Solewa

**Highest Placing Member**: Isabelle (Sole Survivor/18)

Solewa was the merged tribe from Survivor: Mamanuca Islands.

With small factions running the game, many castaways on Solewa sought out side deals and secret partnerships outside their obvious allegiances. In the end, strong social relationships beat out loyalty and allegations of 'goat' gameplay. Their tribe colour was purple.

## Tribe History

The purple Solewa tribe was formed on Day 17 of *Survivor: Mamanuca Islands*. The post-switch Levu Five agreed to remain a tight unit, and were considering who to bring in to have a majority. Amongst this group, sisters Hannah and Deborah had a Final Two deal along with best friends Chanelle and Raph. Isabelle originally had a deal with Karlos from Soko, but ditched him when she felt her chances were better with Chanelle and Raph as a trio. At the first merged reward challenge, Chanelle won a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol that she found later that afternoon. Despite being an alliance of five on a tribe of twelve, the Levu Five had the majority due to the lack of cohesion amongst the rest of the castaways. At the first merged tribal council, the Five voted for Will and Ika, Jose, Karlos, Neda and Will voted for Deborah. This led to a tied vote, where Kieran, Neda and Tom switched their vote to Will and he was eliminated.

The next target of the Levu Five was Kieran, but Chanelle convinced them to change the target to Karlos because of her connection to Kieran from the original Yawa tribe. However, this safety was only for the short term because Neda joined forces with the Levu Five and Kieran's days were numbered. His ally Tom followed suit the following tribal council. At the Final Eight, Ika and Neda campaigned to the tribe for their own safety. Neda was considered a liability to the Levu Five because she previously aligned with them and so had closer connections to their personal strategies. Ika was a concern because she was unpredictable and very vocal about her feelings on the tribe. These options caused a divide between the Levu Five, with Deborah, Hannah and Neda voting for Ika but Chanelle, Isabelle and Raph aligned with Ika and Jose to eliminate Neda.

    Tension was high between the Levu Five, but they quickly reassured each other that this division was momentary and agreed to target Ika for her unpredictability. Though they were united, Ika played her second immunity idol in the game and Chanelle was voted out with an idol in her pocket and with two votes from her and Jose. With the Levu Five officially broken, Ika approached Isabelle and Raph (who officially made their own Final Two alliance) to separate Deborah and Hannah. The pair agreed, but Ika also told Jose to vote for Raph in the event that another idol was played. Unbeknownst to Ika, Jose found the idol that replaced the one Chanelle was voted out with. Ika's voting block of three succeeded, and Hannah was blindsided.

Deborah was upset that her sister was voted out, but was backed into a corner and forced to trust Isabelle and Raph. The three agreed that Ika was becoming too large of a threat and would beat them all in a jury vote. Jose finally told Ika about his idol, and she knew Levu would vote for her. At tribal, Jose played his idol for Ika but Deborah, Isabelle and Raph felt voting for her was too predictable and they voted for Jose at the last minute. With Ika the only outsider, she needed to win the final immunity challenge to get to the end. This was not the case, and she was made the final member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, Deborah was heavily criticised by the jury because she did not make moves herself and instead hoped to get to the end with her sister. She was named Second Runner-Up after earning one jury vote from her sister Hannah. Raph was considered the strategist of the finalists for making multiple Final Two deals to establish trust. However, he was criticised for labelling himself as a strategist but not leading any eliminations. With two jury votes from Chanelle and Karlos, Raph was awarded Runner-Up. Isabelle on the other hand was met with heavy praise from the jury for her strong social game and ability to protect herself against the heavy strategists. Though some believed she needed to make big moves, Isabelle reminded the jury that was not her strategy. In the end, she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor after earning five jury votes from Ika, Jose, Kieran, Neda and Tom.