Alpha Male Alliance

**Highest Placing Member**:Winston (Second Runner-Up/28)

The Alpha Male Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.

Despite being created and controlled by the Alpha Males of the Heroes tribe, blindsides and betrayals within the alliance occurred due to unshakeable bonds caused by past relationships. This proved to be their downfall as the rival Villains abused this conflict to destroy this alliance.

## Members

     Aisha (4-29)
 Affiliates(Day Entered)

## History

### Origins

The Heroes tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*, comprised of former *Survivor* castaways with a reputation for their loyalty and likability. On the tribe of fourteen, many of the veterans had previous connections to each other. This was especially the case for Aisha, Ryan, Thomas and Travis from *SJDS* and Dion, Karleigh and Winston from *The Australian Outback*. True to his reputation, Dion quickly found the Hero tribes Hidden Immunity Idol and shared this information with Karleigh and Winston because of their pregame connection.

Despite previous relationships existing, an alliance of Alpha Males that contained Dion, Winston, Ryan, Thomas and Travis was created very quickly on the Heroes camp. There was an unspoken rule that Aisha and Karleigh, because of their connection to the men, wouldn't be targeted by the alliance. In order to gather numbers and include the entire strength of the Heroes tribe, Jeremiah was welcomed into the alliance on Day 2. At the Heroes first loss on Day 3, the men agreed that Vanessa was the biggest strategic threat on the tribe and should be targeted. Thomas, who worked with Vanessa during both *Gabon* and *Philippines*, was initially apprehensive to vote for her but wasn't willing to turn on the men for the sake of solely saving Vanessa. At tribal council, the Alpha Males had the numbers and Vanessa was voted out.

### Betrayals

With thirteen castaways remaining on the Heroes tribe, the Alpha Males agreed they needed to bring in another Hero in order to ensure they had the majority. Travis, wanting to ensure his alliance brought in a castaway he was close to, offered to speak to Aisha and she quickly agreed to join the alliance. When the Heroes lost on Day 5, the Alpha Males and Aisha voted out Hayden as the only male Hero not in their alliance. Aisha, Ryan and Travis also elected to bring in Skye despite not needing her vote for the numbers, and they voted with the Alpha Males sans an angry Dion in order to eliminate Summer.

    Dion and Winston were particularly irritated that the Alpha Males alliance now extended to include Aisha and Skye, meaning the alliance was mainly comprised of *SJDS* veterans. Dion, with an idol in hand, spoke to various players in order to gather numbers to blindside Skye. The *SJDS* veterans were especially against this plan. However, Dion wanted to gain loyalty from Ryan and Travis and threatened to play his idol if they didn't vote for Skye. At tribal, the tribe voted for Dion, he played his idol and Skye was voted out with the only four votes that counted. Following Dion's idol play, Winston found the replacement idol and decided to only share this information with Dion as a solidification of their relationship. The Alpha Males agreed to completely remove their allegiances to the women, and the six men voted out Erinn at the Heroes next tribal council on Day 12.

There was still quite a lot of push and pull between the Alpha Males wanting to work together, but wanting to protect women they worked with in their previous seasons. Thomas in particular threw around Aisha and Karleigh's names because he had already lost his former ally, Vanessa at their very first tribal council. This concerned Dion, Ryan, Travis and Winston especially and they began to question Thomas' loyalty. With Jeremiah as their fifth, the Alpha Males once again held the majority on the Heroes tribe of nine and Thomas was blindsided. Aisha worried her name was going to be thrown around soon and threw Karleigh under the bus to Ryan and Travis the morning after tribal council. They agreed in order to gain power over *The Australian Outback* veterans, and attempted to convinced the Alpha Males that Karleigh was the next target. At the Heroes next tribal council, Aisha, Bethany, Jeremiah, Ryan and Travis voted for Karleigh. However, Dion and Winston were irritated their former ally was being targeted and Winston played his idol on Karleigh. With the second highest number of votes from Karleigh and Winston, Ryan was voted out.

### The Merge

On Day 19, the seven Heroes merged with the seven Villains to form the black Yin-Yang tribe. The four remaining men from the Alpha Male alliance, Dion, Jeremiah, Travis and Winston, agreed to bring in Aisha and Karleigh whom they had connections with in order to work together and against the Villains. Their main concern was Bethany, who was a Hero but was never affiliated with the Alpha Males. The six told her they would be voting for Aiden and she agreed. At tribal council on Day 19, the Alpa Males voted for Aiden but Bethany voted for Glimmer. This meant that the Villains had the numbers and with their alliance of seven, Bethany was voted out. The tribe was told that Day 19 was a Double Elimination, which left the Alpha Males in the minority. They voted for Glimmer and hoped the Villains would flip on one of their own and they did, though this led to Priya's blindside.

Yin-Yang by the Final Twelve still was a tribe that was divided along original tribal lines. Karleigh absorbed the idol finding skills of Dion and Winston, and found the Yin-Yang idol in the early hours of Day 20. With this new confidence, Karleigh felt she had a strong connection to self proclaimed Villainess Ashleigh considering they worked together during *China*. She convinced her that it was in Ashleigh's best interest to work with *The Australian Outback* veterans or else the Villains would target her at the first chance they got. At the following tribal council, the Alpha Males (the only Heroes left in the game) and Ashleigh blindsided Hunter.

With one less villain in the game, Ashleigh spoke to Dion, Karleigh and Winston about possibly blindsiding a Hero as a sign of good faith. They reluctantly agreed in order to keep in Ashleigh's good graces and they voted with the Villains to blindside Jeremiah. With Ashleigh a firm ally of theirs, Dion, Karleigh and Winston privately solidified their own relationship by creating a Final Three deal with each other. Ashleigh was now pleased with her spot in the Alpha Males Alliance and within the Yin-Yang tribe overall. The next target of the Alpha Males Alliance was Glimmer, but Dion (with a history of finding idols) was worried she would have an idol. At tribal council, the Alpha Males split the votes between Glimmer and Mandy. Neither woman had an idol and so Glimmer was voted out with the majority of votes. With a firm spot in the majority, the alliance then voted out Aiden.

The Alpha Males Alliance had the majority, five to three, over the Villains. Aisha and Travis, who so far throughout the merge were following the orders of the *Australian Outback* veterans wanted to protect themselves and tried to throw Karleigh under the bus for her connection to Ashleigh. Dion and Winston agreed to this plan, but told Karleigh to play her idol because her name was being thrown around. She spoke to Ashleigh and Domenic, telling them to vote for Travis whilst she voted for Aisha. At tribal, Karleigh's majority of votes were negated by an idol and Travis was voted out with the second highest number of votes. Domenic and *The Australian Outback* veterans then voted together to get rid of Mandy.

### The Endgame

At the Final Six, Ashleigh began to distance herself from her alliance with Dion, Karleigh and Winston because she knew she was their fourth number and would unable to get to the Final Three with this alliance. The *Australian Outback* Heroes voted for Domenic in order to force Ashleigh's hand, but he played an idol. With the only three votes that counted from Ashleigh, Domenic and Aisha, Dion was voted out. The Alpha Males alliance wanted to target Aisha next and with ready acceptance from Ashleigh and Domenic, she was next eliminated at tribal council.

With only four castaways left in the game, Karleigh and Winston made a deal with Ashleigh to take each other to the end so long as Domenic didn't win the final individual immunity challenge. He unfortunately won, which meant the trio had to turn on each other. Winston was most impressed by Ashleigh's game but Karleigh wanted Winston out for being the only former winner in the group. In the end, neither Hero got their way and the Villains teamed up to vote for Karleigh. This left Winston as the sole Hero and member of the Alpha Male Alliance in the Final Three. He eventually became the Second Runner-Up after earning two of nine jury votes from his *Australian Outback* allies Karleigh and Dion.