But the 12 contestants that made it through merge-atory onSurvivor 46don’t have time to celebrate.
Who wanted to secretly name the tribe after their dog?
Who had a special plan to pay honor to a fan favorite from the past?
The cast of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
And who uncorked what would be the most unwieldy tribe name ever?
Moriah Gaynor
My pitch is going to be Opus.
However, the real reason is that my dog’s name is Opie and we call him Opus.
Moriah Gaynor of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
So it might not happen.
David Jelinsky
KNale.
Keith’s death, that was such a tragic death.
David Jelinsky on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
It kind hit theSurvivorcommunity.
Keith was someone that everybody loved.
Nobody didn’t like Keith.
Jess Chong on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
I feel like I should just spit one time for him.
But I want to pay homage to the greats.
So Keith was a great guy.
Ben Katzman of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
Jess Chong
I think we should call it Bor Bor.
That’s my dog’s nickname.
His name is Boris, but I call him Bori, Borby, or Bor Bor.
Kenzie Petty on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
Who can argue with a dog like a pet name?
Doesn’t it sound exotic?
Ben Katzman
What if we call the merge tribe the Vaha Tribe, for Van and Halen?
Bhanu Gopal on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
Kenzie Petty
I did think about this.
I had a really hard time because I wanted something that didn’t sound like Merica, that just…
I didn’t want that.
Tiffany Nicole Ervin on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
So I’m just going to go with my first dog’s name.
Her name was Akasha, and we’re going to go with that.
Bhanu Gopal
The nomination name for the merge tribe would be Mandara, M-A-N-D-A-R-A.
Tevin Davis of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
The beautiful red flowers.
That’s what the tribe name is.
But also, Singa means sun.
Venus Vafa on ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
And I like the sun.
I like bright, happy, and so Singa just seems like what we should do.
But I also feel like they’re always like, What was y’all’s tribe name?
Hunter McKnight of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
Let’s fuse them together.
Which is cute, but can we just be Singa?
And so I think that it fits.
Randen Montalvo of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
It’s the word I’ve heard the most while I’m out here.
Randen Montalvo
The name I could think of is the Drama Kings and Queens.
There’s a whole lot going on inside of us.
Maria Shrime Gonzalez of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
I can’t wait to see it come out.
Maria Shrime Gonzalez
It would be called Seleju.
My oldest son is Sebastian, and my middle son is Leo, and my youngest is Julian.
Q Burdette of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
Q Burdette
I haven’t really thought that far of a tribe name.
What I have thought about is my alliance names.
I’m going to have the Brodys, I have all those things.
Tim Spicer of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
Im one of 17 kids, I have tattoos all over me that represent it.
So me and the tattoo girl, we might be Ink: the Ink tribe.
When I pledged at Morehouse, it was about essence of oneness.
Jem Hussain-Adams of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
So I see Essence or Oneness as one of those names that could possibly fit the merge tribe.
Jem Hussain-Adams
It’s whatever welcome is in Fijian would be our tribe name.
We should feel welcome.
Charlie Davis of “Survivor 46'.Robert Voets/CBS
That’s a win.
That’s a win right there.
It might be pretty tough.
Soda Thompson of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
I don’t know.
I could work something out.
Maybe like the first letters of all her albums, mix ‘em up.
Liz Wilcox of ‘Survivor 46’.Robert Voets/CBS
Might be tough to word scramble “Swift” into a fake Fijian word.
I don’t know if there’s enough vowels there, but I could think of something.
Soda Thompson
I guess Bula because people keep saying it over and over again.
And we could shout it, like, “Bula Bula Bula Bula!”
And make jokes, “Bula Bula Bula Bula rockin’ everywhere.”
Liz Wilcox
This is the thing Ive thought about the most.
And so I thought: Well what if I split it into three words, like Pel-Say -Ah?
Everyones always saying, Dont lose hope.
When you lose hope, you lose the game.
Weve made it to the merge, our hope is restored.
We are going to make it to the end now.
But now, were at the merge, our hope can be restored, and we can move forward.
But, really, its just my kids nickname, and shes gonna frickin love it.
