Survivor: Palau
Season	10
Filming Location	Koror, Palau, Micronesia
Season Run	February 17, 2005 – May 15, 2005
Filming Dates	October 27, 2004 – December 4, 2004
Survivors	20
Winner	Tom Westman
Runner(s)-up	Katie Gallagher
Tribes	██ Koror ██ Ulong
Opening Sequence
Series Chronology
Previous Season	Vanuatu
Next Season	Guatemala

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.

ProductionEdit

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/ChangesEdit

• 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 man and the first woman 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 man and the last woman 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.
• Tiebreaker challenge: A fire-starting contest is held in case of a tie or if there are only two people left on a tribe.
• No Merge: Ulong was absorbed into its rival tribe after being reduced to only one member.
• Exile Island: Exile Island is introduced for the first time. Used only once as punishment for a loser of a challenge, the exiled contestant is sent to a remote location with minimum supplies to live there for a certain period of time.

CastawaysEdit

Contestant		Original Tribe	Absorbed Tribe	Finish	Votes Against
	Jonathan Libby 23, Dallas, TX	None		Eliminated Day 2	0
	Wanda Shirk 55, Ulysses, PA
	Jolanda Jones 38, Houston, TX	Ulong		1st Voted Out Day 3	6
	Ashlee Ashby 22, Easley, SC	Ulong		2nd Voted Out Day 6	6
	Jeff Wilson 21, Ventura, CA	Ulong		3rd Voted Out Day 8	5
	Kim Mullen 25, Huber Heights, OH	Ulong		4th Voted Out Day 11	8
	Willard Smith 56, Bellevue, WA	Koror		5th Voted Out Day 12	8
	Angie Jakusz 24, New Orleans, LA	Ulong		6th Voted Out Day 12	8
	James Miller 33, Mobile, AL	Ulong		7th Voted Out Day 15	7
	Ibrehem Rahman 27, Birmingham, AL	Ulong		8th Voted Out Day 18	4
	Bobby Jon Drinkard 27, Troy, AL	Ulong		Eliminated Day 21	2
	Coby Archa 32, Dallas, TX	Koror	Koror	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	7
	Janu Tornell 39, Las Vegas, NV	Koror		Quit 2nd Jury Member Day 27	1
	Stephenie LaGrossa 24, Glenolden, PA	Ulong		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	8
	Gregg Carey 27, Chicago, IL	Koror		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	4
	Caryn Groedel 46, Solon, OH	Koror		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 36	7
	Jenn Lyon 32, Encino, CA	Koror		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	3
	Ian Rosenberger 23, Key Largo, FL	Koror		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38	5
	Katie Gallagher 29, Merced, CA	Koror		Runner-Up	1
	Tom Westman 40, Sayville, NY	Koror		Sole Survivor	0

Season SummaryEdit

The twenty contestants began the game by rowing to the beach they will live on, with the first player of each gender to reach shore winning Immunity. However, once ashore, they received no additional instructions nor were divided into tribes, and began to work on a common shelter. The next day, Jeff Probst announced that they would now pick tribes via a school-yard pick, with those who had won immunity getting to choose first, with the last man and woman 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.

As the challenges continued, it quickly became apparent that Ulong was the weaker tribe, while strong leadership by Tom Westman and Ian Rosenberger at Koror kept their tribe intact. Ulong would win no Immunity Challenges and only three Reward Challenges. Koror had to vote one of their own out only once during the first 21 days, when both tribes had to attend Tribal Council.

This season, unlike several previous ones, did not have a Tribe Switch, and Ulong's numbers continued to dwindle. With only two members left, Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard, they faced off in a fire-making challenge, with the former emerging victorious. After spending the night alone, she was instructed to travel to camp Koror, and was given a Koror buff. No merge occurred.

Koror developed a core group of five: Tom, Ian, Gregg Carey, Jenn Lyon, and Katie Gallagher, 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 for being the outsider. She was able to buy herself some time when the Koror alliance decided to get rid of Coby Archa. As part of a new twist, one individual Immunity Challenge required the first player to drop out to spend a night alone on an isolated island (Exile Island). Janu Tornell, the most disliked member of the tribe, was the one exiled. She found the experience liberating, and decided to quit the game at the next Tribal Council, effectively sparing Stephenie from being voted out. Stephenie's run lasted for only one more round, as she was finally sent home after not winning Immunity or being able to break Koror's bond.

When Koror was down to six, Tom and Ian worried that they would fall against a potential Immunity threat, Gregg, and his close ally Jenn, and plotted with Caryn Groedel and Katie to vote him out when they had the chance. Katie, feeling betrayed by Ian, became even more distraught when Ian took Tom with him on a reward instead of her as he had promised. Ian attempted to make amends, but Katie still held bad feelings towards him. After eliminating Caryn from the game, the final four opted to allow the next vote to end in a tie between Jenn and Ian. In the subsequent fire-making challenge, it was Ian who prevailed.

The final Immunity Challenge required players to hang onto buoys for as long as possible; Katie dropped out early, but both Tom and Ian remained in the challenge for nearly 12 hours. Eventually Ian opted to quit, after Tom convinced him that dropping out would make up for hurting Katie's feeling. Foregoing the usual tribal council, Tom voted Ian out of the game on the spot. At the Final Tribal Council, Tom's leadership and physical ability against Katie's apparent riding-of-coattails, led the Jury to vote Tom as the Sole Survivor, 6–1.

Episode GuideEdit

Notes:

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

Voting HistoryEdit

Survivor: Palau Voting History
		Tribe Selection		Original Tribes											Jury Phase
Episode #:		1			2	3	4	5			6		7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Eliminated:		Jonathan	Wanda	Jolanda	Ashlee	Jeff	Kim	Willard	Angie		James		Ibrehem	Bobby Jon	Coby	Janu	Stephenie	Gregg	Caryn	Jenn		Ian	Katie	Tom
Vote:		No Vote		6-3	6-1-1	4-2-1	5-1	8-1	2-2-1	3-0	2-2	2-0	2-1	No Vote	7-1-1	No Vote	6-1	4-2	4-1	2-2	1-1	1-0	6-1
►	Tom	—		—	—	—	—	Willard	—		—	—	—	—	Coby	—	Stephenie	Gregg	Caryn	Ian	Ian	Ian	Jury Vote
►	Katie	—		—	—	—	—	Willard	—		—	—	—	—	Coby	—	Stephenie	Gregg	Caryn	Jenn	Jenn	—
►	Ian	—		—	—	—	—	Willard	—		—	—	—	—	Coby	—	Stephenie	Gregg	Caryn	Jenn	None	—		Tom
►	Jenn	—		—	—	—	—	Willard	—		—	—	—	—	Coby	—	Stephenie	Caryn	Caryn	Ian	None			Tom
►	Caryn	—		—	—	—	—	Willard	—		—	—	—	—	Coby	—	Stephenie	Gregg	Ian					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
	Willard	—		—	—	—	—	Katie
	Kim	—		Jolanda	Ashlee	Jeff	James
	Jeff	—		Jolanda	Ashlee	James
	Ashlee	—		Jolanda	Jeff
	Jolanda	—		Angie
	Wanda	Eliminated
	Jonathan

Notes:

• Jonathan and Wanda were automatically eliminated due to not being selected on a schoolyard pick.
• With only Stephenie and Bobby Jon remaining a fire-making challenge was held to determine the elimination.
• With Ian and Jenn tied at the revote, a fire-making challenge was held to determine the elimination.

TriviaEdit

• 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 member. Had Koror and Ulong merged, they would've been given a new green buff.
• This is the only season where the pre-Jury boots outnumbered those who reach the Jury phase.
• It is the first season of Survivor to start with 20 people instead of 18 or 16.
• Palau is the first and only season to eliminate 3 castaways in the first episode. Jonathan and Wanda were eliminated in the schoolyard pick, while Jolanda was voted out normally at the first Tribal Council.
• On January 19, 2010, Survivor: Palau contestant Jenn Lyon died at the age of 37 after a 5-year battle with breast cancer.
• This is the first season is to have three tie votes occur.
• Palau is the first season to have only two contestants win individual immunity.
• Palau is the only season to have two fire making challenges occur.

ReferencesEdit

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