Palau
Home to the most dominant tribe ever assembled — Koror so thoroughly steamrolled Ulong that one tribe was eventually left with no one at all.
Sole Survivor
Tom Westman
Won the jury 6-1
Also read at the Final Tribal Council
How Tom Westman won
Tom, a New York City firefighter and natural leader, fused challenge dominance with an ironclad alliance to run Koror from the first day to the last.
From the Reader
The Collapse at Ulong
2 min read · season retrospective
Era
The Old School Era
2000–2010
Timeline
10th of 50
Aired 2005
Filming
Palau
1st of 1 season filmed here
The 2 tribes marooned when the game began — and where the names come from.
Named after Koror, Palau's most populous state and former capital — the tribe kept the name straight through the merge.
Named after Ulong, an island in Palau's Rock Islands. The tribe famously lost every immunity challenge and was wiped out before the merge.
At the merge · they became Koror — Named after Koror, Palau's most populous state and former capital — the tribe kept the name straight through the merge.
The named voting bloc that ran this season — the stories give away late-game moves, so they sit behind the idol.
A fan name that stuck
The juggernaut of Palau — Tom Westman's Koror five (with Ian, Katie, Gregg, and Jenn) so dominated challenges that they wiped the rival Ulong tribe off the map entirely, reaching the merge with a 9–1 advantage. Total control, born of never losing.
How it resolved
Ran the merge and took the endgame.How it ended · 5 strong
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