Lavita

**Highest Placing Member**:Tito (Sole Survivor/20)

Lavita was the merged tribe from Survivor: Ghost Island.

After merging from three pre-merge tribes, Lavita began with a web of relationships and alliances of varying strengths. After a Double Elimination twist cracked one of the dominant alliances, their rivals made several clever moves to ensure three of its founders would reach the Final Tribal Council. Their tribe colour was black.

## Tribe History

On Day 20 of *Survivor: Ghost Island*, the Final Thirteen castaways merged into the black Lavita tribe. A number of core relationships that were separated during the Tribe Expansion reunited at this time. This included the majority Malolo Alliance of Angela, Isaac, Luna, Reed, Trisha and Tangaroa (“Big T”), as well as the majority Naviti Alliance of Abigail, Frank, Samir and Tito. In order to honour his Final Two deal with Tariq, Samir underplayed their bond with the Naviti Alliance and suggested they temporarily use Tariq as a number. Despite working with Angela, Isaac and Joyce on the switched Malolo tribe, Frank also expressed his loyalty and complete trust in the Naviti Alliance. The merge also put Big T in a powerful position, as he was strongly connected to both of these alliances whilst in possession of the Malolo Hidden Immunity Idol. After Isaac won the first individual immunity challenge, Big T was conflicted about voting for Joyce with his original Malolo Alliance or flipping to vote for Luna with the Naviti Alliance. Reed caught wind of the plan against Luna and the pair brought in outsiders Jacob and Joyce to flip on Big T, whom they felt was too connected on the tribe. At the first merged tribal council, Luna used her idol to cancel the majority of votes from the Naviti Alliance and the Malolo Alliance voted for Joyce, but Luna, Reed, Jacob and Joyce had the numbers to eliminate Big T.

On Day 25, the Final Twelve castaways on the Lavita tribe were divided into two groups of six as part of a Double Elimination twist. The purple team consisted of Frank, Isaac, Reed, Samir, Tariq and Tito, whilst the orange team included Abigail, Angela, Jacob, Joyce, Luna and Trisha. The players participated in separate individual immunity challenges, which were won by Samir and Trisha respectively. Samir also won chicken and beef kebabs for his team after outlasting Trisha. The Naviti Alliance held the majority on the purple team and originally planned on voting for Reed unanimously, but Reed sensed he was the target because all of his allies were on the orange team. Reed saved himself with the Tribal Council Pass, forcing the remaining five men to scramble for a second plan at tribal council. Frank thought he could bring Isaac into an alliance with Tito because of their bond on the switched Malolo tribe, where they would vote for Tariq. Samir sensed this plan was brewing, told Tariq to vote for Tito and anonymously played his Secret Hidden Immunity Idol for Tariq. Tito also worried about being a potential target, played his own idol and cast the sole vote to eliminate Isaac. Meanwhile, Abigail felt isolated on the orange team because the Malolo Alliance held the majority. Despite this, Luna wanted to make a big move by uniting Angela, Joyce and Trisha against Jacob in order to keep the dwindling women in the game. However, Angela and Trisha felt that Luna was becoming too large a threat and told Jacob that he was Luna’s target. Abigail was kept out of the loop and voted for Joyce at tribal council whilst Luna and Joyce followed the original plan by voting for Jacob. However, Angela, Jacob and Trisha had the numbers and Luna was blindsided.

With Isaac and Luna out of the picture, the Naviti Alliance held a much clearer five person majority over the Lavita "leftovers". On Day 26, Abigail won the immunity challenge and Frank found an idol. With the activation rules still in play, Frank initially considered returning the favour with Tito and sharing half with him. He ultimately decided to share half with Abigail because he worried that sharing with Tito would unnecessarily paint them as a power couple to other players. With the power firmly placed in their hands, the Naviti Alliance agreed that Trisha was their biggest threat. However, Tariq believed that Trisha would be an important number on his side when he wanted to turn on the Naviti Alliance because of their bond on the Yanuya tribe. He told Angela, Reed and Trisha to vote with him and Samir for Joyce in order to protect Trisha. When Samir started to back out of this plan, Tariq was forced to use his Extra Vote to give this group the majority and Joyce was eliminated. At the Final Nine, Angela and Trisha worried about the Naviti Alliance and wanted the tribe to vote against Samir. After speaking with Abigail, Frank and Tito however, Reed considered flipping on his allies in order to establish his path to the end. Jacob, Samir and Tariq soon heard about Reed's plan and were hurt that he had turned his back on them. At tribal council, Angela and Trisha voted for Samir, Jacob, Samir and Tariq voted for Reed but Reed worked with the rest of the Naviti Alliance to blindside Jacob.

When Lavita returned to camp, Angela and Trisha told Reed they were disappointed he turned on them and voted for Jacob. The pair said they felt more loyal to Reed, as a member of the original Malolo Alliance, and were willing to cut ties with Jacob if he wanted. Despite this, Reed wanted to forge his own path to the end and felt that Angela and Trisha were holding him back. Meanwhile, Abigail, Frank and Tito thought that the Final Eight was the best time to cut Tariq away from Samir. Tariq and Samir felt similarly about their relationship with the Naviti Alliance, and wanted to use the growing split between Angela, Reed and Trisha to their advantage. The pair spoke with the Malolo players about voting for Frank, whilst the Naviti Alliance wanted to vote for Tariq. Angela and Trisha decided to work with the Naviti Alliance because they wanted the majority at the Final Seven, though Reed voted with Samir and Tariq for Frank because he was a bigger physical and social threat. At tribal council, Abigail, Angela, Frank, Tito and Trisha had the numbers and Tariq was voted out. Angela and Trisha felt that Tariq's elimination opened opportunities for them as potential swing votes. They could decide whether they wanted to work with the majority Naviti Alliance, or attempt to rebuild trust with Reed. The pair create a plan with Samir and Reed to vote for Frank at the next tribal council. However, Reed threw the girls under the bus after sharing this plan with the Naviti Alliance. Abigail, Frank and Tito were amazed the remaining players were trying to work with them rather than split their tight trio apart, but used this power to their advantage. At tribal council, Angela, Reed, Samir and Trisha went through with the original plan against Frank. When he played an idol, Angela was voted out since the Naviti Alliance controlled the remaining votes.

Despite the frequent attempts to dismantle the Naviti Alliance, by the Final Six, they were the only solid alliance with any power or trust with each other. However, Abigail, Frank and Tito also held an unspoken agreement within their alliance that Samir was an easy scapegoat. The trio considered turning on Samir at the Final Six, but worried he would caught wind of this plan early and work with Reed and Trisha to force a tie. Meanwhile, Reed and Trisha wanted Samir to vote with them, though they soon turned against him when he refused to listen to their campaigning. Samir, who believed there were still idols in the game, confusingly voted for Frank at tribal council whilst Reed and Trisha voted for Samir. This ensured Abigail, Frank and Tito held the majority and Reed was voted out. Samir’s rogue vote convinced Naviti that he was not loyal to their alliance, though they felt that Trisha was a bigger jury threat than him. At the Final Five, the four members of the Naviti Alliance worked together to unanimously eliminate Trisha. After Abigail won the final individual immunity challenge of the season, the trio honoured their bond to one another and Samir was made the final member of the jury.

At the Final Tribal Council, the Naviti Alliance emphasised their unwavering loyalty to one another and expressed how they strategised as a unit when voting out every member of the jury. Abigail highlighted her three individual immunity wins as a reason why she made it to Day 39. The jury ultimately perceived her as a strategic non-entity with a weak social and strategic game, causing her to earn no jury votes and finish as the Second Runner-Up. Frank was praised for building strong social relationships with much of the jury and surviving every tribal council without winning an immunity challenge. The jury wanted Frank to articulate whether the ten votes cast against him at the last five tribal councils of the season were a reflection on his growing threat level or his status as an expendable player, which Frank could not reasonably answer. He finished as the Runner-Up after earning four jury votes from Angela, Isaac, Luna and Reed. Tito was similarly praised for his strong social game, which many felt was unexpected considering his physical stature. He explained his idol play at the Double Elimination on Day 25, which meant his sole vote eliminated Isaac. Although some jurors felt Tito needed to make bigger moves towards the end of the season, he explained that he made subtle moves that kept himself insulated within his unbreakable Naviti Alliance. In the end, Tito was crowned Sole Survivor after earning six jury votes from Big T, Joyce, Jacob, Tariq, Trisha and Samir.

## Trivia

* Lavita is located at the former Naviti camp.