Fang is a tribe from Survivor: Gabon.
Fang was one of two tribes with 9 castaways that began in "Want to See the Elephant Dung?". The tribe was known for their extensive losing streak in challenges during the pre-merge portion of the game, but managed to rebound post-merge by systematically eliminating the rival Kota tribe members. Their tribe color is red.
Members
Tribe History
Challenge History
| Episode | Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out | Result | Exiled | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One for All | Reward/Immunity1 | None | GC | None | Michelle (8-1) |
1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| Lost | |||||||
| Temptation Valley | Reward/Immunity | None | Lost | ||||
| Lemme Go Rock 'N' Roll | Reward/Immunity | None | Lost | Dan | Gillian (7-1) |
2nd Voted Out Day 6 | |
| 2 | Kicking and Screaming | Reward | Ken | Won | None | Tribe Immune | |
| Lake Launch | Immunity | None | Won | ||||
| Tribes Switched, Day 7 | |||||||
| 3 | Big Oar Deal | Immunity | None | Lost | Sugar2 | Jacquie (5-2) |
4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| 4 | Fruit Flies | Reward | None | Lost | Sugar | GC (6-1) |
5th Voted Out Day 15 |
| Cliff Bowling | Immunity | None | Lost | ||||
| 5 | Snake In the Grass | Reward | None | Lost | Sugar | Kelly (5-1) |
6th Voted Out Day 18 |
| Jungle Relay | Immunity | None | Lost | ||||
| 6 | Elephant Eggs | Reward | None | Lost | Sugar | Kelly (5-1) |
7th Voted Out Day 21 |
| Log Jam | Immunity3 | None | [Sugar]4 | ||||
| Tribes Switched, Day 19 | |||||||
| 7 | Keep It Up | Immunity | None | Won | None | Tribe Immune | |
| 8 | Super Golf | Reward | Corinne | Won | None | ||
| Tribes Merged, Day 27 | |||||||
| Notes: ^1 The tribes competed for both tribal reward and individual immunity. GC was the first to reach the Fang's individual Immunity Idol, but the Kota tribe reached the finish line first, losing Fang the tribal portion of the challenge.
^2 Due to the odd number of players at the time of the tribe switch, Sugar, the odd person out, was sent to Exile Island, and rejoined the game as a member of Fang, replacing Jacquie and evening the tribes at 7-7. ^3 Both tribes were sent to Tribal Council. The tribes competed in an individual Immunity Challenge. ^4 The winner of the challenge, Marcus from Kota, was given a second Immunity Necklace to assign to one member of Fang, in which he chose Sugar. | |||||||
Voting History
| Original Tribes | First Switched Tribes | Second Switched Tribes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Voted Out |  Michelle |
 Gillian |
Tribe Immune |
 Jacquie |
 GC |
 Kelly |
 Ace |
Tribe Immune |
Tribes Merged | |
| Vote | 8-1 | 7-2 | — | 5-2 | 6-1 | 5-1 | 3-2 | — | ||
| ►►► | Susie | Michelle | Gillian | — | On Kota | |||||
| ►►► | Sugar | On Kota | Exiled1 | GC | Kelly | Ace | — | |||
| ►►► | Matty | Michelle | Gillian | — | Jacquie | GC | Kelly | Crystal | — | |
| ►►► | Ken | Michelle | Gillian | — | Jacquie | GC | Kelly | Ace | On Kota | |
| ►►► | Crystal | Michelle | Gillian | — | Jacquie | GC | Kelly | Ace | On Kota | |
| ►►► | Corinne | On Kota | — | |||||||
| ►►► | Randy | Michelle | Gillian | — | On Kota | — | ||||
| ►►► | Charlie | On Kota | — | |||||||
| ► | Dan | Michelle | Gillian | — | On Kota | |||||
| ► | Ace | On Kota | Kelly | GC | Kelly | Crystal | ||||
| ► | Kelly | On Kota | Jacquie | GC | Crystal | |||||
| ► | GC | Michelle | Gillian | — | Jacquie | Kelly | ||||
| ► | Jacquie | On Kota | Kelly | |||||||
| Gillian | Michelle | Ken | ||||||||
| Michelle | Gillian | |||||||||
| Notes: ^1 Due to the odd number of players at the time of the tribe switch, Sugar, the odd person out, was sent to Exile Island, and rejoined the game as a member of Fang, replacing Jacquie and evening the tribes at 7-7.
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Gallery
Fang's intro shot.
Fang competes in the first tribal Immunity Challenge, Temptation Valley.
Fang at their first Tribal Council.
Michelle voted out.
Ken competing for Fang in Lemme Go Rock n' Roll.
Fang at their second Tribal Council.
Gillian voted out.
The members of Fang ranked before the first Tribe Switch.
Fang at their third Tribal Council.
Jacquie voted out.
GC voted out.
Kelly voted out.
Ace blindsided.
Fang competes in the Reward Challenge, Super Golf.
The third incarnation of Fang on reward.
Trivia
- From the beginning of the game until the second Tribe Switch, the tribe's name was pronounced as /fɑng/ (pronounced "fong"), but after the second switch, it was changed by Corinne Kaplan to /fæng/ (sounding like how "fang" is usually pronounced in American English), because she thought the original pronunciation was "tainted" due to its misfortunes.
- Matty Whitmore is the only original member of Fang to stay on the tribe until the merge.
- Among all the red tribes in Survivor history, Fang fared the worst in challenges, winning only four of the season's thirteen tribal challenges.
- Fang, along with its rival Kota tribe, are the third and fourth tribes to have its tribe name originate from an actual tribe or ethnic group, following Africa's Boran and Samburu tribes, which are also African-based tribes. Fang is the dominant language of the Bantu and is spoken by 32% of Gabon inhabitants.
- Fang, along with Kota, are the first two tribes to be a part of two full tribe switches.
- Fang's camp was later used as the camp for the merged tribe Nobag.
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