Episode 1: The newly marooned castaways must jump off their boat, swim across the sea and reach the drop-off beach where two individual immunity necklaces, one for each gender, are waiting. Though shocked by the twist as they were not divided into tribes yet, the castaways raced to the shoreline. Jonathan and Stephenie jumped off the boat and tried to outswim it, but the boat went far ahead of them. In the end, Ian and Jolanda each won individual immunity. Tom talked to Stephanie that perhaps they could start an aliiance along with Ian. The next day, Jeff Probst informed the castaways that Ian and Jolanda, as winners of the Immunity necklaces, would initiate the schoolyard-style tribe selection process, and that one man and one woman would not be chosen for tribes, and be automatically eliminated. Ian chosed Kaite, and Kaite chosed Tom. onathan and Wanda were not selected. Therefore, they were forced to leave the game for good. After they left, the two tribes were given their buffs: Tom was part of the Koror tribe, who were given the brown buffs, and Jolanda’s tribe, Ulong, was given blue. Koror won the first immunity and reward challenge.

Episode 2: Caryn felt that Tom, who she saw as the tribe’s leader, confronted him for his decision to go to a new island, and Tom said that it will be a new advanture. Tom agreed with her that they should have vote if to stay to on the island they started on day one. Koror won their second immunity challenge.

Episode 3: In an attempt to feed their hungry teammates, Ian and Tom killed a snake and tried to use its blood as bait for sharks, but failed. Koror won their third immunity challenge.

Episode 4: It’s became clear to Coby, that Tom, along with Gregg Ian, Jenn and Kaite are in the majority of the tribe. Willard pointed out in a confessional that Tom is becoming the leader in the tribe, as Caryn noticed it too.

Episode 5: While having not to visit Tribal Council for winning all the immunity challenges, Gregg and Tom complained about Willard’s poor work ethic and how he seemed to enjoy having a “free ride” as his tribe continue to win challenges while he sat out most of the time. Before introducing the reward challenge, Jeff Probst announced that both tribes would go to Tribal Council to vote someone out. At Koror, the alliance of Tom, Ian, Gregg, Jenn, and Katie targeted Willard as Tom thought that Willard would take one of the spots at the Final Tribal Council, but Coby and Willard wanted to vote out Katie. Later that day, Gregg approached Coby about joining forces with Janu and Jenn to eventually blindside Tom and Ian, which Coby agreed to. Later at Koror’s first Tribal Council, Willard was perceived as weak and a freeloader and was voted out unanimously.

Episode 6: Tom comforted Janu, as she felt vulnerable day after a storm. Koror won the immunity challenge.

Episode 7: At Koror, Ian and Tom competed against each other in a fishing contest. Ian brought a giant clam; not to be outdone, Tom slayed a giant shark, dazzling his tribemates. Tom was concerned as he saw the relationshop between Gregg and Jenn got stronger, and that could hurt his game in the future. Koror won the immunity challenge.

Episode 8: At the reward challenge, The participating contestants would partake in a balut eating competition. There would be four rounds, starting with 1 balut, with each round adding another one. It was not a race, and the contestants would switch off each round In the case of tie, the two strongest eaters would go head-to-head to eat 5 balut. The tribe to finish their balut first would win bath essentials and a portable shower containing 55 gallons of potable water. Tom strategically ate one egg at a time, thus granting Koror another victory. Back at Koror, their reward became a controversy as tribe leader Tom insisted to use the portable shower (containing drinkable water) for drinking purposes only. At Koror, Tom revealed to Ian that he has a secret alliance with Stephenie way before the tribes were created. Koror won the immunity challenge.

Episode 9: At Koror, Coby constantly complained about the others being dysfunctional, such as Janu’s drama, Jenn and Katie’s inactivity, and Tom’s machismo. At Ulong, with all her tribemates gone, Stephenie tearfully struggled to fend for herself. But after receiving a sealed canister in the Tree Mail, she was instructed to go to the Koror camp and gleefully left her now desolate campsite. It was revealed that the canister holds a brown buff and she officially joins Koror, while the challenges from there on out will be individual. Tired of each other, Stephenie was welcomed by Koror with open arms, but most of the tribe agreed that she was a major threat after seeing her confidence and strength. Then, two Palauan natives, Edwin and Joe, taught Koror how to fish, gave them additional fishing equipment, and held a feast. Meanwhile, Coby got fed up with everyone for leaving him out of the “fun” (Gregg, Ian, and Tom were chosen to go fishing instead of him) and openly told Stephenie about the others’ strategies and alliances, angering most of his tribemates. Tom reassured Stephanie that their alliance from day one is still solid. At the first Individual immunity challenge, Coby for the second time, revealed Koror’s secrets. After the others, including the obviously vulnerable Stephenie, bailed out for various food items, Tom was the last person standing and won Immunity. At Tribal Council, Coby again openly spilled all strategies and problems of his tribe; which prompted everyone except Janu to vote against him instead of Stephenie. In the end, Coby’s jealousy of Ian and Tom’s leadership, constant complaining and revealing too much of the tribe dynamics to Stephenie, resulted in his elimination as he became the first member of the Jury.

Episode 10: Tom, along with Caryn, Gregg and Janu won the reward challenge, when the won an authentic Palauan Feast. Tom won Immunity again. Tom was convinced that Janu will be the one to go, but Gregg wanted Stephanie out. Tom wasn’t sure about it as he has a final four deal with Stephanie, along with Ian and Kaite. In a heated Tribal Council, Janu revealed that she was fed up with the others and the game so she decided to “throw a wrench” to the probable plan of voting out Stephenie and voluntarily left the competition, joining Coby on the jury.

Episode 11: Tom talked with the majority of the tribe to not hold it against him that he won those challenges so far. After another lucky reprieve, Stephenie tried to shake things in Koror as she conspired with the women to get rid of the males (Tom, Ian and Gregg) and take advantage of their gender majority. They seem to be on the same thought to eliminate Tom, that they just needed to talk to Caryn. When Kaite told their plan to Caryn, However, since Caryn and Tom made a deal to lookout for each other, Caryn told Tom about Kaite’s plan. Tom told it to Ian, and Ian confronted Kaite, which she denied. Kaite realised that she can make an all-girl alliance due to Caryn. At Tribal Council, the six original Koror members ultimately turned on Stephenie, as the last Ulong standing, and she was voted out.

Episode 12: With Ulong completely obliterated, the six remaining Koror members started to scramble as Tom, a physical threat, and Caryn, being on the outs, talked about their voting options and future schemes. knowing she was next to go, Caryn agreed to be a new wheel with Tom and Ian for dismantling their five-person alliance with Gregg, Jenn, and Katie. At the immunity challenge, Players will compete through a series of obstacles they have already seen in previous challenges: navigating a net maze, solving a miniature version of the sea star puzzle, eating balut, unleashing lock-boxes and target shooting. One player would be eliminated at each round, and the last castaway standing wins Immunity. Ian and Tom were on even ground, up until the final round, where Ian successfully hit his three targets and retain Immunity in his possession. Back at camp, Ian approached Katie about blindsiding Gregg to prevent a possible tie, much to Katie’s shock. In the end, Katie avoided the possible tie and joined Caryn, Ian, and Tom in voting out Gregg.

Episode 13: After Koror disposed Gregg, his sweetheart Jenn was shocked yet kept calm after the predicament. Meanwhile, Tom talked to Caryn about his distrust with Katie. Ian promised Katie that if he wins the reward challenge, he will take her. Ian won the reward challenge, and chose Tom to join him. Angered by the move and with the absence of the boys, Katie approached the other remaining girls, plotting another women’s alliance. After their reward, Ian confronted Katie of his deception, but Katie got emotional and deemed him untrustworthy. Ian then begged for forgiveness, which Katie eventually accepted. Kaite felt that Tom was sort of threatening her in order to stay the game, saying that if he will be voted out, he won’t vote for her to win the game. Tom won the individual immunity challenge. Back at camp, Ian and Tom speculated that while they were gone for the Reward, the women may have made an alliance. Ian reaffirmed his alliance with Katie and insisted to vote out Caryn. At Tribal Council, Caryn spilled out everyone’s strategies and alliances, hurting Ian, Jenn, Katie, and Tom, who retaliated by unanimously voting Caryn out.

Episode 14: After a series of prickly vote-outs, the four remaining members of Koror contemplated that amidst the game-playing, unpredictable weather and intense challenges, all agreed that their closeness was unmatched. In a conversation with Jenn and Katie, Ian said that, should Tom lose the immunity challenge, he would break his deal with Tom and vote him out in order to maximize his chances of making the final two. Tom won the individual immunity challenge. That night, Ian let slip to Tom that he was happy Tom won Immunity, because it would have been a hard decision for Ian if he had won. Tom was baffled by the fact that his longtime ally would have had a “hard decision,” so he talked to Jenn, who informed him that Ian had indeed said he would turn on Tom. At a late-night Tribal Council, all of the controversy came out in the open, with Tom and Katie hurt by Ian’s lies. Katie and Ian stuck to the final three pact and voted against Jenn, but Jenn and Tom – realizing that Ian wouldn’t have been true to him – voted against Ian, leaving a 2-2 tie. They were still deadlocked 1-1 after Tom and Katie re-voted. It was revealed that a challenge between Ian and Jenn would take place to resolve the tie. There was fire challenge, which Ian won, and Jenn was eliminated from the game. Back at camp, Tom and Katie accused Ian of being two-faced for not honoring their alliance, while the latter exclaimed that they are in a competition. After a tribute to their fallen castaways, the three remaining contestants took part in the final immunity challenge. At the final individual immunity challenge, the Survivors must each grab onto a navigational buoy and hang on while the buoy swayed from side-to-side. The last player left hanging on would win Final Immunity. Katie stepped down after almost 5 hours while Ian and Tom held onto their buoys even as the challenge approached the 12-hour mark. But with the feeling of guilt after Tom and Katie’s accusations against him, Ian stepped down and asked the now-immune Tom to vote him out as a sign of integrity. Since the challenge ended at late night and it was too late to conduct a Tribal Council, Ian was verbally eliminated by Tom.

Final Trible Council

Tom was commended for his dominance in challenges and leadership skills; but was berated for being overbearing and a sexist. Katie on the other hand praised for her honesty, but was lambasted for being two-faced, weak in challenges and riding on Ian and Tom’s coattails. When Jury member Janu asked Katie to state 3 adjectives, both positive and negative, to describe her gameplay, Katie simply told Janu she didn’t expect to get her vote and she was not going to answer her. Katie also responded sharply to a critical question from Caryn. The Jury deliberated and with six votes to one, Tom was declared the tenth Sole Survivor.

Statistics

Tribes: Koror

Alliance: Koror Alliance

Challenge wins: 17

Votes against: 0

Votes from the jury: 6 out of 7