Gota

Gota (which is also known as The Fans) is one of the two starting tribes from.

The tribe color is orange, like the original Fans tribe.

Original

 * Allie Pohevitz, a bartender from Oceanside, New York.
 * Eddie Fox, a fireman/ E.M.T  from East Brunswick, New Jersey.
 * Hope Driskill, a Pre-Law student from Jefferson City, Missouri.
 * Julia Landauer, a racecar driver from Stanford, California.
 * Laura Alexander, an administrative officer from Washington, D.C.
 * Matt Bischoff, a BMX bike salesman from Cincinnati, Ohio.
 * Michael Snow, an event planner from New York, New York.
 * Reynold Toepfer, a real estate agent from San Francisco, California.
 * Shamar Thomas, an Iraq War Marine Veteran from Brooklyn, New York.
 * Sherri Biethman, a fast food franchisee from Boise, Idaho.

Post-Tribe Switch

 * Andrea Boehlke
 * Brenda Lowe
 * Eddie Fox
 * Erik Reichenbach
 * Malcolm Freberg
 * Reynold Toepfer
 * Sherri Biethman

Episode 1-2
In She Annoys Me Greatly (Episode 1), the tribes of fans arrives by boat. They competed against the tribe of favorites (whom arrived in helicopters) in the first reward challenge for flint and beans. They lost 4-1 and were sent to camp empty-handed. At camp, Shamar wanted to build shelter, but Matt and the other tribe members wanted to build fire. Shamar and Matt clashed, but later made up after Shamar made fire. Reynold and Allie also formed an alliance with Hope and Eddie. During the night, Reynold and Allie were spotted by Laura cuddling, thus prompting Laura, Sherri, and Julia to form their own alliance with the intention of voting out the "couples". They were able to win the immunity challenge, sending the favorites to Tribal Council.

In Honey Badger (Episode 2), the two alliances continued to battle. The four members of the couples alliance - Eddie, Allie, Reynold, and Hope tried to target Shamar for his aggressive personality, while Laura, Sherri, Julia, and Shamar tried to target Allie for appearing to be the smartest of the "cool kids", leaving Michael and Matt the swing votes. Reynold found a hidden immunity idol. At tribal council, Laura suggested that Reynold had an idol (looking directly at him). Reynold revealed that he indeed had an idol and stated that he would play it at this tribal council. However, Reynold decided not to play the idol and his closest ally - Allie becomes the second person voted off by a vote of 6-4.

Episode 3-4
In There's Gonna Be Hell to Pay (Episode 3), Gota returned back to camp after going to their first tribal council. Reynold confessed that he was shocked to learn that the fans will not as close as he once thought. Before the challenge, Shamar stated that he was questioning if he was going to quit the game. However, he talked it out and decided to stay in the game for "loyalty" for his alliance. The fans would end up losing the combined reward/immunity challenge.

Shamar again had a temper episode when Reynold was talking about the challenge and then stated Shamar's name. Sherri, Laura, and Julia came up with the idea that they should split the votes between Hope and Eddie. Males of the Fan's majority six alliance would vote for Eddie and the women of the alliance would vote for Hope due to Reynold's idol. Hope said, in a confessional, that Reynold would probably not give the idol to her. Shamar was in the water and Hope decided that she would talk to him. Shamar said that her getting voted off was not 100%. Then Hope said to her minority alliance that the majority alliance is splitting the votes for Eddie and Hope. Laura heard that Shamar told Hope about the majority's plan and decided to talk to Reynold about possibly voting off Shamar with the help of the minority alliance plus Laura's and Julia's votes. At the tribal council, the tribe talked about Shamar's attitude and Reynold's idol. Reynold kept his idol and didn't play it.

At the vote, the majority alliance decided to stick to their plan and the votes were deadlocked with Hope, Eddie, and Shamar receiving 3 votes each. In the re-vote, Hope became the third person voted off by a vote of 5-1-0 (Shamar got the 1 vote, and Eddie got none, respectively).

In Kill or Be Killed (Episode 4), Sherri and Reynold argued after coming back from tribal council. Gota lost both the reward due to Laura's slow performance. Shamar mistakenly celebrated, then realized that they lost. At camp, Shamar stated that he would stay in the game if he was served rice at least once a day. A one point of his constant laying in the shelter, Shamar scratched his eye. A "hurricane" and rats started pounding the Gota camp hard. In the morning, medical was called out and they assessed that Shamar had abrasions around/in his eye and medical wanted him to be pulled from the game. Shamar was pulled, and the tribe was instructed of this and got ready for the upcoming immunity challenge. They would end losing the subsequent immunity challenge. Sherri couldn't get the ball at her first attempt and had to climb the tower and break the tile again. This gave the fans an early disadvantage in the key retrieval phase. The favorites was able to finish the 2nd/lock phase before the fans was able finish the 1st/key phase. The fans was able to catch up slightly with Reynold knocking off the bricks quickly. However, the deficit was too much, and the fans was sent to tribal council. At the tribal council, strength and loyalty was brought up. Reynold and Eddie argued that winning challenges should be the priority. Laura argued that most likely there would be a tribal swap in the near future and strength might not mean much, if they don't have the loyalty. The majority alliance voted one of their own out by voting out a weaker challenge performer, Laura, in a 6-0 [1]  vote. Reynold played his idol, negating one vote.

Episode 5
In Persona Non Grata (Episode 5), the tribe comes back from tribal council, and they talk about having no ill feelings for Laura, the move was just strategy to make the tribe stronger. Matt confessed that he doesn't want Reynold to find the re-hidden immunity idol. Reynold stated that he knows that the Gota tribe is an unhappy family. Sherri hopes that the majority alliance doesn't buy into the Eddie's/Reynold's idea of keeping strength, since they lost another reward challenge. The tribe split in separate directions in search of the idol, but Reynold was able to find it and tells Eddie about his discovery. At the immunity challenge, the fans are shocked that the favorites tribe start to break down and want to forfeit the upcoming immunity challenge. The fans win immunity due to the forfeit and watches them vote off Brandon. They return to their camp.

The New Gota Tribe - Episode 6-7
In Operation Thunder Dome (Episode 6), the tribe of fans and favorites meet up a challenge locale and Jeff reveals that they're switching tribes. Andrea, Brenda, Erik, and Malcolm of the favorites switch to the new Gota tribe, with Reynold, Eddie, and Sherri staying. Matt, Michael, and Julia switch and join Phillip, Corinne, Dawn, and Cochran on the new Bikal tribe. There is no challenge, and the two new tribes return to camp. At camp, Reynold and Eddie throw Sherri under the bus to Erik and Malcolm. Sherri talks to Andrea and Brenda about the inter-tribal dynamics of the old fan's tribe. With the lack of planning and bad teamwork on the other tribe, the new Gota win the first post-switch immunity challenge.

In Tubby Lunchbox (Episode 7), the new Gota is able to win the first post-switch reward challenge in the catch-the-opposing-tribe-in-the-circle challenge. The new Gota enjoys the coffee shop reward, at which they get to bond with one another. Malcolm talks to Reynold and discusses about his belief that the four "alpha males" of Reynold, Eddie, Erik, and himself would be picked off after the merge, so he suggested that they should work together. Reynold tells Malcolm that he has a hidden immunity idol  Sherri sits out of the challenge. The new Gota is able to win the immunity challenge.

Episode 8
The Gota tribe Merged with Bikal into Enil Edam, with 4 of the Fans being outnumbered by the 8 Favorites, while the post-Swap Gota tribe members outnumber the post-Swap Bikal tribe members 7 to 5.

Trivia

 * Gota is the 11th orange tribe in Survivor.
 * It is the second orange Fans tribe, after Airi from Survivor: Micronesia.
 * The town of Gota is one of the main attractions of the Caramoan National Park, the filming location of both and . During World War II, Gota was known to be a gold-mining community.
 * The town of Gota and Bikal (town that the rival tribe is named after) are eastern and western respectively from each other.
 * Gota was the resort that served as the home for the crew.
 * Gota is the second tribe to be named after a resort, following Salani.
 * Gota is the eleventh orange tribe. It is the same color as the original Fans tribe, Airai.
 * Gota is the second tribe to experience a three-way tie on a Tribal Council, following Zapatera.
 * Unlike Airai which had an equal number of Fans and Favorites post-Tribe Switch, Gota post-Tribe Switch have more Favorites than Fans.
 * Gota is the first tribe to win the same challenge twice. The first was on episode 5, when the Favorites gave the Fans/Gota immunity before the challenge and the second was on episode 6, when the new Gota tribe won the challenge, presumably intended to be used in episode 5.
 * Gota is the third tribe to receive immunity from the other tribe, following Ravu on Survivor: Fiji and Salani from Survivor: One World.
 * However, this was the only one that forfeited at the challange with no temptations.
 * Only four original Gota members make the Merge, in comparison to eight original Bikal members. This is similar to in Survivor: Nicaragua, the previous 20 player season that featured a tribe switch.
 * Gota lost every Reward Challenge pre-Switch.
 * Gota won every Reward and Immunity Challenge post-Switch.
 * Gota is the first originally Fans tribe to have a finalist in the Final Tribal Council.
 * Ironically, the lowest placing member of Gota is the first alphabetically first in the tribe lineup, while the highest placing member is the last alphabetically, in first name.
 * Similarly, the highest placing male member was alphabetically first, while the lowest placing male member was alphabetically last by first name
 * The members of the post-switch Gota were eliminated consecutively starting at the final nine.
 * Sherri was eliminated simultaneously with Bikal member Dawn Meehan as runners-up at the Final Tribal Council.