Tribe Dissolve



 (more commonly known as A Dissolve) occur when one tribe is absorbed into another (or multiple) before the merge and is a special variant of the Tribe Switch.

Survivor: All-Stars
The first time a dissolve has happened was during Day 13 of Survivor: All-Stars, where the tribes were told that the tribe that finishes last at the Reward Challenge will cease to exist while its remaining members are absorbed by the other two tribes.

Survivor: Palau
A special case caused Survivor: Palau to have a tribe absorption while only having two competing tribes. This was when one of the tribes, Ulong was down to its last member, who simply joined the other tribe, Koror. There was no merge that season, as Koror remained to exist until the final day of the competition.

Survivor: Panama
It is first seen in and also occurs in Survivor: Panama which had four tribes. While two tribes are disbanded, the remaining players are spread into two new tribes who will take the name of the two tribes that are not dissolved.

Survivor: Cook Islands
It is first seen in and also occurs in Survivor: Cook Islands, which had four tribes. While two tribes are disbanded, the remaining players are spread into two new tribes who will take the name of the two tribes that are not dissolved.

Dissolved Tribes

 * Saboga
 * Ulong
 * Bayoneta
 * Viveros
 * Manihiki
 * Puka Puka

Trivia

 * There have been three colors absorbed and they have each been absorbed twice.
 * Blue
 * Ulong and Bayoneta
 * Yellow
 * Saboga and Manihiki
 * Green
 * Viveros and Puka Puka