It Could All Backfire

It Could All Backfire
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Palau
Episode Number	13/15 (151)
Original Release	May 12, 2005
Viewership (in Millions)	19.30
Ratings/Share (18-49)	7.1/21
Episode Chronology
Previous	"We'll Make You Pay"
Next	"The Ultimate Shock"
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It Could All Backfire is the penultimate episode of Survivor: Palau.

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Raft Rally
The five remaining castaways must paddle a traditional Palauan bamboo raft to one of five pontoons, untie a color-coded bag, and bring it back to a crate on the dock. Once all five bags have been retrieved, they have to use the distance markers and a provided guide pole to correctly mark the distance between Palau and five major world cities.
Reward: Chevrolet Corvette, overnight stay at mansion with barbecue feast
Winner: Ian Rosenberger (shared with Tom Westman)

Challenge: R.A.M.
The castaways have to cross a disc walk, a group of floating pontoons, and a two-rope hand-over-hand traverse to reach a platform. They must memorize the positions of fifteen images in the grid (each player has a different grid), then return to the start and use matching tiles to recreate the grid. They need to return to the grid at the far end if any mistakes are made. First person to correctly align their images wins.
Winner: Tom Westman

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 13: Koror
Voted Against	Voter
Caryn (4 votes)	Ian, Jenn, Katie, Tom
Ian (1 vote)	Caryn
VOTED OUT: Caryn Groedel

Voting Confessionals

Caryn was shown writing Ian's name down on the parchment.

	Ian	“	(voting against Caryn) Best three seconds of my day. Can't wait for you to go home.	”

Final Words

	Caryn	“	Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but too bad, all that stuff happened. You know, you want to shoot the messenger, go ahead and shoot the messenger, fine with me. See where it gets you in the end. Everybody's been very deceptive, and I'm the one who starts speaking about it, and…you ultimately have to face the music anyway.	”

Still in the Running

Jonathan 20th	Wanda 19th	Jolanda 18th	Ashlee 17th	Jeff 16th	Kim 15th	Willard 14th	Angie 13th	James 12th	Ibrehem 11th
Bobby Jon 10th	Coby 9th	Janu 8th	Stephenie 7th	Gregg 6th	Caryn 5th	Ian Koror	Jenn Koror	Katie Koror	Tom Koror

Trivia

• Caryn's elimination makes her the first original Koror woman to be voted out. Janu Tornell was eliminated before Caryn, but she quit.