Taku Four

Taku Four is the fan name for a 4-castaway voting bloc on Survivor 42, recorded as forming on day 2. Jonathan Young is credited with starting it. It held together long enough to make Maryanne Oketch the winner.

4 Members
Day 2 Formed
1st of 18 Best finish Maryanne Oketch
1 Made the final tribal 3 on the jury
22 days Longest run inside the alliance

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

Taku Four members on Survivor 42, best finish first
Castaway Role In the alliance Finish
Maryanne Oketch Winner Turned on it Days 2 to 23
Jonathan Young Founder Days 2 to 23 Lost final 4 fire challenge
Lindsay Dolashewich Loyal to the end Days 2 to 24 13th voted out
Omar Zaheer Loyal to the end Days 2 to 23 12th 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.

Worked with the group

Recorded as allied with Taku Four at times without being counted as members.

Played against it

Castaways named individually as working against it.

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.