Survivor Game Changers Episode 5 Boot Blaming Literally Everyone

The Survivor Game Changers episode 5 boot can’t seem to decide where the blame for his exit lies.

As we’re talking about the boot, obvious SPOILERS for Survivor Game Changers episode 5 lie beyond. You’ve been warned.

Coming into the fifth episode of Survivor Game Changers, there wasn’t really that much of a question about who the likeliest boot was. J.T. Thomas was in a bad spot after severely misplaying his hand in the two-tribe Tribal Council, getting his biggest ally on the Nuku Tribe effectively voted off. So, if Nuku went back to Tribal—likely given the loss of their best challenge competitor in Malcolm—it seemed like J.T. was done for.

But then came the moment of hope. Knowing his livelihood in the game was in jeopardy, he went idol searching—and came up big. So when Nuku lost the Immunity Challenge, the question was who he would idol out. Instead, he got over-confident for some reason and didn’t even bring the idol to Tribal Council. Subsequently, he got played by Sandra, Michaela and Varner and was sent home.

While the votes were shown, J.T.’s parting words seemingly put the blame on himself and that over-confidence. He was upset with the way he’d played and was ultimately hard on himself, saying he “hated the way I played the game:”

However, the interesting part is how quickly his tune changed. When looking at “JT The Day After” among the bonus videos on CBS All-Access, the Tocantins Sole Survivor was far less critical of his own game. Instead, he started throwing the blame everywhere but on himself.

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J.T. first pointed to the tribe swap as being one of the things that led to his demise in Survivor Game Changers, citing that he was put in a tough spot where he was out-numbered 5-1. Before we go any further, let’s just recognize how ludicrous that assessment is. Not only was he an original member of Nuku, but once he got allies, he aided in them getting voted out. So, frankly, he’s just wrong in saying that.

Continuing, he then started blaming the game-play of the cast of Survivor Game Changers. In essence, J.T. blamed the fact that these players weren’t trying to win, but were instead targeting great players and trying to get them out. He continued this further by talking about voting out threats and how this didn’t make sense to him.

To respond to that, he does realize that he’s on a season called Game Changers, right? This isn’t a group of new players scared of returnees. These are all experienced players and, for the most part, they are all threats. So again, I’m not entirely sure where his logic lies in this.

Finally, J.T. also talked about the Tribal Council twist that saw Malcolm go home being essentially unfair. Nuku finished second in that Immunity Challenge and, by his estimation, his tribe shouldn’t have had to go to Tribal Council. Again, this is Survivor. Twists are a part of the game. Thus, J.T. just sounds bitter about the fact that he made a dumb move that ultimately cost him a shot at his second win in the game.

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Prior to Heroes vs. Villains, J.T. was looked upon as a legend because of how well he played in Tocantins. But after giving Russell Hantz—a member of the Villains tribe—his idol on HvV and then this ordeal with Game Changers, he’s certainly not looking quite as favorable.

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