The Outcasts

The Outcasts were a tribe on Survivor: Pearl Islands

Comprised of the first six eliminated contestants, they returned as the Outcasts to compete against Drake and Morgan in a high-stakes Immunity Challenge. When they won, however, they were given the opportunity to vote two players back into the game.

Members

 * Nicole Delma, voted off first, Day 3. Eliminated because of her duplicity with a plan to vote out Tijuana.
 * Ryan "Skinny Ryan" Shoulders, voted off second, Day 6. Eliminated for his weakness in challenges.
 * Michelle Tesauro, voted off fifth, Day 15. Voted out for screwing up the immunity challenge.
 * Trish Dunn, voted off sixth, Day 18. Tried to eliminate Rupert, but backfired.
 * Burton Roberts, voted off fourth, Day 12. Blindsided by tribemates after throwing off the Immunity Challenge.
 * Lillian Morris, voted off third, Day 9. Alliance outsider.

Tribe History
After 18 days of competition, the ten remaining castaways were shocked by what Jeff Probst revealed. The six eliminated players returned as a third tribe that will compete against Morgan and Drake in a high-stakes special Immunity challenge. If the Outcasts win the challenge, both Morgan and Drake will go to Tribal Council (separately) and must eliminate one of their own, while the departed castaways will then vote two of their own back into the game and will be immune at the next Tribal Council they attend. However, if either Drake or Morgan wins the challenge, all six Outcasts will permanently go home while their opposing tribe will vote someone out of the game.thumb|300px|right|The Outcasts' challenge.

After a close race between Drake and the Outcasts, the Outcasts managed to do the unthinkable, as they won against the two starting tribes, giving them a second chance to get back into the game. After the two tribes' Tribal Councils (with Drake's Shawn eliminated and Morgan's Osten quit), the Outcasts came in to Tribal Council (with Jeff remarked that for the first time since the show's inception, a tribe was excited to go to Tribal Council), in which the tribe will vote for two people back into the game. In the end, it was decided that Drake's Burton and Morgan's Lillian will be "resurrected," while the other four will be going home permanently. After the special vote, Jeff handed them a canister holding two buffs, one for Drake, one for Morgan. They must randomly pick one buff and it will designate them to their new tribes (implying that Lillian can potentially go to Drake and Burton will go to Morgan). However, Lillian picked an orange buff, signifying that they will go back to their old respective tribes.

Controversy
The Outcasts twist received mixed reaction to both contestants and fans alike. As implied by cast members Andrew and Osten, they showed complete distaste for the twist. Various forums and fans also expressed their disappointments about the twist, stating that it completely hurt the show's integrity by deviating its premise. Survivor host Jeff Probst also revealed that he also hated the twist, but was only overruled by executive producer Mark Burnett. In 2011, Probst stated that the concept of "resurrecting" contestants format would be rehashed in the show's 22nd season, Survivor: Redemption Island.

Trivia

 * The Outcasts tribe was the shortest existing tribe in Survivor History. The tribe only existed for one day (formed and disbanded on the same Day 19).
 * It is unknown if the Outcasts lived in a camp separate from the existing Drake and Morgan camps or they just stayed in the "Loser's Lounge," but were forbidden to eat.
 * According to the challenge tracker of the now-defunct Survivor: Pearl Islands website, the Outcasts would not have voted anyone back into the game had they finished in second place.
 * The Outcasts is the only tribe in Survivor not to have an official buff. The only thing that symbolized the tribe were mere purple-colored cloth and blank purple bandannas. Additionally, Skinny Ryan had "Die Jerks" on his "buff."
 * The Outcasts visited Tribal Council only once, which was tied with Rotu of Survivor: Marquesas (as well as Koror of Survivor: Palau and Manihiki of Survivor: Cook Islands  if only the tribal stage is counted) for the fewest visits, until Bayoneta and Viveros were dissolved in Survivor: Panama and when Puka Puka was dissolved in Survivor: Cook Islands.
 * However, due to the nature of the tribe, they could not have possibly had more than one visit.
 * The outcasts were also the first tribe to enter the individual phase/merge with the highest possible number of represents from their tribe.. This would later be followed by Koror from Palau.
 * This is the only tribe to also be a Twist.