Jean-Baptiste Toussaint

**Jean-Baptiste Toussaint** is a contestant from *Zovivor: Tibet*.

A strong physical and social player, Jean-Baptiste was able to survive numerous cycles of going from the top of a tribe to the bottom, in each of the preswap, postswap, and merge. After losing his number one Xuan Dinh in the preswap, and losing the rest of his alliance in Zain Arif and Tori Perez after the swap, Jean-Baptiste was able to reintegrate himself in the former Tenzin alliance at the merge to eliminate Keiko Shimosato and Kainalu Palakiko, before pivoting to join a "big threats" alliance to eliminate Richie del Cueto. This, in addition to two individual immunity wins, put Jean-Baptiste in the crosshairs for being the biggest threat to win, and he was blindsided at the final 7 following a surprising alliance between the remnants of the shattered Ngawang tribe.

## Profile

**Pronouns**: He/Him
**Age**: 27
**Location**: Las Vegas, NV
**Occupation**: Chippendales Dancer
**Hobbies**: ---
**Pet Peeves**: ---
**What are three words to describe you?** ---
**What is one accomplishment you're most proud of?** ---
**Why will you be the Sole Survivor?** ---

## Survivor

### China

After the welcoming ceremony at a Buddhist temple, James was placed on the Fei Long tribe. James immediately proved to be a hard worker for his tribe. However, after a conversation with Leslie Nease, James revealed in a confessional that his biggest obstacle was the social aspect as he prefers to be by himself. Fei Long proved to be the more dominant tribe in challenges, developing a winning streak over their rival Zhan Hu tribe over the first six days.

The tribe lost their first challenge, a Reward Challenge, on Day 7. Zhan Hu was able to kidnap Fei Long's Leslie Nease as part of their reward, and James and Jean-Robert Bellande talked loudly back at camp about who to vote out next in an insulting manner before settling on Leslie. The men failed to notice that Courtney Yates and Todd Herzog were only a few yards and were annoyed with them and wanted them out. Fei Long lost its first Immunity Challenge on Day 9, and at Tribal Council, Leslie was voted out over Jean-Robert. The tribe was then able to bounce back, winning the next two challenges.

On Day 13, two Chinese men came with a note asking Fei Long to pick Zhan Hu's two strongest members, who would then become members of Fei Long. The tribe speculated that the note meant that two Fei Long members were being transferred to Zhan Hu as well; Fei Long eventually chose Frosti Zernow and Sherea Lloyd to transfer from Zhan Hu. Jean-Robert warned James that if Zhan Hu received the same note, then James would be going Zhan Hu. Sure enough, two different fishermen came with a note revealing that James and Aaron Reisberger would be transferred to the Zhan Hu, joining the majority Zhan Hu Alliance alliance of Erik Huffman, Jaime Dugan, and Peih-Gee Law. At the first Immunity Challenge following the switch, James became frustrated with Jaime and Peih-Gee when he noticed that the women were botching the puzzle while cracking jokes. Zhan Hu ended up losing the challenge after the women threw it in order to vote out either of their two new members. At Tribal Council, James became incredulous when he learned that the women threw the challenge. However, James was spared as the Zhan Hu Alliance decided to eliminate Aaron instead.

Now alone and on the bottom of his new tribe, James felt that the best thing for him to do was to do the work at camp to keep Zhan Hu rested so that they would have no excuse for losing the next challenge. Despite this Zhan Hu was still set on throwing the challenge and voting out James. Zhan Hu lost the next Reward Challenge on Day 17, but James was chosen to be kidnapped by Fei Long, joining his old tribemates on a trip to a Chinese tea house. While at the reward, Todd Herzog told James to share the container with him once James had opened it. When he did open it, James learned that it was a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. James gave the clue to Todd, who later returned with the idol and gave it to James. Todd asked James to throw the next Immunity Challenge so James could use the idol to vote out Jaime. James felt that it would not be too hard as Zhan Hu was going to throw the challenge anyway. Unbeknownst to James, the Zhan Hu Alliance had figured out this exact plan and resolved to compete to win. Despite James' best efforts at throwing the challenge, Zhan Hu won when Denise Martin was unable to eat a balut, costing Fei Long the challenge.

Back at camp, Peih-Gee tried to convince James to join them after the merge, pointing out that they sacrificed one of their allies to save him, but James was not interested. Based on where Todd told him where the idol was, James went to retrieve the other idol at Zhan Hu's camp. James pulled both plaques down and rushed to place the idol in his bag. He later noticed that the blank plaque was gone and wondered in delight if Jaime had taken it thinking it was a Hidden Immunity Idol. On Day 20, the tribes merged into the Hae Da Fung tribe and enjoyed a feast with entertainment provided by Chinese performers. At Tribal Council, James' suspicions were confirmed when Jaime attempted to play her idol, only for it to be revealed to be fake and she was voted out in a 7-3 vote.

James felt that he was in a good position because his Fei Long Alliance got along despite the differences. However, Todd and Amanda Kimmel began targeting James because of him having both idols, as well as being a physical threat. At the Reward Challenge, Jean-Robert picked James, Amanda, and Todd, and they won a trip to a 1000-year-old village. Over the next few days, James clashed with Jean-Robert twice, first when it to James eating more rice and second was when the latter interrogated the former about the idols. Jean-Robert then began targeting James after discovering that he was in possession of both idols. At Tribal Council, however, James was spared and Jean-Robert was voted out in a 5-3-1 vote.

James was shaken by nearly getting voted out. Denise also came to James about being left out of the Jean-Robert blindside because she felt like she was on the outside. James' team lost the next Reward Challenge on Day 26, and James and Peih-Gee argued about the reason for their team's lost. When Peih-Gee won the next Immunity Challenge, however, the Fei Long Alliance chose to target Frosti, sending him to the jury.

Over the next few days, Erik tried to convince James to form a final four alliance with him, Denise, and Peih-Gee. James was not interested, feeling secure in his Fei Long Alliance and likened flipping to eating the apple in the Garden of Eden. However, Amanda deemed James the biggest threat and felt that this was the best chance to blindside him if he did not win immunity. At the Immunity Challenge, James made it to the final round but failed to score, with Erik winning immunity much to the relief of Amanda, Courtney, and Todd. Although James was set voting out Peih-Gee, he was blindsided by his own allies at Tribal Council; James did not use either of his idols and was eliminated in a 5-1-1 vote.

At the Final Tribal Council, James congratulated the finalists and told them that he was not upset with them for blindsiding him. James asked Courtney about one good time on *Survivor*. Courtney answered the first challenge of the season because she claimed that the pole was heavy and that she was excited when they won because she was not going to be the first person voted out of the season. When asked by host Jeff Probst why he asked that question, James claimed it because he wanted to give the finalists an easy one. In the end, James voted for Courtney to win, who lost to Todd in a 4-2-1 vote, placing second.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

### Micronesia

James returned as one of the ten favorites who would compete against a tribe of die-hard *Survivor* fans. James quickly sparked a relationship with Parvati Shallow. They rallied in another couple, Ozzy Lusth and Amanda Kimmel, to form an alliance, and soon recruited Jon Dalton as a fifth member. Losing the first Immunity Challenge, Malakal was sent to Tribal Council first, where Dalton shocked everyone by requesting that they vote him out so that he could be with his expectant girlfriend. In return, James and the rest of the Favorites unanimously sent the villain home.

James' couples alliance faced opposition from an alliance consisting of Yau-Man Chan, Ami Cusack, Eliza Orlins, and Jonathan Penner. The two factions tried to secure the trust of Cirie Fields. Any strategies were put on hold, however, as the tribe of Favorites secured victory in the second Immunity Challenge.

After losing the third Immunity Challenge, Cirie agreed to join the couples alliance if they helped her eliminate her biggest threat, Yau-Man. At Tribal Council, James's alliance followed Cirie's lead, sending Yau-Man home. James and Ozzy immediately regretted voting off Yau-Man instead of Eliza, who started to get sick.

James would be safe for the next cycle, as Malakal won the fourth Immunity Challenge. Ozzy revealed that he had successfully obtained the Hidden Immunity Idol, bringing forth a higher degree of power to the alliance. However, the celebration was short-lived, as the alliance was split in half during a tribe switch, which sent James and Parvati to the rival Airai tribe, while Amanda and Ozzy stayed as Malakal members.

The new Airai tribe managed to win all of the Immunity Challenges leading up to the merge, only losing Jonathan Penner and Kathy Sleckman. Penner was medically evacuated over a severely infected wound, and Sleckman quit due to depression and boredom.

When the tribes merged on Day 22, the couples alliance regrouped, but Parvati had plans to form an entirely new alliance consisting of herself, Amanda, Cirie, and Fans Alexis Jones and Natalie Bolton–the "Black Widow Brigade". At the first Dabu Tribal Council, James voted with the majority to eliminate Eliza Orlins, who was on the outs.

With nine remaining, Jason Siska was assumed to be the next to go. However, the Black Widow Brigade (minus Amanda) and Jason blindsided physical threat Ozzy, who left with an idol in his possession.

Following Ozzy's elimination, the Black Widow Brigade decided it was best to split the vote between Jason, who was in possession of a Hidden Immunity Idol, and James, just in case Jason played the idol. At Tribal Council, James cast his vote towards Parvati, disappointed with her betraying the couples alliance. Jason ultimately did not play his idol and was sent to Ponderosa.

On Day 31, James was examined by the medical team for a cut finger which had become infected. On the grounds that the infection could spread and cause severe damage to his joints, James was pulled from the game, placing in 7th and as the 4th jury member.

As a juror, James cast his vote for Amanda to win the game, who lost to Parvati in a 5–3 vote.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

### Heroes vs. Villains

Due to his kind nature and "gentle giant" persona, James was assigned to the Heroes tribe. This season, James became frustrated and angry at his tribemates overtime for their lack of teamwork when it came to competing against the Villains, and during the Tribal Council when Stephenie LaGrossa was eliminated, this sudden change of attitude was not well received.

At a Reward Challenge, James was once again injured and was treated by the Medical Team. With the tribe unaware of whether or not he'd return, several people contemplated his return to the game and whether or not it would benefit them. James returned later on that day with his leg in a cast. Although still mobile, he was weakened and could not commit to his usual work ethic.

Losing consecutive challenges, James knew he was on the chopping block, but attempted to show he was still a valuable asset by racing J.T. Thomas, though he lost badly. Ultimately, it came down to "banana etiquette" as he was voted out on Day 15 for being too much of a liability to his tribe.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

 2 | Stephenie
 5 | Tom
 6 | Colby

## Trivia

* Jean-Baptiste is the first contestant from Nevada.