Thorin Groth

* Winter Park Main
* Winter Park Mini
* Winter Park Tiny
* Overall

**Thorin Groth** is a contestant from *Season 1*, *Season 2*, *Exile Island*, and *All-Stars*.

He is the host of *Edge of Extinction*, *Heroes vs. Villains*, *Halloween Spooktacular*, and *Clash of the Champions*.

Thorin's debut in *Season 1* was short-lived, with his hyper-strategic personality resulting in him being sent home in the second round at the hands of George Stedronsky.

Thorin returned in *Season 2* with his twin brother at his side, opting to play a slower and more calculated game, which saw him in control for the first half of the season with his all-guys alliance at the merge. Cole would flip on that alliance, sending Thorin scrambling to the bottom, where he would finish in fifth place after running out of immunity.

Thorin's reputation would precede him in *Exile Island*, where he was immediately being elected as the captain for his tribe. He would take advantage of his position of power to connect with the crucial strategic mind in Blake Cox, with the two controlling their two tribes in the pre-merge. His game would flip upside down at the merge when his target would grow too large. He would rely on an unprecedented series of immunity wins and advantage plays to carry himself through the Final 6, where he would mistakingly save Clarisa Groff with an idol to set himself up in the long term, seeing himself taken out instead.

Thorin entered *All-Stars* with the largest target on his back but with the benefit of being connected with nearly every member of the cast for a strong position in the pre-merge. He would possess the same abilities for advantage-finding seen in his previous seasons, holding two idols and multiple Timeline Twister advantages, and was able to dismantle the Waylu tribe while on the opposing tribe at the swap. However, he lost his patient gameplay by the merge, making rash decisions with both his idols, resulting in him possessing neither come time for his elimination at the Final 8, when he would be blindsided by his allies before a potential immunity run.

## Survivor Winter Park

### Season 1

Thorin began the game on the Bataru tribe. After forming an initial alliance with George Stedronsky and Joshua Morris, Thorin began placing a target on Daniel Jaffe for his generally off-putting behavior and lack of care for the game of *Survivor*. With friend Makenzie Kennedy as the last member of his tribe and potential scapegoat, he would leave her out of the loop until the tribe's loss at the second immunity challenge. At Tribal Council, he would publicly lambast Makenzie to make Daniel believe that she was his true target in an attempt to alleviate the chance of him playing an idol. However, his allies had secretly aligned themselves with Daniel and joined him in a blindside against Thorin, eliminating him at the final nine in a 3-2 vote.

### Season 2

Thorin began the game on the Komoran tribe.

At the Final Tribal Council, Thorin's vote was guaranteed for his twin brother, whom he believed to have played the strongest game of the three. He criticized Ashton for his generally negative behavior towards the jurors and needlessly blindsiding him at the final five, and Zoey for not properly communicating with him throughout the entire season. He contributed to Cole's 5-2-0 victory.

#### Voting History

**^1** In Round 8, Thorin used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 3 votes against him.

**^2** In Round 9, Ashton used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Thorin's vote against Zoey.

### Exile Island

Thorin began the game on the Hononga tribe.

At the Final Tribal Council, Thorin found himself as the focal point of discussion, with every jury answer from Blake relating to him. While he believed Grace to have played no game worthy of his vote, he probed Blake to explain an element of his game without mentioning his name. Satisfied with his answer, he voted for Blake to win the game, contributing to his unanimous victory.

#### Voting History

**^1** In Round 1, Osuego sent Thorin to Exile Island, granting him immunity from Tribal Council.

**^2** In Round 2, Thorin was granted individual immunity due to his selection as tribe captain in Round 1.

**^3** In Round 6, Thorin used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 6 votes against him.

**^4** In Round 10, Thorin used the Skip Ticket advantage, granting him immunity at the cost of his vote.

**^5** In Round 12, Thorin used the Escape Ticket advantage, negating 3 votes against him. He left Tribal Council early, resulting in his absence from the re-vote.

### All-Stars

Thorin began the game on the Beta tribe.

At the Final Tribal Council, Thorin discarded Pedro as a passive player for the entirety of the season. He targeted Meaghan for his question, wanting her to explain why she had called him for forty minutes the night before day four began if she was intending to blindside him immediately anyway. With her response being that she had called Griffin for longer that night and that she was always planning on voting him out. Feeling humiliated, he flipped his vote onto Griffin, who went on to lose to Meaghan in an 8-5-3 vote. He had voted for Meaghan for second.

#### Voting History

**^1** In Round 3, Kristen used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Thorin's vote against her.

**^2** In Round 15, Pedro successfully used his Shot in the Dark die, negating Thorin's vote against him.

**^3** In Round 16, Griffin used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Thorin's vote against Pedro.

## Advantages

### Advantages played:

3

* Thorin is one of two players to play four times and place in the single digits every time, with the other being Zoey Thomas.
* Thorin is the only four-time player to earn more points with every subsequent season.
* Thorin holds the record for the most idols found across all seasons, with five.
* The Round 6 Tribal Council in *Exile Island* is one of only two Tribal Councils in Thorin's entire Survivor career in which he didn't receive a majority of the votes, of the ten Tribal Councils that he did receive votes. The other being the Round 2 Tribal Council in *The Jungle Dominion*.
* Thorin was immune at the first round of every season he played in and the first round of every merge he made. The tribe swap in *All-Stars* was the only phase of any season (pre-swap, swap, and merge) where he wasn't immune at the first Tribal Council.
* Thorin is the second contestant to give up individual immunity, following Darcy Zobel in *Edge of Extinction*. He was followed by Davis Hofmann in *Worlds Collide* and Cole Groth in *Clash of the Champions*.

## *Survivor* Career

### Points Earned

9

**Thorin Groth** is the Sole Survivor of *The Jungle Dominion*.

He is the host of *Double Trouble*, *Club Royale*, and *The Club Conclusion*.

Thorin and Jacob Thigpen entered *The Jungle Dominion* with a vengeance plan against George Stedronsky for his previous seasons. The two of them, alongside Landon Hurd, would be left out of the controlling alliance for the first two rounds. Thorin would then begin his five-round winning streak to carry himself to the Final Tribal Council, where he would take advantage of his safety by dismantling the majority alliance round-after-round, resulting in him taking Jacob to the end in a clean 6-1 final vote.

## Survivor Winter Park Mini

### The Jungle Dominion

Thorin began the game on the Overnighters tribe.

At the Final Tribal Council, Thorin explained that he hadn't wanted to play the game through an unprecedented immunity streak but knew that he needed to do so if he wanted to make it to the end, and that he had worked in step with Jacob to take control of the game. While he faced some opposition who criticized him for dragging Jacob as far as he had instead of cutting him in favor of stronger players, the jury ultimately respected his ability to flip the game around at the final seven and his move at the final six. He would go on to win the game in a near-unanimous 6-1 vote, only losing George's vote.

## Trivia

* Thorin holds the record for the most individual immunity wins in a mini season, with five.
* The Round 2 Tribal Council is one of only two Tribal Councils in Thorin's entire Survivor career in which he didn't receive a majority of the votes, out of the ten Tribal Councils that he did receive votes. The other being the Round 6 Tribal Council in *Exile Island*.

## *Survivor* Career

### Points Earned

1

**Thorin Groth** is a contestant from *Sexy Host Extravaganza* and *Thigsanity*.

He is the host of *Jeremy Edition*.

Not wanting to play like he did in *The Jungle Dominion*, Thorin's gameplay in *Sexy Host Extravaganza* was more wild than most other seasons, throwing challenges and leading blindsides left and right for the sake of having fun. His antics would catch up to him at the fourth round after the Thigpen sisters failed to buy Thorin's jury non-threat perception, resulting in his elimination in fifth place.

Thorin's journey on *Thigsanity* would be the shortest of his career, set on the doomed Vakabini tribe with the impression that Nika Forouzannia's volunteering would be enough for a safe vote. However, he would be quickly blindsided with an idol in his pocket by the girls at the first Tribal Council of the season.

## Survivor Winter Park Tiny

### Sexy Host Extravaganza

Thorin began the game on The Second Sexies tribe.

At the Final Tribal Council, Thorin respected his rivalry with Rachel more than his general apathy towards Ava, and attempted to sway the jury to vote for the former. His attempts would be in vain, with Rachel narrowly losing in a 3-2 vote.

#### Voting History

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### Thigsanity

Thorin began the game on the Vakabini tribe.

At the Final Tribal Council, Thorin orchestrated the jury to split the vote in a way that would let Jeremy down easy about his loss. As he had played with Jeremy on their starting tribe, he would vote for him to win, but allowed the others to crown Luca the win in a 5-2 vote.

## Advantages

### Advantages played:

0

* Thorin has the lowest placement average of any multi-time player, with 8.5.

## Player Profile

### Versions Played

Winter Park - Main
Winter Park - Mini
Winter Park - Tiny

## *Survivor* Career

### Tribe(s)

Komoran
Senolva

### Tribe(s)

Hononga
► Ogeuso
Hosuenga

### Tribe(s)

Beta
► Tavuko
Omega

### Points Earned

17

**Thorin Groth** is the Sole Survivor of *The Jungle Dominion*. He originally competed on *Season 1*, *Season 2*, and *Exile Island*, and later on *Sexy Host Extravaganza*, *Thigsanity*, and *All-Stars*.

He is the host of *Edge of Extinction*, *Heroes vs. Villains*, *Double Trouble*, *Jeremy Edition*, *Halloween Spooktacular*, *Club Royale*, *The Club Conclusion*, and *Clash of the Champions*.

## Advantages

### Advantages played:

3

* Thorin is the creator of this FANDOM wiki.
* Thorin holds the career record for...
	+ ...most idols found (7).
	+ ...most idols played (5).
	+ ...most individual immunity wins (13).
	+ ...most immunity wins (25), tied with Pedro Kawamura.
* The only season(s) where Thorin...
	+ ...placed in the double digits: *Thigsanity*.
	+ ...didn't find an idol: *Season 1* and *Sexy Host Extravaganza*.
	+ ...didn't start on the tribe of the eventual winner: *All-Stars* and *Thigsanity*.
	+ ...didn't compete with Jacob Thigpen: *Exile Island* and *Thigsanity*.
* Thorin played in the second season of every version of *Survivor* he played.
* Thorin hosted the second-most seasons, with 8 (behind twin brother Cole Groth, with 10).
	+ He is the only person to host in all three iterations of *Survivor Winter Park*.
* Thorin played in every second season of all three iterations of *Survivor Winter Park*, being *Season 2* for the Main seasons, *The Jungle Dominion* for the Mini seasons, and *Sexy Host Extravaganza* for the Tiny seasons.
	+ Coincidentally, every one of those seasons was his best-placing season of that iteration.