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Survivor Tocantins Episode 14 

In tonight’s Realty TV show of Survivor Tocantins, we find the final four celebrating “high five” and then begin to worry about jury votes, as it was on the castaway’s mind.  Stephen knows that his vote for Coach will hurt him, where JT is still in good with Coach on the jury since JT voted for Erinn instead of Coach.  Stephen voted that way because he thought about “who can I beat at the end.”

Forza camp, day 37, find new Tree Mail which was a plastic spider and a scroll.  It read, “Do huge spiders make you worry?  If you get spun out in the web, you could get stuck in the jury.”

Immunity Challenge:  Castaways are to race through a spider shaped obstacle course to three different stations.  Each person will retrieve a bag of puzzle pieces from each station.  Once all three bags are collected, they are to solve a web shaped puzzle.  First person to get it right wins immunity, and guaranteed a one in three shot of winning this game.  Loose this challenge, and be guaranteed a one in three shot of going home.

JT wins immunity, (back to back), and is safe at Tribal Council.  Erinn was a close 2nd place, but now realizes she will probably be voted out.

Back at Forza camp, Taj speaks privately to us and says Erinn will be voted out.  Erinn keeps thinking about how to play the game now with JT and Stephen.  She tells the boys that Taj would be favored by the jury.

At Tribal Council, JT had individual immunity, so it really came down to either Taj or Erinn.  The discussion with Jeff did not clearly reveal which way the guys would vote.  Jeff tallied up the votes and announced the results.  The 13th person voted out and the 6th member of the Jury became Taj.

Taj said, “It’s day 37, I got blind-sided by my Jalapal tribe members that have been looking out for me from day one.  And for them to blind-side me, it blew my mind.  So it’s going to be really hard to choose who is worthy of a million dollars.  But either way, if Erinn finds a way to get to the end, she got my vote.”

At Forza camp, night 37, JT said that was the toughest Tribal Council yet.  Erinn agreed with JT.  JT said he really did not want to vote out Taj.  But he said they made a decision based upon how easy it would be to win at the next challenge against Erinn.

On day 38, JT said that this is the biggest challenge of his life.  “One of us (referring to himself and Stephen) is gonna win that million dollars.  And they’re gonna have to decide between me and you.”

Tree Mail read that the castaways were to follow the map across the river and there they will find the torches of their fallen comrades.  They are to burn a part of them at the end of the trail, paying them respect as each one had a part in getting them to this point in the game.  Then they are to proceed to their final challenge.

So all of this resulted in the big, final Immunity Challenge.  For the last time, Jeff said immunity is back up for grabs.  Each castaway will place a ball down a shoot where it will spiral down until at the end the ball must be caught and placed back in the shoot.  Every few minutes, another ball will be added.  The balls will alternate, left and then right.  It will become more difficult to tell which shoot it will drop out of.  If at any point, one of the balls hits the ground, then that contestant is out of the challenge.  The last person to keep all of their balls in play, wins immunity.  To make it more fun, one hand will be tied behind the back.

JT ends up winning immunity for the 3rd time in a row, and has gone as far as he can go in this game.  JT now is the one who decides at Tribal Council who goes home, Stephen or Erinn.  The remaining castaway will sit next to JT, where the jury will decide who wins the one million dollars and the title of Sole Survivor.

Tribal Council:  Discussion with Jeff as to who JT would pick, based upon jury votes at the end.  JT said he was nervous, and was still thinking about the vote.  But in the end, Jeff reviewed his vote and said the 14th person voted out, and the 7th and final member of the jury was Erinn.

Erinn said, “I was a little bit surprised, but I think like deep down I definitely knew that was decision that JT was going to make.  And I’m really proud of myself for going as far as I have come.  It’s really been life changing, and I’m glad I was able to stick around as long as I did.”

Day 39 at camp, Stephen said “we’re freaking here.”  “I feel really great,” said JT.  Stephen tells JT that they will be friends for life.  At the Tree Mail, a huge breakfast was left for the two remaining castaways.

Tribal Council:  Both castaways had an opportunity to address the jury and convince them to give the million dollars to them.  Then each jury member had the opportunity to address or ask a question of JT and Stephen.  Then they voted for who wins the game.  This Realty TV show then was cut (edited) for the votes to be read live in New York City, in front of a live audience.  Jeff read off the votes, and said the winner of Survivor Tocantins is James “J.T.” Thomas, Jr.  For only the second time in the history of Survivor, all votes went to the very popular JT.

After the commercial break, Jeff asked JT why are you crying?  What is going on?  JT said, “I’m very happy obviously, I just created one of the best friends I probably will ever have, Stephen, and his family.  And my parents are crying . . . so I can’t help it.  I’m happy, probably the happiest I’ve ever been in my whole life, obviously.”

Later, Jeff announced the results of the Sprint popularity contest, when the viewers could vote for who they like the most.  The winner of this contest would receive a prize of $100,000.  Jeff said it came down to three top castaways, which were Sierra, Taj, and JT.  The winner was JT, which put his total winnings up to $1.1 million dollars.

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Survivor Tocantins 13th Episode 

The Realty TV show of Survivor Tocantins started out tonight at the Forza Camp, night number 33.  Coach says he is in “shock.”  JT then informs Coach that Debbie wanted them to write down Coach at Tribal Council.  Coach says “I can’t grasp that,” as he stares at the ground while stroking his beard.  JT then said, “Well, we thought if we told you about it beforehand, you wouldn’t believe us.”  Coach then thanked everyone for saving him.

Day 44, JT tells us that he is ready to send Coach to Exile Island to ‘test” him.  He is telling us in his private interview, that he is ready to send Coach home at the next Tribal Council.

Challenge:  The final five castaways will race through a maze, (from the air, it spells Survivor).  Then, they must build a pole long enough to retrieve a sandbag.  Swing the sandbag in an attempt to knock over three targets, raising a flag.  First castaway to raise the flag, wins reward.  They will also be running the entire challenge with their feet shackled together.  The winner of this challenge will be taken on an overnight reward.  The winner will leave camp, and be taken to the Governor’s Retreat where they will enjoy a bed, a shower, and a feast!  The winner will send one person to Exile Island.

JT took the lead.  Coach decided to just follow JT through the maze.  In the end, JT wins.  He sends Coach to Exile Island, after first asking for volunteers.  JT chooses to take Stephen with him to the reward.  But, before Coach departs, Erinn decides to tell Coach that he is trying to be a martyr.  This brought out a discussion, which JT says later will only hurt Erinn for speaking out.  JT says “people are so dumb in this game.  I mean, they talk way too much.  It’s going to hurt Erinn, and not me.”

Back at camp, the girls have a nice chat while taking a swim in the sun.  Erinn tells Taj she regrets criticizing Coach, as it may cause her to go home next.  Taj tells Erinn to not worry about it.  Both girls secretly believe they will be in the final three with Stephen and JT.  But we all know from watching this show every week that the only way Erinn can make the final three is to win the individual immunity necklace over Taj.

Out at Exile Island, we find Coach again on an “ego” trip.  But, we do have to admire his positive attitude towards life, and towards this game.

JT and Stephen are put on a private plane and taken to the retreat.  Both the guys are impressed with their transportation.  When they arrived, they were shocked when they saw themselves in the bathroom mirror.  Both couldn’t wait to take turns taking a shower.  They then put on their bathrobes and were taken to an incredible feast.

Immunity Challenge:  Castaways are to use their arms to brace themselves between two walls, while the feet are positioned on very narrow foot holds.  Every 15 minutes, move to an even smaller foot hold.  And, castaways will be doing this barefooted.  When the 3rd and final foot hold is reached, stay there as long as possible.  Last person left wins immunity and is guaranteed a one in four shot of winning this game.

Erinn drops out first, while attempting to reach the 3rd foot hold.  Stephen drops out next, and then Taj.  It was down to Coach and JT battling it out.  Coach finally steps down and collapses.  He said his back gave out.  Coach tells Jeff to please don’t bring out medical.  JT wins the individual immunity necklace.

At Forza Camp, day 36, it starts to rain.  JT gets congratulated for his win.  Erinn says Coach has been walking around Camp the whole time, as if his back is now just fine.  She suspects that Coach was faking it.

Tribal Council:  Erinn was asked about her comments to Coach before his leaving for Exile.  Coach then gave his response, saying it was not as bad as others had said.  After the votes, Jeff tallied them up.  The 12th person voted out and the 5th member of the Jury was Coach.  Coach said it was an honor, “thank you.”  This next week will be the season finale for the realty TV show of Survivor Tocantins.  The show will run for two hours, have three tribal councils, and a follow-up live hour of their “reunion.”

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Goodbye Coach! 

The 12th person voted out and the 5th member of the Jury was the 37 year old Soccer Coach, Benjamin, from Bolivar, Mo.  Coach said it was an honor, “thank you.” 

At the end of the show, Coach said, “There was some sadness tonight as I left.  I cannot imagine why someone would want to keep Erinn over me, in the warrior alliance.  But obviously somebody turned.  Judging by their reactions, it was Stephen the wizard.  It definitely was not the white wizard.  He was the evil wizard in the end.  It’s a travesty, death before dishonor.  And I did not dishonor myself.  I feel good about how I played the game.”

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Survivor Tocantins 12th Episode 

The Realty TV show Survivor Tocantins starts out at Forza Camp, Night 30, where they are discussing how glad the drama is gone by voting off Sierra!  Coach tells us Erinn and Taj took a cowardly way out and voted for two people who didn’t deserve to be voted for, (Stephen and Debbie).  “It was preposterous.”  Coach says he is pissed, when he spoke to Debbie privately, about her name being written down.  Debbie later tells us that Coach doesn’t let things go without a complete, utter dialog as to why.  “It gets so old.”

At Forza Camp, Day 31, Debbie tells us it is not good to be attached to Coach because he is a downer.  And, Coach has not been doing much around camp for awhile.  JT is thinking Debbie is a more of a “loose cannon” than he originally thought.  “Debbie may be up to no good around here.”  Stephen says, “Debbie is a very strategic player.”  And, she worries Stephen.

Survivor Auction:  Each castaway has 500 U.S. dollars.  Bidding will be in $20 increments.  Castaways cannot share money, and cannot share food.  First item was a big bowl of French Fries with dip.  It was sold to Debbie for $120.  Next item was chicken, with garlic bread, and a glass of red wine.  Coach won the bidding at $320.  Next item remained covered up.  JT won the bid at $160 and discovered he won Nachos.  JT through up his hands and said “yes.”  Next item remained covered.  Stephen won the bid at $100.  Stephen won chicken hearts, a delicacy in Brazil.

Next item to bid on was a Samsung cellular phone by Sprint.  Jeff said the phone can bring your love from home.  Loaded on the phone are video messages from your loved ones.  Jeff said that castaways can pool their money for this bidding.  The group started giving Taj their money (JT and Debbie) because they knew Taj had a baby at home.  She won the bid at $20.00.  Taj cried when she viewed it.  It said that Eddie will see you back at camp.  The choice is to take Eddie with her to Exile Island, and everyone will get a loved one back at camp, or, to just leave Eddie at camp for herself.  So Taj said yes to Exile Island.  And, to the surprise of the group, Jeff said that was the last item and Survivor Auction was now over.

So Taj enjoyed a private reunion with her loved one on Exile Island, and her husband said she looks great and sexy, and has lost weight.  The rest of the castaways enjoyed their loved ones back at camp.  It was a very emotional experience for all of them.

Challenge for Immunity:  Contestants make their way through a series of obstacles.  Dig their way under a log, go across a beam while keeping their balance, and then under a rope crawl.  At the other end is a field where they will find 10 spinning math symbols.  Memorize the sequence of the symbols, than make their way back through the obstacle course where they will find a board to write down the sequence of math symbols to solve the math equation.  First person to get all the symbols right, and the correct math answer to the calculation, wins immunity and is guaranteed a one in five shot of winning the million bucks.

Stephen wins immunity, so after 33 days, one of the other tribe members will be going home.  Stephen was the only contestant that did not have to go back and re-examine the symbols.  Jeff asked Stephen about this, who said, “I made each symbol into a number.  I made ‘plus’ as 1, divided by 4, times 3, and I know the brain can remember 7 digit numbers, cause that’s why phone numbers are 7 digits.  So I divided it into 2 numbers, and just remembered those 2 numbers.”  (Everyone looked puzzled by Stephen’s explanation.)

At Tribal Council, Jeff put Coach on the spot by asking him to explain how each remaining contestant is in his words, was the best remaining “warrior”.  Coach didn’t like being singled out, but remained cool about it.  Everyone voted secretly and Jeff tallied up the votes.  The 11th person voted out and the 4th member of the Jury was Debbie.  Poor Debbie was completely blind-sided.  So this concluded this week’s Realty TV show of Survivor Tocantins.

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Tribal Council Blind-Sided Another Castaway! 

The 46 year old middle school principal Debbie, from Auburn, Alabama, was blind-sided at Tribal Council.  She was the 11th person voted out, and joins the Jury as the 4th member.

Debbie told us afterwards, “I’m really the girlie girl. I’ve eaten live fish, slept in the freezing cold, and just everything that I endured I’m so proud of myself.  And I know it was a hard decision for them to make, voting me off tonight.  I don’t hold any grudges.  This is a game and you got to play it the best.  I’m anxious to sit on the Jury and see what goes down.”

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Survivor Tocantins 11th Episode 

The Realty TV show of Survivor Tocantins tonight started out with Sierra telling us she totally thought she was going home after Tribal Council (instead Tyson was voted off).  Sierra said it was crazy and she could not have asked for a better Tribal.

At Forza camp, day 28, Debbie is figuring out what her exact, next move will be.  She said, “kind of like a snake.”  She told Coach she was still upset over the blind-side last night at Tribal.  She proposes to Coach an Alliance with her, Coach, Sierra, and Erinn.  Otherwise, the other tribe will take out all of their people from their old tribe, leaving Coach and Debbie as “sitting ducks,” and with no leverage.  So the plan is to pull all the old Timbira Tribe members back together into an Alliance, and gain control again.

Food Competition:  The goal is to see how attuned the castaways are with the rest of the tribe.  Jeff will read a series of questions, and each person answers these questions in private.  Jeff will then tally the results, and each castaway must then guess what the group said.  Each time a person gets an answer correct, they get to chop on another tribe member’s rope.  When a castaway’s rope has been chopped 3 times, they are then out of the challenge.

The winner will be taken to a natural spring, and will get to be with a local family for a home cooked traditional Brazilian feast.  Also, the winner gets to pick who goes to Exile Island.

Stephen wins reward.  He chose Erinn to go to Exile Island for strategic reasons.  His alliance with JT, Taj, and Erinn still wants to keep Exile Island under their raps.  Then Stephen chose JT and Taj to go with him on the reward.  Coach could see through them and knew that group was tight, and was leaving Coach on the outside.

Stephen, JT, and Taj went on the food reward together.  They were sent to a Brazilian farm, where they were greeted by a father and a son.  They were escorted to the kitchen where they sat down to eat a home cooked feast.  Afterwards, they were taken down to a local spring.  The castaways had a nice swim and then spoke about strategy.  They believe Debbie should be the one who goes next.

Erinn arrived at Exile Island and checked for any new clues to a new hidden immunity idol.  But there just was not one there.  She could not get a fire started before the rain came.  She had no food, no water, and no warmth.  So she was absolutely miserable.

Back at camp, Coach had a private conversation with JT, who agreed to vote out Sierra.  Coach believes JT is honest with him.

Immunity Challenge:  Each castaway tosses a graveling hook, in an attempt to retrieve a bag.  The first 3 people to retrieve all 3 bags move on to the final round.  The final round is to navigate a ball through a table maze.  If the ball falls in a whole, then that person has to start over.  First person to get their ball into a finish net, wins immunity, and a guaranteed one in six shot to win this game and the million dollars that goes with it.

Debbie, Coach, and JT all moved on to the final round.  JT was out to a quick start, but lost his ball in the hole.  Debbie was going backwards.  Coach was taking it slow and cautious.  Coach ends up winning immunity.

Coach thinks he is locked in with an Alliance of himself, JT, Stephen, and Debbie.  Coach therefore says he feels very secure in his place in the game.  And, it is a good safety blanket to have the immunity idol.

Back at camp, Sierra was told that Coach and Debbie are saying that Sierra approached them about forming an Alliance.  Sierra got angry, and said that it is a lie.  She waited for those 2 to return to camp and confronted them in front of the tribe.  Coach stood there and said he has never lied.  But privately, Stephen and JT now have their doubts and want to vote out Debbie and leave Sierra loyal to themselves.  But keeping Sierra means more drama in the camp, so she might be the wise choice to vote out.

At Tribal Council, there was more drama between Sierra, Coach, and Debbie.  Taj said the day at camp was like a TV soap drama.  But in the end, Sierra was voted off and becomes the 3rd Jury member for this episode of the realty TV show Survivor.

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We Will Miss You Sierra

At tonight’s Tribal Council of Survivor Tocantins, the 23 year old from Los Angeles, Sierra, was voted off and becomes the 3rd Jury member for this episode of the realty TV show Survivor.

Sierra said she started the game on the first day having the flu. “But, I persevered through it and I’ve done all that I could do to stay in the game as long as I possible could.  Coach was lying.  I guess they will have to find it out on their own.  I’m just totally floored that I made it 30 days living essentially in a bush with nothing, and I’m very proud of myself.”

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Survivor Tocantins 10th Episode 

In the realty TV Show Survivor, we find only eight castaways are left.  Sierra said Tribal Council sucked.  She spoke to Coach who said you pitted yourself against me so who deserves to go next?  The next morning, Coach gets up early and celebrates his victory over Brendan.

Challenge – the tribe members are divided into two teams of four.  On “go”, two castaways from each team race out to collect a large puzzle board.  They then race back and the next two go.  Once they have all four boards, they must arrange those boards in their own specific spots.  They flip and rotate the boards until all the holes line up, revealing seven letters.  Combine with the letters that they already have to form a four word phrase.  The winning team will be treated to some local entertainment and local food.  Also, the winning team chooses one member from the loosing team to go to Exile Island.

The red team consisted of JT, Erinn, Debbie, and Tyson.  The Black team were Coach, Stephen, Sierra, and Taj.  The Red team wins reward and JT said to send Stephen to Exile Island.  He wants to vote out Sierra next, so he does not want to send her for fear she might find an immunity idol.

Erinn was very excited to win the challenge because she has never been on a reward before.  The entertainment was martial arts and music, after the winning castaways stuffed themselves at the feast.

Again Stephen found himself on Exile Island, with no food, no company, and the clues to the idol were the same as before.  So Stephen said that this means that there is no new immunity idol to be found.

Immunity Challenge:  Survivor version of shuffle board.  Each person has 3 pieces, and need to slide them across the board with one simple goal.  The person who ends up the closest to the center of the marked ‘X” wins immunity and a guaranteed one in seven shot at winning the million dollars.  There is a twist to the challenge.  If a castaway feels so confident that they don’t think they need immunity, then they can skip participation in the challenge and instead eat Pizza.  Stephen, JT, and Coach say that they will eat and not participate in the challenge.  Debbie wins the individual immunity.

At Tribal Council, Tyson gets blind sided and voted out.  Sierra thought she was the one being voted out, and was in shock!  But the castaways, behind the back of Coach, decided on voting out Tyson because he was such a strong competitor and it would be hard to vote him out later.  They also decided not to tell Sierra because they did not trust her.  So this ends this realty TV’s Survivor Episode, with closing shots of the Coach in shock from the blind side and who will now have to scramble very hard to regain control of the game.

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Tribal Council Votes Out Tyson

The 29 year old Tyson from Lindon, Utah, gets blind-sided at Tribal Council as the final vote was five to three to vote him out over Sierra.  Besides being shocked, both Sierra and Coach did not see it coming at all.

Tyson called his fellow castaways sneaky bastards.  Now he knows how Brendan feels.  It was a big shock, and he thought he had his game in the bag, but he realizes that he should not have been so confident and gullible.  He wished everybody good luck.  He said it bothered him that he was beaten by Sierra, who he thinks is an idiot, but he said he is not crying over it.

While we are sorry to see Tyson "the entertainer" leave, he will not go far.  He now becomes the 2nd member of the Jury, who will decide who gets the million dollars.

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Survivor Tocantins 9th Episode 

Starting out the Realty TV Show Survivor Tocantins, we find the tribe is still talking about loosing their tribe member due to medical reasons, on into the evening.  On Day 22, we find the Coach by the water performing his warrior poses.  Jt is confident his new alliance will prevail.  Coach believes he is in complete control.  Jt believes he can bring Erinn into an Alliance if the need should arrive.

New Challenge:  Divided into teams of three, each team will have their own row of colored ceramic tiles.  On the word “go”, each team will toss a metal ball and tempt to knock out one of the other’s team tile.  When you are out of tiles, you are out of the challenge.  Last team left standing wins reward.  The winning team of 3 castaways will be taken on a white water river rafting and then a nice picnic with sandwiches, chicken wings, and brownies.  In addition, the winning team picks who will go to Exile Island alone.

Brendan, JT, and Debbie all win award.  They choose Stephen to go to Exile Island.  The three of them enjoyed an amazing river raft ride and a great picnic.  Brendan attempts to talk strategy to JT, and JT says “I don’t know.”

Back at camp, Brenda tells Sierra they should take out Tyson, Coach, and then Erinn.  He wants to keep JT and Sierra syas yes, she really respects JT.  Brendan talks to Taj and tells her they are going to take out Coach and Tyson.  Taj agrees with Brendan to keep JT.

Immunity Challenge:  Each member is attached to a robe that is threaded through a series of  obtacles.  First three to finish, move on to the final round.  Only this time, the obstacle course is 3 levels tall.  First person who finishes wins immunity and guaranteed a one in eight shot of winning this game.

Tyson, JT, and Brendan all were the first three to finish, so they moved on to the final.  Through the final obstacle race, Tyson wins ammunity.

Back at camp, Coach wants to vote out Brendan, and Brendan wants to vote out Coach.  At tribal council, Brendan gets blind-sided and voted off.  He was so over confident, that he never played his hidden immunity idol.

Brendan said that at the merge, he knew he would have a big target on his back.  He also said it feels good to be blind-sided, as that is part of the game for which he tried to do against Coach.  He knows Sierra will be next to go, and wishes her good luck.  So this ends this week’s Realty TV show Survivor Tocantins, but it is not the end for Brendan.  He will return next week as the first Jury member at Tribal Council.

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