Survivor

Good live audience tonight, I like it.

I love you too.

Alright, jury, nice job.

Stephen, J.T., great job.

This is a hard game to play.

39 days in the middle of nowhere, stuck with people you don't know that you

may like, may not like, in a game that is physically, emotionally tough.

Mentally taxing 24 hours a day is no small feat.

The winner of this game deserves the million dollars.

J.T.!

We got people that want J.T., we got people that want Stephen, let's get to it.

There are seven votes in here.

Tonight, you'll want to see your name.

This is the only time on Survivor you'll want to see your name on the parchment.

These are votes for a winner.

It takes four votes to win.

I'll read the votes.

First vote, J.T.

Second vote, The Warrior, J.T.

J.T.

Will Stephen keep it going or will it be a blowout?

The winner of Survivor.

Thank you, billionaire.

The question is, are they still friends today?

Plus, why did everybody dislike Sierra so much?

And finally, Coach, I offered him a lie detector test.

Find out if he took it.

It's the Survivor Tocantins Reunion Show, live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.

Coming up next.

I'm J.T., 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.

J.T.!

Unbelievable!

J.T.!

J.T.!

He has lost it to J.T.!

J.T.!

J.T.!

Wins Final Immunity!

Challenge from easy with fitting in with the people.

Who would you trust with your life?

Everybody says J.T.

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.

Okay.

My mom told me, you can win this game.

If anybody can do it, you can do it.

Survivor Tocantins live reunion show.

We have all 16 survivors, including our winner.

J.T., 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'll probably ever have.

Stephen 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.

Well, I gotta 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, including this whole week when I've been in New

York City, people are coming up going, hate Coach, and love J.T.

Ah, Coach, we'll get to you.

You'll get your chance.

You know what I mean.

They love to hate Richard Hatch, too.

Oh, yeah, I know.

You know, you're in good company.

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

Are people adoring you the same way?

Yeah, people in Sampson are very hysterical, and they love me.

I mean, behind me all the way.

And I love them, too, but they are really behind me.

They've been very supportive, and, I mean, I know they're surprised right now

because I didn't tell a soul about anything.

My parents didn't even know I was in.

They thought I was fourth at best.

Really?

So this is very shocking to everybody, and everyone's been behind me, very supportive.

What was out there?

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

What was the 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 ever been in my life, and you couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I really, what am I doing here?

I said that numerous times, but I had to tough it out.

So it's way tougher than it looks.

What was it about Stephen, 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 me 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.

Aw, nice.

So the...

Stephen, what was the key to this alliance working?

Lots of people make alliances that don't work.

I definitely think, um, wow, I mean, it's like I said in the show, we, we, something about our intellects clicked.

We were always working hard.

You know, we would come back from challenges, and we would, or from rewards,

and we would say, let's get to work.

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 didn't 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.

Merged Tribe was Coach's relationship with J.T.

Coach had this sort of...

image of J.T.

as this kind of warrior spirit.

And he would tell J.T.

everything.

So Tyson would tell his plans to Coach, Coach would tell J.T., J.T.

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.

The betrayal.

I mean, let me just remind you, Stephen, of what J.T.

said.

J.T.

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 statements?

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 me.

Of course, then, you know, she asked J.T.

his question, which was, you know, J.T., 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, J.T.?

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 a very,

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 know.

Brendan, what happened with Timbira?

You got at the merge in a game about numbers, you had, you had, I mean, 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, and a little bit of a power struggle.

A little bit of a power struggle, and I think 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 Erinn switched over pretty easily, so,

to kind of set ourselves up for it.

Well, and Erinn, 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.

Betray somebody, you, is that what prompted you to jump?

Absolutely.

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 I 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 Jalapao, 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 J.T.

earlier?

I mean, everybody talks about how we love J.T.

J.T.

Is so great.

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

Who do you like the best?

It is, and no one ever discussed that, because going into the merge, we,

well, 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 hard 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.

J.T.

Just never came up, because he was so sweet.

J.T., I have something here.

Back early, early on, you, you not, one of your teeth got knocked out or a part of your tooth.