Luvu

**Highest Ranked**: Eugene (Runner-Up/18)

Luvu was a tribe from Survivor: Shipwheel Island.

This tribe was originally unwillingly to make strategic decisions, which contributed to their overall mistrust of one another and the advantages of the season. Luvu was plagued with idol drama, which influenced the formation of alliances and which players were ultimately voted out at tribal council. The tribe colour was blue.

## Tribe History

It was clear from the beginning of *Survivor: Shipwheel Island* that the blue Luvu tribe was physically stronger than their rivals, though the players were unwilling to establish alliances and formulate strategic plans. Alecia appeared to be the most visibly strategic and failed to build an alliance with Pablo, despite attempting to open this connection by flirting with him. Eugene was chosen to visit Shipwheel Island on Day 2, where he was given the opportunity to risk his vote in order to obtain an advantage. Eugene risked his vote and ultimately won an Extra Vote, but decided to keep this information to himself because he did not feel he could trust anyone from Luvu. However, he felt more socially connected to Cheyenne and Perry compared to the more physical men in Andre and Pablo. On Day 6, Alecia found the tribe's Hidden Immunity Idol but had to share half the idol with another player for 24 hours in order to activate its full power. She decided to share this idol with Pablo, who reluctantly agreed to this plan in order to gain some power on the tribe.

On Day 6, Eugene elected to sit out of the second immunity challenge with Ian from Yase. The pair talked during the challenge and agreed to work with each other when the tribes merged. Luvu lost this challenge. Although Alecia thought she had numbers with Pablo, who still held his half of her idol, she needed more players to form the majority on Luvu. Alecia hoped to bring Andre and Cheyenne to vote against Perry, but it was clear in her conversation with Andre that he was not willing to work with Cheyenne. In a conversation with Perry, Pablo accidentally told her that he had half of Alecia's idol. She shared this information with Eugene, where they agreed to vote for Pablo in order to weaken Alecia. The pair shared their plan with Cheyenne, who was excited by the idea of outplaying Alecia. They also tried getting Andre on their side, but he was still reluctant to work with Cheyenne. At tribal council, Andre voted for Cheyenne, Alecia and Pablo voted for Perry but Cheyenne, Eugene and Perry blindsided Pablo.

Alecia was dejected that she lost her closest ally and the idol in his pocket, but went searching for a re-hidden idol almost immediately after tribal council. Alecia ended up finding the idol on Day 10. She decided to give half to Andre because he was the only other person to not vote for Pablo. After losing the next immunity challenge on Day 12, Perry was sent to Shipwheel Island and chose to protect her vote in order to keep the numbers on her side at tribal council. Alecia told Eugene and Perry that she was upset to lose Pablo, but really wanted to play the game with them rather than suffer with Andre and Cheyenne's feud. Alecia's goal was for Eugene and Perry to follow with her thinking and vote for Cheyenne, which would ensure her alliance and idol with Andre would survive. Ultimately, the pair sided with Alecia and voted out Cheyenne at tribal council. Eugene and Perry felt like they had control over the tribe, and went searching for an idol at this point to prevent Alecia having it in her hands. After winning the challenge on Day 18, Andre was sent to Shipwheel Island and chose to risk his vote in order to obtain an Extra Vote. The following day, the Luvu tribe was disbanded when the tribes merged.

## Trivia

* Luvu is the first tribe whose idol was found but not activated because one of the two holders was voted out before the 24 hour activation period.