ONLY FIVE CASTAWAYS REMAIN IN THE QUEST FOR THE MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE AND TITLE OF SOLE SURVIVOR, ON “SURVIVOR TOCANTINS — THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS,” THURSDAY, MAY 14

“The Martyr Approach” – In the aftermath of Tribal Council, a shocking betrayal is revealed, leaving one castaway reeling. Meanwhile, another castaway takes a bizarre approach to Exile Island, which has a polarizing effect on the rest of the tribe, on SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS – THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS, Thursday, May 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Last week upon returning to camp after Tribal Council, Coach was livid about Erinn and Taj voting for Stephen and Debbie, respectively, at the last Tribal Council. He talked to Debbie about targeting Erinn and Taj next, with Taj to go first. On the morning of day 31, Debbie woke up feeling that she needed move away from her alliance with Coach and told J.T. and Stephen that she wanted an alliance with them. However, Stephen was worried that she was just playing the game instead of wanting a real alliance. Instead of a Reward Challenge, a Survivor Auction was held.

Items bought were:

* Coach: Chicken parmesan with garlic bread and a glass of wine
* Debbie: A bowl of french fries
* Erinn: Nothing
* J.T.: Nachos with guacamole and salsa (Mystery item)
* Stephen: Grilled chicken hearts (Mystery item)
* Taj: A video message from loved ones at home

On the last item up for bid, Jeff presented a Samsung Instinct loaded with a video message from loved ones at home and announced that the usual Survivor Auction rules would be suspended and that the castaways could pool their money in order to get one of the castaways to win.

Everybody gave their remaining money to Taj so that she could win the item uncontested. At the very end of the video message, Taj’s husband, Eddie George, said that he would see them back at camp. After pointing out the last line in the video, Jeff told Taj that only Eddie would be back at camp, but if Taj offered to go to Exile Island where Eddie would join her, the other castaways’ loved ones would be at the campsite. She immediately accepted the offer.

Back at camp, the castaways were joined by Coach’s assistant coach, Debbie’s husband, Erinn’s father, J.T.’s younger sister, and Stephen’s brother. After the loved ones had left, the game resumed on the morning of day 32 with Debbie continuing to push her allegiance to J.T. and Stephen, even so far as promising to give the final Individual Immunity to one of them should she win it and they make it to the final three.

The three continued to be suspicious of her promises, and after J.T. and Stephen told Erinn of this offer, Erinn said that Debbie had to go next. Coach, still uninformed of the voting out of Debbie, pushed the idea of voting out Taj to prevent the Hidden Immunity Idol from being played.

The Immunity Challenge was the castaways would have to go through an obstacle course of digging underneath a log, crossing a balance beam, and under a rope crawl. The castaways would then run across a field to where a spinning series of ten mathematical symbols would be displayed. The castaways would have to memorize the sequence of symbols, run back to starting line through the obstacles, and use the symbols in the correct order to solve a math equation. The first castaway to solve the math problem would win.

At the Immunity Challenge, Stephen was way behind the others, so he tried to remember all ten symbols in one pass, while the others needed multiple trips to try to remember the symbols. Stephen’s memory technique did not fail him and he was able to come from behind to win Individual Immunity for the first time.

Before Tribal Council, the game controlling alliance of J.T. and Stephen were torn between using the opportunity to vote out Coach or Debbie. They decided to go with Debbie and she was voted out 4-1-1.

Voted out: CAROLINA EASTWOOD (1st Voted Out), CANDACE SMITH (2nd Voted Out), JERRY SIMS (3rd Voted Out), SANDY BURGIN (4th Voted Out), SPENCER DUHM (5th Voted Out), SYDNEY (6th Voted Out) JOE DOWDLE (7th Out, Removed Due to Injury), BRENDAN SYNNOTT (8th Voted Out), TYSON APOSTOL (9th Voted Out), SIERRA REED (10th Voted Out), DEBRA “Debbie” BEEBE (11th Voted Out)

Remaining:

JALAPAO TRIBE

STEPHEN FISHBACH, TAJ JOHNSON-GEORGE, JAMES “JT” THOMAS JR., SYDNEY WHEELER

TIMBIRA TRIBE

ERINN LOBDELL, BENJAMIN “Coach” WADE

SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS – THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS is hosted by Emmy Award-winning host Jeff Probst and produced by SEG, Inc. Mark Burnett is executive producer and David Burris and Leisa Francis are co-executive producers.

Source: CBS Press Release