Luzon

"luzon"

- We are not the Brain tribe. We're the crap-for-Brain tribe.

Luzon is a tribe from.

Informally known as the tribe of Brains, the tribe failed to live up to their description as a tribe steeped in intelligence due to its overall dysfunction.

Members

 * David Samson, Miami Marlins president from Plantation, Florida.
 * Garrett Adelstein, a professional poker player from Santa Monica, California.
 * J'Tia Taylor, a nuclear engineer from Chicago, Illinois.
 * Kass McQuillen, an attorney from Tehachapi, California.
 * Spencer Bledsoe, an economics student from Chicago, Illinois.
 * Tasha Fox, an accountant from St. Louis, Missouri.

Tribe History
Tension in Brains tribe started the moment the game started, when their elected leader, David Samson was tasked to remove which tribe member he felt was the weakest, where he chose Garrett Adelstein, a curious choice since he was the most muscular in the tribe. David blatantly explained his decision, saying he was already preparing for the final two-thirds of the game. David's decision however, sent Garrett to their camp via helicopter while the rest of the tribe walked their way to it. At Luzon camp, Garret was given a choice between a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol or a bag of rice, in which he chose the former. With the help of the clue, Garrett found the idol just in time before his tribemates arrived.

Dysfunction set in early as Luzon found itself under the hapless leadership of J'Tia Taylor, whose ideas on how to build their shelter proved to be a failure in execution. The tribe's ineptitude carried over at the inaugural Immunity Challenge in Day 3, continually stumbling throughout the course and barely even started with the puzzle-solving phase of the challenge. The Brains lost, and at Tribal Council, Garrett collected his revenge for David selling him out on Day 1, voting him out, 4-2.

Kass McQuillen found herself to be a swing vote between two factions: the men, Garrett and Spencer Bledsoe, and the women, J'Tia and Tasha Fox. At the second Immunity Challenge on Day 6, J'tia proved to be a liability, single-handedly losing the challenge after blowing a large lead. Putting the blame on J'Tia's head, Garrett initiated an open forum, stating that the best move for the tribe was to vote out J'Tia, a gesture which the rest of the tribe detested, most notably Tasha, who wanted to play strategically as opposed to Garrett's perceived ethical approach. While the rest of the tribe scrambling at the beach, an angry J'tia, who was left alone in the shelter, threw in the majority of the tribe's rice supply to the fire.

At Tribal Council, Tasha and Garrett argued over their conflicting strategies, with Tasha even blaming Garrett for the rice incident because had he not started the open forum, J'Tia would not have been volatile. During the heated argument, Garrett accidentally mentioned having an alliance with Spencer and Kass. In the end, Kass was convinced to join the women, voting Garrett, who left his idol with him at camp, out, 3-2.

On Day 8, desperate for a win, Tasha insisted that they should practice before the Immunity Challenge. Though the practice proved to be inconsequential as the tribe still floundered at the actual challenge. However, Brains narrowly defeated the "Beauty" Solana tribe for second place, winning their first challenge.

For Luzon, however, the third Immunity Challenge would be the first and last challenge they will ever win. Despite Spencer's efforts to win the next Reward and Immunity Challenges, the Brains found themselves at Tribal Council for a third time, mostly due to J'Tia's questionable ability to perform in challenges and capacity to volatility. Despite her loyalty to the women, Kass and Tasha sided with Spencer, unanimously eliminating J'Tia, 3-1.

Dissolve
The Luzon tribe, dwindled into a paltry tribe of three, and on Day 12, the Brains tribe was dissolved, with Kass, Spencer and Tasha subjected into a Tribe Switch along with 11 other castaways. However, in a luck of a draw, all three remaining Luzon members were assigned to the new Aparri tribe, which was formerly known informally as the Brawn tribe, ending their days as members of Luzon.

Trivia

 * According to Jeff Probst, the Luzon tribe has a combined average IQ of 130.
 * Luzon is the first green starting tribe since Moto from.
 * Luzon is the first tribe since Manihiki in to have two African-American women.
 * Luzon is the third tribe in a three-tribe season to lose the first and second Immunity Challenges, following Saboga in and Matsing in.
 * All three tribes were dissolved at the Tribe Switch which were all done with fourteen castaways left in the game.
 * Luzon is the fourth tribe in Survivor history to win only one challenge, following Bayoneta in, followed by Manihiki in and Ravu in.
 * No member of Luzon was switched to Solana after the Tribe Switch, as all three remaining members went to Aparri.
 * Luzon has the most number of original tribe members from a dissolved tribe in a three-tribe season to have made it to the Merge with three.
 * Luzon is the first dissolved tribe in a three-tribe season to not have their camp used by the Merged tribe. In this case, the Merged tribe, Solarrion, lived at the old Aparri camp.