Survivor 18: Tocantins
A finale the jury did not argue about.
James "J.T." Thomas Jr. is the Sole Survivor
James "J.T." Thomas Jr. won on a 7–0 jury vote, beating Stephen Fishbach at the final tribal council.
What made it different
Played in the Jalapão region of Brazil by Jalapao and Timbira, and settled by a unanimous jury vote.
All 16 castaways, in boot order
- 1
James "J.T." Thomas Jr.3 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days - 2
Stephen Fishbach2 seasons playedRunner-up · 39 days - 3
Erinn Lobdell13th voted out · 38 days · jury - 4
Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George12th voted out · 37 days · jury - 5
Benjamin "Coach" Wade4 seasons played11th voted out · 36 days · jury - 6
Debra "Debbie" Beebe10th voted out · 33 days · jury - 7
Sierra Reed9th voted out · 30 days · jury - 8
Tyson Apostol4 seasons played8th voted out · 27 days · jury - 9
Brendan Synnott7th voted out · 24 days · jury - 10
Joe DowdleMedically evacuated · 20 days - 11
Sydney Wheeler6th voted out · 18 days - 12
Spencer Duhm5th voted out · 15 days - 13
Sandy Burgin4th voted out · 12 days - 14
Jerry Sims3rd voted out · 9 days - 15
Candace Smith2nd voted out · 6 days - 16
Carolina Eastwood1st voted out · 3 days
Photos: CBS
Played here, and came back for Season 50
Probst, on this season
Let me guess — some chief in a small village?
To Coach Wade. After Coach explained that others had bestowed the name "warrior" upon him.
Trivia from Survivor 18
Who was the first Sole Survivor to play a "perfect game": no votes against all season, then every jury vote?
J.T. Thomas — J.T. did it in Tocantins, winning 7–0 over Stephen Fishbach without a vote ever cast against him. Cochran matched it in Caramoan. Jeremy won 10–0–0, but three votes were cast against him and voided by an idol.
The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 18 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.
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- “Survivor: Tocantins,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Tocantins.
- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- Martin Holmes, “The 20 Greatest Jeff Probst Burns,” Inside Survivor, June 14, 2020, https://insidesurvivor.com/the-20-greatest-jeff-probst-burns-44459.