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Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
JT

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James "JT" Thomas Jr. (24)
Hometown: Samson, Ala.
Occupation: Cattle Rancher

A cattle manager raised in Samson, Alabama, JT operates a registered Angus Cattle Ranch. In addition to preparing the land and working the cattle, this southern charmer is responsible for all the paperwork and marketing associated with running the business.

This ambitious 24-year-old gets fired up when people insult his intelligence and says "I'm not a dumb hillbilly, so don’t think it!" However, this may be just the strategy that JT chooses to use and isn’t above playing the “dumb and innocent country boy role” in an effort to gain alliances with the women. JT attended Troy University and is the first in his family to earn a Bachelors Degree. His is in business administration.

A true family man, JT values his relationships and will work towards forming alliances that will take him very far in the game. This strong country boy is competitive and determined and will use manipulation in order to help him succeed and ultimately win SURVIVOR.

JT is single and currently resides in Mobile, Ala. His birthdate is June 23.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 5:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Samson Cattle Rancher Among Castaways on CBS' Next Editon of Survivor


Posted: 7:46 PM Jan 15, 2009
Last Updated: 12:30 PM Jan 16, 2009
Reporter: Vanessa Araiza
Email Address: vanessa@wtvy.com

It's a far cry from the cattle ranches of Samson Alabama for J.T., one of 16 contestants on CBS' Survivor.

He says, I've always been interested in Survivor since I was like 15 or 16 when it started, I don't know, 17 maybe, um, I love the outdoors, I love a challenge, I love the competition and I love meeting new people so you know it's everything I really like being outdoors and a million dollars is always a big plus too."

Thomas was cast for the show back in June and got the chance to let his friends and family know the news January 14th.

But, there was one point where he almost turned around.

J.T. says, "I actually thought about leaving when I got there, because seeing so many people, I was like why would they pick me out of all these people, but I'm already here, I've already filled out the application, let’s just do it and get it over with."

Many of you who have watched the show know contestants are put through strenuous challenges.

From eating wildlife to the next thing crawling, life on the island is tough.

But it's also hard for their loved ones waiting until 7 p.m. every Thursday to see their loved ones.

Adrianna Ruiz , his sister, cries, "I miss him."

Marie Ruiz, his Mom, says, "I know he can do it.”

So, what would Thomas do with $1 million?

J.T. says, "I would probably immediately set up some college funds for my nieces and my one nephew that I do have and uh, you know, pay off my student loans right off the bat and go from there."

"Would you quit your job?"

“No, I definitely would not quit my job. Whether I had $1 million or not, I love what I do.”

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Got the link from SF.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
I want to like him, want to think of him as a real applicant.
Truth is, I have no clue about him. But that reporter from Reality Blurred practically called him boring or something.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
JT Thomas: “I’ll play the dumb role if I feel like it’ll push me farther in the game”

From Andy @ Reality Blurred . com

“Most time, I’m underestimated. I think some people that judge my intelligence are wrong right off the bat,” James “JT” Thomas Jr. told me. However, the cattle rancher from Alabama won’t mind if it happens during Survivor Tocantins—“I hope they do that on the show. Shoot, yeah. I’d like for that to happen, and I’ll just lay back and soak it up”—and will even encourage it. “I’ll play the dumb role if I feel like it’ll push me farther in the game,” he said.
While he was the first person in his family to graduate from college, he illustrated his intelligence by pointing out how little work he did in school. “Even college, I was underestimated a little bit, somewhat. But I’ve never studied for anything. I’ve never even had to write my own papers; I always had girls write them for me,” he said.
JT’s a fan of Survivor, and while he’s “always watched it,” since he was 15 or 16, his application for this season was the first, and was prompted by his mother, who filled out the biographical information for him. But he was ready for the game to begin. “I’m a really outdoors kind of person; this is really like the ultimate challenge, adventure for me. It’ll be really fun,” he said.
His strategy is to find “four other people that I can trust and are competitive,” presumably to align with them. Beyond noting that “you have to find people you can trust,” he didn’t elaborate. (Unlike Carolina and Sandy, JT had relatively concise answers.)
JT did have some astute observations about the game. “The first couple people voted out in every show are personality failures, people that just get on everyone’s nerves. If I find anyone doing that, I’m going to point that out, so it’s not me. If I can make it past the first two or three votes, I feel like everybody, they’ll need me, they’ll want me around,” he said.
But JT said he’ll initially have to back off. “I’d much rather be digging a hole than sittin’ in that hut up there,” he said, referring to the holding space at Ponderosa. “I’m going to have to tone it down a lot and try to fit in with the crowd. I don’t want to work myself right out of the game.”
“As far as people, everybody likes me,” JT said, but he also said that people represent his biggest challenge. “The thing that worries me the most is fittin’ in with the people, tryin’ to stay on their playing level,” he said, noting that they others already might have a negative impression of him. “They’re probably thinking, ‘Why in the world was he wearing cowboy boots at the airport and why is he always smiling at me? He must trying to play a hard game, keep open the door’—I don’t want them to think that but I can’t help it.”
JT told me that his personality and nature made Ponderosa’s rules difficult, but were also giving him insight into others. “They don’t want you interacting at all, but I can’t help but open the door for people, women and things,” he said. “I smile at everybody because if I look at someone and they don’t smile back, I think they’re being rude.”
As to those other people, JT said that Ben/Coach (“the older middle-aged guy that looks like Steven Seagal”) is “going to be someone I get along with,” and Joe (dark hair, silver cross) “seems [like a] genuine kind of guy.” And Candace “seems really prissy” but “it may just be first impression, I don’t know.”
JT told me that he plans on “manipulating when I have to and need to,” and noted that “honesty will get you to the merge, and after that, you have to be ready for whatever.” Lying will also be part of his game: “No one’s every been honest and made it to the final two. Eventually, you have to lie,” he said.
The 24-year-old currently runs a cattle ranch which he says is “something I grew attached to” and that “I’ll always do it on the side,” but said he wouldn’t reject opportunities that came from his newfound fame, like acting. “Of course I would, shoot yeah, I’d love to. But I doubt that’ll ever happen, but if it does, shoot yeah. They get paid a lot more in California,” he said. “I can still live on a ranch and pay someone to run it for me, and I can go act in my movies, that’d be great.”
Hear JT discuss his outdoor and people skills, watching others around camp, and his intelligence:

Chy
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07-19-2003

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
I thought I would like him, but he might have overestimated himself rather than being underestimated by others. If he really didn't study in the college and had girls did his papers, bleah! If he's just saying that to be cool, Bleah!!!

Trueheart
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09-12-2006

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 11:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trueheart a private message Print Post    
The way he was first described, they made him seem like a nice hard-working guy.

I too was put off by the whole "girls did his papers in college" thing. That's nothing to admire and I wonder if he knows this? He certainly seemed to say it like as though it was something good.

LOL And this part-

"he illustrated his intelligence by pointing out how little work he did in school"

That is NOT an example of intelligence, it just makes him look like a slacker!

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
Well, in episode one he looked like the only one who could really read a compass on his tribe. So far, he's a favorite of mine.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I am not too sure just why it is that some people think anyone with a southern accent is a dumb hillbill, but it is not uncommon.