Galu

Galu is a tribe from.

Their tribe color was purple.

Members

 * Brett Clouser, a T-Shirt designer from Los Angeles, California.
 * Dave Ball, a fitness instructor from Los Angeles, California.
 * Erik Cardona, a bartender from Ontario, California.
 * John Fincher, a rocket scientist from Los Angeles, California.
 * Kelly Sharbaugh, a hairstylist from Los Angeles, California.
 * Laura Morett, an office manager from Salem, Oregon.
 * Monica Padilla, a law student from San Diego, California.
 * Russell Swan, an attorney from Glenside, Pennsylvania.
 * Shambo Waters, a sales representative and former marine from Renton, Washington.
 * Yasmin Giles, an actress and hairstylist from Los Angeles, California.

Tribe History
On the first day of the competition, the ten members of Galu were instructed to vote (based solely on first impressions) for a leader. They chose Russell Swan who did not choose wisely in the first Reward Challenge. However, this was merely a speed bump on Galu's road to pre-merge domination, which became clear when the first eight days saw the tribe immune from the first few votes.

Whilst the tribe enjoyed early success, there were clear factions within the group. The girls' alliance of Laura Morett, Monica Padilla, and Kelly Sharbaugh and the mens' alliance of Erik Cardona, Russell Swan, Dave Ball, John Fincher, and Brett Clouser leaving Shambo Waters a sitting duck.

After the elimination of Yasmin on Day 11, Galu remained a force to be reckoned with. However, Russell S. began to show signs of struggling at a Reward Challenge which led to his eventual evacuation. Jeff Probst instructed that the tribe elect a new leader. Erik took this opportunity to bring Shambo into the alliance and make her the leader in order to control her later down the line. Her reign as leader was short-lived and the majority of the time scrutinized as the decisions she wanted were regularly rejected straight away (one incident regarding who would be making decisions at a Reward Challenge).

Yasmin and Russell S. were the only people eliminated from Galu, as the tribes merged at the Final Twelve.

Trivia

 * Following Jaburu, Moto, Viveros, Bayoneta, and Puka Puka it is the sixth tribe to not vote out any male member pre-merge.
 * It would then be followed by Upolu and Salani.
 * Galu is the only tribe to have the most original tribe members voted out consecutively at the merge with 7.
 * However, Galu is also one of two starting tribes to have 7 members voted out consecutively, along with Sook Jai. Coincidentally, both tribes color was purple.
 * Galu is the fourth starting tribe to secure all but one jury spot following Rotu, Koror, and Timbira.
 * Galu is similar to Moto in that they each had lost one man to a medical evacuation and one woman to tribal council.
 * So far, Russell Swan is the only previous Galu member to come back for another season, being Survivor: Philippines.
 * Galu is the sixth purple tribe.