Vata

Tribe Profile
Version	United States
Season	Edge of Extinction
Namesake	A dosha in Ayurveda associated with change and movement
Tribe Type	Merged Tribe
Day Formed	Day 17
Tribes Merged	Kama Lesu Manu
Lowest-Placing Member	Joe Anglim (14/18)
Highest-Placing Member	Chris Underwood (Winner)
Flag
Tribe Emblem
Buff

Vata is the merged tribe of Kama, Lesu, and Manu from Survivor: Edge of Extinction. Their tribe color is red.

Members

Aurora McCreary            Chris Underwood     *  David Wright            Eric Hafemann            Gavin Whitson            Joe Anglim            Julia Carter            Julie Rosenberg            Kelley Wentworth            Lauren O'Connell            Ron Clark            Rick Devens          *  Victoria Baamonde            Wardog DaSilva

Tribe History

Challenge History

Episode	Challenge	Challenge Type	Winner	Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
6	Back in the Saddle	Re-entry	Rick	Joe1 (6-3-2-2)	7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 19
	Audio Slave	Immunity	Julie
7	Planks a Lot	Reward	Aurora, Eric, Julia, Rick, Victoria, Wardog	Eric1 (8-2-2)	8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 22
	Keep on Your Toes	Immunity	Aurora
8	Bo Diddley	Immunity	Gavin	Julia1 (9-1-0)2	9th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 23
9	Squatty Probst	Immunity	Aurora	David1 (8-2)	10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 25
	Faulty Towers	Reward3	Gavin, Kelley, Lauren [Julie]	Kelley1 (5-4)	11th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 27
	Paddle Out	Immunity	Rick
10	Dressed to Keel	Reward	Julie, Lauren, Rick, Wardog	Wardog1 (6-2)	12th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 29
	Star Man	Immunity	Rick
11	Stuck in Love	Reward	Ron [Gavin, Julie]	Ron1 (3-1-0)2	13th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 31
	Chimney Sweeps	Immunity	Gavin
12	Running Down a Dream	Reward	Gavin [Lauren, Victoria]	Aurora1 (5-1)	14th Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day 34
	Home Stretch	Immunity	Rick
13	Don't Call It a Comeback	Re-entry	Chris	Victoria (2-0-0)2	15th Voted Out 11th Jury Member Day 36
	Odyssey 6	Reward/Immunity	Julie [Chris, Lauren]5
	Giant Tick	Immunity	Rick	Lauren (2-0)2,4	16th Voted Out 12th Jury Member Day 37
	Let There Be Rock	Immunity	Chris (Julie)6	Rick (no vote)6	Eliminated 13th Jury Member Day 38
	Jury Vote			Julie (9-4-0)	Second Runner-Up
				Gavin (9-4-0)	Runner-Up
				Chris (9-4-0)	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 The castaway was voted out and opted to be sent to the Edge of Extinction. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user. ^3 An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 26. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^5 The winner of the Immunity Challenge shared the reward with a number of their tribemates. ^6 Instead of a traditional vote, the winner of the Immunity Challenge, Chris, would choose someone to take with them to the Final Three. He chose to give up his Immunity Necklace to Julie, save Gavin, and compete against Rick in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist.

Voting History

		Merged Tribe
Episode		6	7	8	9		10	11	12	13
Voted Out		Joe	Eric	Julia	David	Kelley	Wardog	Ron	Aurora	Victoria	Lauren	Rick	Julie	Gavin	Chris
Vote		6-3-2-2	8-2-2	9-1-01	8-2	5-4	6-2	3-1-01	5-1	2-0-01	2-01, 3	No vote4	9-4-0
►	Chris									Victoria	Lauren	—	Jury Vote
►►	Gavin	Joe	Eric	Julia	David	Aurora	Wardog	Ron	Aurora	Rick	Chris	—
								Ron2
►►	Julie	Joe	Lauren	Julia	David	Aurora	Wardog	Rick	Aurora	Rick	Chris	—
►►	Rick	Kelley	Lauren	Julia	Wardog	Kelley	Aurora	Aurora	Aurora	Victoria	Lauren	Eliminated		Gavin
►►	Lauren	David	Eric	Julia	David	Aurora	Wardog	Ron	Aurora	Rick	Chris			Gavin
►►	Victoria	Joe	Eric	Julia	David	Kelley	Wardog	Rick	Aurora	Chris					Chris
►►	Aurora	Rick	Eric	David	David	Kelley	Wardog	Rick	Julie	Eliminated				Gavin
►►	Ron	Joe	Kelley	Julia	David	Kelley	Wardog	Rick		Eliminated					Chris
►►	Wardog	David	Eric	Julia	David	Kelley	Aurora			Eliminated					Chris
►►	Kelley	David	Eric	Julia	David	Aurora				Eliminated				Gavin
►►	David	Kelley	Eric	Julia	Wardog					Eliminated					Chris
►►	Julia	Joe	Eric	Kelley						Eliminated					Chris
►►	Eric	Joe	Kelley							Eliminated					Chris
►►	Joe	Rick								Eliminated					Chris
►	Aubry5									Eliminated					Chris
	Reem5									Eliminated					Chris
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^2 This castaway played an Extra Vote advantage, allowing them to vote twice at Tribal Council. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^4 Instead of a traditional vote, the winner of the Immunity Challenge, Chris, would choose someone to take with them to the Final Three. He chose to give up his Immunity Necklace to Julie, save Gavin, and compete against Rick in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist. ^5 While not members of the Vata tribe, the castaways that did not make the merge and stayed in the Edge of Extinction became members of the jury.

Gallery

Vata awaits the first Edge of Extinction returnee.

Vata competes in the first individual Immunity Challenge, Audio Slave.

Vata at their first Tribal Council.

Joe blindsided.

Vata competes in the Reward Challenge, Planks a Lot.

Vata competes in the Immunity Challenge, Keep on Your Toes.

Eric blindsided.

Vata competes in the Immunity Challenge, Bo Diddley.

Vata at their third Tribal Council.

Julia voted out.

Vata competes in the Immunity Challenge, Squatty Probst.

David voted out.

Kelley blindsided.

The blue team competes in the Reward Challenge, Dressed to Keel.

Vata competes in the Immunity Challenge, Star Man.

Wardog blindsided.

Vata competes in the Loved Ones Challenge, Stuck In Love.

Vata competes in the Immunity Challenge, Chimney Sweep.

Ron blindsided.

Vata at their eighth Tribal Council.

Aurora voted out.

Vata awaits the second Edge of Extinction returnee.

Lauren voted out.

Rick eliminated.

Gavin, Chris, and Julie in the Final Three.

Chris is the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Edge of Extinction.

Trivia

• Vata was located at the former Manu camp.
• Vata holds the record for the merged tribe to contain the most members at any point, with 14 non-simultaneous members.
  • By extension, Vata contains the highest percentage of its season's cast, at 14 out of 18 (77.8%).
• The tribe name was suggested by Lauren.
  • Coincidentally, "vata" is a Fijian word. As a noun it means "shelf"; as an adverb it means "altogether".
• Vata is the first merged tribe with an oval flag.
• Vata is tied with Merica and Orkun for the tribe with the most castaways voted out due to a Hidden Immunity Idol being played, with three.