Template:Mergedtribedarkcolor Soliantu is the merged tribe from Survivor: Marquesas
Members
- ►► Vecepia Towery
- ►► Neleh Dennis
- ►► Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien
- ►► Paschal English
- ►► Sean Rector
- ►► Robert DeCanio
- ►► Tammy Leitner
- ►► Zoe Zanidakis
- ►► John Carroll
- ►► Rob Mariano
Tribe History
Since merging, Soliantu was a group of three alliances, the original Maraamu alliance of Rob, Sean, and Vecepia, the switched Maraamu alliance of Kathy, Neleh, and Paschal, and the Rotu 4 alliance of John, Tammy, Zoe, and Robert. Kathy and Rob also had a secret alliance that they had made at the merge meeting.
The three original Maraamu members, outnumbered 7-3 by original Rotu members, tried to convince Neleh, Kathy, and Paschal that they would be voted out after Maraamu was gone. Paschal did not believe them and stayed true to John's alliance. Kathy, however, decided to join them after Rob tricked Zoe into revealing that Kathy was first in the pecking order, and she tried to convince Neleh and Paschal to form an alliance with them. Once again, Paschal decided to stay with John. Knowing that she was in trouble, Kathy won the first individual immunity challenge, and Rob was voted out instead.
It appeared now that Sean, Vecepia, and Kathy were all in trouble and would be picked off one by one. At the next reward challenge, Kathy won once again and enjoyed a trip away from camp. Meanwhile, Sean and Vecepia tried unsuccessfully to change Paschal and Neleh's minds about their alliance with John. The second Immunity Challenge proved to be a turning point in the game, as it became apparent that the Rotu 4 alliance has a pecking order. John, Tammy, Zoe, and Robert worked together to eliminate Sean, Kathy, Vecepia, Neleh, and Paschal before taking each other out, with Tammy taking immunity. This ended Paschal and Neleh's alliance with the Rotu 4, and in one of the largest power shifts in Survivor history, they voted with the Maraamu alliance to take out John who was seen as his alliance's leader. For reasons best known to herself, Zoe voted John as well.
The remaining Rotu allies were eliminated by the new alliance, with Zoe going first, then Tammy and finally Robert. With the Rotu 4 gone, Sean was voted out by his alliance due to being lazy and complaining. Vecepia, the last original Maraamu member, was planned to be the next to leave, but won immunity, causing Kathy to form an alliance with her and leading to a tie in votes between Kathy and Neleh. Since they could not come to a unanimous decision on who to vote for, the Soliantu members turned to drawing rocks and Paschal drew the purple rock and was eliminated with no votes against him for the entire game.
At the final immunity challenge, Kathy dropped out first, leading to a showdown between Vecepia and Neleh. Vecepia made a deal with Neleh to vote out Kathy if she was given immunity. Immune from the vote, Neleh held her deal with Vecepia and voted Kathy out.
The jury at the last tribal council was very critical of Vecepia's alliance flipping and Neleh's betrayal of the Rotu 4. Neleh earned the votes of Kathy, Paschal, and Zoe, while Vecepia earned Sean, John, Tammy, and Robert's votes to become the Sole Survivor of the Marquesas islands.
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Trivia
- All members of Soliantu were members of Rotu either pre- or post-switch. The only other merged tribe to have this distinction is Chaboga Mogo, which was composed of nine former Chapera members.
- Soliantu is the only tribe to have magenta buffs.
- Soliantu is the only tribe to partake in the rock picking cermony where Paschal English was voted out by drawing the unfortunate purple rock.