The Fat Five is one of the two more influential alliances of Survivor: Vanuatu. The alliance formed a majority on the pre-switch Lopevi tribe and voted out alliance outsiders at each Tribal Council, but an unfavorable tribe switch cost the alliance its first member. After reaching the merge at a 4-6 disadvantage, most of its remnants were systematically eliminated, but the last surviving member managed to work his way through the endgame and ultimately win the season.
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History[]
Formation[]
After losing the first Immunity Challenge on Day 3, Chris Daugherty was the obvious choice to leave since he blew the lead Lopevi had in that challenge. However, after Lea Masters was approached by John Kenney, John Palyok, Brook Geraghty, and Brady Finta, he realized the younger members of Lopevi were tight, so an alliance was formed between the remaining members to counter the alliance of younger guys, who also came up with the name of this alliance. At Tribal Council, the alliance carried out their plans, much to the frustration of the younger Lopevi members who tried to eliminate Chris or Rory Freeman, and Brook, John P., and Brady would be voted out in original Lopevi's Tribal Council visits.
Tribal Switch[]
Following an earthquake, the tribes were rearranged by Lea and Scout Cloud Lee. Chris, Lea, and Chad Crittenden remained on Lopevi with enemy John K. and Yasur members Julie Berry and Twila Tanner, while Rory and Travis Sampson were moved to Yasur with the other women. While on Yasur, Ami Cusack led the women to align against the men, Lea, Chris, and Chad were welcoming to Julie and Twila, hoping they would align with them. Julie however lied to Twila to ensure that their loyalty would remain to the women after the merge. The Yasur women targeted Travis first since he tried to convince Chris to have Lopevi throw the challenge, which was unsuccessful and got him voted out. Rory was spared though when Ami deemed Lisa Keiffer untrustworthy and she convinced Rory, Eliza Orlins, and Leann Slaby to vote Lisa out. Believing the women on Lopevi would be loyal to them, the Fat Five voted out John K..
Betrayal After the merge[]
After the merge, Rory warned his allies about Ami turning the women against the men, but Chris, Chad, and Lea were confident in Julie and Twila's loyalty. At Tribal Council, the women stuck together and voted out Rory to the remaining men's surprise. Lea and Chad would be voted out at the next two Tribal Councils, but the women's alliance was very close to crumbling.
Last Man Standing[]
Chris revealed to everyone what Scout and Twila told him and Chad about turning on the women's alliance, which had Ami and Leann worried. Chris narrowly lost the Immunity Challenge on Day 30 and told his fiancée he was going home.
The Crumble In the Women's Alliance[]
However, Ami, Leann, Julie, Scout, and Twila agreed to voted out Eliza instead, deeming her less worthy than Chris to stay in the game. Scout and Twila used this opportunity to change the game in their favor, and Chris and Eliza joined them in voting out Leann. Suddenly Chris was in a powerful position. With all the conflicts going on (mainly involving Ami, Eliza, and Twila) and Chris winning three of the four remaining Immunity Challenges, Chris was able to vote out who he needed to and make his way to the Final Two, where his Fat Five allies Chad and Lea contributed to Chris beating Twila in a 5-2 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Vanuatu.
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Trivia[]
- Despite being known by the fans as "Fat Five", the alliance was referred on the TV show as "The Fab Five".