The new Uli team is out for challenge blood.

Survivor 49 tribe confronts ‘do or die’ moment in exclusive deleted scene

The new Uli team is out for challenge blood.

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October 30, 2025 8:00 a.m. ET

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With all the tribe switching and tribe contracting and tribe expanding going down on *Survivor 49*, it’s been a bit difficult to keep track of who is on what beach, and who exactly is on that beach with them.

This week’s episode of *Survivor 49* once again shuffled the deck, going back to three tribes while also mixing up the contestants on each… just for funsies. After the latest switcheroo, original Hina tribe members Sophie Segreti and Kristina Mills found themselves on Uli 3.0, joined by a double dose of Moores — Nate and Alex.

Being on a tribe of just four people is super scary. If you lose an immunity challenge, you have a 25 percent chance of being voted out, and even if you think you have the numbers to stay, a stray advantage or immunity idol can potentially take you out with a single vote. Like I said, scary.

Nate Moore and Kristina Mills on 'Survivor 49'.

So the new Uli tribe could be excused for feeling a bit nervous upon receiving an ominous day 12 Tree Mail message about an upcoming immunity challenge, and you can see their reaction in the exclusive deleted scene above.

After heading to the Tree Mail station, Nate reads the parchment to the rest of the tribe: “Brains and brawn must galvanize, and most certainly maintain composure. If you don't possess finesse and vision, your flames all risk exposure.”

Naturally, the tribe then all attempts (unsuccessfully) to decipher the clues as to what kind of competition they will be facing, but Alex lays it all out for us in a confessional interview in terms of what is at stake.

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“The new Uli tribe checks Tree Mail and we know we're going to battle today,” he explains. “This immunity challenge is do or die. We have to win.”

I mean… do you? Couldn’t you just get second place and be all good? Isn’t that the way the three-tribe format works?

But Alex doesn’t want to hear that type of resigned loser talk! He is all in and ready to take no prisoners! (NOTE: Taking prisoners on *Survivor* is not allowed.) “The Tree Mail talks about brains and brawn, and I think we have both,” he argues. “So I'm really feeling good about today and just hoping we can pull out a win, because I have to be here. I have been fighting too hard to go home now, so I'm ready for it. And I'm ready to go to battle.”

Sophie Segreti, Alex Moore, Nate Moore, and Kristina Mills on 'Survivor 49'.

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And he’s not the only one! Kristina and Sophie both proclaim that “We gotta go for first.” Good for you! Of course, they would *not* get first. In fact, they were extremely fortunate to not get *last* after going into the final table maze at a huge time deficit. But like we tried to tell Alex, second place is fine! Embrace average competence!

To watch the whole thing go down for yourself, check out the video at the top of the article, and also make sure to read our full episode recap.

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