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The Ultimate Shock is the season finale of Survivor: Palau.

Story[]

Day 37[]

Day 38[]

Day 39[]

Challenges[]

Challenge: Tower of Domination
Survivors must race along a tire crawl, then navigate through a series of vertical escape hatches to reach the top of a three-story tower. Once at the top of the tower, the Survivors must use grappling hooks to retrieve keys that unlock a hatch covering a flag, which they must raise. The first two players to finish would race down a flying fox into the ocean and retrieve a combination lock box containing another flag. After figuring out the box's combination, the Survivors must retrieve the flag and raise it. The first person to raise their final flag wins Immunity.
Winner: Tom Westman

Challenge: Bob-Bob Buoy
The Survivors must each grab onto a navigational buoy and hang on while the buoy sways from side to side. The last player left hanging on would win.
Winner: Tom Westman

Tribal Council[]

Day 37[]

Tribal Council 15:
Koror
Voted
Against
Voter
S10 ian t
Ian (2 votes)
S10 jenn tS10 tom t
Jenn, Tom
S10 jenn t
Jenn (2 votes)
S10 ian tS10 katie t
Ian, Katie
TIE:
S10 ian tS10 jenn t
Ian, Jenn (2 votes each)

Revote
(Ian and Jenn ineligible to vote)
Voted
Against
Voter
S10 ian t
Ian (1 vote)
S10 tom t
Tom
S10 jenn t
Jenn (1 vote)
S10 katie t
Katie
DEADLOCKED:
S10 ian tS10 jenn t
Ian, Jenn (1 vote each)

Tiebreaker Challenge:
Ian vs. Jenn
Participant Result
S10 ian t
Ian
Won
S10 jenn t
Jenn
Lost
ELIMINATED:
S10 jenn bw
Jenn Lyon

Voting Confessionals[]

Confessionals for the first vote and the revote are unavailable.

Final Words[]

S10 jenn bw
Jenn
I lasted…37 days, but it didn't work out my way. I am a little disappointed in Katie. She had a chance to keep me around a little bit longer and she went against that. So, Katie, I don't know if you have my vote any longer.

Day 38[]

Since the challenge ended late at night, this Tribal Council was held at the challenge area itself.

Tribal Council 16:
Koror
Voted
Against
Voter
S10 ian t
Ian (1 vote)
S10 tom t
Tom
VOTED OUT:
S10 ian bw
Ian Rosenberger

Voting Confessionals[]

Since Tom's vote for Ian was cast verbally at the challenge, there are no voting confessionals.

Final Words[]

Since the challenge ended late at night, and the Tribal Council was held at the challenge, Ian did not have final words.

Final Tribal Council[]

Tribal Council 17:
Jury Vote
Voted for
Winner
Voter
S10 tom t
Tom (6 votes)
S10 caryn tS10 gregg tS10 ian t
S10 janu tS10 jenn tS10 stephenie t
Caryn, Gregg, Ian, Janu, Jenn, Stephenie
S10 katie t
Katie (1 vote)
S10 coby t
Coby
RUNNER-UP:
S10 katie bw
Katie Gallagher
SOLE SURVIVOR:
S10 tom t
Tom Westman

Voting Confessionals[]

S10 janu t
Janu
(voting for Tom) Tom, I'm voting for you because I walked away with an incredible experience, and that was due to the fact that you chose me on that day when we chose tribes. So thank you, and good luck to you.
S10 coby t
Coby
(voting for Katie) I asked for honesty tonight, and I got it…(shows vote) but it wasn't from you, Tom.

Final Results[]

 Jonathan
20th
S10 jonathan bw
 Wanda
19th
S10 wanda bw
 Jolanda
18th
S10 jolanda bw
 Ashlee
17th
S10 ashlee bw
 Jeff
16th
S10 jeff bw
 Kim
15th
S10 kim bw
 Willard
14th
S10 willard bw
 Angie
13th
S10 angie bw
 James
12th
S10 james bw
 Ibrehem
11th
S10 ibrehem bw
 Bobby Jon
10th
S10 bobbyjon bw
 Coby
9th
S10 coby bw
 Janu
8th
S10 janu bw
S10 stephenie bw
 Gregg
6th
S10 gregg bw
 Caryn
5th
S10 caryn bw
 Jenn
4th
S10 jenn bw
 Ian
3rd
S10 ian bw
 Katie
2nd
S10 katie bw
 Tom
Winner
S10 tom t

Trivia[]

  • This episode marks the only time the Fire Making Challenge is used twice in one season.
  • The Day 37 tribal council is the only time this season that Tom does not vote for the person voted out.
  • This episode marks the last time a re-vote was used at a final four Tribal Council tie, since final four ties in later seasons have gone straight to the fire-making challenge without a re-vote.
  • The name of the Final Immunity Challenge, "Bob-Bob Buoy", is a reference to "Bababooey" from the Howard Stern Show, of which Jeff Probst was a fan.
  • The Final Immunity Challenge currently holds the record for longest endurance challenge held in the history of the series, at 11 hours 55 minutes.
  • Years later, Jeff Probst revealed that when the challenge continued at night, they tried to bring fire as lights, but the smoke distracted Tom, so they brought spotlights to continue shooting.[2]
  • This is the first time a vote was held outside Tribal Council, since it was too late at night to hold the actual visit to Tribal Council.
    • With the impromptu Tribal Council, all jury members were absent.
  • This episode reveals that Tribal Council is always held at sundown.

References[]

Survivor: Palau Episodes
"This Has Never Happened Before!" · "Love Is in the Air, Rats Are Everywhere" · "Dangerous Creatures and Horrible Setbacks" · "Sumo at Sea" · "The Best and Worst Reward Ever" · "Jellyfish 'n Chips" · "The Great White Shark Hunter" · "Neanderthal Man" · "I Will Not Give Up" · "Exile Island" · "I'll Show You How Threatening I Am" · "We'll Make You Pay" · "It Could All Backfire" · "The Ultimate Shock" · "Reunion"
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