Tandang

 is one of the three competing tribes in.

The most dominant of the three tribes, their athleticism was only rivaled by the Kalabaw tribe on some instances. They also witnessed the destruction of Matsing, where Tandang received one of two remaining Matsing members. But despite avoiding Tribal Council during their entire tenure as a tribe, cracks within the tribe emerged, because the alliances formed within the tribe were yet to be tested.

Original



 * Abi-Maria Gomes, a business student from Los Angeles, California.
 * Artis Silvester, a computer engineer from Terry Town, Louisiana.
 * Lisa Whelchel, a former TV teen star from Dallas, Texas.
 * Michael Skupin, a software publisher from Farmington Hills, Michigan.
 * Pete Yurkowski, an engineering graduate from Holmdel, New Jersey.
 * R.C. Saint-Amour, an investment banker from New York, New York.

Post-Matsing Dissolve
On Day 11, Tandang absorbed one of the two members remaining from the dismantled Matsing tribe.
 * Abi-Maria Gomes
 * Artis Silvester
 * Lisa Whelchel
 * Malcolm Freberg
 * Michael Skupin
 * Pete Yurkowski
 * R.C. Saint-Amour

A Troubled Coop of Roosters
The minute the Tandang tribe reached shore, strategy immediately started when R.C. and Abi-Maria formed an alliance, and added Pete and returning contestant Michael Skupin. The four decided to eliminate Lisa for being the most distant than the much-athletic Artis. On their first night, Michael, who easily recognizes Lisa from The Facts of Life, conversed with her. Lisa, who did not want to divulge her past as an actress, admitted she was the actress whom Michael adored when he was younger, and told him she would want to keep her identity secret. However, all of the roosters' plans were put on hold after they won the first Immunity Challenge on Day 3 (placing 2nd). R.C. found the clue to Tandang's Hidden Immunity Idol in the bag of rice and shared it with Abi-Maria.

Tensions boiled between R.C. and Abi when the latter noticed R.C. and Michael changing the subject of their conversations as she walked up to them. Abi threatened R.C. by saying she would "be dead" to her if she betrayed her. While enduring the punishing Philippine rains, Lisa, an admitted introvert, felt she cannot fit in the group and walked away from the shelter while the rest of the tribe bonded. Lisa sat on the well and became emotional, feeling alone. Back at the shelter, the five other tribe members agreed to vote Lisa off once they lose. But at the second Immunity Challenge, Lisa led the tribe to their second consecutive victory (placing 1st), escaping elimination.

Despite their alliance, R.C. and Abi-Maria's relationship grew more and more strained, with Abi breaking her pact with R.C. by making Pete her new closest ally. Pete then made a power play by making an alliance between himself, Abi, and the former outsiders Lisa and Artis, isolating Skupin and R.C. But for the third consecutive time, the roosters won immunity (placing 2nd). It should be noted that during the first six days of the competition, Michael, who went down in Survivor history as the man who fell on the fire, accumulated several wounds, which became a worry to his tribemates.

Pete continued his plan of creating chaos on his tribe by planting the Hidden Immunity Idol clue in plain sight near R.C.'s bag, forcing her to have to read the clue out loud to her tribemates and creating even more friction between her and Abi. This prompted Abi and Pete to look for the idol themselves. Finding the right opportunity, the two successfully deciphered the clue, which led them to the token with a rooster engraved on it, which served as the handle of Tandang's rice bin. Abi-Maria pried the token off, revealing a note behind it, confirming that the token was indeed the idol. They end up winning immunity again (placing 1st)

A New Kid on the Block
On Day 11, both Tandang and Kalabaw learned they would acquire one of the two members from the ill-fated Matsing tribe, which suffered heavily from Tandang and Kalabaw's prosperity. Out of Matsing's two remaining members, Malcolm, who was visibly excited to drop his blue buff, moved to their tribe. After delivering victory to Tandang, Malcolm, whose disposition elated his tribemates, found himself very popular and in a powerful position. Pete and R.C. vied for his undivided attention, but it was Pete who was victorious by telling Malcolm about the tribe's dynamics and his and Abi's possession of Tandang's idol (unknown to Pete, Malcolm had Matsing's idol). On Day 13, the tribe then rallied to another victory, avoiding Tribal Council for the fifth straight time (this time in the 1st two-way tribal challenge).

Two weeks into the game, the tribe realized their rice supply was in an all-time low. Pete and Artis blamed Michael for mismanaging the rice (e.g. eating the rice raw when their fire runs out). This problem was slightly resolved at the next Reward Challenge, where the two remaining returning players, Skupin and Kalabaw's Jonathan Penner. With the challenge being physical in nature and seemingly no-win scenario, the two returning players brokered an unprecedented deal. Jonathan proposed to make Tandang forfeit the challenge entirely, and his tribe would give their remaining rice supply in return. Michael accepted the deal with little input from his tribemates, giving up the actual reward to Kalabaw. However, the deal was deemed a double-loss for the tribe, as the rice they got from the barter was not as much as they hoped, with their replenished supply being good for only two days. Nonetheless, Michael's controversial move left him vulnerable. With Malcolm in the fold, Artis considered Michael to be expendable. Artis, Abi and Pete expressed their dismay on the deal, but Michael rebutted that nobody voted against it. On Day 16, Tandang proved they benefited better from the rice deal, winning their sixth Immunity Challenge over the hungry and weakened Kalabaw tribe.

On Day 17, Kalabaw and Tandang merged into one tribe. Abandoning their yellow buffs, the six starting members of the Tandang tribe entered the merge complete. They moved to the deserted Matsing tribe camp for the remaininder of the competition as the Dangrayne tribe.

Trivia

 * Yellow is one of the three colors represented in the Philippine flag by the means of the three five-point stars and a sun with eight rays. The three yellow stars represent the three island groups of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao; while the prominent golden sun symbolizes unity, freedom, people's democracy, and sovereignty. The yellow sun's eight rays commemorate the first eight provinces which started the 1896 Philippine Revolution against the Spanish regime, namely, Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Laguna, and Batangas.
 * Tandang hold the record for going the longest without losing a single member, 19 days.
 * Tandang is the fifth tribe to win all the Immunity Challenges they competed in, following Koror, Viveros, Bayoneta, Puka Puka and Moto.
 * Tandang is the first tribe to have all of its original members make the merge.
 * Ostensibly, Tandang is also one of four tribes to never visit Tribal Council, following Viveros, Bayonetta and Puka Puka, but the first one to be successfully dissolved by the merge.
 * R.C. was the only member of this tribe to get a double digit placement.