Sook Jai (สุขใจ) is a tribe from Survivor: Thailand. Their tribe color is purple.
Tribe founder Jake Billingsley chose his tribemates based on youth and athleticism under the belief that they would dominate challenges. Though Sook Jai enjoyed early success, their interpersonal conflicts, lack of survival skills, and decision to throw an Immunity Challenge fractured the tribe, sparking a losing streak and leading to them entering the merge with only three members. The overwhelming 5-3 deficit eventually led to their extinction.
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Tribe History[]
| Episode | Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out | Result | Eliminated (Vote) |
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| 1 | Flying Your Flag | Immunity | None | Won | Tribe Immune | |
| 2 | Palanquin Slalom | Reward | Stephanie | Won | Tribe Immune | |
| Floating Puzzle | Immunity | Shii Ann | Won | |||
| 3 | Pilfering Pirates | Reward | Erin, Jake | Lost | Jed (5-3) |
3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
| Temple Transfer | Immunity | Ken, Penny | Lost | |||
| 4 | New Tribe Member | Reward | Shii Ann | Won | Tribe Immune | |
| Tan-dy Gram | Immunity | Stephanie | Won | |||
| 5 | Survivor Auction | Stephanie (5-2) |
5th Voted Out Day 15 | |||
| Catch of the Day | Immunity | Erin, Ken | Lost | |||
| 6 | Wicker Flicker | Reward | Shii Ann | Won | Robb (5-1) |
6th Voted Out Day 18 |
| Thai 21 | Immunity | Robb | Lost | |||
| 7 | Jail Break | Immunity | None | Lost | Shii Ann (4-1) |
7th Voted Out Day 21 |
| 8 | Breathing Space | Immunity | None | Lost | Erin (3-1) |
8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 |
| Tribes Merged, Day 25 | ||||||
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| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| Voted Out | Tribe Immune |
Tribe Immune |
 Jed |
Tribe Immune |
 Stephanie |
 Robb |
 Shii Ann |
 Erin |
Tribes Merged | ||||||||
| Vote | — | — | 5-3 | — | 5-2 | 5-1 | 4-1 | 3-1 | |||||||||
| ► | Jake | — | — | Jed | — | Stephanie | Robb | Shii Ann | Erin | ||||||||
| ► | Penny | — | — | Jed | — | Stephanie | Robb | Shii Ann | Erin | ||||||||
| ► | Ken | — | — | Jed | — | Stephanie | Robb | Shii Ann | Erin | ||||||||
| Erin | — | — | Jed | — | Stephanie | Robb | Shii Ann | Ken | |||||||||
| Shii Ann | — | — | Jed | — | Stephanie | Robb | Penny | ||||||||||
| Robb | — | — | Shii Ann | — | Shii Ann | Shii Ann | |||||||||||
| Stephanie | — | — | Shii Ann | — | Shii Ann | ||||||||||||
| Jed | — | — | Shii Ann | ||||||||||||||
Gallery[]
Sook Jai competing in the first Immunity Challenge.
Sook Jai competing in the first Reward Challenge.
Sook Jai competing in the second Immunity Challenge.
Sook Jai at their first Tribal Council.
Jed blindsided.
Sook Jai competes for immunity.
Sook Jai at their second Tribal Council.
Stephanie voted out.
Sook Jai competing in the Thai 21 challenge.
Sook Jai at their third Tribal Council.
Robb voted out.
Sook Jai at what they thought was the merge.
Sook Jai at their fourth Tribal Council.
Shii Ann voted out.
Sook Jai competes in the Immunity Challenge, Breathing Space.
Sook Jai at their fifth Tribal Council.
Erin voted out.
Trivia[]
- The upside of the Sook Jai tribe camp was that their water source was located conveniently nearby. The downside was that the tribe had to work to build a shelter to keep them dry, which the tribe struggled to accomplish. Conversely, the Chuay Gahn camp had a cave for shelter, but their water source was located on another island.
- Sook Jai was the first purple tribe in Survivor.
- Sook Jai ties with Galu and Zapatera for the longest elimination streak of an original tribe, with seven of its members being eliminated consecutively. Jed is the only member of Sook Jai not to be part of this streak.
- Sook Jai and Chuay Gahn are the first tribes to have an equal number of challenge wins coming into the merge, with both tribes winning six each. Sook Jai, however, had won more Reward Challenges than Chuay Gahn, and thus lost more Immunity Challenges.
- Sook Jai is the second tribe in Survivor history to enter the merge with only three members, following Maraamu of Marquesas.
- Sook Jai is the first non-merged tribe to produce a Jury member, that person being Erin.
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