Asaga Alliance

**Highest Ranked**: Jericho (Winner/16)

The Asaga Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Australia II.

This alliance was initially created by a tight trio and later grew in numbers against a growing power couple. They found themselves in the minority at the merge, but one third of the original trio used their personal relationships on the tribe to claim victory on Day 39.

## History

### Origins

The teal Asaga tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Australia II* and was the strongest of the two original tribes, winning the first two immunity challenges they had together. On Day 3, Jericho, Luke and Sarah formed the Asaga Alliance. Over the course of the first week, the pair recruited Michelle and Odette from the rival alliance that was led by Henry and Jacqui. On Day 9, both tribes were forced to attend a Double Tribal Council. The Asaga Alliance of five were surprised when Henry told them that he was willing to blindside his closest ally Jacqui. Though Jacqui was unanimously eliminated at tribal council, a twist occurred where she was switched to the rival Samatau tribe and could bring two Asaga players with her. She decided to bring Henry and Michelle, which left the Asaga Alliance in the majority but without one of their own.

The Asaga tribe was joined by Anneliese, who was voted out at the Samatau tribal council, and AK. The Asaga Alliance decided to bring Kent into their alliance so that the original tribe members had a clear majority over the two new castaways. The second iteration of Asaga was the strongest of the two tribes, winning their first two immunity challenges. At their first and only loss on Day 16, the Asaga Alliance agreed to vote for Anneliese. However, Luke and Sarah had developed a relationship with AK and Anneliese in order to get them to work with the Asaga Alliance when the tribes merge. This group of four united and voted out Kent, who Luke and Sarah didn't believe would be loyal to them as the game progressed.

### Blindsided

Upon their return to camp, Luke and Sarah separately spoke to Jericho and made amends with him for switching their votes against Kent. The following morning, the two tribes merged with only eleven castaways remaining. The core Asaga trio assumed they had the numbers because they had AK, Anneliese and Odette from the switch whilst also being reunited with Michelle. The Asaga Alliance wanted to vote for AK, who had decided to flip to his original Samatau Alliance. At the first merged tribal however, only Jericho, Luke and Sarah voted for AK. The rest of the tribe split the votes between Jericho and Sarah, which led to Sarah becoming the first member of the jury.

The Asaga Alliance lost an ally in Sarah, but they gained more numbers when Anneliese, Michelle and Odette wanted to make a move against the core of Samatau. This new group of seven worked together in order to blindside Jarrad. The original Asaga castaways from the Asaga Alliance were worried at the Final Nine because they were outnumbered against Samatau. Luke managed to develop a close relationship with Locky and Tara since the merge, and told them to vote for AK at tribal. Anneliese then confusingly voted for Michelle, which ensured that the Asaga Alliance would have the majority to blindside Tessa. This blindside encouraged the Asaga and Samatau alliances to make peace with each other and unanimously eliminate AK, who already played his idol at the first merged tribal council.

### One Asaga Left

By the Final Seven, the Asaga Alliance of Jericho, Luke, Michelle and Odette had the majority over Anneliese and the power couple of Tara and Locky. The alliance voted for Locky because they wanted to separate him from Tara. Jericho and Luke shared this information with Anneliese so they could cover their bases. However, Luke was blindsided at tribal council when Michelle and Odette flipped to Samatau. Jericho felt betrayed by the girls for flipping on his closest ally, but they assured him the Asaga Alliance would work together and get rid of Locky. Jericho decided to utilise Luke's relationship with Anneliese, Locky and Tara, where they worked together and blindsided Odette.

With only five castaways left in the game, Jericho considered the Asaga Alliance to be the only force against the power couple of Locky and Tara. Over the next three days, Jericho pulled Anneliese and Michelle aside so they could work against the pair. This was successful and the trio eliminated Locky on Day 34. Unfortunately, Jericho appeared to be in the minority when the final three girls decided to work together. Their plans were foiled when Jericho won individual immunity. Jericho initially wanted Tara gone because he considered Anneliese and Michelle his closest allies. However, the Asaga Alliance was dissolved permanently when Jericho voted with Anneliese and Tara to eliminate Michelle. After winning the final individual immunity challenge, Jericho decided to bring perceived goat Tara to the Final Two and would become the Sole Survivor in a 7-2 vote.