Malolo

**Highest Placing Member**: Trisha (5/20)

Malolo was a tribe from Survivor: Ghost Island.

Although they were considered the weaker of the two original tribes, both iterations of Malolo were dominated by a strong alliance of older players who were ruthless and systematic in their attempts to overthrow the younger castaways. Their tribe colour was orange.

## Tribe History

The orange Malolo tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Ghost Island*, where Jules wanted to form a majority alliance with the youngest players on Malolo. He started this plan by using his flirtatious charm on Ebony, Luna and Malika, before bringing in Isaac and Reed. However, Jules was unaware that Luna was unaffected by his charm because she is a lesbian. Meanwhile, Angela, Tangaroa (nicknamed 'Big T') and Trisha aligned due to their strong work ethic and for being outcasted as the older members of the tribe. When Malolo lost the first immunity challenge of the season, Jules gathered his allies and wanted to target Big T because he was the biggest physical threat. Isaac, Luna and Reed agreed with this plan in front of Jules, but decided it was in their best interest to align with Angela, Big T and Trisha instead. At tribal council, Ebony, Jules and Malika voted for Big T whilst Isaac and Luna flipped to work with the rest of the tribe to eliminate Jules. Tariq was exempt from this tribal council because he was sent to Ghost Island with Samir, where he failed to obtain an advantage. However, the pair recognised it was the first time that two Middle Eastern men appeared on the same *Survivor* season and agreed to work together if they were ever on the same tribe.

Jules' blindside left Angela, Big T, Isaac, Luna and Trisha in a powerful position, whilst leaving Ebony and Malika in the minority. The majority wanted to gain information about Tariq's visit from Ghost Island and shared details about the first tribal council in the hopes their candidness would be reciprocated, which was not the case. Big T found the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol moments before the next immunity challenge, and was instructed to share half of the idol with another player for 24 hours in order to activate its power. Malolo lost this challenge and Big T was sent to Ghost Island with Abigail from Naviti, which forced him to give half his idol to Trisha with little explanation. Big T ultimately defeated Abigail and won an advantage to a Secret Hidden Immunity Idol that could be played anonymously, but was hidden at Tribal Council. Back at camp, the majority decided to target Ebony but decided that Luna and Reed to should vote for Tariq in the event he had an advantage from Ghost Island. Ebony and Malika voted for Trisha, Tariq lost his vote on Ghost Island and the majority split their votes, which led to Ebony's elimination.

When Big T returned to camp, Trisha gave back her half of the idol and agreed to keep this a secret for the time being. Malolo then won their first immunity challenge on Day 9 and Angela was sent to Ghost Island, where she won the duel and also received a clue to the Secret Hidden Immunity Idol. She told Big T and Trisha about her advantage, and their bond only grew when Big T told Angela about his advantage and idol. At the Tribe Expansion on Day 10, Frank from Naviti became the Captain of the new Malolo tribe and randomly selected Angela, Isaac, Joyce, Malika and Toya to join this tribe. Although it appeared Malolo would be divided along original tribal lines, Frank and Malika felt like outsiders from Joyce/Toya and Angela/Isaac respectively. As a result, Frank gravitated towards Angela and Isaac whilst Malika felt close to Joyce and Toya but was desperate to play in the majority. After losing the challenge on Day 12, Isaac was sent to Ghost Island but lost the duel. Back at camp, Joyce, Malika and Toya planned on voting for Frank but Malika became wary after learning that Joyce lost her ability to vote at Ghost Island. Toya wanted the tribe to turn on Malika, but Malika voted with Angela and Frank at tribal council to eliminate Toya. Malolo won the following two immunity challenges, where Frank and Malika were sent to Ghost Island on Days 14, 16 and 18 respectively, though they both failed to win advantages.

Malolo and Yanuya lost the immunity challenge on Day 19, where they were told that both tribes would attend a Joint Tribal Council to eliminate one player. Malika was worried because she considered herself at the bottom of Malolo, and offered that they should vote for Reed together. At tribal council, Trisha spoke with her original allies Angela and Isaac about voting for Malika. In order to prove that Yanuya would be loyal to this plan, Trisha blocked Malika's vote. This completely shattered Malika's plan because Angela, Frank, Isaac and Joyce followed through with Trisha's plan and Malika was voted out. The following morning, the four remaining Malolo players merged with the rest of the Final Thirteen.