Survivor Season 49 Episode 4 aired on October 15, 2025. The latest episode featured an immunity challenge after which Matt Williams was sent home.
It happened after he was voted off by fellow castaways at the Tribal Council. The episode also saw a tribe swap, after which participants were divided into two Tribes. Matt was in the Hina Tribe (Yellow) along with Rizo, Jawan, Nate, Savanah, Jason, and Sophi.
Survivor host discussed the tribe swap and how Sophi, Matt, and Jason felt after the swap. The three shared their thoughts and opened up about cultivating relationships with fellow tribemates. The show host revealed the votes, which resulted in Matt's elimination.
Survivor Season 49 Episode 4: Matt Williams was voted off by fellow castaways
The latest episode of the CBS show featured castaways into two Tribes: Hina and Kele.
- Hina Tribe: Sophi, Rizo, Jawan, Nate, Savanah, Matt, and Jason,
- Kele Tribe: Alex, Steven, Christina, MC, Sophie, Shannon, and Sage.
After Kele Tribe won the immunity challenge, Hina Tribe members were sent to face the Tribal Council. It was their first time facing the council. Survivor host, Jeff Probst, told the castaways to grab their torches and light them up.
He told them that the fire represented their life there. If the fire was gone, it would mean they were also gone from the competition. Soon, Jeff asked Nate about the Immunity Challenge and his comments about Matt, Jason, and Sophi being in danger.
"At the end of the challenge, is that reasonable for Matt, Jason, and Sophi, to be concerned, and you were pretty honest, and you said yeah, we have the numbers right now," asked the show host.
Survivor star Nate talked about Jason and Nate being in danger as he and fellow castaways have been close to Sophi. Later, Sophi opened up about getting empathy from her new tribemates after the tribe swap.
Jeff then asked Matt about the time when he reached the beach during the tribe swap. He asked if Matt immediately felt "game on" or if he needed to figure something out.
"Yeah, it absolutely was. And my approach was to sell why they should keep me over Jason or Sophi. But at the time I was making my case, had no idea that Sophi had been taken in. So that is news to me," said Matt.
Later, when Survivor's Jason was asked about being in danger along with Matt, he responded that he was holding on to dear life with Matt. He talked about the rest of the castaways keeping their relationships after the tribe swap. However, he and Matt were fighting for their lives.
Further in the episode, castaways voted. While voting, Nate confessed to the cameras that he was voting off Matt because he had said his name multiple times.
"He's a good guy, but he said my name multiple times. So, go kick rocks, bro," said Nate.
Show host Jeff Probst revealed 4 votes against Matt, 2 votes against Jason, and one against Nate. As a result, Matt was sent home.
To know more about the immunity challenge, fans can stream Survivor Season 49 Episode 4 on Paramount+.