Vavau Alliance

**Highest Rank**: Kristie (Runner-Up/20)

The Vavau Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Australia.

Even before the Vavau tribe lost their first immunity challenge, the Vavau Alliance suffered betrayal from two of their own allies. They eventually found themselves in the majority at the merge, but continued to blindside each other because they feared suffering another massive betrayal.

## History

### Early Betrayals

The yellow Vavau tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Australia*. Phoebe and Rohan initially bonded over their shared desires to play a strategically dominant game, which led to them finding the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol. Jessica also started flirting with Calum, though he insisted he just wanted to be friends and allies with her. By Day 4, a strong alliance of six containing Phoebe, Rohan, Jessica, Calum, Stacy and James J was formed. Vavau was strong enough to win the first three immunity challenges, but lost for the first time on Day 10. Leading up to their first tribal council, Phoebe and Rohan realised that the Vavau Six would not be working together. as Jessica and Calum flipped. The alliance voted for Calum, but the new majority had the numbers to eliminate James J.

On Day 12, Vavau and the rival Saanapu tribe was told they would both vote someone out as part of a Double Tribal Council twist. Phoebe, Rohan and Stacy voted for Craig because they hoped that Calum and Jessica would flip back to work with them. This was not the case and to their glee, the rest of Vavau had the majority to blindside Calum. In a shocking twist however, Calum was only switched to Saanapu and decided to bring Jessica and Jennah-Louise (often nicknamed JL) with him. In their replacement, Vavau was joined by Kristie and Nicola from Saanapu.

### New Allies

Kristie and Nicola joining Vavau proved to benefit the Vavau Alliance of Phoebe, Rohan and Stacy, who were desperate for new allies. The girls, feeling unsure of their standings within their new tribe, readily joined the alliance to give the Vavau Alliance the majority. When Vavau lost the immunity challenge on Day 14, the alliance agreed to split the votes between Craig and Sue. At tribal council, Phoebe played the idol on herself because she worried her new allies would flip on the Vavau Alliance like Calum and Jessica did. This was not the case and Craig was still voted out with the majority of votes.

After negating zero votes with her idol at the previous tribal council, Phoebe secured her spot as the unofficial leader of the Vavau Alliance by finding the rehidden Vavau idol. It appeared at this point that the alliance had the numbers to get rid of minority members Nick or Sue should the tribe lose again. However, Phoebe and Rohan started to question their plans when Sue told them that Stacy had tried to form a new alliance against them. When Vavau lost the following immunity challenge on Day 17, Phoebe and Rohan told Stacy that Kristie was the target but the Vavau Alliance blindsided Stacy. Returning back to camp, Kristie and Nicola told Phoebe and Rohan that Sue was lying to save herself because Stacy had never approached them with a new alliance. When Vavau lost again on Day 21, Phoebe felt like her new allies were pulling away from her and decided to play her second idol at tribal council. This negated four votes against her and she, along with Rohan, had the sole votes to eliminate Sue for tricking them into blindsiding Stacy.

### Trios of Blindsides

Phoebe's second idol play ensured that Kristie, Nick and Nicola would remain loyal to the Vavau Alliance. This was important because the tribes merged the following morning. The Vavau Alliance then became the majority when Calum and JL, who were switched to Saanapu during the Mock Double Tribal Council, flipped on the Saanapu Alliance. At the first merged tribal council, the growing Vavau Alliance had the majority and they made Coleen the first member of the jury. Phoebe and Rohan were pleased they had control over their alliance, but were cautious of keeping Calum around for too long after he betrayed them at the beginning of the game. The pair told Calum they would be voting for Flick but the alliance blindsided him under the guise that he was a physical threat.

The Vavau Alliance still had a firm majority over the Core Four despite Calum's elimination. It was agreed that the alliance would vote Flick for real this time, but some members of Vavau were concerned with the close relationship between Phoebe and Rohan. The pair were left on the outs at tribal council because JL, Kristie and Nicola worked with the Core Four in order to blindside Rohan. The following morning, the girls assured Phoebe they wanted to work with her but felt powerless when she was connected to Rohan. Phoebe wanted a member of the Core Four out next, but the Vavau girls seemed unwilling to make a move. The alliance of four managed to work with the Core Four, where it was agreed the two alliances would form a temporary truce to unanimously eliminate Nick.

### The Girls are Goners

The decision to call a truce may have spared the Vavau Alliance of women from elimination on Day 28, but it forced a tie between the two alliances on Day 29. The Vavau Alliance voted for Flick at tribal council, but she played an idol and Phoebe was voted out with the only votes that counted from the Core Four. With Phoebe out of the picture, the Vavau Alliance of JL, Kristie and Nicola was much weaker. The Core Four had the majority at the Final Seven and they eliminated Nicola. Matt flipped on the Core Four to work with JL and Kristie at the Final Six, but he was eliminated at the rock draw after there was a deadlocked vote. Their luck changed when Flick worked with them to blindside Brooke, but JL was eliminated after losing the final individual immunity challenge. At the Final Tribal Council, Kristie became the Runner-Up after earning three jury votes from JL, Nick and Nicola.