The television show Survivor is one of the most recognized and longest-standing reality shows to date. Airing back in 2000, it dropped a group of strangers in remote places on Earth, forcing them to use their brawns and brains to weather the challenges and come out the winner of the major cash prize. To have a fighting chance at becoming the top-dog on Survivor, early alliances had to be formed between the players.

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Alliances play a huge part in the game, and many of them ended up being iconic, working in ways that showcased castmates' intellect, grit, and intensity. Other alliances didn't quite pan out. To be frank, they ended up being disasters. Of all the poorly paired alliances viewers have seen on Survivor, these have to be some of the worst!

Nagarote

Survivor The 10 Worst Alliances

Fans first saw the Nagarote come together during the Worlds Apart season. For all intents and purposes, it should have worked well for the four players who comprised it. However, the alliance didn't pan out the way that anyone, players included, anticipated. The whole purpose of an alliance is to elevate and assist the members but only one of the alliance members made it to the final seven.

Heroes Alliance

The Heroes tribe on Survivor

Who doesn't like to see the good guys walk away with a win? Fans inherently wanted the Heroes alliance to come out the victors in the Heroes v. Villians season of Survivor, but the truth was the Villians were simply a better team.

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Through the season, viewers watched the alliance crumble little by little, thanks to the members' bad moves and a general weakness that stood out when compared to the other alliance on the show. They land on the list because they were disappointing and meh from start to finish. There was nothing heroic from this group of underperformers.

The Cool Kids

Alliances have to function like smooth criminals. They are known to be a gang, supporting each other above all, but they have to play other fields as well and not totally isolate themselves.

The problem with the Cool Kids, comprised of Reynold Toepfer, Allie Pohevits, Eddie Fox, and Hope Driskill, was that they quickly became perceived by other players as a clique. Because of this, the alliance members who quickly voted off of the show.

Five Guys

The Five Guys alliance appeared on one of the greatest Survivor series to date, Blood vs. Water. While the season was a total win with viewers and fans, Five Guys' alliance ended up being one of the worst ones that we have seen. The all-guy alliance only lasted ten days before disbanding. From Brad's poor leadership of the group to major trust issues between the participating alliance members, lots went wrong here.

The Tri-Force

The Tri-Force alliance of the Vanua tribe appeared on the must-watch season of Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X edition of the popular series. The young friends who bonded on day one of the show definitely had one of the coolest alliance names ever to exist, but this force fell flat as far as alliances function.

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Following a merging of tribes, the alliance crumbled, and Michelle, who was quite possibly one of the most intelligent contestants to ever appear on the show, was sent packing.

 The Exile Alliance

Can an alliance even call themselves an alliance if they make zero moves in real life? We aren't sure, but this band of Survivor competitors tried. The Exile alliance tried to come together to help each other win during the Tocantins season of the hit reality show before the show's big merge.

It only took a single tribal council meeting following the merge to disband the alliance for good. They never even saw any real-life action as a functioning alliance.

Old School Alliance

If you are calling yourself "Old School" and you've been around the Survivor block a time or two, like the members of this particular alliance all have, then you should be stronger.

The issue with Boston Rob's pack was one everyone simply expected more wit and grit. Group member paranoia and forgetting the timeless rules of alliance making and breaking sent this gang into a spiral that they could not come back from.

Galu Alliance

Like the Old School alliance, the Galu group from the Somoa installment should have performed much better than they did. The expectations were high, considering they seemed to have the numbers and the devotion to back the alliance up and pluck off rivals with ease.

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Their devotion to the alliance was then called into question after the merge. Members of the Galu became turncoats and then easy pawns for picking once they no longer served any purpose.

Savaii Alliance

In the South Pacific series, viewers saw an alliance be brought to its feet all because of a single vengeful (former) member. John Cochran was once part of the alliance, but he got no love from his group, and once he recognized that they only used him when they sought fit, he made it his work to tear the alliance apart.

The group tried to make amends with John after seeing that the flipped member was a force to be reckoned with, but it was too late for that. At least it provided some great Survivor moments in the meantime.

Stealth R Us

Phillip Sheppard tried to create an alliance during his Survivor series, but the guy didn't quite understand the purpose of a meaningful alliance and how it pertained to the game at hand. He was good at a few alliance related things, like giving everyone a complex nickname, but that was about it.

Survivor alliances should be tight circles with each other's backs, but Stealth R Us was huge. This is partly because Sheppard tried to literally take everyone into his fold. The whole thing became a joke that everyone was in on, except Sheppard.

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