Vinaka

Tribe Profile
Version	United States
Season	Millennials vs. Gen X
Namesake	Fijian word meaning, "thank you"
Tribe Type	Merged Tribe
Day Formed	Day 21
Tribes Merged	Ikabula Takali Vanua
Lowest-Placing Member	Michelle Schubert (13/20)
Highest-Placing Member	Adam Klein (Winner)

Vinaka is the merged tribe of Ikabula​, Takali, and Vanua​ from Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X. Their tribe color is black.

Vinaka was initially controlled by a supermajority which was formed against the Triforce alliance. However, the majority quickly fractured because of internal conflict; and, in the end, two rival coalitions were formed — one led by David Wright; the other, by Zeke Smith. Ultimately, David's alliance managed to get the upper hand and proceeded to eliminate the rival alliance.

Members

Adam Klein            Bret LaBelle            Chris Hammons            David Wright            Hannah Shapiro            Jay Starrett            Jessica Lewis            Ken McNickle            Michelle Schubert            Sunday Burquest            Taylor Stocker            Will Wahl            Zeke Smith

Tribe History

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Challenge	Challenge Type	Winner	Eliminated (vote)	Finish
8	Fools in the Rain	Immunity	Will	Michelle (9-4)	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 23
9	All Mixed Up	Reward	Bret, Chris, David, Ken, Sunday, Taylor	Taylor (7-4-1)	9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 25
	Bo Diddley	Immunity	Ken
10	Ferryman	Reward	Adam, Bret, Hannah, Sunday, Zeke	Chris (7-4)	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 28
	With a 10-ft. Pole	Immunity	David
	Slither Me Timbers	Reward	Bret, Sunday, Zeke (David)	Jessica (5-5; 4-4; tiebreaker)1,2,3	Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 30
	Rusty Gates	Immunity	Jay
11	Rope A Dope	Reward	Jay [Adam, Sunday, Will]	Zeke (5-0)4	11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 33
	Push Me, Pull You	Immunity	Adam
12	Wizard's Staff	Immunity	Jay	Will (6-2)	12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 34
	Pinball Wizard	Immunity	Ken	Sunday (4-2-0)4	13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 35
13	Tower of Power	Reward/Immunity	David (Jay)5 [Adam, David]	Jay (5-0)8	14th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 36
	Draw the Line	Immunity	Ken	Bret (3-2)1	15th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 37
	Operation Balance Build	Immunity	Ken	David (3-1)	16th Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day 38
	Jury Vote			Ken Hannah (10-0-0)	Runners-Up
				Adam (10-0-0)	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^3 Per Survivor rules, in case of a deadlock tie, the non-immune players would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied players. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways would be forced to draw rocks. ^4 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^5 Jay used his Reward Steal to steal David's reward. He picked Adam and David to join him on the reward.

		Merged Tribe
Episode		8	9	10				11	12		13
Voted Out		Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Tie	Deadlock	Jessica	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	Bret	David	Hannah	Ken	Adam
Vote		9-4	7-4-1	7-4	5-51,2	4-43	Lottery4	5-05	6-2	4-2-05	5-06	3-21	3-1	10-0-0
►►	Adam	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Zeke	Zeke	—	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	David	David	Jury Vote
►►	Ken	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Zeke	Zeke	—	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	Bret	David
►►	Hannah	Michelle	Jay	Chris	Zeke	None	—	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	Bret	David
►►	David	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Zeke	Zeke	—	Zeke	Will	Sunday	Jay	Bret	Adam			Adam
►►	Bret	Michelle	Jay	Jessica	Hannah	Hannah	—	Hannah	Will	David	Jay	David				Adam
►►	Jay	Adam	Taylor	Jessica	Hannah	Hannah	—	Hannah	David	David	Ken					Adam
►►	Sunday	Michelle	Taylor	Jessica	Hannah	Hannah	—	Hannah	Will	Jay						Adam
►►	Will	Adam	Jay	Chris	Hannah	Hannah	—	Zeke	David							Adam
►►	Zeke	Michelle	Taylor	Chris	Hannah	None	—	Hannah								Adam
►►	Jessica	Michelle	Jay	Chris	Zeke	Zeke	Eliminated									Adam
►►	Chris	Michelle	Taylor	Jessica												Adam
►►	Taylor	Adam	Adam													Adam
►►	Michelle	Adam														Adam
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^3 Per Survivor rules, in case of a deadlock tie, the non-immune players would have an open discussion to eliminate one of the tied players. If no consensus is reached, the non-immune castaways would be forced to draw rocks. ^4 Since no consensus was reached, a rock draw occurred. Jessica drew the odd-colored rock and was eliminated. ^5 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^6 The Legacy Advantage was played, negating all votes against its user.

Gallery

The tribes merge.

The tribes have their feast.

Vinaka competing in the first individual Immunity Challenge, Fools in the Rain.

Vinaka at their first Tribal Council.

Michelle blindsided.

Vinaka competing in All Mixed Up for reward.

Vinaka competing in Bo Diddley.

Taylor voted out.

Vinaka preparing to compete in Ferryman.

Vinaka competing in With a 10 ft Pole.

Chris blindsided.

Vinaka competing in Slither Me Timbers for reward.

Vinaka competing in Rusty Gates.

Jessica eliminated after a rock draw tiebreaker.

Vinaka preparing to compete in the Loved Ones Challenge.

Vinaka competing in Push Me, Pull You.

Vinaka at their fifth Tribal Council.

Zeke blindsided.

Vinaka competing in Wizard's Staff for immunity.

Vinaka at their sixth Tribal Council.

Will blindsided.

Vinaka competing in Pinball Wizard for immunity.

Vinaka at their seventh Tribal Council.

Sunday blindsided.

Vinaka competing in Tower of Power.

Jay blindsided.

Bret blindsided.

Vinaka competing in the Final Immunity Challenge, Operation Balance Build.

David blindsided.

Hannah, Ken, and Adam in the Final Three.

Adam is the Sole Survivor of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X.

Trivia

• Vinaka is the first merged tribe in Survivor that was directly merged from three tribes. Previous seasons usually had the third tribe dissolved halfway through the pre-merge.
• Vinaka is the second merged tribe whose name means "thank you" in its season's host language, after Orkun (Cambodia).
• The tribe's name was suggested by Adam as a tribute to Earl Cole, who suggested the same name for Survivor: Fiji's merged tribe before Bula Bula was chosen.