‘Survivor’ finalist Sophi Balerdi joked, ‘I need to get a hold of this footage like I need air to breathe.’
Survivor fans are learning that Saturday Night Live had a Final Tribal sketch in the dress rehearsal for their Dec. 20 episode, and now they’re feeling “robbed” that they never got to see it air!
“This is code red!” Season 49 finalist Sophi Balerdi said in a TikTok on Dec. 27.
“SNL did a sketch about me, [Savannah Louie], and Sage [Ahrens Nichols] in the final three because, you know, [President Donald] Trump was interrupting the finale of Season 49.”
She shared a photo from the dress rehearsal with Chloe Fineman dressed as Ahrens Nichols, Sarah Sherman as Louie, and Ashley Padilla as Balerdi. “This is the most insane thing ever, because I grew up on SNL,” said the excited competitor.
She was also blown away by how closely Padilla copied her outfit from the Final Tribal. “They got the sweater that I was wearing,” she said excitedly. “The beads that I wore around my neck that came from Tree Mail.”
“I need to get a hold of this footage like I need air to breathe, so if anybody has it, please send it to me,” she begged.
Fans were in a frenzy hearing the news. “That is such a great idea to have a Survivor SNL skit, why did they cut it!?!?” asked one, while another added, “We were ROBBED.” An Instagram follower said, “We need the clip!!” and another agreed, “We coulda had it all…”
Even SNL‘s Padilla hopped in the comments of Balerdi’s post, saying, “You are the s–t!!!!!!!!!!”
