Soliantu

Tribe Profile
Version	United States
Season	Marquesas
Namesake	Coined by Rob Mariano and Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien to mean "sacred allegiance to the Sun"
Tribe Type	Merged Tribe
Day Formed	Day 20
Tribes Merged	Maraamu Rotu
Lowest-Placing Member	Rob Mariano (10/16)
Highest-Placing Member	Vecepia Towery (Winner)

Soliantu is the merged tribe of Maraamu and Rotu from Survivor: Marquesas.

Soliantu is known as the first tribe to feature a major power shift in Survivor history. The post-merge was marked by the dominance of formerly unaligned castaways joining forces to take down their rivals initially poised for success. Their tribe color is magenta.

Members

John Carroll	Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien	Neleh Dennis	Paschal English	Rob Mariano
Robert DeCanio	Sean Rector	Tammy Leitner	Vecepia Towery	Zoe Zanidakis

Tribe History

Soliantu was created when Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien of Maraamu, and Rob Mariano of Rotu met on Day 21. The tribe started out being controlled by the Rotu Four alliance of John Carroll, Robert DeCanio, Tammy Leitner, and Zoe Zanidakis. After arguments involving Rob and John, the Rotu Four targeted Rob. Kathy won the Immunity Challenge, and decided not to give it up. At the first Tribal Council, the alliance, along with Neleh Dennis, Paschal English, and Vecepia Towery voted for Rob, eliminating him from the game.

Sean Rector, Rob's ally was infuriated by the vote, and wanted to target John. Sean already had Kathy with him on the outs, as well as Vecepia, who apologized for voting Rob. Even after some convincing, Neleh and Paschal still stuck with John's alliance until the Immunity Challenge. At the challenge, the alliance flexed its muscles and first eliminated Sean, with Kathy and Vecepia following. They then targeted Paschal, followed by Neleh. After Tammy won the challenge, Neleh and Paschal realized they were fifth and sixth in the pecking order if they went with the Rotu Four. After the challenge, they approached Sean and agreed to vote with him against John. At the Tribal Council, the Outsiders Alliance came through, and John was blindsided in a 6-3 vote.

After John's elimination, the other members of the alliance were on the bottom. Zoe tried a last ditch effort to save herself by separating herself from Robert and Tammy. Tammy won immunity again, and Zoe's plan failed as she unanimously became the third victim of the Soliantu tribe. After Zoe was voted out, Robert and Tammy were desperate. Robert tried to catch a pig to provide food, and Tammy tried to win a third consecutive immunity. In the end, Robert won the Immunity Challenge and the alliance voted out Tammy.

As Robert became the last member of the original Rotu Four, the Outsiders Alliance realized they would soon have to turn on themselves. At the Immunity Challenge, Robert desperately needed a win, but instead, Vecepia won it. Kathy considered getting Robert, Sean, and Vecepia to vote against Neleh and Paschal, as they were seen as the biggest threats. However, that did not materialize, and Robert unanimously because the fifth person eliminated from the Soliantu tribe.

Now that the Rotu Four was extinct, the Outsiders Alliance had to turn on itself. Sean and Vecepia were trying to oust Neleh, while Neleh and Paschal were trying to oust Sean. The swing vote came down to Kathy. Kathy ended up winning the Immunity Challenge, which influenced Sean to try and make a deal for it. Unfortunately for him, Kathy sided with the other two and voted him out.

As the last days of the game approached, Vecepia realized if she did not win the next Immunity Challenge, she would be voted out. Fortunately, she won immunity, making Kathy a target. Kathy made a deal with Vecepia, and the two decided to vote Neleh. Neleh and Paschal tried to vote Kathy. After a deadlock tie, rocks were passed out, and whoever drew the purple rock was eliminated. In the end, Paschal drew the rock, and was voted out.

At the Final Immunity Challenge, Kathy was the first to drop out. Neleh knew that she needed to win or she would be voted out. Eventually, Vecepia ditched her deal with Kathy and made a new one with Neleh, and allowed Neleh to win immunity. At Tribal Council, Neleh stuck to her word and decided to go to the end with Vecepia, as she voted out Kathy.

The two pleaded their case to the jury at the Final Tribal Council, and in the end, the jury deemed Vecepia more worthy of the money, and declared her the Sole Survivor over Neleh in a 4-3 vote.

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Challenge	Challenge Type	Winner	Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
7	Sea Legs	Immunity	Kathy	Rob (7-2-1)	7th Voted Out Day 21
8	Go Fly A Kite	Reward	Kathy	John (6-3)	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24
	Parang Swing	Immunity	Tammy
10	Coconut Juice	Reward	Paschal, Sean	Zoe (7-1)	9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27
	High-Stepping	Immunity	Tammy
11	Rock Bottom	Reward	Paschal [Neleh]	Tammy (5-2)	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30
	Virtues of Fire	Immunity	Robert
12	Turtle Roll	Reward	Kathy	Robert (5-1)	11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33
	Sands of Time	Immunity	Vecepia
13	Second Chance	Reward	Sean	Sean (3-2)	12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36
	Marquesan Folklore	Immunity	Kathy
14	Fallen Comrades	Immunity	Vecepia	Paschal (2-2; tiebreaker)1	Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 37
	Hard Idol	Immunity	Neleh	Kathy (1-0)	13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38
	Jury Vote			Neleh (4-3)	Runner-Up
				Vecepia (4-3)	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 Per Survivor rules, if there is a deadlock tie, all non-immune players will have to draw rocks, with the player who draws the odd-colored rock being eliminated.

		Merged Tribe
Episode		7	8	10	11	12	13	14
Voted Out		Rob	John	Zoe	Tammy	Robert	Sean	Tie	Paschal	Kathy	Neleh	Vecepia
Vote		7-2-1	6-3	7-1	5-2	5-1	3-2	2-2	Lottery1	1-02	4-3
►►	Vecepia	Rob	John	Zoe	Tammy	Robert	Neleh	Neleh	—	None	Jury Vote
►►	Neleh	Rob	John	Zoe	Tammy	Robert	Sean	Kathy	—	Kathy
►►	Kathy	Zoe	John	Zoe	Tammy	Robert	Sean	Neleh	—	None	Neleh
►►	Paschal	Rob	John	Zoe	Tammy	Robert	Sean	Kathy	Eliminated		Neleh
►►	Sean	John	John	Zoe	Tammy	Robert	Neleh					Vecepia
►►	Robert	Rob	Sean	Zoe	Vecepia	Sean						Vecepia
►►	Tammy	Rob	Sean	Zoe	Vecepia							Vecepia
►►	Zoe	Rob	John	Robert							Neleh
►►	John	Rob	Sean									Vecepia
►►	Rob	John
Notes: ^1 Per Survivor rules, if there is a deadlock tie, all non-immune players will have to draw rocks, with the player who draws the odded rock being eliminated. As Paschal drew the purple rock, he was eliminated from the game despite not having any votes against him. ^2 Kathy and Vecepia did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Neleh voted.

Gallery

The Soliantu tribe is formed.

Soliantu competing in the first individual Immunity Challenge.

Soliantu at their first Tribal Council.

Rob voted out.

Soliantu competing in the first individual Reward Challenge.

Soliantu competing in the second individual Immunity Challenge.

Soliantu at their second Tribal Council.

John blindsided.

Soliantu's third Tribal Council.

Zoe voted out.

The tribe competing in a Reward Challenge.

Soliantu's fourth Tribal Council.

Tammy voted out.

Robert voted out.

Soliantu's sixth Tribal Council.

Sean voted out.

The final four compete for immunity at Tribal Council.

Paschal eliminated by the purple rock tiebreaker.

Kathy voted out.

Vecepia and Neleh in the Final Two.

Vecepia is the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Marquesas.

Trivia

• Soliantu is the first merged tribe for which the tribes were uneven at the point they merged. Rotu had 7 members, while Maraamu had 3 members at the merge.
• All members of Soliantu were members of Rotu at some point. The only other merged tribe to have this distinction is Chaboga Mogo in All-Stars, which was composed of nine former Chapera members.
• Soliantu, along with Yin Yang, Kasama, Solarrion, and Nuku are the only tribes whose highest and lowest placing members have won the game, excluding tribes in Winners at War.
• Soliantu is the first tribe to undergo the rock drawing tiebreaker. It would be followed by Kasama in Blood vs. Water and Vinaka in Millennials vs. Gen X.
• Soliantu is one of only two tribes to have magenta as their tribe color, the other being Bayon in Cambodia. In addition, it is the only magenta merged tribe.