survivor tocantins: spencer eliminated

spencer duhm, the youngest survivor castaway ever at 19, was the 5th person voted off the show after he was eliminated unanimously by the jalapao tribe. spencer is a student from lakeland, florida.

the episode started with taj and stephen working together to find the hidden immunity idol at the jalapao tribe. unknown to their tribemates, they have a secret alliance with brendan and sierra of the timbira tribe, which was formed at the exile island. they got the hidden immunity idol at the tree mail, which completes the plan of taj and brendan.

at timbira, sierra got a chance to talk to brendan privately. she said that taj has talked about the alliance while they were in exile and she is willing to join. this made their plan btter since sierra was really on it.

the reward challenge was a very unique one. a tribemate will sit tied to a spinning platform. on jeff's signal, another tribemate would race to that platform, get the rope attached to it and pull it, allowing the platform to spin. when it stops spinning, the tribemate on the platform would stand up, untie himself and try to finish a bbalance beam. if he falls, he will start all over again. first tribe to get 3 points wins reward. the reward is a chance to drink coffee and eat pastries at a cafe.

timbira got to an early lead, 1 - 0 by scoring the first point. but jalapao proved their determination and scored the next three points through great efforts from spencer, sydney and jt. only taj failed to deliver on the jalapao side. jalapao wins immunity and decided to send brendan back to exile island. brendan then chose stephen to go with him, since stephen is also part of their secret alliance.

at the reward, jalapao enjoyed the coffee and pastries and used clean bathroom. but what made it better was they received letters from home. most of them got emotional, especially the girls. jt almost cried after reading his letter. this gave them mental edge over the other team.

at exile island, brendan and stephen got to know each other better. they are the only ones that has not talked personally among the four allies. stephen als revealed to brendan that they already found the idol at the jalapao tribe and it was with stephen. this made brendan happy since their plan is very much on track. stephen was still not convinced if he will go with the alliance or not but he is trying it out.

at the immunity challenge, 2 members of the tribe will release a ball from a large slingshot and their 4 other tribemates would try to catch them using handheld nets. each successful catch would merit a point for the tribe. first team to get 5 points wins the challenge. jt immediately went to work and gave jalapao a 2-0 lead. brendan then got 2 catches, tying the game. then jt got one again. this time, he bumped his mouth on the handle of his net, thus losing half of his front tooth. jeff pointed out that it was the first point scored in survivor history while losing a tooth. jt then again got a catch. then coming from behind, tyson scored 3 more points for timbira, and timbira won immunity.

jt was very disappointed at spencer since he was almost useless at this challenge. jt wants him out of the game. sensing that she is a candidate to be sent home, taj had a n impulsive outburst; going at joe and defending herself. but at tribal council, it was stephen's weak performance that mattered and jalapao sent spencer home via a 5 - 1 vote. spencer's vote went to taj.

at the end, jeff pointed out that jalapao has lost its 2nd straight member and more importantly, they have lost momentum.they need to win to get back in the game.

spencer was really disappointed being voted off this early. he knew that he can do better than what he has shown in the 15 days he spent on the island. he is openly gay but decided to hide it to his tribe. spencer is now rumored to be dating survivor china's winner, todd herzog.