Ua

**Highest Placing Member**: Sefa (Winner/18)

Ua was a tribe from Survivor: Shipwheel Island.

The tribe was socially and strategically led by Kaia and Sefa. The pair controlled two separate three person alliance, which kept them in the centre of the tribe and allowed them to gather information on which players held advantages as they approached the merge. Their tribe colour was green.

## Tribe History

When the green Ua tribe landed on their beach on Day 1 of *Survivor: Shipwheel Island*, Kaia and Sefa bonded over their shared experiences growing up in a religious Pacific Islander family. Although the pair wanted to form genuine bonds with the rest of the tribe, they were determined to strategically take control over Ua. They built a three person alliance with Molly, and later built a second trio with Willow. This left Cameron and Gordon outside of this core group. The pair agreed to work with each other and even went searching for a Hidden Immunity Idol, though they were unsuccessful in their efforts. On Day 2, Molly chose to visit Shipwheel Island with Eugene from Luvu and Paloma from Yase. The players were individually given a chance to protect or risk their vote in the hopes of obtaining an Extra Vote. Molly saw her visit to Shipwheel Island as an opportunity to gain information about the twist itself and the other players, which ultimately led to her deciding to protect her vote. This proved to be an invaluable decision because Ua lost the first immunity challenge of the season. Kaia and Sefa used their relationships with Molly and Willow to establish a firm majority, which led to Gordon's elimination at the first tribal council on Day 3.

Ua won the following immunity challenge, which allowed Kaia and Sefa to strengthen their bond to the point they promised to bring each other to the Final Two. Molly also strengthened her relationship with Kaia and Sefa by sharing her knowledge about Shipwheel Island with them. On Day 8, Kaia found the Ua Hidden Immunity Idol. However, she had to give half the idol to another player for 24 hours in order to activate its power. Kaia shared this information with Sefa with the intention of giving half of the idol to him, but Sefa saw this as an opportunity to build their connection with Willow. Kaia agreed, pretended to find the idol again in front of Willow and gave her half the idol. This brought Kaia and Willow closer, and Willow returned the fully powered idol back to Kaia after 24 hours. After winning the immunity challenge on Day 9, Sefa elected to visit Shipwheel Island with Ian from the Yase tribe. Using Molly's knowledge of the island and the fact that Yase would visit tribal council that night, Sefa convinced Ian to protect his vote in order to gain an extra vote.

Kaia and Sefa continued to stronghold Ua's social connections and information about this season's advantages. When Ua won immunity on Day 12, the tribe elected to send Willow to Shipwheel Island and Sefa told her to risk her vote in order to obtain an advantage. Willow followed Sefa's instructions, returned to camp and shared this information with Kaia and Sefa. Ua then lost the following immunity challenge on Day 15. Kaia and Sefa managed to bring Molly and Willow into a four person majority against Cameron, where it seemed clear there would be a unanimous vote against him. However, Sefa became paranoid when he noticed Cameron was not scrambling to save himself. He feared that Cameron had an advantage, which caused him to place two votes on Willow using his Extra Vote in order to ensure he and Kaia would not be collateral. Ultimately, Sefa's extra move was unnecessary and the Ua women had the power to eliminate Cameron. Willow returned to the Ua camp and was upset that she received two votes. Sefa, knowing that Molly and Willow did not have a close strategic relationship, covered himself by saying that Molly used her Extra Vote from her visit to Shipwheel Island. Ua won the immunity challenge on Day 18, where Kaia was sent to Shipwheel Island with Andre from Luvu and Hazel from Yase. Kaia knew that Hazel had to protect her vote because she was going to tribal council that night, and decided to risk her vote to earn an advantage. Kaia returned to camp with an Extra Vote in her pocket, and chose to share this knowledge with the tribe to maintain her relationship with everyone. On Day 19, the Ua tribe was disbanded when the tribes merged.