Pagonging

Pagonging is a fan-made term used to describe a post-Merge strategy in which one tribe systematically eliminates members of the rival tribe one at a time. The term was coined in reference to the Tagi Alliance's elimination of all members of the Pagong tribe in.

The term applies to situations in which one tribe or alliance purposefully eliminates the other in rapid succession (it does not refer to situations where all members of one tribe or alliance happened to be voted out one after the other due to plain coincidence, such as the consecutive elimination of five Timbira members in, the post-switch Gota tribe in or the consecutive elimination of original Solana members on Solarrion in .)

This is similar to, but not the same as, Ulonging where a tribe is decimated before the merge, not after.

History
The strategy was first employed in by the Tagi Alliance.

In, the Ogakor Alliance voted out the last remaining members of Kucha in the final 5 by voting out Rodger Bingham and Elisabeth Filarski.

In, the last four members of the original Samburu were eliminated consecutively by the Boran Alliance, after Samburu failed to vote as a group at the final 8 Tribal Council.

In, after Rob Mariano was voted out, the remaining outsiders on the merged tribe combined forces to overthrow the dominate Rotu Four alliance. This group of outsiders then pagonged the remaining former Rotu Four alliance members one by one until there where only them left.

The Fake Merge allowed Chuay Gahn to gain a numbers advantage at the Merge in. The remaining three former Sook Jai tribemates were ousted.

In, the post-absorption (pre-switch) Mogo Mogo tribe was pagonged by the Chapera Alliance. The last standing Mogo Mogo, Shii Ann Huang, managed to outlast one Chapera member by winning immunity.

In, the post-dissolve La Mina tribe was pagonged by the Casaya Alliance. The last standing La Mina, Terry Deitz, won five consecutive immunities and possessed the Hidden Immunity Idol, but was voted out by Danielle DiLorenzo the next time he was vulnerable.

In, the minority four-person Aitu Four alliance managed to systematically eliminate all members of the Rarotonga tribe after the Merge, with the help of Jonathan Penner who reneged on the Raro Alliance. Once Penner's vote was no longer necessary, the Aitu Four voted him out, followed by the last remaining Raro members.

In, the Zhan Hu tribe was pagonged by the Fei Long Alliance, though the pagonging was temporarily halted at the final 9 for a blindside of Jean-Robert Bellande, and for James Clement at the final 7. Following their eliminations, the remaining Fei long members still held the majority and completed the pagonging.

The minority Foa Foa Four alliance of managed to overcome an 8-4 numbers disadvantage to pagong the entire Galu tribe. By convincing the Galu Alliance to vote out Erik Cardona, the Galu Alliance didn't have enough numbers to split vote, wrongly targeting Russell Hantz's who used his Hidden Immunity Idol to negate 7 votes against him. With the help of Galu members Shambo Waters and later John Fincher, Foa Foa Four managed to eliminate all the Galu members (with Shambo and John being eliminated later). However, the pagonging was briefly halted when Brett Clouser won immunity at the Final Five, Foa Foa eliminated Jaison Robinson. However, Brett was eliminated at the next Tribal Council to complete the pagonging.

In, the tribes merged with five Heroes and five Villains. After J.T. Thomas, a member of the Heroes, was eliminated, the Villains gained a 5-4 majority which they never relinquished. There was one blindside in the middle of the pagonging, at the final seven, when Russell Hantz and Jerri Manthey temporarily teamed up with the remaining Heroes to vote out perceived jury threat Danielle DiLorenzo.

In, the dominant Stealth R Us alliance eliminated the remaining members of the Zapatera Six after first booting swing vote Matt Elrod. The Redemption Island twist allowed Mike Chiesl to outlast two former Ometepe members, but he fell short of returning to the game.

saw a 6-6 tribal split at the Merge. To avoid picking rocks, John Cochran flipped to vote with The Family, allowing the Upolu alliance to pagong the remaining members of Savaii, including Cochran. Redemption Island allowed Ozzy Lusth to re-enter the game at the Final Five and outlast three Upolus plus Cochran, but after failing to win the Final Immunity Challenge, he was permanently eliminated.

In, the Salani Alliance gained control of the merged Tikiano tribe, eliminating every original Manono castaway one-by-one. The complete pagonging stopped one vote short, when alliance member Kat Edorsson was unanimously blindsided at the Final Seven. However, the last remaining Manono Tarzan Smith was eliminated at the next Tribal Council. Both Alicia Rosa and Christina Cha, who were on Manono post Tribe Switch, were also eliminated, as the remaining post-Switch Salani members continued to pagong Manono.

In, the New Aparri Alliance entered the merge with a 6-5 numbers advantage, however alliance member Kass McQuillen flipped on the alliance, after being persuaded by Trish Hegarty to vote out Sarah Lacina who was the swing vote (which unsatisfied Kass) with the new Solana Alliance, and pagong the remaining members of the alliance, thought the pagonging was temporarily halted for a blindside of LJ McKanas at the final 9 andJefra Bland at the final 7, when Tony Vlachos and Woo Hwang flipped on the majority alliance, due to Tony's paranoia of plans against him by the two, and when Spencer Bledsoe won immunity at the final five, the alliance was forced to vote out one of their own. However Spencer was eliminated at the next tribal council as he failed to win immunity to complete the pagonging.

Trivia

 * The term "Pagonging" came from when Tagi started eliminating members of the rival tribe, Pagong.
 * Shii Ann Huang used the term during a confessional in episode 13 of.