Galang Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Karleigh (Winner/20)

The Galang Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Blood vs. Water.

Created from a tribe containing all returning players, previous relationships determined the dynamics of this alliance and their rivals. As a Blood vs. Water season, this alliance also had to factor into the fact that they were working with their loved ones and against the loved ones of their rivals.

## History

### Origins

The yellow Galang tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Blood vs. Water* consisting of returning players, and pitted against their loved ones. The First Impressions Twist was unleashed onto the cast, forcing both tribes to send someone home on the first day. Cody and Domenic had previously worked together and intended to get rid of Ryder for his *Survivor: Redemption Island* reputation, but majority of the tribe voted out Mandy. However, she was not eliminated because Redemption Island was in play this season. After arriving back at camp, Cody and Domenic decided it was best to align with the Redemption Island Duo because they would be meat shields they could hide behind. After winning the first two immunity challenges, this quartet and outsider Fawn sent Kayla to Redemption Island on Day 8.

### Replacing Allies

By Day 9, Cody and Domenic felt like they were the leaders of the Galang Alliance. However, the pair were somewhat jealous when Bethany, Fawn and Ryder decided they would be voting for Karleigh should the tribe lose again. In response, they told Karleigh of this plot against her and convinced her that she should work with them to get rid of Bethany. When Galang lost again on Day 10, Bethany, Charlie and Ryder voted for Karleigh but Cody, Domenic, Fawn and Karleigh blindsided Bethany. On Day 12, Bethany, Mandy and Cody's step-brother Alistair competed in a Redemption Island duel to re-enter the game. Following Mandy's win, a tribe switch occurred.

### The Switch: Tadhana

When the tribes switched, Domenic and Karleigh switched to the red Tadhana tribe along with original tribe member Beau. This new tribe also included Beau's cousin Mallory, Domenic's sister Gabriella, Ryder's sister Adelaide and Bethany's twin Lana. After being saved by Domenic and the Galang Alliance, Karleigh felt a sense of loyalty to him but they needed more people in order to have the numbers on this group of seven. Gabriella had no objections working with them, but they struggled finding allies when Beau reunited with Mallory and her ally Adelaide.

Their fate was now in the hands of swing vote Lana, but she didn't have to decide until Tadhana lost on Day 15. She decided to work with Domenic, Gabriella and Karleigh to eliminate Beau because she saw them as greater strategic players. Now in a position of power, Karleigh and Lana were approached by Adelaide and Mallory to split the votes between Domenic and Gabriella in case they had a Hidden Immunity Idol. The girls decided to remain loyal to the Galang Alliance, and the alliance of four voted out Mallory at their second loss.

### The Switch: Galang

Meanwhile, Cody and Fawn remained on Galang along with original tribe members Charlie and Ryder. They were joined by Dane, Neal and Tucker from Tadhana and Redemption Island returnee Mandy. Cody thought that he and Fawn would try and garner more allies to eventually reunite with the rest of the Galang Alliance at the merge, but this was not the case. Fawn and her brother Dane decided to join forces with Mandy and her cousin Neal, which left Cody on the outs along with original Galang men Charlie and Ryder. When Galang lost their first immunity challenge, Ryder was sent to Redemption Island before the majority turned on each other to blindside Neal. Through winning the next two immunity challenges, Cody and Charlie managed to form a trio with Mandy. They voted for Dane at tribal council on Day 18, but both Dane and Tucker played idols. With the only vote that counted from Tucker, Cody was eliminated and sent to Redemption Island.

### The Merge

At the final Redemption Island duel on the morning of Day 20, Cody, Mallory and Neal competed to return to the game. To the dismay of the Galang Alliance, Neal won and Cody was officially eliminated from the game. The tribes merged following Neal's return, where Karleigh quickly brought in her brother Tucker into the Galang Alliance. Domenic and Karleigh assumed they would have Fawn and Lana at their disposal after working with them during the pre-merge, but Fawn decided to work with her brother Dane and his allies. Despite not realising considering her on the switched Tadhana tribe, Tucker had a friendship with Adelaide and convinced her to vote with them in order to vote out Mandy for her reputation as a Redemption Island returnee. This was short lived however, because the Galang Alliance blindsided Adelaide when she turned against them.

The Galang Alliance of four (Domenic, Gabriella, Karleigh and Tucker) were concerned they were in the minority by the Final Nine. In response, Gabriella believed she had a decent rapport with Lana and revealed that she had the Kasama idol. Wanting to be on the side of the power, Lana flipped to the Galang Alliance and Dane was eliminated. They then intended to vote for Neal, but told Lana to gather some of the minority to vote for Charlie in case he had an idol. She complied, but Neal didn't have an idol and was next voted out. With the numbers firmly rooted in their camp, the Galang Alliance of four then went after Charlie.

### Friendly Fire

At the Final Six, Karleigh and Tucker wanted to turn on Domenic and Gabriella because they were fearful of forcing a 2-2 tie if they took each other to the Final Four. Karleigh had a strong social connection to Fawn and Lana from the merge and convinced them to work with her and Tucker to vote for Gabriella. What Lana forgot to tell her allies was that Gabriella had an idol she showed her previously, which was played at tribal council. With the power now in the hands of Domenic and Gabriella, Tucker became the sixth member of the jury. This move ensured their safety this round, but Karleigh still had the numbers with Fawn and Lana which meant Domenic was voted out on Day 35.

With both of their brothers now out of the game, Karleigh and Gabriella felt they could work with each other properly. They voted with each other for Fawn at tribal council, but Fawn and Lana voted for Gabriella. At the revote, Karleigh realised this was her opportunity to secure the title of Sole Survivor and flipped to eliminate Gabriella. Her read was correct because much of the jury were critical of Fawn and Lana because they seemingly failed to control the game. In the end, Karleigh won after earning jury votes from Adelaide, Charlie, Domenic, Mandy, Neal and Tucker.

## Trivia

* The highest and lowest ranking members of this alliance are a pair of loved ones.