Thomas

Survivor: Panama
Tribe(s): La Mina
Finish: 28/32
 Survivor: San Juan Del Sur
Tribe(s): Coyopa
Finish: 14/20
 Survivor: Gabon
Tribe(s): Kota, Fang, Nobag
Finish: Second Runner-Up/18
 Survivor: Philippines
Tribe(s): Matsing, Tandang, Dangrayne
Finish: 6/24
 Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Tribe(s): Heroes
Finish: 18/28
 Survivor: Fiji
Tribe(s): Kuneho
Finish: 23/24
Days Lasted: 2

Thomas is a contestant from *Survivor: Panama*, *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur, Survivor: Gabon,* *Survivor: Philippines, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains and Survivor: Fiji*.

## Survivor: Panama

Thomas started the game in *Survivor: Panama* on the orange La Mina tribe. He and Brendan quickly made a friendship and promised to look out for each other, but needed more people in their group for the numbers. After losing the first immunity challenge, La Mina was one of three tribes that attended the Triple Tribal Council. Brendan and Thomas voted for Natalia who they considered a challenge liability, but Charlie was voted out.

Thomas thought he was in a good position with his allies and the rest of the tribe, but Natalia informed him that Brendan was trying to campaign for Thomas' elimination. When La Mina lost again, Brendan was blindsided and Thomas hoped that his alliance with Natalia would remain strong. This was not the case, and Thomas was voted out when La Mina lost for the third time in a row.

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## Survivor: San Juan Del Sur

Thomas returned for *Survivor: San Juan Del Sur* on the orange Coyopa tribe. One of his allies, Mitchell was voted out on Day 3 in the Double Tribal Council. With less options, Thomas was forced to make more social bonds with his tribe mates and was safe because of it.

At the Tribe Switch, Thomas was left on Coyopa with Marina, Katrina and Joel. At the first elimination, the original Coyopa's brought in an outsider from Hunahpu to eliminated Skye. Feeling safe in his position, Thomas began to think ahead and formed an alliance with Hunahpu. Without being careful of the deal, the original Hunahpu members joining Coyopa chose to target Thomas for their safety. Thomas was blindsided on Day 17, missing out on the merge by four days.

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## Survivor: Gabon

*Survivor: Gabon* was Thomas' third attempt for the win and he was originally placed on the yellow Kota tribe. He was apart of the coalition against Domenic, which was led by Vanessa. This majority of five included Aisha, Tison, Travis and Vanessa, though they didn't have to exercise their power because Kota won the first four immunity challenges they had together. At the tribe switch, Thomas remained on Kota along with Aisha, Domenic, Erinn and Leo. Despite being in the majority, the original Kota members didn't remain tight with each other and Thomas instead was in a trio with Aisha and Ryan. At their only loss, Thomas' alliance targeted Domenic but Aisha was eliminated.

In a shocking twist, a second tribe switch occurred where Thomas was placed on the red Fang tribe along with Domenic and Erinn, as well as Lina and Penny. Despite wanting to target Domenic and Erinn originally, Thomas felt he could trust them more than the Fang wildcards but they never voted together because Fang won both immunity challenges they had together. At the Final Eight, Thomas made the merge. His coalition against Domenic now included Lina, Penny and Ryan as well as Vanessa. At the first merged tribal council, they successfully sent Domenic to the jury. His kept a close connection with Vanessa throughout the game, and they decided to flip with Skye and Erinn on the minority in order to gain their own power. They voted together to get rid of the original coalition, leading to the eliminations of Penny, Lina and Ryan.

With only four castaways remaining, Vanessa and Thomas wanted to get to the end with each other and Skye was in their way. When a tie occurred, Thomas flipped to get rid of Vanessa and ensure he had a better chance at the win. At the Final Tribal Council, Thomas was heavily criticised for the jury for failing to make big moves on his own and for merely following Vanessa's plans until the very last second. In the end, he was given the title of third place after only earning one jury vote from Ryan.

## Survivor: Philippines

In his third consecutive season, Thomas competed on *Survivor: Philippines* originally on the blue Matsing tribe. He formed an alliance with Alexander, Jasmine and Natalia, with Domenic as their first target. At Matsing's first loss, the four voted for Domenic but a tie occurred when the rest of the tribe voted for Natalia. At the revote, Thomas decided to switch his vote to eliminate Natalia because Domenic was a bigger shield for him. This only lasted the night of tribal council, because Thomas created an alliance with new players Alexander, Jasmine and Jessica to eliminate Domenic. The voted for him at Matsing's second loss, but he played his idol and Jessica was voted out with the second highest amount of votes. Realising his plans against Domenic were useless, Thomas voted with veterans Domenic, Katrina and Marina. When another tie occurred between Alexander, Marina and Thomas, the alliance protected their allies and Alexander was voted out.

At the Tribe Dissolve on Day 13, Thomas was switched to the yellow Tandang along with original members Katrina and Marina. They joined Aiden, Erinn, Kyle and Vanessa from the original Tandang as well as Catherine and Sarah from the red Kalabaw tribe. His first move was to apologise to Vanessa for blindsiding her during *Gabon*, and the pair formed an alliance of four with Catherine and Sarah in order to finally get revenge on Erinn, Katrina and Marina. At their first loss, Thomas' alliance of four had the majority and Erinn was eliminated. Their power only increased when Aiden joined the Fulcrum Alliance, where they voted Kyle out at their next tribal council. With Tandang winning immunity, Thomas felt affirmed in his friendship with Vanessa when they formed a Final Two deal. They formed another alliance with Katrina and Marina because they considered the girls big threats who would be valuable to bring to the impending merge. When Tandang lost again, Thomas' original alliance voted for Marina but he and Vanessa flipped to blindside Sarah. The tribe then won the remaining immunity challenges they had together.

Tandang and Kalabaw then merged on Day 25. Thomas and Vanessa decided to bring Aiden into their plans because they considered him a goat who would mindlessly follow them. This trio then formed a majority alliance with Vanessa's original ally Mitchell and his pair in Bianca. The five united at the first merged tribal councils whilst the rest of the tribe collapsed and they successfully eliminated Catherine, Domenic and Montana. At the Final Eight, Thomas' alliance voted for Tison but the votes were tied when Aiden flipped to vote for Thomas. Vanessa was able to convince Aiden to keep Thomas around, and Tison was voted out.

Following the collapse of the minority alliance, the tribe was forced to pick a side between the warring Katrina and Marina. Thomas and Vanessa decided Katrina was the least threatening sister, so the trio voted for Marina at tribal council. However this argument was only a ploy and both girls played their idols. Aiden aligned with the girls, and Vanessa was voted out with the only vote that counted. With his closest ally gone, Thomas aligned again with Katrina and Marina. They targeted Mitchell, but he played an idol and Thomas was voted out with the next highest number of votes. At the Final Tribal Council, he voted for Mitchell to win the title of Sole Survivor.

## Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

For his underdog gameplay during his previous seasons, Thomas was placed on the Heroes tribe in *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*. Early in the game, Thomas formed a majority alliance, named the Alpha Male Alliance, with the men of his tribe sans Hayden. This alliance was successful in voting out Vanessa, Hayden and Summer at the tribes first three tribal councils. However, Skye, being one of his allies, was voted out as a result of a Hidden Immunity Idol. The cracks in the alliance were clear and the Gabon finalists were targeted. Erinn was voted out when the Heroes lost again. Fearful of his position, Thomas began to work harder around camp to prove his worth. However, this was proven useless and his former allies voted him out on Day 15.

## Survivor: Fiji

During *Survivor: Fiji*, Thomas was put on the blue Kuneho tribe of finalists for his appearance in *Gabon*. The tribe quickly lost the first immunity challenge, along with Kabayo. Thomas previously played with Vanessa and Aiden as opposition and never worked with him. Only with Matthew as an ally, he was voted out on Day 2.

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## Trivia

* Thomas is the first male player to be eliminated due to an idol play.
* Thomas is one of five castaways to compete in three consecutive *Survivor* seasons, along with Domenic, Erinn, Montana and Vanessa. They all achieved this feat for competing on *SJDS*, *Gabon* and *Philippines*.
* Thomas along with Jade, Rick, and Lateysha have both been the subject of multiple Tribal Councils where they were tied in votes, resulting Tie-Breaking Revotes.
* For his physical ability shown in his previous seasons, Thomas was considered for the Brawn tribe of Survivor: Japan, but he was ultimately cut.