Survivor: Laos

Survivor: Laos
Filming Location	Annam Highlands, Laos
Season Run	November 29, 2012 - December 23, 2012
Survivors	10
Winner	TheHickman
Runner(s)-up	Ckarimalis Henzzy
Tribes	Hísshe Shúa Bimmaáhchiia Hísshineaxe
Returnees	Alik99 (2) Blaine7275 (3, 28, 67) Ckarimalis (7) Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd (3, 28) Henzzy (12) Mad Russell (3, 7) Ometepe03 (7, 21) OrangeBirdMaster2 (7, 71) TheHickman (12, 70)
Series Chronology
Next Season	Survivor: Hawaii
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Survivor: Laos is the first season of Survivor Wikia.

Considered by most as the 'test season', Laos is notable for its miniature cast and length, featuring ten castaways and spanning 24 days. It also is noted for pioneering many features of the ORG that are unique from the canon series, including cross-tribal alliances, the formation of a tribe halfway through the pre-merge, and the first ever tie at the FTC.

Twists and Changes

• Tribe Swap: On Day 8, the remaining members of the two tribes were switched, but a new tribe, Bimmaáhchiia was formed.
• Dissolved Tribe: After the Day 9 Tribal Council, the two remaining members of Shúa were dissolved by the two other tribes.
• Hidden Immunity Idol: The contestant who won the Day 13 Immunity Challenge not only won immunity for their tribe, but also the Hidden Immunity Idol. The idol was good until the final five.

Moderators

Nobo		Survivor321

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation				Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Expanded Tribe	Absorbed Tribe	Merged Tribe
	OrangeBirdMaster2 "Arlie"	Hísshe				1st Voted Out Day 3	2
	Mad Russell "Adam"	Hísshe				2nd Voted Out Day 6	5
	Cloveismywife "Clove"	Shúa	Shúa			3rd Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 9	2
	Ometepe03 "Ometepe"	Hísshe	Shúa	Hísshe		4th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 12	4
	Alik99 "Alex"	Hísshe	Shúa	Bimmaáhchiia		5th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 15	2
	Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd "Alfons"	Shúa	Hísshe	Hísshe	Hísshineaxe	6th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 18	5
	Blaine7275 "Blaine"	Shúa	Hísshe	Hísshe		7th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 21	1
	Henzzy "Henry"	Shúa	Bimmaáhchiia	Bimmaáhchiia		Second Runner-Up 6th Jury Member Day 24	1
	Ckarimalis "Chris"	Shúa	Bimmaáhchiia	Bimmaáhchiia		Runner-Up	1
	TheHickman "Hickman"	Hísshe	Hísshe	Hísshe		Sole Survivor	0

Season Summary

The first ORG season took place in Laos, and there were originally two tribes: Hísshe and Shúa. Hísshe consisted of Hickman, Ometepe, Arlie, Alex, and Adam. The Shúa tribe consisted of Alfons, Blaine, Chris, Henry, and Clove.

Hísshe was a slightly weaker tribe, losing the first two immunity challenges; this led to an alliance between Hickman and Ometepe. Both of them had secret alliances with Henry of the other tribe as well. Alex and Adam both approached the two to make an alliance of three. After Arlie was voted out due to inactivity, Ometepe and Hickman turned Adam and Alex against each other. This resulted in a 3-1 vote against Adam. The Hísshe Alliance (Hickman, Ometepe, Alex) was born.

Shúa was a stronger tribe; they won the first two immunity challenges but didn't get strategic until the tribe outnumbered Hísshe 5-3. Alfons and Blaine made an alliance, and their opposition was the Henry and Chris, another pair. Clove sided with Alfons and Blaine.

Everything changed with a Tribe Switch. Chris and Henry went to a new tribe (Bimmaáhchiia), Ometepe and Alex became members of Shúa, and Alfons and Blaine switched to Hísshe. When the new Shúa tribe lost, Clove was outnumbered by the former Hísshe members on his team and voted out.

The game shifted again when Shúa was dissolved. Alex went to Bimmaáhchiia, while Ometepe went back to Hísshe. New Hísshe lost the next challenge. Hickman and Blaine were immune during the vote. Alfons targeted Ometepe, while Ometepe targeted Alfons. Blaine joined his ally Alfons in getting Ometepe out. Hickman was fearing for a tie vote, so he flipped to the Shúa Alliance, eliminating Ometepe.

At the final tribal immunity challenge, the contestants had to make a hidden immunity idol. The contestant with the best idol would win for their team. Blaine of New Hísshe won the idol. Because Henry did not cast his vote in time, New Bimmaáhchiia's vote was a 1-1 tie between Chris and Alex. With 58% of the vote in a tie-breaking poll, Alex was eliminated.

The merge finally happened with five players remaining. Hickman flipped again to Bimmaáhchiia, so Henry and Hickman stuck together until the end. Alfons and Blaine were eliminated next, leading to a Final Three with Hickman, Henry, and Chris. Blaine, Alfons, Alex, Ometepe, and Clove composed a jury of five.

The jury praised Hickman for his strategies, but some of them argued he betrayed too much. Chris was appreciated for his physical game and social game, but people thought he didn't have much strategic game. Henry mastered the physical game, social game, and strategic game, and he got a jury vote from Blaine. Hickman had relationships with Ometepe and Alex better than anyone, and he got their votes. This meant the jury vote was a 2-2-1 tie between Hickman and Chris. As 3rd place, Henry cast the deciding vote, and Hickman was declared the winner of Survivor: Laos.

Episode Guide

Episode		Challenges		Eliminated	Vote	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
1	"My Alliance Betrayed Me"	None	Shúa	Arlie	2-2	1st Voted Out Day 3
2	"Oh My God, We Lost Again!"	Shúa	Shúa	Adam	3-1	2nd Voted Out Day 6
3	"You Can Not Expect Everything"	None	Bimmaáhchiia	Clove	2-1	3rd Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 9
			Hísshe
4	"What Happens If There's a Tie Again?"	Bimmaáhchiia		Ometepe	3-1	4th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 13
			[Blaine]
			[Hickman]
5	"I Have No Idea How to Make an Idol"	Hísshe		Alex	1-1; Poll	5th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 15
6	"Final Confession"	None	Chris	Alfons	4-1	6th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 18
7	"Gasp"	Chris		Blaine	1-0	7th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 21
8	"Sole Survivor"	Jury Vote		Henry	3-2-1	Second Runner-Up 6th Jury Member Day 24
				Chris		Runner-Up
				Hickman		Sole Survivor

Voting History

Survivor: Laos Voting History
Tribes:		Original Tribes		Expanded Tribes	Absorbed Tribes			Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1	2	3	4	5		6	7	8
Eliminated:		Arlie	Adam	Clove	Ometepe	Tie	Alex	Alfons	Blaine	Henry	Chris	Hickman
Vote:		2-21	3-1	2-1	3-1	1-1	Poll2	4-1	1-0	3-2-1
►►►	Hickman	Adam	Adam	—	Ometepe	—		Alfons	—	Jury Vote
►►►	Chris	—	—	—	—	Alex	—	Alfons	Blaine
►►►	Henry	—	—	—	—	None	—	Alfons	—			Hickman3
►►►	Blaine	—	—	—	Ometepe	—		Alfons	—	Henry
►►►	Alfons	—	—	—	Ometepe	—		Henry			Chris
►►	Alex	Arlie	Adam	Clove	—	Chris	Eliminated					Hickman
►►	Ometepe	Adam	Adam	Clove	Alfons							Hickman
►	Clove	—	—	Ometepe							Chris
	Adam	Arlie	Alex
	Arlie	Eliminated

^1 A tie initially occurred between Adam and Arlie. However, because he had failed to submit a vote, Arlie was eliminated.
^2 Because Henry did not cast his vote in time, a tie occurred between Alex and Chris. Alex was eliminated by 58% of votes in a poll which was used to break the tie.
^3 The final vote resulted in a tie, so the second runner-up, Henry, became a member of the jury to cast the tiebreaking vote.

Trivia

• Laos is the smallest season in Survivor ORG History, containing only 10 castaways and lasting only 24 days.
• Laos and Survivor: Anarchy are currently the only seasons without a female castaway.
• Laos is the first completed season without cheating.
• Laos is the first season to have a tie at the Final Tribal Council to see who wins the game; the third place contestant (Henzzy) chose the winner.
• Every player except Clove has returned to play in a future season.
  • Laos also holds the highest percentage of contestants to return with 90%.
• Survivor: Laos and Survivor: Hawaii are the only seasons that were not held on the Survivor ORG Wiki.
  • They were held on Survivor Wiki.