Galu Alliance

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

The Galu Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Samoa.

Formed out of a shared dislike of one of their fellow tribe members, the alliance soon suffered from betrayals and mistrust once they got rid of their scapegoat. They entered the merge in the minority, but one castaway managed to weave his way to the end with an ingenious plan.

## Members

     Devin (2-32)
 Enemies

## History

### Origins

The purple Galu tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Samoa*. An alliance of six which consisted of Devin, Ellody, Hillary, Jaymi, Joe and Tom was formed over the first few days of the game, largely because they were irritated with Kitty's hyperactive behaviour. When Galu lost the first immunity challenge, Tom decided that he didn't agree with the alliance voting for Kitty and tried to get the castaways to instead turn their attention to Ellody. He was unsuccessful in his campaigning and the five members of the Galu Alliance had the numbers to send Kitty home.

### Betrayals

Returning back to camp, Hillary and Joe couldn't believe that Tom had turned his back on the Galu Alliance at the first available opportunity. He tried apologising to the group, but they agreed he was too untrustworthy to keep around. Despite this, the core five alliance members still had the numbers when Galu lost the second immunity challenge and they voted out Ennui. Ellody became concerned that Galu had already lost two tribe members and wanted to prepare for a situation where Galu might only include the Galu Alliance. She started making plans with outsiders Crimson and Tom, with the prospect of blindsiding charming physical asset Joe. She then approached Hillary about this plan, but Hillary had a closer relationship with Joe than with Ellody and decided reveal this plan to him. When Galu lost their third immunity challenge in a row, the Galu Alliance of Devin, Hillary, Jaymi and Joe took control and voted out their former ally Ellody.

Over the course of the next nine days, the remaining six Galu castaways won two immunity challenges and formed a close relationship with each other. Crimson, despite never aligning with the Galu Alliance previously, used this time as an opportunity to develop relationships with the tribe. She was successful, largely due to the fact that Devin, Hillary, Jaymi and Joe still had their sights set on getting rid of Tom. They believed that Tom was too unpredictable and would likely flip on them should the tribes merged. Galu lost the immunity challenge on Day 15, where Crimson was welcomed by the Galu Alliance and they unanimously eliminated Tom.

### The Merge

The final eleven castaways merged into the blue Aiga tribe on Day 20. Though they wanted to keep Crimson around for the merge, core four members of the Galu Alliance didn't feel like they had a genuine affiliation for her. This group soon formed relationships with the Foa Foa Alliance, where they threw Crimson under the bus and voted her out at the first merged tribal council in order to gain favour with the Foa Foa castaways. With a clear numbers disadvantage, Joe concocted a plan to ensure that his alliance would not get systematically get picked off. He told Hillary and Jaymi to form a small alliance with Jacques and Stephanie, and then throw the votes on Devin. Meanwhile, Joe and Devin created a larger majority alliance and they voted out Jacques and Stephanie on Days 23 and 26 respectively.

By the Final Eight, the four original members of the Galu Alliance were pleased that they had at least forced an even split between the original tribes. They decided to abandon their allegiances to the Foa Foa Alliance and voted together against Jen at tribal council. This led to a 4-4 when the original Foa Foa castaways voted for Hillary. Prior to the revote, the Galu Alliance openly said that they weren't going to switch their votes and would be willing to go to rocks. Original Foa Foa castaway Carrie was scared at this prospect and flipped on her closest ally Jen in order to save herself.

### Four Becomes One

Within the Galu Alliance, Hillary and Joe had a closer strategic relationship than they demonstrated to the rest of the tribe and decided to solidify their friendship by establishing a Final Two deal. They wanted to begin building a resume to the end and were considering flipping on either Devin or Jaymi, but were scared because that would create another even divide between the two alliances. Amy, Carrie and Rory from Foa Foa decided that they were going after Devin and told the rest of the tribe this information, to which Hillary and Joe saw as a good opportunity to make a move. The rest of the tribe unanimously voted out Devin at tribal council.

Joe, seeing that the Foa Foa members were better to keep around instead of forcing another tie, decided to align with them. Hillary and Jaymi were under the impression that the Galu Alliance was still a tight unit, but had decided to vote for Joe because he was acting suspicious. However, this was unsuccessful because Joe had flipped on the Galu Alliance and his closest ally by voting for Hillary and making her the sixth member of the jury. With a shortage of allies, Jaymi was voted out next and the Galu Alliance had ceased to exist.