Bayon Alliance

The Bayon Alliance is an alliance from.

Alpha Males
Once the ten Bayon members arrived to camp, the males were the ones to take part in building the shelter, or collecting wood to make a fire. Once there, Jeremy Collins and Joe Anglim allied with each other, seeing themselves as strong and competitive contestants. And, to work on his social game and to be safe to any future situation, Savage managed to put himself into the alliance. Later on day one, they also managed to convince Tasha to join them. The core didn't had to worry for a while, as they kept sending Ta Keo to Tribal Council.

One Loss, Two Gains
Even after the introduction of Angkor, the new incarnation of Bayon kept themselves safe for a while, while the former attended elimination twice. This came to an end on Day 13, as the new incarnation of Bayon, conformed by former members Jeremy (a member of the core), Kimmi, Stephen, Monica and original Ta Keo members Spencer Bledsoe and Kelly Wiglesworth, lost immunity, resulting in attending Tribal Council. Considered as outsiders, Kelly and Spencer were put as targets, and instead of scrambling to stay together, they targeted each other. However, Monica started to make plans for the future, even considering to make a female alliance with Kimmi, who considered this as playing too hard, too fast. Once at Tribal Council, Monica voted Kelly, thinking she was the main target of the Bayon members, however, Monica ended up being blindsided in a 3-2-1 vote, getting votes from Jeremy, Stephen and Kimmi; this ultimately lead to the latter two joining the core alliance.

Split Vote Idea
Bayon managed to get all of its members, with the sole exception of Monica, when the tribes finally merged on Day 17, and up to that point, the alliance was made up of all former Bayon members, except Kass and Ciera, Spencer and Wiglesworth. Kass and Ciera were on the rival alliance, the soon to be named "Witches Coven", which made them the main targets of the Bayon core. Joe ended up winning immunity, keeping the targets of the alliance intact, even with this, Andrew thought on splitting the votes, in case of an idol being in possession of any of the two. However, this was never the case, and Kass was eliminated in a 6-4-2-1 vote over Ciera.

The Idol Spell
With Kass out the game, and the alliance still holding its staggering 9 to 3 majority, the new threesome of Abi, Ciera, and Kelley, now coined the Witches Coven, were destined to become the second, third, and fourth jury members. However, members of the alliance schemed against big threat Joe, though this move would be ineffective as he won his second straight immunity challenge.

Back at camp, the alliance decided splitting the vote between Ciera and Kelley, hoping that one of them would leave. Jeremy, however, thought of this to be a idiotic move and tried convincing the nonet to take out Kelley instead, who he suspected didnt have an idol. At Tribal Council, the alliance voted for Kelley as planned, but she shockingly used her idol on herself, negating the nine votes. The idol play got rid of co-leader Andrew who received the minority's three votes.

Voting Blocks?
With the elimination of one of the alliance's leaders, the members grew worried and began to crumble after none of them suspected Kelley having an idol. The paranoia became present on everyone, especially Stephen, who even tried desperately to know if he was seen as a threat to the "Witches", which eventually grew his possibilities of being indeed targeted. Now aware of this, and knowing two of the opposite side (Ciera and Kelley) were targets of the vote, Stephen formed with them a "voting block", in order or lowering his target to them. He tried recruiting Jeremy and Spencer to agree to the plan of blindsiding Kelly Wiglesworth, who apparently had an impeccable social game. This idea eventually worked as at Tribal Council as the secret block managed to eliminate Kelly, getting 6 votes against her, against the three against Ciera, and the two against Wentworth, all casted by former alliance members.

The Fallen Witch and the Stolen Vote
The core that was formed at the merge was scrambling, and up to that moment, Joe and Jeremy were the only members that could feel safe, as Joe continued to be immune, and Jeremy still had the Bayon tribe idol. The remaining members of the core were only worried about Stephen because he had flipped in the last Tribal Council. At the immunity challenge, a special advantage was up for grabs at the exchange of dropping out and having no shot at immunity. Stephen won the advantage over Spencer, and once again, Joe won immunity. Up to that point, the Bayon core was made up of Tasha, Joe, Jeremy and Spencer, and their main goal was taking out a Witch and regaining Fishbach again. This plan was put in fruition at Tribal Council, when Collins used his idol on Stephen, negating the five votes against him, and eliminating Ciera.

The core succeeded on taking out a rival, but their destiny was about to be turned upside down. Everything started at the reward challenge, where Kelley found a clue to the idol hidden in a medallion. Once Spencer won immunity, Joe became eligible for elimination for the first time in 29 days, making him a target. However, a power strike led by Spencer to work with the Witches to target Stephen became enacted. At Tribal, Stephen used his advantage, which ended up being a power to steal a vote, preventing someone from voting. He used it against Joe, and cast the two votes for the alliance's intended target Abi-Maria and his own personal target, Joe. This however proved to be a fatal move as with the help of the Witches and Keith, Spencer got rid of Stephen is a close 4-3-2 vote.

The Biggest Threat
Stephen's blindside was an indication that the game was changing. Proof of this occured when Kimmi wanted to ally with the Witches and Tasha to get out the males, and form an all female Final Four. At the immunity challenge, both a female and male would be granted immunity. Kelley won for the females and Keith, shockingly won for the males, albeit due to Joe fainting. Though Jeremy and Spencer considered keeping Joe for a numerical advantage against the perceived all female alliance, they voted with them against him, eliminating Joe in a near unanimous 6-1-1 vote.

Taking Out the Goat
With their biggest ally turned adversary gone, the new majority of Jeremy, Kimmi, Spencer, and Tasha continued to keep the primary focus on the Witches. However, Tasha grew a disdain for Keith, because of him voting for her instead of Joe despite Keith originally wanting Joe gone. This disdain fumed even more after he won reward and decided to take Kelley and Spencer, causing her to instead target Keith. Back at camp, the core members tried to persuade Abi into voting Keith with them. This made Abi believe she was safe for the upcoming vote and potentially becoming a member of the Final Three. After Spencer won immunity, the alliance originally deemed Keith their next casualty, but it was Abi-Maria who they blindsided in a 4-2-1 vote at Tribal Council after figuring out that her volatile personality could be threatening for chances of making it to the end.

Trivia

 * This is biggest alliance is Survivor history, as it had a total of 9 members.
 * Kass and Monica are the only original Bayon members to have never been included nor voted with the alliance at any occasion.