Survivor returns to Brazil for a new series of adventures, keep track of everything that happens through these episode summaries
EPISODE 1: LET'S GET RID OF THE WEAK PLAYERS BEFORE WE EVEN START
AIRDATE: February 12, 2009
The 16 new survivors are thrust into the game early when they are faced with a surprise vote based on first impressions - and Sandy and Sierra are given a free pass from making the long trek to camp with their teammates. Upon arrival at their camps, one decides to search for a hidden immunity idol while the other tries to redeem herself by starting on her team's shelter
Immunity: Timbira
Voted Off: Carolina (Jalapao)
EPISODE 2: THE POISON APPLE NEEDS TO GO
AIRDATE: February 19, 2009
Sierra decides to look for the hidden idol she learned about upon her arrival to the Timbira camp, but cannot find it. Meanwhile, Exile Island makes its return and when Taj and Brendan realize that there is a hidden idol in each of the camps, they decide to work together to hopefully return so they can collect more clues
Reward/Immunity: Jalapao
Exiled: Brendan and Taj
Voted Off: Candace (Timbira)
EPISODE 3: MAMA SAID THERE'D BE DAYS LIKE THIS
AIRDATE: February 26, 2009
Brendan and Taj get sent to exile again as planned and devise a clever plan to bring Stephen from Jalapao and Sierra from Timbira into a four-way, inter-tribe alliance. Meanwhile at Timbira, Erinn is scrambling for her life when Coach pressures his tribemates to vote her out and Jerry starts to fall ill due to the lack of food in the camp
Reward: Jalapao
Exiled: Brendan and Taj
Immunity: Jalapao
Voted Off: Jerry (Timbira)
EPISODE 4: THE STRONGEST MAN ALIVE
AIRDATE: March 5, 2009
A gruelling endurance challenge almost sees a Survivor strength record being broken. On exile, Taj fills Sierra in on the four-way alliance plan when Brendan didn't tell her what was going on. Thanks to the sharing of clues with Taj, Brendan successfully finds the hidden idol at Timbira, and the team itself finally breaks through and snaps Jalapao's challenge winning streak
Reward: Jalapao
Exiled: Sierra and Taj
Immunity: Timbira
Voted Off: Sandy (Jalapao)
EPISODE 5: YOU'RE GOING TO WANT THAT TOOTH
AIRDATE: March 12, 2009
Taj and Stephen find the Jalapao idol, which Taj places in Stephen's care. At Timbira, Sierra tells Brendan that she's in on the exile alliance...but Tyson and Coach are getting a little suspicious. Meanwhile on exile, Brendan talks to Stephen about cementing the alliance, but Stephen is still unsure whether or not he should go with the plan. And JT loses part of his tooth taking a rough tumble in the immunity challenge
Reward: Jalapao
Exiled: Brendan and Stephen
Immunity: Timbira
Voted Off: Spencer (Jalapao)
*No episode was shown on March 19 due to the NCAA basketball tournament*
RECAP EPISODE: THE FIRST 15 DAYS
AIRDATE: March 25, 2009
Unseen footage from the first 15 days
EPISODE 6: ONE OF THOSE 'COACH MOMENTS'
AIRDATE: April 2, 2009
Coach is starting to get on everyone's nerves at Timbira, while Jalapao is worried about their future with a merge looming. When Joe is sent to exile along with Erinn, Taj knows he'll come back knowing where the hidden idol is and crafts a fake idol to throw him off - then decides to tell JT about it (even after he looked in her bag) which solidified a threesome with her and Stephen. Joe eventually takes the bait, not knowing Taj has the real idol
Reward: Timbira
Exiled: Joe and Erinn
Immunity: Timbira
Voted Off: Sydney (Jalapao)
EPISODE 7: THE DRAGON SLAYER
AIRDATE: April 9, 2009
Jalapao, desperate for a merge, get their wish and become the Forza tribe with the old Timbira. Coach decides to form a new alliance with Stephen and JT calling himself a "dragon slayer", and Brendan's head is on the chopping block...but lives to see another day when Joe goes down with a critical injury
Immunity: Tyson
Evacuated: Joe (no Tribal Council due to Joe's evacuation)
EPISODE 8: THE BIGGEST FRAUD IN THE GAME
AIRDATE: April 16, 2009
Coach continues to feel that he was in charge of the game and targets two of his former tribemates for elimination. Brendan, JT and Debbie enjoy a river-rafting reward experience, and a plan by Coach and Tyson is hatched to flush out Brendan's hidden immunity idol
Reward: Brendan/Debbie/JT
Exiled: Stephen
Immunity: Tyson
Jury 1: Brendan
EPISODE 9: IT'S FUNNY WHEN PEOPLE CRY
AIRDATE: April 23, 2009
Having lost her biggest ally, Sierra feels alone within Forza and is labeled by her tribemates as a "pariah". Begging to Coach for another chance, he refuses her plea and vows to win immunity to stay in the game. However, she is saved when Erinn and the Jalapao trio concoct a scheme to blindside Tyson - who they deem as a big threat
Reward: Debbie/Erinn/JT/Tyson
Exiled: Stephen
Immunity: Debbie
Jury 2: Tyson
EPISODE 10: THEY BOTH WENT BANANAS
AIRDATE: April 30, 2009
Coach and Debbie, visibly upset about the blindside of Tyson, confront Stephen and JT about not telling them of their plan. Debbie talks to Coach about possibly re-forming the old Timbira into a counter-alliance, which Sierra refuses to be part of. Later, when the issue comes up again, Sierra catches Coach in his lie, making Stephen suspicious
Reward: Stephen
Exiled: Erinn
Immunity: Coach
Jury 3: Sierra
EPISODE 11: THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
AIRDATE: May 7, 2009
At the reward auction, Taj gives herself up to exile so her tribemates could spend time with their loved ones, but she gets to spend her time on Exile Island with her beloved husband. Meanwhile, Debbie considers turning on Coach, but Stephen and JT have ideas of their own and consider Debbie to be a social and strategic threat
Reward: Everyone
Exiled: Taj
Immunity: Stephen
Jury 4: Debbie
EPISODE 12: THE MARTYR APPROACH
AIRDATE: May 14, 2009
Coach is shocked by the events of the last council when told that Debbie was the one who cast a vote against him. He is sent to exile by JT and vows to take a monastic approach to the situation...which does not sit well with Erinn. With spots in the final four at stake, who will believe Coach's tall tales?
Reward: JT
Exiled: Coach
Immunity: JT
Jury 5: Coach
EPISODE 13: I TRUST YOU, BUT I TRUST ME MORE
AIRDATE: May 17, 2009
As another Survivor adventure draws to a close, Erinn and Taj fight to make it to the final 2, while the friendship between Stephen and JT is put to the ultimate test. After 39 long days, one of them will become the sole survivor
Immunity-Day 37: JT
Jury 6: Taj
Immunity-Day 38: JT
Jury 7: Erinn
Runner-Up: Stephen
Final Survivor: JT (by unanimous decision)