and stole the last immunity.
Known for
Sophi started Survivor 49 on Kele, a tribe that went badly, and her season only turned when the switch dropped her onto Hina. There she worked her way into the Uli Alliance and dug up the Knowledge is Power Advantage. For a stretch at the merge she was even billed as "Soph" to keep her apart from Sophie Segreti.
The early merge was rocky, but Sophi rebuilt by making friends outside her own group, which made everyone wonder when she would turn on it. She seriously weighed flipping on Savannah Louie and Rizo Velovic and chose loyalty instead. Then came the jolt: she upset the field in the last immunity challenge and punched her ticket to Final Tribal. The jury appreciated her social game and grit, but it was not enough, and Savannah took the title.
Background: Survivor Wiki
The season they played
- 2Survivor 49age 27, Miami, Florida2nd of 18 · 26 days
Source
Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.