Survivor contestant Brendan Synnott

Brendan Synnott on social media: facebook

Seasons: 1 | Days: 24 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1

Survivor: Tocantins (2009) - 9th place, 8th out - 1st juror.

Sent to Exile Island three times (5 days total).
Voted out in Episode 8, "The Biggest Fraud in the Game" (Day 24).

Brendan Synnott - Career statistics
	Challenge stats	Tribal council stats	Jury stats
Season	ChW	ChA	ChW%	VFB	VAP	TCA	TC%	wTCR	JVF	TotJ	JV%	SurvSc	SurvAv
S18: Tocantins	1.19	3.99	0.30	2	4	3	0.61	2.33	-	-	-	0.91	3.53
Career	1.19	3.99	0.30	2	4	3	0.61	2.33	-	-	-	0.91	3.53

Tocantins challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-11):
- Tocantins Ep. 1 RC/IC: "A River, Run Through It" - Collects planks, then works the table maze with Erinn, and Timbira wins.
- Tocantins Ep. 2 RC/IC: "Beach Brawl" - Scores no points in two matches, and eventually, Timbira loses (3-2).
- Tocantins Ep. 3 RC: "Blind Leading the Blind" - Paired with Jerry, Timbira doesn't even come close to winning.
- Tocantins Ep. 3 IC: "A Crate Idea" - Rolls crates and guides the puzzle, but Timbira loses again.
- Tocantins Ep. 4 RC: "Shoulder the Load" - Drops his weight as he gets to 220 pounds, and Timbira loses again.
- Tocantins Ep. 4 IC: "Try Any Angle" - Retrieves two puzzle pieces, and Timbira wins on the word puzzle.
- Tocantins Ep. 5 RC: "Dizness As Usual" - Puller (with Coach), but Timbira returns to its losing ways.
- Tocantins Ep. 5 IC: "Water Mortar!" - Scores Timbira's first two points, then thanks to Tyson, Timbira wins (5-4).
- Tocantins Ep. 6 RC: "When Pigs Fly" - Interior thrower, and Timbira wins (14-13).
- Tocantins Ep. 6 IC: "Sandstone Shootout"- With Erinn, part of the puzzle team, and Timbira wins.
- Tocantins Ep. 8 RC "Rock Block" - His throw eliminates the white team, gives him ( JT & Debbie) the team win, and a whitewater rafting trip.
Individual challenge record (0-for-2): (Mean % finish: 59%)
- Tocantins Ep. 7 IC: "Get a Grip" - Third person to drop out (8th/10).
- Tocantins Ep. 8 IC: "Rope-A-Dope" - Third in the first round, finishes a close second in the finals (2nd/9).
Redemption/Exile Island duel record: (0-for-0)
- None.

Career challenge totals

Team/tribal challenges
Wins:	6
Played:	11
Win%:	0.55
Sat out:	0

Individual challenges
Wins:	0
Played:	2
Win%:	0.00
Mean% Finish:	59%

Duels
Wins:	0
Played:	0
Win%:	--
Mean% Finish:	--

Tocantins Tribal
Idols held/played: (1/0)
- Tocantins, Ep. 3: Using the second clue, quickly finds Timbira's idol, but never plays it (Day 9).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (2/3):
- Tocantins, Ep. 2: Candace Smith (voted out, 7-1).
- Tocantins, Ep. 3: Jerry Sims (voted out, 6-1).
VAP - Votes against (4):
- Tocantins, Ep. 8: Four votes, from Stephen, Taj, Coach, and Debbie (voted out, 4-3-2).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- Tocantins, Ep. 13: Voted for J.T. Thomas (who won, 7-0).

Career Tribal Council totals

Hidden idols
Found:	1
Played:	0
Votes voided:	--

Voting record
VFB:	2
Tribals:	3
VAP:	4

Jury votes
Made:	1
For winners:	1
Received:	--

Tocantins image gallery

Tocantins intro shot

Tocantins intro shot

Day 1, on the truck

On the truck with Timbira

Day 1, fresh off the truck

With Timbira, listening to Probst

Watching the Timbiras 'vote out' Sierra

Learning what the vote thing was actually about

Timbira, heading off to camp

Mid-hike, forming a Day 1 Strong Guys alliance with Coach

Not totally buying Coach, but whatever

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC/IC

Starting line

Retrieving planks from the river

Starting work on the stair puzzle

Watching the placing of the planks

With Erinn, starting on the table maze

Timbira wins immunity and reward!

Accepting the flint and idol

Ep2, learning about Sierra's idol clue

Excited about searching for an idol

Digging for the second clue, just got busted by Debbie

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC/IC

Listening to Probst

Debbie volunteers to sit out

Challenge lost... AND exiled. Yay.

Heading to Exile Island with Taj

Liking the opportunity to bond with Taj

Just got an idol clue

Reading the clue in private

Sharing the clue with Taj

Timbira, Ep2 Tribal Council

Listening to Candace

Sounds like a plan, Jerry. Early Ep3.

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC

Listening to Probst.

More listening to Probst.

Starting line

At the end of the slow-moving Timbira centipede.

Heading back to Exile again (with Taj)

Opening urns again

Taj shares her clue

Elaborating on the cross-tribal alliance plans

Cross-tribal alliance officially formed

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 IC.

Ha ha, not likely Jalapao is getting that idol back. Ha ha.

Starting line.

Rolling a crate with Debbie

Rolling another crate with Jerry

Discussing the staircase puzzle

Trying to lift the last piece

And Jalapao wins immunity.

Taking the few minutes left before Tribal to go look for the idol

Success!

Timbira, Ep3 Tribal Council

Talking to Probst about leadership

Timbira re-discusses leadership, early Ep4

About to head to the RC - 'Whoops! I forgot to tell Sierra about the exile plan! I hope it doesn't come up.'

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC

Listening to Probst

Timbira, excited at the prospect of a camp raid

Ep4 RC, getting loaded

...and done, at 220 lbs.

Hoping Debbie can hold on

Watching Taj and Sierra leave for Exile

Joe and JT arrive to raid Timbira's camp

Listening to Probst, pre-Ep4 IC

Starting line

Timbira gets to work on the puzzle

Almost there...

Timbira wins immunity!

Receiving the idol

Talking to Sierra, early Ep5

Phew, finally got to give Sierra an update

Correction: *was* inside treemail. Now I have it.

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 RC

Oh great, someone gets exiled after this again?

Yay, Tyson scored!

Hooray, headed back to Exile again, albeit with Stephen

Welcome to Exile Island, Stephen!

We have both idols? Let's skip the urns, then.

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 IC

Ready to go, matched up with Taj

Brendan scores Timbira's first point!

Giving Probst JT's half-tooth

Timbira wins immunity!

Victory (plus the idol) is Timbira's

Timbira debates bean preparation, early Ep6

One of those Coach moments

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 RC

Listening to Probst

Setting up barriers for the other tribe

Tossing pigs

Timbira wins reward!

Watching Erinn and Joe leave for Exile

Wow, getting rewards is much more fun than going to Exile Island!

Relaxing in the water with Timbira

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 IC

Listening to Probst

Ready to go, Ep6 IC

Working the puzzle with Erinn

More puzzling

Timbira wins!

Making fun of Coach, early Ep7

Reading the merge treemail

With Debbie and JT, learning they've officially merged

Cheers!

Talking about keeping the Exile Alliance under wraps for a while

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 IC

Liking the sound of individual immunity

Merge IC, now underway

Still holding on, barely

Probst is in camp? That's never good.

Learning Joe has been removed

Not believing Coach's captured-by-Amazon-natives story, early Ep8

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 RC

Listening to Probst

Black team, ready to go

We're throwing underhand and breaking tiles! None of us have ever done this before!

The end is nigh

Just exiled Stephen again. Woo!

White-water rafting with JT and Debbie, Ep8 reward

Trying to lure in JT

Telling Sierra about his plans for an alliance with JT

Finally re-connecting with Taj, six days post-merge

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC

Listening to Probst

Starting line

Almost to the second round, Ep8 IC

Starting line, second round

With the other non-winners, post-Ep8 IC

Trying to sell JT and Stephen on an alliance

Heading to Tribal

Forza, Ep8 Tribal Council

Listening to Stephen

*I* have an idol, Jeff!

This vote is not going the way it was supposed to

First member of the jury...

Saying goodbye, mid-snuff.

Jury debut, Ep9 Tribal Council

Full jury, final Tribal Council

Listening to Stephen's opening statement

Asking the Final Two a question

At the reunion show, waiting for the final vote reveal

Full cast, reunion show

Tocantins interviews
Pre-game interviews
- Andy Dehnart at Reality Blurred (2/4/09): "Brendan Synnott: 'I want to win; when I play games, I love to win'"
- Jeff Probst's Tocantins pre-season cast assessment.
Post-game interviews
- Andy Dehnart at Reality Blurred (4/17/09): "Brendan giving away 50,000 burritos, but only until 'amusing,' 'harmless' Coach voted out"
- Tim Molloy at TVGuide.com (4/17/09): "Brendan Synnott: Ex-Teammate Not 'Grounded In Reality'"
- John Bracchitta at Reality TV World (4/17/09): "Brendan Synnott talks about his time on Survivor: Tocantins"
- Gordon Holmes at XfinityTV.com (4/20/09): "Castaway Interview: Brendan Synnott"
Thanks to Muneeb Khan (@MUK734) for his help in compiling these links.

Tocantins bio

From his official CBS Survivor: Tocantins cast bio page:

"Brendan Synnott is all about playing the game. Whether it is in front of a classroom teaching entrepreneurial success or taking part in outdoor extreme adventures, he knows how to read the odds.

Raised by a single mom in Connecticut, Brendan pulled himself up by the bootstraps to be the co-founder and CEO of Bear Naked, a natural food brand that was recently acquired by a major corporation. Despite his financial success, he is not all about the money.

Success to him, however, is about more than simply creating, building and selling a thriving business; it's about hard work, passion, fun and surrounding yourself with the best people.

Synnott has always wanted to combine his love of the outdoors with his skills as a leader. In school, he played both football and baseball, and still stays active as much as possible. He loves to compete and says it's a driving force, even in business. It will especially be a driving force on Survivor.

Brendan is single and currently resides in Vail, Colo. His birth date is Sept. 28."