Solewa

Tribe Profile
Version	United States
Season	Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
Namesake	Portmanteau of Soko, Levu, and Yawa
Tribe Type	Merged Tribe
Day Formed	Day 17
Tribes Merged	Levu Soko Yawa
Lowest-Placing Member	Jessica Johnston (12/18)
Highest-Placing Member	Ben Driebergen (Winner)

Solewa is the merged tribe of Levu, Soko, and Yawa from Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. Their tribe color is purple.

Initially controlled by The Round Table, the social hierarchy on Solewa quickly relegated the Healers to the bottom. However, a short-lived uprising paved the way for a chaotic endgame.

Members

Ashley Nolan            Ben Driebergen            Chrissy Hofbeck            Cole Medders            Desi Williams            Devon Pinto            JP Hilsabeck            Jessica Johnston            Joe Mena            Lauren Rimmer            Mike Zahalsky            Ryan Ulrich

Tribe History

Due to each of the three tribes entering the merge with at least three members, and three players not attending Tribal Council during the pre-merge, the game initially appeared wide open. However, wariness of Joe Mena's antics and the showmance between Jessica Johnston and Cole Medders made the contingent of five Healers (with the aforementioned Desi Williams and Mike Zahalsky) too much for the remaining Heroes and Hustlers to overlook. However, Lauren Rimmer and Ben Driebergen were in between the two alliances due to their pre and post swap allegiances. On one hand, Lauren felt loyalty toward Mike and preferred to work with the Healers. On the other hand, Ben was growing annoyed with Cole and had a strong bond with Chrissy Hofbeck, who was the Healers' target due to her strategic prowess. The Hero/Hustler collective targeted Jessica in the hopes of avoiding an idol play and splitting up the showmance, and ultimately Ben and Lauren sided with their original tribes to vote Jessica out 7-5 and Joe wasting his idol. In the next few votes, Lauren received an extra vote advantage, and rivalries between the two alliances heated up especially when an idol was discovered, ultimately ending up in Ryan Ulrich's possession. Joe and Mike tried to claw their way back into positions of power, but to no avail, and could only watch on as the physical threats Desi and Cole were picked off and Mike wasting an idol in the process.

However, Joe and Mike would finally catch a break on Day 27. At the Reward Challenge following Cole's departure, Lauren took Ben, Ashley Nolan, and Devon Pinto on reward to discuss turning on the sub alliance of Chrissy, Ryan, and JP Hilsabeck. That trio grew very close after the swap, and Lauren was keen on making the first move. Devon also suggested Ben throw a vote on Mike to pretend like he was blindsided as well to see what the remnants of the alliance would plan the following vote. This plan would be realized as JP was blindsided, and three days later they took out Joe while flushing Ryan's idol. The latter was done instead of an 11th hour consideration to blindside Ben who was gaining too much power. The decision to spare Ben this vote would soon come to haunt Lauren, Devon, and Ashley.

With Mike the last Healer standing, the focus shifted to taking out the biggest threats left in the game. Ben believed it was Lauren, but Lauren was able to rally enough numbers against Ben. To solidify these numbers, Lauren gave Mike half of the idol. Mike opted not to use it, and instead threw that half of the idol in the fire. The entire tribe voted for Ben after a hectic Tribal Council, but Ben played an idol he found at the final 9 reward, sending Lauren out with just one vote in a Survivor first for a Tribal Council outside of Day 38 Final 3 situations. Although that move confirmed Ben was the biggest threat left in the game, Ben continued to find rehidden idols. Chrissy, Devon, and Ryan solidified a final 3 alliance at reward, but Ben's idol plays forced them to go to their contingency plans and vote out Ashley and Mike. The latter was made possible due to Devon wisely putting a vote against Mike on Day 37 just in case Ben had yet another idol, otherwise Devon would have been voted out with one vote in similar fashion to Lauren.

On Day 38, Chrissy won the Final Immunity Challenge and it seemed like Ben had finally been defeated. However, Chrissy was given secret information that a fire making challenge would occur that night at Tribal Council to decide which of two players would join her and the player she saves in the Final 3 on Day 39. Chrissy told Devon and Ryan but not Ben, hoping that Devon would be able to defeat Ben with the additional practice. Minutes into practice, Devon broke the flint, and he took it as a sign that he is to save his energy for when it counts at Tribal Council. However, Ben came out on top and Devon became the 8th and final member of the jury.

At Final Tribal Council, Ryan's attempts to plead his case were met with lots of criticism for his reliance on his alliances and inability and/or unwillingness to do much at all in challenges or camp life. Though Chrissy was commended for her social and strategic game, Ben's work ethic and relentlessness in finding idols was praised as well. Chrissy hoped she could inspire moms by winning the title of Sole Survivor, and Ben voiced similar desires for veterans of the armed forces. Ultimately Ben received votes from Desi, Cole, JP, Joe, and Lauren to become Sole Survivor.

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Challenge	Challenge Type	Winner	Eliminated (vote)	Finish
7	Will It Go Round	Immunity	Desi	Jessica (7-5)1	7th Voted Out Day 19
8	Air Raid	Reward	Chrissy, Cole, Devon, JP, Ryan [Joe]	Desi (4-4-1-1; 7-1)2	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21
	Ten-Foot Pole	Immunity	Cole
9	Hear About It Ladder	Reward	Chrissy, Cole, JP, Joe, Mike	Cole (7-1-0)3	9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 24
	Squatty Probst	Immunity	Lauren
10	The Game is Afoot	Reward	Lauren [Ashley, Ben, Devon]	JP (5-3-1)	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27
	Bermuda Triangles	Immunity	Ashley
	Kenny Log-Ins	Reward	Ashley, Ben, Devon, Joe	Joe (4-2-0)3	11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 30
	Driving Wheel	Immunity	Chrissy
11	Love on the Rocks	Reward	Chrissy [Ashley, Mike, Ryan]	Lauren (1-0)3	12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 33
	This Much	Immunity	Ashley
12	The Bottom Line	Reward	Chrissy, Devon [Ryan]	Ashley (5-1)1	13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 36
	Franklin's Tower	Immunity	Chrissy
13	Might as Well Jump	Reward/Immunity	Chrissy [Devon, Mike]4	Mike (1-1-0; 2-1)2,3	14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 37
	You Shook Me	Immunity	Chrissy	Devon (no vote)5	Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 38
	Jury Vote			Ryan (5-2-1)	Second Runner-Up
				Chrissy (5-2-1)	Runner-Up
				Ben (5-2-1)	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^4 The winner of the Immunity Challenge shared the reward with two of their tribemates. ^5 Instead of a traditional vote, the person who won the Immunity Challenge, Chrissy, would choose someone to take with them into the Final Three. She chose to take Ryan with her, leaving the two remaining castaways, Ben and Devon, to compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist.

		Merged Tribe
Episode		7	8		9	10		11	12	13
Voted Out		Jessica	Tie	Desi	Cole	JP	Joe	Lauren	Ashley	Tie	Mike	Devon	Ryan	Chrissy	Ben
Vote		7-52	4-4-1-13	7-1	7-1-01	5-3-1	4-2-01	1-01	5-12	1-1-01,3	2-1	No vote5	5-2-1
►►	Ben	Jessica	Desi	Desi	Cole	Mike	Joe	Lauren	Ashley	Devon	Devon	—	Jury Vote
►►	Chrissy	Jessica	Joe	Desi	Mike	Joe	Ashley	Ben	Ashley	Ben	Mike	—
►►	Ryan	Jessica	Desi	Desi	Cole	Mike	Ashley	Ben	Ashley	Ben	Mike	—
►►	Devon	Jessica	Desi	Desi	Cole	JP	Joe	Ben	Ashley	Mike	None	Eliminated	Ryan
►►	Mike	Chrissy	Joe	Joe	Cole	JP	Ryan	Ben	Ashley	Ben	None			Chrissy
►►	Ashley	Jessica	Joe	Desi	Cole	JP	Joe	Ben	Mike					Chrissy
►►	Lauren	Jessica	None4		Cole	JP	Joe	Ben							Ben
►►	Joe	Chrissy	Ben	None	Cole	JP	Ryan								Ben
►►	JP	Jessica	Desi	Desi	Mike	Mike									Ben
►►	Cole	Chrissy	Joe	Desi	Ben										Ben
►►	Desi	Chrissy	Lauren	None											Ben
►►	Jessica	Chrissy
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, however, no votes were cast against its user. ^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^4 Lauren used her voting advantage, abstaining from the vote in exchange for an Extra Vote that can be used at a future Tribal Council. ^5 Instead of a traditional vote, the person who won the Immunity Challenge, Chrissy, would choose someone to take with them into the Final Three. She chose to take Ryan with her. The remaining two castaways, Ben and Devon, would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist.

Gallery

The three tribes merge as one.

Solewa at the merge feast.

Solewa walking to their camp.

Solewa painting their tribe flag.

Solewa sitting around their campfire.

Solewa at their first Tribal Council.

Jessica blindsided.

Solewa competing in Air Raid for reward.

Solewa competing in the second individual Immunity Challenge, Ten Foot Pole.

Solewa at their second Tribal Council.

Desi voted out.

Solewa competes in the second post-merge Reward Challenge, Hear About It Ladder.

Solewa competing in the third individual Immunity Challenge, Squatty Probst.

Solewa at their third Tribal Council.

Cole voted out.

Solewa competing in The Game is Afoot for reward.

Solewa at their fourth Tribal Council.

JP blindsided.

Solewa at their fifth Tribal Council.

Joe blindsided.

Solewa at the Loved Ones Challenge.

Solewa competing in This Much.

Solewa at their sixth Tribal Council.

Lauren blindsided.

The final six at the Reward Challenge.

Solewa competing in Franklins Tower.

Solewa at their seventh Tribal Council.

Ashley blindsided.

The final five at the Day 37 Immunity Challenge.

Solewa competing in Might as Well Jump.

Solewa at their eighth Tribal Council.

Mike blindsided.

Devon eliminated after a fire-making challenge.

Chrissy, Ben, and Ryan at the Final Tribal Council.

Ben is declared the Sole Survivor.

Trivia

• Solewa is the third purple merged tribe, following Bula Bula and Kasama. They would be followed by Kula Kula.
• Solewa saw the most Hidden Immunity Idol plays of any tribe, with 6.