Survivor 50’s Charlie Davis on Dee Valladares, Rizo Velovic Alliance

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There was more bad blood than met the eye.

As it turns out, Survivor 50 contestant Charlie Davis may have been wrong to assume that fellow castaway Rizo Velovic—who returned to the milestone season less than two weeks after completing season 49—was without any alliances on the islands of Fiji.

Indeed, the self-professed Taylor Swift fan revealed that Rizo’s season 49 ally Sophi Balerdi may have connected him with season 45 winner Dee Valladares before filming.

“I know Dee had a FaceTime before the season with Rizo, this is what I heard,” Charlie told Page Six in an interview published March 26. “I think [they met] through Soph because they’re both in Miami.”

And the 28-year-old alleged that Rizo’s pre-game connection may have “played into” alliances within their tribe.

“If I were Dee,” he continued, “I’d be like, ‘Oh, wow. I have this pre-game relationship with Rizo and no one else has that because no one else would have any way of getting in touch with him or knowing he was on 50.’”