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Survivor: Palau is the tenth season of Survivor. It was filmed in the island-country of Palau in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania. The main theme of the season was the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

This season ended with New York City fire lieutenant Tom Westman defeating advertising executive Katie Gallagher in a 6-1 vote.

Survivor's 10th season earned the show a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2005.

Production

Applications were due June 22, 2004. Around 800 applicants were selected for an interview between the latter part of July and August. Out of these 800, 48 were chosen as semi-finalists for an interview in Los Angeles during September. From these semi-finalists, 20 were chosen to participate the show between October to December 2004.

Twists/Changes

  • Expanded Cast: This is the first season to feature twenty contestants.
  • Schoolyard Pick and Elimination: The contestants start the game by competing for two individual Immunity Necklaces awarded to the first male and the first female to reach them. The winners then pick one member of the opposite sex to join their tribe and add another contestant to it. The last male and the last female who are not picked are eliminated from the game.
  • Double Tribal Council: On one occasion, both tribes have to vote somebody out of the game following a Reward Challenge.
  • Tiebreaker Challenge: A fire-making contest is held in case of a tie at the final four or if there are only two people left on a tribe.
  • No Merge: Ulong was absorbed into its rival tribe, Koror, after being reduced to one member following an unprecedented losing streak.
  • Exile Island: Exile Island is introduced for the first time. Used only once as punishment for the first one out of an Immunity Challenge, the exiled contestant is sent to a remote location with minimum supplies to live there for a certain period of time.

Castaways

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Absorbed Tribe
S10 jonathan t Jonathan Libby
23, Dallas, TX 		None Eliminated
Day 2 		0
S10 wanda t Wanda Shirk
55, Ulysses, PA 		None Eliminated
Day 2 		0
S10 jolanda t Jolanda Jones
38, Houston, TX 		Ulong 1st Voted Out
Day 3 		6
S10 ashlee t Ashlee Ashby
22, Easley, SC 		Ulong 2nd Voted Out
Day 6 		6
S10 jeff t Jeff Wilson
21, Ventura, CA 		Ulong 3rd Voted Out
Day 8 		5
S10 kim t Kim Mullen
25, Huber Heights, OH 		Ulong 4th Voted Out
Day 11 		8
S10 willard t Willard Smith
56, Bellevue, WA 		Koror 5th Voted Out
Day 12 		8
S10 angie t Angie Jakusz
24, New Orleans, LA 		Ulong 6th Voted Out
Day 12 		8
S10 james t James Miller
33, Mobile, AL 		Ulong 7th Voted Out
Day 15 		7
S10 ibrehem t Ibrehem Rahman
27, Birmingham, AL 		Ulong 8th Voted Out
Day 18 		4
S10 bobbyjon t Bobby Jon Drinkard
27, Los Angeles, CA 		Ulong Eliminated
Day 21 		2
S10 coby t Coby Archa
32, Athens, TX 		Koror Koror 9th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 24 		7
S10 janu t Janu Tornell
39, Las Vegas, NV 		Koror Quit
2nd Jury Member
Day 27 		1
S10 stephenie t Stephenie LaGrossa
24, Tom's River, NJ 		Ulong 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 30 		8
S10 gregg t Gregg Carey
27, Chicago, IL 		Koror 11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 33 		4
S10 caryn t Caryn Groedel
46, Solon, OH 		Koror 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 36 		7
S10 jenn t Jenn Lyon
32, Encino, CA 		Koror 13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 37 		3
S10 ian t Ian Rosenberger
23, Ambridge, PA 		Koror 14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 38 		5
S10 katie t Katie Gallagher
29, Merced, CA 		Koror Runner-Up 1
S10 tom t Tom Westman
40, Sayville, NY 		Koror Sole Survivor 0

Season Summary

The twenty contestants began the game by rowing to the beach they would live on, with the first player of each gender to reach shore winning immunity. However, once ashore, they received no additional instructions nor were they divided into tribes, and began to work on a common shelter. The next day, host Jeff Probst announced that they would now pick tribes via a Schoolyard Pick, with those who had won immunity, Ian Rosenberger and Jolanda Jones, getting to choose first. The last male and female remaining would immediately leave the game. Eventually, Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk did not get picked, and were sent home. The two tribes, Koror and Ulong, then participated in the first Reward/Immunity Challenge, with the winner, Koror, deciding to leave their present beach to another one they had not seen.

On paper, it seemed that the young and athletic Ulong tribe had an advantage over the old and slower Koror tribe, but Ulong's lack of teamwork resulted in them losing every Immunity Challenge in the first 21 days, decimating them to a paltry tribe of two: Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephenie LaGrossa, who faced each other off in a fire-making challenge, with the latter emerging victorious. After spending the night alone, she was instructed to travel to camp Koror, and was given a Koror buff, thus having no merge.

Koror developed a core group of five: Ian, Gregg Carey, Jenn Lyon, Katie Gallagher, and Tom Westman, and those on the outside saw them as a threat but were not able to break them. Despite making an immediate strong impression on her new tribe, Stephenie was targeted due to her strength and tenacity. She was able to buy herself some time when the Koror Alliance briefly turned on each other, and when Janu Tornell quit, but was eventually voted out.

With only Koror members remaining, they were forced to turn on each other, with Ian and Tom taking control of the eliminations. Ian later considered betraying Tom, but was thwarted by the latter's immunity wins. At the final four, Tom found out that Ian was targeting him, which caused him to turn on Ian, though Ian won the fire making tiebreaker challenge against Jenn. At the Final Immunity Challenge, which ran for almost 12 hours, Ian decided to step down after being burdened by his numerous deceptions and gave Tom the win. He asked Tom to vote him out, making him the final member of the jury. 

At the Final Tribal Council, Tom was lauded for his leadership that led Koror to a clean Immunity Challenge sweep, but was barbed for his machismo. Katie, on the other hand, was appreciated for her honesty, but was more heavily berated for her poor challenge performances, being gossipy and mean towards others besides Tom and Ian. In the end, Tom won the title of Sole Survivor in a 6-1 landslide.

Episode Air date Challenges Eliminated Vote Finish Viewers
(in millions)[2] 		Ratings/Share
(18-49)
Reward Immunity
1 "This Has Never Happened Before!" February 17, 2005 None Ian Jonathan No vote2 Eliminated
Day 2 		23.66 9.1/23
Jolanda Wanda
Koror1 Jolanda 6-3 1st Voted Out
Day 3
2 "Love Is in the Air, Rats Are Everywhere" February 24, 2005 Ulong Koror Ashlee 6-1-1 2nd Voted Out
Day 6 		21.64 7.9/20
3 "Dangerous Creatures and Horrible Setbacks" March 3, 2005 Ulong Koror Jeff 4-2-1 3rd Voted Out
Day 8 		21.80 8.5/N/A
4 "Sumo at Sea" March 10, 2005 Koror Koror Kim 5-1 4th Voted Out
Day 11 		21.80 8.1/22
5 "The Best and Worst Reward Ever" March 16, 2005 Koror (Ibrehem) Willard 8-1 5th Voted Out
Day 12 		18.42 6.9/19
Angie 2-2-1;
3-03 		6th Voted Out
Day 12
6 "Jellyfish 'n Chips" March 23, 2005 Ulong Koror James 2-2;
2-04 		7th Voted Out
Day 15 		19.15 7.3/19
7 "The Great White Shark Hunter" March 31, 2005 Koror Koror Ibrehem 2-1 8th Voted Out
Day 18 		20.89 7.7/21
8 "Neanderthal Man" April 7, 2005 Koror Koror Bobby Jon No vote5 Eliminated
Day 21 		19.75 7.0/20
9 "I Will Not Give Up" April 14, 2005 None Tom Coby 7-1-1 9th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 24 		20.0 7.4/23
10 "Exile Island" April 21, 2005 Caryn,
Gregg,
Janu, Tom 		Tom Janu No vote Quit
2nd Jury Member
Day 27 		18.66 6.8/20
11 "I'll Show You How Threatening I Am" April 28, 2005 Survivor
Auction 		Ian Stephenie 6-1 10th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 30 		21.21 7.8/20
12 "We'll Make You Pay" May 5, 2005 Gregg
[Jenn,
Katie] 		Ian Gregg 4-2 11th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 33 		20.07 7.1/21
13 "It Could All Backfire" May 12, 2005 Ian
[Tom] 		Tom Caryn 4-1 12th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 36 		19.3 7.1/21
14 "The Ultimate Shock" May 15, 2005 None Tom Jenn 2-2;
1-1;
Tiebreaker6 		13th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 37 		20.80 7.8/18
Tom Ian 1-0 14th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 38
Jury Vote Katie 6-1 Runner-Up
Tom Sole Survivor
15 "Reunion" 16.72 6.5/16

Notes:

^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 Due to not being picked by the initial tribes, Jonathan and Wanda were automatically eliminated.
^3 A tie between Bobby Jon and Angie forced a re-vote; Stephenie and Ibrehem switched their votes to Angie, eliminating her.
^4 A tie between Ibrehem and James forced a re-vote; Stephenie switched her vote from Ibrehem to James, eliminating him.
^5 With Ulong having only two members, a fire-making challenge was held to determine the elimination, which Bobby Jon lost.
^6 With a deadlock tie between Ian and Jenn, a fire-making challenge was held to determine the elimination, which Jenn lost.

Voting History

Survivor: Palau Voting History
Tribe Selection Original Tribes Tribe Absorption
Episode #: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Voted out: S10 jonathan t
Jonathan 		S10 wanda t
Wanda 		S10 jolanda t
Jolanda 		S10 ashlee t
Ashlee 		S10 jeff t
Jeff 		S10 kim t
Kim 		S10 willard t
Willard 		Tie S10 angie t
Angie 		Tie S10 james t
James 		S10 ibrehem t
Ibrehem 		S10 bobbyjon t
Bobby Jon 		S10 coby t
Coby 		S10 janu t
Janu 		S10 stephenie t
Stephenie 		S10 gregg t
Gregg 		S10 caryn t
Caryn 		Tie Deadlock S10 jenn t
Jenn 		S10 ian t
Ian 		S10 katie t
Katie 		S10 tom t
Tom
Vote: No vote1 6-3 6-1-1 4-2-1 5-1 8-1 2-2-12 3-0 2-22 2-0 2-1 No vote3 7-1-1 No vote4 6-1 4-2 4-1 2-22 1-15 Tiebreaker6 1-07 6-1
Tom — — — — — Willard — — — — Coby — Stephenie Gregg Caryn Ian Ian — Ian Jury Vote
Katie — — — — — Willard — — — — Coby — Stephenie Gregg Caryn Jenn Jenn — None
Ian — — — — — Willard — — — — Coby — Stephenie Gregg Caryn Jenn None — None Tom
Jenn — — — — — Willard — — — — Coby — Stephenie Caryn Caryn Ian None Voted out Tom
Caryn — — — — — Willard — — — — Coby — Stephenie Gregg Ian A6a6a6 A6a6a6 Tom
Gregg — — — — — Willard — — — — Coby — Stephenie Caryn Tom
► Stephenie — Jolanda Ashlee Jeff Kim — Bobby Jon Angie Ibrehem James Ibrehem — Coby — Caryn Tom
Janu — — — — — Willard — — — — Stephenie Quit Tom
Coby — — — — — Willard — — — — Janu Katie
Bobby Jon — Angie Ashlee Kim Kim — Angie None James James Ibrehem Eliminated
Ibrehem — Angie Kim Jeff Kim — James Angie James None Stephenie
James — Jolanda Ashlee Kim Kim — Angie Angie Ibrehem None
Angie — Jolanda Ashlee Jeff Kim — Bobby Jon None A6a6a6
Willard — — — — — Katie
Kim — Jolanda Ashlee Jeff James
Jeff — Jolanda Ashlee James
Ashlee — Jolanda Jeff
Jolanda — Angie
Jonathan Eliminated
Wanda

Notes:

^1 Because they were not picked to be on a tribe, Jonathan and Wanda were automatically eliminated. No vote occurred for their removal.
^2 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.
^3 Because Ulong was down to its last two members, a fire-making challenge was held to determine the elimination. Bobby Job lost, eliminating him from the game.
^4 Janu quit the game at Tribal Council, therefore the supposed vote that night was cancelled.
^5 Per the rules of Survivor at the time, a fire-making challenge was held in case of a deadlock tie in the final four Tribal Council. As of the current season, re-votes during the final four Tribal Council are considered obsolete.
^6 Jenn lost the fire-making challenge, eliminating her from the game.
^7 Ian and Katie did not vote as they could only vote for were each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Tom voted. Moreover, Tom's vote was verbally cast immediately after the Immunity Challenge as it was too late in the evening when the challenge ended to hold a traditional Tribal Council.

Trivia

Palau unused

The unused merge buff.

  • The font used for the tribes and Palau subtitle is "Stencil".
  • This is the only season where the pre-jury boots outnumbered those who reached the jury phase.
  • This is the first season of US version of Survivor to have a cast of twenty.
  • Palau is the first season to eliminate three castaways (excluding losing finalists) in one episode. Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk were eliminated in the Schoolyard Pick, while Jolanda Jones was voted out the day after in a standard Tribal Council scenario.
  • Palau is the first season where contestants were eliminated before Day 3.
  • For the first time in the series' history, one tribe "conquered" the other by winning every single Immunity Challenge and absorbing the other tribe's last remaining member. Had Koror and Ulong merged, the merged tribe's color would have been green.
    • With this season having no merged tribe, Palau has the fewest number of tribes, with two.
  • This season marks the first tie vote since Marquesas due to the players' concern regarding the controversial rock drawing tiebreaker. In Samoa, host Jeff Probst confirmed that the rock drawing tiebreaker only applies to votes outside the final four, whereas in a final four situation, the contestants are to compete in a fire-making challenge.
  • This season ties with Caramoan and Kaôh Rōng for having the most tie votes, with three.
  • Palau is the only season to have two fire-making challenges occur.
  • Palau is the first season to have Exile Island. However, Exile Island was only used for one episode. Panama was the first season to use it as a full season twist.
  • The season's Tribal Council set was a decorated with actual World War II relics such as fallen aircraft, weapons, bags of cement, and barbed wires. The set took eight weeks to build, took 25 tons of cement, 14 tons of rubble, and a thousand bags of sand.[3][4]
  • Ulong and Koror's camps would be used by the Malakal and Airai tribes respectively three years later, in Micronesia.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C99065%7C1%7C,00.html
  2. ↑ http://www.spottedratings.com/2011/12/spotvault-survivor-cbs-fall-2005.html
  3. ↑ http://survivorskills.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=1772.0
  4. ↑ http://insidepulse.com/2005/02/09/31956/
  5. ↑ http://www.claycritters.com/map/s16/survivor_16_map.htm

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