Pagong is a tribe from Survivor: Borneo.
Despite a competitive pre-merge, the Pagong tribe became best-remembered for their strategic failure after the merge, as the concept of alliances was not yet universal in the series. After splitting their votes at the first merged tribal council, the remaining members were picked off one by one. Their extinction coined the term "Pagonging". Their tribe color is yellow.
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Tribe History[]
In the early days of the game, personalities clashed, with most of the arguments surrounding B.B. Andersen, the oldest member of the tribe, as his hard work ethic rubbed his younger tribemates the wrong way. The second oldest of the tribe, Gretchen, was seen as the mediator. Despite the dysfunction, Pagong narrowly won the first Immunity Challenge on Day 2 which also won them 50 waterproof matches.
Frictions continued over next few days as B.B. continued to push his work ethic to his tribemates, particularly Ramona, who was sick and could not muster up enough strength to rise up to B.B.'s expectations. After losing the Day 6 Immunity Challenge, B.B., failing to fit in with his tribe, already resigned into going home, and the tribe gave him his wish by voting him out, 6-2.
After B.B.'s elimination, Gretchen took over the leadership position which was relatively well-received, despite some minor arguments. The tribe dismantled B.B. mostly built and constructed a new, more comfortable one. On Day 7, while foraging the jungle for tapioca, Greg, Gretchen, and Colleen stumbled upon a mud volcano. This new attraction became the special bonding place of the tribe. This allowed Pagong to arrive at the next Reward Challenge with a rather jovial mood, despite losing the challenge.
Ramona had been sick and pale early in the game, worrying her tribemates. Though she redeemed herself by dominating the Day 12 Immunity Challenge, the tribe lost, and her newfound strength was not enough to save her, and she was next to go with a 4-2-1 vote.
Despite their close bond as a tribe, conflicts continued to plague the tribe. The worst one was when Gervase and Joel blurted sexist remarks against their female tribemates. When the tribe lost by a hair in the Day 18 Immunity Challenge, the women of Pagong made a pact against Gervase and Joel. During their third Tribal Council, the three women, plus Greg, eliminated Joel in a 4-2 vote.
On Day 20, Pagong and the rival Tagi tribe were merged into one tribe. The remaining Pagongs migrated to Tagi's beach for the rest of the game.
After the merge, the five remaining members of Pagong fell victim to the Tagi Alliance, consisting of four of five members of the rival team.
| Episode | Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out | Result | Eliminated (Vote) |
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| 1 | Quest for Fire | Reward/Immunity | None | Won | Tribe Immune | |
| 2 | Water Torture | Reward1 | Unknown | Won | B.B. (6-2) |
2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
| Buggin' Out | Immunity | None | Lost | |||
| 3 | Treasure Chest | Reward | None | Lost | Tribe Immune | |
| Rescue Mission | Immunity | None | Won | |||
| 4 | SOS Signal | Reward | None | Lost | Ramona (4-2-1) |
4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| Buried Treasure | Immunity | Ramona | Lost | |||
| 5 | Choose Your Weapon | Reward | None | Won | Tribe Immune | |
| Shipwrecked | Immunity | None | Won | |||
| 6 | Abandoned Barracks | Reward | None | Won | Joel (4-2) |
6th Voted Out Day 18 |
| The Obstacle Course | Immunity | Colleen, Gervase | Lost | |||
| Tribes Merged, Day 20 | ||||||
| Notes: ^1 An unaired Reward Challenge was held on Day 4.
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| Original Tribes | ||||||||
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| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Voted Out | Tribe Immune |
 B.B. |
Tribe Immune |
 Ramona |
Tribe Immune |
 Joel |
Tribes Merged | |
| Vote | — | 6-2 | — | 4-2-1 | — | 4-2 | ||
| ► | Colleen | — | B.B. | — | Ramona | — | Joel | |
| ► | Gervase | — | B.B. | — | Colleen | — | Jenna | |
| ► | Jenna | — | B.B. | — | Ramona | — | Joel | |
| ► | Greg | — | Ramona | — | Jenna | — | Joel | |
| ► | Gretchen | — | B.B. | — | Ramona | — | Joel | |
| Joel | — | B.B. | — | Ramona | — | Jenna | ||
| Ramona | — | B.B. | — | Colleen | ||||
| B.B. | — | Ramona | ||||||
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Trivia[]
- Pagong is the first tribe to win a challenge.
- Pagong is the first yellow tribe in Survivor history.
- Due to Pagong's subsequent failure after the merge, being systematically eliminated over the next six episodes, fans introduced a new word into the Survivor jargon: "Pagonging", which describes a post-merge situation of one tribe dominating the other tribe by systematically voting them out, until they are all eliminated from the game.[1]
- During Pagong's first visit to Tribal Council, they all jokingly voted for host Jeff Probst before casting their real votes, to Probst's chagrin.
- Pagong's mud pit was later used in a post-merge challenge.
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