Malakal is a tribe on Survivor: Micronesia. Their tribe color is purple.
Malakal was comprised of favorite Survivor players from previous seasons, with a power struggle between competing alliances defining the tribe's early days. After a tribe switch, the new Malakal consisted of four Fans and four Favorites. Malakal lost all four post-switch Immunity Challenges, merging with a 6-4 minority. Despite this, more Favorites made the merge with a 6-4 majority over the Fans.
Members
Tribe History
| Episode | Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out | Result | Exiled | Eliminated (Vote) |
Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First to Shore | Immunity | None | Yau-Man1 | None | Jon (9-1) |
1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| Reinventing the Wheel | Reward/Immunity | None | Lost | ||||
| 2 | Smash and Grab | Reward/Immunity | None | Won | Cirie | Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | Beach Bash | Reward | None | Won | Ami | Yau-Man (6-2-1) |
3rd Voted Out Day 8 |
| Nut Bucket | Immunity | None | Lost | ||||
| 4 | Diver Down | Reward | None | Won | Ozzy | Tribe Immune | |
| Crosswalk | Immunity | None | Won | ||||
| Tribes Switched, Day 13 | |||||||
| 5 | Cat and Mouse | Reward | None | Lost | None | Joel (6-2) |
5th Voted Out Day 14 |
| A Stone's Throw | Immunity | None | Lost | ||||
| 6 | Build It Up, Break It Down | Reward | None | Lost | Chet | Chet (5-2) |
6th Voted Out Day 17 |
| United We Stand | Immunity | None | Lost | ||||
| 7 | Money Roll | Reward | None | Won | Tracy | Tracy (5-1) |
7th Voted Out Day 20 |
| What-er Drag | Immunity | None | Lost | ||||
| 8 | The Gauntlet | Reward/Immunity | None | Lost | Ozzy2 | Ami (4-1) |
8th Voted Out Day 21 |
| (Ozzy)2 | |||||||
| Tribes Merged, Day 22 | |||||||
| Notes: | |||||||
| Original Tribes | Switched Tribes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Voted Out |  Jon |
Tribe Immune |
 Yau-Man |
Tribe Immune |
 Joel |
 Chet |
 Tracy |
 Ami |
Tribes Merged | |
| Vote | 9-1 | — | 6-2-1 | — | 6-2 | 5-2 | 5-1 | 4-1 | ||
| ►► | Parvati | Jon | — | Yau-Man | — | On Airai | ||||
| ►► | Amanda | Jon | — | Yau-Man | — | Joel | Chet | Tracy | Ami | |
| ►► | Cirie | Jon | — | Yau-Man | — | Joel | Chet | Tracy | Ami | |
| ►► | Erik | On Airai | Chet | Chet | Tracy | Ami | ||||
| ►► | James | Jon | — | Yau-Man | — | On Airai | ||||
| ►► | Ozzy | Jon | — | Yau-Man | — | Joel | Chet | Tracy | Ami | |
| ►► | Eliza | Jon | — | Yau-Man | — | On Airai | ||||
| ► | Ami | Jon | — | Cirie | — | Joel | Chet | Tracy | Erik | |
| ► | Tracy | On Airai | Joel | Erik | Ozzy | |||||
| ► | Chet | On Airai | Joel | Erik | ||||||
| ► | Jonathan | Jon | — | Parvati | — | On Airai | ||||
| ► | Joel | On Airai | Chet | |||||||
| Yau-Man | Jon | — | Parvati | |||||||
| Jon | Ozzy | |||||||||
Gallery
Malakal's intro shot.
Malakal on the first day.
Jon hugging Jeff Probst after being voted out.
Yau-Man voted out.
Malakal before the tribe switch.
Malakal competes in the first Immunity Challenge after the switch, A Stone's Throw.
Malakal at Tribal Council.
Joel blindsided.
Chet voted out.
Malakal wins Money Roll.
Tracy voted out.
Malakal's last Tribal Council.
Ami voted out.
Trivia
- Malakal and its rival tribe, Airai, are the first tribes in Survivor to compete with ten members each.
- Malakal is Cirie's second purple-colored starting tribe, following Casaya in Panama.
- Malakal lived at the same camp used by Ulong in Palau.
- Not much information was known about Amanda and James due to China being aired while Micronesia was being filmed. Amanda revealed to a few of her tribemates that she had made it to Final Tribal Council,[1] while James hinted at his infamous Hidden Immunity Idol blunder.[2]
- Erik is the only original Airai on post-switch Malakal to make the merge.
- Similar to Bikal, the next tribe of Favorites in a Fans vs. Favorites season, Malakal lost all remaining Immunity Challenges after the Tribe Switch.
- Malakal is the first starting purple tribe to produce a winner.
References