Tom Buchanan

Known for

Big Tom charmed Boran in Africa with a thick, barely decipherable accent and a total lack of shame, stripping down with a feather tucked in a strategic place to help win an SOS signal challenge. He also had a temper, fuming at Clarence Black over a can of beans eaten without the tribe's blessing. A swap sent him to Samburu, where he, Lex van den Berghe and Kelly Goldsmith used Lindsey Richter's past votes to win a tiebreak and carry Boran's edge into the merge. Once only Borans remained, his allies decided the goofiness was cover for scheming and cut him when Kim Johnson took immunity. He voted Ethan Zohn the winner.

All-Stars put him on Chapera behind Rob Mariano and Amber, where he played a quiet game and openly celebrated Susan Hawk's exit. At the final five, Rob grew nervous that Tom might swing toward Jenna Lewis and Rupert Boneham and blindsided him. Tom's fake handshake at Final Tribal Council, and his vote for Amber, settled the account.

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Season by season

1. 
   4Survivor 3: Africaage 45, Rich Valley, Virginia4th of 16 · 37 days · jury
2. 
   5Survivor 8: All-Starsage 48, Rich Valley, Virginia5th of 18 · 36 days · jury

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Where they rank

• 39thMost times on the jury2 juries