However, Kimmel noticed that Thomas had found it, so Thomas was forced to reveal his find to the tribe.Īfter several men of the Villains tribe were voted out, Thomas and other members of the Heroes tribe assumed there must be an alliance of the Villains' women, whereas in fact the alliance orchestrating these votes consisted of Russell Hantz, Parvati Shallow, and Danielle DiLorenzo. He found it, but he was intending to keep it to himself to further his individual interests. Nevertheless, Thomas decided to look for the idol by himself. When the Heroes tribe won a reward challenge in Episode 7, they found a clue to a hidden immunity idol and agreed to find it as a tribe. After a string of losses, Thomas's tribe of Heroes rallied and went on to win the next few challenges, thus maintaining immunity until the merge. Thomas also switched his vote at the Heroes' third tribal council, which resulted in the elimination of Fields, foiling his original alliance's plan to vote off Donaldson or Westman, who played his hidden immunity idol.ĭespite this betrayal, he maintained his place in the Heroes tribe, and stuck with the majority after voting off Westman, who was seen as a threat, and Clement, who was a liability due to his injury at the "Schmergen Brawl" challenge. While he was part of this tribe, he made side deals with Tom Westman and Colby Donaldson, even though he was also in the majority alliance along with Amanda Kimmel, Candice Woodcock, Cirie Fields, James Clement, and Rupert Boneham. Thomas was chosen to participate in the 20th season of Survivor as a member of the Heroes tribe. (In the process, Thomas knocked out a tooth-which Jeff Probst saved and later gave to Thomas's mother at the reunion special.) Thomas also won more post-merge reward and immunity challenges than anyone else in his season, with three reward challenges (the first two and the last one) and three immunity challenges (the last three consecutive ones).īecause Thomas won the game unanimously, without having had a single vote cast against him, was awarded the $100,000 player-of-the-season prize, and won more individual challenges than anyone else by a considerable margin, he has been said to have played the first "perfect game" in Survivor history. At the immunity challenge that followed, Thomas came close to single-handedly winning immunity for Jalapao-by catching four out of the five balls needed to win, although Timbira won the challenge in the end. During the reward challenge in Episode Four, Thomas carried 220 pounds before dropping out, tying the record previously set by Pearl Islands contestant Rupert Boneham, who had also carried 220 pounds before dropping out. Thomas also performed with distinction in the challenges. However, neither Cochran nor Collins won the $100,000 prize for Sprint Player of the Season (it had been discontinued by the time Collins won Sole Survivor), and Collins received votes against him which were nullified by a hidden immunity idol. The only other two Survivor castaways to accomplish this feat are John Cochran in Survivor: Caramoan and Jeremy Collins in Survivor: Cambodia. Thomas is the first player ever to win Sole Survivor by a unanimous vote while never receiving any votes against him during the entire game. He was also the second person to win the million-dollar prize as a result of a unanimous vote-preceded by Earl Cole ( Fiji), and the second consecutive person to win both the million dollars and the $100,000, preceded by Bob Crowley ( Gabon). Thomas was the sixth person to win Survivor's million-dollar prize without ever having any votes cast against him at Tribal Council-preceded by Tina Wesson ( The Australian Outback), Ethan Zohn ( Africa), Brian Heidik ( Thailand), Sandra Diaz-Twine ( Pearl Islands), and Tom Westman ( Palau). In addition to his million-dollar win, Thomas also won the $100,000 prize for Sprint Player of the Season, beating out fellow fan favorites Johnson-George and Reed.
On May 17, 2009, it was revealed that he had been voted the winner of Survivor: Tocantins, having received all seven jury votes (cast by Brendan Synnott, Tyson Apostol, Sierra Reed, Debbie Beebe, Benjamin "Coach" Wade, Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George, and Erinn Lobdell), beating out corporate consultant and friend Stephen Fishbach. Thomas was raised in Samson, Alabama, graduated from Troy University as a business marketing major, and currently resides in Mobile, Alabama.
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