Survivor Seasons 1-7
Challenges Tracker Maintained by “Blow By
Blow”
Challenges
are listed in the order they were shown. For the first couple of episodes, All
Stars who were on the winning tribe have been listed, but after that it got too
complicated to track down who was on which tribe with all the switching that
occurred. Descriptions of the challenges are pulled straight from the CBS
website. After each challenge name there’s a code for the Season (S1, S2…) and
Episode (Ep1, Ep2…) when the challenge took place. Some challenges were recycled
and they’ve been listed multiple times.
Season 1
Quest
for Fire (S1 Ep1)
Description:
A
symbolic race for fire held on the Sand Spit, an s-shaped sand bar located one
mile off Pulau Tiga. The object was to alternately float and carry a cauldron of
fire from a position 50 yards offshore to the finish line, which was delineated
by a 20-foot high Fire Spirit. In addition, teams had to light a succession of
torches between start and finish, with the winner being the first to light all
their torches and the Fire Spirit.
Winning
Tribe Gets:
Immunity and 50 waterproof matches
Winning
Tribe:
Pagong (Jenna L)
Buggin
Out (S1 Ep2)
Description:
Bug-eating competition. The bug of choice was a butok, or beetle larvae. The live butok
is three inches long and a half-inch around. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity
Winning
Tribe:
Tagi (Rich, Sue, Rudy)
Treasure
Chest (S1 Ep3) Description: A treasure chest is
submerged 150 yards off the Sand Spit. Each tribe must swim out to the treasure
chest. Once the entire tribe has arrived, they must dive down and work as a
group to drag the chest along the ocean bottom back to shore. First tribe to
haul their chest ashore and open it wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Reward -- snorkel,
mask, fins, fishing spear. Winning
Tribe: Tagi (Rich, Sue, Rudy)
Rescue
Mission(S1 Ep3) Description: A cooperative effort to
rescue an "injured" tribe member from deep in the jungle. Starting on the rocky
beach near Bird Island, tribes dash into the jungle carrying a stretcher. The
first team to locate their injured tribe member, load her onto the stretcher,
and carry her back to the beach to the first aid station, wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Pagong (Jenna L, was
sick but stepped up to compete rather than be rescued)
Distress
Signal (S1 Ep4) Description: In a fictitious scenario,
a plane flies over the island. The castaways must build a distress signal on the
beach to attract the pilot's attention. Best distress signal wins. Winning Tribe Gets: A cache of spices,
a sharp knife, hammocks, and other comforts dropped by parachute. Winning Tribe: Tagi (Rich, Rudy,
Sue)
Buried
Treasure (S1 Ep4)
Description:
A combination relay race/treasure hunt. Held on Ramis Beach, a windless cove on
Pula Tiga's southern side, Buried Treasure asked tribes to find a buried
treasure map, then the treasure itself. In order, the relay legs leading to the
final objective were swimming, floating bridge balance, rowing, jungle running,
then digging for the treasure. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Tagi (Rich, Rudy,
Sue)
Choose
Your Weapon (S1 Ep5) Description: An accuracy contest
consisting of three disciplines: blow dart, slingshot, and spear throwing. One
person per discipline competed for each tribe. Winning Tribe Gets: Fresh fruit and
three live chickens. Winning
Tribe: Pagong (Jenna L)
Shipwrecked
(S1 Ep5)
Description:
A kayak race, where one team member picks up other team members bobbing in the
ocean. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winning Tribe: Pagong
(Jenna L)
Abandoned
Barracks (S1 Ep6)
Description:
A nighttime romp through abandoned buildings, searching for survival items with
the assistance of night-vision goggles. (It’s like the Blair Witch Project meets
the Michigan Militia.) Winning Tribe
Gets: Canned food, chocolate, Meals Ready to Eat (MREs). Winning Tribe: Pagong (Jenna L)
Archery
(S1 Ep8) Description: An archery
competition
Winning
Castaway Gets:
To Watch a Video From Home. Winning
Castaway: Greg
End
of the Line (S1 Ep8)
Description:
Castaways were clipped to a length of rope by carabiner, then sprinted along a
jungle trail, staying attached to the rope the entire time. Winning Castaway Gets: Immunity. Winning Castaway: Gervase
Out
on a Limb (S1 Ep9) Description: Castaways navigate a ropes
course set up in the jungle canopy. First castaway to collect 16 medallions -
one for each segment of the course – wins
Description:
A game of chess with human beings as the pieces. The game board is made of 100
2' x 2' pieces of plywood. Castaways may move one step at a time, flipping over
the piece of wood on which they had previously been standing as they go.
Castaways cannot step onto a piece that has been flipped over. Last castaway
able to move from one piece to another wins. Winning Castaway Gets: Immunity. Winning Castaway: Rudy (Jenna L
booted)
Bamboozled
(S1 Ep11) Description: A combination
balance/elimination competition involving a tightrope race across segments of
bamboo poles.
Winning
Castaway Gets:
A pizza and a phone call home. Winning Castaway: Gervase
Fast
Fire (S1 Ep11)
Description:
A fire starting competition Winning
Castaway Gets: Immunity. Winning
Castaway: Rich
Survivor
Quiz Show (S1 Ep12) Description: Castaways answer a variety
of questions about island living.
Winning
Castaway Gets:
A night on the Sipadan Princess. Winning Castaway: Sean
Walk
the Plank (S1 Ep12)
Description:
A contest of balance Winning
Castaway Gets: Immunity. Winning
Castaway: Kelly
Mud
Pack (S1 Ep13) Description: Castaways pay a visit to
the mud volcano, coat their bodies in mud.
Winning
Castaway Gets:
Bud Light, a night at the Survivor Bar, food and a chance to watch a beginning
portion of the first episode of the show. Winning Castaway:
Kelly
Witch
Hunt (S1 Ep13) Description: Castaways armed with video
recorders charge through the jungle in search of hand-carved idols. (It’s like
The Blair Witch Project meets…nevermind.) Winning Castaway Gets: Immunity. Winning Castaway:
Kelly
Fallen
Comrades (S1 Ep14) Description: A test of knowledge about
former castaways. Winning Castaway
Gets: Immunity. Winning
Castaway: Kelly(Sue
booted)
Hands
on a Hard Idol (S1 Ep15) Description: A rite of passage
involving a fire walk, slathering of mud, then placing one hand on the Immunity
Idol.
Winning
Castaway Gets:
Immunity. Winning Castaway:
Kelly (Rudy booted)
Season
2
Bridging
the Gap (S2 Ep1) Description:
Reward and Immunity Challenge. The first team to climb to the top of a
30-foot tower and ignite it with their torch wins immunity and avoids Tribal
Council. To win, each tribe must negotiate certain obstacles, including a
dilapidated bridge, and pull a raft across the river while keeping their torch
lit. If at any time during the race one of the tribes' flames is extinguished,
that tribe loses the challenge. Winning Tribe Gets: Waterproof matches,
Immunity Winning Tribe: Ogakor
(Tina, Jerri, Colby, Amber)
Butch
Cassidy (S2 Ep2) Description:
The Survivors must jump from a 35-foot granite cliff into a deep natural pool
and swim to a floating crate anchored in the river. Once each member of the
tribe reaches the crate, they must dive down and detach it from the anchor. The
tribe must then maneuver the crate down river through small rapids, and carry it
onto a sandy beach. The first tribe to get the crate and all tribemembers across
the finish line wins. Winning Tribe
Gets: Warm blankets Winning
Tribe: Ogakor (Tina, Jerri, Colby, Amber)
Tucker’d
Out /Gross Food (S2 Ep2) Description:
On a spinning wheel are various aboriginal delicacies ("bush tucker"), such as
mangrove worms, crickets, grubs, and cow brains. Each Survivor must square off
against someone from the opposing tribe, spin the wheel, and eat the item that's
pointed at. If a Survivor refuses to eat, or if he or she throws up, that tribe
falls behind one point. The tribe that successfully eats the most tucker, wins.
Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity
Winning Tribe: Kucha
(Alicia)
Water
Torture (S2 Ep3)
Description:
Each tribe races to carry jugs of water across thin planks above the river
without falling off. After a person successfully makes it to the end of the
planks, that person's water jugs are put onto a pole balanced across the
shoulders of the opposing tribe's designated "water bearer." As the game
progresses, the weight becomes overwhelming: the water bearer who endures the
weight the longest, without falling off the platform, wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Fishing Tackle
Winning Tribe: Ogakor, but only
after a run-off. Mike's pole broke through no fault of his own. The run-off
involved a five-minute race as each tribe attempted to put as many jugs of water
on their own water bearer as possible. Ogakor won by a small margin. (Tina,
Amber, Jerri, Colby held the weight)
Lock
Step (S2 Ep3) Description:
The tribes race against each other through a series of obstacles, while attached
together by a rope. In this challenge, a tribe is only as fast as its slowest
member. The first tribe to successfully complete the course with all of its
members across the finish line wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Kucha
(Alicia)
Master
Mind (S2 Ep4) Description:
The tribes are given two identical giant-sized puzzles made up of several wooden
squares that slide within a bigger square. The object is to slide the giant
puzzle pieces around the game board to reveal a map leading to the reward. The
first tribe to complete their puzzle wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Three egg-laying
chickens and a rooster Winning
Tribe: Kucha (Alicia)
True
or Falls(S2 Ep4) Description: The tribes meet at a large
flat rock overlooking Herbert Falls, across from Tribal Council, where they play
against each other in a quiz game testing their knowledge of the environment.
The first tribe to answer the most questions correctly wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Kucha
(Alicia)
Triage
(S2 Ep5)
Description:
Each tribe selects two members to become "rescuers." The other members are
placed at predetermined accident locations. Using a triangular-shaped stretcher
called a "travois," each tribe must locate their tribemates at the accident
locations and bring them back, one by one, to the "first aid tent." First tribe
to rescue all of its members and cross the finish line wins. Winning Tribe Gets: A crate from Target
filled with various creature comforts, such as shampoo, toothpaste, spices, soup
mix, and warm blankets. Winning
Tribe: Kucha (Alicia)
The
Maze (S2 Ep5) Description:
Each tribe must race against the other, collecting five medallions in a
specified order while navigating through a giant maze. First tribe to collect
all five medallions in order and to exit the maze wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Ogakor (Colby, Amber,
Tina, Jerri)
Blind
Leading the Blind (S2 Ep6) Description: The tribes will select one
member of each team to act as their "eyes" while the other members are
blindfolded. Sitting atop two towers, the "eyes" must guide their blindfolded
tribemembers through a series of obstacles, such as: stacking wooden beams and
filling up buckets of water. The first tribe to successfully complete the course
wins. Winning Tribe Gets:
Mountain Dew and Doritos Winning
Tribe: Kucha (Alicia)
Perch
(S2 Ep7)
Description:
Each Survivor must stand on a wooden pillar in the Herbert River. Whoever stands
on a pillar the longest wins. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner: Keith
(Tina stepped down, Colby bailed out as decoy)
Return
to Sender (S2 Ep8) Description: Standing in the
center of a giant sized target, each contestant was allowed one attempt to throw
a boomerang. The tribe member whose boomerang lands closest to the center of the
target wins. Winner Gets: A full
dinner including smoked salmon, shrimp, grilled chicken, bread with butter, and
dessert. Winner: Jerri (shared
with Amber)
Don’t
Fence Me In(S2 Ep8) Description: The playing field consists
of posts in rows of ten with ropes hanging from one side of the post. Survivors
take turns connecting the rope of one post to another post in order to
eventually make a square. The Survivor "owns" a square when he or she is able to
close off the square upon their turn. The Survivor who "owns" the most squares
wins. Winner Gets:
Immunity
Winner:
Keith (Alicia booted)
Double
Play (S2 Ep9) Description: An obstacle course race
consisting of 3 races. The winners of the first two races compete against each
other in the third race to determine the final winner. Winner Gets: A trip via helicopter to
one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Barrier Reef, where the winning
twosome enjoys a feast of delicious food and a day of snorkeling. Winner: Jerri and Colby (this was a
classic cringe fest)
Hanging
in the Balance (S2 Ep9) Description: In part 1, "Know Your
Ropes," each member of a pair stands on a platform in the water and uses a rope
to cause the opponent to lose balance and to fall in the water. The winners of
this competition proceed to the next. In part 2, "Rock the Boat," each member
of a pair rocks an unsteady beam above the water back and forth, attempting to
force the opponent to fall off. The winners proceed to the final
competition. In the final round, "Sinking Ship," each person in a pair uses a
rope to cause the opponent to fall off an unsteady wooden raft in the water.
Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Nick (Jerri booted, a nation
rejoices)
Survivor
Auction (S2 Ep10) Description: Each Survivor is given a
money pouch filled with $500 Australian currency. Their goal is to outbid their
fellow tribe members for various food items, such as cheeseburgers, a turkey
dinner, and Doritos with salsa. Winner Gets: Food Winner: All seven Survivors
(lame)
Fire
& Rain (S2 Ep10) Description: Each Survivor is
given a T-shaped "fire scale." On one side is a fire pan, on the other a bucket
with a small hole in the bottom. The Survivors must light a fire in the fire
pan, then, using a small bucket, race to the river to finally fill the larger
bucket on the opposite side of the fire scale. The weight of the water in the
bucket will lift the fire pan into the air and ignite a fuse. The first person
to ignite their fuse wins. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner:
Colby
End
of the Line (S2 Ep11) Description: Each Survivor must
follow a rope that will lead to 4 checkpoints. The Survivors will use 2
carabiners to traverse the rope course. One must be attached at all times.
Survivors must clip onto a rope before they unclip to proceed through the race.
The first Survivor to reach each checkpoint and cross the finish line first
wins. Winner Gets: A horseback
ride, food, Budweiser beer, and an overnight stay on a cot, followed by
breakfast, at an Outback Cowboy Camp. Winner: Colby
Blue
Plate Special (S2 Ep11) Description: Each Survivor has three
plates with his or her name written on them hanging from trees. Each must use a
slingshot, firing Australian macadamia nuts as ammunition at opposing tribe
members' plates. The person with the last plate hanging wins immunity. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Colby (Amber
booted)
Survivor.com
(S2 Ep12) Description: The Survivors
communicate with their loved ones via the Internet. They will each ask their
loved ones a series of survival-based questions. The Survivor whose loved ones
answer the most questions correctly wins. Winner Gets: 30-minute private chat
with family and a $500 Internet shopping spree courtesy of VISA to buy gifts
from afar for the loved ones. Winner: Tina
Fugitives(S2 Ep12) Description: With hands, feet, and
waist shackled, each Survivor must answer questions painted on wood beside
remnants of an abandoned cattle station. The questions are based on a story told
by host Jeff Probst. Each correct answer yields a key that opens one of the
locks. The person with the most opened locks to cross the finish line first
wins. Winner Gets: Immunity
Winner: Colby
Survivor
Pentathlon (S2 Ep13) Description: The Survivors must race
through a multi-stage course comprising several key elements from past
challenges, including being blindfolded and shackled, walking on a beam, solving
a puzzle, and starting a fire. Winner Gets: A hot meal, a warm shower,
and a new car: a Pontiac Aztek, to sleep in overnight, and to take home to the
United States Winner:
Colby
Memory
(S2 Ep13) Description: This challenge
requires memory rather than physical strength. 36 covers have been placed over
18 matching pairs of items from the Outback. Each Survivor must uncover two
baskets, revealing their hidden items. The object: match the items and win a
point. The person who matches the most items wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Colby
Fallen
Comrades (S2 Ep14) Description: Each remaining
Survivor is asked several personal questions about their fellow tribe members
who have been voted out before them. The person who answers the most questions
correctly wins. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner:
Colby
Season 3
Trail
Blazer (S3 Ep1) Description:
Each team is given a "Fire Cart," which contains four lit torches and a fire
caldron in the center. They must pull or push the cart through difficult terrain
while lighting a series of fire towers along the way. The first tribe to
successfully light their towers, cross the finish line, and ignite the final
bonfire wins. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winning Tribe: Samburu
(Tom, Lex)
Stairway
to the Stars (S3 Ep2) Description:
Two identical playing fields, side-by-side and crisscrossing, are set up. At one
end of the field are two 12-foot tall poles. Around the base of the poles are
five holes, which will fit five different length poles (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 feet
long). The tribes must start at one end of the field and carry the heavy wooden
poles to their designated holes to create a staircase around the center pole.
The first team to successfully create the staircase and have one member climb to
the top wins. Winning Tribe Gets:
All the items that were left behind on day one, including blankets, water
containers and food Winning
Tribe: Samburu (Lex, Tom)
Safari
Supper(S3 Ep2) Description: One at a time, members
from both tribes must drink a shot of cow's blood. If at any time a person
declines to drink or does not finish, that team is disqualified. If all members
of both tribes complete the task, a tiebreaker is set. Each tribe must pick a
member from the other tribe to chug a full glass of cow's blood. The first to
finish wins the full glass wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Samburu (Lex,
Tom)
Rock
'n' Roll (S3 Ep3) Description:
Tribes race to roll an eight-foot boulder through a natural obstacle course.
Tribe members must work together to navigate the boulder through obstacles
across an already difficult terrain. The first tribe to roll their boulder into
the winner's circle wins. Winning
Tribe Gets: 100 gallons of drinking water and organic shampoo Winning Tribe: Boran
(Ethan)
Distress
Signal (S3 Ep3) Description:
Tribes are told that a plane will be flying overhead. At their camps, tribes
must construct a distress signal, using anything around their camp to get the
plane's attention. The tribe with the signal most visible from the air,
according to the plane's pilot and dropmaster, wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Boran
(Ethan)
Caught
in the Web (S3 Ep4) Description:
In a team relay, Survivors race to retrieve various food items placed in a
basket on a giant 20-foot rope web. Side-by-side, the teams race up a ramp, onto
a platform and launch themselves into a rope net. Once there, they must climb
the web and retrieve a basket, then race back to the starting point. The first
Tribe to carry all of its baskets across the finish line wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Various food
items Winning Tribe: Samburu
(Lex, Tom)
Movin'
on Up (S3 Ep4) Description:
The Survivors test their skills of nomadic relocation. Each tribe is required to
disassemble and move identical camps to a new location. Each camp consists of a
hut, a fence, a flagpole and various camping equipment. The first tribe to
relocate and reconstruct the identical camp 200 yards away wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Boran
Get
your Goat (S3 Ep5) Description:
Given forty goats, twenty for Samburu and twenty for Boran, the Survivors must
herd their goats from one pen to another, one hundred yards away. The first
tribe to successfully herd their goats into the finishing pen wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Three egg-laying
chickens and a rooster Winning
Tribe: Boran
Puzzle
of Shields (S3 Ep5) Description:
Each team is given twenty puzzle pieces shaped like various shields. The tribes
must gather the pieces and successfully put together the puzzle. The first tribe
to complete their puzzle wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Samburu
Africa
102 (S3 Ep6) Challenge Type:
Reward Description: The two tribes sit atop a set of
bleachers. At each level they are asked a question based on Africa. If the tribe
answers correctly, they move down a row of the bleachers. The first tribe to
stand on the ground after having answered each question correctly
wins. Winning Tribe Gets: A full food buffet including
Mountain Dew, pasta salad with vegetables, a plate full of sandwiches, and
cookies for dessert Winner: Samburu
Spearit
Hunt (S3 Ep6) Challenge Type:
Immunity Description: Using a bow and arrow, one at a time
the Survivors will attempt to shoot a flaming arrow at various targets placed
from thirty feet to seventy feet away. The first tribe to hit and ignite their
targets, from closest to farthest wins. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winner: Boran
When
It Rains It Really Pours (S3 Ep7) Description:
The Survivors are each placed directly underneath a bucket filled with water.
The bucket is connected to the Survivor's wrists by a rope just above their
head. If a Survivor moves his or her hand, the bucket will tip over and shower
the person with water. The last Survivor to remain dry with their hand held
above their head wins. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner: Teresa
Cooper
Stomp-pede
(S3 Ep8) Description:
The Survivors are given a wooden plank with notches below its center. A bucket
has been placed eight feet in the air. Beneath the bucket is a fulcrum over
which the board must be placed. One at a time, a series of items are placed on
one end of the plank. The Survivors must stomp on the other end, catapulting the
item into the bucket. First person to successfully toss all his or her items
into the bucket wins. Winner Tribe
Gets: Two goats to take to an African village and barter for items of the
winner's choosing Winner: Ethan
Box
Your Mind (S3 Ep8) Description:
The Survivors are shown a box with nine squares, each of which contains an item.
The Survivors are given three minutes to memorize the items and their exact
location in the box. When the game begins, the items they have just seen are
scattered on the ground. The Survivors must race to collect the items and
arrange them in their respective squares. The person with the most matches
wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Ethan
Obstacle
Course (S3 Ep9) Description:
Survivors must pair up and race through an obstacle course that includes
climbing a rope net, scaling a wall and building a ladder to get them across the
finish line. The race consists of two heats, in which teams pair off to face
each other in final round. First team to cross the finish line wins. Winning Pair Gets: A night at the
movies, with popcorn, candy, and soda. Winner: Frank Garrison and Brandon
Quinton
Light
it Up (S3 Ep9) Description:
Each Survivor is assigned a fire pit, over which a cord has been strung.
Survivors must gather whatever wood, sticks or elephant dung they can carry to
the fire pit. There, they must start a fire using a magnifying glass. They must
build the fire high enough to burn through their cord, which then drops a weight
that, in turn, raises a flag. First person whose flag is hoisted wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Lex
SURVIVOR
Auction (S3 Ep10) Description:
Each Survivor is given 20,000 Kenyan shillings. As host Jeff Probst reveals
various food items, the Survivors must bid against each other to win the items.
The highest bidder wins each food reward. Winner: Lex: hot coffee, sugar and
chocolate croissant; Teresa: wedge of cheese and hoagie sandwich; Kim P.: ice
cream sundae; Kim Johnson: : fried chicken dinner (she sold the breast to Lex);
Ethan: jar of hot fudge; Tom: glass of cold beer; Tom and Ethan: shared a full
breakfast, including pancakes and bacon (Tom ate the
bacon)
African
Folklore (S3 Ep10) Description:
After listening to a story about various African traditions, myths, and
superstitions, the Survivors must race to a series of stations and answer
questions relating to the story. Each station contains a choice between two
statements, one true, one false, each with a corresponding ostrich egg. The
tribe member must decide which answer was true, then crack open the egg. A false
answer will lead to an empty egg; the correct answer will reveal a strip of
colored leather contained in the egg. The tribe member then ties the colored
strip to the corresponding band of color on a staff they had been provided.
First person to get five strips tied to their staff and return to the center of
the circle wins immunity. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner:
Lex
Know
Your Loved One (S3 Ep11) Description:
In this challenge the Survivors find out just how well their loved ones from
home know them. The loved ones were asked, on videotape, a series of personal
questions about their respective Survivor. The Survivors are then asked the same
questions. Every matching answer gets a point, and the person with the most
points wins. Winner Gets: Take a
plane to an exclusive resort in the Masai Mara, go on safari to see the
migrating wildebeest, sleep in a real bed, and enjoy fabulous food, all charged
to a VISA credit card. Winner:
Lex, who shared his reward with Tom
Pot
Shots 2 (S3 Ep11) Description:
Using authentic African throwing sticks, Survivors must one-by-one break their
tribemates' clay pots, hanging from ropes with their respective names on them.
Person who has the last pot still hanging wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Tom
Swahili
Scramble (S3 Ep12) Description:
The Survivors search for words among a jumble of letters on a giant board. The
words intersect and share letters. Once all the words have been found, the
intersecting letters unscramble to form a winning word. First Survivor to
decipher the winning word wins. Winner Gets: A new Chevy Avalanche, and
the opportunity to drive the new vehicle, stocked with a year's worth of medical
supplies, to a nearby AIDS hospital. Winner:
Lex
Second
Chance (S3 Ep12) Description:
The Survivors must once again compete against each other on an obstacle course.
Using parts of past challenges, such as running on a rope net, building a
ladder, and shooting an arrow, they will race to the finish. First person to
successfully complete the course wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner:
Lex
Fallen
Comrades (S3 Ep13) Description:
This challenge will test the remaining Survivors' knowledge of their tribemates.
The Survivor to answer the most questions regarding their tribe mates correctly
wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Kim J. (Tom
booted)
Hard
Idol (S3 Ep13) Description:
This is a test of will, as the Survivors must stand on uneven wooden pegs,
causing them to lean forward while grabbing hold of an idol evenly placed in the
center of the wooden pegs. Once in position, the Survivor cannot move their feet
or take their hand off the idol. Last person to remain standing wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Kim J. (Lex
booted)
Season 4
Outrigger
Fire Quest (S4 Ep1) Description:
Each tribe must transport their 300-pound outrigger canoe into the ocean, light
their two torches from a fire cauldron, then race back to the beach lighting a
series of torches along the way. First tribe to successfully light the torches
and return the canoes to their resting points wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Rotu
Do
or Dive (S4 Ep2) Description:
Each tribe must dive below the surface and remove heavy rocks weighing down a
sunken rowboat. Once the rocks are removed and the boat surfaces, they must tow
it to a dock where buckets await them to bail out the water. Once the boat is
deemed sea worthy, it's a paddle to shore and across the finish line. The first
tribe to successfully complete their tasks and cross the line wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Mask and
Snorkel Winning Tribe:
Rotu
Marquesan
Menu (S4 Ep2) Description:
Each member of Rotu and Maraamu must eat the Marquesan delicacy named fafaru --
various fish parts that have marinated in sea water for three days in the sun.
One by one, each contestant, using only their mouth, must completely finish
their portion. If a tribe member cannot finish at any time, they are
automatically disqualified. Winning
Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning
Tribe: Rotu
Raft
Rescue (S4 Ep3) Description:
The tribes receive two identical piles of materials consisting of bamboo poles
and rope from which they must construct a raft to paddle. Along the way, they
must unclip floating supply boxes and race back to a floating dock. The first
tribe to successfully gather the supply crates and race back to the dock wins.
Winning Tribe Gets: Pillow,
blankets, and lanterns Winning
Tribe: Rotu
Coconut
Maze Race (S4 Ep3) Description:
The tribes are faced with two identical large mazes, elevated and controlled by
ropes at the corners to tilt the board. Four people from each tribe control the
corner ropes. These castaways are instructed by a fifth person who is the
"Caller" and shouts out commands. A coconut is placed in the start position and
the tribes use the tilt mechanisms to roll the coconut through the maze. The
first tribe to land three coconuts in the finish net wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Rotu
Survivor
Switch (S4 Ep4) Description:
One after another, each Survivor turns over the wooden disc they are standing
on, revealing a colored Buff. This Buff represents the tribe that the Survivor
has been switched to: Rotu (blue) or Maraamu (yellow). Maraamu Tribe Gets: Kathy, Neleh,
Paschal (Join Gina and Sarah) Rotu
Tribe Gets: Rob, Sean, Vecepia (Join Gabriel, John, Robert, Tammy, and
Zoe)
Life's
a Tapestry (S4 Ep4) Description:
The tribes face two identical weaving platforms consisting of loops of material.
Painted on the weave is a Polynesian design, which is scrambled. Using a drawing
of the original design, the tribes must unscramble the weave to match the
correct design. The first tribe to finish correctly wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Rotu
Tiki
Towers (S4 Ep5) Description:
Survivors race to assemble a set of Tikis. Each tribe must pick a "Caller" as
the rest of the tribe is blindfolded. The caller directs hi/her tribe to the
segments of tikis that are scattered about. Once all the pieces are collect, the
blindfolds are removed and the first tribe to assemble their four Tikis first
wins. Winning Tribe Gets: To raid
the other tribe's camp Winning
Tribe: Maraamu
Distress
Signal (S4 Ep5) Description:
The tribes are informed that in three hours a ship will pass offshore. They must
build a distress signal visible to the passing ship. The tribe to build the
distress signal most visible to the human eye from the ship wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Maraamu
Jungle
Relay (S4 Ep6) Description:
Four tribe members from each tribe participate. First, one member from each
tribe must race into the jungle to find and untie a paddle from a banyan tree
and tag an awaiting tribe member to then find the second paddle. Once the second
paddle is found and untied, the two tribemates must crack open coconuts to find
a key that they pass along to the final two racers. The final two must use the
key to unlock the chained outrigger canoe, paddle in the ocean and retrieve the
tribal flag. Once the flag is gathered, they must paddle back to the beach, drag
the canoe within the distance of the unlocked chain, and race to place their
flag in the awaiting Tiki tower. The first tribe to successfully complete the
race wins. Winning Tribe Gets: A
picnic Winning Tribe:
Maraamu
Maze
(S4 Ep6) Description:
Tribes race through a circular maze to retrieve rungs that are needed to build a
ladder situated in the center of the maze. Each rung is numbered 1 through 5.
Each team must find and gather the rungs in order and negotiate their way back
to the center while being tied together. The first team to retrieve their rungs
in the correct order, build the ladder and climb to the top of the winner's
platform, wins. Winning Tribe
Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Rotu
Merge
(S4 Ep7) Description:
Each tribe must pick a representative, who will, unbeknownst to them, make a
decision that affects the rest. The two of them must decide which camp to move
to for the remainder of the game and what the name of the new tribe will
be.
Sea
Legs (S4 Ep7) Description:
Each Survivor must stand on a floating platform in the sea. The person who stays
standing the longest without having any body part other than his or her feet
touching the platform at any time wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Kathy
Go
Fly a Kite (S4 Ep8) Description:
The Survivors are given materials at their camp to build a kite that they must
bring to the Challenge. At the Challenge, they are given a spool with 300 feet
of kite string. The Survivor whose kite pulls out all 300 hundred feet of string
first, wins. Winner Gets: Scuba
dive trip Winner:
Kathy
Parang
Swing (S4 Ep8) Description:
Each Survivor has three bundles of coconuts strung in a tree. Each time a
Survivor answers a question correctly, he or she cuts down a bundle of an
opposing tribe member. The last Survivor to have coconuts remaining in the tree
wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Tammy
Coconut
Juice (S4 Ep9) Description:
The Survivors are separated into teams of two where they will have to race to
fill their three-foot tall bamboo shoots with coconut juice. They must gather
coconuts, crack them open and drain the juice into the tube. First team to fill
their bamboo shoot wins. Winner
Gets: Marquesan Feast Winner:
Sean Rector, Paschal English
High
Stepping (S4 Ep9) Description:
Two at a time, the Survivors enter the ring and face off as they try to stand on
stilts longer than their opponent. The castaway to fall first is out of the game
and the winner moves to the next round until there is only one Survivor
remaining. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner: Tammy
Rock
Bottom (S4 Ep10) Description:
The Survivors compete in four separate heats to win the reward. In the first
heat, all seven Survivors must dive below the surface of the ocean to retrieve
only six giant shells, scattered about the ocean floor. The Survivor who does
not resurface with a shell is out of the game. In the second heat the six
Survivors have only five shells to retrieve. In the third heat only five
Survivors remain and only four shells are left to collect. In the final heat,
the remaining four Survivors must dive below the surface to find a 40-pound rock
and carry it back to shore. The first person to transport their rock across the
finish line wins. Winner Gets: A
private cruise and feast for two. Winner: Paschal
Virtues
of Fire (S4 Ep11) Description:
The Survivors must race to the end of a course and collect firewood in order to
start a fire underneath a wok filled with oil and popcorn kernels. When at least
one popcorn kernel has popped, they must transport their flame and ignite a
small fire tower. The first person to set their fire tower ablaze wins
Immunity. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner:
Robert
Turtle
Roll (S4 Ep12) Description:
The Survivors' loved ones take their places on a large turtle-shaped game board.
Taking turns, they move from one piece to the next, flipping over the piece they
previously stood on, revealing the color green. Once a person cannot step
anywhere but on a green piece, they are out of the game. The last person
remaining on a non-green piece wins. Winner Gets: To stay overnight at
Soliantu Beach Winner: Patrick
(Kathy's son)
Sands
of Time (S4 Ep12) Description:
The Survivors face a group of identical hourglass-like structures. The front of
each structure is covered with tile panels, which are packed with sand.
Underneath each structure sits a tiki. The Survivors, using a slingshot, must
try to break the tile panels of their competitors, causing sand to escape the
structure and cover the tiki. The last tiki to remain uncovered wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Vecepia
Second
Chance (S4 Ep13) Description:
Competing in elements from past challenges, the Survivors must race to complete
the following: Gather pieces of a tiki and correctly rebuild it; crack open
coconuts and drain the juice into a hollow tube; untie stilts from a tree high
above the ground; walk ten feet on the stilts without falling; find a coconut
containing a key that opens a chest containing a slingshot; use the slingshot to
launch a rock at an hourglass-shaped structure with a tiki underneath it; break
the panel releasing enough sand to completely cover their own tiki. The first
person to cover their tiki with sand wins. Winner Gets: Saturn VUE Winner: Sean
Marquesan
Folklore (S4 Ep13) Description:
The Survivors race to answer a series of questions based on a Marquesan legend
recited by host Jeff Probst. At each station there is a question and two
possible answers. Answer correctly and receive a small idol to attach to a
necklace. The first person to answer five questions correctly and cross the
finish line with five idols on their necklace wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Kathy
Fallen
Comrades (S4 Ep14) Description:
A series of questions test the Survivors' knowledge of the tribemates who have
been voted out before them. One point is granted for a correct answer. The first
Survivor to accumulate ten points wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Vecepia
Hand
on a Hard Idol (S4 Ep14) Description:
Each Survivor stands on two uneven stumps and places one hand on the Immunity
Idol. Once in position they may not take their hand from the Idol or remove
their feet from the stumps. The last person standing wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Neleh
Season 5
Flying
Your Flag (S5 Ep1) Description:
Starting from a floating dock, the Survivors must race their boats around Banner
Island, stopping along the way to complete several different puzzle or task
stations, including a rope maze and a traditional Thai puzzle. First team to
successfully complete all the stations and race back to the floating dock
wins. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winning Tribe: Sook
Jai
Palanquin
Slalom 2 (S5 Ep2) Description:
The two tribes are given a palanquin chair. They must choose one person to sit
on the palanquin and be the guide. The other tribe members are blindfolded and
must carry the palanquin and navigate a course while being directed by their
guide. Along the course are stations that have tribal bags hanging from them.
The tribe to gather their bags and finish the race first wins. Winning Tribe Gets: lantern, fishing
line and hooks, 30-meter fishing net Winning Tribe: Sook
Jai
Floating
Puzzle (S5 Ep2) Description:
Each tribe is given a floating Lotus flower puzzle, which is missing six pieces.
The missing pieces are floating at equal distance from the puzzles. One at a
time, the tribe members must swim and race to gather the missing floating
pieces, then attach them correctly onto the tribe's Lotus flower. First tribe to
successfully collect and place the pieces in their correct positions wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Sook
Jai
Pilfering
Pirates (S5 Ep3) Description:
The Survivors must race across a narrow bamboo course set over water in order to
heist supply baskets from the opposing team's boat. Along the way there is an
"attack zone" where the Survivors may physically push one another off the
course. First tribe to collect ten baskets of supplies and return back to their
boat wins. Winning Tribe Gets:
Two Thai Red Beret Special Forces Soldiers, who would help improve living
conditions back at camp for 24 hours Winning Tribe: Chuay
Gahn
Temple
Transfer (S5 Ep3) Description:
The two tribes race to transfer a multi-level temple spire from one location to
another using three stations. Only one section can be moved at a time and a
larger section can never be place over a smaller section. First tribe to
successfully transfer their puzzle correctly wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Chuay
Gahn
New
Tribe Member (S5 Ep4) Description:
While carrying a 10-foot, 250-pound stuffed dummy, the tribes must race around a
tiny island, negotiating certain obstacles along the way. First tribe to cross
the finish line wins. Winning Tribe
Gets: Bananas, four chickens Winning Tribe: Sook
Jai
Tan-dy
Gram (S5 Ep4) Description:
Given seven different shapes of wood, the tribes have to solve two different
traditional Thai puzzles. First tribe to solve both puzzles first wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Sook
Jai
SURVIVOR
Auction (S5 Ep5) Description:
Each tribe is given one thousand dollars and is told to bid on various food
items presented for them. The tribe that outbids the other buys the food and
enjoys the delicacy. Winning Tribe
Gets: Both tribes bid on various food items Winning Tribe: Both tribes won
food
Catch
of the Day (S5 Ep5) Description:
As seen every day on the docks of Thai fishing villages, the Survivors are given
four different types of fish and must race to separate them into their
corresponding baskets. First tribe to successfully separate their fish
wins. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winning Tribe: Chuay
Gahn
Wicker
Flicker (S5 Ep6) Description:
Each tribe selects a person to catapult Thai wicker balls into the air, while
their Tribemates using large wicker baskets attached to a poles try to catch
them. First tribe to catch five of their balls wins. Winning Tribe Gets: A Thai Feast Winning Tribe: Sook
Jai
Thai
21 (S5 Ep6) Description:
The teams face off in front of 21 flags of various colors one being gold. The
tribes must strategize to select one, two, or three flags at a time, alternating
turns. The tribe that successfully grabs the gold flag in the end wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Chuay
Gahn
Jail
Break (S5 Ep7) Description:
The two tribes, each wearing shackles and chains, are locked in separate
makeshift prison cells. 10-25 feet in front of them are a series of bush poles
with a key to unlock the chains that bind them. Using the resources inside the
cell, the Survivors must build a pole to try to retrieve the keys. Once all are
unshackled, they then must dig themselves out of the prison and cross the finish
line with all 15 keys. First tribe to successfully do so wins Immunity. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Chuay
Gahn
Breathing
Space (S5 Ep8) Description:
The Survivors are given bamboo snorkel chutes to breathe through under water.
Each tribe member takes their place on the snorkel pipe and lowers him or
herself underwater. Once a person rises for air, they are out of the game. The
team with the longest cumulative running time underwater wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe: Chuay
Gahn
Wicker
Ball Relay (S5 Ep9) Description:
Tribemates pair up to compete in an obstacle course consisting of cutting a rope
to retrieve a wicker ball, pushing the ball through a net tube, then climbing a
cargo net to the finish line. Once completed, the pair that wins each heat
competes against each other and races to build a wicker ball pyramid puzzle.
First to construct the puzzle correctly wins reward. Winning Tribe Gets: Videos from
home Winning Tribe: Brian
Heidik
Thai
Numbers (S5 Ep9) Description:
This Challenges has two rounds. First, the Survivors compete in a memory
Challenge. Given 30 seconds to memorize Thai the numbers 1-10, they must then
match them with the English number. The final two competitors are matched
against each other and must complete an intricate puzzle game played using Thai
language and directions to collect discs that are buried under the sand. First
person to successfully follow the directions and collect the proper discs
wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Clay
Jordan
Knock
Out (S5 Ep10) Description:
The Survivors compete in a four-stage elimination round obstacle course. First
they pair up and negotiate their way across towers using wooden planks to bridge
the gaps between each tower. The first two pairs to complete the towers move on
to the second round, a crawl under a bamboo course. The first three competitors
to complete the crawl move on to the third round, a wall climb. With only three
members remaining, the Survivors must pair up to help each other over the wall,
leaving one person eliminated. The Final two competitors then must race along a
bamboo balance beam to the finish line. First tribe member to cross the finish
line wins. Winner Gets:
Helicopter ride to the mainland; elephant trek to Thai feast Winner: Brian Heidik, who shared the
Reward with Clay
Snuff
It (S5 Ep10) Description:
The tribe members are each given three lit torches and are asked a series of
questions about Thai culture. Whoever answers a question correctly snuffs out
another tribe members torch. The Survivor with the last remaining torch lit at
the end wins. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner: Helen
Glover
Thai
Menu (S5 Ep11) Description:
In this Challenge, the Survivors' loved ones test their ability to stomach
ancient Thai delicacies. If a loved one cannot finish, or chooses not to eat,
they are eliminated. The final round consists of an eating race: first person to
completely swallow both a boiled tarantula and a scorpion wins. Winner Gets: 24 hours with a loved on
from home Winner: Helen Glover's
husband Jim
Cube
Crisis (S5 Ep11) Description:
Tied to the wrist of their loved one from home, each Survivor must compete with
their family member to successfully assemble a cube puzzle. First pair to
successfully complete the puzzle wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Ted
Rogers
Letter
Hunt (S5 Ep12) Description:
IRacing to gather letters, the Survivors must collect eight letters from various
stations along the way. Once they have collected all the letters, the must
unscramble them to form the word "Road Trip." First person to successfully
collect and unscramble the letter to form the word "Road Trip" wins a new truck
and a day at the spa with a companion of their choice. Winner Gets: A new Chevy Trailblazer, a
full Thai dinner, a shower, and massage Winner: Ted Rogers, who shared his
Reward with Helen
Step
on Up (S5 Ep12) Description:
The Survivors race to collect puzzle pieces that fit into ten different steps,
which lead up to the winner's platform. First person to successfully place the
puzzle pieces in the correct slots of the staircase and climb to the top of the
platform wins. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner: Brian
Heidik
Try
Again (S5 Ep13) Description:
Racing along a six-stage course consisting of elements used in past Challenges,
the Survivors hoped to have learned from past mistakes. First person to
successfully complete each stage of the course and finish the final eating stage
wins. Stage 1: Dig for wicker ball Stage 2: Bamboo Balance beam Stage
3: Wicker ball fish net Stage 4: Solving knife puzzle Stage 5: Escaping
prison cell Stage 6: Eating tarantula Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Brian
Heidik
Slip
Through Your Fingers (S5 Ep13) Description:
Competing in an endurance Challenge, posing in an ancient traditional Thai pose
the Survivors must place three coins between in each finger in each hand. The
last person to maintain the pose and not let their money slip through their
fingers wins. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner: Brian
Heidik
Season 6
Unchained
(S6 Ep1) Description: Bound together with belted
chains and locks, the tribes must race through the jungle, negotiating an
obstacle course. As each station is completed, they acquire the keys that unlock
their chains. First tribe to successfully complete each stage of the course,
unlock their chains and cross the finish line wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Jaburu
Flip
Out (S6 Ep2) Description:
Both tribes compete side-by-side to assemble a giant puzzle which, when
assembled, reveals an Amazonian design. The pieces of the puzzle are scattered
about a field. Each tribe appoints a caller, who must guide his or her paired
and blindfolded tribemates gather the pieces. Once all pieces of the puzzle have
been collected, they are allowed to remove their blindfolds and construct their
puzzle. First tribe to successfully complete their puzzle wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Fishing Bait Winning Tribe:
Jaburu
Total
Recall (S6 Ep2) Description:
The Survivors are taken to an indigenous Amazon dwelling. They are given time to
observe the many details of the location. Once the time is up, they are asked a
series of questions about the dwelling. The tribe to answer the most questions
correctly wins. Winning Tribe
Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Tambaqui
Matchmaker
(S6 Ep3) Description:
Each castaway is given a station with 5 personal hygiene items placed under each
podium. Using their memory, one at a time, the players ask the others if the
have that corresponding survival item. The tribe that matches the most items
wins. Winning Tribe Gets: A
personal hygiene Kit Winning
Tribe: Jaburu
The
Great Escape (S6 Ep3) Description:
This Challenge tests the ability to solve problems as a team. Locked in a cage,
each tribe must complete certain tasks such as untying knots, cutting rope and
retrieving keys to unlatch the escape hatch. First tribe to complete all tasks
and unlock their escape hatch wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Jaburu
Light
My Fire (S6 Ep4) Description:
Each tribe is assigned a 30-foot tower with four lines of rope connected to each
tower. Each rope is strung down to four separate lighting stations where the
rope must be burned through thus releasing a banner on the tower. First tribe to
successfully burn through four ropes thus releasing their banners wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Refrigerator with
ice-cold Coca-Cola Winning Tribe:
Tambaqui
Gone
Fishin’ (S6 Ep4) Description:
Given one hour to catch as many fish as they can, the tribes faced off in an old
fashion fishing competition. The tribe whose catch out weighs the others at the
end of the hour wins. Winning Tribe
Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Tambaqui
The
Switch (S6 Ep5)
Description:
Although the luxurious "Get to Know You" retreat that culminated in the Switch
wasn't an actual competition, it was a Reward Challenge. Before they had to make
the fateful decisions that rearranged their tribes, lucky winners Dave and Jenna
were rewarded with cushy digs for the night and lots of good
food.
Up
the Creek (S6 Ep5) Description:
The tribes compete in a two-stage race for Immunity. First, they must complete a
word-search puzzle consisting of five words. Once completed, they must paddle
around a small island gathering the flags that corresponded to the words from
the puzzle. First tribe to successfully finish the word puzzle, gather the flags
and cross the finish line wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Jaburu
Log
Jam (S6 Ep6) Description:
Each team stands together on a platform over a mud pit. Between the platforms
sits a floating log. Pairs face off in a test of balance and strategy, shaking
and spinning the log, each trying to force their opponent to fall off the log
into a mud pit. Last one standing on the log wins a point for their tribe. First
tribe to earn five points wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Spices and a bowl
of fruit Winning Tribe:
Tambaqui
Piranha
Feast (S6 Ep6) Description:
The tribes are presented with hanging slabs of cooked meat. With their hands
tied behind their backs, each tribe member must bite off as much of the slab of
meat as possible and place it in their bowl hanging from a scale. The tribe with
the most meat in their bowls at the end of 10 minutes wins. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning Tribe:
Tambaqui
Perch
(S6 Ep7) Description:
In a test of endurance, the Survivors stand perched on planks of wood four
inches wide and twelve inches long. The Survivor who lasts the longest with out
falling off their perch wins. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner: Deena
Bennett
Mud
Bungee (S6 Ep8) Description:
Survivors harnessed to a bungee cord in randomly selected groups of three run
together in a pool of mud, collecting colored flags. First team to collect their
flags moves on to the final round, in which the three team members compete
against each other to determine the winner. Winner Gets: Bath & ice cream for
two Winner: Dave Johnson, who
shared his Reward with Deena
Face
Off (S6 Ep8) Description:
Survivors face off in an Amazon based Q&A session. With their Tree Mail,
each Survivor receives a mask to decorate. For each question a Survivor answers
correctly, they cut a section of rope connected to a swinging log that will
eventually smash the mask of another Survivor. The last tribemate with a mask
still intact wins. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner: Jenna
Morasca
Weapons
(S6 Ep9) Description:
Survivors compete in various stations testing their proficiency with indigenous
Amazonian weapons: blowguns, spears and bow and arrows. At each progressive
station, tribe members are eliminated, leaving a sudden-death bow-and-arrow
contest for the final two. Winner
Gets: Coffee Bar with cookies and pastries Winner: Alex Bell, who chose Jenna
Morasca to accompany him
Amazon
Menu (S6 Ep9) Description:
The Survivors face off in a four-round elimination indigenous-food-eating-race
consisting of: Cooked grasshopper, 10 live coconut worms, 5 cooked beetles, and
1 live rotten wood worm. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner:
Matthew Von Ertfelda
Auction
(S6 Ep10) Description:
Each Survivor is given $500 cash. Using this money, they must outbid their
tribemates for whatever desirable item is up for auction. Whoever outbids the
rest wins the item.
Touchy
Subjects (S6 Ep10) Description:
The Survivors receive a questionnaire, which they must fill out before the
Challenge. The questions range from personal information to private opinions
about tribemates. During the Challenge, the Survivors vote on what they think
was the most common answer given by the tribe as a whole. First person to answer
five questions correctly wins. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner: Rob
Cesternino
Paddle
(S6 Ep11) Description:
The Survivors race while paddling in local fishing boats to a floating station
where they must answer certain survival questions. Once a Survivor paddles out
in the river to their station and answers their question correctly, they must
paddle back to assemble a puzzle. First person to answer the question correctly
and solve the puzzle wins. Winner
Gets: Visit from a loved one Winner: Matthew Von
Ertfelda
Shoot
‘n’ Shuffle (S6 Ep11) Description:
In this two-part Challenge, the Survivors first use a slingshot to shoot down
their named plates hanging in the distance. When a plate is broken, it releases
a puck, which they will use in the next stage. One at a time the Survivors then
must slide their pucks down a shuffleboard. The goal is to land their puck
closest to the X at the far end of the board. The Survivor whose puck is closest
to the X wins. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner: Jenna
Morasca
Try
Again (S6 Ep12) Description:
Using elements of past and future Challenges, the Survivors compete in a
five-stage race. Stage 1: Untie knots to open the door of a three-sided
cage Stage 2: Solve a flip-out puzzle Stage 3: Swing on a rope across a
riverbed Stage 4: Solve a decoder puzzle to retrieve a key to unlock the
flying fox Stage 5: Fly down the flying fox pulley and retrieve the keys to
the car First person to successfully complete the five stages and retrieve
the car keys wins. Winner Gets:
A new Saturn ION™ and barbeque for two. Winner: Matthew Von
Ertfelda
Out
on a Limb (S6 Ep12) Description:
The Survivors race through an elevated rope course, each negotiating five
individual obstacles along the way. Each obstacle has a colored feather at the
end. First person to successfully retrieve all five of their colored feathers
and return to the center of the course wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Matthew Von
Ertfelda
Braille
Maze (S6 Ep13) Description:
Blindfolded, the Survivors must navigate their way through a giant maze using
Braille stations to help collect necklaces. Each necklace represents fire,
earth, water and wind. First person to collect all four necklaces and return to
the center of the maze wins. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner: Jenna
Morasco
Will
Power (S6 Ep13) Description:
In a test of will, each Survivor must stand barefoot on a narrow wooden plank
while holding an authentic Amazon headdress above them. Once someone falls off
the plank or lowers the headdress, they are eliminated from the Challenge. Last
person remaining on the plank with their headdress above them wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Jenna
Morasco
Season 7
Cannon
Carry (S7 Ep1) Description:
The tribes raced across varied terrain to transport a cannon through the jungle
and to the beach. Both tribes had to disassemble and reassemble their cannon at
the various obstacles along the course. The first to cross the finish line, with
their cannon assembled, wins. Winning
Tribe Gets: Immunity Winning
Tribe: Drake
Bountiful
Chest (S7 Ep2) Description:
Scattered along the ocean floor, marked by floating buoys, are five treasure
items. One at a time, a member from each tribe swam out, dove down and retrieved
an item. There was also a treasure chest on the ocean floor. Once the tribe had
placed all five items in that treasure chest and the fifth person was back at
the start, the entire tribe raced out and returned the treasure chest. The first
tribe to get the treasure placed on a platform won the reward. Winning Tribe Gets: The first of three
pieces to a map that would help the tribe to recover buried treasure; the right
to loot one item from the losing tribe's camp. Sandra pillaged the Morgan camp
for her tribe, and returned to Drake with the tarpaulin Morgan had been using to
shelter their sleeping quarters. Winning Tribe:
Drake
All
Tied Up (S7 Ep2) Description:
On the beach were two rafts attached to ropes, which led through a pulley 100
meters to a larger floating raft off shore. On each raft were three "prisoners,"
placed on and around a raft with their hands tied together at the wrists.
Members from the opposing tribe had to pull them as far out to sea as they could
before the "prisoners" untied themselves and swam back to shore with the ropes
they were tied up with and a bamboo holder. On the beach were 8 posts in a
circle, each representing a point on a compass. At the ends of the prisoner's
"tie-up ropes" are loops, and compass coordinates are located inside the bamboo.
The players had to race to locate the correct compass coordinates and when
attached correctly, the ropes intersect. The tribes had to dig under the
intersected point to find their flag. Once the flag was found, the tribes were
to attach it to their pole and raise it. The first tribe to raise their flag
pole wins. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winning Tribe:
Drake
Sprung
a Leak (S7 Ep3) Description:
Each tribe was given two boats and a fisherman's grappling hook. The Challenge
involved a boat war in which the goal was to sink both the other tribe's boats.
They could use the hooks to remove plugs that had been inserted into holes along
the sides of each boat. Removing the plugs would force water to rush into the
boat, ultimately sinking it. Winning
Tribe Gets: Blankets, mattresses, pillows, a piece of a map to the buried
treasure and the right to loot one item from the other tribe's camp. Winning Tribe:
Drake
Pull
Your Weight (S7 Ep3) Description:
Each team had one tribe member dangling in the air over the water from a rope
held by the rest of their tribe. The teams had to hold their member up for as
long as possible. Every 5 minutes, one person from the group had to let go until
finally one member from each tribe is left holding their rope as long as
possible. Whichever tribe kept their tribemate out of the water the longest
won. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winning Tribe:
Drake
Float-It
Notes (S7 Ep4) Description:
There were 16 puzzle pieces buried in the sand and hidden in the sea. The first
tribe to gather all sixteen pieces and complete the puzzle won. Winning Tribe Gets: A sewing kit; a
piece of a map to a buried treasure; the right to loot an item from the losing
tribe's camp Winning Tribe:
Drake, who were able to dig up their treasure. Inside the chest they found
goblets, candles, candleholders, canned foods, sugar, honey, blankets, coffee
beans and chocolate.
Boarding
Party (S7 Ep4) Description:
In the pirate tradition of "boarding" or "raiding" another ship, the Survivors
had to strategically choose from a pathway of planks and platforms to get all
their tribemates across to the other tribe's boat in a game of "human chess." If
along the way they came in contact with an opposing tribe member, they could
engage them in battle to possess the next platform. The first tribe to "board"
the opponents' boat with all their members won. Winning Tribe Gets: Immunity, plus the
right to kidnap a member of the losing tribe until the next Immunity
Challenge Winning Tribe: Morgan,
who kidnapped Rupert
Paddle
for Paddles (S7 Ep5) Description:
The rungs of a ladder were hidden on the ocean floor, and an idol was hidden in
the jungle. The first tribe to collect the rungs, assemble the ladder and place
the idol on the top wins. Winning
Tribe Gets: The right to loot one item from the other tribe; a water prize,
comprising a portable shower, a pot for boiling water, two jerry cans, rain
jackets, sponges, shampoo and conditioner. If Morgan won, they would also
receive the first piece of the map to their buried treasure. Winning Tribe:
Morgan
Survivor
Smoothie (S7 Ep5) Description:
The Survivors spun a wheel, which determined two ingredients that were blended
together for them to drink. The menu consisted of red shellfish, sardines, razor
clams, bleeding clams, sea water, squid, mango, rock oysters, conch, octopus,
coconut juice and a mysterious concoction of Jeff's making. The first person
unable to keep their smoothie down would cause their whole tribe to lose
Immunity. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winning Tribe:
Morgan
Ready
Aim Fire (S7 Ep6) Description:
In classic pirate style, the tribes must fire cannons to hit targets across the
way. The first tribe to hit all four of their targets wins the reward. Winning Tribe Gets: The reward
consisted of a grill, spices, lobsters and steaks. The reward also allowed the
winning tribe to loot one item from the losing tribe's camp. And, if Morgan were
to win, they would receive the second piece of the map to their buried
treasure. Winning Tribe:
Drake
Carry
That Weight (S7 Ep6) Description:
The tribes compete in a test of strategy and endurance. Three members from each
tribe hold poles across their shoulders, as the other two players load their
team's poles with sandbags chosen by the opposing team. The tribe members must
discuss who to load up with the most or least weight. Once the sandbags are all
loaded up, it's an endurance challenge. The last person standing wins for their
tribe. Winning Tribe Gets:
Immunity Winning Tribe:
Morgan
Pirate
Prison Break (S7 Ep7) Description:
A three-way battle of Morgan, Drake and the new Outcasts tribe. The tribes race
to escape from a four-stage Pirate Prison, each stage escalating in
difficulty. STAGE 1: The tribe
Rescuer races to the beach to retrieve the tribe colored flag and returns to the
prison cage to rescue the Prisoners. STAGE 2: The tribe Rescuer digs under
the prison cage door and unties Prisoner 1, and both dig under their cage
next door to get into cage 2. STAGE
3: The Rescuer and Prisoner 1 untie the next 2 prisoners (tied to posts in
the cage corners). Once untied, they assemble sticks and twine to make a pole
long enough to retrieve the keys hanging on the back wall of cage 3. Once
retrieved, they use the keys to unlock their door and get into the next
cage. STAGE 4: Once inside cage
3, the prisoners race to find the correct key to unlock the rest of their tribe.
Once all are unlocked, they "fish" for the key located outside the cage to open
the final door and race to the finish line. Winning Tribe Gets: If Morgan and Drake
both lose to the Outcasts, they must attend their own unplanned Tribal Council
to vote someone off. The Outcasts then participate in a Tribal Council to vote
two of their own back into the game. If either Morgan or Drake wins the
Challenge, the winners are spared the visit to Tribal Council, but the losing
tribe must vote someone off. Winning
Tribe: Outcasts
Keel
Hauling (S7 Ep8) Description:
In this first individual Immunity Challenge, the Survivors held their breath
while pulling themselves along a rope under a floating wood platform without
coming up for air. Winners of the first two heats had to swim under the platform
five times instead of one while transferring gold medallions from a pole on the
back of the platform to the front. The winner of the final heat won
Immunity. Winner Gets:
Immunity Winner: Burton
Roberts
Signal
Fire (S7 Ep9) Description:
In this individual challenge, the Survivors use slingshots to shoot at a series
of breakable targets on a fire tower. As each sequential target gets hit, it
releases a flaming torch, lighting the torch above it. The first player to break
all of the targets and light the top of the tower wins. Winner Gets: A great breakfast
including pancakes and syrup, bacon and eggs, sweet rolls, orange juice…all to
be eaten and enjoyed in a remotely beautiful location. Winner: Rupert
Mixed
Nuts (S7 Ep9) Description:
In this Q & A challenge, the Survivors are tested in their knowledge of
pirate lore. On the beach are nine coconut holding bins (one for each tribe
member) and nine piles of colored coconuts for each player. For each question
answered correctly, the Survivor gets a coconut to place in another player's
bin. Once a player receives 5 coconuts, that player is out of the game. The last
player "standing" with an unfilled coconut bin wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Rupert
Rats
in the Rigging (S7 Ep10) Description:
The tribe meets on the beach to find the wreck of an old Spanish galleon. This
Challenge involves an obstacle course, which includes racing up a cargo net,
swinging on a rope to the other side of the ship, climbing up to a crow's nest
and sliding down a large canvas sail. The castaways must pair up to compete in
two preliminary rounds. Finalists must gather a series of puzzle pieces as they
complete the course, then race to complete the puzzle. The first team to
complete the puzzle wins. Winner
Gets: A day at sea on a luxury catamaran with pizza and beer Winner: Burton Roberts and Lillian
Morris. Burton gave his Reward to Jon
Killer
(S7 Ep10) Description:
Survivors must compete in a cutthroat game of skill and accuracy using blow
guns. On a large target, each Survivor is designated a colored area. The goal is
to knock out all the other players by blowing darts onto the other castaway's
areas. The last player in the game wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Burton
Roberts
Loved
Ones Overboard (S7 Ep11) Description:
In this Q&A, each Survivor's Loved One starts at the end of his/her plank.
Each Survivor that answers a question correctly can send a tribemate's Loved One
one step backward on their plank. Four steps backward and they are in the drink.
The last Survivor with a Loved One still remaining on their plank wins. Winner Gets: To live at the Balboa camp
with his or her loved one for 24 hours. Winner: Jon
Dalton
What
Do You Make of This? (S7 Ep11) Description:
In this word Challenge, the Survivors are given boards with three words. They
must use the letters from those three words to form 20 new words: three
three-letter words, four four-letter words, five five-letter words, six
six-letter words, and two words that are seven or more letters. Words must be
English, no plurals and no cities or states. When a Survivor completes the
puzzle, Jeff Probst will check their boards. If any are wrong, they are out of
the Challenge. The first castaway to complete a board successfully wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Darrah
Johnson
Water
Obstacle Course (S7 Ep12) Description:
The Survivors split into two teams of three. Starting from a platform in the
water, the first team member must traverse a balance beam, then dive into the
water in order to retrieve paddles tied to floating boxes. Both players must
then untie three barrels from an underwater cable and proceed to a ladder, where
the last paddle would be tied. All three players in the team must then jump into
the water and proceed to the beach to retrieve their designated boat. The team
would then race the boat to the water and paddle back to the first floating
platform. The first team to touch the platform wins. Winner Gets: Twenty-four hours at a spa
in which the winners enjoy a refreshing shower and massages, followed by a full
dinner and a comfortable night's sleep in a real bed Winner: Jon Dalton, Lillian Morris and
Darrah Johnson
Musket
Love (S7 Ep12) Description:
In the first-ever SURVIVOR gun-shooting Challenge, the castaways must take aim
at kerosene soaked targets, with flare pistols. The player who hits all his or
her targets first wins. Winner
Gets: Immunity Winner: Darrah
Johnson
Let's
Give it Another Go, Mate (S7 Ep13) Description:
Survivors get a second chance to complete obstacles from Challenges past in a
race. Castaways must untie themselves and use the ropes to match up with
coordinates in order to dig up a buried key. Survivors then must use the key to
get into a jail cell, in which they construct a pole out of bamboo in order to
reach the key to their freedom. Once free, they must use a slingshot to break
three plates, after which they retrieve a word puzzle they must assemble. The
first to finish the course wins. Winner Gets: A night for two in Panama
City involving camping out at classic ruins as well as a feast of local food,
plus a surprise: GMC® ENVOY® XUV™ Winner: Burton Roberts, who chose Jon
Dalton to accompany him
Corks
and Keys (S7 Ep13) Description:
The Survivors must fill their canteens in order to fill a tube with water. Once
the tube is filled, a key rises and the castaway can unlock a plank over which
they must walk. The first Survivor to walk five planks wins Immunity. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Darrah
Johnson
Tribal
Draft (S7 Ep14) Description:
The Final Four Survivors competed against each other and the Jury in a test of
survival and pirate trivia. Host Jeff Probst asked questions, to which each
castaway wrote down the answer, and the Jury played as one. The first to get
five answers correct would win Immunity. If the Jury wins, nobody gets the
idol. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Jury
Set
Adrift (S7 Ep14) Description:
Based on an ancient pirate torture, the Survivors must balance themselves on a
small raft. They cannot use their knees or bottoms to rest. The last standing
wins. Winner Gets: Immunity Winner: Lillian Morris