Matt Williams - Survivor 49

Seasons: 1 | Days played: 8 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 0

  • Survivor 49 (2025) - 14th place, 5th out.
  • Voted out in Episode 4, "Go Kick Rocks, Bro" (Day 8).

Matt Williams on social media: Instagram

Matt Williams - Career statistics

Challenge stats Tribal council stats Jury stats Overall stats
Season ChW ChA ChW% VFB VAP TCA TC% wTCR JVF TotJ JV% SurvSc SurvAv
Survivor 49 0.53 1.01 0.53 0 4 1 -0.57 0.00 - - - -0.04 0.53
Career 0.53 1.01 0.53 0 4 1 -0.57 0.00 - - - -0.04 0.53

 

Matt Williams - Performance ranks

Challenges: MPF percentile

N/A

Tribal: VFB% percentile

4

Tribal: rVAP percentile

25%

Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:

1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";

2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and

3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."

See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.

 

Matt Williams - Challenge record
Survivor 49 logo  Survivor 49 challenges

Stackie Robinson - Ep4 IC

Tribal/team challenge record (3-for-5; 1 sit-out):

  • Survivor 49, Ep. 1 RC: "Cube-Bert Sea" - Hauls the initial crates with MC, and Hina wins!.
  • Survivor 49, Ep. 1 IC: "Baby Snakes" - Helps work the snake track, and Hina wins! (1st/3).
  • Survivor 49, Ep. 2 RC/IC: "Mona Lisas and Mad Ladders" - Opens the gate; Hina wins! (1st/3).
  • Survivor 49, Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Sea of Love" - Sits out of another Hina win.
  • Survivor 49, Ep. 4 RC/IC: "Stackie Robinson" - Struggles carrying the small blocks over the balance beam; Hina loses.

 

Individual challenge record (0-for-0):

  • Survivor 49: None yet.

 

Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):

  • Survivor 49: None yet.
Career totals - challenges
Team/tribal challenges
Wins: 3
Played: 5
Win %: 0.60
Sat out: 1
Individual challenges
Wins: 0
Played: 0
Win %: -
Mean % Finish: -
Hero challenges
Wins: 0
Played: 0
Win %: -
Mean % Finish: -
Matt Williams - Tribal Council record
Survivor 49 logo  Survivor 49 Tribal

Ep4 Tribal Council

Idols held/played (0/0):

  • Survivor 49: None.

 

VFB - Votes for the person booted (0/1):

Tribal Voted Boot (totals) VFB?
Ep4 Nate Matt Williams (voted out, 4-2-1) -
1 TOTALS 0

 

VAP - Votes against (4):

  • Survivor 49, Ep. 4: Four votes, from Jason, Jawan, Nate, and Rizo (voted out, 4-2-1).

 

Jury votes made (0/0):

  • Survivor 49: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
Hidden idols
Found: 0
Played: -
Votes voided: -
Voting record
VFB: 0
Tribals: 1
VAP: 4
Jury votes
Made: 0
For winners: -
Received: -
Matt Williams - Pictures
Survivor 49 logo  Survivor 49 image gallery
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    Survivor 49 intro shot
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    Survivor 49 intro shot
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    Official CBS pre-game interview shot
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    Confessional
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    On the boat, Day 1
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    Greeting Probst
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    Hina wins! Ep1 RC
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    Hina tribe introductions
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    Bonding with Steven
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    Talking about his outdoor skills
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    Matt makes fire!
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    Hauling a snake, Ep1 IC
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    Hina wins again!
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    Resurrecting Cao Boi's firemaking technique, Ep2
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    Talking about alliances forming on Hina
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    In with Steven, Kristina, and MC
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    Greeting Jake and Jawan, Ep2 journey
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    Reading the task instructions
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    Landing coconuts
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    Reporting back to the tribe
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    Hina, learning Jawan played a disadvantage against them, pre-Ep2 IC
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    Hina wins anyway!
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    Pre-Ep3 IC, learning about Jake's medevac
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    Watching from the sit-out bench
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    Picking new buffs, Ep4 swap
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    The new Hina tribe
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    Showing the camp to the new tribemates
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    Getting grilled on his pre-airport job
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    Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC/IC
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    Carrying blocks on the balance beam
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    Racing Kele at stacking
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    The losing Hinas
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    Talking about trying to make a move
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    Jawan is in! Welcome to The Section, Jawan!
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    Hina, Ep4 Tribal
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    Talking to Probst
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    Fourth person voted out of Survivor 49...
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    Snuffed, Day 8 (Episode 4)
Matt Williams - Interviews
Survivor 49 logo  Survivor 49 interviews

Pre-game interviews

  • Mike Bloom at Parade.com (8/23/25): "Airport Ramp Agent Matt Williams Calls Himself a 'Trojan Horse'"
  • Mike Bloom at RHAP (9/6/25): "Survivor 49 Preseason Interview: Matt Williams"

 

Post-game interviews

  • Dalton Ross at EW.com (10/16/25): "Matt Williams says he was 'absolutely' screwed by the Survivor 49 tribe swap"
  • Mike Bloom at Parade.com (10/16/25): "Survivor 49's Matt Williams Explains Why He Revealed His Secret Finance Background"
  • Rob Cesternino at RHAP (10/16/25): "Exit Interview: Fifth Elimination on Survivor 49"
Matt Williams - Bio
Survivor 49 logo  Survivor 49 bio

Official CBS Survivor 49 bio excerpts, as preserved by Mike Bloom in Parade.com (August 20, 2025):

"3 Words to Describe You: Confident, curious, spontaneous

Why do you want to be part of Survivor? 26 days in Fiji will be nice. A million dollars will be nice. But if you are anything like me (which sometimes I am) and you have a burning desire to cling to a telephone pole in your underwear on national television… Survivor is the only way you’re gonna get that done. What’s one life experience you feel has prepared you for the game?: Does my childhood count as an experience?

Which previous player do you identify with the most? I probably identify the most with Joe, the gorgeous bohemian from Utah. He is a true gentleman and chiseled like a Roman God… We have a lot in common.

Who do you think you will play most like? I hope I would play the game like Kenzie; she was soooo likable. I could never write down her name – I really hope people have a hard time writing down mine.

What will you value in an alliance partner? I hope to align with people who think they are smarter than me. If I can play a subservient role, it will be easier to hide until it is time to “turn it on.”

Favorite hobbies: Fishing, hiking, traveling

Pet Peeves: Listening to someone incorporate texting shorthand into a verbal conversation, OMG… LOL!

What is something we would never know from looking at you? I love to cook and would like to open a restaurant someday. Maybe when I win season 49, I’ll use the money to buy the Sanctuary… I’ll name myself head chef and bartender.

Who is your biggest inspiration and why? My wife, Krissy. She had worked as a hospice nurse; her empathy dial is turned all the way to eleven. She is my life coach and my best friend. She taught me how to evolve, she is the reason I strive every day to be a better version of me than I was the day before.

Why will you be the Sole Survivor? I am prepared, I am disciplined, I am adaptable, and I am on a beach in Fiji. At this point, all I need is patience."