Levu Five

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

The Levu Five (also known as the Levu Alliance) was an alliance from Survivor: Mamanuca Islands.

The foundations of this alliance began on the original Levu tribe and were solidified when they grew in numbers during the tribe switch. As they asserted control throughout the merge, the alliance created partnerships and trios in order to forge paths to the Final Tribal Council.

## History

### An Alliance

The blue Levu tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Mamanuca Islands'*. UK-Born Nigerian sisters Deborah and Hannah were both on Levu and affirmed their relationship with a Final Two pact. However, the girls knew they needed more people on their side in order to have a strong majority alliance. Deborah and Hannah developed close relationships with Raph and Andrew so that by Day 3, these four castaways formed the Levu Alliance. When Levu lost the first immunity challenge, the Levu Alliance decided to eliminate Luis because he was a greater physical threat than Bill.

When Andrew joined the Levu Alliance, he and Raph shared their concerns about letting Deborah and Hannah get to the end together. As Raph began to grow closer to the girls, Andrew felt insecure and decided to isolate himself from the Levu Alliance. When Levu lost their second challenge on Day 8, the three alliance members voted out Andrew because they sensed he was no longer on their side.

### The Five

At the tribe expansion on Day 9, Deborah, Hannah and Raph from the Levu Alliance remained on Levu. They were joined by Chanelle from Yawa and Isabelle from Soko. Raph recognised that he was the third wheel in his original Levu trio and decided to branch out. He gravitated towards Chanelle as they laughed, talked and had in depth strategic conversations. Raph eventually made a Final Two deal with Chanelle and revealed to her that he had an alliance with Deborah and Hannah. The pair agreed to work with the sisters if it benefitted their games, though Isabelle appeared to be a swing vote if the pairs were to work against each other. Deborah and Hannah recognised this dynamic and tried to find the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol, without knowing that Bill found it earlier in the game. None of the plans created during this time were ever executed because Levu won all three immunity challenges they had together.

With only twelve castaways remaining, the Levu Five entered the merge on Day 17. Chanelle found the merged idol at camp after she won a clue at the first merged reward challenge. She decided to share this information with her closest ally Raph and they both agreed the idol would only ever be used on either of them. There was a tied vote at the first merged tribal council because the Levu Five voted for Will whilst the Hybrid Alliance voted for Deborah. The two alliances tried to get Kieran and Tom, who didn't vote with either alliance originally, on their side. The boys ultimately flipped to the Levu Five to eliminate Will because Chanelle and Kieran had a close relationship on the original Yawa tribe.

Deborah, Hannah and Isabelle were glad that Chanelle managed to flip Kieran and Tom to the Levu Five, but didn't feel comfortable keeping them around as allies because they were more connected to Chanelle. When the trio suggested the alliance vote for Kieran next, Chanelle expressed how much she disliked this idea. The girls decided to appease Chanelle for the time being and with a new ally in Neda, the Levu Alliance had the majority to eliminate Karlos. Kieran and Tom had clearly shifted their allegiance to the Hybrid Alliance after the revote on Day 19, so Neda suggested the alliance voted for Kieran. Chanelle was still hesitant to make a move against him, but decided to vote for Kieran at tribal council because the other option was to work with the Hybrid Alliance to eliminate Deborah. The Levu Five continued to assert their dominance by voting out Kieran's closest ally Tom.

### The Levu Pairs

At the Final Eight, Ika and Neda campaigned against each other to the Levu Five. The alliance felt like Neda had outlived her usefulness as an ally, but didn't want to keep her in the game because she had a greater understanding of their personal strategies. They were also worried about keeping Ika around for too long because she was unpredictable to them and was very vocal about her feelings on the tribe. On Day 30, Deborah and Hannah voted with Neda for Ika but Chanelle, Isabelle and Raph voted with Ika and Jose to eliminate Neda. With the conflict between Ika and Neda over, the Levu Five reconnected in order to vote against Ika and Jose. The alliance voted for Ika at tribal council, but she played an idol. This gave Ika and Jose the power to eliminate Chanelle, who was voted out with the merged idol in her pocket.

Chanelle's elimination fractured the dynamics of the Levu Five. For Raph, losing Chanelle meant that he had lost his Final Two deal. He decided to fill this gap by solidifying his growing bond with Isabelle by creating a Final Two deal with her. On the other hand, Deborah and Hannah felt like they were in a better position without Chanelle because the sisters were no longer at a 3-2 disadvantage. The Levu Alliance agreed to vote for Ika, but Isabelle and Raph worked with Ika and Jose to blindside Hannah. Isabelle and Raph returned to camp and assured Deborah they were still loyal to the Levu Alliance by forming a Final Three pact. The trio voted for Jose at tribal and he was voted out after wasting his idol on Ika. When Ika couldn't win the final individual immunity challenge, the Levu Alliance honoured their pact and she was made the final member of the jury.

### Day 39

At the Final Tribal Council, much of the jury criticised Deborah for playing an identical game to her sister and not asserting herself as an individual. Despite having a strong social game and many friends on the jury, they couldn't respect that she failed to make big moves that aided her own game. Deborah became the Second Runner-Up after only earning one jury vote from her sister Hannah. Raph was able to confidently articulate his Final Two deals with Andrew, Chanelle and Isabelle to the jury, but many couldn't distinguish his merge game from theirs. He became the Runner-Up after earning two jury votes from Chanelle and Karlos.

The jury liked Isabelle as a personable player with a strong social game, but they demanded she reveal more of her underrated strategy to them. She explained how she cut Karlos at the merge and chose to align with Ika to eliminate Neda and Hannah to keep the target off her back and stay safe. In the end, the jury was impressed and she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor after earning five of eight jury votes from Ika, Jose, Kieran, Neda and Tom.