Survivor: Palau

Survivor: Palau
Season 10
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Presented by	Jeff Probst
No. of days	39
No. of castaways	20
Winner	Tom Westman
Runner-up	Katie Gallagher
Location	Koror, Palau
No. of episodes	14
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	February 17 (2005-02-17) – May 15, 2005 (2005-05-15)
Additional information
Filming dates	November 1 (2004-11-01) – December 9, 2004 (2004-12-09)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

Survivor: Palau is the tenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season filmed from November 1, 2004, through December 9, 2004, and premiered on February 17, 2005. Filming took place in Koror, Palau. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with 20 competitors, the most the series had ever begun with up to that point.

For the second time since the series' premiere, the contestants selected the tribes instead of the producers. The self-selection into two tribes of nine left two contestants not chosen and immediately eliminated from the game. In the game, Koror dominated from the very beginning, winning every immunity challenge and all but three reward challenges. Mid-game, having survived alone at Ulong after the entirety of her tribe had been voted out or eliminated at tribal councils, its last remaining player, Stephenie LaGrossa received a map to Koror. While the players at the finale spoke of this as a merger, the producers have described Palau as the only season without a merge. In the end, fire lieutenant Tom Westman defeated advertising executive Katie Gallagher in a 6–1 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor.

In addition to host Probst naming this as one of his favorite seasons, he stated that the final immunity challenge was his favorite immunity challenge from any season.^[1] He also said Palau was his favorite filming location.^[2] Survivor earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2005.^{[citation needed]}