Survivor Season 49 Finale was released on December 17, 2025. The latest episode, titled, A Fever Dream, featured five finalists. This included Savannah, Rizo, Sage, Kristina, and Sophi.The finalists went through an immunity challenge and a reward challenge. Kristina was eliminated through the Tribal Council vote. Rizo got eliminated by losing a fire-making challenge. Savannah, Sage, and Sophi became the three finalists.Soon, the jurors arrived and shared their thoughts on who deserved to win. After a secret voting ceremony, the show host revealed the final votes. As a result, Savannah took home the prize money.CBS describes the Survivor Season 49 Finale as:"One castaway is crowned Sole Survivor and awarded the $1 million prize."Survivor Season 49 Finale Recap: Five finalists go through the final immunity challenge, after which two of them are sent home View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAfter returning to the camp, the remaining participants talked about Rizo's idol and how he lied about it. The next day, they all faced a task related to the upcoming immunity challenge. They had to find missing puzzle pieces and make a map. Sage was the first one to arrive.Savannah, Sophi, and Rizo also joined. Sophi thought of looking above them while searching for puzzle pieces. She found a bag hanging on a tree branch.Further in the episode, they went through the immunity challenge. It featured an obstacle course. There were mud pits, barrel rolls, a puzzle, hooks, and more. Since Sophi won the earlier challenge, she had an advantage. The winning benefits for the latest immunity challenge were wine, potatoes, steak, carrot cake, and more foods.With her advantage, Sophi reached the ladder to complete the final puzzle. But she saw Rizo and Savannah were already there. Soon, Sage also joined them for the final task. Savannah won the immunity challenge and earned the benefits. She became one of the few female participants who had won four immunity challenges on the show.For the winning treats, Survivor's Savannah picked Sage to enjoy delicacies. It was because she felt that Sage was the only participant who hadn't had food like the rest of the cast members. While the two enjoyed their food rewards, Kristina talked to Sophi and Rizo about the upcoming finale.They discussed how Savannah and Sage could be at an advantage. Hence, they planned to eliminate Sage. Rizo and Sophi agreed. On the other hand, Savannah and Sage talked about being "legitimately friends." Savannah noted that Kristina would be an easier opponent to win against in the finale. Rizo shared his concerns regarding the final Tribal Council meeting.At the Tribal Council, Kristina said that the voting was "straight-forward." She noted that Sage had been an excellent player. Soon, they all cast their votes. Kristina received three votes, while Sage received one. As a result, Kristina was eliminated from Survivor. She shared that her fellow participants made the "absolute best decision."Survivor Season 49 Finale Recap: Final four's finale immunity challenge View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAfter Kristina's elimination, the remaining four contestants went through the final immunity challenge. It featured various tasks, including balancing, digging, managing two balls on a table track, and more. As the challenge started, Savannah was in the lead. Soon, Rizo was leading but faced issues while going through the puzzle task.While Savannah was about to finish her puzzle task, Sophi beat her to it. Being the winner of the challenge, she had to choose who would go against each other in the fire-making task. She chose Sage for the finale while Rizo and Savannah were sent to the fire-making task, which Savannah won.Survivor Season 49 Finale Recap: Three finalists, jurors return, and final voting View this post on Instagram Instagram PostFurther on Survivor, three finalists, Savannah, Sophi, and Sage, went through the finale battle. Each of them reflected on their time on the show and how things have been for them. Nate shared that Savannah was a "killer," while Alex noted that Sophi deserved to win. There was a lengthy discussion about who should win.Jurors and the finalists shared their thoughts throughout the discussion. At last, all eight jurors cast their votes for the last time. Soon, the host revealed the votes. With four votes, Savannah won Survivor Season 49.To know more, fans can now head to CBS and stream the Survivor Season 49 Finale.