The Quiet Achievers

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

The Quiet Achievers was an alliance from Survivor: Vanuatu.

This alliance was created by a strong married couple whose trust transcended the game. Despite not officially sharing strong or permanent relationships with the cast, they managed to make smaller groups that lasted one or two tribal councils to advance to the endgame.

## History

### Origins

The eighteen castaways on Day 1 of *Survivor: Vanuatu* were not divided into starting tribes. Instead, everyone competed in an individual immunity challenge where a male and female castaway would be immune at tribal council. Husband and wife Jenny and Jeremy had a pre-arranged Final Two deal, but they needed more people on their side in order to make it to the tribal phase of the game. At the first tribal council, Jenny and Jeremy voted with Clarence, Maxwell and Peter for Patricia. However, The Popular's had the numbers and they instead eliminated Clarence. After winning the second individual challenge, Jenny decided she and Jeremy should establish relationships with other members of the cast. At the second tribal council, the pair voted with the majority of Angus, Ashley, Blake, Brittany, Frankie, Jorge and Kieron in order to eliminate Keisha.

### Tribal Phase

The tribes were finally established on Day 4, where Jenny and Jeremy were placed on the red Lopevi tribe along with Destiny, Dolly, Jorge, Kieron, Patricia and Peter. Jenny and Jeremy thought they had a decent relationship with majority of the tribe, but knew they were clearly on the opposing side of Dolly and Kieron's remnants of the Popular's. When Lopevi lost the first tribal immunity challenge, Jenny and Jeremy worked with Jorge and Peter as well as their ally Patricia in order to eliminate Kieron. Lopevi won the following two immunity challenges, but lost again on Day 11. During this time, Peter and Patricia had a bit of a falling out and caused a fracture with Jenny and Jeremy's alliance. At tribal, the pair voted with Patricia in order to eliminate Peter.

With only six castaways remaining on Lopevi, Jenny and Jeremy solidified their relationship with Patricia but were unsure if they wanted to keep Jorge around entering the merge as their fourth number. Jenny and Jeremy tried searching for the Lopevi Hidden Immunity Idol during this time, but were unsuccessful in their attempts. Nonetheless, this group of four had the numbers and they eliminated Destiny when Lopevi lost immunity on Day 14. At Lopevi's third consecutive loss on Day 17, Jenny, Jeremy and Patricia agreed that Jorge was too much of a threat to bring to the merge and they voted him out.

### The Merge

On Day 20, the two tribes merged into the orange Alinta tribe. Jenny and Jeremy had strong connections to the Popular's from the rival Yasur tribe. They agreed to work with each other at the first merged tribal council, but were adamant that they wouldn't be going after Patricia yet. A strong alliance of six containing Angus, Ashley, Blake, Jenny, Lacey and Patricia voted together in order to eliminate Maxwell. Jenny and Jeremy then worked with the other Lopevi castaways in order to eliminate Angus, mainly because they were worried Yasur would work together.

Over the next two tribal councils, Jenny and Jeremy decided to work with the Popular's. As insurance, both groups agreed to offer up a member of their original tribes in order to avoid a steamroll. This led to the eliminations of Lacey and Dolly on Days 24 and 27 respectively. On Day 30 however, the pair decided that they should distance themselves from Ashley, Blake and Louise. The pair chose to work with Patricia in order to eliminate Ashley, but were blindsided when the Popular's convinced Patricia to vote for Jenny so they could blindside Jeremy. This proved to be the downfall of the Quiet Achievers because Patricia was the next victim of the Popular's.

Despite losing her entire alliance, Jenny was brought to the Final Tribal Council when Blake felt like she was a goat. This was a perfect strategy because the jury thought Jenny was a strong physical player and strategist who played up her age when it was important.