Survivor: Tocantins.
Survivor: Tocantins , also known as Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands , is the eighteenth installment in the U.S. reality show Survivor . It was filmed in Tocantins, Brazil and premiered on February 12, 2009. Once production of Survivor: Gabon was underway, CBS began casting for this season. Shooting occurred between October and December 2008. The season saw one medical evacuation and has to date produced four returning players (Coach Wade, J.T. Thomas, Stephen Fishbach, and Tyson Apostol) for subsequent seasons.
J.T. Thomas became the Sole Survivor on the live finale broadcast May 17, 2009. He finished the first "perfect game" in the history of the show, not having a single vote cast against him all season and earning all seven jury votes in a unanimous decision, beating out Stephen Fishbach. In addition, J.T. was named "Sprint Player of the Season", earning the fans' vote over Taj Johnson-George and Sierra Reed.
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Production.
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First Impressions: On Day 1, Jeff Probst instructed the newly marooned castaways to make their first vote-off. Relying only from first impressions, the tribes must select which of their tribemates will be the biggest liability to their team, and these two players will "not make it to the journey." The contestants assumed that the two would be eliminated, but the "journey" was revealed to be a four-hour trek to their camps. The two people who were singled out (Sierra from Timbira and Sandy from Jalapao) will be airlifted to their camps, while their tribemates underwent a treacherous walk to their respective encampments. One-Time Use Hidden Immunity Idol: After being whisked away to their camps, the two left out players were given a choice between creating a shelter (to possibly change their perceptions of them) or search for a one-time use Hidden Immunity Idol that can only be good at their first visiting Tribal Council. Unfortunately, both idols were never found and wasted away in the process. Hidden Immunity Idol: Hidden Immunity Idols return this season, with one being hidden at each tribe and clues for the idol being found on Exile Island. Exile Island: Exile Island returns this season, with new twists. After a Reward Challenge, the winning tribe must send one person from the losing tribe to Exile Island, and in return, the said person must pick one member from the winning tribe to join him/her on Exile Island. Another twist is that, upon reaching Exile Island, the two banished players will get to chose between two unmarked bottles; one bottle contained a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol, hidden somewhere at their camps. The player who gets the clue will also have the option to switch tribes at will (hypothetically, if an exiled player already found his/her tribe's idol, the player in question may switch tribes to potentially find the other tribe's idol). The person who gets the second bottle will get nothing.
Castaways.
Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes Against Original Tribe Merged Tribe Carolina Eastwood 27, West Hollywood, CA Bartender Jalapao 1st Voted Out Day 3 7 Candace Smith 31, Los Angeles, CA Attorney Timbira 2nd Voted Out Day 6 7 Jerry Sims 49, Rock Hill, SC U.S. Army Sergeant Timbira 3rd Voted Out Day 9 6 Sandy Burgin 53, Louisville, KY Bus Driver Jalapao 4th Voted Out Day 12 6 Spencer Duhm 18, Gainesville, FL Student Jalapao 5th Voted Out Day 15 5 Sydney Wheeler 24, San Diego, CA Model Jalapao 6th Voted Out Day 18 4 Joe Dowdle 26, Austin, TX Real Estate Salesman Jalapao Forza Evacuated Day 20 1 Brendan Synnott 30, Vail, CO Entrepreneur Timbira 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 4 Tyson Apostol 29, Heber City, UT Professional Cyclist Timbira 8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27 5 Sierra Reed 23, Los Angeles, CA Model Timbira 9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30 11 Debbie Beebe 46, Auburn, AL School Principal Timbira 10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33 6 Coach Wade 37, Bolivar, MO Soccer Coach Timbira 11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36 6 Taj Johnson-George 37, Nashville, TN Former Pop Star Jalapao 12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37 7 Erinn Lobdell 26, Milwaukee, WI Hairstylist Timbira 13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 5 Stephen Fishbach 29, New York City, NY Corporate Consultant Jalapao Runner-Up 1 J.T. Thomas 24, Mobile, AL Cattle Rancher Jalapao Sole Survivor 0.
Season Summary.
The players were split into two tribes, Timbira and Jalapao, prior to the game. Timbira won the majority of the Immunity Challenges, and was dominated by an alliance led by Coach Wade and Tyson Apostol. Both the Hidden Immunity Idol and Exile Island twists were in play, with the clues to the Hidden Idols available at Exile. The winning tribe of each Reward Challenge would be able to select one member of the losing tribe to be exiled, while the exiled player would be able to choose a member of the winning tribe to join them. On one of these occasions, Brendan Synnott from Timbira and Taj Johnson-George from Jalapao formed a secret cross-tribe alliance for the merge, bringing in Sierra Reed and Stephen Fishbach, respectively. The alliance members saw several repeat visits to Exile, securing both Immunity Idols by sharing the clues. After J.T. Thomas accidentally stumbled upon the Hidden Immunity Idol in Stephen's pocket, Taj and Stephen agreed to bring J.T. into their own alliance, and the three decided to share the use of the Idol. Timbira was able to win the last three Immunity Challenges before the merge.
While Timbira had the numerical advantage entering the merge, they were fractured due to lack of trust. Coach and Tyson brought JT and Stephen into their alliance to over throw Brendan and Sierra. Taj and Stephen decided to betray their Exile alliance; Brendan neglected to play his Idol and was voted out. With the dissent among Timbira exposed and through recruiting Erinn Lobdell, J.T., Stephen, and Taj managed to navigate between the two Timbira factions to eliminate them all. At the final 4, JT and Stephen opted to blindside Taj for being a jury threat. When JT won the Final Immunity Challenge, he brought Stephen to the Final Two.
At the Final Tribal Council, the jury unanimously voted for J.T. to be named the Sole Survivor, believing he played a stronger and more strategic game compared to Stephen.
^ 1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
Voting History.
Survivor: Tocantins Voting History Original Tribes Merged Tribe Episode #: 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Voted out: Carolina Candace Jerry Sandy Spencer Sydney Joe Brendan Tyson Sierra Debbie Coach Taj Erinn Stephen J.T. Vote: 7-1 7-1 6-1 5-1-1 5-1 3-2 No Vote 1 4-3-2 5-3 4-2-1 4-1-1 3-2 3-1 1-0 2 7-0 ► J.T. Carolina — — Sandy Spencer Sydney — Sierra Tyson Sierra Debbie Erinn Taj Erinn Jury Vote ► Stephen Carolina — — Sandy Spencer Sydney — Brendan Tyson Sierra Debbie Coach Taj None ► Erinn — Candace Jerry — — — — Sierra Tyson Stephen Debbie Coach Taj None J.T. ► Taj Carolina — — Joe Spencer Sydney — Brendan Tyson Debbie Debbie Coach Erinn J.T. ► Coach — Candace Jerry — — — — Brendan Sierra Sierra Taj Erinn J.T. ► Debbie — Candace Jerry — — — — Brendan Sierra Sierra Coach J.T. ► Sierra — Candace Jerry — — — — Coach Tyson Debbie J.T. ► Tyson — Candace Jerry — — — — Sierra Sierra J.T. ► Brendan — Candace Jerry — — — — Coach J.T. ► Joe Carolina — — Sandy Spencer Taj Evacuated Sydney Carolina — — Sandy Spencer Taj Spencer Carolina — — Sandy Taj Sandy Carolina — — Sydney Jerry — Candace Erinn Candace — Sierra Carolina Sandy Notes:
^ 1 Joe was evacuated from the game due to a severely infected wound. The Tribal Council that night was cancelled. ^ 2 Erinn and Stephen did not vote as they could only vote for were each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only J.T. voted.