Survivor: Timor

Survivor: Timor
Filming Location	Ira Lalaro Lake, East Timor
Winner	Vipul Patel (5-4)
Season Run	06/30/2007 – 12/19/2007
No. Of Days	39
No. Of Survivors	24
Tribes	Dili      Tetum      Gusmao      Leste      Etsel-Romit
All-Stars	Vipul Patel, Jamie Hill, Lyn Turk, Dustin Seltzer
Season Chronology
Previous	none
Next	Survivor: Gobi Desert

Survivor: Timor is the first edition of the ImANewUser Survivor series. The 24 contestants were the 24 The Amazing Race 10 contestants. The game proved to be a success story, lasting longer than most Survivor games on the original forum, so the host decided to create a series modeled after this one. The game started on June 30, 2007 and ended on December 19, 2007. Filming took place in the area surrounding the lake of Ira Lalaro, located in the eastern part of the island of Timor, commonly known as Timor-Leste. The 24 castaways were first divided into three tribes, where teammates on TAR 10 were separated. They were allowed to be tribemates afterwards in tribe switches. After every Reward Challenge, one castaway is sent to Exile Island, where a hidden Immunity Idol resides. This idol can be used up until the Final 5. It was used once in this game. After 39 days, Vipul Patel, a salesman from Windermere, Florida, beat out Jamie Hill in a close 5-4 vote to win.

Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	First Switch	Second Switch	Merged Tribe	Finish	Total Votes
Tom Rock 39, New York, NY	Gusmao				Lost In Challenge Day 1	01
Terry Cosentino 45, New York, NY	Dili				Lost In Challenge Day 1	01
Tyler Denk 29, Los Angeles, CA	Tetum				Lost In Challenge Day 1	01
Peter Harsch 35, Laguna Beach, CA	Tetum				1st Voted Out Day 3	4
Mary Conley 31, Stone, KY	Dili				2nd Voted Out Day 5	5
David Conley 32, Stone, KY	Gusmao				3rd Voted Out Day 7	4
Bilal Abdul-Mani 37, Cleveland, OH	Gusmao	Gusmao			4th Voted Out Day 9	4
Godwin Cho 29, San Fransisco, CA	Gusmao	Gusmao			5th Voted Out Day 11	3
Karlyn Harris 32, Helena, AL	Tetum	Tetum			6th Voted Out Day 13	8
Kimberly Chabolla 28, Los Angeles, CA	Dili	Gusmao			7th Voted Out Day 15	5
James Branaman 27, Los Angeles, CA	Gusmao	Dili	Leste		8th Voted Out Day 17	2
Sa'eed Rudolph 39, Cleveland, OH	Tetum	Tetum	Leste		9th Voted Out Day 19	6
Kellie Paterson 22, Columbia, SC	Gusmao	Gusmao	Leste		10th Voted Out Day 21	7
Kandice Pelletier 24, New York, NY	Gusmao	Tetum	Dili		11th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 23	3
Duke Marcoccio 52, Warwick, RI	Gusmao	Gusmao	Leste		12th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23	5
Dustin Seltzer 24, Riverside, CA	Dili	Dili	Dili	Etsel-Romit	13th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25	7
Rob Diaz 31, Los Angeles, CA	Tetum	Gusmao	Dili		14th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 27	6
Lauren Marcoccio 26, Warwick, RI	Tetum	Tetum	Dili		15th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 30	62
Sarah Reinertsen 31, Trabuco Canyon, CA	Dili	Dili	Dili		16th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 33	6
Lyn Turk 32, Birmingham, AL	Dili	Dili	Dili		17th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 36	5
Erwin Cho 32, San Francisco, CA	Tetum	Tetum	Leste		18th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 37	9
Arti Patel 26, Windermere, FL	Tetum	Dili	Leste		19th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 38	5
Jamie Hill 22, Columbia, SC	Dili	Tetum	Dili		Runner-Up	5
Vipul Patel 29, Windermere, FL	Dili	Dili	Leste		Sole Survivor	6

The Game

Filming Dates	Episode Title	Challenges		Exiled	Eliminated	Vote
		Reward	Immunity
06/30/2007 - 07/06/2007	The Start Of Survivor	Lyn, Erwin, Dustin, Kandice, Kellie1	Dili	none	Tom	Lost In Challenge
					Terry
			Gusmao		Tyler
					Peter	4-3
07/10/2007 - 07/24/2007	A Lead Crushed	Dili	Tetum	Arti	Mary	5-2
			Gusmao
07/25/2007 - 08/16/2007	Increase In Casualties	Dili	Dili	Lauren	David	4-2-1
		Gusmao	Tetum
08/16/2007 - 08/26/2007	The Not So Simple Life	Tetum		none3	Bilal	3-2-1
		Dili
08/26/2007 - 09/04/2007	Trust Becomes An Issue	Dili	Dili	Lauren	Godwin	3-1-1
		Gusmao	Tetum
09/04/2007 - 09/20/2007	Fun Isn't Part Of The Game	Dili	Gusmao	Lauren	Karlyn	5-1
			Dili
09/20/2007 - 09/24/2007	We're Getting Decimated Like Flies	none	Dili	none4	Kimberly	2-1-1
			Tetum
09/24/2007 - 10/08/2007	Another Surprise In Store	Dili	Dili	Kellie	James	2-2-2-1
10/08/2007 - 10/17/2007	Thanks For Voting Me Off	Dili	Dili	Kellie	Saeed	4-2
10/17/2007 - 10/28/2007	I Look Good In Pink	Dili	Dili	Kellie	Kellie	3-2
10/28/2007 - 10/30/2007	Double The Trouble	Dili	Arti5	none6	Kandice	3-1
					Duke	3-1
10/30/2007 - 11/04/2007	Jury Began Few Days Ago	none	Jamie	none4	Dustin	5-4
11/04/2007 - 11/11/2007	Death Of An Alliance	Erwin, Jamie, Lyn, Sarah	Lauren	Arti	Rob	3-3-1-1
11/04/2007 - 11/18/2007	I Don't Care If You're Nice	Arti, Erwin [Vipul, Lyn]	Jamie	Jamie	Lauren	5-2
11/18/2007 - 11/23/2007	Talk About Housekeeping	Vipul	Vipul, Arti	Erwin	Sarah	4-1-1
11/23/2007 - 12/07/2007	It's Getting Close	Survivor Auction	Jamie	Jamie	Lyn	4-1
12/07/2007 - 12/19/2007	Four's A Company, Four's A Crowd	Jamie	none	none	Erwin	3-3-17
		none	Jamie		Arti	1-0
	Reunion	Jury Vote			Jamie	5-4
					Vipul

Voting History

Original Tribes

First Switch

Second Switch

Merged Tribe

Episode #

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Day #

1

3

5

7

9

11

13

15

17

19

21

23

25

27

30

33

36

37

38

Eliminated

Tyler

Peter

Mary

David

Bilal

Godwin

Karlyn

Kimberly

James

Saeed

Kellie

Kandice

Duke

Dustin

Rob

Lauren

Sarah

Lyn

Erwin

Arti

Terry

Tom

Votes

Challenge

4-3

5-2

4-2-1

3-2-1

3-1-1

5-1

2-1-1

2-2-2-1*

4-2

3-2

3-1-0

3-1

5-4

3-3-1-1

5-2

4-1-1

4-1

3-3-1

1-0

Voter

Vote

Vipul

Mary

Kellie

Saeed

Kellie

Duke

Erwin

Rob

Sarah

Jamie

Lyn

Erwin

Jamie

Jamie

Mary

Karlyn

Lauren

Erwin

Erwin

Lauren

Sarah

Lyn

None7

Erwin

Arti

Arti

Peter

James

Saeed

Kellie

Duke

Erwin

Rob

Lauren

Sarah

Lyn

Erwin

Jamie

Erwin

Peter

Karlyn

James

Saeed

Duke

Duke

Dustin

Vipul

Lauren

Sarah

Lyn

Vipul

Jamie

Lyn

Dustin

Jamie

Dustin

Rob

Lauren

Sarah

Arti

Sarah

Mary

Lauren

Dustin

Vipul

Lauren

Lyn

Lauren

Peter

Karlyn

Kandice

Dustin

Arti

Sarah

Rob

Karlyn

Bilal

Godwin

Kimberly

Kandice

Dustin

Vipul

Dustin

Mary

Kandice

Erwin

Duke

Kellie

Bilal

Godwin

Rob

Saeed

Saeed

Kellie

Erwin

Kandice

Kellie

Karlyn

Lauren

Kellie

David

Kimberly

Kimberly

Kimberly

Vipul

Arti

Duke

Saeed

Karlyn

Karlyn

Vipul

Arti

James

David

Saeed

Kimberly

Mary

Rob

Godwin

Kellie

Karlyn

Peter

Lauren

Godwin

David

Bilal

Rob

Bilal

David

Kimberly

David

Bilal

Mary

Dustin

Peter

Karlyn

Tyler

Terry

Tom

	Jury Vote
Episode #	18
Day #	39
Finalist	Jamie	Vipul
Votes	5-4
Juror	Vote
Arti		Vipul
Erwin		Vipul
Lyn		Vipul
Sarah	Jamie
Lauren	Jamie
Rob		Vipul
Dustin	Jamie
Duke		Vipul
Kandice	Jamie

• A name in underline indicates the winner of the car (a 2008 Ford Focus).

---

• Tom, Terry, Tyler - They lost in the first Reward Challenge and were eliminated.
• Peter - The Tetum tribe was going to Tribal Council. Guys favored their strength and wanted to vote out Karlyn, but the girls wanted Peter out as they saw him as bossy. Erwin decided to side with the girls and vote Peter out. (4-3)
• Mary - Dili was heading to Tribal Council and it was clear to the tribe that either Lyn or Mary will be voted out. They decided to lobby for Dustin's exit, but it proved unsuccessful. (5-2)
• David - In Gusmao, the majority alliance of Kellie, James, Godwin and Bilal decided to vote out David. To avoid a blindside, Bilal decided to split Duke's and Kandice's votes from David's vote. (4-2-1)
• Bilal - After the tribe switch-ups, Godwin, Duke, Kellie and Bilal went to their second straight Tribal Council, deciding to stick together. Kimberly was targeted for her poor performance in challenges by Kellie and Bilal. However, Duke and Godwin decided to side with Rob and get rid of Bilal now, followed by Kimberly, since they found Bilal a threat. (3-2-1)
• Godwin - Gusmao lost again and had to go back to Tribal Council. Godwin planned for Kimberly to go next. However, he was given hints about a blindside by Rob and Duke at Tribal Council. He tried to convince the girls to side with him, but his efforts proved to be useless. (3-1-1)
• Karlyn - Karlyn was seen as a strategic threat, a challenge liability and the most annoying of the tribe, so they decided to cut her loose. (5-1)
• Kimberly - Gusmao lost for the third time and Rob decided to side with Kellie after Duke lobbied to vote him out. They finally got rid of Kimberly even though Rob wanted Duke out. (2-1-1)
• James - As the tribe lines started to fade away, there was a three-way tie between James, Saeed and Vipul. A tiebreaker challenge ensued and James lost. (2-2-2-1)
• Saeed - As Kellie and Saeed decided to stick together, Vipul, Arti, Erwin and Duke decided to form an alliance of 4 and voted the more physical threat. (4-2)
• Kellie - Kellie formed an alliance with Erwin, hoping to save herself. However, being the original target, she was voted out next by the remainder of the majority alliance. (3-2)
• Kandice - As a twist, Lyn, Sarah and Rob were immune that week for sitting out. The mainly female tribe voted randomly and it ended up a tie between Kandice and Lauren. Lauren played her idol and sent Kandice to the jury. (3-1)
• Duke - The duo of Vipul and Arti knew Erwin sided with Kellie during the last. However, seeing this as an opportunity to get rid of a threat, they voted Duke out. (3-1)
• Dustin - At the merge, Dustin and Jamie approached Vipul and Arti with the idea of voting Erwin out. However, the majority alliance of Lyn, Sarah, Lauren and Rob decided to side with Erwin and vote out Dustin as they saw her as another threat. (5-4)
• Rob - The votes were up in the air as Rob and Vipul got into an argument. Thus, the tribe ended up either voting out Rob or Vipul. At Tribal Council, Rob tied with Vipul and in the tiebreaker challenge, Rob was beat. (3-3-1-1)
• Lauren - The alliance of Jamie, Lauren, Lyn and Sarah seemed impenetrable. However, a feud between Lauren and Sarah caused Jamie and Lyn to rethink their vote and instead, swapped to Lauren after convincing Sarah, Arti and Erwin. (5-2)
• Sarah - Sarah proved to be a nuisance and was promptly voted out of the tribe. (4-1-1)
• Lyn - After the challenge, Lyn and Jamie made a promise to Erwin that they will get rid of Vipul and Arti if they don't win Immunity. After the Immunity Challenge, however, Lyn told Erwin that maybe they should vote out Jamie next since she is shaping up to be a threat. Erwin told Jamie and she planned a counter-alliance which voted Lyn out. (4-1)
• Erwin - With Jamie away, Vipul and Arti stuck together and voted Erwin. However, Jamie showed up as a twist and they revoted, with Jamie receiving three votes. They then participated in a tiebreaker challenge, with Jamie winning. (3-3-1)
• Arti - Jamie won the final Immunity challenge. She voted out Arti since she saw her as a threat. (1-0)
• Jamie - Was seen as an upfront strategist by the jury. Some saw her as someone who made "unneccessary cutthroating". Received votes from Sarah, Lauren, Dustin and Kandice.
• Vipul - Was seen as an under-the-radar player. He was seen as someone who made doing nothing look like a strategy. Received votes from Arti, Erwin, Lyn, Rob and Duke.

Notes

^{Note 1: The castaways competed for Reward. The first five to finish the challenge were rewarded Immunity, whereas the last person from each tribe to arrive were eliminated.
Note 2: Lauren played the Hidden Immunity Idol, therefore three votes against her were not counted.
Note 3: Tribes were switched, so no one was exiled.
Note 4: There was no Reward Challenge, so no one was exiled.
Note 5: Dili voted to give someone in Leste Immunity.
Note 6: Since both tribes went to Tribal Council, no one was exiled.
Note 7: In a twist, there were two votes, before and after Jamie arrived at Tribal Council.}

Jury Vote

• Kandice - Jamie. "Girl, I thought you made risky moves and you somehow played them well. I don't care what they say. You're great!!!"
• Duke - Vipul. "I was on the fence with this one. You both had great strategies. I just thought your Final Council speech was awesome."
• Dustin - Jamie. "I just hated Vipul after that speech. His just sounded like an arrogance ready to explode."
• Rob - Vipul. "After Jamie took you, I know my vote was clear. You may have been annoying, but after taking you, you just won my vote."
• Lauren - Jamie. "I respect better gameplay. You obviously had it."
• Sarah - Jamie. "I've been with you guys on the first days. I know how you guys played pre-merge and post-merge. So I had a clue on who I'll vote for from that. This last TC just solidifies it."
• Lyn - Vipul. "Well, what can I say? Jamie may have played us, but somehow, you managed to play her more. I mean, she burned like, 5 bridges. Congrats."
• Erwin - Vipul. "Dude, you managed to go through this game unnoticed. You had to perfect it somehow if you didn't manage to get voted out before the Final 6.
• Arti - Vipul. "I love you. I love your gameplay. And I love that speech of yours. See you back home."

External Links

• Survivor: Timor on ForumsNet