Bayon Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Derrick (Winner/22)

The Bayon Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Cambodia.

This alliance was created and run by a strong trio of men. Throughout the pre-merge, they formed relationships with the women of their tribes and disposed of them when necessary. This put them in a precarious minority position during the merge, but they triumphed despite this due to fractures within other alliances.

## History

### Origins

The pink Bayon tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Cambodia*, containing eleven one time *Survivor* players. Derrick and Tyler had worked together on the Masaya tribe at the beginning of *Worlds Apart* and created a Final Two deal. The pair also brought in Angus and Pierre because they were perceived as the easiest to manipulate. When Bayon lost the first immunity challenge, this alliance voted for their fellow *Worlds Apart* returnee Erin but the women had the numbers and they eliminated Alexander.

After an immunity challenge win, the alliance managed to bring in Erin, Harry Amelia and Parvati. At their next loss on Day 7, the alliance was planning on voting for Louise. However, Angus told the men that they could work together and execute their plan from Day 3 to flip on Erin. Derrick and Tyler told Erin and Parvati of this plan and they had the numbers to blindside Angus. Derrick and Tyler wanted to remain aligned with Pierre, but kept him at arms length because they were temporarily working with Erin, Louise and Parvati. When Bayon lost the following immunity challenge, Derrick and Tyler's alliance with the women had the majority and they voted out Harry Amelia.

### Tribe Expansion

The Final Eighteen castaways were then divided into three tribes. Pierre and Tyler remained on Bayon along with original tribe members Jefra and Louise. The original Bayon castaways had the majority, but they never exercised their power because the new Bayon tribe won every immunity challenge they had together. Meanwhile, Derrick and Parvati were switched to Ta Keo. They originally worked with Parvati's *Borneo* alumni Jeremy and Kelley. However, Derrick flipped with Kelley in order to eliminate Jeremy.

### Tribe Dissolve

The Ta Keo tribe was then dissolved at the Final Fifteen, where Derrick and Pierre were switched to Angkor whilst Louise, Parvati and Tyler remained on Bayon. Derrick and Pierre brought in Jefra and had the numbers as a united front to eliminate Tim and dissolve the Ta Keo Alliance. The Bayon Alliance on Bayon however, didn't have the numbers over the Angkor Women. At their only tribal council, the alliance voted for Miles but the Angkor Women had the numbers to eliminate Blake.

### The Merge

The Final Thirteen castaways then made the merge, where Derrick, Pierre and Tyler were put on the outs with Adam as the only men on the tribe. The boys threw Parvati under the bus because she turned on the Bayon Alliance, but the women had the power and eliminated Adam. The boys knew that the Angkor Women were in power and constantly tried to convince them that the Bayon women were the target. The boys were unsuccessful, but the Angkor Women consecutively eliminated Carrie, Louise, Parvati and Jefra.

At the Final Eight, the Angkor Women approached the Bayon Alliance with the idea of turning on each other. The boys were successful and Lacey was voted out.m They men then approached Miles and Kelley from the minority of the Angkor Women in order to eliminate Ellody. However, Miles was voted out because Ellody used a Hidden Immunity Idol. Threatened by Ellody's strategic prowess, the boys and Kelley decided it would be the best move to vote out Ellody's closest ally Kitty at the Final Six. The boys wanted to go after Ellody next, but Derrick and Tyler also split the votes against Kelley. This was smart forward thinking because Ellody played another idol and Pierre would've been voted out if they didn't split the votes.

### Final Tribal Council

The men had overcome a minority position over a large tribe of women. Their only obstacle was Ellody, who needed to win the final individual immunity challenge in order to win the game. Luckily for the Bayon Alliance, she didn't win and the men voted her out. At the Final Tribal Council, Pierre was grilled by the jury for being a clear third wheel within the alliance who would always say he was going to turn on his allies but never did. Tyler was praised for being a physical asset with a strong social game. However, the jury perceived Derrick as the strategic force behind the alliance who also had a decent social game. In the end, Derrick defeated Tyler and Pierre in a 6-4-0 vote.