Salani

Salani was a tribe on

Initially a much weaker side compared to their all-male rivals, the Salani women utilised the aspects of the One World twist to help them improve in camp life and by doing so, in challenges as well. Their tribe color is teal.

Original

 * Kourtney Moon, a Motorcycle Repairwoman from Austin, Texas
 * Nina Acosta, a retired LAPD officer from Clovis, California
 * Monica Culpepper, wife of an Ex-NFL Player from Tampa, Florida
 * Kat Edorsson, a Timeshare Rep from Orlando, Florida
 * Alicia Rosa, a special education teacher from Chicago, Illinois
 * Chelsea Meissner, a medical saleswoman from Charleston, South Carolina
 * Christina Cha, a Career Consultant from Hollywood, California
 * Kim Spradlin, a Bridal Shop Owner from San Antonio, Texas
 * Sabrina Thompson, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York

Post-Tribe Swap

 * Michael Jefferson
 * Jay Byars
 * Troyzan Robertson
 * Chelsea Meissner
 * Kat Edorsson
 * Kim Spradlin
 * Sabrina Thompson

Tribe History
Salani had an inauspicious start as a tribe. After revealing they are an all-female tribe, Salani, and the rival all-male Manono tribe were instructed to scour the truck they rode. Salani found themselves with only bunches of bananas and few bundles of coconut, as one Manono member stole the majority of the supplies they had gathered earlier, to their dismay. Carrying their meager supplies to their camp, Alicia immediately created a five-person alliance with Kat, Chelsea, Sabrina and Kim. As they reached camp, Salani found their tribe flag, but was confused to see the other tribe flag just few meters away from theirs. After knowing they would live alongside the enemy, Salani tried to convince Manono to work together as a single unit, bartering their caught chickens for supplies and fire, but to no avail. While the other Manono members abstained themselves from the women, their resident gay member, Colton bonded with the women more that he did with his own tribe, stating that he had more in common with the women. This convinced Sabrina to give him the Manono-exclusive Hidden Immunity Idol she found.

That night, desperate for fire, Salani stole an ember from Manono's bonfire. Their fire was short-lived, because it went out overnight.

The next morning, Alicia and Christina went again to Manono's side of the beach in another attempt to convince the men to help them create fire. Alicia made a futile attempt to seduce the men, while Christina was successful when she proposed that the women would make frond roofs for the men in exchange for fire. Angered by her ineffective attempt, Alicia secretly vowed to vote Christina out.

At the first Immunity Challenge, Salani held its own against Manono, but Kourtney had accidentally broke her wrist, which required her to temporarily leave the competition for a check-up. Host Jeff Probst let Manono decide if they want to continue the challenge even with Salani was one member down as a sign of goodwill, or just take the win by default, since the challenge required all nine members competing. Much to Salani's chagrin, Manono chose to send them to Tribal Council. That afternoon, with Kourtney's game status still uncertain, Alicia campaigned for Christina's elimination. At Salani's first Tribal Council, Alicia and Christina clashed over the latter brokering a deal with the men. That night ended with Alicia's plan on hold, as Jeff revealed that Kourtney's wrist was heavily fractured and would need surgery and therapy, eliminating herself from the game. After Tribal Council, Alicia and Sabrina patched things up, but both still had reservations with each other.

The next day, Sabrina officiated a meeting, stating that there is a need for organization, with the women agreeing and appointing her as their tribe leader. While Colton continued to frequent at the women's tribe, they are convinced that Colton's cross-tribe visits had to be minimized, because they might give him enough information to use against them, as he was from the rival tribe nonetheless. At the second Reward Challenge, which offered a tarp, Salani almost won, but Manono still prevailed, breaking the all-women tribe's spirit further. Having an early majority alliance had caused communication improprieties that carried over at the third Immunity Challenge on Day 5, which required tribes to cross each other on a narrow balance beam -- a challenge historically won by women. The mistrust between the majority alliance and the outsiders, combined with Kat's dismal performance, sent them to their second Tribal Council in a row. That afternoon, Kat was targeted for elimination due to her questionable athleticism, excuses and immaturity, but it was Nina who was sent packing due to not being a member of the majority alliance, despite her strength despite being the oldest member of the tribe.

After Tribal Council, anticipating a terrible storm, Manono offered Salani to temporarily move to their shelter, but the women insisted they will only move if their shelter gave way. But with the torrential downpour lasted until the next morning, which left Salani cold and sleepless. A member of Manono, Troyzan offered the women to warm up at the men's shelter. In a memory-based Reward Challenge, Salani destroyed Manono by winning their first challenge in a 5-0 blowout, earning themselves a canoe and fishing supplies. After the challenge, the Salani members were still unable to reignite their fire, despite borrowing an ember earlier that day. They returned to Manono to ask for another, but the men wanted to borrow their canoe some time, a compromise where Salani was reluctant for, furthering the conflict between the warring tribes. The next morning, Salani had put their fishing supplies to good use, having small, but decent catches. Manono even admitted they were impressed by Salani's improving self-reliance. The women's luck continued at the third Immunity Challenge, where they initially lagged behind Manono, but narrowly got past them at the puzzle building stage of the challenge.

Trivia

 * Salani is the fifth all-female tribe in the history of the series, following Jaburu, Yasur, Bayoneta and Casaya.
 * Salani is the first tribe to have a woman medically evacuated from the game.
 * Salani was the fourth blue tribe in the location of Samoa.