Bikal

(also known as The Favorites) is a tribe from . The tribe consists of previous contestants who were favorites contestants from seasons past. Their tribe color is purple.
Bikal showed their dominance in the pre-merge challenges (only losing two before the tribe switch), and is known for the rise of a new . However, one castaway's meltdown negatively impacted the tribe, and Bikal's post-switch variation became too weak to win a challenge against the new Gota tribe. 
==Members==
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==Tribe History==
===Challenge History===
Episode 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out 	Result 	Eliminated(Vote) 	Finish
1 	Water Slaughter 	Reward 	None 	 	rowspan="2" 	
1 	It's a Long Way to the Top 	Immunity 	None 	 	 	
2 	Plunge, Pull, Pop 	Reward/Immunity 	None 	 	colspan="2" 	
3 	Cell Block Sea 	Reward/Immunity 	None 	 	colspan="2" 	
4 	Head and Shoulders 	Reward 	 	 	rowspan="2" colspan="2" 	
4 	Smash and Grab 	Immunity 	 	 	 	
5 	Nut Bucket 	Reward 	 	 	rowspan="2" 	
5 	Crate Outdoors 	Immunity 	None 	 	 	
colspan="7" 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Crate Outdoors 	Immunity 	None 	 	 	
7 	Hot Pursuit 	Reward 	None 	 	rowspan="2" 	
7 	Phoenix Rises 	Immunity 	None 	 	 	
colspan="7" 	 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.	Notes: Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default. The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence.
===Voting History===
 	 	Original Tribes 	Original Tribes 	Original Tribes 	Original Tribes 	Original Tribes 	Switched Tribes 	Switched Tribes 	Switched Tribes 	Switched Tribes
Episode 	Episode 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	7 	8
Voted Out 	Voted Out 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	rowspan="11"
Vote 	Vote 	6-4 	— 	— 	— 	8-1 	4-2-1 	3-3 	4-0 	
align="left" 	Cochran 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	 	 	 	
align="left" 	Dawn 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	 	 	 	
align="left" 	Erik 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
align="left" 	Brenda 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
align="left" 	Andrea 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
align="left" 	Malcolm 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	colspan="3" 	 	 	
align="left" 	Phillip 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	 	 	 	
align="left" 	Michael 	colspan="5" 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
align="left" 	Corinne 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	 	 	 	
align="left" 	Julia 	colspan="5" 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
align="left" 	Matt 	colspan="5" 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
align="left" 	Brandon 	 	— 	— 	— 	 	 	 	 	
align="left" 	Francesca 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.	Notes: Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not voteand the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.
==Gallery==
Bikal Intro Shot (Large).jpg|Bikal in the intro.
Bikal-tribe_320x240.jpg|Bikal at the beginning of the game.
Tribal-Council.jpg|Bikal at their first Tribal Council.
vo_francesca_hogi.jpg|Francesca voted out first - again.
survivor-caramoan-episode-02-hdr.jpg|Bikal looking towards the Gota tribe before the Day 5 Reward/Immunity Challenge.
BikalDay7.jpg|Bikal at the Day 7 Immunity Challenge.
Stealth.jpg|Stealth R Us 2.0.
Jeff-probst-brandon-hantz-survivor-caramoan.jpg|Brandon voted out in an impromptu Tribal Council at the Immunity Challenge site.
101917 d17813b.jpg|Bikal immediately before the tribe switch.
101917 d17977b 1.jpg|The new Bikal.
Vo matt b.jpg|Matt blindsided.
Vo julia.jpg|Julia voted out.
Bikal Night Shot (Large).jpg|Bikal night banner shot.
==Trivia ==
* Like the previous Favorites tribe, Bikal is a purple tribe.
** Both tribe names end with the syllable -kal.
** The Bikal tribe also lost the first Immunity Challenge, like Malakal.
** After the tribe switch both tribes lost the remaining Immunity Challenges.
** Both produced two finalists.
* Six members of the original Bikal tribe came from seasons that had the  twist (three each from  and ).
** Phillip Sheppard is the only one of the six to have never participated in a Redemption Island duel.
** Andrea Boehlke is the only one of the six to have won a Redemption Island duel.
** All three members returning from Redemption Island are from the original Ometepe tribe.
* Francesca Hogi is the only Bikal tribe member to have never reached the merge phase of her original season, as she was the first one voted out.
** As a result, Bikal is currently the only tribe in history to have a returning castaway who was voted off first in their original season.
** This is the second tribe that voted out Francesca first. Ometepe of Redemption Island was the first. 
* Phillip is the only Bikal tribe member to never have been voted out before coming onto this season, as he was in the Final Three of his original season.
** This makes him the third "Favorite" to have not been voted out prior to returning on a Fans vs. Favorites season. Ozzy Lusth and Amanda Kimmel from both returned having not been voted out in their previous seasons.
* Bikal won every Reward Challenge before the tribe switch.
* John Cochran, Dawn Meehan, and Brenda Lowe are the only Bikal members to improve over their previous placings.
** Brenda is the only one not to make the Final Tribal Council.
* Michael Snow is the only Fan who was part of post-switch Bikal to make the merge.
* Bikal lived at Tayak Beach, the same beach where Kalabaw lived in .
* Bikal is the second of three starting tribes of all returning players to not have any of its members start out on a tribe of the same color in their previous season(s).
** The first is Chapera from and the third would be Bayon from , which did not share its color with any previous starting tribe.
==References==
Category:Tribes
Category:Caramoan Tribes
Category:Starting Tribes
Category:Purple Tribes
Category:Tribes with Returning Contestants
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor: Caramoan
Category:Bikal Tribe