Fang Alliance
Fang Alliance is the fan name for a 7-castaway voting bloc on Survivor 17 (Gabon), recorded as forming on day 10. Ken Hoang is credited with starting it. No member won: the group's best finish was Susie Smith at 2nd of 18.
Survivor does not name alliances on screen, so this name and this roster are a fan convention rather than an official record. Placements and days below are from our own season data.
Members
| Castaway | Role | In the alliance | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
 Susie Smith | Turned on it | Days 24 to 36 | |
 Jessica Kiper | Turned on it | Days 21 to 36 | |
 Matty Whitmore | Turned on it | Days 12 to 36 | Lost fire challenge |
 Ken Hoang | Founder | Days 10 to 37 | 14th voted out |
 Crystal Cox | Loyal to the end | Days 10 to 36 | 13th voted out |
 Kelly Czarnecki | Left the group | Days 10 to 18 | 6th voted out |
 Danny Brown | Left the group | Days 10 to 15 | 5th voted out |
Roles come from the fan record: a founder started the group, a member who stayed loyal voted with it to the end, one who left the group drifted out of it, and one who turned on it broke ranks before the game was over.
Played against it
Rival alliance on the other side of the vote.
Castaways named individually as working against it.
Read more about Survivor 17: Gabon, browse every named Survivor alliance, or see the tribe rosters behind them.
Birthplace, pre-game profile and alliance facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA. Alliance names and rosters are fan-curated and are not an official record.