Salani Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Mickey (5/20)

The Salani Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: One World.

This alliance of returning players had the numbers throughout the pre-merge and thought they would continue their dominance entering the merge. However, a pre-existing Loved Ones Alliance reconnected at the merge and systematically targeted the Salani Alliance.

## History

### Origins

The blue Salani tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: One World*, containing ten returning *Survivor* players who would compete against their loved ones. Salani was the stronger of the two tribes due to their previous experience, winning every challenge for the first week of the game. During this time, an alliance of five containing Amy, Ashton, Jase, Mickey and Priya was forming. When Salani lost their first immunity challenge on Day 8, Amy didn't want her allies to go after Joe because of their pre-existing relationship. In the same vein, Jase didn't want Aida targeted because the pair had formed the Loved Ones Alliance prior to the game. Both Amy and Jase deflected their allies from being the target, leading to Karina's elimination because she was physically weaker and least connected.

### Tribe Switch

After Wednesday's sudden medical evacuation on Day 9, the remaining sixteen castaways switched tribes. Jase, Mickey and Priya remained on Salani, along with fellow returning players Jorge and Summer. Unbeknownst to Mickey and Priya, Jase brought Adam into the Salani Alliance because of their secret alliance. The tribe also included Mickey's twin brother Jay, though the pair had a meeting and Mickey said he wouldn't tank his game for his brother. Salani lost the first two immunity challenges they had together. At their first loss, Jay was voted out because Mickey wanted to prove his loyalty to his alliance by targeting his own twin brother. At their second tribal council, the alliance unanimously voted out lone outsider Benjamin. The following morning, Summer quit the game because she was worried about her sister Wednesday's condition.

Meanwhile, Amy and Ashton were switched to the orange Manono tribe. The pair were the first two returning players to lose their loved ones, and built a strong friendship. They joined forces with the loved ones of Aida and Alice, as well as Joe and Michael. Manono was the stronger of the two tribes and only lost the challenge on Day 16. Amy and Ashton wanted to get rid of Josh because he was physically fit and his loved one Jorge wasn't in the Salani Alliance. However, the pair had no sway over the other loved ones who wanted to get rid of Priya's loved one Rani. At tribal council, Amy and Ashton appeased their temporary alliance and voted out Rani.

### The Merge

The Final Twelve castaways then merged, where Amy and Ashton reunited with Jase, Mickey and Priya. The alliance compared notes and were confident that they had Aida, Adam, Alice, Joe and Michael on their side which left Jorge and Josh in the minority. It was agreed this group would go after Josh at the first merged tribal council. However, Aida, Amy, Mickey and Priya decided it was in their best interest to blindside Ashton. This was unsuccessful because the Loved Ones Alliance turned their backs on Salani to get rid of Josh. The Salani Alliance were angry because they thought that Aida had flipped on their alliance, when it was in fact Jase. The alliance decided to go after Aida's athletic boyfriend Adam at tribal council, but Jorge was voted out instead.

The Salani Alliance felt backed into a corner, but thought they should try getting Joe and Michael to flip on the Loved Ones Alliance. This new group agreed to go after Alice, but the boys got cold feet at the last second and Ashton was instead voted out. This asserted that the Salani Alliance was placed in the minority, leading to Amy and Priya's eliminations over the next two tribal councils. This meant that Mickey was the last remaining member of the Salani Alliance, and it appeared he would be voted out if he didn't win the next individual immunity challenge. However, he was given a break when Aida, Adam, Alice and Jase approached him with the idea of blindsiding Joe and Michael. This brought Mickey to the Final Five. He tried to get the two pairs to turn on each other so he would be their third. This was unsuccessful, Mickey was voted out and the Salani Alliance was permanently dissolved.