Survivor season 49 features a first for the CBS hit reality competition series: both alternates ended up in the cast.

If you don’t know, Survivor brings 18 castaways out to Fiji for pre-production, and then also flies out one male and one female alternate should any situation arise where an originally selected cast member can no longer compete.

Well, in a Survivor first, both alternates are competing this upcoming season.

The alternates for season 49 were Jason Treul and Michelle “MC” Chukwujekwu . So, what happened with the 2 contestants who were replaced?

Host Jeff Probst gave some insight and shared that something happened during the sequester period before production begins, “when all of the cast lie in wait for the game to begin, forbidden from talking with one

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