Satu

**Satu** is the merged tribe of Huleti and Fitu from *Survivor Winter Park: Edge of Extinction*.

The ultra-competitive **Satu** tribe's nature was born from the five-month gap between the original merge and the Final 7 and on. The girls would end up taking control of the tribe, leading to the rise of the first *Survivor Winter Park* female winner.

## Tribe History

The tribes merging near the end of the second day finally forced the former Huleti / swapped Fitu tribe members to turn their strategy up, with the pressure immediately being applied to *Season 1* veterans George Stedronsky and Jacob Ludlow. There was a new factor with the merge as well, the re-introduction of Makenzie Kennedy into the game, coming back with a vengeance against her former Fitu tribe members and a half-idol in her pocket looking to get activated. At the immunity challenge, Cecelia Gutman would narrowly beat out Jake, forcing both him and George back into the hot seat. Back at camp, many weighed the benefits and drawbacks of keeping either contestant, being aware of the threat George poses but also understanding where Jake's loyalties lie. Makenzie gave her half of the idol to Darcy Zobel, in hopes of them both surviving for her to reconnect them the following round. At Tribal Council, George and Jake would both play their Immunity Rings on themselves, turning a 7-2 vote into a 6-1 against Jake, sending him to the Edge of Extinction, activating Makenzie's idol, and concluding the day.

The impact of Jake's elimination would be completely negated by the nearly five-month jump in between days. As the tribe couldn't find any proper time to conclude the season for the rest of the summer and the start of the school-year being busy for everybody, it wouldn't be until December of 2019 when the game would finish through the end. It wouldn't start without major changes, though. Firstly, the remaining contestants on the Edge of Extinction (Jake, Joseph Ales, and Meaghan Schlossmacher) all had conflicts and couldn't show up, marking the end of the Edge as a twist. Secondly, Zachary Asarnow was no longer in the game, due to another conflict. Ashton and Darcy, who had been dating, broke up between days, creating an obvious strain on their in-game relationship.

Like many days of the game before this, the lines would quickly be drawn between gender, with the girls having a slight lead. However, the challenge for the round would introduce a lot of variables. Fully working together, the Auction brought upon two major factors to the vote: the Send Away advantage, which would allow the holder to kick anybody out of the vote for the round, and the immunity necklace. Darcy would go on to purchase the necklace while George would get the Send Away advantage, much to the annoyance of the girls as he could now make it a 3-3 tie. There would be one more trick up Makenzie's sleeve: her Edge of Extinction idol. Now public knowledge, the girls would be able to negate any problems created by the guys by simply playing an idol on the right person, needing to find out who that person was. At Tribal Council, the game would quickly begin changing. George decided to kick Cece out of Tribal Council (despite knowing about Makenzie's idol), Darcy would give up her immunity to Makenzie (knowing that she’d rather have her stay), leaving the guys with only Maddie as a realistic target. During the idol call, Makenzie would make the right play and save Maddie With their idol read being successful, George would finally be taken down in a 2-1-0 vote, with Makenzie strangely deciding to place a vote onto Josh.

Now being completely down in numbers with no advantages, both guys realized they needed to win immunity to ensure the other would go home. The girls had no preference of which guy would go home as they could easily be the next two eliminated anyways. In a tight challenge, Ashton would very narrowly lose to Maddie, all but ensuring his elimination at Tribal Council as he was now a challenge threat and an ex of one of his opponents. While he fought hard for Josh to be eliminated, Ashton would be sent to the jury in a unanimous 5-1 vote.

By the Final 5, the girls had their majority of 4-1 against Josh, now realizing that they could slow the game down. Since the beginning of the game, Darcy had been asking to be eliminated, with no actual desire to win the game or go any further. Makenzie knew how loyal of a number Darcy was and didn't want to get rid of her just yet, especially when she wasn't as close with Cece or Josh and they could turn on her at the next round. However, with Josh winning immunity, the girls were forced to turn on each other, and with a majority deciding to finally eliminate Darcy from the game, Makenzie would turn against her to make it another unanimous 4-1 vote.

Makenzie believed the plan to be Maddie, understanding that she had a story to tell if she made it to the end, thinking that the others wouldn't want to go further with her. However, the plan had ended up changing to Makenzie, viewing her as a threat for the same reason. At Tribal Council, Makenzie would receive the votes of Josh and Maddie while Makenzie would vote for Maddie. Cece, as an attempt to earn Makenzie's trust and make her believe that she was on her side, threw her vote onto Josh, creating a 2-1-1 split with a shocked Makenzie having no idea where any of plan came from.

Josh's survival would all be dependent on his ability to win the final immunity challenge of the season, as Cece and Maddie were both gearing to bring each other to the end. During the challenge, Maddie's marching band skills would lead her to a blowout victory with Josh ending up in last. Despite his last minute pleading to take out Cece, it would all be for naught as he would become the fifth and final member of the jury.

At Final Tribal Council, Maddie explained her decision to take Cece to the end by calling her predictable, while Cece countered by saying that her best move was forging her alliance with Maddie which brought her to the end. Both players talked up how many alliances they created, with Maddie more focused on the outcomes of today. George and Makenzie were critical about Maddie playing too close of a game to Cece, while Darcy and Josh admired her ability to persevere through the season when coming in later than the others. Throughout the speeches, Thorin Groth was summarizing what the players were saying for Ashton, who had to leave right before the vote. In an incredibly close 3-2 vote, Maddie would crowned the first female Sole Survivor, with her final vote coming from Ashton and his strained relationship with Cece.