Vokai

**Highest Placing Member**: Bethany (Sole Survivor/20)

Vokai was a tribe from Survivor: Island of the Idols.

The running theme amongst both iterations of the tribe was the dominance of the Old School Alliance and their eventual conflict after Vokai suffered a string of immunity challenge losses. Their tribe colour was purple.

## Tribe History

The purple Vokai tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Island of the Idols*. Bethany, Leo and Penny were seen as the older members of the tribe for competing in much earlier seasons than the rest of the cast and formed the Old School Alliance. Dre and William continued their alliance from *Kaôh Rōng* whilst bringing in Ika. For their villainous reputations, Flick, Henry and Kameron were isolated from the rest of the tribe and became an alliance of necessity. Of the three trios, Ellis aligned with the Old School players as he believed he could work well with them and they would be targeted before him if the alliance was to crumble.

Vokai was initially an extremely strong tribe, as they won the first two immunity challenges they had together. On Day 5, the rival Lairo tribe selected Penny to visit Island of the Idols. She was joined by *Survivor: Panama* winner Marina, but she was unsuccessful in acquiring an advantage. At the tribes first loss on Day 9, Vokai was split along the original three alliances. This meant that the Old Schoolers had the numbers and Kameron was voted out for his reputation as an untrustworthy flipper. On Day 11, Lairo then selected Ellis to visit Island of the Idols. He was joined by idol hunting legend Dion from *Survivor: The Australian Outback* but they were unable to obtain an advantage despite their physical strength.

The Vokai tribe then lost the following immunity challenge. The Old School Alliance still held the numbers, and it only extended as Henry joined forces with them whilst Flick aligned with Dre, Ika and William. At tribal council, the Kaôh Rōng led alliance went after Ellis in order to entice the Old Schoolers to turn on him. This was not the case however, and Flick was voted out. A tribe switch occurred at this point, where Bethany, Dre, Ellis and Penny remained on Vokai. They were joined by Emma, Fabian, Jaclyn and Tatianna from the rival Lairo tribe. Bethany, Ellis and Penny as the Old School Alliance joined forces with fellow Old Schoolers Emma and Jaclyn to become the clear majority. Following an immunity challenge on Day 17, Emma was sent to Island of the Idols. Emma was joined by *Survivor: The Australian Outback* legend Aida, where she obtained a vote blocker advantage.

The new Vokai tribe lost their first immunity challenge together. The Old Schoolers wanted to target Tatianna initially, but decided to vote for Fabian instead because they felt he was less likely to have an idol. Similarly, Fabian thought his rivals would vote for his ally Tatianna and played his idol from Island of the Idols on Tatianna. However, the Old Schoolers voted for Fabian and he was eliminated. Dre, wanting to guarantee she wasn't the next target, flipped on Tatianna and unanimously voted with the Old Schoolers to eliminate Tatianna. Ellis felt threatened by Dre because she had a number of connections to the Lairo tribe, which included Sasha, William, Ika and by extent, Jose. He convinced his alliance to throw the next immunity challenge and Dre was unanimously voted out at the next tribal council.

With Vokai now only containing the Old School Alliance, the tribe were anxious to enter the merge together and not have to turn on each other yet. This was not the case and Vokai lost the immunity once again on Day 21. Before tribal council, Lairo chose Jaclyn to visit Island of the Idols. She was joined by her husband and *Survivor: Palau* winner Jon, and they found an idol together. Upon her return to Vokai, scrambling on the tribe began. It was originally believed that Vokai Old Schoolers Bethany, Ellis and Penny would work together to vote for Jaclyn. This soon changed when Ellis was told that the target had now become Penny. At tribal council, Ellis voted for Penny, Bethany voted for Jaclyn and Jaclyn played her newly found idol to ensure she would enter the merge. However, Ellis underestimated the relationship between the female Old Schoolers as Emma, Jaclyn and Penny voted together to eliminate Ellis. On Day 23, the remaining four Vokai members merged with the eight members of the Lairo tribe.