Survivor ORG 25: Palau | |
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Season | 25 |
Filming Location | Peleliu, Palau |
Season Run | October 22nd, 2016-December 21st, 2016 |
Survivors | 25 |
Winner | Ay.han21 |
Runner(s)-up | Whatevereva 5martis5 |
Tribes | Peleliu Angaur Sonsorol Ikelau Kayangel |
Returnees | POLO975 (30) SpiritAnimal (30) TDF2132 (30) |
Opening Sequence | |
Series Chronology | |
Previous Season | Survivor ORG 24: French Guiana |
Next Season | Survivor ORG 26: Bali |
Survivor: Palau, also stylized as Survivor: Palau- Game Changers, is the twenty-fifth installment in the Koror ORG Survivor series.
Palau is known for being one of the most twisted, chaotic, and gameplay driven seasons ever. The Koror ORG Rewind led to crazy turns of events, blindsides, and many idols and powers ruining players' chances at winning. The season is considered to be one of, if not the best season in the Koror ORG series, due to its unpredictability, voting block strategies, strong alliances, and shocking twists.
Production[]
The season was announced on August 28th, 2016. Applications opened three weeks later, on September 21st.
Twists/Changes[]
- Game Changers- A full cast of returnees whose gameplay or elimination influenced the outcome of the game will compete again for the million dollar prize and the title of Sole Survivor. The contestants were chosen based on how they changed the game, either positively or negatively.
- Koror ORG Rewind- In a tribute to the 25th Anniversary Season of Koror ORG, this multi-part twist brings back twists used in previous Koror ORG seasons. These twists will be introduced randomly throughout the game, and can last any amount of time.
- Anarchy- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 19: Belize, for the first episode of the game, the castaways will not be divided into tribes. Instead, they will compete individually in a challenge and at tribal. Later in the game, the tribes will be established.
- Schoolyard Pick- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 1: Russia & Survivor ORG 4: Batangas, the winners of the first immunity challenge picked the three tribes. The captains ranked the remaining players from greatest to least, and using those lists, the producers put together the new tribes, Peleliu, Sonsorol, and Angaur.
- Auxiliary Tribe- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 14: Barbados, an additional tribe will be introduced after the start of the game, but before the merge. At the tribe switch, the tribes will be informed they will be split into four tribes instead of the expected two.
- U.S. Vs World- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 5: Norway, at the first tribe swap, the contestants will go from three tribes to four tribes, two of which consist of US players, and two of which consist of players from around the globe.
- Age Divided Tribes- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 24: French Guiana, at the tribe dissolve, Tribe A consisted of players ranging from 13 to 17 years old, while Tribe B consisted of players ranging from 18 to 24 years old.
- Mutiny- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 17: Ghana, on Day 25, the castaways were offered the chance to mutiny to the other tribe or to remain on their current tribe. If too many players mutinied, only a select few would have their mutiny request accepted via random draw.
- Premerge Auction- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 8: Rio San Juan, on Day 28, the twists continued as the remaining players were each given $500 to bid on various items to help out their games. All the items were covered, and all the items would be kept secret except for the person who won said items. Some of the special items at the auction include:
- Idol Halves- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 2: Mali, two idol halves will be given out at the auction. It is up to the player to find person with the other idol half other than theirs in order to have a complete hidden immunity idol. This idol will work just like a regular idol.
- The Dual Idol- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 12: Heroes vs Villains, at the auction, a special idol with unique powers was up for grabs. This idol was the dual idol, and when it was played, it would not only protect the user, but allow them to vote twice. This would come in handy during the later tribal councils, having a controlling number of votes.
- Pandora's Box- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 18: India, at the auction, the Pandora's Box was up for bid. This item, depending on when it was played, had different powers. If played at a challenge, the holder would become immune and choose a fellow player to be immune alongside them. If the box was played at tribal, the holder became immune, and a second tribal council occurred.
- Cursed Idol- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 23: Henan, at the auction, the Cursed Idol was one of the items available to the players. The holder would be given the ability to cast a vote at the tribal council directly after their elimination, acting as one last bit of potential karma.
- The Outcasts- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 16: Palawan, on Day 28, a tribe consisting of the last thirteen vote offs was revealed to the newly merged tribe. These players returned to the game and competed for two spots to reenter. The winners would join the merge and be immune at their first tribal council.
- Viewer's Player- In a tribute to Survivor ORG 21: Canary Islands, at the merge phase of the game, a player was named by the viewers to complete various tasks and missions in return for idol fragments. If the player completed three tasks, they would be given an idol. Once the Viewers Player was eliminated, a new VP would be decided by the previously audience campaign vote. Unlike in it's original season, the players were aware of the twist, and had to compete to win the power.
- Hidden Immunity Idols- Hidden Immunity Idols will be in play this season. One idol will be hidden at each camp. An idol will be hidden at the merge tribe camp. However, in a tribute to Survivor ORG 6: Haiti, the idols had the ability to be changed to three types:
- The Strong Idol- Works like an Express Pass. If the holder plays it before a challenge's results, his/her tribe or himself/herself instantly wins immunity, and is safe from Tribal Council. However, the person that played it cannot vote at the following Tribal Council. Good to use until the Final 6.
- The Smart Idol- Works just like a normal hidden immunity idol. When played on a person before Tribal Results, the person that had the idol played on them will have any votes cast against them nullified, and will negate votes in case they got any. Good to use until the Final 6.
- The Social Idol- The person that wins this idol will have the chance to control somebody else's vote in Tribal Council. When played before Tribal Results, the person who played will choose someone in Tribal Council area, and will negate their vote, and, in the process, will get to vote in replacement of that negated vote, essentially controlling somebody else's vote. Good to use until the Final 6.
- No Escape- Players are not be allowed to quit the game. They must ask to be voted out by their tribe at the following tribal council if they wish to leave.
Moderators[]
Koror | Edward |
Contestants[]
Castaway | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |||||
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Original Tribe | Auxiliary Tribe | Dissolved Tribe | Post-Mutiny | Merged Tribe | ||||
TDF2132 "Drew" Vanua Levu |
None | 1st Voted Off Day 2 |
21 | |||||
MikeyRocks33 "Mikey" India |
Angaur | 3rd Voted Off Day 7 |
7 | |||||
Kingmatt3342 "Matt" French Guiana |
Peleliu | 4th Voted Off Day 10 |
6 | |||||
XAudaciousX "Kendall" Vanua Levu |
Angaur | 5th Voted Off Day 10 |
6 | |||||
SpiritAnimal "Spirit" India |
Angaur | Sonsorol | 6th Voted Off Day 12 |
4 | ||||
SonOfMyRightHand "Ian" Vietnam & HvV |
Peleliu | Peleliu | 7th Voted Off Day 15 |
3 | ||||
MiguelLopez^2 "Miguel" El Peten |
Sonsorol | Ikelau | 9th Voted Off Day 18 |
4 | ||||
TotalDramaNaruto "Gevonte" French Guiana |
Peleliu | Peleliu | Sonsorol | 10th Voted Off Day 21 |
7 | |||
JohnPoteet "Johnny" Ghana & Canary Islands |
Sonsorol | Sonsorol | Peleliu | 11th Voted Off Day 24 |
6 | |||
Chalinona "Joey" Vanua Levu |
Sonsorol | Peleliu | Peleliu | Peleliu | 12th Voted Off Day 27 |
7 | ||
ARepp2017 "Alex" French Guiana |
Peleliu | Peleliu | Peleliu | Peleliu | 13th Voted Off Day 30 |
8 | ||
Jacaljt10 "Jack" Ghana |
Sonsorol | Angaur | Peleliu | Peleliu | Kayangel | 14th Voted Off Day 32 1st Jury Member |
6 | |
Nairn "Nairn" Barbados |
Angaur | Angaur | Peleliu | Peleliu | 15th Voted Off Day 34 2nd Jury Member |
12 | ||
Hannah Banana23 "Hannah" El Peten |
Angaur | Angaur | Peleliu | Peleliu | 16th Voted Off Day 36 3rd Jury Member |
11 | ||
Zurvivor "Zach" Batangas, Norway, & BOTO |
Angaur | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | 17th Voted Off Day 36 4th Jury Member |
13 | ||
QueenFioonz "Ella" India & Canary Islands |
Angaur | Angaur | Peleliu | Peleliu | 18th Voted Off Day 38 5th Jury Member |
5 | ||
Agonzo7988 "Andrew" Ghana |
Sonsorol | Peleliu | None | None | 8th Voted Off Day 18 |
7 | ||
19th Voted Off Day 40 6th Jury Member | ||||||||
POLO975 "Marco" El Peten & Canary Islands |
Sonsorol | Ikelau | Peleliu | Sonsorol | 20th Voted Off Day 42 7th Jury Member |
9 | ||
Sfarasxx "Aras" French Guiana |
Peleliu | None | None | None | 2nd Voted Off Day 5 |
11 | ||
21st Voted Off Day 42 8th Jury Member | ||||||||
FescennineFelix "Felix" Ghana & BOTO |
Sonsorol | Ikelau | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | 22nd Voted Off Day 44 9th Jury Member |
4 | ||
ThomasSaxby "Tom" El Peten |
Peleliu | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | 23rd Voted Off Day 46 10th Jury Member |
14 | ||
Underthefrozen "Luis" Vanua Levu |
Peleliu | Ikelau | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | 24th Voted Off Day 48 11th Jury Member |
6 | ||
5martis5 "Martynas" Bora Bora, Cappa, & Palawan |
Peleliu | Angaur | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | 2nd Runner Up Day 50 |
6 | ||
Whatevereva "Eva" Belize & Canary Islands |
Sonsorol | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | Runner Up Day 50 |
16 | ||
Ay.han21 "Ayhan" El Peten |
Angaur | Ikelau | Sonsorol | Sonsorol | Sole Survivor Day 50 |
9 |
Episode Guide[]
# | Title | Koror ORG Rewind |
Challenge | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
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Reward | Immunity | ||||||
1 | "Play This Game My Way" | Belize | None | Andrew | Drew | 21-2-1-1 | 1st Voted Off Day 2 |
Aras | |||||||
Nairn | |||||||
2 | "It's Not the Worst Case Scenario" | Russia Batangas |
Angaur | Aras | 5-3 | 2nd Voted Off Day 5 | |
Sonsorol | |||||||
3 | "Snake Galore" | None* | Sonsorol | Mikey | 7-1 | 3rd Voted Off Day 7 | |
Peleliu | |||||||
4 | "The B*tch Has it Coming" | None* | None | Sonsorol | Matt | 6-1 | 4th Voted Off Day 10 |
Kendall | 6-1 | 5th Voted Off Day 10 | |||||
5 | "Your Challenge Ability Hurts My Spirit" | Norway Barbados |
Angaur | Spirit | 4-1 | 6th Voted Off Day 12 | |
Peleliu | |||||||
Ikelau | |||||||
6 | "A Snake Always Knows Where Its Spawn Is" | None* | Sonsorol | Ian | 3-2 | 7th Voted Off Day 15 | |
Angaur | |||||||
Ikelau | |||||||
7 | "Shut Ur F**king Mouth" | None* | None | Sonsorol | Andrew | 3-1 | 8th Voted Off Day 18 |
Angaur | Miguel | 4-1 | 9th Voted Off Day 18 | ||||
8 | "Guess the Social Bombshell Bombed" | French Guiana | Peleliu | Gevonte | 7-1 | 10th Voted Off Day 21 | |
9 | "Welcome to the Fire Pits" | None* | Sonsorol | Johnny | 6-2 | 11th Voted Off Day 24 | |
10 | "Hate Me or Love Me" | Ghana | None | Sonsorol | Joey | 5-1 | 12th Voted Off Day 27 |
11 | "Someone Dethrone Us" | Rio San Juan | Survivor Auction |
Sonsorol | Alex | 4-1 | 13th Voted Off Day 30 |
12 | "I Wouldn't Back Down" | Palawan | Andrew | Felix | Jack | 5-1-0 | 14th Voted Off Day 32 |
Aras | Martynas | ||||||
13 | "Leader of Some Kind of Satanic Cult" | None* | Felix | Nairn | 9-4-1 | 15th Voted Off Day 34 | |
14 | "I Don't Want to Beat the Dead Horse" | Canary Islands | Ayhan | Hannah | 10-1-1 | 16th Voted Off Day 36 | |
Martynas | Zach | 10-1 | 17th Voted Off Day 36 | ||||
15 | "I'm Going to Throw My Keyboard at the Wall" | None* | Felix, Ayhan, Andrew, Martynas, Tom |
Ella | 5-4-0 | 18th Voted Off Day 38 | |
16 | "If I Go to the Wild" | None* | Felix | Andrew | 4-2-2 | 19th Voted Off Day 40 | |
17 | "He's About to Get Kimmi'd" | None* | Felix | Marco | 0-0; 6-1-1 |
20th Voted Off Day 42 | |
None | [Ayhan] | Aras | 6-1 | 21st Voted Off Day 42 | |||
18 | "It Had to Be Done" | None* | Tom | Felix | 3-2-1** | 22nd Voted Off Day 44 | |
19 | "I've Been Playing With Poles Since I Was a Teenager" |
None* | None | Eva | Tom | 3-1-1 | 23rd Voted Off Day 46 |
Ayhan | Luis | 1-1-0; 1-1 |
24th Voted Off Day 48 | ||||
20 | "Reunion (Palau)" | Jury Vote | Martynas | 7-3-1 | 2nd Runner Up | ||
Eva | Runner Up | ||||||
Ayhan | Sole Survivor |
*Indicates that there was no Koror ORG Rewind during the episode.
**Luis received a penalty vote for editing his challenge score.
Voting History[]
Trivia[]
- The season's location was originally going to be used for Survivor ORG 16: Palawan, but was scrapped last minute.
- Interestingly enough, both seasons featured a game lasting until Day 50, and one member from each of the three original tribes of that season being represented at Final Tribal Council.
- The episodes were named as following:
- Episode 1- "Ichiro"
- Episode 2- "Marco"
- Episode 3- "Ayhan"
- Episode 4- "Ella"
- Episode 5- "Eva"
- Episode 6- "Ayhan"
- Episode 7- "Ella"
- Episode 8- "Ichiro"
- Episode 9- "Nairn"
- Episode 10- "Ella"
- Episode 11- "Nairn"
- Episode 12- "Andrew"
- Episode 13- "Luis"
- Episode 14- "Zach"
- Episode 15- "Ella"
- Episode 16- "Ayhan"
- Episode 17- "Eva"
- Episode 18- "Tom"
- Episode 19- "Eva"
- The Koror ORG Rewind had twists from fifteen of Koror ORG's twenty-four past seasons included.
- The following twists were included in the Koror ORG Rewind.
Y/N | Season | Twist Used | Y/N | Season | Twist Used | Y/N | Season | Twist Used | ||
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Survivor ORG 1: Russia | Three Tribes | Survivor ORG 9: Nigeria | None | Survivor ORG 17: Ghana | Mutiny | |||||
Survivor ORG 2: Mali | Idol Halves* | Survivor ORG 10: Nicaragua | None | Survivor ORG 18: India | Pandora's Box* | |||||
Survivor ORG 3: Brazil | None | Survivor ORG 11: Bora Bora | None | Survivor ORG 19: Belize | Anarchy | |||||
Survivor ORG 4: Batangas | Schoolyard Pick | Survivor ORG 12: Heroes vs Villains | Dual Idol* | Survivor ORG 20: Mount Yasur | None | |||||
Survivor ORG 5: Norway | US vs World | Survivor ORG 13: Cappadocia | None | Survivor ORG 21: Canary Islands | Viewer's Player | |||||
Survivor ORG 6: Haiti | Special Tribe Idols | Survivor ORG 14: Barbados | Auxiliary Tribe | Survivor ORG 22: Vanua Levu | None | |||||
Survivor ORG 7: Vietnam | None | Survivor ORG 15: El Peten | None | Survivor ORG 23: Henan | Cursed Idol* | |||||
Survivor ORG 8: Rio San Juan | Pre-Merge Auction | Survivor ORG 16: Palawan | Outcasts | Survivor ORG 24: French Guiana | Age Divided Tribes |
*Indicates that this rewind occurred from an item in the pre-merge auction.
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