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Mack Rawden

A Survivor 49 Castaway Claims There Was Rampant Pregame Cheating, And I Have So Many Thoughts

Sage gives a confessional during Survivor.

After not saying almost anything while the Survivor 49 episodes were airing, losing finalist Sage Ahrens-Nichols has been dropping essays and releasing videos on social media at a regular clip since the final vote was read. Much of her communication has been around explaining her mindset, especially related to key votes where she went against the majority alliance, but more recently, she’s set her sights on exposing all the cheating she says was going on.

More specifically, Ahrens-Nichols is claiming during the pregame, numerous castaways were flagrantly violating the rules. Before each season starts, contestants are flown to Fiji and placed in essentially a holding pattern for a week while they take physicals, complete mental health evaluations, do pregame press and take cast photos, among other things. They’re technically not allowed to speak to each other, but she says that didn’t happen… at all.

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