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 and Samoa)

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 by 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.

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 Sylvia Kwan and Anthony Robinson, to eliminate Sylvia.

Split Vote Strategy

Any alliance with the numbers to do so can hypothetically split votes successfully; however, the strategy is not used unless there is a reason to suspect one of the targets has an idol.

The split vote is a risky strategy because it makes it easier for a supposed alliance member to renege from the alliance and vote out a loyal member. If there are an unequal number of people voting for each side of the split, care must be taken to lessen the impact of a single "flip" against the alliance.

Countering the Split Vote

The primary target of a split vote may still be able to survive the Tribal Council, resulting in the secondary target being voted out:

• Uses a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating all votes against them (first attempted in "It's a Turtle?!", first succeeded in "Not the Only Actor on This Island")
• Votes against the secondary target – this can only succeed if the splitting alliance has an equal number of people voting for each target (first attempted in "Blackmail or Betrayal", successfully)
• In seasons where the Extra Vote advantage is in play, it can be used to counter an attempted split vote. To date, no holder of this advantage has used it for this purpose.

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. If the targeted alliance has two idols, a split vote can be unsuccessful even with this guideline. 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	File:S14 anthony t.jpg Anthony Robinson	Neither person had an idol. Sylvia was voted out 4-3-1.1
	11	Syndicate Alliance	File:S14 alex t.jpg Alex Angarita	File:S14 mookie t.jpg Mookie Lee	Neither person had an idol. Mookie was voted out 4-3-1.
Micronesia	11	Black Widow Brigade	File:S16 jason t.jpg Jason Siska	File:S16 james t.jpg James Clement	Jason did not play his idol. Jason was voted out 4-3-1.
Gabon	7	Onion Alliance	File:S17 dan t.jpg Dan Kay	File:S17 susie t.jpg Susie Smith	Neither person had an idol. Dan was voted out 4-3.
	12	Fang Alliance	File:S17 corinne t.jpg Corinne Kaplan	File:S17 matty t.jpg Matty Whitmore	Neither person had an idol. Corinne was voted out 4-3.2
Tocantins	9	Timbira Alliance	File:S18 brendan t.jpg Brendan Synnott	File:S18 sierra t.jpg Sierra Reed	Brendan did not play his idol. Brendan was voted out 4-3-2.
Heroes vs. Villains	12	Russell's Villains Alliance	File:S20 rupert t.jpg Rupert Boneham	File:S20 candice t.jpg Candice Woodcock	Neither person had an idol. Candice was voted out 5-3.
Nicaragua	6	La Flor Alliance	File:S21 marty t.jpg Marty Piombo	File:S21 kellyb t.jpg Kelly Bruno	Marty did not play his idol. The vote tied 3-3-2. Kelly B. was voted out 5-1 in the revote.
	7	La Flor Alliance	File:S21 jill t.jpg Jill Behm	File:S21 marty t.jpg Marty Piombo	Neither person had an idol. Jill was voted out 3-2-2.
Redemption Island	1	Stealth R Us	File:S22 kristina t.jpg Kristina Kell	File:S22 francesca t.jpg Francesca Hogi	Kristina did not play her idol. Francesca was voted out 4-3-2.
	2	Stealth R Us	File:S22 matthew t.jpg Matthew Elrod	File:S22 kristina t.jpg Kristina Kell	Kristina played her idol. Matthew was voted out 4-2-0.3
	3	Zapatera Six	File:S22 russell t.jpg Russell Hantz	File:S22 stephanie t.jpg 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	File:S22 kristina t.jpg Kristina Kell	File:S22 phillip t.jpg Phillip Sheppard	Neither person had an idol. Kristina was voted out 4-3.
South Pacific	2	The Family	File:S23 christine t.jpg Christine Shields Markoski	File:S23 stacey t.jpg Stacey Powell	Neither person had an idol. Christine was voted out 4-3-1-1.
One World	9	Salani Alliance	File:S24 jay t.jpg Jay Byars	File:S24 troyzan t.jpg Troyzan Robertson	Troyzan played his idol. Jay was voted out 5-2-1-0.
	10	Salani Alliance	File:S24 leif t.jpg Leif Manson	File:S24 tarzan t.jpg Tarzan Smith	Neither person had an idol. Leif was voted out 4-3-2.
	11	Salani Alliance	File:S24 troyzan t.jpg Troyzan Robertson	File:S24 christina t.jpg Christina Cha	Neither person had an idol. Troyzan was voted out 4-3-1.
Philippines	7	Kalabaw Alliance	File:S25 jonathan t.jpg Jonathan Penner	File:S25 rc t.jpg RC Saint-Amour	Jonathan played his idol. RC was voted out 4-2-0.
		Matsing Alliance
		Tandang Alliance
	10	Fulcrum Alliance	File:S25 abimaria t.jpg Abi-Maria Gomes	File:S25 pete t.jpg Pete Yurkowski	Abi-Maria played her idol. Pete was voted out 3-2-0.
		Kalabaw Alliance
		Matsing Alliance
Caramoan	3	Gota Alliance	File:S26 hope t.jpg Hope Driskill	File:S26 eddie t.jpg 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	File:S26 julia t.jpg Julia Landauer	File:S26 michael t.jpg 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	File:S26 malcolm t.jpg Malcolm Freberg	File:S26 reynold t.jpg 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	File:S26 reynold t.jpg Reynold Toepfer	File:S26 eddie t.jpg Eddie Fox	Neither person had an idol. Reynold was voted out 4-2-1-1.
		Stealth R Us	File:S26 andrea t.jpg Andrea Boehlke	File:S26 eddie t.jpg Eddie Fox	Andrea did not play her idol. Andrea was voted out 3-2-2.
Blood vs. Water	9	Singles Alliance	File:S27 vytas t.jpg Vytas Baskauskas	File:S27 katie t.jpg Katie Collins	Neither person had an idol. Vytas was voted out 8-1-1.4
Cagayan	3	Solana	File:S28 brice c.png Brice Johnston	File:S28 morgan c.png 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	8	[[|]]	Hali Ford	Michaela Bradshaw	Neither person had an idol. Hali was voted out 7-4-2.

^1 In order to avoid a potential tie, Rita Verreos voted against Earl Cole instead of one of the two intended targets.
^2 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.
^3 The primary intent of this vote was to send Matthew 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 Matthew 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 used 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 Scot was the primary target. Tai himself was possibly unaware he was the secondary 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 didn't 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 tribe as a whole did not intend to follow through with.

Season	Episode	Splitting Alliance	Primary Target	Secondary Target	Eliminated	Result
Micronesia	2	Airai	File:S16 chet t.jpg Chet	File:S16 tracy t.jpg Tracy	File:S16 mary t.jpg Mary	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	File:S20 tom t.jpg Tom	File:S20 colby t.jpg Colby	File:S20 cirie t.jpg Cirie	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	File:S20 russell t.jpg Russell	File:S20 parvati t.jpg Parvati	File:S20 tyson t.jpg Tyson	Tyson reneged on the plan (voted against Parvati). Russell played his idol on Parvati. Tyson was voted out 3-2-0.9
Caramoan	10	Stealth R Us	File:S26 eddie t.jpg Eddie	File:S26 malcolm t.jpg Malcolm	File:S26 phillip t.jpg Phillip	Erik Reichenbach reneged on the plan (voted against Phillip). Malcolm played both his idols, on himself and Eddie. Phillip was voted out 4-0-0.10
Blood vs. Water	8	Galang Alliance	File:S27 lauram t.jpg Laura M.	File:S27 ciera t.jpg Ciera	File:S27 aras t.jpg Aras	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 7-2-2.11
Cagayan	9	Solana Alliance	File:S28 spencer c.png Spencer	File:S28 jeremiah c.png Jeremiah	File:S28 lj c.png LJ	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	File:S28 tony c.png Tony	File:S28 trish c.png Trish	File:S28 tasha c.png Tasha	Kass McQuillen and Woo Hwang reneged on the plan (both voted against Tasha). Tony did not play his idol. Tasha was voted out 4-1-1.12
Worlds Apart	2	Nagarote Alliance	Nina	Vince	Vince	Will Sims II reneged on the plan (voted against Vince). Neither person had an idol. Vince was voted out 3-2-1.13
Cambodia	9	Bayon Alliance	Kelley	Ciera	Kelly	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	Kimmi	Ciera	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	Abi-Maria	Stephen	Spencer Bledsoe reneged on the plan (voted against Stephen). Neither person had an idol. Stephen was voted out 4-3-2.14
Kaôh Rōng	3	Chan Loh	Neal	Aubry	Liz	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.15
	8	Gondol Alliance	Debbie	Aubry	Nick	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	Sunday	Michaela	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	David	Sunday	Adam Klein and Hannah Shapiro reneged on the plan (both voted against Sunday). Jay played his idol. Sunday was voted out 4-2-0.

^9 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.
^10 Eddie received four votes that did not count, while Malcolm received two votes that did not count.
^11 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.
^12 The original intent was to get Kass & Woo to renege from the Solana Alliance, then have Kass & Tasha vote against Trish and Spencer & Woo vote against Tony. Kass & Woo decided however to stay with the Solana Alliance, voting out Tasha instead.
^13 The primary target was Nina, with the tribe planning to split the vote between her and Vince 2-2; however, Will switched his vote to Vince, nullifying the purpose of the split vote (Vince using the idol wouldn't vote out Nina, but would vote out Jenn Brown instead).
^14 Stephen used his "vote steal" advantage to steal Joe's vote and cast an extra vote against Joe.
^15 The original intent was for Debbie and Joe to side with Peter and Liz, 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.

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 were usually done impromptu when they vote without a clear plan before doing it.

• In Survivor: 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 Survivor: Philippines during "Dead Man Walking", Jonathan Penner voted against Abi-Maria Gomes in order to prevent a possible 0-0 tie. Penner himself was immune, but one of his allies may have been voted out if the vote ended 0-0.
• In Survivor: Blood vs. Water, Ciera Eastin and Katie Collins voted against John Cody during "Rule in Chaos" in case he played an idol for the main target and rumored secret ally Rachel Foulger.
• On Survivor: Worlds Apart during "Survivor Russian Roulette", Tyler Fredrickson and Will Sims II voted against Dan Foley after outsider Mike Holloway threatened the opposing alliance that he would use his idol to 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.

Revote-Less Split Votes

In Survivor: Game Changers, the tiebreaker rules were changed to eliminate revotes, altering split vote strategy significantly. With the new rules skipping the revote phase, Tribal Council will go straight to a unanimous decision tiebreaker after a tie, where the splitting alliance also must make all the non-tied minority members agree with them in order to eliminate their target, or be subjected to a rock draw. However, with the advantages of forcing a rock draw for the minority alliance being larger than agreeing with the majority (i.e. the targets will be immune on the rock draw due to being part of the tie, and the chance of a non-tied minority member getting the odd rock being very small against the splitting supermajority), a tie in a split vote on these conditions could be seen as disastrous.

Countering the split vote

Another new counter to the split vote with these rules, is having the minority forcing a tie by knowing how the split vote will go. A non-tied minority member could object the majority's decision, forcing a rock draw in which the odds of having a majority member be eliminated be quite bigger than a minority member. The worst case for the splitting alliance is having all members of the minority be exempted from the rock draw, which is possible if one of them has immunity and the rest are part of the tie. It creates a scenario where the immune minority member has no risk in forcing a rock draw, ironically keeping the minority intact after the tiebreaker.

Making a split vote

In general, the primary target must have at least twice the number of minority votes plus one, blocking a tie between the two targets. Then, the secondary target must have more votes than the number of minority members, blocking a successful idol play from resulting in a tie vote. With this, the splitting alliance, instead of the typical two-thirds, will need at least three-fourths supermajority plus two more to resolve a vote without a tiebreaker. Simply, the split can be done as such:

((2 x no. of minority members) + 1), (no. of minority members + 1), (no. of minority members)
Ex. A 9-5-4 split is possible against a 4-person minority.

Arguably, the best moment to split votes is when a minority alliance only has two members left. Because they can only vote against each other, it ensures that a unanimous decision can be made between only the members of the splitting alliance, as only the ones not part of the tie (i.e. the two minority members in this scenario) could have a participation in the decision, creating a lockdown. A tie between the targets will still likely ensure majority safety. At least six votes are needed however, as it is always required to have the secondary target outnumber the minority votes. A 3-2-2 or 2-2-2 split is not sufficient, as an idol may create a 2-2-0 vote at which both members of the minority are immune from the rock draw.

Strategy for ties

While the odds of a minority member surviving a rock draw after a split vote is quite large, it is possible to strategize around it on the unanimous decision. The splitting alliance may target members of the minority alliance who are seen as less fearful in drawing a rock, leaving those they perceived who are vulnerable if a tie happens. The splitting alliance may try to convince the deciding member(s) that they still can be eliminated by the rock draw even by chance, in order to force that castaway to play it safe and vote with the majority to guarantee safety.

Self-targeted split vote

While splits target members of a minority group, the tie rules of the rock draw could be exploited so that members of the majority becomes immune by splitting the votes between members within the alliance. It is however risky, and that the majority alliance must know what is the minority group's target, or risk having one of their own be voted out accidentally.

An example of it is in a 2-2-2 split. Because the new rules nullify a normal split vote with this split, the more viable strategy seems to be a successful 4-2 vote. However, by taking advantage of the new rule, the majority can make a lockdown as long as they have an idol. The splitting alliance can create a 3-3 tie, placing 1 vote against the target of the minority, then placing 3 votes on one of their own members that is not the target of the minority, while the non-targeted member will then use an idol. The majority members that are going to be part of the decision then decides to force rocks. Assuming a minority member did use an idol, the outcome will have all but one castaway be eligible to draw rocks (similar to Survivor: Cambodia), which will surely be the non-idol user minority member.

Another strategy is during the final five, in a 3 vs. 2 scenario, if a member of the majority alliance has a form of individual immunity. While normally players cannot split votes on this scenario, the majority can put 2 votes on a majority member that is not the target of the minority and 1 vote against someone from the minority. It creates a 2-2-1 split that makes all three members of the majority immune from the rock draw, so that an idol use by the minority on their own will still ensure a minority member going home.

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, 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.
• Survivor: Philippines is the only season in which multiple alliances teamed up to split the votes successfully. Survivor: Cambodia also had multiple alliances attempt a split vote in one instance, but it was unsuccessful.
  • However, it can be argued that the elimination of Brendan Synnott in Survivor: Tocantins was the result of cooperation between the Timbira Alliance and the Jalapao Three. This wiki considers two of the three members of the Jalapao Three cooperating with the Timbira Alliance as independent affiliates, rather than a whole alliance co-aligning with another, which was the case at the Philippines split votes.
• Survivor: San Juan del Sur currently holds the record for the most number of successful split votes in a season with 6. It currently ties with Survivor: Caramoan and Survivor: Worlds Apart for the number of attempted split votes with 6, although only 5 were done successfully.
• Survivor: Cambodia currently has the record for the highest number of failed split vote attempts in a season, with three.
• Stealth R Us in Survivor: Caramoan holds the record for the most split votes done in one season by an alliance, with five (four of which were successful). If one counts the original incarnation of the alliance in Survivor: Redemption Island, the number rises to eight, seven of which were successful.
  • The Fab Five alliance (started as the Coyopa Pairs Alliance) from Survivor: San Juan del Sur holds the record for the most number of successful split votes, with five.
• Erik Reichenbach, Woo Hwang, Jeremy Collins, and Spencer Bledsoe are all tied for the most number of times reneging on a split vote plan during their Survivor career, with two.