Galu is a starting tribe from Survivor: Samoa.
Galu proved to be the physically stronger tribe, winning eight of the ten tribal challenges against their rival Foa Foa tribe, in part due to Russell Swan's leadership. However, after the merge, tribal conflicts erupted, and Russell Hantz's gameplay emerged, causing its members to be eliminated in an almost consecutive order. Their tribe color is purple.
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Tribe History[]
On the first day of the competition, the ten members of Galu were instructed to vote (based solely on first impressions) for a leader. They chose Russell Swan, who did not choose wisely in the first Reward Challenge. However, this was merely a speed bump on Galu's road to pre-merge domination, which became clear when the first eight days saw the tribe immune from the first few votes.
Whilst the tribe enjoyed early success, there were clear factions within the group. The girls' alliance of Laura Morett, Monica Padilla, and Kelly Sharbaugh and the men's alliance of Erik Cardona, Russell Swan, Dave Ball, John Fincher, and Brett Clouser left Shambo Waters a sitting duck.
After their first Tribal Council and the elimination of Yasmin on Day 11, Galu remained a force to be reckoned with in terms of challenge performance. However, Russell S. began to show signs of struggling at a Reward Challenge which led to his eventual evacuation. Jeff Probst instructed that the tribe elect a new leader. Erik took this opportunity to bring Shambo into the alliance and make her the leader in order to control her later down the line. Her reign as leader was short-lived and the majority of the time scrutinized as the decisions she wanted were regularly rejected straight away (one incident regarding who would be making decisions at a Reward Challenge).
Challenge History[]
Episode | Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out | Result | Observer | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish |
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1 | Chief's Choice | Reward | Brett, Dave, Kelly, Laura, Monica, Russell S. |
Lost | None | Tribe Immune | |
Yank Your Hank | Immunity | None | Won | ||||
2 | Schmergen Brawl | Reward/Immunity | Monica | Won | Yasmin | Tribe Immune | |
3 | Sea Crates | Reward/Immunity | Brett, Erik, Shambo, Yasmin |
Won | Shambo | Tribe Immune | |
4 | Bocce In A Box | Reward | Brett, Erik, John, Kelly, Laura, Monica, Yasmin |
Won | None | Yasmin (8-2) |
4th Voted Out Day 11 |
Well Stacked | Immunity | Dave, Laura, Russell S., Shambo |
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5 | Samoa Smoothies | Reward | John, Kelly, Laura | Won | Shambo | Tribe Immune | |
Sack Attack | Immunity | Brett, Dave, Shambo | Won | ||||
6 | Roll With It | Reward | Dave, Kelly, Monica, Shambo |
Cancelled1 | None | Russell S. (no vote) |
Evacuated Day 15 |
7 | Brain Food | Reward | Dave, Kelly, Shambo | Won | Laura | Tribe Immune | |
Canoe Dueling | Immunity | John, Laura, Monica | Won | ||||
Tribes Merged, Day 19 | |||||||
Notes: ^1 Russell S. collapsed at the challenge, causing the challenge to be stopped with no winner. Galu and Foa Foa attended Tribal Council that night, to discuss Russell S.'s situation. The scheduled Double Tribal Council was cancelled, thus no one was voted out.
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Voting History[]
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Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Voted out: | Tribe Immune |
Tribe Immune |
Tribe Immune |
Yasmin |
Tribe Immune |
Russell S. |
Tribe Immune |
Tribes Merged | ||||||||||||||
Vote: | — | — | — | 8-2 | — | No vote1 | — | |||||||||||||||
► | Brett | — | — | — | Yasmin | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
► | Shambo | — | — | — | Monica | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
► | Monica | — | — | — | Yasmin | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
► | Dave | — | — | — | Yasmin | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
► | John | — | — | — | Yasmin | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
► | Laura | — | — | — | Yasmin | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
► | Kelly | — | — | — | Yasmin | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
► | Erik | — | — | — | Yasmin | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Russell S. | — | — | — | Yasmin | — | Evacuated | ||||||||||||||||
Yasmin | — | — | — | Monica | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes: ^1 Russell S. was evacuated from the game due to severe hypotension. No vote occurred for his removal.
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Trivia[]
- Galu ties with Sook Jai and Zapatera for the longest elimination streak of an original tribe, with seven of its members being eliminated consecutively.
- Coincidentally, all three tribes were purple.
- Galu is the fourth starting tribe to secure all but one seat on the jury, following Rotu, Koror, and Timbira.
- Galu is the biggest tribe to have every member sit out of at least one challenge.
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