Gondol Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Courtney W. (4/18)

The Gondol Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Kaôh Rōng.

A number of castaways this season were focused on building smaller relationships, which meant that this alliance underwent a revolving door of allies. There was a heavy focus on trust and the depths to which some castaways would stick their neck out for each other. The Gondol Alliance ultimately suffered with having too much members who weren't willing to completely prove their loyalty.

## History

### Origins

The Gondol tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Kaôh Rōng*, where three distinct pairs were soon developed; models Courtney N and India, gays Sasha and William and Brits Natasha and Noel. The bond between India and Courtney N only grew when they found the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol. The girls then formed the Gondol Alliance with Sasha and William. When the tribe lost for the first time on Day 6, this alliance worked together to eliminate Noel. Returning back to camp, Natasha knew she was on the outs and approached Sasha and William with the hopes they would turn on the girls. The men however, Natasha was voted out on Day 8 because they felt more comfortable moving forward with Courtney N and India.

### New Allies

On Day 12, the remaining fourteen castaways were involved in a tribe dissolve where Sasha and William remained on Gondol. William knew the pair needed more people in their alliance in order to survive and formed a close relationship with Dre because they could both speak French. When Dre entered the Gondol Alliance, she brought Courtney W with her to give the alliance a four person majority on the tribe of seven. However, they also brought in Astrid when it appeared that Sasha was distancing himself from the alliance. Gondol was the stronger of the two switched tribes and only lost one immunity challenge on Day 19. Outsider Levi wanted William to turn against his own alliance and told him that Chris had an idol he could use to ensure they could eliminate anyone they wanted. William didn't like this threatening conversation and steered the alliances target to Levi. Though Sasha didn't vote for Levi because of their friendship, the majority of Astrid, Courtney W, Dre and William eliminated Levi.

### The Merge

On Day 20, the Final Eleven merged into one tribe. Sasha cut ties with William and the post-switch Gondol Alliance because he flipped to work with Courtney N and India's alliance of Chan Loh Girls. At the first merged tribal council, the Gondol Alliance of four voted for Sasha but the Chan Loh Girls had the majority and cut ties with their affiliate Paisley. After losing his showmance Paisley, Isaiah forced a tie between the two alliances by flipping to work with the Gondol Alliance. Unlike Astrid, Dre and William had never worked with Isaiah and weren't sure if they could trust him completely. At tribal, the alliance voted for India but Dre and William voted for Chris who played an idol. This gave the Chan Loh Girls the majority and Astrid was eliminated.

Sasha and Chris then flipped to the Gondol Alliance because they felt like they were in the minority of their Chan Loh Alliance. Dre and William didn't want to work with Chris because they had just voted for him. The pair flipped to work with the Chan Loh Alliance, angering the Gondol Alliance to the point that they wanted to vote William out. This didn't matter because Dre and William had the control and Chris was voted out. This was followed shortly by Sasha when Dre and William refused to flip back to the Gondol Alliance. Though it appeared that Courtney W and Isaiah were on the outs of the tribe, Dre and William felt that now was a better time to flip on the Chan Loh Girls. This gave the Gondol Alliance the majority once more, where they agreed to vote for Courtney N. At tribal council however, she played her idol which encouraged Dre to played her own idol on herself. This proved to be an incorrect read because the Chan Loh Girls instead voted for William.

William's elimination meant that the alliances were once again even in numbers. On Day 34, Courtney W, Dre and Isaiah voted for Courtney N but a tie occurred when the girls voted for Dre. At the revote, Isaiah flipped to eliminate Dre because he thought he could win immunities to get to the end. Dre's elimination firmly placed the Gondol Alliance in the minority and was eventually dissolved when Isaiah and Courtney W were voted out on Days 36 and 38 respectively.