Challenges: MPF percentile
46%
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 12 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 0
- Survivor 10: Palau (2005) - 14th place, 7th out.
- Voted out in Episode 5, "The Best & Worst Reward Ever" (Day 12).
Willard Smith on social media: None found
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| S10: Palau | 0.55 | 2.18 | 0.25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | -0.89 | 0.00 | - | - | - | -0.65 | 0.55 |
| Career | 0.55 | 2.18 | 0.25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | -0.89 | 0.00 | - | - | - | -0.65 | 0.55 |
Willard Smith - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
4
Tribal: rVAP percentile
7%
Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:
1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";
2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and
3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."
See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.
Willard Smith - Challenge record
S10:
Palau 
Tribal/team challenge record (4-for-8; 4 sit-outs):
- Palau Ep. 1 RC/IC: "Supply Dump" - Crosses obstacles, paddles, and Koror wins.
- Palau Ep. 2 RC: "Gauntlet Dash" - Sits out, as Koror loses its first challenge.
- Palau Ep. 2 IC: "Heads Up" - Swims, dives, helps with the puzzle; Koror wins.
- Palau Ep. 3 RC: "By Any Means Necessary" - Sits out again, and Koror loses big.
- Palau Ep. 3 IC: "Hot Pursuit" - Second Koror to drop out, but Koror wins.
- Palau Ep. 4 RC: "Build a Better Bathroom" - Koror does indeed, and wins a shelter.
- Palau Ep. 4 IC: "Sumo at Sea" - Sits out, as Koror wins again.
- Palau Ep. 5 IC: "Sea Salvage" - Sits out again; Koror wins again.
Individual challenge record (0-for-1): (Mean % finish: 55%)
- Palau Ep. 1 ind. IC: Middle of the pack, but ahead of Jonathan (tie-2nd/10).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- Palau: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 4 |
| Played: | 8 |
| Win%: | 0.50 |
| Sat out: | 4 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 1 |
| Win%: | 0.00 |
| Mean % Finish: | 55% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | -- |
| Mean% Finish: | -- |
Willard Smith - Tribal Council record
S10:
Palau 
Idols held/played (0/0):
- Palau: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (0/1):
- Palau: None.
VAP - Votes against (8):
- Palau, Ep. 5: Eight votes, from Caryn, Coby, Gregg, Ian, Janu, Jenn, Katie, and Tom (voted out, 8-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- Palau: None.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Advantages held/played: | 0 |
| Idols found: | 0 |
| Idols played: | -- |
| Votes voided: | -- |
| VFB: | 0 |
| Tribals: | 1 |
| VAP: | 8 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | -- |
| Received: | -- |
Willard Smith - Pictures
S10:
Palau -
Palau intro shot -
Palau intro shot -
On the big rowboat, Day 1 -
Listening to Probst describe the opening challenge -
It's a really hot day, rowing the boat, and this lunatic jumps up and starts singing a song. I wanted to knock her off with the oar! -
The challenge begins in earnest -
Noting there is no tribe name on the flag -
Just found the water well ... and shoes! -
Time to pick tribes -
Two men, two women left, two spots left -
Ulong and Koror, freshly sorted -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 RC/IC -
Koror, leading -
Ulong, paddling in the wrong direction -
Koror wins! -
Safe from Tribal Council tonight -
Taking an unplanned swim -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC -
Koror recovered its flint! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC -
Swimming out -
Koror wins immunity! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC -
Watching from the sitout bench -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 IC -
Outlasted Caryn in Hot Pursuit -
Discussing picking a representative, Ep4 -
Talking about Koror's bathroom construction -
Looking somewhat bathroom-ish -
Watching the judging -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC -
Koror wins! -
Family portrait, Ep5 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep5 RC -
Thanks, Tom -
Pretty sure he's done for -
Offering Coby his pants -
Heading to Tribal -
Koror, Ep5 Tribal Council -
Talking to Probst -
Fifth person voted out of Palau... -
Snuffed, Day 12 (Episode 5) -
Full cast, reunion show -
Wanda sings again
Willard Smith - Interviews
S10:
Palau Pre-game interviews
- EW staff (2/26/05): "Survivor: Palau - Meet Willard Smith"
Post-game interviews
- Tatiana Morales at CBSnews.com (3/17/05): "Angie and Willard Frustrated"
- Angel Cohn at TVGuide.com (3/23/05): "Survivor's 'Psycho' Marine Discharged"
Willard Smith - Bio
S10:
Palau Official CBS.com Survivor: Palau bio page excerpts (1/26/05):
"Born and raised in Connecticut, Willard Smith spent his early childhood in and out of hospitals. He contracted rheumatic fever when he was five years old. He spent several years in a wheelchair and one full year in a children's hospital. Eventually he recovered and joined the Marine Corps on his 17th birthday. Smith spent the next five years with the Marine Corps, serving two years in Vietnam as a scout/sniper in a reconnaissance unit.
In 1969, Smith left the Marine Corps. He spent two years working as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service while attending college full-time at night. He quit the Post Office in 1972 and completed his undergraduate degree at San Diego State University where he graduated with high honors and earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and philosophy. He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
On July 4, 1971, Smith met his future wife. They moved in together that night and have been together ever since. He joined the Army in 1975 and served as a race relations specialist until 1981. He applied to law school and graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1984. He and his wife then moved to Washington where he has since had a private practice in the Seattle area. His wife, who has a master's degree in history, has spent the last 10 years working as a teacher's assistant at a private elementary school for gifted children. After leaving active duty in 1981, Willard continued to serve in the Army National Guard until 1992 when he was transferred to the Retired Reserve as a Sergeant First Class.
Smith was a member of the University of San Diego Appellate Moot Court Board and was a member of the National Order of Barristers. He is currently a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the First Marine Division Association.
Smith and his wife, Pamela, currently reside in Bellevue, Washington. His birth date is November 30, 1947."