This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom. According
to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and Sophi going by their
last names because they're too hard to pronounce. Is she talking about Kristina? Her impersonation screams Kristina to me.
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by their last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were shot down by both
someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-segreti-survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
On 12/4/2025 9:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom. According
to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and Sophi going by
their last names because they're too hard to pronounce. Is she talking
about Kristina? Her impersonation screams Kristina to me.
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by their
last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were shot down by
both someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-segreti-
survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
That's wild.-a Honestly, I don't know why the show didn't just address
this right from the start of the season by just agreeing on different
names for the two - Soph, Sophie, Belardi, Segreti, SB, SS, use their
middle names, whatever.-a In Marquesas there were two Robs, so they
became Boston Rob and New York Rob, and this was setup right from the start.-a So we could have had Florida Sophi and Maryland (or New York) Sophie.
There are a lot of ways this could have been setup pre-season so that it never became a distracting plot point during the show.
On 12/4/2025 8:53 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 9:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom.
According to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and Sophi
going by their last names because they're too hard to pronounce. Is
she talking about Kristina? Her impersonation screams Kristina to me.
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by their
last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were shot down by
both someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-segreti-
survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
That's wild.-a Honestly, I don't know why the show didn't just address
this right from the start of the season by just agreeing on different
names for the two - Soph, Sophie, Belardi, Segreti, SB, SS, use their
middle names, whatever.-a In Marquesas there were two Robs, so they
became Boston Rob and New York Rob, and this was setup right from the
start.-a So we could have had Florida Sophi and Maryland (or New York)
Sophie.
I think the show was so focused on S50 that they ignored issues like
this one in S49 until they were forced to deal with them. Jeff probably didn't want them using initials because MC was already using hers. He
likely said "no" to last names because that "honor" is reserved for his faves. It's funny that even though he nixed them using colors, the edit still included tons of footage of the other players referring to them as Yellow Sophie and Blue Sophie. I agree with Sophie that they both have
cool last names. That's what the show should have gone with.
There are a lot of ways this could have been setup pre-season so that
it never became a distracting plot point during the show.
BB10 had two Brians. From the start one of them went by his last name
and that's how he was credited from Day 1. There's probably still a ton
of fans that think his name is actually Ollie. A funny thing about that situation is that the guy they let go by his real first name was the
first person evicted that season.
On 12/4/2025 11:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 8:53 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 9:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom.
According to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and Sophi
going by their last names because they're too hard to pronounce. Is
she talking about Kristina? Her impersonation screams Kristina to me.
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by their
last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were shot down by
both someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-segreti-
survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
That's wild.-a Honestly, I don't know why the show didn't just address
this right from the start of the season by just agreeing on different
names for the two - Soph, Sophie, Belardi, Segreti, SB, SS, use their
middle names, whatever.-a In Marquesas there were two Robs, so they
became Boston Rob and New York Rob, and this was setup right from the
start.-a So we could have had Florida Sophi and Maryland (or New York)
Sophie.
I think the show was so focused on S50 that they ignored issues like
this one in S49 until they were forced to deal with them. Jeff
probably didn't want them using initials because MC was already using
hers. He likely said "no" to last names because that "honor" is
reserved for his faves. It's funny that even though he nixed them
using colors, the edit still included tons of footage of the other
players referring to them as Yellow Sophie and Blue Sophie. I agree
with Sophie that they both have cool last names. That's what the show
should have gone with.
But Gabler was never necessarily one of Jeff's faves. He was called that right from the start.-a Ditto David Jelinsky who I think pretty much just asked to be called that.-a So it seems the old rule about reserving last names for the Cochrans and Hatches of the world seems to be one of the casualties of the New era.
There are a lot of ways this could have been setup pre-season so that
it never became a distracting plot point during the show.
BB10 had two Brians. From the start one of them went by his last name
and that's how he was credited from Day 1. There's probably still a
ton of fans that think his name is actually Ollie. A funny thing about
that situation is that the guy they let go by his real first name was
the first person evicted that season.
And I mentioned previously the Hells Kitchen season with two Kimberlys,
so one went by her last name of Ryan and she ended up winning the
season.-a To this day, that season winner is always referenced as "Ryan"
and I doubt if many casual fans realize her actual first name.
I think we also talked previously about how the original Purple Kelly
was called that to distinguish her from the other Kelly in the cast that season.-a It was only a result of her getting so little screen time that
the adjective "purple" started to be use as a descriptor for such
players after that.-a It's ironic that Yellow Sophie from this season was referred to by some fans as Purple Sophie in the early episodes because
she was so rarely seen.
On 12/4/2025 11:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 8:53 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 9:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom.
According to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and Sophi
going by their last names because they're too hard to pronounce. Is
she talking about Kristina? Her impersonation screams Kristina to me.
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by their
last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were shot down by
both someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-segreti-
survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
That's wild.-a Honestly, I don't know why the show didn't just address
this right from the start of the season by just agreeing on different
names for the two - Soph, Sophie, Belardi, Segreti, SB, SS, use their
middle names, whatever.-a In Marquesas there were two Robs, so they
became Boston Rob and New York Rob, and this was setup right from the
start.-a So we could have had Florida Sophi and Maryland (or New York)
Sophie.
I think the show was so focused on S50 that they ignored issues like
this one in S49 until they were forced to deal with them. Jeff
probably didn't want them using initials because MC was already using
hers. He likely said "no" to last names because that "honor" is
reserved for his faves. It's funny that even though he nixed them
using colors, the edit still included tons of footage of the other
players referring to them as Yellow Sophie and Blue Sophie. I agree
with Sophie that they both have cool last names. That's what the show
should have gone with.
But Gabler was never necessarily one of Jeff's faves. He was called that right from the start.-a Ditto David Jelinsky who I think pretty much just asked to be called that.-a So it seems the old rule about reserving last names for the Cochrans and Hatches of the world seems to be one of the casualties of the New era.
On 12/4/2025 10:38 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 11:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 8:53 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 9:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom.
According to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and Sophi
going by their last names because they're too hard to pronounce. Is >>>>> she talking about Kristina? Her impersonation screams Kristina to me. >>>>>
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by their
last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were shot down
by both someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-segreti-
survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
That's wild.-a Honestly, I don't know why the show didn't just
address this right from the start of the season by just agreeing on
different names for the two - Soph, Sophie, Belardi, Segreti, SB,
SS, use their middle names, whatever.-a In Marquesas there were two
Robs, so they became Boston Rob and New York Rob, and this was setup
right from the start.-a So we could have had Florida Sophi and
Maryland (or New York) Sophie.
I think the show was so focused on S50 that they ignored issues like
this one in S49 until they were forced to deal with them. Jeff
probably didn't want them using initials because MC was already using
hers. He likely said "no" to last names because that "honor" is
reserved for his faves. It's funny that even though he nixed them
using colors, the edit still included tons of footage of the other
players referring to them as Yellow Sophie and Blue Sophie. I agree
with Sophie that they both have cool last names. That's what the show
should have gone with.
But Gabler was never necessarily one of Jeff's faves. He was called
that right from the start.-a Ditto David Jelinsky who I think pretty
much just asked to be called that.-a So it seems the old rule about
reserving last names for the Cochrans and Hatches of the world seems
to be one of the casualties of the New era.
Except for women. Pre New Era it was super rare for him to refer to a
female player by their last name. The only real example I can think of
is KW. I can't recall though if Jeff called her Kelley when she first
played with her dad or if he started calling her Wentworth that season.
On 12/5/2025 8:07 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 10:38 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 11:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 8:53 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 9:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom.
According to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and Sophi >>>>>> going by their last names because they're too hard to pronounce.
Is she talking about Kristina? Her impersonation screams Kristina >>>>>> to me.
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by their >>>>>> last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were shot down >>>>>> by both someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-segreti- >>>>>> survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
That's wild.-a Honestly, I don't know why the show didn't just
address this right from the start of the season by just agreeing on >>>>> different names for the two - Soph, Sophie, Belardi, Segreti, SB,
SS, use their middle names, whatever.-a In Marquesas there were two >>>>> Robs, so they became Boston Rob and New York Rob, and this was
setup right from the start.-a So we could have had Florida Sophi and >>>>> Maryland (or New York) Sophie.
I think the show was so focused on S50 that they ignored issues like
this one in S49 until they were forced to deal with them. Jeff
probably didn't want them using initials because MC was already
using hers. He likely said "no" to last names because that "honor"
is reserved for his faves. It's funny that even though he nixed them
using colors, the edit still included tons of footage of the other
players referring to them as Yellow Sophie and Blue Sophie. I agree
with Sophie that they both have cool last names. That's what the
show should have gone with.
But Gabler was never necessarily one of Jeff's faves. He was called
that right from the start.-a Ditto David Jelinsky who I think pretty
much just asked to be called that.-a So it seems the old rule about
reserving last names for the Cochrans and Hatches of the world seems
to be one of the casualties of the New era.
Except for women. Pre New Era it was super rare for him to refer to a
female player by their last name. The only real example I can think of
is KW. I can't recall though if Jeff called her Kelley when she first
played with her dad or if he started calling her Wentworth that season.
I thought it was to avoid confusion since there were two Kellys that
season --a her and Wiglesworth.-a She certainly wasn't called that when
she played with her dad, since they had the same last name.
You are right he rarely called women by their last name.-a If you think about it, the three most famous and iconic female players on the show - Parvati, Sandra and Cirie --a were never addressed by their last names.
And many other strong players like Kim, Aubry, Stephenie,-a Denise,
Michele, Chrissy, etc. were always addressed just by their first name. Off-hand the only female players I can think of who were addressed by
their last name other than the two KWs were Sarah Lacina (briefly) and
Sarah Dawson (who requested he call her that because that's what people called her in real life).
Regarding players with the same first name, it occurred to me that the earliest example of this was on Season 3 when there were two Kims, Kim Johnson and Kim Powers.-a I think fans often referred to them as Big Kim
and Little Kim or Old Kim and Young Kim, but on the show I think they
just used their full names.
On 12/6/2025 7:52 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/5/2025 8:07 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 10:38 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 11:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 8:53 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 9:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom.
According to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and
Sophi going by their last names because they're too hard to
pronounce. Is she talking about Kristina? Her impersonation
screams Kristina to me.
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by
their last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were
shot down by both someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-segreti- >>>>>>> survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
That's wild.-a Honestly, I don't know why the show didn't just
address this right from the start of the season by just agreeing
on different names for the two - Soph, Sophie, Belardi, Segreti,
SB, SS, use their middle names, whatever.-a In Marquesas there were >>>>>> two Robs, so they became Boston Rob and New York Rob, and this was >>>>>> setup right from the start.-a So we could have had Florida Sophi
and Maryland (or New York) Sophie.
I think the show was so focused on S50 that they ignored issues
like this one in S49 until they were forced to deal with them. Jeff >>>>> probably didn't want them using initials because MC was already
using hers. He likely said "no" to last names because that "honor"
is reserved for his faves. It's funny that even though he nixed
them using colors, the edit still included tons of footage of the
other players referring to them as Yellow Sophie and Blue Sophie. I >>>>> agree with Sophie that they both have cool last names. That's what
the show should have gone with.
But Gabler was never necessarily one of Jeff's faves. He was called
that right from the start.-a Ditto David Jelinsky who I think pretty
much just asked to be called that.-a So it seems the old rule about
reserving last names for the Cochrans and Hatches of the world seems
to be one of the casualties of the New era.
Except for women. Pre New Era it was super rare for him to refer to a
female player by their last name. The only real example I can think
of is KW. I can't recall though if Jeff called her Kelley when she
first played with her dad or if he started calling her Wentworth that
season.
I thought it was to avoid confusion since there were two Kellys that
season --a her and Wiglesworth.-a She certainly wasn't called that when
she played with her dad, since they had the same last name.
I just watched the first chunk of S31 Ep01 and it was Wiglesworth who
got the last name treatment from Jeff. He called KW "Kelley Wentworth."
The credits used their first names. It makes sense Wiglesworth got the
last name treatment because she was one vote away from winning S1,
whereas KW was an early (4th?) boot in her first season. I'm just about
100% positive she was Wentworth from the start of S38. Did Jeff start calling her Wentworth later in S31 or did that not come until S38? IIRC, fans were calling her Wentworth from pretty early on in her Survivor
career.
You are right he rarely called women by their last name.-a If you think
about it, the three most famous and iconic female players on the show
- Parvati, Sandra and Cirie --a were never addressed by their last
names. And many other strong players like Kim, Aubry, Stephenie,
Denise, Michele, Chrissy, etc. were always addressed just by their
first name. Off-hand the only female players I can think of who were
addressed by their last name other than the two KWs were Sarah Lacina
(briefly) and Sarah Dawson (who requested he call her that because
that's what people called her in real life).
To be fair, some of their last names don't exactly roll of the tongue or have bad connotations. Others just seem to have taken ownership of their first name. There's been plenty of Kims, but for most fans Kim = Kim Spradlin.
Sarah Dawson? I'll have to look her up as I'm drawing a complete blank.
Regarding players with the same first name, it occurred to me that the
earliest example of this was on Season 3 when there were two Kims, Kim
Johnson and Kim Powers.-a I think fans often referred to them as Big
Kim and Little Kim or Old Kim and Young Kim, but on the show I think
they just used their full names.
There's a lot of things they could have done this season that would have been better than sticking Sophi with a name she was thrilled with.
On 12/7/2025 8:50 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/6/2025 7:52 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/5/2025 8:07 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 10:38 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 11:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
On 12/4/2025 8:53 PM, Rick wrote:
On 12/4/2025 9:38 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
This is a clip from Sophie's exit interview with Mike Bloom.
According to Sophie, a cast member nixed the idea of her and
Sophi going by their last names because they're too hard to
pronounce. Is she talking about Kristina? Her impersonation
screams Kristina to me.
Tweet from Mike Bloom:
Sophie says she and @sophibalerdi originally wanted to go by
their last names or "Yellow Sophie/Blue Sophi." But they were >>>>>>>> shot down by both someone in their cast and Jeff himself
Full #Survivor49 interview: https://parade.com/tv/sophie-
segreti- survivor-49-eliminated-interview
https://x.com/AMikeBloomType/status/1996617658876486101
That's wild.-a Honestly, I don't know why the show didn't just
address this right from the start of the season by just agreeing >>>>>>> on different names for the two - Soph, Sophie, Belardi, Segreti, >>>>>>> SB, SS, use their middle names, whatever.-a In Marquesas there
were two Robs, so they became Boston Rob and New York Rob, and
this was setup right from the start.-a So we could have had
Florida Sophi and Maryland (or New York) Sophie.
I think the show was so focused on S50 that they ignored issues
like this one in S49 until they were forced to deal with them.
Jeff probably didn't want them using initials because MC was
already using hers. He likely said "no" to last names because that >>>>>> "honor" is reserved for his faves. It's funny that even though he >>>>>> nixed them using colors, the edit still included tons of footage
of the other players referring to them as Yellow Sophie and Blue
Sophie. I agree with Sophie that they both have cool last names.
That's what the show should have gone with.
But Gabler was never necessarily one of Jeff's faves. He was called >>>>> that right from the start.-a Ditto David Jelinsky who I think pretty >>>>> much just asked to be called that.-a So it seems the old rule about >>>>> reserving last names for the Cochrans and Hatches of the world
seems to be one of the casualties of the New era.
Except for women. Pre New Era it was super rare for him to refer to
a female player by their last name. The only real example I can
think of is KW. I can't recall though if Jeff called her Kelley when
she first played with her dad or if he started calling her Wentworth
that season.
I thought it was to avoid confusion since there were two Kellys that
season --a her and Wiglesworth.-a She certainly wasn't called that when >>> she played with her dad, since they had the same last name.
I just watched the first chunk of S31 Ep01 and it was Wiglesworth who
got the last name treatment from Jeff. He called KW "Kelley
Wentworth." The credits used their first names. It makes sense
Wiglesworth got the last name treatment because she was one vote away
from winning S1, whereas KW was an early (4th?) boot in her first
season. I'm just about 100% positive she was Wentworth from the start
of S38. Did Jeff start calling her Wentworth later in S31 or did that
not come until S38? IIRC, fans were calling her Wentworth from pretty
early on in her Survivor career.
My recollection was that Jeff started calling her Wentworth at some
point during the Second Chances season.-a I don't feel like going back
and skimming through those episodes, but I did find this old Reddit
thread from 10 years ago when the season was airing which seems to
confirm my recollection:
https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/3v6w2e/ why_are_they_still_calling_her_wentworth/
Apparently, posters are complaining about Jeff continuing to address
Kelley Wentworth as Wentworth even after Kelly Wigleworth was voted out.
You are right he rarely called women by their last name.-a If you
think about it, the three most famous and iconic female players on
the show - Parvati, Sandra and Cirie --a were never addressed by their
last names. And many other strong players like Kim, Aubry, Stephenie,
Denise, Michele, Chrissy, etc. were always addressed just by their
first name. Off-hand the only female players I can think of who were
addressed by their last name other than the two KWs were Sarah Lacina
(briefly) and Sarah Dawson (who requested he call her that because
that's what people called her in real life).
To be fair, some of their last names don't exactly roll of the tongue
or have bad connotations. Others just seem to have taken ownership of
their first name. There's been plenty of Kims, but for most fans Kim =
Kim Spradlin.
Yeah, somehow I don't think Diaz-Twine would ever have caught on as a nickname for Sandra.
Sarah Dawson? I'll have to look her up as I'm drawing a complete blank.
She's probably best known for kissing Jeff on air on two different episodes.-a I had forgotten this, but she also was apparently the only player on her tribe to recognize the other Jeff - Jeff Kent - as a ball player, a la Danni Boatright with Gary Hogeboom.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Sarah_Dawson
Regarding players with the same first name, it occurred to me that
the earliest example of this was on Season 3 when there were two
Kims, Kim Johnson and Kim Powers.-a I think fans often referred to
them as Big Kim and Little Kim or Old Kim and Young Kim, but on the
show I think they just used their full names.
There's a lot of things they could have done this season that would
have been better than sticking Sophi with a name she was thrilled with.
Now that yellow Sophie is gone, I wonder if they will go back to calling Soph by her proper first name of Sophie?
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