Dangrayne

**Highest Placing Member**: Mitchell (Sole Survivor/24)

Dangrayne was the merged tribe from Survivor: Philippines.

Despite including a number of high profile veterans, an unlikely majority alliance formed that dominated the early merge. However, idol plays encouraged blindsides and aggressive gameplay in order to get to the end. Their tribe colour was black.

## Tribe History

At the merge, Domenic reunited with Katrina and Marina from the Matsing Veterans Alliance. Montana and Tison didn't like the idea of joining forces with Domenic's trio who he had history with over multiple seasons and instead gravitated towards Catherine, who they felt didn't have many allies. Meanwhile, Vanessa and Mitchell rekindled their alliance from the original Tandang tribe whilst bringing in Aiden, Bianca and Thomas as allies from the switch to create the Fulcrum Alliance. At the first merged tribal council, Domenic told his trio, Montana and Tison that the target was Vanessa because she was such a strategic threat during Gabon. They didn't like this idea, instead going after Katrina in attempt to weaken Domenic and his alliance. However, the original Tandang Alliance led by Mitchell and Vanessa held the numbers and Catherine was voted out.

To counteract the majority of five, Domenic swallowed his pride and appealed to Montana and Tison by saying their days were numbered unless they worked together. As a will of good gesture, he let them decide who to vote for and it was agreed they would vote for Aiden to force a tie. However, Montana still felt threatened by Domenic because he was one of the reasons she was eliminated during SJDS. She didn't tell her new alliance, but Montana switched her vote from Aiden to Bianca. With this throwaway vote, the 5-5 split between the tribe dissolved and the Tandang Alliance had the numbers to eliminate Domenic. Montana knew her rivals were targeting Domenic, and felt her sole vote was the perfect revenge plan with limited damage. Montana and Tison again joined forces with Katrina and Marina, though they felt comfortable working with the pair now that Domenic was gone. Their first target was Aiden, but he played a Hidden Immunity Idol at tribal council which he found the morning before. The majority of five split the votes in case they had a surprise idol, but they didn't and Montana was voted out with the second highest number of votes.

    Following Aiden's idol play, Dangrayne was told that two final idols would be hidden at the same time in replacement. The tribe panic searched to protect themselves, which Katrina and Marina ended up finding. Meanwhile, Tison affirmed he was tight with his alliance to Katrina and Marina despite losing Montana. They were surprised when Aiden approached them because he was their target since the beginning of the merge. The four decided to target Thomas in an attempt to weaken Vanessa. However, the other four castaways voted for Tison which led to a tied vote. At the revote, Katrina and Marina kept their vote for Thomas but the rest of the tribe eliminated Tison. Katrina and Marina were in possession of two idols, and they knew they were at the bottom of the tribe. They concocted a plan with Aiden to build their resumes and get rid of Vanessa, who they consider their biggest threat. Aiden readily agreed because he believed Vanessa owed him after he protected Thomas at the tie the tribal council before. The girls pretended to argue and forced the tribe to pick either of them to align with. Katrina was aligned with Thomas and Vanessa whereas Marina aligned with Bianca and Mitchell. The two trios voted against each other, where Katrina and Marina played their idols at tribal. With Aiden voting as the girls told him, he got his revenge when Vanessa was eliminated with his single vote.

The girls were seen as major game players after their double idol shenanigan, which earned them props in addition to massive targets on their backs. With his closest ally gone, Thomas aligned with the pair instead of Bianca and Mitchell. Aiden was angered that he was becoming the fourth wheel in his alliance with the girls, and flipped to Bianca and Mitchell. It was decided by Katrina, Marina and Thomas that Mitchell was their next target, but he was privvy to this because of Aiden. At tribal, the votes were initially tied between Mitchell and Thomas but Thomas when voted out when Mitchell played the idol he found at Tandang's camp before the Tribe Dissolve. Despite their best efforts, the girls at the Final Five realised they were on a tribe with people who were unwilling to work with them. They couldn't rely on finding and idol to protect themselves, and Marina was their first target when she didn't win individual immunity before being followed by Katrina the day after.

At the Final Tribal Council, Aiden revealed his involvement in Katrina and Marina's double idol play which earned some respect by the jury. Vanessa was especially impressed that this moved was used against her, but a majority of the jury didn't find Aiden's gameplay impressive enough throughout the season and he was awarded the title of Co Runner-Up after earning one jury vote from Vanessa. Bianca was awarded for playing consistently hard despite her circumstances. After playing from the top in the pre-switch to playing as an underdog during the dissolve, some of the jury criticised her post-merge game because she wasn't as bold or controlling. She was awarded the title of Runner-Up after earning two jury votes from Katrina and Marina. Mitchell was similarly criticised, but his individual immunity challenge wins edged out Bianca's track record. He was awarded the title of Sole Survivor after earning five of eight jury votes from Catherine, Domenic, Montana, Thomas and Tison.

## Trivia

* Dangrayne is the first tribe in *Survivor* history where multiple idols were hidden at camp at the same time.
* Dangrayne is the first black tribe and the first merged tribe where an idol was successfully played.
	+ It is also the first tribe where a castaway played an idol after finding it on another tribe. Mitchell found the Tandang idol, but played it on Dangrayne.
* Dangrayne holds the record with Barramundi from Survivor: The Australian Outback for the most successful idol plays, with three.