Bikal

Bikal (also simply known as Favorites) is a tribe from. Its members are returning players labeled as Fan Favorites from past seasons. Their tribe color is purple, similar to the color of the original Favorites tribe.

Members

 * Andrea Boehlke from, the first and only woman to win and return from Redemption Island.
 * Brandon Hantz from, known for being Russell Hantz's nephew and struggling with his morality within the game while holding strong religious beliefs.
 * Brenda Lowe from, a strategic power player from her original season who was betrayed by her own alliance.
 * Corinne Kaplan from, a member of the overthrown Onion Alliance, infamous for her mean nature and harsh Jury speech against Sugar Kiper.
 * Dawn Meehan from, an adoptive mother of six and part of the failed Savaii Alliance who started off on shaky grounds, but later grew into a challenge force and a Jury threat.
 * Erik Reichenbach from, best known for giving up his Immunity Necklace to the infamous Black Widow Brigade and getting blindsided as a result.
 * Francesca Hogi from, known as the first person ever sent to Redemption Island and for her rivalry with Phillip Sheppard.
 * John Cochran from, the self confessed "Super Fan". Remembered for asking Jeff Probst to call him by his last name since he claims he calls all the best players by their last name and for betraying his original tribe because of how they treated him.
 * Malcolm Freberg from, the fan favorite "Golden Boy" who rose from the decimated Matsing tribe and developed into a threat for the win.
 * Phillip Sheppard from, known for his brash, outspoken nature and claiming to be a former Special Agent.

Tribe History
In She Annoys Me Greatly (Episode 1), the tribe of favorites arrived by helicopters. They were able to win the reward challenge. At camp, Phillip decided to make a six-member alliance consisting of Andrea, Corinne, Malcolm, Dawn, Cochran, and himself. He tried to bring Erik in as a seventh member, but he was too controlling/intimidating in the conversation, which Erik didn't like. They lost the immunity challenge, after Malcolm let Reynold Toepfer of the Fans to catch up on the sand bag-throwing stage. Phillip and Andrea were the initial targets for the Erik/Francesca/Brandon/Brenda alliance, with them settling on voting for Andrea because of her strategy to playing both sides. They thought that Dawn and Cochran were on their side, however, the alliance of six stuck together and voted for Francesca to be first eliminated again by a vote of 6-4.

Trivia

 * Like the previous Favorites tribe, Bikal is a purple tribe.
 * Both tribes end with the syllable -kal.
 * Its rival tribal tribe Gota's color is orange like the original Fans tribe.
 * The Bikal tribe also lost the first immunity challenge like Malakal.
 * 6 members of the Bikal tribe came from seasons that have the Redemption Island twist (3 each from  and ).
 * Phillip Sheppard is the only one of the six to have never participated in a Redemption Island duel.
 * All three players from Redemption Island are from the old Ometepe tribe.
 * Francesca Hogi is the only Bikal tribe member to have never reached the Merge phase of her original season, as she was the first one voted out.
 * This is the second tribe that Francesca was the first one voted out of. The first being Ometepe.
 * Phillip is the only Bikal tribe member to have never been voted out, as he was in the Final Three of Redemption Island.
 * Bikal is the eighth purple tribe.
 * Bikal is the only tribe in survivor history to have returning player voted off first in his first season.