Season 5
Mount Olympus
UT Austin CampusSpring 202515 Players
About This Season
The first three tribe season and the most blindsides in Survivor Texas history. Watch to see which of Brain, Brawn, or Beauty will emerge victorious
Finalists
Eli Small
Season 5 - Winner
ares
Memorable Moments
- Keeping Myan attached at the hip for the entire season
- Staying on a pole for 10 HOURS to win final immunity
- The two alternates becoming the final 2
- Regaining control after a bumpy start of the merge beatifully
- Stepping out of the way at a tribal he was going home at to let Mathew blow himself up
Myan Gonzales
Season 5 - Runner-up
ares
Memorable Moments
- Iconic reactions to the rest of the players
- Bringing her own lingo to the season
- Getting dissed at FTC for only lasting 6 1/2 HOURS in the final immunity challenge
- Knew very little about Survivor coming into it
Sapphire Nunn
Season 5 - 3rd Place
aphrodite
Memorable Moments
- 11th hour dark hourse to win the game at the end
- lost the final immunity challenge after staying on the pole for 10 HOURS
Season Gallery
All Players
Eli Small
Season 5 - Winner
ares
Memorable Moments
- Keeping Myan attached at the hip for the entire season
- Staying on a pole for 10 HOURS to win final immunity
- The two alternates becoming the final 2
- Regaining control after a bumpy start of the merge beatifully
- Stepping out of the way at a tribal he was going home at to let Mathew blow himself up
Myan Gonzales
Season 5 - Runner-up
ares
Memorable Moments
- Iconic reactions to the rest of the players
- Bringing her own lingo to the season
- Getting dissed at FTC for only lasting 6 1/2 HOURS in the final immunity challenge
- Knew very little about Survivor coming into it
Sapphire Nunn
Season 5 - 3rd Place
aphrodite
Memorable Moments
- 11th hour dark hourse to win the game at the end
- lost the final immunity challenge after staying on the pole for 10 HOURS
Sam Bizzell
Season 5 - 4th Place
athena
Memorable Moments
- An iconic elimination speech at the final 4
- Always, and I mean always, smiling
- Being extremely Austrailian
- Underrateldy strategic player, really turned on the jets and said all of the right things in the final 4
- Keeping FTC interesting by voting for Myan
Anjali Guruaj
Season 5 - 5th Place
athena
Memorable Moments
- Delivering one of the funniest confessionals in Survivor Texas
- Being seen as Sam's brain for basically the whole season
- Having too much faith in Eli in the end game
Erin Spiek
Season 5 - 6th Place
aphrodite
Memorable Moments
- One of the first true villains in Survivor Texas and she leaned into it
- Gleefully controlling every elimination in the premerge
- Forming her frenemies alliance with Mathew
Emma Roco
Season 5 - 7th Place
aphrodite
Memorable Moments
- Instantly bidding 500 on the capcut edit
- Seemingly the frontrunner until her she pulled a David and got too comfortable
- Being most upset that she placed lower than Erin
- Bringing the crew constant gifts from her ambassador programs
- Inviting the cast to her going away greatwolf lodge party
Mathew Nguyen
Season 5 - 8th Place
athena
Memorable Moments
- Completly self destructing at f8 tribal
- Pulling off one of the most impressive moves ever in Torsten's 4-3-2
- Serving resting face
- Bringing the drama ALWAYS
Torsten Weber
Season 5 - 9th Place
ares
Memorable Moments
- One of the nicest people this season
- CRAZIEST vote of the season going out in a 4-3-2
- Him hurting his ACL playing with production in IM kickball and having a limp as Mayor of Ponderosa
- Sort of screwed by Eli winning the merge immunity
Nick Moore
Season 5 - 10th Place
aphrodite
Memorable Moments
- Being very frustrated with his post-swap tribe during the final challenge not knowing they were throwing
- His elimination shocking Erin into playing the game even harder
Gracie Love
Season 5 - 11th Place
athena
Memorable Moments
- SECOND per-merge idol hold to go home this season
- Having too much trust in the beauty girls and not listening to Mathew
- Probably the brawniest brain
- Her denying the club approval form because she works in University Admin
Emma McLendon
Season 5 - 12th Place
ares
Memorable Moments
- Taken out in the swap, one of the biggest cross-tribe players in Survivor Texas
- Her elimination turned Mathew against Erin
- Iconic mini player
Christian Wilson
Season 5 - 13th Place
athena
Memorable Moments
- First pre-merge idol hold in Survivor Texas to go home
- Finding the idol that Mathew and Erin were looking for right in front of them
- Ordering Chic-fil-a mid idol search
- Telling the cast how to watch Survivor Australia in the season groupme
- Biggest fan of the cast by far, would run dozens (or hundreds) of fantasy Survivor seasons
Ife Oluwole
Season 5 - 14th Place
aphrodite
Memorable Moments
- One of the only cast members this season to not be a fan of Survivor
- Iconic celebration during the opening immunity challenge
Maya Musallam
Season 5 - 15th Place
ares
Memorable Moments
- Found out she was playing the day of the first shoot, hours before!
- Unluckily overplayed round 1
- The only Survivor Texas player that David has never met
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