The Cool Kids Alliance (also known as the Cool Kids Lunch Table or the Couples Alliance) was the minority alliance from the original Gota tribe in Survivor: Caramoan.
The alliance was founded by Eddie Fox and Reynold Toepfer on Day 1, with the two men bringing in Allie Pohevitz and Hope Driskill to complete the foursome. However, they were targeted by the Gota Alliance for their "cliquishness," with Allie and Hope being the first boots. Eddie and Reynold remained aligned, but moved into a new alliance after a tribe swap.
History
Inception
After the first Reward Challenge, Eddie Fox and Reynold Toepfer solidified an allegiance to each other based on a mutual concern over being "a hunted species." Subsequently, Reynold approached his challenge partner Allie Pohevitz, aligned with her, and agreed not to draw attention to their pairing. Reynold specifically noted that Allie was a "not-obvious choice." That night, Eddie and his challenge partner Hope Driskill also paired up whilst star-gazing, notoriously noting they were "the two best-looking people out here."
However, during the course of the night, Laura Alexander noted that Reynold and Allie were sleeping very close, and targeted them as a romantic alliance.
Merging Partners
While they were waiting for a challenge, the four members went out in the ocean and talked about how they were the "cool kids at the lunch table".
Alliance in the Minority
With them seemingly in the minority with only four in a tribe of ten, they talked to Matt and Laura about aligning with them. However, both potential allies instead opted to join the Gota Fans Alliance.
Reynold's Idol
On Day 5, Reynold discovered the Hidden Immunity Idol inside a tree. Before they left for the hike to Tribal Council, Reynold foolishly placed the idol in his pocket, which was discovered by Laura minutes later. At Tribal, Laura blurted about the bulge in his pocket, and Reynold revealed the idol to his tribemates. In the end, Allie was blindsided 6-4 and became the first Fan to be voted out.
On Day 7, the idol came into mind again during the next Tribal Council, where the rival alliance planned to split the votes between Hope & Eddie to diminish the impact of the idol. Hope and Eddie tied 3-3-3 with the Cool Kids' target Shamar Thomas. With two of the three members of the alliance unable to vote at the revote, Hope was the second person voted out of the Gota tribe.
On Day 10, the alliance targeted Laura for her poor actions in the Reward/Immunity Challenges, and succeeded in doing so as the rival Gota Fans Alliance joined in on the plan, blindsiding Laura in a unanimous vote. Reynold played his idol, only to find that it was for naught.
On Day 11, Reynold found the idol once again, and told Eddie about it.
Tribe Switch
On Day 14, Malcolm Freberg, Erik Reichenbach, Brenda Lowe and Andrea Boehlke were switched to Gota, with Sherri Biethman, leader of the rival alliance, being the only member of that alliance left on the tribe. Reynold & Eddie - the only remaining members of the alliance - tried to get the Favorites to target Sherri. However, Gota won every post-switch Immunity Challenge, keeping themselves safe from Tribal Council.
Gallery
Trivia
- In the first Fans vs Favorites season, a similiar alliance, was developed on the Favorites tribe between Parvati Shallow, James Clement, Amanda Kimmel and Ozzy Lusth, similar to the Cool Kids Alliance before the merge.
- However, all four made it to the Merge, and the two women lasted longer than the two men, which is opposite of this season.
- According to Allie Pohevitz's exit interview on Rob Has A Podcast, the alliance believed they had a majority with Matt Bischoff and Laura Alexander prior to their first Tribal Council on Day 5. [1]
References
- ↑ Cesternino, Rob (February 21, 2013). "Survivor Caramoan Exit Interview with Allie Pohevitz". Rob Has a Podcast. http://robhasawebsite.com/survivor-caramoan-exit-interview-allie-pohevitz/.