Split Vote

Split Vote
Survivor Gameplay
Description	An alliance voting strategy to counter the Hidden Immunity Idol.
Appearances	All seasons since Fiji (except for China, Samoa, and 43)

A split vote is a strategy employed in Survivor by alliances at Tribal Council in an attempt to avoid one of their own being voted out following the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol. The strategy involves the alliance(s) casting an equal or near-equal number of votes on two different members of an opposing alliance or individual targets, theoretically ensuring that one of them is voted out regardless of whom the idol is played on. In order for the split vote to work, the alliance must control two-thirds of the votes at Tribal Council, or correctly play a Hidden Immunity Idol such that they will gain said majority.

The split vote was originally devised by Cao Boi Bui in the Survivor: Cook Islands episode "Plan Voodoo", but the Aitutaki tribe opted to vote Cao Boi out rather than attempt a risky move that could have eliminated a strong physical competitor. The strategy was not used until the following season, Survivor: Fiji, where the Ravu tribe split a vote between Anthony Robinson and Sylvia Kwan in order to eliminate Sylvia.

Split Vote Strategy

See Split Vote/Strategy

List of Split Vote Attempts

Successful Split Votes

This list compiles successful split votes.

For a split vote to qualify as successful, one of the two targets must be voted out (after a revote if necessary) regardless of which target plays the idol. It is not required that every member of the splitting alliance be aware of the identity of the primary target.

Season	Episode	Splitting Alliance	Primary Target	Secondary Target	Result
Fiji	3	Ravu	Sylvia Kwan	Anthony Robinson	Neither person had an idol. Sylvia was voted out 4-3-1.
	11	Syndicate Alliance	Alex Angarita	Mookie Lee	Neither person had an idol. Mookie was voted out 4-3-1.
Micronesia	11	Black Widow Brigade	Jason Siska	James Clement	Jason did not play his idol. Jason was voted out 4-3-1.
Gabon	7	Onion Alliance	Dan Kay	Susie Smith	Neither person had an idol. Dan was voted out 4-3.
	12	Fang Alliance	Corinne Kaplan	Matty Whitmore	Neither person had an idol. Corinne was voted out 4-3.1
Tocantins	9	Timbira Alliance	Brendan Synnott	Sierra Reed	Brendan did not play his idol. Brendan was voted out 4-3-2.
Heroes vs. Villains	12	Russell's Villains Alliance	Rupert Boneham	Candice Woodcock	Neither person had an idol. Candice was voted out 5-3.
Nicaragua	6	La Flor Alliance	Marty Piombo	Kelly Bruno	Marty did not play his idol. The vote tied 3-3-2. Kelly B. was voted out 5-1 in the revote.2
	7	La Flor Alliance	Jill Behm	Marty Piombo	Neither person had an idol. Jill was voted out 3-2-2.
Redemption Island	1	Stealth R Us	Kristina Kell	Francesca Hogi	Kristina did not play her idol. Francesca was voted out 4-3-2.
	2	Stealth R Us	Matt Elrod	Kristina Kell	Kristina played her idol. Matt was voted out 4-2-0.3
	3	Zapatera Six	Russell Hantz	Stephanie Valencia	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 3-3-3. Russell was voted out 5-1-0 in the revote.
	4	Stealth R Us	Kristina Kell	Phillip Sheppard	Neither person had an idol. Kristina was voted out 4-3.
South Pacific	2	The Family	Christine Shields Markoski	Stacey Powell	Neither person had an idol. Christine was voted out 4-3-1-1.
One World	9	Salani Alliance	Jay Byars	Troyzan Robertson	Troyzan played his idol. Jay was voted out 5-2-1-0.
	10	Salani Alliance	Leif Manson	Tarzan Smith	Neither person had an idol. Leif was voted out 4-3-2.
	11	Salani Alliance	Troyzan Robertson	Christina Cha	Neither person had an idol. Troyzan was voted out 4-3-1.
Philippines	7	Kalabaw Alliance	Jonathan Penner	RC Saint-Amour	Jonathan played his idol. RC was voted out 4-2-0.
		Matsing Alliance
		Tandang Alliance
	10	Fulcrum Alliance	Abi-Maria Gomes	Pete Yurkowski	Abi-Maria played her idol. Pete was voted out 3-2-0.
		Kalabaw Alliance
		Matsing Alliance
Caramoan	3	Gota Alliance	Hope Driskill	Eddie Fox	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 3-3-3. Hope was voted out 5-1-0 in the revote.
	7	Stealth R Us	Julia Landauer	Michael Snow	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 3-3. Julia was voted out 4-0 in the revote.
	11	Stealth R Us	Malcolm Freberg	Reynold Toepfer	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 3-3-3. Malcolm was voted out 6-0-0 in the revote.
	12	Stealth R Us	Reynold Toepfer	Eddie Fox	Neither person had an idol. Reynold was voted out 4-2-1-1.
		Stealth R Us	Andrea Boehlke	Eddie Fox	Andrea did not play her idol. Andrea was voted out 3-2-2.
Blood vs. Water	9	Singles Alliance	Vytas Baskauskas	Katie Collins	Neither person had an idol. Vytas was voted out 8-1-1.4
Cagayan	2	Solana	Brice Johnston	Morgan McLeod	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 2-2-2. Brice was voted out 3-0-0 in the revote.
San Juan del Sur	2	Coyopa Guys Alliance	Val Collins	Baylor Wilson	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 4-4. Val was voted out 5-1 in the revote.5
	5	Coyopa Pairs Alliance	Kelley Wentworth	Dale Wentworth	Neither person had an idol. Kelley was voted out 3-2-2.
	6	Coyopa Pairs Alliance	Dale Wentworth	Keith Nale	Keith did not play his idol. Dale was voted out 3-2-1.6
	10	Fab Five	Keith Nale	Wes Nale	Keith played his idol. Wes was voted out 2-0-0.7
	12	Fab Five	Keith Nale	Alec Christy	Neither person had an idol. Alec was voted out 4-3.8
	13	Fab Five	Jon Misch	Jaclyn Schultz	Jon did not play his idol. The vote tied 2-2-2. Jon was voted out 2-1-0 in the revote.
Worlds Apart	3	Nagarote Alliance	Nina Poersch	Will Sims II	Neither person had an idol. Nina was voted out 3-2.
	4	Escameca Alliance	Lindsey Cascaddan	Sierra Dawn Thomas	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 2-2-2. Lindsey was voted out 3-0-0 in the revote.
	9	Escameca Alliance	Joe Anglim	Jenn Brown	Neither person had an idol. Joe was voted out 5-4-1.
	10	Escameca Alliance	Jenn Brown	Shirin Oskooi	Neither person had an idol. Jenn was voted out 5-3-1.
	12	Escameca Alliance	Mike Holloway	Tyler Fredrickson	Mike played his idol. Tyler was voted out 3-0.
Cambodia	2	Ta Keo	Shirin Oskooi	Spencer Bledsoe	Neither person had an idol. Shirin was voted out 5-4.
	7	Bayon Alliance	Kass McQuillen	Ciera Eastin	Neither person had an idol. Kass was voted out 6-4-2-1.
Kaôh Rōng	1	To Tang	Darnell Hamilton	Alecia Holden	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 3-3. Darnell was voted out 4-0 in the revote.
	3	Chan Loh	Liz Markham	Peter Baggenstos	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 2-2-2. Liz was voted out 3-0-0 in the revote.
	10	Dara Women's Alliance	Scot Pollard	Tai Trang	Scot and Tai did not play their idols. Scot was voted out 4-2-2.9
Millennials vs. Gen X	1	Takali	Rachel Ako	CeCe Taylor	Neither person had an idol. Rachel was voted out 5-3-1-1.
	9	Vinaka	Taylor Stocker	Jay Starrett	Jay did not play his idol. Taylor was voted out 7-4-1.
Game Changers	7	Power Six	Hali Ford	Michaela Bradshaw	Neither person had an idol. Hali was voted out 7-4-2.
		Tavua Alliance
Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers	8	The Round Table	Desi Williams	Joe Mena	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 4-4-1-1. Desi was voted out 7-1 in the revote.10
	9	The Round Table	Cole Medders	Mike Zahalsky	Mike played his idol. Cole was voted out 7-1-0.
	13	Solewa	Ben Driebergen	Mike Zahalsky	Ben played his idol. The vote tied 1-1-0. Mike was voted out 2-1 in the revote.11
Ghost Island	1	Malolo	Jacob Derwin	James Lim	Neither person had an idol. Jacob was voted out 5-2-1.
	8	Naviti Alliance	Michael Yerger	Libby Vincek	Michael played his idol. Libby was voted out 4-1-0.
	10	Naviti Alliance	Michael Yerger	Laurel Johnson	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 2-2-1-1. Michael was voted out 3-0 in the revote.12
	12	Final Four Alliance	Kellyn Bechtold	Donathan Hurley	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 3-3-1. Kellyn was voted out 4-1 in the revote.
David vs. Goliath	8	David Alliance	John Hennigan	Angelina Keeley	Dan played one of his idols for Angelina. John was voted out 3-0-0.13
	11	Kalokalo	Christian Hubicki	Gabby Pascuzzi	Christian played his idol. Gabby was voted out 2-1-0.
	12	Kalokalo	Christian Hubicki	Davie Rickenbacker	Davie played his idol. Christian was voted out 3-2-0.
Edge of Extinction	1	Manu Alliance	Reem Daly	Wendy Diaz	Neither person had an idol. Reem was voted out 4-3-1-1.
	11	Vata	Rick Devens	Ron Clark	Rick played his idol. Ron was voted out 3-1-0.
Island of the Idols	3	Lairo	Vince Moua	Karishma Patel	Vince did not play his idol. Vince was voted out 5-3-1.
	8	Lairo Women's Alliance	Jamal Shipman	Karishma Patel	Neither person had an idol. Jamal was voted out 6-3-0.14
		Vokai Alliance
	10	Vokai Alliance	Karishma Patel	Elizabeth Beisel	Karishma played her idol. The vote tied 1-1-0. Elizabeth was voted out 7-0 in the revote.
	12	Vokai Alliance	Elaine Stott	Noura Salman	Neither person had an idol. Elaine was voted out 5-2.
Winners at War	1	Dakal	Amber Mariano	Kim Spradlin-Wolfe	Neither person had an idol. Amber was voted out 6-3-1.
	9	Koru	Adam Klein	Nick Wilson	Neither person had an idol. Adam was voted out 8-2-1.
	10	Koru	Tyson Apostol	Denise Stapley	Kim played her idol on Denise. Tyson was voted out 5-2-0.15
	13	Koru	Jeremy Collins	Michele Fitzgerald	Neither person had an idol. Michele played her 50/50 Coin, which landed on "Safe". Jeremy was voted out 3-2-0.
Survivor 41	7	All-Black Alliance	Sydney Segal	Evvie Jagoda	Neither person had an idol. Sydney played her Shot in the Dark, drawing "Not Safe". Sydney was voted out 5-4-3.
	8	All-Black Alliance	Tiffany Seely	Xander Hastings	Xander did not play his idol. Tiffany was voted out 6-2-2-1.
	9	Viakana	Naseer Muttalif	Heather Aldret	Naseer did not play his idol. The vote tied 3-3. Naseer was voted out 4-0 in the revote.16
	10	Final Four Alliance	Shan Smith	Liana Wallace	Shan did not play her idol. The vote tied 3-3-2. Shan was voted out 6-0 in the revote.
	12	Final Four Alliance	Danny McCray	Deshawn Radden	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 3-3. Danny was voted out 4-0 in the revote.
Survivor 42	5	Vati	Daniel Strunk	Chanelle Howell	Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 2-2-1. Daniel was voted out 3-0 in the revote.17
	8	Advantage Alliance	Chanelle Howell	Romeo Escobar	Neither person had an idol. Chanelle was voted out 7-3-1.
	12	Kula Kula	Omar Zaheer	Romeo Escobar	Neither person had an idol. Omar was voted out 3-2-2.18
Survivor 44	6	Merge	Josh Wilder	Yam Yam Arocho	Neither person had an idol. Josh was voted out 7-3-1.
	7	Ratu Alliance	Matt Blankinship	Yam Yam Arocho	Neither person had an idol. Matt was voted out 3-2.
	11	Ratu Alliance	Danny Massa	Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt	Heidi did not play her idol. Danny was voted out 3-2-0.19
		Tika Three
	13	Tika Three	Lauren Harpe	Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt	Neither person had an idol. Lauren was voted out 3-1-1.
Survivor 45	10	Reba Four	Bruce Perreault	Jake O'Kane	Bruce did not play his idol. Bruce was voted out 4-3-1.
Survivor 46	9	Nuinui	Hunter McKnight	Q Burdette	Hunter did not play his idol. The vote tied 4-4-1. Hunter was voted out 6-1 in the revote.
	11	Nuinui	Venus Vafa	Kenzie Petty	Venus did not play her idol. Venus was voted out 5-1-1.20

^1 The original intent was for the entire alliance to vote for Corinne, as she was the only vulnerable member of the minority Onion Alliance. However, Crystal Cox and Ken Hoang split their votes between Corinne and Matty to ensure that Matty would be voted out instead of another member of the majority if Corinne played an idol.
^2 The original intent of the vote was to get Marty to flush his idol in order to eliminate Kelly. When he did not play his idol, the alliance voted out Kelly anyway.
^3 The primary intent of this vote was to send Matt to Redemption Island, not to counter Kristina's idol. Andrea Boehlke and Phillip Sheppard, the two alliance members who voted for Kristina, were not told that Matt was the primary target.
^4 The original intent was for the entire alliance to split the vote between Vytas and Katie 4-3. However, Monica Culpepper and Laura Morett, members of the alliance who were both assigned to vote against Katie, voted against Vytas instead, making the split 6-1.
^5 The original intent was for the entire alliance to split the vote between Val and Baylor 3- 3, with Josh Canfield meant to vote against Baylor. However, Josh switched his vote to Val, making the split 4-2 and ensuring Val could not save herself by voting against Baylor.
^6 The main target was Dale (who had a fake idol) due to him being the outsider of the alliance. However, they chose affiliate Keith as the secondary target, and he did have an idol.
^7 The original intent was for the alliance to split the vote between Keith and Wes 4-3. Alec Christy and Reed Kelly voted against Jon Misch instead (making it 4 votes against Jon), but Jon played his own idol, keeping the split vote successful. Jon received 4 votes that did not count, while Keith received 3 votes that did not count.
^8 The primary target was Keith, with the alliance planning to split the vote between him and Alec 3-2; however, Natalie Anderson switched her vote to Alec. Combined with Keith's own vote for Alec, this resulted in Alec's elimination.
^9 Tai reneged from the Gondol Alliance in order to execute the plan. Also, the primary intent of this vote was to eliminate Scot, not to counter the idols held by Scot and Tai. Julia Sokolowski and Michele Fitzgerald, the two alliance members who voted for Tai, were not told that Scot was the primary target. Tai himself was possibly unaware that he was the secondary target.
^10 The original intent was for the entire alliance to split the vote between Desi and Joe 4-3, with Lauren Rimmer meant to vote against Joe. However, Lauren used her advantage allowing her to abstain from the vote in order to use it at a future Tribal Council to vote twice. Combined with outsiders Cole Medders and Mike Zahalsky also voting for Joe, this resulted in the tie.
^11 The original intent was for the entire alliance to vote for Ben. However, Devon Pinto cast a throwaway vote for Mike to ensure that Mike would be voted out instead of another member of the majority if Ben played an idol. (see: Throwaway Votes)
^12 Kellyn Bechtold cast two votes against Laurel by using her Extra Vote advantage, with the knowledge that Domenick Abbate and Wendell Holland were voting against Michael.
^13 The David Alliance split their votes between John and Angelina 3-2. Davie Rickenbacker played his idol on Christian Hubicki, negating the 7 votes cast against Christian. Dan Rengering then played his idol on Angelina, negating the 2 votes cast against her. John was voted out with 3 votes.
^14 Janet Carbin, a member of the splitting alliance, played her own idol and negated the 2 votes cast against herself.
^15 After Jeremy Collins used his Safety Without Power advantage, only nine votes were left to be cast. Sarah Lacina then used her Vote Steal to steal Denise's vote, ensuring that her alliance would control enough votes to split the vote between Denise and Tyson.
^16 Shan Smith played her Extra Vote, casting one vote each against Heather and Naseer, with the intention of forcing a 3-3 tie.
^17 Chanelle cast a throwaway vote against Mike Turner as a contingency in case Daniel successfully played his Shot in the Dark.
^18 Jonathan Young and Mike Turner voted against Romeo in case Lindsay Dolashewich played her Advantage Amulet for Omar. Maryanne Oketch played her Extra Vote to eliminate Omar outright without proceeding to a revote.
^19 Carolyn Wiger, a member of the splitting alliance, played her idol for Carson Garrett and negated the 2 votes cast against him.
^20 The original intent was for Q Burdette to vote against Kenzie and for Ben Katzman to vote against Venus. By mistake, the two voted for the opposite target.

Failed Split Votes

This list includes Tribal Councils where the split voting alliance(s) actually attempted the split, but failed due to some members of the alliance reneging, if all members of the opposing alliance are immune (therefore losing one of their own or someone not from the target alliance) and/or splits that did not ensure that one of the targets would be eliminated if an idol was used on one of them. This does not include proposed splits the alliance as a whole did not intend to follow through with.

Season	Episode	Splitting Alliance	Primary Target	Secondary Target	Eliminated	Result
China	11	Fei Long Alliance	James Clement	Todd Herzog	James Clement	Erik Huffman reneged on the plan (voted against James). James did not play either of his idols. James was voted out 5-1-1.1
		Zhan Hu Alliance
Micronesia	2	Airai	Chet Welch	Tracy Hughes-Wolf	Mary Sartain	Alexis Jones, Erik Reichenbach, and Natalie Bolton reneged on the alliance (all voted against Mary). Neither person had an idol. Mary was voted out 6-2-2.
Heroes vs. Villains	4	Heroes Alliance	Tom Westman	Colby Donaldson	Cirie Fields	J.T. Thomas reneged on the plan (voted against Cirie). Tom played his idol. Cirie was voted out 3-2-0.
	6	Rob's Villains Alliance	Russell Hantz	Parvati Shallow	Tyson Apostol	Tyson reneged on the plan (voted against Parvati). Russell played his idol on Parvati. Tyson was voted out 3-2-0.2
Caramoan	10	Stealth R Us	Eddie Fox	Malcolm Freberg	Phillip Sheppard	Erik Reichenbach reneged on the plan (voted against Phillip). Eddie and Malcolm both played their idols. Phillip was voted out 4-0-0.3
Blood vs. Water	8	Galang Alliance	Laura Morett	Ciera Eastin	Aras Baskauskas	Gervase Peterson, Monica Culpepper, and Tyson Apostol reneged on the alliance; Caleb Bankston and Hayden Moss reneged on the plan (all voted against Aras). Neither person had an idol. Aras was voted out 7-2-2.4
Cagayan	9	Solana Alliance	Spencer Bledsoe	Jeremiah Wood	LJ McKanas	Tony Vlachos and Woo Hwang reneged on the plan (both voted against LJ). Spencer did not play his idol. LJ was voted out 5-3-1.
	12	Aparri Alliance	Tony Vlachos	Trish Hegarty	Tasha Fox	Kass McQuillen and Woo Hwang reneged on the plan (both voted against Tasha). Tony did not play his idol. Tasha was voted out 4-1-1.5
Worlds Apart	2	Nagarote Alliance	Nina Poersch	Vince S.	Vince S.	Will Sims II reneged on the plan (voted against Vince). Neither person had an idol. Vince was voted out 3-2-1.6
Cambodia	9	Bayon Alliance	Kelley Wentworth	Ciera Eastin	Kelly Wiglesworth	Jeremy Collins, Spencer Bledsoe, and Stephen Fishbach reneged on the plan (all voted against Kelly). Neither person had an idol. Kelly was voted out 6-3-2.
	10	Bayon Alliance	Stephen Fishbach	Kimmi Kappenberg	Ciera Eastin	Jeremy Collins reneged on the plan (voted against Ciera). Jeremy played one of his idols on Stephen. Ciera was voted out 3-2-0.
		Witches' Coven
	11	Bayon Alliance	Joe Anglim	Abi-Maria Gomes	Stephen Fishbach	Spencer Bledsoe reneged on the plan (voted against Stephen). Neither person had an idol. Stephen was voted out 4-3-2.7
Kaôh Rōng	3	Chan Loh	Neal Gottlieb	Aubry Bracco	Liz Markham	Debbie Wanner and Joe del Campo reneged on the alliance (both voted against Liz). Neither person had an idol. The vote tied 2-2-2. Liz was voted out 3-0-0 in the revote.8
	8	Gondol Alliance	Debbie Wanner	Aubry Bracco	Nick Maiorano	Cydney Gillon, Julia Sokolowski, and Michele Fitzgerald reneged on the alliance (all voted against Nick). Neither person had an idol. Nick was voted out 6-2-1-1.
Millennials vs. Gen X	7	Ikabula	Bret LaBelle	Sunday Burquest	Michaela Bradshaw	Jay Starrett and Will Wahl reneged on the plan (both voted against Michaela). Neither person had an idol. Michaela was voted out 4-2.
	13	Vinaka	Jay Starrett	David Wright	Sunday Burquest	Adam Klein and Hannah Shapiro reneged on the plan (both voted against Sunday). Jay played his idol. Sunday was voted out 4-2-0.
Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers	10	The Round Table	Mike Zahalsky	Joe Mena	JP Hilsabeck	Ashley Nolan, Devon Pinto, and Lauren Rimmer reneged on the alliance (all voted against JP). Neither person had an idol. JP was voted out 5-3-1.
David vs. Goliath	9	Goliath Alliance	Christian Hubicki	Angelina Keeley	Dan Rengering	Dan played his idol. Dan's idol was nullified by Carl Boudreaux. Dan was voted out 6-3-2.9
Edge of Extinction	7	Kama Six	Kelley Wentworth	Lauren O'Connell	Eric Hafemann	Aurora McCreary, Gavin Whitson, Julia Carter, and Victoria Baamonde reneged on the plan (all voted against Eric). Kelley and Lauren did not play their idols. Eric was voted out 8-2-2.
Island of the Idols	2	Vokai	Jason Linden	Noura Salman	Molly Byman	Dan Spilo, Janet Carbin, Kellee Kim, Lauren Beck, and Tommy Sheehan reneged on the plan (all voted against Molly). Neither person had an idol. Molly was voted out 7-2-1.
Winners at War	1	Sele	Denise Stapley	Adam Klein	Natalie Anderson	Ben Driebergen, Danni Boatwright, Ethan Zohn, Parvati Shallow, and Rob Mariano reneged on the plan (all voted against Natalie). Neither person had an idol. Natalie was voted out 7-2-1.
	11	Cops-R-Us	Jeremy Collins	Michele Fitzgerald	Sophie Clarke	Nick Wilson and Tony Vlachos reneged on the plan (both voted against Sophie). Neither person had an idol. Sophie was voted out 4-3-2 with an idol in her possession.
Survivor 42	7	Merge	Jonathan Young	Maryanne Oketch	Lydia Meredith	Drea Wheeler, Hai Giang, and Mike Turner reneged on the plan (all voted against Lydia). Maryanne did not play her idol. Lydia was voted out 6-2-2-1.
Survivor 43	7	Gaia	James Jones	Ryan Medrano	Dwight Moore	Cody Assenmacher, Jesse Lopez, and Sami Layadi reneged on the plan (all voted against Dwight). James did not play his Knowledge is Power to steal an idol. Dwight was voted out 7-3-2.
	11	Gaia	Karla Cruz Godoy	Sami Layadi	Noelle Lambert	Cody Assenmacher, Jesse Lopez, and Mike Gabler reneged on the plan (all voted against Noelle). Karla did not play her idol. Noelle was voted out 5-2-1.
Survivor 44	9	Ratu Alliance	Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt	Danny Massa	Kane Fritzler	Carolyn Wiger, Carson Garrett, and Yam Yam Arocho reneged on the plan (all voted against Kane). Heidi did not play her idol. Kane was voted out 5-3-1-1.
		Tika Three
Survivor 46	5	Siga	Tim Spicer	Ben Katzman	Jem Hussain-Adams	Charlie Davis and Maria Shrime Gonzalez reneged on the plan (both voted against Jem). Neither person had an idol. Jem was voted out 4-2 with an idol in her possession.

^1 The intent was for everyone to vote against James to flush his idols. The Zhan Hu Alliance initially planned to split the vote on Todd in case James played an idol. However, Erik reneged on the plan and voted against James such that if James had played the idol, the vote would be tied 1-1 and his ally Peih-Gee Law would have presumably been voted out by the Fei Long Alliance in the revote.
^2 The original intent of the split vote was for Tyson to vote against Russell to split the votes 3-3 between Russell and Parvati. However, Tyson voted for Parvati instead, ironically resulting in his own elimination.
^3 Eddie received four votes that did not count, while Malcolm received two votes that did not count.
^4 The original intent of the split vote was for Gervase and Tyson to vote against Laura M. and for Monica to vote against Ciera to split the votes between the two. However, Gervase, Tyson, and Monica sided with the Singles Alliance to vote against Aras instead.
^5 The original intent was to get Kass and Woo to renege from the Solana Alliance, then have Kass and Tasha vote against Trish and Spencer and Woo vote against Tony. Kass and Woo decided however to stay with the Solana Alliance, voting out Tasha instead.
^6 The primary target was Nina, with the tribe planning to split the vote between her and Vince 2-2 but vote Nina out in the revote; however, Will switched his vote to Vince, nullifying the purpose of the split vote (Vince using an idol would not vote out Nina, but would vote out Jenn Brown instead).
^7 Stephen used his Vote Steal advantage to steal Joe's vote and cast an extra vote against Joe.
^8 The original intent was for Debbie and Joe to side with Liz and Peter Baggenstos, splitting the votes 2-2 between Neal and Aubry and voting out Neal in the revote. However, Debbie and Joe sided with Neal and Aubry instead, and they did split the votes between Liz and Peter.
^9 The Goliath Alliance split their votes 3-2 between Christian and Angelina, and Dan used his idol in an attempt to ensure Christian's elimination. However, due to Carl using the Idol Nullifier on Dan, the plan failed.

Throwaway Votes

Another voting strategy related to the split vote is the throwaway vote. Even before the threat of Hidden Immunity Idols were put in the game, some castaways cast a throwaway vote (usually against their allies if they are in the minority) in order to divert votes against themselves to someone that could likely also get votes. It could also be used as a strategy on seasons with the past votes tiebreaker, in order to add votes to a particular castaway when the main target already had enough votes against them, that could be used for future Tribal Councils.

Some throwaway votes, however, are used to prevent the effect of Hidden Immunity Idols, and are usually done impromptu when they vote without a clear plan before doing it.

• In South Pacific during "Reap What You Sow", Jim Rice voted against John Cochran to cover the possibility that otherwise unanimous target Mark Caruso may have an idol.
• In Philippines during "Dead Man Walking", Jonathan Penner voted against Abi-Maria Gomes in order to prevent a possible 0-0 tie. Jonathan himself was immune, but one of his allies may have been voted out if the vote ended 0-0.
• In Blood vs. Water during "Rule in Chaos", Ciera Eastin and Katie Collins voted against John Cody in case he played an idol for the main target and rumored secret ally Rachel Foulger.
• On Worlds Apart during "Survivor Russian Roulette", Tyler Fredrickson and Will Sims II voted against Dan Foley after immune outsider Mike Holloway threatened the opposing alliance that he would use his idol on his ally Shirin Oskooi during Tribal Council, possibly negating all votes of the majority alliance, so that if it was executed, Dan would be voted out instead of a core member.
• In Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers during "Million Dollar Night", Devon Pinto voted against Mike Zahalsky to cover the possibility that otherwise unanimous target Ben Driebergen may have an idol. Ben indeed played an idol, resulting in a tie, and Mike was voted out 2-1 over Devon himself in the revote.
• In Island of the Idols during "Bring On the Bacon", Dan Spilo voted against Elizabeth Beisel instead of the alliance's target Karishma Patel. When Karishma unexpectedly played a Hidden Immunity Idol, this prevented his ally Janet Carbin, whom Karishma targeted, from being automatically voted out.
• In Winners at War during "I Like Revenge", Nick Wilson voted against Kim Spradlin-Wolfe in case Tyson Apostol played an idol, knowing that Tyson was targeting him, with the rest voting against Tyson.
• In Survivor 42 during "I'm Survivor Rich", Chanelle Howell voted against Mike Turner in case Daniel Strunk successfully played his Shot in the Dark.
• Also in Survivor 42 during "Tell a Good Lie, Not a Stupid Lie", Romeo Escobar followed Omar Zaheer's instruction and voted against Jonathan Young in case Hai Giang successfully played his Shot in the Dark.
• In Survivor 43 during "Mergatory", Karla Cruz Godoy voted against Owen Knight in case Jeanine Zheng played her idol on Elie Scott.
• In Survivor 44 during "Absolute Banger Season", Yam Yam Arocho voted against Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt in case Lauren Harpe played an idol.
• In Survivor 46 during "Cancel Christmas", Charlie Davis voted against Venus Vafa in case Moriah Gaynor successfully played her Shot in the Dark.

Trivia

• According to Cao Boi Bui, the idea of "Plan Voodoo", or split votes, came to him in a dream.
• Eddie Fox has the record for the most number of times being a target of split votes, with four.
  • He also holds the record for the most votes received at split votes (excluding succeeding revotes), with 11 votes received as part of split votes.
• Jason Siska and Andrea Boehlke are the first male and female castaway, respectively, to be blindsided by a split vote while holding a Hidden Immunity Idol.
• San Juan del Sur currently holds the record for the most successful split votes in a season, with 6. It currently ties with Caramoan and Worlds Apart for the most attempted split votes with 6, although only 5 splits were successful in those seasons.
• Cambodia currently holds the record for the most failed split vote attempts in a season, with three.
• Two alliances jointly hold the record for the most split votes done in one season by alliance, with five:
  • Stealth R Us in Caramoan split the votes five times, of which four were successful. If one counts the original incarnation of the alliance in Redemption Island, the number rises to eight times, seven of which were successful.
  • The Fab Five alliance (which started as the Coyopa Pairs Alliance) from San Juan del Sur split the votes five times, all successfully.
• Sophie Clarke is the first castaway to be voted out in a failed split vote attempt with a Hidden Immunity Idol in their possession.
• Survivor 41 holds the record for the greatest number of unique split vote targets, with ten victims being targeted by one split vote each.