Namai'i

**Highest Placing Member:** | Keith Trager (Winner)

**Namai'i** is the merged tribe of Namua and Savai'i from *Survivor: Samoa*.

The tribe was created when Namua and Savai'i merged on Day 23. Their tribe color is gold. Namai'i has the distinction of being the first merged tribe in *Survivor* history.

## Tribe History

On Day 22, the Namua and Savai'i tribes arrived at what they thought would be a tribal reward challenge, however it was announced that the two tribes would merge into one. The new tribe named themselves "Namai'i" as a combination of **Nam**ua and Sav**ai'i**.

Despite the original Savai'i members being outnumbered 7-2 on the new Namai'i tribe, Jasmine Jones and Kyle Woods attempted to further their stay in the game. With Keith Trager's original plan from before the switch to get Ethan Swan out of the game as soon as possible, Jasmine and Keith were able to piggyback on other alliances and make it past the first vote. In an attempt to make it past the next vote, they combined forces with the Namua Alliance with the exception of Ajay Kumar, Nicole Serra and Ta'Kia Robinson to target Ta'Kia due to being a huge threat for jury votes because of her likable personality and background being a preschool teacher. During the next vote, Ta'Kia was voted out of the tribe in a 5-3 vote.

However, the old Savai'i ran out of luck as the Namua Alliance once again reconvened in an effort to take Jasmine and Kyle out, for both being strategic and physical threats. With the inevitable happening, Jasmine attempted to talk to people and throw Kyle under the bus, and Kyle did the same for Jasmine. In a close 4-3 vote, the tribe was divided but ultimately spared Kyle, voting Jasmine out.

At the final six, Kyle was the last remaining original Savai'i member. Keith Trager and Nicole Serra urged the original Namua to stay strong and vote Kyle out at the next Tribal Council. At the next Immunity Challenge, Kyle had the lead for most of the challenge however lost time in the puzzle component, where Nicole snuck up from behind and beat him. With Kyle being eligible for the vote, Kyle was voted out in a unanimous 5-1 vote, with the Namua Alliance staying strong.

On Day 34, not willing to settle for fifth place, Nicole decided to join forces with Chantal Heath in creating a women's alliance. Chantal and Nicole agreed to take each other to the final two and rope in Nasrin Hosseini to join their alliance. On the other side, Ajay Kumar and Keith Trager heard from Nasrin that the women were trying to take out the men, which they fought against by convincing Nasrin to stay with them because if she joined the women, she was guaranteed a third place finish rather than making it to the Final Tribal Council. This was enough convincing for Nasrin, as she went with the men and voted Nicole Serra out of the game.

With Chantal being on the bottom of the tribe after Nicole was voted out on Day 36, Chantal upped her physical game by winning the last two Immunity Challenges. In the end, Chantal and Keith made it to the final two and Keith was eventually named the Sole Survivor in a 5-2 jury vote.

## Trivia

* Namai'i is the first merged tribe in *Survivor: The Sims* history.
* Namai'i is the first yellow tribe.
* Namai'i is the first tribe to have nine members.
* Namai'i was comprised of seven original Namua members, and only two original Savai'i members.
* Namai'i is the first tribe to make it to the very end of the game, Day 39.
* The average age of the Namai'i tribe was 31.1 years old.