Balerdi, Louie and Sage Ahrens-Nichols made it to the final three during Wednesday night’s finale. After the trio pleaded their cases to the jury, Louie won the season with five jury votes to Balerdi’s two and Ahrens-Nichols’ one.

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And in just two short months, Louie will be back on television for “Survivor 50. ” Both Louie and her “Survivor 49” ally Rizo Velovic will competing alongside icons like Cirie Fields, Colby Donaldson, Ozzy Lusth and Mike White on the milestone season.

Rizo Velovic ’s flashy, entertaining stay on Survivor 49 came to end when the R-I-Z-G-O-D lost in the fire-making competition to Savannah Louie after Sophi Balerdi put her two allies against each other in the final four contest.

Fans of reality TV have been waiting for months for this moment, with season 49 of the long-running CBS reality series Survivor set to go down on Wednesday, December 18. Survivor is one of the most celebrated and longest-running shows in entertainment,

After a season that started slow, picked up momentum and tore into the finale at break-neck speed, Survivor 49 finally has a winner. Warning: Spoilers below for the finale of Survivor 49. Savannah Louie earned the title of Sole Survivor on the Wednesday,

"Winning reward & immunity, establishing a dominant alliance, hearing from my family, and heading to the FINALE🧡 Am I… that girl?" she wrote on social media.