Final Four Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Katie (Winner/24)

The Final Four Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: All Stars.

This alliance is considered one of the most unique in *Survivor* history because it combined three unlikely pairs that emerged out of a dominant rival alliance.

## History

### Amy and Cody

On the original Chapera tribe, it was agreed that the castaways would vote each other out based on their current gameplay and not on their *All Star* reputation. After three consecutive immunity challenge loses, the Chapera Alliance of Amy, Cody, Heron, Hunter and Xenia formed. Amy and Cody throughout the pre-merge relied on the relationships they formed through the Chapera Alliance to enter the merge with numbers.

### Katie and Rory

Though the original Mogo Mogo tribe won the first five immunity challenges they had together, castaways with previous relationships formed small alliances with each other. As the two players with the fewest connections, Katie and Rory decided it was in their best interest to work together. Upon reuniting during the third iteration of Mogo Mogo, the pair managed to convince Ashleigh to work with them and they voted out Chapera Alliance member Xenia.

### Amy and Rory

Prior to *All Stars*, Amy and Rory had a relationship that begun on *Samoa* and they decided to downplay their connection to the other veteran players. The pair never crossed paths during the pre-merge, but reconnected at the merge. Amy revealed that she was a member of the Chapera Alliance, and agreed to look after him for as long as possible.

### The Merge

The final ten *All Star* castaways merged into the blue Chaboga Mogo tribe. The three pairs of Amy/Cody, Katie/Rory and Amy/Rory reconnected at the merge, where a core alliance of four (Amy, Cody, Katie and Rory) formed behind the scenes of the Chapera Alliance. At the first merged tribal council, the Chapera Alliance split the votes between former winners Ashleigh and Karleigh in case either woman had an idol, but Ashleigh was ultimately voted out. A counter alliance was formed that aimed to overthrow the Chapera Alliance by voting for Amy and Cody. However, Amy brought in Rory who brought in Katie to form a Final Four alliance. When the counter alliance of five split the votes between Amy and Cody, they lost their numbers and the Final Four Alliance eliminated Heron.

Seeing they had the opportunity to go far together, Cody and Katie formed a secret Final Two deal with each other that rivalled the duo of Amy and Rory. Over the course of the next three days, the Final Four Alliance controlled the votes and sent Hunter, Karleigh and Dane to the jury. At the Final Five, Amy tried to convince Cody to go after Katie whereas Rory told Katie they should vote for Cody. Neither Cody nor Katie were willing to break their Final Two alliance and decided it would be best to vote for outsider Domenic. With only four castaways remaining, Katie and Cody decided to vote out Amy because they perceived her as more threatening than Rory.

### The Final Two

When Cody won the final individual immunity challenge, he had to consider whether he would honour his pact with Katie and potentially lose jury votes or choose to bring Rory to the end but dishonour his pact. In the end, Cody decided it was important to honour his Final Two deal and voted to eliminate Rory. At the Final Tribal Council, Cody was praised for being honest and loyal but was criticised for not being a savvy game player. In comparison, Katie was perceived as a scrappy underdog that was more willing to make big moves. Katie was ultimately awarded the title of Sole Survivor after earning seven of eight jury votes from Ashleigh, Amy, Dane, Domenic, Heron, Karleigh and Rory.