J.T. Thomas

'''James "J.T." Thomas' is the winner of Survivor: Tocantins and contestant fromSurvivor: Heroes vs. Villains''.

He is known for his southern charm and physical ability in challenges and a key moment involved him breaking a tooth. Although well liked, JT succumb to a fatal mistake during his second outing when he passed his Hidden Immunity Idol to a notorious Villain being cited as the Dumbest Move Ever.

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A cattle manager raised in Samson, Alabama, JT operates a registered Angus Cattle Ranch. In addition to preparing the land and working the cattle, this southern charmer is responsible for all the paperwork and marketing associated with running the business.

This ambitious 24-year-old gets fired up when people insult his intelligence and says "I'm not a dumb hillbilly, so don’t think it!" However, this may be just the strategy that JT chooses to use and isn’t above playing the “dumb and innocent country boy role” in an effort to gain alliances with the women. JT attended Troy University and is the first in his family to earn a Bachelors Degree. His is in business administration.

A true family man, JT values his relationships and will work towards forming alliances that will take him very far in the game. This strong country boy is competitive and determined and will use manipulation in order to help him succeed and ultimately win SURVIVOR.

JT is single and currently resides in Mobile, Ala. His birthdate is June 23.

Survivor: Tocantins
Assigned to the red Jalapao tribe, JT was popular and well liked by all his tribemates and his physical prowess in challenges made him very valuable to fellow tribe member Stephen Fishbach and as of Day 2 created a rock-solid alliance and with the help of Taj Johnson-George became the power-players, eliminating Sandy Burgin, Spencer Duhm and Sydney Wheeler in back to back Tribal Councils.

Despite his persona, JT was on the losing end when it came to tribal numbers. When Jalapao merged with Timbira, it was Coach who approached him and Stephen to create a new alliance. Due to the medical evacuation of Joe Dowdle and Timbira slowly self-destructing, JT was able to play up his social game and play hard when it came to Individual Challenges earning the respect of those voted out.

In the final few rounds of the game, JT began winning consecutive Individual Immunities sending strategies into a tailspin after he became a target. Despite all this, the original alliance he created with Stephen he honored by taking him to the Final Two over Erinn Lobdell. In the end, he became the eighteenth Sole Survivor by a vote of 7-0 - the series second landslide vote.

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
JT was assigned to the Heroes tribe, known for their Honor and Integrity. It was here that the farmer employed a far different strategy than his original season, creating conflicting deals with James Clement and Tom Westman. In the opening days of the competition he was relatively comfortable within the tribe and nobody had begun to notice his intentions.

Just as it seemed that their rivals had the upper hand, after losing three consecutive Immunity Challenges the Heroes bounced back, the now five-some were a force to be reckoned with and decided together that (after finding the Hidden Idol clue at a Reward) to use it to enable them to become the Final Five. JT upon returning to camp went looking for it alone and was caught by Amanda Kimmell, forcing him to reveal his find to the rest of the tribe. Some time later on, the Heroes began noticing that the men from the Villains were being systematically voted out, alluding to an all-womens alliance. JT led his Heroes to the belief that if they were to give the Idol to Russell and use it, they'll merge with a Villain on their side and still upkeep their Final Five deal.

JT wrote a note, wrapped it with the Hidden Idol and during the Immunity, Colby handed it to Russell. When the tribes eventually merged, Russell stayed with his Villains and JT was blindsided after two Idols were played at the first merge Tribal Council.

Post-Survivor

 * At the Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Reunion Show, J.T. won the award for the Dumbest Move in Survivor History for giving up his Hidden Immunity Idol to Russell Hantz, the leader of the Villains tribe who was not in any danger like J.T. thought he was.

Trivia

 * J.T. became the second winner to receive all Jury votes, following Survivor: Fiji's Earl Cole.
 * J.T. has been part of every individual Reward Challenge win in Tocantins. He had won three of four post-merger Reward Challenges, though he was picked by Stephen to join him on his reward during They Both Went Bananas.
 * J.T. is the second person to pass on a Hidden Immunity Idol to a person from the other tribe, following Todd Herzog from Survivor: China, who passed the Fei Long Hidden Immunity Idol to James Clement.
 * J.T. is the 6th winner not to get any votes at Tribal Council in a single season. Others include Tina Wesson, Ethan Zohn, Brian Heidik, Sandra Diaz-Twine & Tom Westman.
 * From all contestants who have won and competed for another season, J.T. is the only former winner who became a member of the Jury on his next try, after being voted out of Heroes vs Villains. Other recurring winners have been eliminated before the merge, or the Jury phase, largely because of their past success.
 * Also, he is one of three former winners who went past the Jury phase and the merge, the others being Sandra Diaz-Twine and Parvati Shallow.
 * Total number of votes against: 8.
 * Coach referred to J.T. as The Warrior.
 * J.T. was the first person to play a "perfect game" of Survivor (with no votes cast against him and jury votes gained). he was the first to accomplish this, after Tom Westman and Earl Cole missed the oppurtunity due to one vote apiece.