Jaburu Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Carly (Winner/20)

The Jaburu Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: The Amazon.

This alliance of alpha males and females was created on one of the strongest pre-merge tribes in *Survivor* history. After failing to vote together, the alliance was not tested for two whole weeks. They entered the merge with numbers and eventually filled every spot in the Final Three.

## History

### Formation

The yellow Jaburu tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: The Amazon*. A group of six was formed when alpha males Brock, James and Mac formed a close relationship with alpha females Carly, Chrissy and Elisabeth. This left couples Cheryl and Karl as well as Jason and Stephanie in the minority. Jaburu lost the first immunity challenge of the season, where the alpha castaways decided to vote for Cheryl. However, the couples had the numbers to eliminate Mac when the alpha females switched their vote to Jason.

The couples alliance soon split up, with the much younger Jason and Stephanie becoming members of the alpha Jaburu Alliance. This new group gave Jaburu the strength to dominate in immunity challenges over the rival Tambaqui tribe. For two whole weeks, Jaburu won challenges and reduced Tambaqui to six members. During this time, the Jaburu Alliance agreed to send Elisabeth and Brock to Exile Island but neither were able to obtain a Hidden Immunity Idol. The dominance of the Jaburu Alliance left Cheryl and Karl on the outs of the tribe. Not only were the pair the oldest and weakest members of the tribe, they were also apart of the ill fated couples alliance with Jason and Stephanie. When Jaburu lost for the first time on Day 17, the Jaburu Alliance worked together and eliminated Karl.

### The Merge

The Final Twelve castaways then made the merge, where Jaburu was twice the size of the rival Tambaqui tribe. The alliance knew that Cheryl was trying to jump ship from Jaburu because she was on the outs of the original tribe. At the first merged tribal council, Jaburu had the numbers and they eliminated Cheryl. With their closest rival now out of the game, Jaburu continued to assert their dominance by voting out Tambaqui Alliance member Faye. It appeared that the next three tribal councils would work in favour of the Jaburu Alliance, leading to the alliance turning on each other at the Final Seven. However, Julia played her idol at the next tribal council and James was voted out with only three votes from Tambaqui.

The Jaburu Alliance was reduced from seven to six, but they were still in the overwhelming majority over the Tambaqui Alliance of three. On Day 30, the alliance agreed to target Skyler. However, they suffered a setback when Mike played his vote steal against Carly. This was cause for concern, but the alliance was still expecting Skyler to leave in a 5-4 vote. They were blindsided when Elisabeth, who had lost her son at the previous tribal council, switched her vote and eliminated Stephanie. This was a minor setback for the alliance, but Elisabeth assured them that she was completely loyal to them. The majority Jaburu Alliance voted for Mike and Skyler on Days 32 and 34 respectively.

### To The End

With only six castaways remaining, it appeared obvious that the five Jaburu Alliance members would be voting out Julia in order to permanently dissolve Tambaqui. Carly, Chrissy and Elisabeth thought that now was the time for them to defer from Jaburu because they had the numbers advantage over the men. The girls brought in Julia before backing Jason into a corner in order to unanimously eliminate Brock. The Jaburu girls made a Final Three deal, but Julia told Carly and Elisabeth that Chrissy was trying to get her and Jason to come after both of them. The Jaburu Alliance created this facade between each other that they would be voting Julia out. However, the tribe worked together and Chrissy was blindsided. After holding off for two tribal councils, Jaburu come together on Day 38 and eliminated Julia.

This left Carly, Elisabeth and Jason in the Final Three. The jury considered Jason the weakest of the three finalists because he was not in control of big moves and had the weakest social game of the three. Some of the jury praised Elisabeth's social game, which was also aided by the fact that her son James was a member of the jury. Meanwhile, Julia was the biggest supporter of Carly's social game which was aided by the fact she didn't receive a vote against her until Day 38. In the end, Carly defeated Elisabeth and Jason in a 5-3-1 vote.