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I'm JT, and I'm from Sampson, Alabama.

People's impression of me might be that I'm a hillbilly, but I'm here to win,

and I'm going to win.

JT! Unbelievable!

JT! JT has lost a tooth! JT!

JT! JT wins final immunity!

Challenge for me is getting in with the people. Who would you trust with your

life? Everybody says JT.

You just can't find anything wrong with them. What a great soul.

I know I can trust you. You have my word.

to the final two of this game. My mom told me, you can win this game. If

can do it, you can do it.

Welcome to the Survivor Token Team's live reunion show. We have all 16

survivors, including our winner. JT, are you crying?

Yes.

Wow.

Who would have expected you to shed a tear?

What's going on? What's the feeling right now?

I'm very happy, obviously.

I just created one of the best friends I've probably ever had. Steven and his

family. My parents are crying, so I can't help it.

I'm happy.

It's probably the happiest I've ever been in my life, obviously.

Well, I've got to say, and this is with all respect to everybody else here,

you're one of the most popular guys we've had on the show. Everywhere,

this whole week when I've been in New York City, people are coming up going,

hate coach and love JT.

Ah, coach, we'll get to you. You'll get your chance. You know what I mean? They

love to hate Richard Hatch, too. I know. You're in good company.

But honestly, one of the most popular guys, what's the reaction been at home

you? Are people adoring you the same way?

Yeah, people in Stamps are very hysterical, and they love me. I mean,

all the way. And I love them, too, but they are really behind me. They've been

very supportive.

I mean, I know they're surprised right now because I didn't tell a soul about

anything. My parents didn't even know. They thought I was fourth at best.

Really? So this is very shocking to everybody, and everyone's been behind

very supportive.

What was the...

Out there, I mean, we talked, I said about how tough this game was. What was

toughest point? You're a guy that, you know, we got to know through the show,

makes his living outdoors.

Was this easy for you, or was there a time for you when it was tough as well?

This was very hard.

One of the questions I get the most is that, is it as hard as it looks?

Obviously, you don't know unless you go, but like day 12, you know, I was really

questioned, what am I doing here? Day 11, day 12, I was the hungriest I've

been in my life.

You couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I really, what am I doing here? I've said that numerous times, but I had to

tough it out.

It's way tougher than it looked. What was it about Steven, a very unlikely

choice, when you look at some of the other people up here that you might have

been drawn to based on just first impressions?

Why him?

Stephen was the one person I thought I would not allow myself with, I'll be

honest with you. He was the one guy that I doubted the most. And immediately

after the hike, I mean, he carried a sack with three melons in it. It shows

carrying one.

He carried more than his load. He impressed me about, you know, obviously

impressed everybody. But, you know, day three and four, Stephen was right by my

side working harder than anybody, doing things he'd never done before.

And he has the best heart of anybody I know.

Oh, nice.

Well, Stephen, what was the key to this alliance working? Lots of people make

alliances that don't work.

I definitely think, wow.

I mean, it's like I said in the show.

Something about our intellects clicked. We were always working hard. We would

come back from challenges or from rewards, and we would say, let's get to

And for us, it was always about, this is a game that we're both here to win, and

we're going to both play our hardest, never let our guard down, and work

together constantly to make sure that we are there at the end.

And you also mentioned to me just earlier that you had an inside that I

know anything about. You kind of had an inside mole in this game. Well, one of

the things that definitely helped us get as far as we did within the Merge tribe

was Coach's relationship with JT. Coach had this sort of image of JT as this

kind of warrior spirit, and he would tell JT everything.

So Tyson would tell his plans to Coach, Coach would tell JT, JT would tell me,

and our insurgency would be victorious.

Coach, you're instrumental.

You're everywhere.

I'm the gift that keeps on giving.

He owes me a million dollars.

Sorry, man.

The betrayal.

I mean, let me just remind you, Stephen, what JT said. JT said to you, you have

my word and my life and I have yours, right?

And then we get to that final tribal and you get asked the question and you say,

no, I wouldn't have taken it.

What did that feel like in that moment to have to...

Let this guy know you would not have lived up to your statement.

I mean, it was something I wrestled with a lot. And, you know, Debbie said, I

value honesty. And she seemed to be really seeking a specific answer from

Of course, then, you know, she asked JT his question, which was, you know, JT,

isn't it true that you're the greatest person that's ever existed?

Yes.

Yes, Debbie, I am.

But, you know, obviously it felt horrible.

to come clean, you know, with that.

But it didn't damage your friendship, JT.

When you heard it, you did this whole, oh, were you just putting on?

Yes, I was, Jeff. I'll be honest.

I'll be honest. I was definitely trying to pull some votes out because it's very

different for me to take Stephen to the final two and for Stephen to take me

because I knew, you know, people liked me. And, you know, obviously I had never

had anyone write my name down. So it's hard for someone to take me on, you

Brendan, what happened with Timbera? You got at the merge.

In a game about numbers, did you have too many people? I think we had too many

people, and I think we had a good amount of dysfunction in our tribe between

this guy and this guy and myself.

A little bit of a power struggle. A little bit of a power struggle, and I

that was pretty clear when they came in. And the fact that we did have six

instead of four, you know, we had an extra person, and I think Aaron switched

over pretty easily. So we kind of set ourselves up for it. Well, and Aaron, I

have to give you credit because I always say to win this game, sooner or later

you typically have to make a big move. move betray somebody you is that what

prompted you to jump absolutely um you can you have to look at it as

what is the best situation for me how can i further myself in this game i want

to be here as long as possible every day i can spend out here i can get that

much closer to making another move to staying longer and if i can be six or if

can be four

Clearly, I'm going to be four.

Meaning you're on Timbira, you're at the bottom. Absolutely. If you jump over to

Jalapal, you move up two spots.

Right. I'm still at the bottom, but I'm higher than I was. That's six more days.

And look where it got you. It got you a shot at getting into the final.

Taj, did anyone ever talk about taking out JT earlier?

I mean, everybody talks about how we love JT. JT's so great.

This is a game that in the end is kind of about popularity.

Who do you like the best?

It is. Yes, and no one ever discussed that because going into the merge, I

assumed it was us three to the end and we'd work on that toward the end. And I

would always tell them, I never wanted to be the last one with the idol because

I don't want to tell one of them they had to go home. It would have been so

for me because we had been so close for the whole entire game. It was just

something that I didn't want to do. But of course not, JT. He just never came up

because he was so sweet.

JT, I have something here. Back early, early on.

Gross.

One of your teeth got knocked out or a part of your tooth.

We went and found it. Brendan, I think, found it. Somebody, who found it? I

found it. Brendan found it. I picked up, gave it to you. I hear back from

medical, JT doesn't want his tooth. I said, I want his tooth. Give me his damn

tooth. So I just, I kept it this entire time.

Hold on.

Hold on. No one panic.

It's right here.

Okay, Michael, let's get a shot of that so you can just see his tooth. Can you

see it?

Okay. Now, I just want to ask you again before I... Do you want your tooth back?

It's still completely useless to me. My mom probably wants it. I'm sure my

little sister.

Well, we got a lot of women, all front row women going, I want all of him. All

right, Mom, you want the tooth? Let's go tell you how to mom down here. Hold on.

What's your name, Mom?

Maureen.

How proud of you, first of all, are JT out there, of JT?

Very proud. Yeah?

He kind of said in one of his interviews, my mom said, you can win

Yeah. So you believed that the whole way?

I told him for about three years I thought he could do this.

Really? Yeah.

Yeah, how's it feel right now? Your son's got a lot of money.

That's good. I might not have to worry about him anymore. Yeah. Well, all

Hold your hand out. I don't want you to drop this.

That is your son, your little baby who you gave birth to.

And it grew into this suit that he doesn't want.

Close it up.

Very nice to meet you and congratulations.

All right.

Up next, some were nice, some were nasty. We'll hear from Todd and Tyson.

still to come, Coach, liar or truth teller?

Plus one survivor will be voted our Sprint Player of the Year and get to go

with an extra $100 ,000. We'll be right back.

As the rain comes down to welcome us.

Oh, my God.

It doesn't look like it's letting up.

out here for so long you almost forget what home is like and what the people

like that you love

he's

my fire he is the love of my

life so it was just like the skies just parted the sun came out and nothing else

hurt after that

for the Survivor of Tocantins Live Reunion Show. Taj, first of all, I have

say, of all the seasons, you were one of the biggest surprises because when we

were out there, I would have never guessed people were going to love you

they love you. I was wrong.

I was completely wrong.

And so I want to ask you, we got, I don't know how many of you guys know

past. Throw that shot up, Michael. You were a pop star in your own right.

Right there in the middle.

I'm on the end.

On the end? I'm on the end with the ugly glasses.

Well, whichever one you are, you were the thing. Oh, I see. Well, there's two

sets of ugly glasses.

So what I'm getting at is that's a glamorous life. When you're doing that,

people are taking care of you. Survivor, there ain't nothing. How much of a

culture shock was this for you?

I'm not an outdoorsy girl. I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. So the biggest part

was just adjusting to that outdoors life. I've never been fishing before.

never had to strike a fire before.

I'm used to a gas stove. So to go out there and have to drink from this river,

make my own shelter, food, everything, it was a huge shock. But I got used to

real quick. And once I caught on, I was like building fires for JT. I was

fishing for the camp. It was cool.

Show me, hold one of your arms out because you got some wear and tear on

arms. I got wear and tear everywhere. Hold them steady there for a second.

Michael, try and get, I don't know if we can see that, but you got a lot of bite

scars.

I mean, you were getting eaten up out there. This is just the tip of the

iceberg. They bit up my entire back, my legs, everything.

And to be a little vain, my skin was like my biggest asset. And to go out

and...

Get chewed up the way I did. I was just crushed. I'm sitting in the water like

it's time to go home.

Relive for me the moment when you realized when you were looking at that

from your husband, Eddie, that he said, I will see you back at camp because I

still got a little bruise from the way you grabbed me.

I was so hysterical that day. You know, of course, looking at that video, when I

saw the video, I just, I lost it. I was, it was completely out of my control at

that point. So when you kept asking me, what did he say? I'm just like, oh, my

baby. And then I'm like, oh my God, he's here.

And what is it about that, that love?

Why is it, people say it's only 30 days. It's not that long.

I have never been away from my family that long. And to go.

30 days without hearing from him, without email, without arguing anything.

I was just in a drought, and I needed my husband. I needed my sons.

And that day just couldn't come fast enough.

Let's go out. Michael, let's go back out here. I'm liking going in the audience

tonight because we have some people we want to talk to.

Everybody knows this guy here.

Former pro bowler.

Eddie, you know.

You kind of made your living. I mean, football being your life, getting beat

for a living. This is not what your wife did. How proud of her are you? And were

you out there seeing? You got to see firsthand how she was really living.

Yeah, when she was gone, I had no idea what was going on. I had no

with her. And when I saw her, I was just elated to see how much weight she lost.

But I saw a glow in her eyes. It's something that...

She really needed to do and really find an industry for herself. She's the rock

of our family. When I saw her holding the camp down, that's how it is at our

house. She keeps me in check.

And I don't know if people remember this episode, but Eddie George started a

fire like that.

How did you know how to start a fire? Royal Ranger.

Now, I was a Royal Ranger back in the day. I have some skills. I grew up in

Philadelphia, but I know how to start a fire.

If I had to do it, I can do it. Next season, Eddie George. All

right, well, everything needs a balance. And to offset

the loveliness that was Taj, there was the delightful nasty that is Tyson. Take

a look.

I'm going trolling all over everybody's asses. I'm probably not the

stereotypical Mormon.

He's naked.

I think people appreciate that. Bingo, bingo, bingo. You can look me in my

blue eyes and I'll tell you sweet nothings and you'll believe all of them.

any ladies want my phone number, ask.

Tyson, what has been...

The reaction from the Mormon community to one of their more outspoken Mormons

I've ever met.

You know, the people that come up to me in public love me, but I know there are

people that in their heart probably don't hold that much love for me.

But, you know, great men are either loved or hated. Jesus of Nazareth,

Smith even. So, you know, I mean, I'm not saying that I'm comparable to those

guys, but it's not only the wicked ones that are.

reacted to in that way. It may just take time to understand your place. Yeah,

exactly. It's just time. You know, you hate me at first, then you grow to love

me, then you can't live without me. Yes, we've heard the spiel.

Sierra, first impressions in this game from the get -go, these guys wanted you

gone, and it never really left.

It's been a long time since somebody's been universally despised in a way that

didn't understand.

What was it? Was that a shock to you to see how many people were talking? Tyson

was on you. Coach was on you. Debbie at one point was on you.

Yeah, it was really hard. It was really hard to start out and get voted out and

then go back and make the right choices. I knew that.

Behind the cameras and by myself I was making all the right choices And I was I

was honest and I was I was forthright to everyone and I felt that I was a good

person But I mean it doesn't take a good person to win this game. So I guess

maybe if I went for my morals rather than snakes over here What did you did

learn anything from this about yourself?

Absolutely I learned that I'm I've been a dependent person on other people my

whole entire life and I've learned how to depend on other people in order to

satisfy who I am as a person. And the moment that they all betrayed me and

turned on me, I found myself.

And I am so proud of myself because I stuck it out six days with ruthlessness

and I fought to the death.

I fought to the death and I... I was a cool dragon!

I played the dragon!

Ciara took down the dragon.

All right. Well, up next, he was one of the most colorful, memorable,

controversial characters in the history of our show, the Dragon Slayer. Coach is

next.

Who is this jackass?

I am the last of the Mohicans. The renaissance man adventurer. I've been

a hurricane, I've been attacked by a shark, captured by the Indian tribe, had

run -in with a crocodile.

Wow, sounds almost too good to be true.

None of us have ever done this in our lives.

I have.

I want to change this game. I consider myself a renaissance man adventurer.

Iron sharpens iron, baby. I know who I am.

Unshakable, unbreakable, invincible like a sword.

Dragon slam.

Coach wins immunity.

I feel brilliant.

Thank you for creating me as an individual. I am the last of the

Oh, but this is about me now.

Victory is mine.

It's been a while since we've had anybody as colorful as you and

Like I said, the only other thing I was hearing on the street other than I want

JT to win is, man, I'm so glad coach is off.

But I reckon that the minute you were voted off, a lot of people missed you. I

know I did. So what has been that Taj is already rolling the eyes?

It's like tribal council.

What has been the reaction?

from people you don't know on the street, strangers.

Yeah, I mean, most people are like, wow, you know, we watched the season because

of you.

I think in the back of their minds, they might be thinking, oh, I hate you. But

they've been pretty cool.

And what's been the reaction from people who know you? Do they, is this, yeah,

that's Coach. That's the Dragon Slayer. Sounds great.

All right.

You know, it's really been kind of like.

They understand that eccentric side of me. They understand that creative side

me. And also putting my stamp on the game. I put my stamp on tribal, on my

outfit, on the feathers.

So I just like to make my mark wherever I go. There must be some eye rolling up

here. I like making my mark. Exile? Come on. I mean, that's heroic.

Epic? What can I say?

What is the... Okay, when you told one of the biggest stories ever...

I don't even have to say what it is.

You're down the Amazon, I'm setting a record, and I get captured by an

indigenous tribe who ties me to a stake, and then they're going to dismember me,

but I escape and finish the record.

When you told that story, could you feel the energy that night? Did you think,

yes, they're glad I'm telling this. Did you think, oh, they're not buying it? It

doesn't matter. When you speak the truth.

You have to tell it no matter what. I actually debated with myself. I'm like,

come on, I got 100 stories that I could tell instead of this one. But there was

something nagging about telling that story.

Well, okay.

Now, I offered you a lie detector test.

Yes. And you said no.

Yes. I wonder why.

Well, I was going to ask you about the story down there. So why do you say no

that? Well, what would that have proven?

Well, I mean, some would say a lie detector test would prove if you're

lie or not. Well, here's the thing, okay? Now, you guys have handled my

reputation for the last three months.

And in this case, I did want to handle it myself. Now, we've all been

up here at one time or another.

You, my friend, my worthy adversary, have never been blindsided.

I did take that lie detector test from John Groban, one of the authorities in

Hollywood. I have the sealed envelope here.

Now, in particular, it's sealed.

I love this. I'm reminding you, we have only a certain amount of time. Yes, I

understand that. You can be verbose. I love this. I want you to open it, or

would you like for me to? No, I would like to open it. And in particular, I

you to read question number two.

Okay, this says confidential report. I mean, I will say it looks like it was

printed on something that you could have in your office, but no.

No, it does. It has the guy's name here. You can call him. John Grogan and

Associates. There's the phone number. I'll be calling him after the show.

Count on it. I also have a videotape of this in case anybody out there wants to

see it. Wow. In Hollywood. This is exactly what I was hoping would happen,

you did it. I know. Now, you did it in the safety of not any of us knowing, but

you took the test.

What are the odds? Mike, get a big shot of the house.

What are the odds right now by sound that Coach is going to be proven to be

telling the truth?

Wow, okay.

Question one, did you play the game Survivor with utmost honor and

Yes. Question number two, on your trip down the Amazon,

were you captured by Native?

Yes.

Coach, I am impressed.

No, nobody...

Do you guys believe this test?

All right.

Mixed feelings on whether or not that was true.

Lie detector test seems to be valid to me. I believed you the whole time. I

you did. I know you did. I know you did.

All right. Debbie, I have a quick question for you. Going back to school,

a middle school principal. Right.

when you have all these kids and you're playing a game that is ethical and moral

and you have to make all this, what was, were you worried? What was, what has

been the reaction?

The reaction has been amazing and positive. And honestly, it's, this game

with at last I'll play and you have to lie in survivor.

Um, and everybody has understood that really it's, it's been amazing. The kids

have been great. Everybody, they love seeing me looking filthy and gross, but

other than that, um, it's, it's, it was an amazing experience for all of us

involved. The kids loved it. I gotta be honest. I'm still, back on coach. Who

did you bring with you? I know we're running out of time. Who did you bring

you? I brought my coaching staff, Mitchell, Latifah, Amber. I brought the

of my book, Tom Gauthier.

Coach of the coach, Brad Jordan, and a special lady friend, Melinda Tretner. A

lady friend. Okay, lady friend. What's lady friend's name? Melinda Tretner.

Melinda, stand up real quick.

Come on.

Question.

Simple answer.

Is the coach we saw on the show, is that the guy you know?

Unfortunately, you only saw a coach and not Ben Wade, who I know and love.

So there is another side to him.

Dragon Slayer doesn't make it into the bedroom or does?

No, actually, I slay the dragon.

You slay the dragon.

Up next, one of these 16 survivors is going to win $100 ,000 courtesy

of Sprint simply for being popular.

But first, taking us to the break, our survivor composers, Dr. Russ Landau and

David Vanacore.

All right, we are back with the Survivor Token Team's live reunion show. Since

Thursday, viewers have been texting and voting online for the sprint player of

the season. In other words, they've been voting for the Survivor, which one of

you guys they like the most. The votes are in. One of you is about to go home

with an extra $100 ,000.

I have three names.

The top three are... JT is one.

Todd.

And in one of the biggest surprises,

Sierra.

The winner, however, is not Sierra.

The winner is JT.

Big night for JT.

That's 1 .1 million.

Let's do some updates with some of the people we haven't talked to. Joe,

everybody hated to see you go home with the injury. How's the leg?

You know, Jeff, thanks for asking. I haven't been asked that yet at all.

No,

it's great.

It's back to normal, yeah. So you're fine?

Yeah, doing fine.

Hard to come out of the show, though.

It's horrible, man. My voice just cracks every time I talk about it.

Sydney, what's going on with the modeling career?

Well, it's been good. I mean, I haven't gotten too many shows with Survivor,

but...

Clients inviting me back because they've seen me on the show, so it's been

pretty good. Good, and you weren't too scarred up out there. No, I only have a

couple on my legs and my arms, but not too bad.

Spencer, youngest guy ever on the show and one of the biggest fans.

Did you have fun? You were off way earlier than you wanted to be, but did

have fun out there? Oh, of course. I had fun on the truck coming in. We were

taping the intro stuff. That was a dream for me, so it was a blast for sure.

I'm going to skip you, Sandy, and come back to you.

Jerry, do you hear from the guys, you were in the service for a long time, do

you hear from your buddies going, either saying, way to go, or what happened?

What happened? Yeah, what happened? But I just thank God for just allowing us to

go out and take everybody out in this harsh environment.

I mean, it was dangerous out there, and bring us all back safely. So that was a

big... attribute there just to get us all back safely but the guys do rag me

the time about it candace i just saw you in a commercial is that is that what

you do i didn't i didn't know any i do a lot jeff yeah yes i do um thank you

yeah i just did a commercial but um yeah i i work in modeling and acting as well

as consulting and you know um sometimes law so life is

going okay since survival is awesome Carolina, whenever you're first off, and

lot of times, it would be Sandy.

It would be the older person who would somehow get the boot.

To have a young woman attractive, it's unusual.

Can you still enjoy the game? Can you still enjoy watching the show when you

were only out there for three days?

I mean, it sucks getting voted out first. I should have kept my mouth shut.

However, Survivor was a gift. And, you know, I made it out of so many people

that love this game so much. So Survivor was a gift. It changed my life. And I

love all these people sitting here. And I'm so proud of...

of Jalapal making it all the way. So I love these people. I have no regrets.

All right. And finally, taking it to the break, Sandy, just something crazy.

Just something crazy. What's something crazy that's happened to you? I take out

of my vocabulary that you never get a second chance to make a first

I did. And I was glad that, you know, I got that chance. Yeah, you really did.

Both of you and Ciara did.

Yeah, I went for the idol, though, and I said, no, forget them, and I'm not

going to build them anything. They just voted me out, and I'm just going to look

for something to keep me in the game.

Sandy, you look good all dolled up. Thank you for being out there.

Thank you. All right. Well, it has been.

Nine years and 18 seasons of Survivor, and we are not finished.

The question is, where are we headed?

Find out when we come back.

Your votes are in, and we have a winner.

Survivor Token King Sprint Player of the Season is JT.

Congratulations on winning $100 ,000 courtesy of Sprint, the Now Network.

Welcome back to Survivor Token King's Live at Union Show. Before we show you

where we're going next, JT, when I asked your mom, I said, you know, your son's

got a lot of money. She said, maybe I won't have to worry about him anymore.

Any plans? Is there something in particular you're going to do with some

cash?

Hopefully use it to make a little more money.

I'm not sure just yet. I'm definitely going to look forward to working with

Stephen down the road, I'm sure.

Really? A partnership? I feel like I never could have done it without

although I showed that on the finale. So I feel obligated.

No, we're not. I mean, we're not obligated. Oh, we're not back in tribal.

don't even want to hear this again.

Oh, my God. All right. Survivor 19 is just around the corner. Where are we

headed next? Take a look.

This fall, Survivor ramps up for an incredible 19th season.

Deep in the exotic waters of the South Pacific, 18 strangers will be abandoned

on the rugged islands of Samoa.

A tropical paradise.

Straight from Robert Louis Stevenson's legendary tale, Treasure Island.

This majestic land of towering waterfalls, mysterious

rainforests, and a fierce warrior culture will be the castaways'

home for 39 days.

Forced to work together, they must learn to adapt or they'll be voted out.

In the end, only one will remain to claim the million -dollar prize and the

title of sole survivor.

Survivor Samoa, coming this fall.

Well, I have to say, on behalf of everybody that makes Survivor, we really

appreciate the loyalty of you guys. And if you want to own a piece of Survivor,

all you have to do is go to the website being shown on your screen.

You can own anything you've seen on this season. You could own JT's torch. You

could own something from Coach, I'm sure. Or you could own this necklace.

That will remain a mystery.

Also, if you think you have what it takes to be on this show, you've heard

tough it is. Go to CBS .com.

You can find out everything you need. Just put together a three -minute

videotape. And all we want is you.

You don't have to be Coach if you're not Coach.

That is it. Thank you very much for your loyalty, and we will see you next time

for more Survivor Samoa.

Thank you.

Thank you.