Survivor Season 49 Episode 11 Recap: While one castaway fights against tides, others plan their upcoming Tribal Council strategy

Survivor Season 49 Episode 11 Recap
Survivor Season 49 Host Jeff Probst | Image Source: Instagram/ @survivorcbs

Survivor Season 49 Episode 11 aired on December 3, 2025. The latest episode featured an individual Immunity task, a group immunity task, a surprising Tribal Council, and more.

For individual immunity, Steven volunteered and won the challenge. Soon, everyone went through the Immunity challenge. Steven won that as well. He decided to share his food with his allies.

Later in the episode, viewers witnessed extensive planning for the upcoming Tribal Council. However, most of it didn't work as some of them wanted to eliminate Steven. But he won two immunity challenges and was safe. As a result, Sophie faced the unexpected five votes and was sent home.

CBS describes the latest episode of Survivor Season 49 as:

"One castaway tries to get back at the person who eliminated their day one; a castaway's journey becomes a race against mother nature to outrun the tides; a new version of a familiar challenge stands between castaways and the immunity necklace."

Survivor Season 49 Episode 11 Recap: The remaining participants' plan to eliminate Steven fails after he wins two immunity challenges

The recently released Survivor Season 49 Episode 11 picked up from the last Tribal Council. Kristina noted that all of them were good liars. Sophie spoke with Sage, Steven, and Kristina regarding Jawan's elimination. Sage didn't believe what she shared. It didn't sit well with Sophie.

The next morning, multiple participants talked about targeting Sophie after her plan to eliminate Jawan was revealed. On the other end, Soph teamed up with Rizo and Savannah. Sage originally wanted to target Savannah, but her new target became Sophie, since she became a strong contender.

Soon, the remaining participants witnessed a boat arriving on the shore. It was there to take them for a strenuous activity. While they wanted to stay energized for the upcoming Immunity challenge, Steven went ahead with the task.

After Steven chose the task, everyone thought he was among the stronger participants. Some participants discussed the possibility of him winning the immunity and getting an advantage.

Survivor star Steven's task was to find six numbers to unlock a box. He had to look throughout the island for that. He fought against the tides as he had to keep the pole safe from the water. If the pot were to fall off before unlocking the box, he would lose the advantage. He struggled to find the numbers, but was able to complete the task successfully.

His advantage was that he could block any one of his fellow tribemates' votes at the next Tribal Council. After returning to the camp, Steven talked about the challenge. He also mentioned that he won. However, he didn't reveal his advantage.

Soon, Survivor host Jeff Probst arrived. Participants went through the latest Immunity challenge. They had to wear a belt connected with a rope. It was associated with a rotating disc. They had to collect blocks and stack them on a moving disc. The first one to stack all the blocks would win the challenge. The winning reward was garlic bread, spaghetti, juices, and more food.

There was an exciting race among the participants to finish the task. They had to spell IMMUNITY while completing the challenge. Steven and Soph started strong. Savannah and Sage were also almost at the finish line. Soon Soph's stack fell. She had to start over.

Steven finished his stack and won the second Immunity challenge. Along with that, he also secured his spot in the upcoming finale. He chose Kristina and Rizo to share his reward with. It didn't sit well with the rest of the participants. Earlier, they planned to target Steven. However, he ended up winning two immunity challenges.

Later in Survivor, castaways walked to the Tribal Council at night. After the votes were counted, the show host revealed the final result. Sophie received five votes, while Savannah received one vote. With a majority of votes against her, Sophie was sent home from the CBS show.


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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal