Chuay Jai

Chuay Jai (ช่วยหัวใจ) is the merged tribe from. The tribe combined Sook Jai and Chuay Gahn.

The tribe color is classified as Gold, since one of its component tribe's (Chuay Gahn) was orange. The buff was a lighter orange than Chuay Jai's buff which was a darker orange.

Although both tribes lived together for six days prior to the merge, only eight members comprised the final group of players.

Members

 * Brian Heidik
 * Clay Jordan
 * Helen Glover
 * Jake Billingsley
 * Jan Gentry
 * Ken Stafford
 * Penny Ramsey
 * Ted Rogers, Jr.

Episode 9-11
In Desperate Measures (Episode 9), the two tribes living together for two cycles of the competition finally merge and started the individual phase. With losing two of their original members during the "fake merge" phase, Sook Jai were down in numbers three to five. This split proved too much for the the Sook Jai members.

Brian won the reward challenge. Clay won the first individual immunity challenge. Ken was voted off by a vote of 5-3 along the former tribal lines and becoming the second jury member. He was joined by fellow tribemate Erin who was voted off pre-merge.

In While the Cats Are Away (Episode 10), Brian wins the second reward challenge. He selects Clay to join him in the reward. Helen wins immunity. Penny was voted off by a vote of 4-2-1 becoming the third member of the jury

The First 30 Days (Thailand Recap - Episode 11)

Episode 12-13
In A Big Surprise... and Another (Episode 12), Helen wins reward and Ted wins the immunity challenge. Jake is voted off 5-1 becoming the fourth jury member. Jake is also the last former Sook Jai member.

In The Tides Are Turning (Episode 13), Ted wins reward challenge and invites Helen to join in it. Brian wins immunity challenge. Ted was voted off by a vote of 4-1 and becoming fifth jury member.

Season Finale
In the season finale Slip through Your Fingers (Episode 14), Brian wins the immunity challenge. Helen was voted off by a voted of 3-1. Brian wins the immunity challenge again and given a place on the Final Two. Since Clay's and Jan's votes would cancel, Brian casts the vote sending Jan to the Jury as the final member. Clay and Brian faced the jury

At the Survivor: Thailand, Brian was announced the winner by a vote of 4-3.

Brian received votes from all of his former Chuay Gahn tribemates (Ted, Helen, and Jan) and Jake giving just enough votes to win. In another way, he received votes of the 3rd to the 6th place contestants while Clay received votes of the 7th to 9th place contestants.

Trivia

 * With only eight members, Chuay Jai has the fewest members among all the merged tribes in the history of the show.
 * Their tribe color (gold), has never been used since.
 * Chuay Jai is the first tribe to mix the two starting tribes names to get their merged tribe name.
 * Chuay Jai is the first merged tribe not to form on day 20.