Buggin' Out

Buggin' Out (also known as Tucker'd Out, Safari Supper, Marquesan Menu, Thai Menu, Amazon Menu, Survivor Smoothie, Survivor Smorgasbord, Cool Hand Balut, U Pick, I Chews, Samoa Smoothies, Caramoan Catering, Pesky Palate, Cambodian Catering, and Fijian Feast, but popularly referred to as the "Gross-Food Eating Challenge") is a recurring challenge that originated in and has since been used in later seasons.
==Rules==
In this challenge, castaways must eat a variety of native, usually gross foods. This challenge has appeared multiple times throughout the Survivor series. In and , instead of native delicacies, various ingredients were blended to create smoothies to be consumed.
As a tribal challenge, whoever finishes the dish first, wins a point for their respective tribe. When this challenge is used as an individual challenge, the last person to finish each dish is out, while the last player remaining wins.
==History==
=== United States ===
In its debut in , the castaways were to eat a serving of butod or bug larvae. If a contestant refused to eat the beetle larvae, the contestant's tribe would automatically lose the challenge for the tribe. In order to break the tie, each tribes' most squeamish member faced off. Gervase Peterson of Pagong and Stacey Stillman of Tagi were pitted against each other. Stacey finished the larva first and won immunity for Tagi.
The challenge returned in where a person from each tribe would compete against someone from the other. A spinning wheel determined what was to be eaten. This time, if someone refused to eat or threw up, they would lose a point for their tribe. Again, the challenge ended in a tie. Kimmi Kappenberg of Kucha and Tina Wesson of Ogakor were chosen for the tiebreaker, and Kimmi won for Kucha by eating a mangrove worm first.
Another variation of this challenge appeared in where castaways had to drink a shot of cow's blood. During the early rounds of the challenge, milk was added to the blood to make it more appetizing. This challenge ended in a tie, in which Kelly Goldsmith of Boran and Linda Spencer of Samburu had to drink a full glass of pure cow blood. Linda finished first and won for Samburu.
The challenge again appeared in . Tribe members had to eat farfaru (sunbathed fermented fish). This challenge ended in a tie, so Rob Mariano of Maraamu and Neleh Dennis of Rotu had to compete against each other in the tiebreaker. Rob threw some of it up, while Neleh finished first and won for Rotu.
The first time that it was used in the post-merge phrase was in , it was used as the family visit challenge where the last loved one standing won. Helen Glover's husband Jim won over Jake Billingsley's wife Jenny. At the final four Immunity Challenge, the final round was a tarantula-eating contest which was won by Brian Heidik.
In , it was used as an individual Immunity Challenge where the last two people in each round were eliminated. Ultimately, Matthew von Ertfelda won over Deena Bennett in the final round to win immunity.
In , the tribes faced off by individually competing against each other in a smoothie drinking challenge, where several exotic food items were mixed into a single disgusting concoction. The Morgan tribe won this challenge.
The challenge was reused in as an individual Reward Challenge, where the reward was a pizza feast with the winner's loved one to be enjoyed at the old Chapera camp. Similar to Thailand, the loved ones competed for reward. The slowest to finish a dish each round was eliminated. Tom Buchanan's son Bo won this challenge over Rob Mariano's brother Mike.
In , Koror selected Tom Westman and Ian Rosenberger to compete against Ulong's last members, Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephenie LaGrossa. The castaways had to eat balut. The first four rounds were even. The final round was a time trial, in which two castaways had to eat five balut. Tom finished his balut first, winning Koror 500 gallons of fresh water and various toiletries.
In , each castaway took turns eating Fijian delicacies in order to try to score a point for their tribe. Despite being excited to eat, due to their lack of food resources at camp, Ravu lost to Moto 5 to 2, sending Ravu to their third consecutive Tribal Council.
In , each castaway took turns traditional Chinese dishes in order to try to score a point for their tribe. Even though James Clement of Zhan Hu hatched a plan with the Fei Long tribe to throw the challenge, Denise Martin of Fei Long struggled to down the balut, forcing James to abandon the plan, paving the way for Zhan Hu to win immunity and send Fei Long to Tribal Council.
The variation of the challenge was similar to that of Pearl Islands, with smoothies once again being made out of the exotic ingredients. The Galu tribe won, mostly due to Ashley Trainer of Foa Foa having a tough time consuming her drinks.
When the challenge returned in , it was used for the first individual Immunity Challenge. In the end, John Cochran was able to beat Malcolm Freberg and win himself immunity.
In , the challenge ultimately came down to Gervase Peterson and Monica Culpepper in the final round. As in Borneo, Gervase again failed to eat his serving of larvae in time, giving Monica the win and immunity.
In , each castaway took turns eating Cambodian delicacies in order to try to score a point for their tribe. First, pairs competed to eat tarantulas, water beetles, and pig snouts in successive rounds; then, one representative of each tribe competed to eat deep-fried frog, pig brain, one scorpion, and balut. Just like in her original season, Kimmi of Bayon struggled due to being vegetarian, conceding a point to Woo Hwang on the pig brain. After an extremely close match, Tasha Fox scored the winning point against her rival Kass McQuillen, earning Bayon immunity.
In , the castaways battled for individual immunity. In each round, they were challenged to eat fish eyes, beetle larva, Yasawa sea slugs, and mother-of-pearl clam. In the final round, Angela Perkins beat out Michael Yerger to win immunity.
=== Australia ===
In , the challenge was used for the third individual Immunity Challenge. Ultimately, Sophie Woods beat Katie Gold in the final round to win immunity.
===France===
===Russia===
===South Africa===
In , the tribes competed for reward. Bajau won the second round, where Hein Vosloo beat Iban's Angie Bennett in eating a raw baby squid. Still, Iban was the first to score three points to win their second Reward Challenge.
=== United kingdom ===
In Pulau Tiga, the tribes competed for reward. Each castaway had to eat a bootah, a local delicacy, alternating by tribes. Each tribe member who was able to finish it scored a point. In the end, every castaway was able to eat one. To break the tie, each tribe chose someone from the opposing tribe to compete in a final round, where two bootah bugs had to be consumed without water. Jackie Carey of Ular beat Uzma Bashir Sheikh of Helang to win reward for her tribe.
In Panama, the challenge functioned similarly, except that different dishes were selected at random by the spin of a wheel. Ultimately, all tribe members were able to finish their dishes. Jonny Gibb of South Island narrowly defeated Meeta Bose of North Island in a tiebreaker challenge, consisting of several dishes from previous rounds, as well as a live crab.
==Winners==
<tabber>United States=
Episode	Challenge Type 	Winners
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Individual Reward(Family Visit)	
 	Individual Immunity 	
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Individual Reward(Family Visit)	
 	Tribal Reward 	
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Tribal Reward 	
 	Individual Immunity 	
 	Individual Immunity 	
 	Tribal Immunity 	
 	Individual Immunity 	
|-|Australia=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
 	Individual Immunity 	
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 2 	Tribal Immunity 	
Episode 3 	Tribal Immunity 	
Episode 4 	Tribal Immunity 	
Episode 3 	Tribal Immunity 	
Episode 3 	Tribal Reward 	
Episode 3 	Tribal Reward 	
Episode 3 	Tribal Immunity 	
Episode 5 	Tribal Reward 	
Episode 7 	Team Reward 	
Episode 8 	Team Reward 	
Episode 6 	Team Reward 	
Episode 6 	Tribal Immunity 	
Episode 3 	Tribal Immunity 	
Episode 5 	Team Reward 	
Episode 8 	Team Reward 	
Episode 7 	Team Reward 	
Episode 9 	Team Reward(Tied Destinies)	
Episode 10	Team Reward 	
Episode 8 	Individual Reward 	
Episode 9 	Team Reward 	
Episode 9 	Team Reward 	
Episode 9 	Team Reward(Tied Destinies)	
Episode 7 	Individual Immunity 	
Episode 12	Team Reward(Tied Destinies)	
Episode 12	Team Reward(Tied Destinies)	
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! Episode
! Challenge Type
! Winners
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| Episode 7
| Tribal Reward
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==Gallery==
<tabber>United States=
Stacy's tongue png 627x325 crop upscale q85.jpg|Stacey after eating a larvae ().
Tina food6.jpg|Kimmi vs. Tina at the challenge in .
LindaDrinksBlood.png|Linda after drinking cow's blood ().
BostonRobFafaru.jpg|Rob is unable to eat the fafaru ().
Buggin' Out Thailand.png|The loved ones compete in .
Jenna-smorg.jpg|Jenna eating a grasshopper ().
Michelle food chllng.jpg|Michelle drinks a smoothie in .
AllStarsSurvivorSmorgasbord.jpg|The loved ones competing in the challenge ().
Tom food chllg.jpg|Tom defeats Bobby Jon in the challenge in .
Liliana food.jpg|Liliana finishes her food in .
Frosti-2.jpg|Frosti finishes his food in .
Gross food samoa.jpg|Erik vs. Natalie ().
Epi8-gross-food-immunity.jpg|The first round in .
Gervase 11072017 EW.jpg|Gervase competes in .
Cambodian smorgasbord.png|Tasha and Kimmi face off against Spencer and Woo ().
S36 Ep9 SG 058b.jpg|Michael and Angela face off in the final round in .
|-|Australia=
Aurora Buggin' Out.jpg|The challenge in .
|-|France=
Kls1.ep2.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS2 Ep3 Buggin' Out.png|Béatrice competing in .
Kls3.ep4.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS4 Ep3 Buggin' Out.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS5 Ep3 Buggin' Out.jpg|Jérôme and Mohamed competing in .
KLS6 Ep3 Buggin' Out.jpg|Émilie competing in .
KLS7 Ep3 Buggin' Out.jpg|Filomène competing in .
KLS8 Ep5 Buggin' Out.jpg|Nathalie competing in .
Kls9.ep7.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS10 Ep8 Buggin' Out.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS11 Ep6 Buggin' Out.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS12 Ep6 Buggin' Out.jpg|Philippe competing in .
KLS13 Ep3 Buggin' Out.jpg|Caroline competing in .
KLS14 Ep5 Buggin' Out.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS15 Ep8 Buggin' Out.jpg|The challenge in .
KLS16 Ep7 Buggin' Out.png|The challenge in .
KLS17 Ep9 Buggin' Out.png|Jeff and Jessica competing in .
KLS18 Ep10 Buggin' Out.png|The challenge in .
KLS19 Ep8 Buggin' Out.png|Alexandra competing in .
KLS20 Ep9 Buggin' Out.png|The challenge in .
Kls21.ep9.jpg|Fabian and Marguerite competing in .
KLS23 Ep9 Buggin' Out.png|Cindy and Nicolas competing in .
KLS24 Ep7 Buggin' Out.png|Claude and Jessica competing in .
KLS28 Ep12 Reward Challenge.png|The challenge in .
KLS28 Ep12 Reward Challenge2.png|François and Olga competing in Le Totem Maudit.
KLS29 Ep12 Reward Challenge.png|Frédéric and Nicolas competing in .
KLS29 Ep12 Reward Challenge2.png|Esteban competing in Le Feu Sacré.
|-|Russia=
Lizards second immunity challenge.png|Aleksandr T. finishes his food in Posledniy Geroy 1.
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==Trivia==
* Dirk Been was the first castaway to finish a food item in this challenge.
* This challenge was used as the second Immunity Challenge in the first four seasons of .
**  became the first season to not feature the challenge in its second episode.
* Amber Brkich, Andrew Savage, Ciera Eastin, Gervase Peterson, Jenna Lewis, Kelly Wiglesworth, Kimmi Kappenberg, Laura Morett, Rob Mariano, Rupert Boneham, Tina Wesson, and Tom Buchanan have all been a part of this challenge twice.
** However, Amber, Jenna, Rob, Rupert, and Tom only directly participated once, because it was their loved ones who did the eating the second time around in .
** Kimmi is the only castaway to win this challenge twice, despite her failing to digest food on both seasons due to being a vegetarian.
* Beetle larva and balut (duck embryo) are the most commonly occurring food items that have been featured; , Thailand, , , , and for beetle larva and All-Stars, , , Caramoan, and for balut.
* When this challenge was used for the family visit, the loved ones themselves competed.
* This challenge appeared in the first eight seasons of the show.
* Every person who has won this challenge as an individual Immunity Challenge has made it to the finale episode of their respective season.
* Both winners of this challenge's tiebreaker in Survivor (U.K.) made it to the Final Tribal Council of their respective season.
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