Survivor: Tocantins - The Brazilian Highlands is the eighteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in the microregion of Jalapão in Tocantins, Brazil, and first aired Thursday, February 12, 2009.
CBS began casting for Survivor: Tocantins once production for Survivor: Gabon was underway. Applications were due by July 15, 2008, with in-person interviews being conducted in various cities sometime in August 2008, and semi-finalists traveling to Los Angeles, California sometime in September 2008. Shooting occurred sometime in October to mid-December 2008. This is the first season that applicants under the age of 21 were able to apply except in Mississippi and Washington, D.C.
Sixteen applicants were chosen to compete on the show, and were initially divided into two tribes. Exile Island returned this season, but with new twists. Instead of one castaway sent to Exile Island, two were sent. While on Exile Island, each exiled castaway picked from one of two urns. One urn contained a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol and an option to join the opposing tribe, while the other urn contained nothing.
James "J.T." Thomas, Jr. was named the winner in the final episode on May 17, 2009, defeating Stephen Fishbach in a unanimous vote. In addition, J.T. was named "Sprint's Player of the Season", earning the fans' vote over Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George and Sierra Reed.
J.T., along with Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Tyson Apostol, returned for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. J.T was a part of the Heroes tribe, while Wade and Apostol were a part of the Villains tribe. Apostol placed 15th, Wade placed 12th, and J.T. placed 10th.
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Episode 01 - Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start (350mb)
Episode 02 - The Poison Apple Needs to Go (350mb)
Episode 03 - Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This (350mb)
Episode 04 - The Strongest Man Alive (350mb)
Episode 05 - You're Going to Want that Tooth (350mb)
Episode 06 - The First Fifteen Days RECAP (350mb)
Episode 07 - One of Those 'Coach Moments' (350mb)
Episode 08 - The Dragon Slayer (350mb)
Episode 09 - The Biggest Fraud in the Game (350mb)
Episode 10 - It's Funny When People Cry (350mb)
Episode 11 - They Both Went Bananas (350mb)
Episode 12 - The Ultimate Sacrifice (350mb)
Episode 13 - The Martyr Approach (350mb)
Episode 14 - I Trust You But I Trust Me More (700mb)
Episode 15 - The Reunion (350mb)
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CBS began casting for Survivor: Tocantins once production for Survivor: Gabon was underway. Applications were due by July 15, 2008, with in-person interviews being conducted in various cities sometime in August 2008, and semi-finalists traveling to Los Angeles, California sometime in September 2008. Shooting occurred sometime in October to mid-December 2008. This is the first season that applicants under the age of 21 were able to apply except in Mississippi and Washington, D.C.
Sixteen applicants were chosen to compete on the show, and were initially divided into two tribes. Exile Island returned this season, but with new twists. Instead of one castaway sent to Exile Island, two were sent. While on Exile Island, each exiled castaway picked from one of two urns. One urn contained a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol and an option to join the opposing tribe, while the other urn contained nothing.
James "J.T." Thomas, Jr. was named the winner in the final episode on May 17, 2009, defeating Stephen Fishbach in a unanimous vote. In addition, J.T. was named "Sprint's Player of the Season", earning the fans' vote over Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George and Sierra Reed.
J.T., along with Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Tyson Apostol, returned for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains. J.T was a part of the Heroes tribe, while Wade and Apostol were a part of the Villains tribe. Apostol placed 15th, Wade placed 12th, and J.T. placed 10th.
Survivor is an American version of the Survivor reality television game show, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons. The series premiered on May 31, 2000 on CBS. It is hosted by veteran television personality, reporter and one-time game show emcee Jeff Probst, who is also an executive producer, and also executive produced by Mark Burnett and original creator Charlie Parsons.
The show maroons a group of strangers (as one or more tribes) in a desolate locale, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves, while competing in challenges to earn either a reward, or an immunity from expulsion from the game in the next of the successive votes for elimination. While much rarer than elimination by vote, medical conditions, such as injury or infection, have eliminated several contestants. The last two or three survivors face a jury composed of the last seven, eight, or nine players voted off. That jury interrogates the final few, and then votes for the winner of the game, the title of Sole Survivor and a million dollar prize.
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Episode 01 - Let's Get Rid of the Weak Players Before We Even Start (350mb)
Episode 02 - The Poison Apple Needs to Go (350mb)
Episode 03 - Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This (350mb)
Episode 04 - The Strongest Man Alive (350mb)
Episode 05 - You're Going to Want that Tooth (350mb)
Episode 06 - The First Fifteen Days RECAP (350mb)
Episode 07 - One of Those 'Coach Moments' (350mb)
Episode 08 - The Dragon Slayer (350mb)
Episode 09 - The Biggest Fraud in the Game (350mb)
Episode 10 - It's Funny When People Cry (350mb)
Episode 11 - They Both Went Bananas (350mb)
Episode 12 - The Ultimate Sacrifice (350mb)
Episode 13 - The Martyr Approach (350mb)
Episode 14 - I Trust You But I Trust Me More (700mb)
Episode 15 - The Reunion (350mb)
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JAMES 'J.T.' THOMAS, JR.
