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Season 10 · 2005

Survivor 10: Palau

One tribe lost every immunity challenge.

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Tom Westman is the Sole Survivor

Tom Westman won on a 6–1 jury vote, beating Katie Gallagher at the final tribal council.

  1. 1Tom Westmanwinner
  2. 2Katie Gallagher
Koror
Koror, Palau
39 days
15 episodes
20
castaways
Final 2
faced the jury

What made it different

Ulong lost every immunity challenge until only Stephenie was left, and Koror absorbed her in place of a merge.

All 20 castaways, in boot order

  1. 1Tom Westman2 seasons playedSole Survivor · 39 days
  2. 2Katie GallagherRunner-up · 39 days
  3. 3Ian Rosenberger14th voted out · 38 days · jury
  4. 4Jenn LyonEliminated · 37 days · jury
  5. 5Caryn Groedel12th voted out · 36 days · jury
  6. 6Gregg Carey11th voted out · 33 days · jury
  7. 7Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick4 seasons played10th voted out · 30 days · jury
  8. 8Janu TornellQuit · 27 days · jury
  9. 9Coby Archa9th voted out · 24 days · jury
  10. 10Bobby Jon Drinkard2 seasons playedEliminated · 21 days

    Due to the Ulong tribe going to Tribal Council with only two players remaining, there was no vote. Instead, Bobby Jon and Stephenie competed in a fire-making challenge, which Bobby Jon lost.

  11. 11Ibrehem Rahman8th voted out · 18 days
  12. 12James Miller7th voted out · 15 days
  13. 13Angie Jakusz6th voted out · 12 days
  14. 14Willard Smith5th voted out · 12 days
  15. 15Kim Mullen4th voted out · 11 days
  16. 16Jeff Wilson3rd voted out · 8 days
  17. 17Ashlee Ashby2nd voted out · 6 days
  18. 18Jolanda Jones1st voted out · 3 days
  19. 19Wanda ShirkEliminated · 2 days
  20. 20Jonathan LibbyEliminated · 2 days

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A twist that debuted here

  • Exile Island

    A player is sent away from camp alone, usually with a shot at an idol clue.

Every twist that could return in Survivor 51 →

Played here, and came back for Season 50

Probst, on this season

  • Ulong is looking for another island.

    To Ulong. Mid-challenge, after shouting "The flag is THAT WAY!" at a tribe going the wrong direction.

Trivia from Survivor 10

  • The longest challenge in US Survivor history, Palau’s final immunity, lasted about how long?

    Nearly 12 hours — Tom Westman and Ian Rosenberger stood on buoys for nearly 12 hours until Ian stepped down. Tom then voted him out at that night’s Tribal.

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The winner, runners-up, jury vote, dates, day count, cast size and location on this page come from Wikipedia's Survivor 10 article, cross-checked against the series overview table before publication.

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