Casaya

Casaya (initially known informally as "Older Women") was a tribe on Survivor: Panama.

Casaya (named for the island of Casaya) was one of four tribes that started the game in episode 1201. The tribe was comprised of the four oldest female contestants in the season. The Casaya tribe color isPurple.

Original Members
The Viveros tribe initially consisted of:


 * Melinda Hyder


 * Cirie Fields


 * Ruth-Marie Milliman


 * Tina Scheer

Additional Members
In Day 4, the four teams that have been split by age and gender were integrated into two new teams. Casaya and La Mina were no longer the older tribes as they were used for the new ones.


 * Danielle DiLorenzo


 * Shane Powers


 * Bobby Mason


 * Courtney Marit


 * Aras Baskauskas

With the tribes integrated with odd numbers (15, Tina was voted out beforehand), the only one not being called for a tribe will be sent to Exile island up until Tribal Council. Meaning that he would be ineligible to compete in the Immunity Challenge, immune from the vote and would join the team that would lose a member by the end of the next Tribal Council.


 * Bruce Kanegai

The Older Women
In spite having a tribe full of the older women (as Viveros member Bobby Mason called them the "Golden Girls"), Casaya's representative in the Reward Challenge Ruth-Marie landed her team in third place. In return, they received flint and with the stipulation that they would not have to send anyone to the dreaded Exile Island.

Casaya came together early in terms of camp life. Under the leadership of Tina (a lumberjill by profession), the group managed to create a decent shelter and bonfire. Having never camped outdoors, Cirie reveals a embrassing concern, a "phobia on leaves." This gesture irked the tribe, particularly Tina, which targeted her as a weak link.

In the first Immunity Challenge, Casaya initially trailed together with Viveros, but with Casaya continued to stumble, Viveros bagged third place and were safe from the vote together with Bayoneta and La Mina. Tina wanted Cirie out for her weakness, and proved her worth as she caught one large fish (using her bare hands) to feed the hungry tribe. Melinda even admitted that "there's a gazillion reasons to keep Tina." But in their first Tribal Council, Tina harshly accused everyone of their poor work ethic, prompting Melinda and Ruth-Marie to question their allegiance to her. In the end Tina's outspoken personality met her demise in a 3-1 vote.

Trivia

 * In a rather interesting coincidence, each of the four starting tribes have produced a representative in the Final Four. Cirie Fields became the unofficial representative of Casaya.


 * Cirie also competed in Survivor: Micronesia, Fans vs. Favorites where she started again in a purple team (Malakal). She placed third, and lasting up one day more than she stayed in Survivor: Exile Island.