Soko is a tribe from Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. They are the "Healers" tribe, consisting of players who serve others by helping them heal physically or emotionally. Their tribe color is yellow.
Soko entered the game with a great early lead, having never gone to Tribal Council pre-switch. However, their challenge performance would come back to haunt them, as they were quickly targeted post-merge.
Members[]
Tribe History[]
The Healers[]
The Switch[]
On Day 9, a tribe switch took place. Roark Luskin remained as the only Healer on Soko, and was immediately singled out without a partner. Hustlers Ali Elliott and Ryan Ulrich, as well as Heroes Chrissy Hofbeck and JP Hilsabeck, joined Soko as new members.
While Soko lost the first Reward Challenge, the tribe managed to win the first post-switch Immunity Challenge, The Color and the Shape, due to the tribe's co-ordination and Chrissy's sideline coaching at the puzzle stage.
On Day 13, Soko competed in their second Reward Challenge, Slither Me Timbers. While the tribe managed to stay relatively even with Levu and Yawa early on, Ryan began to struggle. Unable to get his ball over his hill, he caused Soko to fall behind sharply, and ultimately lost the challenge for the tribe. Soko went on to lose the Immunity Challenge after Chrissy's numerous failures with the ball board.
By this time, Ali had begun forming a relationship with Roark. Chrissy approached Roark with the intention of working with her, but ultimately saw Roark as untrustworthy and thus threw her name under the bus. Chrissy and JP then regrouped and approached Ryan for his vote against Roark for her perceived strategic acumen; Ali and Roark did the same against Chrissy, who they saw as a challenge liability. At Soko's first Tribal Council, Ryan emerged as the swing vote between the two factions. He decided to side with Chrissy and JP in taking Roark out, leaving Ali at the bottom of the tribe.
Returning from Tribal Council, Ali confronted Ryan for leaving her out of the vote, but he argued that she was too close to Roark. The two then got into an argument. Soko won the Reward Challenge thanks to JP. However, JP's performance in the challenge caused Ryan to consider targeting JP. Soko lost the Immunity Challenge. At camp, Ryan considered voting out JP for being a threat in Immunity Challenges, both he and Ali made amends, and Ali tried to build trust with Chrissy. At Tribal Council, Ryan and Chrissy stuck with JP, and voted out Ali in a unanimous vote.
| Episode | Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out | Result | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Race to Shore | Reward | None | 1st | Tribe Immune | |
| Tracks of My Tears | Immunity | None | 1st | |||
| 2 | Crossroads | Reward/Immunity | Joe | 1st | Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | Block in a Hard Place | Reward/Immunity | Mike | 2nd | Tribe Immune | |
| Tribes Switched, Day 9 | ||||||
| 4 | Tangled Up | Reward | None | Lost | Tribe Immune | |
| The Color and the Shape | Immunity | None | 2nd | |||
| 5 | Head Long Flight | Reward | Chrissy | Lost | Roark (3-2) |
5th Voted Out Day 14 |
| Rice Race | Immunity | Ryan | Lost | |||
| 6 | A-Tension Span | Reward | None | 1st | Ali (3-1) |
6th Voted Out Day 16 |
| Discy Business | Immunity | None | Lost | |||
| Tribes Merged, Day 17 | ||||||
| Original Tribes | Switched Tribes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Voted Out | Tribe Immune |
Tribe Immune |
Tribe Immune |
Tribe Immune |
 Roark |
 Ali |
Tribes Merged | |
| Vote | — | — | — | — | 3-2 | 3-1 | ||
| ►► | Chrissy | On Levu | — | Roark | Ali | |||
| ►► | Ryan | On Yawa | — | Roark | Ali | |||
| ►► | Mike | — | — | — | On Yawa | |||
| ►► | Joe | — | — | — | On Levu | |||
| ►► | JP | On Levu | — | Roark | Ali | |||
| ►► | Cole | — | — | — | On Yawa | |||
| ►► | Desi | — | — | — | On Levu | |||
| ►► | Jessica | — | — | — | On Yawa | |||
| ► | Ali | On Yawa | — | Chrissy | JP | |||
| ► | Roark | — | — | — | — | Chrissy | ||
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Trivia[]
- After Roark's elimination, Soko became the fourth tribe to contain none of its original members at some point during its existence. It was preceded by Maraamu, Mogo Mogo, and Nuku. It was followed by Manu.
- Soko is one of six tribes to have no members who remained on the tribe during its entire existence, along with Maraamu, Mogo Mogo, Ta Keo, Nuku, and Manu.
- Soko's camp was previously used as the camp site for Takali in Millennials vs. Gen X and Mana and Maku Maku in Game Changers.
- Soko is the second tribe to have all of its original male members outlast all of its original female members, after Kalabaw. It was followed by Baka.
- Soko is the third tribe in Survivor history, after Rarotonga and Kalabaw, to have all the original tribe members of the same gender ended up on the jury as all of their original male members, Cole, Joe and Mike, all ended up on the jury. They would be followed by Sele and Belo.
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