Ta Chang Alliance

**Highest Placing Member**:Montana (Winner/20)

The Ta Chang Alliance was an alliance from Survivor: Thailand.

This alliance suffered a number of mishaps during the pre-merge and the tribe dissolve because of miscommunication. However, they came together at the merge and took control against their rivals.

## History

### Origins

On the original Ta Chang tribe, Joe and Hillary rekindled their close relationship that began in *Samoa*. At the tribes first loss, the pair brought in Rachel in order to get rid of Peeta because of his close connection to Katniss as part of the Ometepe Alliance on *Redemption Island*.

Following Katniss' return from Redemption Island, the final sixteen castaways were divided in Hying Saw and Ta Chang at the tribe dissolve. Of the five original tribes, the Ta Chang castaways of Hillary, Joe and Rachel were in the majority and were looking to recruit more members. They ended up working with Montana and Scott, who were the only castaways to not have a member of their original tribe with them. When Ta Chang lost their first immunity challenge together, this group had the numbers and Hayden was voted out.

### The Blindside

At the previous vote, the Ta Chang girls told Joe to vote for Jeremiah but they forgot to tell him the plan had changed to Hayden. Joe, returning back to camp, felt like he was being played and didn't think he could trust his own alliance anymore. Hillary reassured Joe, but their relationship alienated both Montana and Scott. When Ta Chang lost their second challenge in a row, the original Ta Chang trio wanted to go after Jeremiah. However, Montana and Scott flipped to work with the rest of the tribe and Joe was blindsided.

The surviving six castaways remaining on Ta Chang appeared to be divided into three pairs; the original Ta Chang duo of Hillary and Rachel, Kung castaways Gabriella and Jeremiah and outsiders Montana and Scott. When Ta Chang lost their next immunity challenge, Montana and Scott had to decide which pair they wanted to remain loyal to. Ultimately, they chose to work with Hillary and Rachel and this group of four voted out Gabriella. However, this was a short time deal because Montana and Scott decided to flip and blindside Rachel at Ta Chang's final pre-merge loss.

### The Merge

The final nine castaways of *Survivor: Thailand* merged into the Horasstr tribe, with the four switched Ta Chang tribe in the clear minority against the Hying Saw five. Amidst their differences, Hillary, Jeremiah, Montana and Scott felt like they didn't really have a relationship with any of the Hying Saw castaways and decided to vote with each other. When Hying Saw didn't stick together, this allowed the Ta Chang tribe to gain control and Katniss was voted out at the first merged tribal council. This was followed by Laura, Harriet, Nick and Tucker at the following four tribal councils.

### The Endgame

With the entire Hying Saw Alliance decimated, the four Ta Chang castaways had to turn on each other. Montana had a really tight relationship with Scott from the tribe dissolve but had also created a secret partnership with Jeremiah. Overall, Montana felt like Jeremiah would be the easiest remaining castaway to beat and felt like the jury would find it most difficult to differentiate her and Scott's games. At tribal, she convinced the rest of the tribe to get rid of Scott. When Jeremiah won the final individual immunity challenge, he was convinced by Montana to take her to the end over Hillary. This proved to be his downfall at the Final Tribal Council because the jury saw the nuances of Montana's gameplay and she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor.