Survivor 5: Thailand The Twist: Original tribes were picked by two people, the oldest Survivors, fake merge. (Jake Billingsley, for Sook Jai; Jan Gentry, for Chuay Gahn) Tribe Names: Sook Jai (Thai word for 'happy heart') Chuay Gahn (Thai word for 'to help one another') Chuay Jai (merge) - (variation of the two original tribe names) Setting: Ko Tarutao, Thailand. Air dates: September 19, 2002-December 19, 2002 Refresh your memory: Survivor Thailand on CBS.com "a beautiful but dangerous jungle...exotic and deadly wildlife abound..." The Flag of Thailand

Sole Survivor: BRIAN HEIDIK (4-3 Final Vote) Used Car Salesman from Quartz Hill, CA CORE ALLIANCE w/: Clay Jordan, Ted Rogers, Helen Glover, Jan Gentry Read Brian's full bio Where is he now? Brian and the puppy incident FINAL 2 Brian and Clay SURVIVOR THAILAND THEME Sook Jai, Chuay Gahn, 39 days, 16 castaways, 1 SURVIVOR

Sook Jai(clockwise from top left: Penny, Jed, Robb, Shii Ann, Erin, Ken, Stephanie, and Jake)

Chuay Gahn (clockwise left from back row: Helen, Brian, Ted, John, Clay, Tanya, Jan, and Ghandia)

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John Raymond Tanya Vance Jed Hildebrand Ghandia Johnson Stephanie Dill Robb Zbacnik Shii Ann Huang Erin Collins

Ken Stafford Penny Ramsey Jake Billingsley Ted Rogers, Jr. Helen Glover Jan Gentry Clay Jordan Brian Heidik

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Unforgettable Moments

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- SignJan's Up.weird behavior with dead animals (she was known for making a "pet cemetery" in their camp)
- The pesky monkeys that constantly raiding their food supply (and their chicken feed as well)
- The most contreversial Survivor fight in their time, Ted vs. Ghandia (aka the "Grindgate" incident)
- First time that the castaways themselves divided their group into tribes. Following Thai tradition that give elders utmost respect, Jake and Jan, the oldest castaways, divided the 14 others into tribes.
(Need- Fake merge. Since both tribes were instructed to live together in 1 beach, Shii ann of Sook Jai assumed that the merge had occured and made a refresher?voting bloc with Chuay Gahn. But when the immunity challenge came Goin, everbody was surprised (and to Shii ann's dismay), the Thailandtribes sitejust onlived CBS.com.)together, but never merged as one (thus keeping the tribes separate). Sook Jai voted off the lowest rung of their core alliance Shii ann despite a hard fought plea against Penny.
- Pagonging (the sequel). Like in Borneo, the old Chuay Gahn systematically picked off every single member of Sook jai.
- Stephanie's audtion tape was revealed during the reunion show....just watch it anyway....i'll spoil the fun if i tell you that...