week 10 April 23, 2009

The tribe has spoken and Cara is asked to leave the pool immediately.

Brendan, the first member of the jury, arrives on the bench as Tribal Council begins. Tyson confesses that he loves every member of his tribe except Sierra, whom he clearly is voting out. With this, Sierra lashes out at Tyson for his constant badgering since the beginning. Tyson arrogantly continues to make brash comments about Sierra’s character, but she snaps back undaunted. Coach defends his method of playing a trustworthy game by stating that his word is his bond. When Jeff Probst asks Coach why he voted out Brendan, a noble warrior, Coach promptly replies that Brendan pitted himself against Coach, which was a direct cause for his immediate departure from the game. Coach continues to define his philosophy of being a “ravenous wolf,” in which he will vote an opponent out if he or she presents themselves as an enemy to him. Coach’s ultimate goal is to take the best of the best with him to the end and openly expresses his complete trust and faith in JT. With this, the Forza Tribe casts their votes, and with five out of the eight votes cast against him, Tyson is voted out of the game. Tyson Apostol, the 29 year-old professional cyclist from Lindon, Utah, became the eighth person voted out and second member of the jury of SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS: THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS.

Two quotes from Tyson: “The most powerful thing is friends,” states Tyson. He…does not care for Sierra, noting, "She’s of no worth. I mean, her parents probably love her. I imagine her boyfriend’s probably not that cool."

He calls her on backpedaling and making excuses. She says she’s not trying to do that; she’s trying to prove she wasn’t the mastermind. "I don’t think you were the mastermind; I don’t think you’re smart enough for it. Like really."

Timbira				Jalapao
Brendan	~	Candace		Brandon	~	Carolina
Cara	~	Tyson		Colin	~	Stephen
Christi	~	Erinn		Dick	~	J.T.
Karen R.	~	Brendan		Erin	~	Sandy
Kim	~	Debbie		Karen D.	~	Sydney
Pat	~	Coach		Lauren	~	Joe
Sandy	~	Jerry		Team Petrella	~	Taj
Warren	~	Sierra		Tom	~	Spencer

April 16, 2009 week 9

The tribe has spoken and Karen R. is asked to leave the pool immediately.

Host Jeff Probst asks the Forza Tribe who tells the best campfire stories and, without hesitation, Taj responds “Coach.” She then proceeds to give Jeff the rundown on Coach’s Amazon story, detailing how he was kidnapped by a tribe of natives and nearly killed. When Jeff questions the validity of Coach’s story, Coach holds his ground and even alludes that there were details he didn’t reveal. “Usually when I tell these stories, I try to give the PG-13 version of it,” says Coach. Coach then continues, explaining that he has several scars and tattoos all over his body which remind him of the five, six or seven life or death situations that he has been through. Everyone seems to find this a little hard to believe. “They cannot question my integrity and my honesty. That’s how I’m playing this game, that’s how I play my life,” Coach preaches. Jeff switches gears, asking each tribe member if they have the hidden immunity idol. Each person denies possessing it except for Brendan, to the shock of his tribe. With this, the tribe members cast their votes. In the end, Coach got his way, and “The Dragon” was slain. With four votes cast against him, while the remaining six were split between Coach and Sierra, Brendan Synnott, the 30 year-old entrepreneur from New York, New York, became the eighth person voted out and the first person on the jury of SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS: THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS.

A quote from the night: Tyson: (Regarding voting out Sierra) "It probably won't win me her vote...(long pause) but it might win me everybody else's vote!"

Timbira				Jalapao
Brendan	~	Candace		Brandon	~	Carolina
Cara	~	Tyson		Colin	~	Stephen
Christi	~	Erinn		Dick	~	J.T.
Karen R.	~	Brendan		Erin	~	Sandy
Kim	~	Debbie		Karen D.	~	Sydney
Pat	~	Coach		Lauren	~	Joe
Sandy	~	Jerry		Team Petrella	~	Taj
Warren	~	Sierra		Tom	~	Spencer

April 9, 2009 week 8

Due to injury, the tribes did not speak, but Lauren has to leave the pool immediately.

Throughout all of the seasons of CBS’ Survivor, injuries haven’t taken too many survivors out of the game. It all started with Michael back in Outback during the second season of Survivor when he fell into the fire hands-first. Last week on Survivor Tocantins it was Austin, Texas Real Estate salesman, Joe Dowdle, who was bitten by the injury bug and had to be air-lifted to hospital after nursing an infection that wouldn’t go away.

Although Joe made it to the Survivor Tocantins merge, the ex-Jalapao tribe member couldn’t hang around long enough to form new alliances since Survivor host Jeff Probst noticed the cut on Dowdle’s knee was swelling out of control. However, the Tocantins twist in the episode came after the merged Jalapao tribe members took control of the game but were told there wouldn’t be a Tribal Council due to Joe’s injury. After Jeff let the newly merged “Forza” tribe know they’d be continuing the game minus a tribe mate, Joe was air-lifted to hospital in Brazil to make sure the injury didn’t put his life in jeopardy.

Timbira				Jalapao
Brendan	~	Candace		Brandon	~	Carolina
Cara	~	Tyson		Colin	~	Stephen
Christi	~	Erinn		Dick	~	J.T.
Karen R.	~	Brendan		Erin	~	Sandy
Kim	~	Debbie		Karen D.	~	Sydney
Pat	~	Coach		Lauren	~	Joe
Sandy	~	Jerry		Team Petrella	~	Taj
Warren	~	Sierra		Tom	~	Spencer

April 2, 2009 week 7

The tribe has spoken and quite sadly, Karen D. is asked to leave the pool immediately.

The Survivor castaways return from Exile for the immunity challenge. This is a puzzle challenge. Debbie sits out. The tribes must shoot a slingshot to break tiles which will reveal tiles behind them. As Tyson breaks the first tile, the second is revealed and the first puzzle bag is released. Jalapao gets their first tile when JT breaks it. Sand releases from a bag to slowly show a second tile which must be broken to release the second bag. Timbira gets their third bag and goes to work on the puzzle which can only be solved by two tribe members. JT continues to hit at the third tile and finally he gets sand moving faster, which releases the third bag. Both tribes are working on the puzzle, but Timbira is ahead. Jalapao works hard to pick up the pace but Timbira thinks that they have it. They do and they win immunity. JT feels badly that his tribe didn't win. Jalapao has a date with Jeff Probst tonight for tribal council. Sydney is concerned that she will be leaving in spite of reassurances from the men on the tribe that she is safe.

Joe checks tree mail at the camp and discovers Taj's mock idol. He thinks it is the real one and that he is safe. Taj is marked to go by Sydney, but Taj feels that she has JT and Stephen to keep her safe. JT feels that it is also his idol and there is no way he can vote it out of his game. Sydney is looking on from shore when the men get in the water to chat. Joe finds out that they want to keep Taj. Joe is surprised and says that he can't be onboard with them when they say that they want to keep Taj and tells them that he gave her his word to keep her to the merge. Privately he feels that he might make a point by giving it to Sydney. JT and Stephen talk about the idol and how it is now in Stephen's possession. If they take out Taj, they will still have the idol with them. The conversation is left unfinished for the audience as the tribe goes to tribal council.

Jeff asks how much the vote tonight will focus on the merge and Joe says that this vote will hinge on trust. Taj is asked about her relationship with Brendan from the other tribe and she says that her role could be to use that relationship to get them to flip. Sydney says that she has no relationship with the other tribe and her strength is loyality to her tribe.

The votes:
Sydney, Taj, Taj, Sydney, Sydney. Sydney is the sixth person voted out of Survivor Tocantins. She brings her torch and leaves quietly. There is no joy from the others when she leaves. Jeff reminds them that if they do merge down two members, they have their work cut out for them. With that, he sends the survivors back to camp.

Next time on Survivor:

The two tribes merge and Timbira feels that they will vote them off one by one.

Sydney's last words:

She feels her tribe is in poor shape going to the merge and wonders if Taj will use the relationships she has made. She feels that just getting the chance to compete on Survivor Tocantins is a blessing and she enjoyed the experience.

Coach once again wins the quote of the night:

Coach: “I probably won’t make a second pot…for my beans.”

Timbira				Jalapao
Brendan	~	Candace		Brandon	~	Carolina
Cara	~	Tyson		Colin	~	Stephen
Christi	~	Erinn		Dick	~	J.T.
Karen R.	~	Brendan		Erin	~	Sandy
Kim	~	Debbie		Karen D.	~	Sydney
Pat	~	Coach		Lauren	~	Joe
Sandy	~	Jerry		Team Petrella	~	Taj
Warren	~	Sierra		Tom	~	Spencer