Finally the person who really deserved to win actually won Survivor! I can’t remember the last time I was happy with an outcome on this show, but last night I was overjoyed when James “JT” Thomas, Jr. was crowned winner during the live finale. Not only did the 24 year old humble, adorable, sweet cattle rancher from Alabama win, but he won all 7 jury votes, as well as the fan favorite prize of $100,000. The dude racked up 1.1 million bucks in under an hour. Not bad!

As his eyes welled up with tears at the announcement, JT said “I can’t help it… I’m happy – it’s probably the happiest I’ve ever been in my life, obviously.”

Though the cowboy won against his unlikely ally from the very beginning of the show- New Yorker and Yale graduate Stephen Fishbach- JT said he owed a lot of his victory to him and that he wanted to partner with him in the future. He also called him one of the best friends he will ever have. It was a great ending to a great season- one of the best ever, I think.

Congrats, JT!

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