Chuay Gahn Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Britney (Winner/18)

The Chuay Gahn Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Thailand II.

This alliance underwent many different iterations due to the smaller alliances formed and a shocking twist midway through the game. In the end, one castaways manipulation of this alliance ensured she would win the game.

## History

### An Alliance United

The orange Chuay Gahn tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Thailand II*. The tribe was much stronger than their Sook Jai rivals, winning the first three immunity challenges. An alliance of six was forming on Chuay Gahn during this time, which included Britney, Carlos, Chad, Jenna, Scoop and Tiffany. Every member of Chuay Gahn throughout their winning streak also went searching for the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol, unaware that idols were not in play this season.

### An Alliance Divided

When the tribe lost the immunity challenge on Day 10, the closely aligned trio of women decided that the alliance should split the votes in case any outsider was in possession of an idol. At tribal council, a three way tie occurred when the girls voted for Kate-Lyn, the boys voted for Symon and the outsiders voted for Scoop. At the revote, the girls still held the numbers and they eliminated Kate-Lyn. Britney, Jenna and Tiffany were confident they were in a strong position on the tribe and had a smaller target over their fellow male allies. When the tribe lost their second challenge in a row however, Carlos, Chad and Scoop wanted to ensure they were the only original trio in tact. The Chuay Gahn alliance of six agreed to vote out outsider Symon in order to separate his partnership with Adam. However, Tiffany was blindsided when the men flipped to work with Adam and Symon.

### The Merge

Returning back to camp, the men apologised to Britney and Jenna for turning on the alliance. The women accepted this apology, but were more than willing to flip once the two tribes merged at the Final Thirteen. At the first merged tribal council, the alliance of Chuay Gahn men agreed to vote for Sook Jai member Gia. However, Britney and Jenna convinced Carlos and Chad to flip with them to the rival Sook Jai Alliance. This split vote plan ultimately led to the blindside of Troye, though Adam was used as a secondary target. This new alliance of flipped Chuay Gahn castaways worked with their rivals at the following tribal council, whereby they eliminated Scoop.

### The Tribe Splits in Half

For the first time in *Survivor* history, the merged tribe was disbanded at the Final Eleven and the remaining castaways were split into the original Chuay Gahn and Sook Jai tribes. Britney, Carlos and Chad returned to Chuay Gahn and were joined by Sook Jai Alliance members Derrick and Kay J. The dynamics of this new tribe was difficult because they had all worked together at the first merged vote. However, Britney tried to get the tribe to turn on Chad because he was the only one left out of the loop when Scoop was eliminated. She tried to enact this plan when Chuay Gahn lost on Day 24, but Carlos was blindsided when Derrick and Kay J exposed this plan to Chad.

Meanwhile, Adam, Symon and Jenna from the Chuay Gahn Alliance were switched to the purple Sook Jai tribe along with original members Bee, Dusk and Gia. Though it appeared that the tribe was split right down the middle, Jenna made it clear to the Sook Jai women that she didn't want to work with the clear power couple of Adam and Symon. At their first loss, Jenna voted for Bee with Gia but the two couples on the tribe worked together to eliminate Jenna. Adam and Symon thought this move put them in a position of power, but Symon was eliminated when the Sook Jai women remained united at their following tribal council.

### The Merge Again

On Day 27, the Chuay Gahn Alliance of Adam, Britney and Chad reconnected when the Final Eight castaways reunited into one final merged tribe. It appeared that the trio would be consecutively picked off by the Sook Jai Alliance, but tension rose within their rivals. At tribal council, this trio convinced Derrick and Dusk they were at the bottom of the alliance and they eliminated Bee. This new Chuay Gahn majority continued to have the numbers when they eliminated Gia. At the Final Six, the three original Chuay Gahn castaways formed a Final Three deal and agreed to bring in newly outcasted Kay J for the time being.

However, Britney considered this Chuay Gahn plan to merely be a ploy. She decided to bring in all three original Sook Jai players Derrick, Dusk and Kay J so they would vote together and blindside Chad on Day 35. This plan continued at the next vote, where Adam became the seventh member of the jury. Britney's relationships with her new Chuay Gahn Alliance ensured that she was not targeted once her former allies were all voted out. Derrick and Kay J worked with her at the Final Four to eliminate Dusk, before she decided to cut Derrick after winning the final individual immunity challenge. Britney's strong social and strategic game, especially her choice to turn on Chuay Gahn, earned her respect by the Chuay Gahn members jury and she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor in a 6-3 vote.