Foa Foa

Tribe Profile
Version	United States
Season	Samoa
Namesake	Samoan word meaning "trumpet shell"
Tribe Type	Starting Tribe
Day Formed	Day 1
Rival Tribe(s)	Galu
Tribe Status	Merged with Galu on Day 19
Challenge Wins	2/10
Lowest-Placing Member	Marisa Calihan (20/20)
Highest-Placing Member	Natalie White (Winner)

Foa Foa is a tribe from Survivor: Samoa. Their tribe color is yellow.

Foa Foa lost all but two of the pre-merge challenges to their rival Galu tribe, in large part to Russell Hantz's plan to sabotage the tribe by deliberately ruining their well-being. Despite their losses, the four surviving members enjoyed much more success after the merge, with three of their members making it to the Final Tribal Council.

Members

Ashley Trainer 22, Maple Grove, MN Spa saleswoman	Ben Browning 28, Los Angeles, CA Bar manager	Betsy Bolan 48, Campton, NH Police officer	Jaison Robinson 28, Chicago, IL Law student	Liz Kim 33, New York City, NY Urban planner
Marisa Calihan 25, Cincinnati, OH Student	Mick Trimming 33, Los Angeles, CA Doctor	Mike Borassi 62, Marina del Rey, CA Personal chef	Natalie White 26, Van Buren, AR Pharmaceutical saleswoman	Russell Hantz 36, Dayton, TX Oil company owner

Tribe History

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out	Result	Observer	Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
1	Chief's Choice	Reward	Ashley, Ben, Betsy, Mick, Mike, Natalie	Won	None	Marisa (7-3)	1st Voted Out Day 3
	Yank Your Hank	Immunity	None	Lost
2	Schmergen Brawl	Reward/Immunity	None	Lost	None	Mike (no vote)	Evacuated Day 5
						Betsy (7-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 6
3	Sea Crates	Reward/Immunity	Russell H.	Lost	None	Ben (6-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 8
4	Bocce In A Box	Reward	Ashley, Jaison, Liz	Lost	None	Tribe Immune
	Well Stacked	Immunity	None	Won
5	Samoa Smoothies	Reward	None	Lost	None	Ashley (5-1)	5th Voted Out Day 14
	Sack Attack	Immunity	None	Lost
6	Roll With It	Reward	None	Cancelled1	None	Tribe Safe
7	Brain Food	Reward	None	Lost	None	Liz (4-1)	6th Voted Out Day 18
	Canoe Dueling	Immunity	None	Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 19
Notes: ^1 Russell S. from Galu collapsed at the challenge, causing the challenge to be stopped with no winner. Galu and Foa Foa attended Tribal Council that night, to discuss Russell S.'s situation. The scheduled Double Tribal Council was cancelled, thus no one was voted out.

		Original Tribes
Episode		1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8
Voted Out		Marisa	Mike	Betsy	Ben	Tribe Immune	Ashley	Tribe Safe	Liz	Tribes Merged
Vote		7-3	No vote1	7-1	6-1	—	5-1	No vote2	4-1
►	Natalie	Marisa	—	Betsy	Ben	—	Ashley	—	Liz
►	Russell H.	Marisa	—	Betsy	Ben	—	Ashley	—	Liz
►	Mick	Ashley	—	Betsy	Ben	—	Ashley	—	Liz
►	Jaison	Marisa	—	Betsy	Ben	—	Ashley	—	Liz
	Liz	Marisa	—	Betsy	Ben	—	Ashley	—	Jaison
	Ashley	Marisa	—	Betsy	Ben	—	Liz
	Ben	Marisa	—	Betsy	Ashley
	Betsy	Ashley	—	Ben
	Mike	Marisa	Evacuated
	Marisa	Ashley
Notes: ^1 Mike was evacuated from the game due to injury and hypotension. However, Foa Foa still had to visit Tribal Council and vote. ^2 Russell S. from Galu was evacuated from the game due to severe hypotension. No vote occurred for his removal, though both tribes were sent to Tribal Council.

Gallery

Foa Foa's shot in the intro.

Foa Foa competes in the first Immunity Challenge, Yank Your Hank.

Foa Foa lighting their torches.

Foa Foa at their first Tribal Council.

Marisa blindsided.

Mike pulled from the game due to medical reasons.

Foa Foa at their second Tribal Council.

Betsy voted out.

Foa Foa with Galu's observer, Shambo.

Ben voted out.

Foa Foa finally wins immunity.

Ashley voted out.

Liz blindsided.

The Foa Foa Four, heading to the merge.

Trivia

• Among the tribes with an extensive losing streak, Foa Foa sat out tribe members in challenges the most, being able to do so thrice.
• Foa Foa should be pronounced in Samoan language as "fwah fwah", however, during the season its pronunciation had been Anglicized by Jeff Probst and the cast as "Fo-ah Fo-ah."