Outsider Alliance

**Highest Placing Member**: Lina (6/18)

The Outsider Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: San Juan Del Sur and Survivor: Gabon.

Originally created on the Hunahpu tribe during *SJDS*, the trio were continuously in the minority at tribal councils they attended. They were unsuccessful in overthrowing the majority alliances and their last member, Lina, only survived until the Final Six because she was not considered a serious threat.

The three founders of this alliance then all returned for *Gabon* where they were placed on the ill-fated Fang tribe. Despite constantly attending tribal council throughout the pre-merge, the trio were in the majority of most votes. Both Lina and Penny this time were able to make the merge, and formed strong relationships with the majority but were ultimately targeted for being a strong duo.

Though both iterations of this alliance were not renowned for their strategic prowess or prolonged success, their underdog status and overall likability makes them one of the more popular alliances in *Survivor* history.

## History

### San Juan Del Sur

On the blue Hunahpu tribe on Day 1 of Survivor: San Juan Del Sur, nine of the ten castaways agreed to work with each other in the short term in order to get rid of David who was considered an extreme schemer and disposable liability. At the Day 3 Double Tribal Council, the larger group of nine unanimously eliminated David. With the tribes scapegoat now out, the larger alliance slowly divided into two smaller groups. A popular group of younger and more athletic castaways was formed, which left goofballs Lina, Penny and Richard in the minority. They formed a trio of Outsiders and agreed to look after each other. Their friendship was worth little because they were an alliance of three on a tribe of nine. At Hunahpu second loss, they voted for Skye but the majority alliance voted out Richard.

A tribe switch occurred after Hunahpu won an immunity challenge, where both Lina and Penny remained on Hunahpu. Despite not having a strong relationship to the original Hunahpu tribe members, the pair decided to work with them in order to target the Panama Veterans Alliance of Domenic, Erinn and Liam. At Hunahpu's first loss on Day 13, the pair voted with the majority to eliminate Erinn. It appeared that the next target of this alliance would be Domenic. However, the partnership of Aisha and Travis was becoming an increasing concern to the Outsider Alliance and they wanted to bring in Domenic, Liam and Vanessa to blindside Travis. At tribal council on Day 18, the pair voted for him. However, Lina and Penny were considered too threatening as a duo and Penny was blindsided when she received the majority of votes. With her closest allies now gone, Lina was forced to work with Ryan and Priya from the original Hunahpu tribe who were switched to Coyopa during the merge. Lina was protected for a number of votes because she was considered non-threatening compared to Panama Veterans and powerful couples. However, she was unanimously voted out at the Final Six.

### Gabon

After their underwhelming appearance on *SJDS*, Lina, Penny and Richard all returned for Survivor: Gabon where they were all originally placed on the red Fang tribe. They bonded with Montana, who was also an early boot on *SJDS* and Cody, who was a physical asset and fiercely loyal player from *Panama*. The trio soon included both Cody and Montana into their alliance. Lina in particular was wary of the relationship between Cat and Lawson, which she considered to be identical to Aisha and Travis' relationship during *SJDS*. When Fang lost the first immunity challenge, the alliance of five had the numbers and Cat was voted out because of her connection to Lawson. The next target of the alliance was Skye, though suspicion within the Outsiders Alliance grew when rumours floated around that Cody was planning on making a move against them. Fang lost immunity for the second time in a row and the alliance of four told Cody to vote for Skye, but they blindsided him at tribal council.

Lina, Montana, Penny and Richard were firmly in the majority of the Fang tribe and they were undecided whether they wanted to get rid of Ryan or Skye should the tribe lost again. Fang was extremely weak at this point, and lost on Day 8. Lina and Penny were under the impression that Ryan was the alliances target and voted for him at tribal council, but Montana and Richard voted for Skye. This splitting of votes meant the Outsiders no longer had the majority and the rest of the tribe voted out Montana. Not wanting to make the same mistake twice, Lina, Penny and Richard quickly swooped on Skye and convinced her that she should vote with them rather than force a tied vote. At the fourth consecutive loss of the Fang tribe, the Outsiders and Skye successfully eliminated Lawson.

At the tribe switch, Lina, Penny and Richard remained on Fang. They were joined by Priya, Tison, Travis and Vanessa from the rival Kota tribe. Lina worked with Priya during the post merge of *SJDS* and used this relationship to ensure her alliance would still have the numbers should Fang lose again. As was a running theme at this point, Fang attended tribal council on Day 14. Priya voted with Lina, Penny and Richard to vote out Tison. Fang losing streak continued on Day 16, where they were forced to attend their sixth tribal council in a row. The Outsiders agreed that Travis was more threatening than Vanessa because of his relationship with Aisha on the other tribe. However, Priya forced a tie when she flipped and voted for Richard along with original Kota members. At the revote, Priya flipped again to vote for Travis but Lina and Penny eliminated Richard because they feared a deadlocked vote if Priya didn't flip.

With the trio now a duo, Priya was more willing to work with them because she had more say within their alliance. She promised to work with Lina and Penny, and the trio agreed that Travis was still the bigger target. After a long overdue immunity challenge win on Day 18, Fang lost immunity on Day 20. True to her word, Priya voted with the Outsiders Alliance to eliminate Travis. At the Final Ten, a second tribe switch occurred where Lina and Penny remained on Fang and were joined by Erinn, Domenic and Thomas. Lina and Penny were worried they would be the next targets if Fang were to lose because the Kota trio were tightly aligned. Luckily for them, the third incarnation of Fang won both immunity challenges they had together.

At the merge on Day 26, the Outsider Alliance agreed to work with Thomas and Vanessa in order to overthrow the tight duo of Domenic and Erinn by blindsiding Domenic. With their partnership now clear however, the remaining castaways turned on Penny and Lina at the following two tribal councils and they became the fourth and fifth members of the jury respectively.

## Trivia

* Both times this alliance existed, Richard was the lowest placing member and Lina was the highest ranking member after finishing in sixth place.