Sook Jai

Tribe Profile
Version:	United States
Season:	Thailand
Namesake:	Thai phrase meaning, "happy heart"
Tribe Type:	Starting Tribe
Day Formed:	Day 1
Rival Tribe(s):	Chuay Gahn
Tribe Status:	Merged with Chuay Gahn on Day 25
Challenge Wins:	6
Lowest Placing Member:	Jed Hildebrand (14/16)
Highest Placing Member:	Jake Billingsley (6/16)
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Sook Jai (สุขใจ) is a tribe from Survivor: Thailand.

Sook Jai was physically stronger and younger than their rival Chuay Gahn tribe. However, the intertribal conflicts fractured the tribe, decimating it and entering the merge with only three members. The overwhelming 5-3 deficit eventually led to their extinction. Their tribe color is purple.

Members

Erin Collins 26, Austin, TX Real estate agent	Jake Billingsley 60, McKinney, TX Land broker	Jed Hildebrand 25, Dallas, TX Dentistry student	Ken Stafford 29, Brooklyn, NY Police officer
Penny Ramsey 27, Plano, TX Pharmaceutical sales	Robb Zbacnik 23, Scottsdale, AZ Bartender	Shii Ann Huang 28, New York City, NY Executive recruiter	Stephanie Dill 29, Ozark, AR Firefighter

Tribe History

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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 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, but their water source was 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 Hildebrand 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. Although it performed as well as Chuay Gahn in challenges, Sook Jai had won more Reward Challenges than Chuay Gahn, and thus lost more Immunity Challenges, leading to their extinction.
• 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 Collins.