Bula Bula

Bula Bula is a tribe on Survivor: Fiji.

Bula Bula (named for the Fijian words for "hello") is the name of the merged tribe comprised of the six members of Moto, and the four members of Ravu. The tribes merged in episode 1409. Bula Bula's tribe color is purple.

Original Members
When the tribes merged on day twenty-two, Bula Bula consisted of:


 * Alex Angarita
 * Boo Bernis
 * Yau-Woman Chan
 * Earl Cole
 * Cassandra Franklin
 * Dreamz Herd
 * Stacy Kimball
 * Mookie Lee
 * Edgardo Rivera
 * Michelle Yi

Additional Members

 * Bula Bula did not have any additional members.

Tribe History
On day twenty-two, both the Moto and Ravu tribes paddled to Exile Island, uncertain of what to expect next. At the tower overlooking the island, the group discovered purple Buffs, and notice of a merge. The group would return to the old Moto camp. Hopes of the luxuries of old, however, were quickly dashed when the new tribe returned to find the beach stripped of the old amenities.

The group chose "Bula Bula" as the new name, and the younger women of the tribe -- Stacy Kimball and Michelle Yi -- painted the flag. During this time, Stacy stated her belief that the men of the tribe would attempt to pick each other off before turning on the women. In actuality, the tribe was largely split between two groups: the majority alliance at Moto (Michelle, Yau-Man Chan, Earl Cole and Cassandra Franklin) versus the members of the "Four Horsemen" from Ravu (Alex Angarita, Dreamz Herd, Mookie Lee and Edgardo Rivera). In the latter group, tensions rose when Mookie revealed to Dreamz that their alliance was in possession of the hidden immunity idol from the Ravu camp.

A twist at the first "individual" immunity challenge threw all alliances off-balance when the castaways were assigned five-person teams. The losing team would be sent to Tribal Council immediately, without time to discuss the vote. The green team, comprised of Alex, Dreamz, Michelle, Mookie and Stacy lost the challenge, and were sent immediately to Tribal Council. Due to her position as the lone member of the Moto alliance, Michelle was voted out of the game 3-2 without so much as a chance to defend herself.

The first individual reward challenge tested the tribe's opinions of one another and netted a landslide victory for Cassandra, who failed to fumble a single question. As the winner of a night on a luxury boat, she chose Dreamz, Yau-Man and Boo Bernis to accompany her on the trip. During this time, she solidified her alliance with Boo and Dreamz. This led to the latter revealing the whereabouts of one of the hidden immunity idols: in the pocket of Mookie, who had been sent to Exile Island following the reward challenge.

The next immunity challenge, an endurance competition, was won by Yau-Man. This led to a stand-off between the "Four Horsemen," who planned on voting for Earl, and the alliance of Boo, Earl, Cassandra and Yau-Man, who were going to vote for Alex. Due to their mistrust of Dreamz, the group eventually recruited Stacy to their cause. Also cautious of Dreamz's double-dealings, the "Four Horsemen" discerned that the vote would be going to Alex, and had Mookie slip him the hidden immunity idol.

Dreamz played double-agent yet again, informing the majority alliance of the shenanigans occurring with the idol. The group was torn between voting for Alex and Mookie, when Stacy suggested a simple alternative: merely vote for Edgardo instead, thereby completely defusing any power gained by playing the hidden idol.

That night, at Tribal Council, Alex played the hidden immunity idol as planned, but for naught as he didn't receive votes. Instead, an unsespecting Edgardo was eliminated from the game in a blindside 5-3-1 vote.

Stung by the surprise vote, Alex and Mookie retaliated by rummaging through Yau-Man's possessions and finding the hidden immunity idol from the Moto camp. The pair of outsiders attempted to blackmail the computer engineer into revealing his advantage; however, their tactic turned on them when Yau-Man revealed their treacherous nature and search of his things and turned the scorn against the two other men.

The next immunity challenge was won by Stacy, meaning both remaining outsider members of the "Four Horsemen" were at risk at Tribal Council. However, spurred by Boo's fears that one of the two men had found the rehidden Ravu hidden idol, the dominant "Syndicate" alliance agreed to split their vote in order to dilute the idol's power -- three voted for Alex and three voted for Mookie. At Tribal Council, though, Alex surprised everyone by backstabbing his ally and voting for Mookie, tipping the vote to a 4-3-1 majority and sending Mookie to the jury.

During the next three days, Alex struggled to gain footing in the tribe and turn the rest of the group against Boo. His efforts were in vain, as Alex was unanimously voted out at the next Tribal Council.

Only the members of the "Syndicate" alliance remained, and it became every man for himself. On day thirty-four, the tribe competed in a reward challenge for a Ford F-350 truck. In spite of Dreamz's desire to win the car, the challenge ended up going to Yau-Man, who struck a precarious deal: in exchange for the truck, Dreamz promised to give Yau-Man immunity should he win it at the final four. Dreamz accepted the deal, and Yau-Man gifted him with the truck. In addition, Yau-Man sent himself to Exile Island, where he received the final clue to the newly re-hidden immunity idol. He gave this clue to Earl, who located the second idol with relative ease.

The next intended target was Boo, but the vote quickly shifted to Stacy when Boo won the next immunity challenge. Dreamz, however, did not want to have to give immunity later in the game, and orchestrated a blindside against Yau-Man. The cheerleading coach was successful in convincing Boo, Cassandra and Stacy to vote against Yau-Man. But the clever Yau-Man played the hidden immunity idol, negating all four votes with his name on. Stacy was eliminated with only two votes against her.

Any attempts at an encore performance of Yau-Man's elimination were quickly squashed when he won the final five immunity challenge, and Boo was quietly eliminated. At the same Tribal Council, Earl played the immunity idol without incident.

At the final four, Dreamz won the immunity necklace he had promised Yau-Man in exchange for the car. He told Cassandra and Earl, however, to plan to vote for Yau-Man in the event of his betrayal. It proved grim foreshadowing for the former hidden idol holder: Dreamz reneged on his deal to give Yau-Man the necklace, and the latter was voted out 3-1.

At the final Tribal Council (comprised of the first entirely African-American final three in Survivor history), Dreamz came under heavy fire for his questionable ethical choices, and Cassandra for her seeming unpreparedness for the game. In the end, Earl Col became the fourteenth Sole Survivor, bagging all nine Jury votes, a first in Survivor.

Trivia

 * Bula Bula is the only merged tribe to have had a purple buff.
 * Mookie Lee is the only member of Bula Bula to have been on Ravu for the entirety of the first twenty-two days. Consequently, he is the only castaway to have not experienced the Moto camp in its original, luxurious state at any time.