Survivor

This Has Never Happened Before!

Season 10, Episode 1, Aired 2/17/05

Episode Summary

The 20 new Survivors competing for a million dollars, forced to brave the wild islands of Palau (in the series' tenth installment, titled Survivor: Palau), begin their journey unlike any other season of Survivor - with no answers concerning tribes, camp locations, or what the heck is going on! Two of the competitors win the first immunity of the game when host Jeff Probst tells the contestants that the first two people who make it to shore, one man and one woman, will be awarded with individual immunity. This immunity proves vital, as the next day, the two immunity bearers (Jolanda Jones and Ian Rosenberger) start off a schoolyard pick as "team captains," each picking a person of the opposite sex to join their tribe. This continues until only two (Jonathan Libby and Wanda Shirk) are left, and both of them, without a tribe, are sent home. Upon Jonathan and Wanda's departure, Probst hands out the buffs to the remaining 18 castaways. Jolanda's tribe is Ulong (wearing blue), and joining her are Bobby Jon Drinkard, Stephenie LaGrossa, Jeff Wilson, Kim Mullen, James Miller, Ashlee Ashby, Ibrehem Rahman and Angie Jakusz. Ian's tribe is Koror (wearing brown), and joining him are Katie Gallagher, Tom Westman, Janu Tornell, Gregg Carey, Jenn Lyon, Coby Archa, Caryn Groedel and Willard Smith. At the first challenge, Ulong loses their best chance to make fire, flint, to Koror, and is also sentenced to attend Tribal Council, where Jolanda, apparently too strong of a woman, is voted out of the tribe.moreless

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Jennifer Lyon

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Many firsts.

9.0

"Superb"

By dmarex, May 12, 2007 Report Abuse

The tenth edition of "Survivor" brings us in Palau, an amazing place (if you ask me) where 20 contestants (this has never been done before) arrive and are challenged even before they get off the boat. The episode is fast, interesting and fun.

We get to meet great people with amazing and weird personalities, of which I can already see some great people. They start off as every other group, but it's all going really fast, and the plotting against people began in a second. The two-people-are-outta-here twist was interesting, and the bad thing about it was to see Wanda and Jonathan's disappointed faces when they left the island.

The first contest was also interesting. And I was actually glad to see Jolanda out. Don't get me wrong, she is a really strong woman, and the tribe would probably be a lot better with her, but it seems that people didn't like her strong personality, and that's why she was voted off. All in all, this was quite an interesting season premiere. Can't wait to see more.moreless

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A great start to Survivor: Palau!

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By j19000, Mar 14, 2007 Report Abuse

After nine seasons of this show, I only liked the fourth, eighth and ninth season because they presented new twists and they were unforgettable to me! This season however seems to have even more twists! A great group of castaways except for Jolanda in Ulong! Bossy she is! But everything else seemed to be perfect! The whole episode blew me away! It was just so awesome I'd have to say.
Palau is a wonderful place to have a survivor season! Overall I'm very impressed with this season! Good on you!moreless

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Very interesting

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By goodclover79, Sep 04, 2006 Report Abuse

I absolutely loved the very first episode. I never knew what was going to happen. I thought Johnathon and Wanda would end up staying somehow, but obviously that wasn't the case. It was kind of unfair, that they traveled thousands of miles just to get there, and then they don't get to play the game at all. I was hoping somehow Ulong would win an immunity challenge and somehow change the game. Koror only ended up voting out 1 person, and Ulong ended up voting out all but 1 person. This was a series with lots of twists and turns and surprises.moreless

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This was the first episode of the tenth season of Survivor.

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By DannyMan946, Jul 14, 2006 Report Abuse

The tenth season of Survivor starts out as Jeff Probst, the host, explains a little about Palau, a group of islands located on the Pacific Ocean. Then he approaches the twenty contestants as they are rowing on a boat and heading for shore. He explains that the game would start now, and that the first man and the first woman to reach shore would earn immunity. The players could start swimming there at any time or row the boat to shore.
They all decided to row there, except for two impatient people, Stephanie and Jonathan. They were the first to jump out of the boat, but they discovered that the boat was moving faster then they were swimming. Later, everyone jumped off when the boat was close to shore. The two people that were safe were Ian and Jolanda. After everyone congratulated them, they all split off to make the shelter, get water, and try to build a fire.
The next day, Jeff came and he announced that they were going to be split into tribes. The two people with immunity, Ian and Jolanda, were to pick one person of the opposite sex. Ian picked Katie who picked Tom and so on, and the same with Jolanda. In the end, Ian's tribe was Koror, while Jolanda's tribe was Ulong. The two people that weren't picked were Wanda and Jonathan. The people picked for Ulong were: Bobby Jon, Stephanie, Jeff, Kim, James, Ashlee, Ibreheim, and Angie. The people picked for Koror were: Katie, Tom, Janu, Gregg, Jenn, Coby, Caryn, and Willard. Jeff surprised them when he said that they were all going to stay on the same beach.
After a while, the two newly formed tribes headed off to their first challenge that was for both reward and immunity. The game was a jungle obstacle course where during the game a tribe could choose to take with them fresh water, flint, food, or a tarp while moving on to complete it. The tribe that won would get the item or items they took and they would be safe from tribal council. It was a very close game until the canoe part where Koror easily beat out Ulong who had some paddling problems. Koror was given flint and the immunity idol. Next, Jeff told them that they could choose to either stay at the beach or go to a different beach and live there. Koror chose the new beach so they also received a map.
After the challenge, the Koror rowed out to the beach they chose. Unfortunately, their boat flipped over and their fire making supplies dropped to the bottom of the ocean. They couldn't retrieve it, so they just rowed on.
At Ulong's camp, Bobby Jon, Ibreheim, and Jolanda decided to vote for Angie because they thought that she wasn't very fit. But Stephanie thought that Jolanda was the reason Ulong lost so she convinced the others to vote for Jolanda.
At tribal council Jeff Probst asked a bunch of questions he usually asked before a tribe voted. Then Ulong got up one by one and they went up to the voting booth and wrote down a name. After the last person voted, Jeff 'tallied the votes.' Three people voted for Angie, while six people voted for Jolanda. Jolanda was the first person voted out of Survivor.moreless

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Ulong worst tribe in Survivor History!

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By JPPT1974, Feb 21, 2006 Report Abuse

Loved Palu as I would rank that season in my top five with the original first, Australian Outback second, All-Stars third, and Pearl Islands fourth.
Glad that they got fireman Tom because I knew for song strange reason, that he would win it all. Right from the very beginning.
Then it was sad that they got rid of Jonathan as they may had seen him as a threat.
But they shouldn't had picked Coby at all.
He was way, way, too much a whiner!moreless

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Trivia
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- Emmy Nominations: - Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) - Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) Edit
- For the first time in "Survivor" history: - a season begins with twenty castaways. - three contestants are eliminated in one episode. - a reward is won and lost in the same episode by the same tribe (Koror's reward from the challenge later fell into the ocean). - a contestant (Jolanda) wins an Immunity Challenge (although only temporary) and is voted off in the same episode. - a contestant (Jonathan and Wanda) has their torch snuffed without ever going to a tribal council. - a contestant was eliminated from the game without a Tribal Council vote, did not quit and was not evacuated due to injury. - an individual Immunity Challenge occurred on the first day of play. Edit
- Before this episode aired, Jeff Probst revealed in an interview that this season featured more "firsts" than any other season of Survivor. He also labeled this season as "the water season" because of the many challenges involved in the water. Edit
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- The tribe name "Koror" is named after the biggest city in the country of Palau. "Ulong" is named after an island that is part of the Rock Islands in Palau. Edit
- This season was referred to as "Survivor: Palau". Edit
- Jonathan and Wanda are forced to leave the game after not being picked for a tribe and Jolanda is the first to be officially voted out. Edit
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- Angie: I don't trust anyone in this tribe, but if I can at least make it past this one, I'll be happy. Edit
- Tom: We were so elated. We were just loving life. We couldn't wait to see the new beach. And all this to happen. We're just crushed right now. We don't have the water, we don't have the fire to purify it. We lost everything we won today. Edit
- Angie: Me and Coby pretty much knew, when we saw each other, that we were going to be kindred to one another because we understood being different. Edit
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