Gota

Despite early success in the first immunity challenge, Gota would go on a losing streak, and tensions rose between two alliances. After the tribe switch, Gota became a powerhouse in challenges, defeating the post-swap Bikal each time. But in the end, the original Fans were overwhelmed in numbers by the Favorites in a 8-4 ratio after the merge.

Members

Original Day 15 Allie Pohevitz 24, Oceanside, NY Bartender Eddie Fox 23, East Brunswick, NJ Fireman/EMT Hope Driskill 22, Jefferson City, MO Pre-law student Julia Landauer 20, Stanford, CA Racecar driver Laura Alexander 22, Washington, DC Administrative officer Matt Bischoff 38, Cincinnati, OH BMX bike salesman Michael Snow 43, New York City, NY Event planner Reynold Toepfer 29, San Francisco, CA Real estate salesman Shamar Thomas 26, Brooklyn, NY Iraq War veteran Sherri Biethman 40, Boise, ID Fast food franchisee  Andrea Boehlke       Brenda Lowe       Eddie Fox       Erik Reichenbach       Malcolm Freberg       Reynold Toepfer       Sherri Biethman

Tribe History

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out	Result	Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
1	Water Slaughter	Reward	None	Lost	Tribe Immune
	It's a Long Way to the Top	Immunity	None	Won
2	Plunge, Pull, Pop	Reward/Immunity	Laura	Lost	Allie (6-4)	2nd Voted Out Day 5
3	Cell Block Sea	Reward/Immunity	None	Lost	Hope (3-3-3; 5-1-0)1	3rd Voted Out Day 7
4	Head and Shoulders	Reward	None	Lost	Shamar (no vote)	Evacuated Day 10
	Smash and Grab	Immunity	None	Lost	Laura (6-0)2	4th Voted Out Day 10
5	Nut Bucket	Reward	None	Lost	Tribe Immune
	Crate Outdoors	Immunity	None	Won3
Tribes Switched, Day 14
6	Crate Outdoors	Immunity	None	Won	Tribe Immune
7	Hot Pursuit	Reward	Brenda	Won	Tribe Immune
	Phoenix Rises	Immunity	Sherri	Won
Tribes Merged, Day 20
Notes: ^1 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^3 Bikal opted to forfeit the Immunity Challenge, giving the win to Gota by default.

		Original Tribes							Switched Tribes
Episode		1	2	3		4		5	6	7	8
Voted Out		Tribe Immune	Allie	Tie	Hope	Shamar	Laura	Tribe Immune	Tribe Immune	Tribe Immune	Tribes Merged
Vote		—	6-4	3-3-31	5-1-0	No vote2	6-03	—	—	—
►►	Sherri	—	Allie	Hope	Hope	—	Laura	—	—	—
►►	Eddie	—	Shamar	Shamar	None	—	Laura	—	—	—
►►	Erik	On Bikal							—	—
►►	Brenda	On Bikal							—	—
►►	Andrea	On Bikal							—	—
►►	Reynold	—	Shamar	Shamar	Shamar	—	Laura	—	—	—
►►	Malcolm	On Bikal							—	—
►►	Michael	—	Allie	Eddie	Hope	—	Laura	—	On Bikal
►	Julia	—	Allie	Hope	Hope	—	Laura	—	On Bikal
►	Matt	—	Allie	Eddie	Hope	—	Laura	—	On Bikal
	Laura	—	Allie	Hope	Hope	—	Reynold
	Shamar	—	Allie	Eddie	None	Evacuated
	Hope	—	Shamar	Shamar	None
	Allie	—	Shamar
Notes: ^1 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Survivor rules, a second vote 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. ^2 Shamar was evacuated from the game due to severe eye infection. No vote occurred for his removal. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.

Gallery

Gota in the intro.

The Gota tribe arrives in the Philippines.

Gota tribe at Tribal Council.

Allie blindsided.

Hope voted out.

Shamar evacuated.

Laura blindsided.

The new Gota wins the first of many challenges.

Trivia

• Gota is the second orange Fans tribe, after Airai from Micronesia.
• The Gota Beach is one of the main attractions of the Caramoan National Park, the filming location of both Philippines and Caramoan. During World War II, the community surrounding Gota was known to be a gold-mining site.
• Gota is the second tribe to have a three-way tie on a Tribal Council, following Zapatera from Redemption Island.
• Unlike Airai, which had an equal number of Fans and Favorites post-tribe switch, post-switch Gota had more Favorites than Fans.
• Gota is the third tribe to receive immunity from the other tribe, following Ravu and Salani.
• Gota is the first Fans tribe to have a finalist in the Final Tribal Council.
• On Survivor Oz, Gota was ranked as one of the most dysfunctional tribes in Survivor history. They ranked fourth with only Ravu, Maraamu, and Ulong ahead of them.^[1]
• Gota lived on Catanawan Island, the same island that Matsing and Tandang lived on during Philippines.

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