Lairo

Tribe Profile
Version	United States
Season	Island of the Idols
Namesake	Fijian word meaning "land crab"
Tribe Type	Starting Tribe
Day Formed	Day 1
Rival Tribe(s)	Vokai
Tribe Status	Merged with Vokai on Day 20
Challenge Wins	2/10
Lowest-Placing Member	Ronnie Bardah (20/20)
Highest-Placing Member	Dean Kowalski (Runner-Up)

Lairo is a tribe from Survivor: Island of the Idols.

Lairo is known for its unlucky performances in challenges compared to the rival Vokai tribe. They are also known for their strategic dysfunction, quickly dividing themselves and turning on each other. At the merge, this division caused them to be voted out one by one until just one remained. Their tribe color is orange.

Members

Original Day 12 Aaron Meredith 36, Warwick, RI Gym owner Chelsea Walker 27, Los Angeles, CA Digital content creator Dean Kowalski 28, New York City, NY Tech sales Elaine Stott 41, Rockholds, KY Factory worker Elizabeth Beisel 26, Saunderstown, RI Olympic medalist Karishma Patel 37, Houston, TX Personal injury lawyer Missy Byrd 24, Tacoma, WA Air Force veteran Ronnie Bardah 36, Henderson, NV Pro poker player Tom Laidlaw 60, Greenwich, CT Former NHL player Vince Moua 27, Palo Alto, CA Admissions counselor  Dean Kowalski       Jack Nichting       Jamal Shipman       Janet Carbin       Karishma Patel       Kellee Kim       Noura Salman       Tom Laidlaw

Tribe History

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out	Result	Exiled	Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
1	Tower of Equality	Reward/Immunity	None	Lost	Elizabeth	Ronnie (7-2)	1st Voted Out Day 3
2	Rung O Star	Reward/Immunity	None	Won	None	Tribe Immune
3	Beam Me Up	Reward/Immunity	None	Lost	Vince	Vince (5-3-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 8
4	Ow Pairs	Reward/Immunity	None	Lost	None	Chelsea (6-2)	4th Voted Out Day 11
Tribes Switched, Day 12
5	Headlong Flight	Reward	None	Lost	None	Tom (5-2)	5th Voted Out Day 14
	Discography	Immunity	None	Lost
6	Heroes End	Reward	None	Lost	None	Tribe Immune
	Cage Against the Machine	Immunity	None	Won
7	Flips, Flops, & Flags	Reward	None1	Lost	Janet	Jack (2-0)2,3	7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 19
	Faulty Towers	Immunity	None	Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 20
Notes: ^1 Promotional pictures were released showing an unaired challenge that would have occurred during the episode. A member of the cast anonymously informed the Survivor Wiki admins about the outcome of the challenge. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user.

		Original Tribes				Switched Tribes
Episode		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Voted Out		Ronnie	Tribe Immune	Vince	Chelsea	Tom	Tribe Immune	Jack	Tribes Merged
Vote		7-2	—	5-3-1	6-2	5-2	—	2-02,3
►►	Dean	Ronnie	—	Karishma	Karishma	Karishma	—	Jack
►►	Noura	On Vokai				None1	—	Jack
►►	Janet	On Vokai				Tom	—	Dean
►►	Elaine	Ronnie	—	Vince	Chelsea	On Vokai
►►	Karishma	Ronnie	—	Vince	Chelsea	Tom	—	Dean
►►	Elizabeth	None1	—	Vince	Chelsea	On Vokai
►►	Missy	Ronnie	—	Vince	Chelsea	On Vokai
►►	Aaron	Vince	—	Karishma	Chelsea	On Vokai
►►	Jamal	On Vokai				Tom	—	Dean
►►	Kellee	On Vokai				Tom	—	Dean
►	Jack	On Vokai				Tom	—	Dean
►	Tom	Ronnie	—	Karishma	Chelsea	Karishma
	Chelsea	Ronnie	—	Vince	Karishma
	Vince	Ronnie	—	Tom
	Ronnie	Vince
Notes: ^1 This castaway failed the mentors' test on the Island of the Idols, thus they were unable to cast a vote. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user.

Gallery

Lairo competes in the first Reward/Immunity Challenge, Tower of Equality.

Lairo at their first Tribal Council.

Ronnie blindsided.

Lairo competes in the second Reward/Immunity Challenge, Rung O Star.

Lairo competes in the third Reward/Immunity Challenge, Beam Me Up.

Lairo at their second Tribal Council.

Vince blindsided.

Lairo competes in the fourth Reward/Immunity Challenge, Ow Pairs.

Lairo at their third Tribal Council.

Chelsea blindsided.

Lairo at the Tribe Switch.

Lairo at their fourth Tribal Council.

Tom voted out.

Lairo competes in the sixth Immunity Challenge, Cage Against the Machine.

Lairo competes in the third Reward Challenge.

Lairo competes in the seventh Immunity Challenge, Faulty Towers.

Lairo at their fifth Tribal Council.

Jack blindsided.

Trivia

• Lairo contains three openly LGBT castaways (Elaine, Missy, and Vince), the most of any starting tribe at the time of airing. This would be tied by Vati, Coco and Soka.
  • Lairo is the second starting tribe, after Yasur, with two LGBT female members, it would be followed by Vati, Coco and Soka and Belo.
• Lairo is the first tribe to have a contestant sent to the Island of the Idols.