Aiga

Tribe Profile
Version	United States
Season	Samoa
Namesake	Samoan word meaning "family" or "relative"
Tribe Type	Merged Tribe
Day Formed	Day 19
Tribes Merged	Foa Foa Galu
Lowest-Placing Member	Erik Cardona (12/20)
Highest-Placing Member	Natalie White (Winner)

Aiga is the merged tribe of Foa Foa​ and Galu​ from Survivor: Samoa.

Despite Galu entering the merge with an 8-4 supermajority, its internal dysfunctions allowed the Foa Foa Four to integrate socially into Galu's ranks, eventually maneuvering themselves to overcome the greatest numbers' disadvantage in Survivor history and control the endgame. Their tribe color is blue.

Members

Brett Clouser	Dave Ball	Erik Cardona	Jaison Robinson
John Fincher	Kelly Sharbaugh	Laura Morett	Mick Trimming
Monica Padilla	Natalie White	Russell Hantz	Shambo Waters

Tribe History

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Challenge	Challenge Type	Winner	Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
8	Nut Cracker	Immunity	John	Erik (10-2)1	7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21
			Laura
9	Coconut Code	Reward	Dave, John, Kelly, Monica, Shambo	Kelly (4-0)2	8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24
	Square Peg, Round Hole	Immunity	Laura
10	Get Hooked	Reward	Brett, Dave, Laura, Natalie, Russell H.	Laura (5-5; 5-3)3	9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27
	Spear Me The Details	Immunity	Mick
12	Survivor Auction			John (7-1-1)	10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 30
	Drop A Log	Immunity	Jaison
13	Fauxconut Bowling	Immunity	Jaison	Dave (7-1)	11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 31
	Walk On Water	Immunity	Brett	Monica (5-2)	12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 33
14	Coco Plunk	Reward	Jaison, Russell H., Shambo	Shambo (5-1)	13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 36
	Combo Platter	Immunity	Brett
15	Tentacle	Immunity	Brett	Jaison (4-1)	14th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 37
	Over Extended	Immunity	Russell H.	Brett (3-1)	15th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 38
	Jury Vote			Mick (7-2-0)	Second Runner-Up
				Russell H. (7-2-0)	Runner-Up
				Natalie (7-2-0)	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.

		Merged Tribe
Episode		8	9	10		12	13		14	15
Voted Out		Erik	Kelly	Tie	Laura	John	Dave	Monica	Shambo	Jaison	Brett	Mick	Russell H.	Natalie
Vote		10-21	4-02	5-53	5-3	7-1-1	7-1	5-2	5-1	4-1	3-1	7-2-0
►	Natalie	Erik	Kelly	Laura	None	John	Dave	Monica	Shambo	Jaison	Brett	Jury Vote
►	Russell H.	Erik	Kelly	Laura	Laura	John	Dave	Monica	Shambo	Jaison	Brett
►	Mick	Erik	Kelly	Laura	Laura	John	Dave	Monica	Shambo	Jaison	Brett
►	Brett	Erik	Russell H.	Natalie	Natalie	John	Dave	Russell H.	Shambo	Jaison	Mick			Natalie
►	Jaison	Erik	Kelly	Laura	Laura	John	Dave	Monica	Shambo	Mick				Natalie
►	Shambo	Jaison	Russell H.	Laura	Laura	Dave	Dave	Monica	Mick				Russell H.
►	Monica	Erik	Russell H.	Natalie	Natalie	John	Dave	Russell H.						Natalie
►	Dave	Erik	Russell H.	Natalie	Natalie	John	Shambo							Natalie
►	John	Erik	Russell H.	Natalie	Laura	Mick							Russell H.
►	Laura	Erik	Russell H.	Natalie	None									Natalie
►	Kelly	Erik	Russell H.											Natalie
►	Erik	Jaison												Natalie
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, however, no votes were cast against its user. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.

Gallery

The Aiga tribe celebrates at their merge feast.

Erik blindsided.

Kelly blindsided.

Laura blindsided.

John blindsided.

Dave voted out.

Monica voted out.

Shambo voted out.

Jaison blindsided.

Aiga competes in the Final Immunity Challenge, Over-Extended.

Brett voted out.

Mick, Natalie, and Russell H. are the Final Three.

Natalie is the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Samoa.

Trivia

• Of all tribes in Survivor history, Aiga is alphabetically first.
• Aiga is the first merged tribe to have twelve members, a practice that would be regularly implemented in future seasons.
  • It is also the first tribe overall to have more than ten members upon creation.
• Aiga is similar to both Libertad and Enil Edam (the merged tribes in Nicaragua and Caramoan) in that it was composed of an 8-4 ratio of the original tribes.
  • Of the three, Aiga is the only tribe where the winner came from the four-member minority.