Challenges: MPF percentile
N/A
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 14 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 0
- Survivor 39: Island of the Idols (2019) - 16th place, 7th out.
- Voted out in Episode 5, "Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You" (Day 14).
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| S39: Island of the Idols | 0.11 | 0.70 | 0.16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0.45 | 1.40 | - | - | - | 0.61 | 1.51 |
| Career | 0.11 | 0.70 | 0.16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0.45 | 1.40 | - | - | - | 0.61 | 1.51 |
Tom Laidlaw - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
46%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
14%
Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:
1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";
2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and
3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."
See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.
Tom Laidlaw - Challenge record
S39:
Island of the Idols 
Tribal/team challenge record (1-for-6):
- Island of the Idols Ep. 1 RC/IC: "Tower of Equality" - Crosses obstacles, base of the human ladder, but Lairo loses.
- Island of the Idols Ep. 2 RC/IC: "Rung-O Star" - Helps carry and steady the ladder, and Lairo wins.
- Island of the Idols Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Beam Me Up" - Part of the see-saw balancing group, but Lairo loses.
- Island of the Idols Ep. 4 RC/IC: "Ow Pairs" - Tethered to Elaine, eventually gets a key, and Lairo loses.
- Island of the Idols Ep. 5 RC: "Headlong Flight" - Tethered to Janet, slithers decently, but Lairo loses.
- Island of the Idols Ep. 5 IC: "Discography" - Unused backup buoy-shooter; Lairo loses once again.
Individual challenge record (0-for-0):
- Island of the Idols: None.
Redemption/Exile Island duel record (0-for-0):
- Island of the Idols: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 1 |
| Played: | 6 |
| Win%: | 0.17 |
| Sat out: | -- |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | -- |
| Mean% Finish: | -- |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | -- |
| Mean% Finish: | -- |
Tom Laidlaw - Tribal Council record
S39:
Island of the Idols 
Idols held/played (0/0):
- Island of the Idols: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (2/4):
- Island of the Idols, Ep. 1: Ronnie Bardah (voted out, 7-2).
- Island of the Idols, Ep. 4: Chelsea Walker (voted out, 6-2).
VAP - Votes against (6):
- Island of the Idols, Ep. 3: One vote, from Vince.
- Island of the Idols, Ep. 5: Five votes, from Jack, Janet, Jamal, Karishma, and Kellee (voted out, 5-2).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- Island of the Idols: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Advantages held/played: | 0/0 |
| Idols found: | 0 |
| Idols played: | -- |
| Votes voided: | -- |
| VFB: | 2 |
| Tribals: | 4 |
| VAP: | 6 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | -- |
| Received: | -- |
Tom Laidlaw - Pictures
S39:
Island of the Idols -
CBS pre-game interview -
S39 preview shot -
On the boat, Day 1 -
Yay, Lairo beach -
Pleasantly surprised with Elaine and Vince for their work ethic -
Day 1 alliance formation -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC/IC -
Starting line -
Hitting the net obstacle -
Base of the human ladder -
Watching the puzzle stage -
The losing Lairos -
Post-challenge discussion in camp -
Water well plotting -
Reasuring Elaine and Vince -
Listening to Elizabeth's cover story -
Heading to Tribal -
Lairo, Ep1 Tribal Council -
Listening to Chelsea -
Watching Chelsea make fire -
It was great, but it wounded our male egos! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC/IC -
Holding the ladder -
Watching Missy roll balls -
Lairo wins! -
Lairo guys recruiting Vince, Ep3 -
Sure, Dean -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC/IC -
Starting line -
Balancing on the see-saw -
Watching the puzzle stage -
The losing Lairos -
We have to stop losing challenges -
Lairo, Ep3 Tribal Council -
We have to stop losing challenges -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC/IC -
Starting line, blindfolded -
Lairo, finally reaching the puzzle -
Heading to Tribal -
Lairo, Ep4 Tribal Council -
Listening to Probst -
Picking new buffs, Ep5 -
Opening the new buffs -
The new Lairo tribe -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 RC -
Wiggle room -
Watching Kellee and Jamal finally get going on the puzzle -
Not thrilled to still be on a tribe with Karishma, when it comes to winning challenges -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC -
Waiting for the buoys -
Watching Dean shoot -
Time to vote out Karishma. It's obvious. -
Heading to Tribal -
New Lairo, Ep5 Tribal Council -
The outnumbered original Lairos -
Fifth person voted out... -
Snuffed, Day 14 (Episode 5) -
(Almost) full cast, reunion show
Tom Laidlaw - Interviews
S39:
Island of the Idols Pre-game interviews
- Josh Wigler at RHAP (9/13/19): "Survivor 39 Preseason Interviews: Lairo Tribe - Part 2"
- Mike Bloom at Parade.com (9/23/19): "Survivor Island of the Idols: Meet Tom Laidlaw"
Post-game interviews
- Dalton Ross at EW.com (10/24/19): "Tom Laidlaw says Karishma was not bullied on Survivor"
- Gordon Holmes at XfinityTV.com (10/24/19): "Tom - 'Karishma's Strategy Was to Portray Herself as the Person that People Were Picking On'"
- Mike Bloom at Parade.com (10/24/19): "Tom Laidlaw's Game Gets Put on Ice"
- Rob Cesternino at RHAP (10/24/19): "Survivor 39 Exit Interview with the Fifth Player Voted Out"
Tom Laidlaw - Bio
S39:
Island of the Idols Official CBS Island of the Idols bio excerpts (September 9, 2019):
"Hobbies: Watching Survivor, anything fitness, and hanging with the people I love.
What accomplishment are you most proud of? Raising my two sons to be strong, independent men.
What's one thing we wouldn't know from seeing a photo of you? I don't like heights.
Which Survivor contestant are you most like? Ben the Marine, he did whatever he had to.
What's your primary motivation for being on Survivor? The challenge and desire to win.
Why do you think you'll "survive" Survivor? I know how to build an alliance and win challenges and then do whatever it takes to win."