Kucha Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Winston (Winner)

The Kucha Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: The Australian Outback.

Despite being divided along gender lines during the pre-merge, the remaining castaways of Kucha during the merge agreed to work with each other in order to take control over their rival Ogakor Alliance.

## History

### Origins

The blue Kucha tribe was formed on Day 1 of Survivor: The Australian Outback, where the eight castaways were originally divided between the men and the women. The animosity between the groups only continued over the next few days, and it appeared that a standoff would occur should the tribe lose the first immunity challenge. However, Dion found the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol and decided to flip on his alliance of men in order to control the women. When Kucha lost on Day 3, Dion and the women had the numbers and Trey was eliminated.

### Two Idols

Dion, with an idol and strong alliance, was pleased with his current standing on the tribe but also wanted to ensure his name wasn't floating around as a potential target. On the former men's alliance, Dion built a strong friendship with Winston and wanted to ensure this bond wasn't diminished despite targeting Trey. Dion spoke to Winston in private and showed him the idol he found on Day 2, agreeing to play it for him if Winston's name was ever targeted. This move had the opposite effect because the women were concerned with Dion's personal connections with almost every member of the tribe. At Kucha's second loss on Day 6, the women turned on Dion and voted for him at tribal council. However, Dion played his idol and with the only two votes that counted from him and Winston, Danielle was voted out.

After playing his idol, Dion assumed that another one would be in circulation as a replacement. He was correct and found the re-hidden Kucha idol over the next two days. With only six castaways remaining on the tribe, Dion and Winston had a strong working relationship but they were concerned aligning with the three women because they would be placed in the minority. The men bonded with outsider Miles and once again, the tribe was divided by gender. Karleigh and Winston also created a secret alliance, agreeing to look after each other within their main alliances. After two immunity challenge wins, Kucha lost again on Day 15. The women, threatened by Dion after playing an idol, assumed he couldn't possibly have another and voted for him again at tribal council. However, they assumed incorrectly and Dion played his second idol. With the men's votes the only ones that counted, Bella was eliminated. After an immunity challenge win, Kucha merged with the rival Ogakor tribe.

### The Power

There was five original Kucha members and five original Ogakor castaways on the merged Barramundi tribe on Day 19. Despite the division between the men and the women on Kucha, the entire tribe worked together because Dion and Winston had Miles whilst Winston privately brought in his ally Karleigh and her ally Bailey. At the first merged tribal council, the Kucha Five voted for Aida whilst the Ogakor castaways voted for Miles. At the revote, no one from Kucha or Ogakor switched their vote and a deadlocked tie occurred between Aida and Miles. They both became immune along with Ashleigh who won individual immunity, and the remaining seven castaways were forced to draw rocks. Johanna from Ogakor drew the odd rock and the Kucha Alliance now held the majority on Barramundi. This led to the successful eliminations of Aida, Jack and Jase at the following three tribal councils.

### The Endgame

At the Final Six, Ashleigh was in possession of the Barramundi idol and openly admitted this to the tribe in order to force Kucha to turn on each other. Bailey, Dion and Miles felt that Ashleigh was bluffing and still decided to vote for her at tribal council. Karleigh and Winston on the other hand were worried that Ashleigh was telling the truth and spoke to her. Ashleigh told the pair that she would only work with them if they voted out Dion. Winston was originally apprehensive because Dion was one of his closest allies, but he didn't want his name thrown under the bus and voted with the women to eliminate Dion when Ashleigh played her idol.

Following Ashleigh's idol play, the remaining five castaways were told that two final idols would be hidden back at Barramundi and had to be played at the next tribal council. They were found by Karleigh and Miles. The four remaining members of the Kucha Alliance appeared to be targeting Ashleigh when she failed to win individual immunity, but Karleigh and Winston had other plans. They told Ashleigh that they would be voting for Miles since he was playing for his idol and Karleigh would play her idol for Ashleigh to cancel the votes from the Kucha Alliance against her. In response, Ashleigh had to vote for Bailey. Karleigh and Winston argued that this was a way to get blood off their hands and keep Ashleigh as an easy target around. This plan worked, Miles played his idol, Karleigh played hers for Ashleigh and Bailey was voted out.

At the Final Four, Karleigh and Winston assured Miles that they were tight as the Kucha Alliance and would be targeting Ashleigh if she failed to win individual immunity. Though Miles was concerned that Ashleigh could win and he would be targeted, he readily agreed and was thankful when Winston won immunity. The remaining three members of Kucha voted together once more and Ashleigh was finally voted out. Winston also won the final immunity challenge and had to decide whether to go to the Final Two with his secret ally Karleigh or an easy opponent in Miles. Winston felt it was a better showing of his loyalty to keep Karleigh and made Miles the final member of the jury. This move was well respected by most of the jury and Winston was awarded the title of Sole Survivor at the Final Tribal Council.