Survivor: Tocantins is the 18th installment in the U.S. reality show Survivor. It was filmed in Tocantins, Brazil. It premiered on February 12, 2009. Once production of Survivor: Gabon was underway, CBS began casting for this season. Shooting occurred between October and December of 2008.
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's Player of the Season", earning the fans' vote over Tamara Johnson-George and Sierra Reed.
Production
Twists/Changes
- First Impressions: In 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 of 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 the their respective encampments.
- One-time use Hidden Immunity Idols: 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.
- 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 in Exile. 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 somwhere at their camps. The player who gets the clue will also have the option to switch tribes at will (hypothetically, if a banished 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.
- Hidden Immunity Idols: Hidden Immunity Idols return this season.
Castaways
Contestant | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish | Votes Against | |
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File:S18 carolina bw.jpg | Carolina Eastwood 26, West Hollywood, CA |
Jalapao | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
7 | |
File:S18 candace bw.jpg | Candace Smith 31, Dayton, OH |
Timbira | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
7 | |
File:S18 jerry bw.jpg | Jerry Sims 49, Rock Hill, SC |
Timbira | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
6 | |
File:S18 sandy bw.jpg | Sandy Burgin 53, Louisville, KY |
Jalapao | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
6 | |
File:S18 spencer bw.jpg | Spencer Duhm 19, Lakeland, FL |
Jalapao | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
5 | |
File:S18 sydney bw.jpg | Sydney Wheeler 24, Raleigh, NC |
Jalapao | 6th Voted Out Day 18 |
4 | |
File:S18 joe bw.jpg | Joe Dowdle 26, Austin, TX |
Jalapao | Forza | Removed Due to Injury Day 20 |
1 |
File:S18 brendan bw.jpg | Brendan Synnott 30, New York, NY |
Timbira | 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 |
4 | |
File:S18 tyson bw.jpg | Tyson Apostol 29, Lindon, UT |
Timbira | 8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27 |
5 | |
File:S18 sierra bw.jpg | Sierra Reed 23, Los Angeles, CA |
Timbira | 9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30 |
11 | |
File:S18 debbie bw.jpg | Debbie Beebe 46, Auburn, AL |
Timbira | 10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33 |
6 | |
File:S18 coach bw.jpg | Coach Wade 37, Bolivar, MO |
Timbira | 11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36 |
6 | |
File:S18 taj bw.jpg | Taj Johnson-George 37, Nashville, TN |
Jalapao | 12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37 |
7 | |
File:S18 erinn bw.jpg | Erinn Lobdell 26, Waukesha, WI |
Timbira | 13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 |
5 | |
File:S18 stephen bw.jpg | Stephen Fishbach 29, New York, NY |
Jalapao | Runner-Up | 1 | |
File:S18 jt t.jpg | J.T. Thomas 24, Samson, AL |
Jalapao | Sole Survivor | 0 |
Season Summary
Episode Guide
Episode # | Episode Title | Air Date | Challenges | Exiled | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
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Reward | Immunity | |||||||
1 | "Let's Get Rid Of The Weak Players Before We Even Start" | February 12, 2009 | Timbira | None | Carolina | 7–1 | 1st Voted Out Day 3 | |
2 | "The Poison Apple Needs To Go" | February 19, 2009 | Jalapao | Brendan | Candace | 7–1 | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 | |
Taj | ||||||||
3 | "Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This" | February 26, 2009 | Jalapao | Jalapao | Brendan | Jerry | 6–1 | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
Taj | ||||||||
4 | "The Strongest Man Alive" | March 5, 2009 | Jalapao | Timbira | Sierra | Sandy | 5–1–1 | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
Taj | ||||||||
5 | "You're Going To Want That Tooth" | March 12, 2009 | Jalapao | Timbira | Brendan | Spencer | 5–1 | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
Stephen | ||||||||
6 | "The First 15 Days" | March 25, 2009 | Recap Episode | |||||
7 | "One Of Those 'Coach Moments'" | April 2, 2009 | Timbira | Timbira | Erinn | Sydney | 3–2 | 6th Voted Out Day 18 |
Joe | ||||||||
8 | "The Dragon Slayer" | April 9, 2009 | None | Tyson | None | Joe | No vote | Removed Due to Injury Day 20 |
9 | "The Biggest Fraud In The Game" | April 16, 2009 | Brendan, Debbie, J.T. | Tyson | Stephen | Brendan | 4–3–2 | 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 |
10 | "It's Funny When People Cry" | April 23, 2009 | Debbie, Erinn, J.T., Tyson | Debbie | Stephen | Tyson | 5–3 | 8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27 |
11 | "They Both Went Bananas" | April 30, 2009 | Stephen, [J.T., Taj] | Coach | Erinn | Sierra | 4–2–1 | 9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30 |
12 | "The Ultimate Sacrifice" | May 7, 2009 | Survivor Auction | Stephen | Taj | Debbie | 4–1–1 | 10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33 |
13 | "The Martyr Approach" | May 14, 2009 | J.T., [Stephen] | J.T. | Coach | Coach | 3–2 | 11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36 |
14 | "I Trust You But I Trust Me More" | May 17, 2009 | None | J.T. | None | Taj | 3–1 | 12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37 |
J.T. | Erinn | 1–0 | 13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 | |||||
Reunion Show | Jury Vote | Stephen | 7–0 | Runner-Up | ||||
J.T. | Sole Survivor |
Voting History
Survivor: Tocantins Voting History | |||||||||||||||||
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Original Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||
Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
Eliminated: | File:S18 carolina bw.jpg Carolina |
File:S18 candace bw.jpg Candace |
File:S18 jerry bw.jpg Jerry |
File:S18 sandy bw.jpg Sandy |
File:S18 spencer bw.jpg Spencer |
File:S18 sydney bw.jpg Sydney |
File:S18 joe bw.jpg Joe |
File:S18 brendan bw.jpg Brendan |
File:S18 tyson bw.jpg Tyson |
File:S18 sierra bw.jpg Sierra |
File:S18 debbie bw.jpg Debbie |
File:S18 coach bw.jpg Coach |
File:S18 taj bw.jpg Taj |
File:S18 erinn bw.jpg Erinn |
File:S18 stephen bw.jpg Stephen |
File:S18 jt t.jpg J.T. | |
Vote: | 7-1 | 7-1 | 6-1 | 5-1-1 | 5-1 | 3-2 | No Vote | 4-3-2 | 5-3 | 4-2-1 | 4-1-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 |
1-0 | 7-0 | ||
File:Jalapao-Forza.png | J.T. | Carolina | — | — | Sandy | Spencer | Sydney | — | Sierra | Tyson | Sierra | Debbie | Erinn | Taj | Erinn | Jury Vote | |
File:Jalapao-Forza.png | Stephen | Carolina | — | — | Sandy | Spencer | Sydney | — | Brendan | Tyson | Sierra | Debbie | Coach | Taj | — | ||
File:Timbira-Forza.png | Erinn | — | Candace | Jerry | — | — | — | — | Sierra | Tyson | Stephen | Debbie | Coach | Taj | — | J.T. | |
File:Jalapao-Forza.png | Taj | Carolina | — | — | Joe | Spencer | Sydney | — | Brendan | Tyson | Debbie | Debbie | Coach | Erinn | J.T. | ||
File:Timbira-Forza.png | Coach | — | Candace | Jerry | — | — | — | — | Brendan | Sierra | Sierra | Taj | Erinn | J.T. | |||
File:Timbira-Forza.png | Debbie | — | Candace | Jerry | — | — | — | — | Brendan | Sierra | Sierra | Coach | J.T. | ||||
File:Timbira-Forza.png | Sierra | — | Candace | Jerry | — | — | — | — | Coach | Tyson | Debbie | J.T. | |||||
File:Timbira-Forza.png | Tyson | — | Candace | Jerry | — | — | — | — | Sierra | Sierra | J.T. | ||||||
File:Timbira-Forza.png | Brendan | — | Candace | Jerry | — | — | — | — | Coach | J.T. | |||||||
File:Jalapao-Forza.png | 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 |
Trivia
- This season the third country that got revisited as a location of filming, following Panama, and Palau, though it became the first country to host two seasons in two separate locations. While Survivor: The Amazon was filmed in the Rio Negro river, this season was shot in an entirely different province of Brazil, at the Rio Novo river.
- This is the first season since Survivor: Exile Island to follow the original format to adapt the original format that was used during the first six seasons, (a pool of sixteen contestants, with six players voted out before the merge, one made the merge but did not make the jury, a seven-person Jury and two players at the Final Tribal Council).
References
External Links
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