Fulcrum Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Mitchell (Winner)

The Fulcrum Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Philippines.

Created on the original Tandang due to a shared hatred of Domenic and Erinn, the alliance only grew in numbers following the tribe dissolve and dominated the merge.

## History

### Origins

At the yellow Tandang tribe of *Survivor: Philippines*, the returning players outnumbered the newbies 5-3. Vanessa, fresh off her strategic prowess from *Gabon*, formed relationships with Mitchell and Montana who were early boots during *SJDS*. Along with Tison, the four castaways bonded over being victims of Domenic and his villainous scheming. For her connection to Domenic, the majority alliance wanted to target Erinn first and she was quickly the scapegoat of Tandang. Mitchell found the Tandang Hidden Immunity Idol during this time, but decided to not tell any of his allies in order to protect himself if they turned on him. Overall, the four never executed their plan however because Tandang won all six immunity challenges they had together.

### The Switch: Tandang

At the tribe dissolve, Vanessa remained on Tandang along with her adversaries Aiden, Erinn and Kyle. Despite turning on her at the last minute, Vanessa made amends and quickly reunited with Thomas whom she had worked with during *Gabon*. As was the case on her original tribe, Vanessa quickly bonded with Catherine and Sarah over their shared issues with Domenic. Though the new Tandang was a tribe of nine, this alliance of four were the most cohesive group and they eliminated Erinn and Kyle at the first two tribal councils. At their third loss on Day 20, Vanessa and Thomas were concerned that Catherine and Sarah were becoming an undercover power couple and decided to join forces with Katrina and Marina in order to blindside Sarah.

### The Merge

At the merge between Tandang and Kalabaw on Day 25, Vanessa was reunited with her closest ally Mitchell. The pair compared notes from the dissolve and joined their relationships with Aiden, Bianca and Thomas to create an alliance of five. The remaining castaways on the tribe didn't trust each other and formed separate factions, allowing Mitchell and Vanessa to led the charge and eliminate Catherine and Domenic at Dangrayne's first two tribal councils.

The Fulcrum Alliance now a one person advantage, but were concerned that someone in the minority was in the possession of an idol. They decided to split the votes between Marina and Montana, with Aiden playing his own idol to negate the votes from the minority. With the second highest number of votes form the Fulcrum Alliance, Montana was voted out. At the Final Eight, the alliance of five agreed that Tison was their next target. When Aiden flipped however, a tie occurred between Thomas and Tison. Vanessa, fearing that she would lose one of her closest allies, convinced Aiden that trying to draw rocks was a bad choice. He agreed and switched his vote to eliminate Tison.

### Diverging Pathways

With Katrina and Marina the only castaways left on Dangrayne not part of the Fulcrum Alliance, it was agreed the group would split the votes between the girls in case they were in possession of one of the two newly hidden idols. The alliance didn't expect the girls to each have an idol and then play it at tribal council, though this is what happened on Day 35. With the sole vote that counted from Aiden, Vanessa was voted out and the Fulcrum Alliance was fractured. This move caused friction between the alliance, with Thomas flipping to Katrina and Marina to get rid of Mitchell. When he played an idol, Aiden, Bianca and Mitchell as the remaining members of the Fulcrum Alliance voted out Thomas. With no idols, this trio were in control of the final two votes and eliminated Marina and Katrina in quick succession. At the Final Tribal Council, Mitchell was awarded the title of Sole Survivor against his allies.