Foa Foa

Foa Foa was a tribe on Survivor: Samoa named after the Samoa definition for the trumpet shell

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 * 1.1 Original Members
 * 1.2 Additional Members
 * 2 Tribe History
 * 3 Trivia
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[edit] Original Members
The "Foa Foa" tribe initially consisted of:

Marisa Calihan

Mick Trimming

Russell Hantz

Natalie White

Jaison Robinson

Elizabeth "Liz" Kim

Ashley Trainer

Ben Browning

Betsy Bolan

Mike Borassi

[edit] Additional Members
This Tribe had no adtional members

[edit] Tribe History
the twenty contestants were already assigned tribes at the start of the game, but, based only on appearances, the tribes were told to vote one of their own as a "leader", who, for the first half of the game, would make critical decisions at certain challenges, in particular, selecting one member of their tribe to spend the day after reward challenges with the other tribe through which they would receive a clue to the hidden immunity idol. Foa Foa selected Mick as theirs,. Galu took a strong lead in the game, winning most of the reward and immunity challenges, leading to a relaxed state at the camp, a condition that Shambo resented. Meanwhile, Foa Foa's Russell H. attempted to make living conditions harsher for his tribe by dumping water out of canteens and burning socks, and also became the first player in the history of the show to find a hidden immunity idol without any clues. After winning a reward challenge, Russell S. opted to send Shambo over to Foa Foa for one night, where she found the tribe had a strong work ethic and welcomed her.

Prior to the merge, two players were removed from the game due to fatigue: Mike and Russell S.; Shambo was given Galu's leadership role following Russell's departure. The two tribes merged with twelve players left; Galu had the advantage of eight players over Foa Foa's four, though Shambo clearly showed favoritism towards Foa Foa. Natalie was able to convince Galu to vote off Erik along with the rest of Foa Foa. At this vote, Russell H. had played his hidden immunity idol, but was able to find the idol in its new location, again without clues, before the next tribal council. Russell H. played his new idol there, saving himself from being voted off as he was targeted by every Galu member, and eliminating Kelly. As Shambo began to shift sides to the former Foa Foa's, the next vote first ended in a tie, but John, worried about being eliminated from the game by the rock-pulling tiebreaker, switched his vote on the tiebreaker, eliminating Laura. With the tribes now 5-4, the remaining Foa Foa members continued to hold together for the rest of the game, systematically eliminating the former Galu members, one-by-one. Their plans were halted when Brett went on an immunity challenge winning streak, resulting in Foa Foa having to turn on each other with Shambo and Jaison being voted out, but Brett lost the final immunity challenge and was voted off leaving the Final Three as Russell H., Natalie, and Mick.

At the Final Tribal Council, Mick was ignored by the jury, considering his lack of leadership when assigned that role, and received no votes. Though Russell H. was confident that he had played the game well and that Natalie would be seen as a coattail rider, many of the jury disliked his brash attitude, and Natalie was ultimately named the sole survivor by a vote of 7-2-0.