Jalapao Men

**Highest Ranked**: Hunter (Winner/18)

The Jalapao Men was an alliance from Survivor: Tocantins.

After a string of immunity challenge wins, the Jalapao tribe was struck with fluid alliances and past relationships. In the end, a strategic villain was able to keep the target off his back by creating multiple alliances and thinking ahead to the endgame.

## History

### Origins

The Villains tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, comprised of former castaways with a reputation for their deceptiveness and duplicity. On the tribe of fourteen, the Villains quickly divided along the lines of gender. The female Villains created an alliance they called the Villainesses. When the tribe lost the first immunity challenge, the women held the majority and Cody was voted out. Ashleigh and Bailey were both veterans of *The Australian Outback* and decided that they needed to keep Cherry and Jase around because they had somewhat of a previous relationship with them. When the Villains lost again on Day 10, the Villainesses in addition to Cherry and Jase agreed to split the votes between Brendan and Hunter in case either of them had an idol. This was not the case and Brendan was voted out with the majority of votes.

### Reconfigured Villainesses

With the Villains winning four winning challenges over the course of a week, there was some shifting within the Villainesses. Mandy and Glimmer, who both competed on *Redemption Island* but never worked with each other, joined forces with Ashleigh and Priya. The group of four also worked with Domenic and Hunter, where a secret pairing was formed between Ashleigh and Domenic after he shared the Hidden Immunity Idol with her. As a sign of her trust, Ashleigh offered to target her *Australian Outback* veterans first for her alliance. The new Villainesses had the numbers and both Jase and Cherry were voted out at the next two tribal councils of the Villains tribe. With seven women on the tribe of ten, Domenic and Hunter were becoming increasingly concerned that the women would reunite their original Villainess Alliance. At the following three tribal councils of the Villains tribe, this majority consecutively voted out Sarah, Bailey and Darcy.

### The Merge

On Day 19, the remaining seven Villains merged with the seven Heroes into the black Yin-Yang tribe. The tribe was told that a Double Elimination would occur at their first tribal council together. The cast voted along original tribal lines but *Redemption Island* hero Bethany was only loosely connected to the Heroes Alpha Male Alliance. With her rogue vote for Glimmer, the Villainesses plus Aiden had the numbers and Bethany was voted out. The original target for the Villainesses was Jeremiah, but Ashleigh and Domenic in particular had other plans and the entire Villains blindsided Priya. Ashleigh also had connections with Heroes from *The Australian Outback* and brought along Domenic with her because of their hidden Final Two bond. As a sign of good faith, the pair voted with the Heroes to eliminate Hunter.

### Villainesses Disbanded

Hunter's elimination fractured the rest of the Villainesses, as Ashleigh and Domenic preferred to work with the Heroes. This left Aiden, Glimmer and Mandy on the outs of the tribe. Glimmer and Mandy, as the only loyal Villainesses left, voted for Karleigh at the next two tribal councils. However, Jeremiah was blindsided by the Heroes and Glimmer was then voted out. Mandy was the only Villainess left on the tribe by the Final Nine. She was saved when the Heroes went after Aiden and Travis at the next two tribal councils, but her time was up on Day 32 and Mandy was eliminated. This officially disbanded the alliance, though Ashleigh and Domenic made it to the Final Tribal Council after working with the Heroes.