Fitu

**Fitu** is a tribe from *Survivor Winter Park: Edge of Extinction*.

**Fitu** was forced to scramble from the beginning, being the first tribe to lose every challenge of their phase. The returning players would take control of their tribe despite their mistrust with each other.

Upon the swap, Fitu inherited the more simplistic players of the Huleti tribe, only attending a single Tribal Council to eliminate the sole original Fitu member and maintaining the majority guys alliance.

## Members

* Original
* Round 3
* Round 4

## Tribe History

### Original Tribe / Maddie Debut

From the beginning, the Fitu tribe would prove themselves to be a disastrous tribe, with their opening challenge resulting in a total blowout. At camp, alliances would form between nearly every player, with Bradley McNabb and Veronica Cabrera-Lopez quickly finding themselves at the bottom of their tribe. With the girls wanting to target Bradley for his awkward demeanor, Veronica would volunteer for elimination, much to the ire of host Thorin Groth who would berate them at Tribal Council about not playing the game as intended. This would send the tribe into chaos at Tribal Council, with the girls having a renewed spirit to eliminate Bradley. It would be Meaghan Schlossmacher, the other newbie, who would decide to keep Bradley around for one other round while still honoring Veronica's wishes, blindsiding the girls in a 4-3 vote and sending Veronica to the Edge of Extinction.

During the second immunity challenge, Bradley would be placed in the puzzle portion of the challenge, a costly mistake that would result in their tribe going back to Tribal Council. With the tribe split 3-3 by gender, Joseph Ales would take charge against Meaghan, viewing her as a nuisance and wanting to preserve challenge strength, in which he still favored Bradley. Cecelia Gutman and Makenzie Kennedy, both veterans of the game, would be weary of allowing former *Season 1* winner George Stedronsky to go far, but viewed him as an asset in challenges over Bradley. It would come down to George's decision. Understanding the ease of maintaining a less-divided tribe while only blindsiding Joseph in the progress, he would side with the girls in a 4-2 vote against Bradley.

Upon their third straight loss, the Fitu tribe would disregard their previously "safe" gameplay, believing the inevitability of a swap to rescue them. The girls would immediately set their sights onto George, knowing his connections with players on the Huleti tribe and the dangers of letting him go far unchecked. The guys, especially Joseph, would continue their sights against Meaghan, knowing that she would be an easier target to have Cece target. Their goal became to flip Cece, as Makenzie and Meaghan were close outside the game. Cece, recognizing the value of having two popular players on her side who could benefit her game outside this tribe, decided to take the gamble. At Tribal Council, Meaghan would be blindsided in a 3-2 vote, eliminating the final newbie.

Now as a tribe of four returning players, Fitu would be saved from another loss with a tribe swap, the first in *Survivor Winter Park* history. Cece and Joseph would join the Huleti tribe, Makenzie would stay with Fitu, and George would be sent to Exile Island (another *Survivor Winter Park* first), eventually joining the Huleti tribe.

### Swapped Tribe

With only Makenzie staying on Fitu during the tribe swap and inheriting the guys alliance of Jacob Ludlow, Joshua Morris, and Zachary Asarnow, she quickly found herself on the bottom with a new ally in Madison Visconti. Considering how tight the guys were in their alliance, the only hope for the girls was to either win it out until the merge or perform well enough to outlast the other. This would be tested during the one Tribal Council their tribe would attend. With both girls targeting Josh, the guys had their mark on Makenzie, the only former Fitu member still on their tribe. Despite being in a comfortable position, Jake would still feel the need to use his Hidden Immunity Idol, negating no votes against him.

The new Fitu tribe of four would merge with Huleti on Round 7 into the Satu tribe, quickly being rejoined by Makenzie through the Edge of Extinction return challenge.

## Trivia

* Fitu's tribe leader was *Season 1* and *Season 2* player (and current host) Thorin Groth.
* Fitu is the first pink tribe.
* Fitu is the first tribe to have a female as both the highest- and lowest-ranked player.