Foa Foa Alliance

**Highest Placing Member**:Amy (Runner-Up/18)

The Foa Foa Alliance (sometimes referred to as the 'Foa Foa Four') was an alliance from Survivor: Samoa.

Despite being created by two power couples, only one of these couples lasted in the game because they thought ahead. Following this, the couples relationship with each other and the tribe overall strengthened which allowed them to get to the end.

## History

### Origins

The Foa Foa tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Samoa*, where they won the first three immunity challenges in a row. During this time period, a showmance of Amy and Rory developed whilst Josee and Jacques bonded as friends over their shared interests in figure skating. These two pairs formed the Foa Foa Alliance of four, with the intention of becoming the majority against the five singles. When Foa Foa attended tribal council on Day 9, this group had the numbers and voted out well connected physical threat Ryan.

### Reconfigured Alliance

Amy and Rory's relationship had transitioned from a simple showmance to a genuine relationship. They formed a Final Two pact to the end, but were concerned about keeping Josee and Jacques with them as the numbers on the tribe and in the game overall dwindled. They decided to work with the rest of the tribe, and this new group of six voted out Josee at Foa Foa's second tribal council on Day 12. When there was talks of the men creating a counter alliance against Amy and Rory specifically, the pair voted with the trio of women to get rid of Preston.

### The Merge

The tribes merged at the Final Eleven, where Stephanie began to disassociate herself from the Foa Foa Alliance. This left Amy, Carrie, Jen and Rory as a tight alliance of four despite the original Foa Foa tribe outnumbered the Galu castaways. However, their luck had changed because Jaymi and Joe approached the quartet with the idea of going after Crimson. The alliance quickly agreed to keep the numbers in their favour, where Crimson became the first member of the jury at the first merged tribal council. As a sign of good faith to Jaymi and Joe, the Foa Foa Alliance agreed to systematically eliminate Jacques and Stephanie on Days 23 and 26 respectively.

### In Control

The Final Eight comprised of four Foa Foa Alliance members and four castaways who were working together as part of the Galu Alliance. The Foa Foa Four decided to vote for Hillary because they were more connected to Jaymi and Joe, whilst the Galu Alliance voted for Jen. At the revote, Carrie feared the tribe would go to rocks and knew that she was at the bottom of her alliance with Amy and Rory especially. She switched her vote for Hillary to Jen, leading to Jen's elimination. Amy and Rory were wary of their relationship with Carrie, but the trio still had a tight connection to Jaymi and Joe. This group of five voted together to eliminate Devin and Hillary at tribal council on Days 32 and 34 respectively.

### Power Couple

Amy and Rory had a tough decision to make at the Final Five. They didn't want to take Jaymi and Joe as a dynamic duo to the Final Four but they also didn't fully trust Carrie after she decided to flip on them and Jen at the Final Eight. They ultimately decided it would be in their best interest to keep Carrie and Joe because they were less connected to each other than Jaymi and Joe, and Jaymi was a much more likeable player than either Carrie or Joe. At tribal council, Amy, Joe and Rory voted together to eliminate Jaymi. When Joe won the final individual immunity challenge, Amy and Rory honoured their Final Two deal to each other and the trio voted out Carrie on Day 38.

At the Final Tribal Council, Rory was reprimanded by most of the jury for not really contributing to the game. Out of the partnership of Amy and Rory, it was almost unanimously agreed that Amy was responsible for most of their decision making. In the end however, the powerful couple lost to Joe because of his secret alliances that carried him to the end.