Va Va is the merged tribe of Ratu, Soka, and Tika from Survivor 44. Their tribe color is black with red accents.
Va Va was largely controlled by the Tika Three throughout the entire post-merge, as their strategy of flipping between alliances gained them much power. Ultimately, two of the three Tikas made it to Final Tribal Council, where Yam Yam Arocho won in a 7-1-0 vote over former Soka member Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt and Tika member Carolyn Wiger.
Members[]
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Tribe History[]
| Episode | Challenge | Challenge Type | Winner | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | No Quarter | Reward/Immunity | Brandon, Carolyn, Carson, Frannie, Jaime, Matt |
Josh (7-3-1) |
5th Voted Out Day 13 | |
| Tribe Formed, Night 13 | ||||||
| 7 | Audio Slave | Reward/Immunity | Frannie [Carolyn, Carson, Danny, Heidi, Kane]1 |
Matt (3-2) |
6th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 14 | |
| Immunity | Brandon | |||||
| 8 | Eve 5 | Immunity | Lauren | Brandon (4-0)2 |
7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 15 | |
| 9 | Ballin a Jack | Immunity | Frannie | Kane (5-3-1-1) |
8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 17 | |
| 10 | Put a Ring On It | Reward | Frannie [Carolyn, Heidi, Lauren] |
Frannie (5-2-1) |
9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 19 | |
| Union of the Snake | Immunity | Carson | ||||
| 11 | Last Gasp | Immunity | Yam Yam | Danny (3-2-0)2 |
10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 21 | |
| 12 | Roll With It | Reward | Carson, Lauren, Yam Yam | Jaime (4-2)3 |
11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 23 | |
| Take The Reins | Immunity | Lauren | ||||
| 13 | Lone Palm Express | Reward/Immunity | Carson [Yam Yam]4 |
Lauren (3-1-1) |
12th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 24 | |
| Simmotion | Immunity | Carson (no vote)5 |
Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 25 | |||
| Jury Vote | Carolyn (7-1-0) |
Second Runner-Up | ||||
| Heidi (7-1-0) |
Runner-Up | |||||
| Yam Yam (7-1-0) |
Sole Survivor | |||||
| Notes: ^1 The tribe was divided into two teams where the winning team won reward and immunity. The losing team would vote out one of their own at Tribal Council, with the winning tribe observing from the jury bench.
^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^4 The winner of the Immunity Challenge shared the reward with a number of their tribemates. ^5 Instead of a traditional vote, the winner of the Immunity Challenge, Heidi, would choose someone to take with them to the Final Three. She chose to save both Carolyn and Yam Yam and compete against Carson in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist. | ||||||
| Merged Tribe | |||||||||||||
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| Episode | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| Voted Out |  Josh |
 Matt |
 Brandon |
 Kane |
 Frannie |
 Danny |
 Jaime |
 Lauren |
 Carson |
 Carolyn |
 Heidi |
 Yam Yam | |
| Vote | 7-3-1 | 3-22 | 4-04 | 5-3-1-1 | 5-2-1 | 3-2-04 | 4-26 | 3-1-1 | No vote7 | 7-1-0 | |||
| ►► | Yam Yam | Josh | Matt | Kane | Frannie | Danny | Jaime | Heidi | — | Jury Vote | |||
| ►► | Heidi | Josh | — | Brandon | Kane | Danny | Jaime | Lauren | — | ||||
| ►► | Carolyn | Kane | — | Brandon | Kane | Heidi | Danny | Jaime | Lauren | — | |||
| ►► | Carson | Josh | — | Kane | Frannie | Danny | Jaime | Lauren | Eliminated | Yam Yam | |||
| ►► | Lauren | Josh | Yam Yam3 | Heidi | Frannie | Heidi | Carolyn | Yam Yam | Yam Yam | ||||
| ►► | Jaime | Josh | Matt | Heidi | Frannie | Heidi | Carolyn | Yam Yam | |||||
| Heidi5 | |||||||||||||
| ►► | Danny | Josh | — | Brandon | Kane | Frannie | Heidi | ||||||
| ►► | Frannie | Josh | — | Brandon | Jaime | Heidi | Yam Yam | ||||||
| ►► | Kane | Yam Yam | — | Danny | Yam Yam | ||||||||
| ►► | Brandon | Yam Yam | Matt | Yam Yam | |||||||||
| ►► | Matt | None1 | Yam Yam | Yam Yam | |||||||||
| ►► | Josh | Yam Yam | |||||||||||
| Notes:
^1 This castaway lost their vote at the summit, thus they were unable to cast a vote. ^2 The Va Va tribe was divided into two teams before the Immunity Challenge, and only the losing team voted at Tribal Council.
^3 This castaway's vote was controlled by another player. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^5 This castaway played an Extra Vote advantage, allowing them to vote twice at Tribal Council. ^6 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^7 Instead of a traditional vote, the winner of the Immunity Challenge, Heidi, would choose someone to take with them to the Final Three. She chose to save both Carolyn and Yam Yam and compete against Carson in a fire-making challenge to determine the last finalist. | |||||||||||||
Gallery[]
The final twelve convening on Ratu beach.
The final twelve at Tribal Council prior to merging.
Josh voted out.
Va Va at the first post-merge Immunity Challenge.
Va Va competing in Audio Slave.
Va Va at their first Tribal Council.
Matt voted out.
Va Va at their second Immunity Challenge.
The final ten at Tribal Council.
Brandon blindsided.
Va Va competing in Ballin a Jack for immunity.
The final nine at Tribal Council.
Kane blindsided.
The final eight competing in Put a Ring On It for reward.
Va Va at the final eight Immunity Challenge.
Frannie voted out.
Va Va at camp.
Va Va before competing in Last Gasp.
Danny blindsided.
The final six at a Reward Challenge.
Va Va competing in Roll With It.
Va Va competing in Take The Reins.
The final six at Tribal Council.
Jaime voted out.
Va Va having a campfire on their new beach.
The final five at Tribal Council.
Carson eliminated.
Yam Yam is the Sole Survivor of Survivor 44.
Trivia[]
- Despite Va Va's Buff color being black, the chyrons in its members' confessionals were in a red-black gradient.
- The tribe name was proposed by Yam Yam.
- After Lauren's elimination on Day 24, Va Va became the first merged tribe where half of its members were LGBT contestants.
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