Onion Alliance
Onion Alliance is the fan name for a 7-castaway voting bloc on Survivor 17 (Gabon), recorded as forming on day 4. Charlie Herschel and Marcus Lehman are credited with starting it. It held together long enough to make Robert Crowley the winner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Robert Crowley Winner | Loyal to the end | Days 9 to 39 | |
 Susie Smith | Turned on it | Days 21 to 24 | |
 Corinne Kaplan | Loyal to the end | Days 4 to 33 | 12th voted out |
 Randy Bailey | Loyal to the end | Days 12 to 30 | 11th voted out |
 Charlie Herschel | Founder | Days 4 to 27 | 10th voted out |
 Marcus Lehman | Founder | Days 4 to 24 | 9th voted out |
 Jacquie Berg | Loyal to the end | Days 4 to 12 | 4th 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.