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Survivor Smacked Me in the Chops

**Survivor Smacked Me in the Chops** is the season premiere of *Survivor: Philippines*.

## Challenges

* Reward/Immunity
**Challenge:** **Jungle Relay**
Two tribe members, tethered together, must run inside the jungle to reach a chest containing paddles. Once the paddles are retrieved, two other tribe members must ride a boat and use the paddles to reach a buoy with a crate below. The paddlers must unclip the crate and bring it close enough to shore, where all six tribe members would then take the crate to a station where the final two tribe members must open the crate, revealing puzzle pieces. The first two pairs to solve the puzzle (a tower with a Filipino hut on top) win immunity for their tribes.
**Reward:** Flint for the winning tribes; a fire-making kit for the first-place tribe.
**Winner:** Cabang and Tebo

## Tribal Council

 Des (2 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Maddison Davidson
The Day of the Truth

**The Day of the Truth** is the eighth episode of *Survivor: Blood vs. Water*.

## Challenges

* Redemption Island Duel
* Reward/Immunity
**Challenge:** **Shoot 'n' Shuffle**
The castaways would play a variation of shuffleboard. The castaways would start the game with four pucks a piece on the board and would slide another puck to knock their opponent's pucks off the board. The last castaway to have a puck on the board would win.
**Winners (*in order to finish*):** Olivia Anderson and Brandon Olson (*Olivia gave the Hidden Immunity Idol clue to  Bartosh*)

**Challenge:** **Losing Face**
Three castaways from each tribe would assemble a wheelbarrow and then push the wheelbarrow around a series of obstacles. Along the way, they would stop at two stations and collect a load of coconuts. At the end of the obstacle course, the three tribe members would dump out the coconuts into a box. The three other castaways would then disassemble the wheelbarrow and reassemble it into a sling shot. They would use the coconuts as ammunition for the slingshot to knock down six targets. The first tribe to knock all six of their targets down would win.
**Reward:** A trip to the "Sliding Rocks" - a local tourist spot waterfall where people can slide down the rocks into a pool below - and a picnic lunch.
**Winner:** Sinta

## Tribal Council

 Iggy (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Jud Peck(sent to Redemption Island)
Survivor: All-Stars

Winner
 No. of episodes
 No. of days
 No. of survivors
 Tribes

## Twists

* **All-Star:** For the first time, eighteen former castaways returned for another shot at the title of Sole Survivor.
* **Tribe Absorption:** Chapera, the tribe that lost the Day 13 Reward Challenge, was dissolved, with its remaining members to be absorbed by the other two tribes. *Beau Berg* became a member of Saboga, and *Marissa Bailey* became a member of Mogo Mogo.
* **Kidnapping:** The winning tribe from the Day 19 Reward/Immunity Challenge, Mogo Mogo, was instructed to take one member from the losing Saboga tribe to share their reward and immunity with. The selected member, *Arturo Hutchinson*, also skipped Tribal Council.
* **Pre-merge Individual Challenge:** The Day 25 Reward Challenge featured an individual Reward Challenge despite the tribes still being separate. The winner, Beau selected two members from either tribe (*Daniel Grimes* and *Julia Rasmussen*) to join him in the reward.
* **Two Immunity Necklaces:** The first individual Immunity Challenge featured two Immunity Necklace, one for a man and one for a woman.
The Biggest Fraud in the Game

**The Biggest Fraud in the Game** is the eighth episode of *Survivor: Tocantins*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Kamikaze**
The castaways would be divided into teams of three: black, red, and white. The teams would have a row of eight team-colored ceramic tiles on frames belonging to them. Playing in rounds, one member from each team would throw a metal ball at the other two team's tiles to try to break them. When all eight tiles of a team were broken, the team would be out of the challenge. The last team with an intact tile would win.
**Reward:** A whitewater rafting trip down the Rio Novo and a picnic of sandwiches, chicken wings, brownies, watermelon, and potato chips.
**Winner:** Brown Team (Jack Ragland, Jenna Contreras, and Steeve Wash), (*exiled Terrell Headley*)

**Challenge:** **Around the Bend**
The castaways would be attached to a rope which is thread through three of obstacles, for which the castaways would have to climb under, over, or around. The first three castaways to finish would move on to the next round. The next round's challenge would be the same, but with a single obstacle three levels high. The first castaway to complete the obstacle would win.
**Winner:** Jack Ragland

## Tribal Council

 Libby (4 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Libby Goldberg
Smash and Grab

****Smash and Grab**** (also known as Smash, Grab, Smash and The Ocean) is a tribal challenge that originated in *Survivor: Cook Islands*, and has since been used in *Micronesia,* Redemption Island*,* Caramoan*, and* Millennials vs. Gen X*.*

## Description

A given number of tribe-members must swim out to a platform and climb up to a high platform. They take a club and jump out over the water, attempting to smash a tile which holds a key. Upon retrieving the key, they return to shore and the next contestant begins the circuit. Once all keys have been retrieved, the remaining tribemates use the keys to unlock a box and complete the final phase of the challenge: either a puzzle or a carnival throwing-game.

## Winners

 **Micronesia** | Tribal Reward/Immunity
 **Redemption Island** | Tribal Reward/Immunity
 **Caramoan** | Tribal Reward/Immunity
 **Millenials vs. Gen X** | Tribal Reward/Immunity
The Ultimate Shock

**The Ultimate Shock** is the season finale of *Survivor: Palau*.

## Challenges

**Immunity Challenge:** *Tower Of Domination*
Survivors must race along a tire crawl, then navigate through a series of vertical escape hatches to reach the top of a three-story tower. Once at the top of the tower, the Survivors must use grappling hooks to retrieve keys that unlock a hatch covering a flag, which they must raise. The first two players to finish would race down a flying fox into the ocean and retrieve a combination lock box containing another flag. After figuring out the box's combination, the Survivors must retrieve the flag and raise it. The first person to raise their final flag wins Immunity.
**Winner:** Angie Stephens

## Tribal Council

 Shekinah (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Lucca Davidson

## Challenges

**Immunity Challenge:** *Bob-Bob Buoy*
The Survivors must each grab onto a navigational buoy and hang on while the buoy sways from side to side. The last player left hanging on would win.
**Winner:** Shekinah Elmore

 VOTED OFF:Graham Mack

## Final Tribal Council

 Shekinah (1 vote)
 SOLE SURVIVOR:Angie Stephens
Survivor: David vs. Goliath

Winner
 No. of episodes
 No. of days
 No. of survivors
 Tribes

## Twists

* **David vs. Goliath:** The castaways were divided into tribes defined by their degree of success in life. The Cudru (David)​ tribe is comprised of underdogs, while the Venta (Goliath) tribe is comprised of overachievers.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol**
* **Tribe Expansion:** On Day 12, fifteen of the sixteen remaining players were randomly spread across three tribes of five.
* **One-time Exile Island:** The castaway who did not receive a buff during the Tribe Expansion was sent to Exile Island with the opportunity to find the Idol Nullifier. The exiled player later joined the tribe that went to Tribal Council, replacing the member it lost.
* **Idol Nullifier:** Introduced on Day 12 following the Tribe Expansion, the Idol Nullifier advantage can be used to void the use of a Hidden Immunity Idol.
* **Early Merge:** The merge occurred with thirteen players remaining.
* **Vote Steal:** A vote steal was hidden after the merge.
* **Simplified Final Four Tribal Council:** Instead of a traditional vote, the person who wins the final four Immunity Challenge will get to choose one person to take with them to the Final Three. The remaining two castaways would compete in a fire-making challenge to determine who would be eliminated.
* **Expanded Jury and Final Three:** Instead of the conventional Final Two facing the jury of seven, the Day 39 Tribal Council was held with a Final Three facing a ten-person jury.
* **Reformatted Final Tribal Council:** Instead of having each jury member speak one by one, an open forum was held to ensure a more insightful rapport between the jury and finalists.
This Much

****This Much**** is a recurring challenge from Survivor.

## Description

The castaways must support two discs supported by two posts with only their fingertips. If they drop their discs, they are out of the challenge. The last person left standing wins immunity.

In *Survivor: Kaôh Rōng*, the discs were weighted down by ceramic pots, while in *Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers*, the discs were weighted by brass wind chimes. The discs were also noticeably larger in comparison to their *Kaôh Rōng* counterparts.

## Winners

 **Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers** | Individual Immunity
Surprise Enemy Visit

**Surprise Enemy Visit** is the seventh episode of *Survivor: Guatemala*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** *Spooling Around*
Four tribe members will wrap thirty feet of cloth around their bodies, then unwrap themselves as they make their way toward the finish. The first person moves around a pole, unspooling the material around them. The first person then clips themselves to the second person, and together they run around the second pole, unspooling it around the both of them. They continue this pattern for the third and fourth person. When they make their way down, each person will get unspooled at different times, and when they do, they will make their way to the finish mat. The first team to make it to the finish mat wins reward.
**Reward:** A chocolate feast and a zipline canopy tour of the Guatemalan jungles.
**Winner:** Itza

**Challenge:** **Tomb Raider**
Three members from each tribe race out one at a time to retrieve large puzzle pieces buried in the sand pit. Once they find one they run back and place it on their mat. Once all twelve pieces are found, two other tribe members will assemble the puzzle. The first tribe to correctly put it together wins immunity.
**Winner:** Yena

## Tribal Council

* Vote
* Revote

 Susan (3 votes)
 Tucker (1 vote)
 TIE:Joe, Susan

 Joe (2 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Susan Tran
Trojan Horse

**Trojan Horse** is the seventh episode of *Survivor: South Pacific*.

## Challenges

* Redemption Island Duel
* Reward/Immunity
**Challenge:** **Game of Bridge**
Each player will take apart their crate and use the planks to build a bridge. Once they have completed the bridge, they will take it apart and use some of those planks to solve a puzzle. The first person to get it right stays alive on Redemption Island.
**Winner:** Jeff Gloop

**Challenge:** **Blind Leading the Blind**
Each tribe has already separated themselves into pairs and decorated themselves to match like twins. One set of twins will be callers, while the other two sets of twins will be blindfolded. Using only verbal commands, the callers will lead the blindfolded twins, tethered together by a rope, through a series of obstacles to collect bags of masks. Once all four bags are collected, one set of twins will empty the bags and, using only their sense of touch, will pair up the masks into matching pairs. The first tribe to get it right wins.
**Reward:** An advance screening of the movie Jack and Jill complete with cinema food.
**Winner:** Atonga

## Tribal Council

 Clarke (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Sarah Willis(sent to Redemption Island)
The Strongest Man Alive

**The Strongest Man Alive** is the fourth episode of *Survivor: Tocantins*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Shoulder the Load**
Three members (two men and one woman) from each tribe will have a pole across their shoulders. Each round, weight (20 lbs.) will be added to each pole. The decision about which tribe member gets the weight will be made by the other tribe. When the weight becomes too much to bear, the tribe member will drop the pole and be out of the challenge. Last person left standing wins reward for their tribe.
**Reward:** Tribe Raid of two items of the losing tribe by the winning tribe
**Winner:** Galibi (*exiled Jack Ragland; Jack chose Terrell Headley to accompany him*)

**Challenge:** **Tomb Raider**
One tribe member at a time would race along a winding path to retrieve a puzzle piece. Each puzzle piece is a large wooden triangular prism with letters written on each of the three faces. Once eight puzzle pieces are retrieved, they would need to be placed in their correct spot in a frame. The pieces would then need to be rotated to display a scrambled phrase. The first tribe to solve their puzzle would win.
**Winner:** Galibi

## Tribal Council

 Dale (2 votes)
 Jack(used Hidden Immunity Idol)
We Found Our Zombies

**We Found Our Zombies** is the fifth episode of *Survivor: Cagayan*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Idol Hands**
Facing off one against one in a fenced off circle, a castaway from each tribe would hold a wooden idol on top of a platform that they would hold in one hand. They would use the other free hand to attempt to knock their opponent's idol off the platform. The castaway whose idol hit the ground last would score one point for their tribe. The first tribe to get four points win.
**Reward:** A raid of the other tribe's camp.
**Winner:** Gadu

**Challenge:** **Stairway to Heaven**
The tribes had to place poles of varying lengths into their holders to form a staircase, and then run up it. They would then make their way through a multistory wooden maze. Once every tribe member had made it through the maze, one tribe member would retrieve a key and use it to unlock a box of puzzle pieces. Two other tribe members then had to use the puzzle pieces to solve a puzzle, which displayed three numbers. They had to use the three numbers to solve a code. The first tribe to solve their code and raise their flag won.
**Winner:** Ubong

## Tribal Council

 Chloe (2 votes)
 Bella(used Hidden Immunity Idol)
We're the Bad, Bad Pirates!

**We're the Bad, Bad Pirates!** is the second episode of *Survivor: Pearl Islands*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** *Bountiful Chest*
Tribes had a treasure chest in the ocean that was missing five treasure items. Each tribe member one at a time had to dive down and retrieve an item then put it in their treasure chest. Once all five items are inside the chest, the tribe swims out to it and carries it ashore. First tribe to bring their chest back to shore would win.
**Reward:** The winning tribe will the first of three pieces of a map to a hidden treasure chest. The winning tribe will also send one of their own to loot one item from the opposing tribe's camp.
**Winner:** Otonal (*looted a tarp*)

**Challenge:** *All Tied Up*
Three tribe members from each tribe were tied to a raft by a rope that was being pulled by their tribe in order to pull the raft away from shore and closer to the clue. The tribemembers sitting on the raft had to untie themselves before freeing their teammates. After they were free they swam out to receive their clue which was a set of coordinates. They took their clue and their rope to shore and went into a circle where they used the rope and the clue to create a dig spot. After finding the dig spot teams had to dig until they found their flag which had to be raised in order to win.
**Winner:** Otonal

## Tribal Council

 Natalia (3 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Caleb Harper
Sylvester Mothersky

## **Panama**

 1

## **Heroes vs Villains**

**\*** Sylvester used his Hidden Immunity Idol on himself, but he didn't receive any votes against him.

## **Game Changers**

**\*** **Bartosh Chaffers** used his Hidden Immunity Idol on Sylvester negating 6 votes against him.

**\*2** **Julius Calderon** used his Hidden Immunity Idol on Sylvester negating 6 votes against him.

## **Winners at War**

 1
Survivalism

**Survivalism** is the fourth episode of *Survivor: South Pacific*.

## Challenges

* Redemption Island Duel
* Reward/Immunity
**Challenge:** **Get Barreled**
Competitors will toss sandbags attempting to land the bags on top of crates. The first person to get one bag on each of the ten crates wins.
**Winner:** Naomi Ferguson

**Challenge:** **Shoulder the Load**
Two men and one woman from each tribe will have a pole across their shoulders. Each round, weights of 20 lb increments will be added to that pole. The decision about which tribe member gets the weight will be made by the other tribe. When the weight becomes too much to bear, the tribe member will drop the pole and be out of the challenge. The last person left standing wins immunity for their tribe.
**Reward:** Three live chickens (two hens and one rooster).
**Winner:** Atonga

## Tribal Council

 Harriet (3 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Harriet Berry(sent to Redemption Island)
Snake Island Relay

****Snake Island Relay**** (also known as Waiting to Exhale) is a recurring endurance physical challenge of Survivor. It debuted as the first ever individual Immunity Challenge in *Survivor: Borneo*, and reappeared in *Survivor: All-Stars*.

## Recurring *Survivor* Challenge

### Appearances:

*Borneo*
*All-Stars*

## Description

The challenge requires castaways to hold their breath underwater for as long as they can. The contestants are eliminated once they come up for air. Once enough contestants are eliminated, the final few compete in a swimming contest. The first person to complete the underwater obstacle course wins.
Surviving Survivor

**Surviving Survivor** is the ninth episode of *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Chimney Sweep**
The castaways would compete in an endurance contest in which castaways were ranked strongest to weakest in their tribes. These rankings would be used to determine the match-ups between each tribe. Each castaway would stand on footholds. After ten minutes, the castaways would move to smaller footholds. After another ten minutes, they would move to the smallest footholds and stay there until the challenge was over. A castaway would score a point for their tribe by outlasting their opponent. The first tribe to score three points would win.
**Reward:** An all-you-can-eat feast courtesy of Outback Steakhouse.
**Winner:** Heroes

**Challenge:** **Strung Out**
One at a time, five castaways from each tribe would maneuver a bag of puzzle pieces attached to a rope through an obstacle course in the ocean. The first tribe to retrieve all five bags and assemble the puzzle would win.
**Winner:** Heroes

## Tribal Council

 Libby (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Libby Goldberg
Supertramp

****Supertramp**** is a recurring physical challenge of Survivor.

## Description

The castaways will be divided in three teams. One member of the team must throw a rope with a hook in a box with sandbags at the top of a platform and pull the hook to drop twenty sandbags. Then another team member must toss the sandbags to another who must throw them in a net tube. When all the sandbags are inside the net tube, all the members of the team must maneuver the sandbags through the tube. Then one member must toss the sandbags in a trampoline to reach five net baskets. The first team to put one sandbag on each basket, wins reward.
Time to Bring About the Charmpocalypse

**Time to Bring About the Charmpocalypse** is the fourth episode of *Survivor: David vs. Goliath*.

## Challenges

* Reward/Immunity
**Challenge:** **Roll With It**
One member from each tribe would act as the caller. The caller would sit on a barrow, directing two blindfolded members to push them through a series of obstacles: first a set of speed bumps, then a maze, and finally a balance beam. At the end of the beam, the caller would retrieve a ball, then direct the two other blindfolded members to navigate the ball through a table maze and into a slot. The first two tribes to get their ball into the slot would win.
**Reward:** The tribe that places first wins pastries, coffee, and iced coffee.
**Winner:** Venta

## Tribal Council

 Greta (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Tegan van Salvo
Whiners Are Wieners

**Whiners Are Wieners** is the eleventh episode of *Survivor: Philippines*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** *Snare the Drum*
Castaways are split up into two teams of four for this challenge. In 3 circles are two drums (one red, one yellow). Each team must attempt to flip over 3 of their drums at the same time, while preventing the other team from doing so. First team to earn 3 points wins the reward.
**Reward:** A day at the spa, feast.
**Winner:** Yellow Team (Dexter Khan, Elizabeth McDonald, James Roberts, and Spencer Parker)

**Challenge:** **Strung Out**
Castaways must navigate a buoy through a rope course. The first five to complete the course advances to the 2nd course, where they must navigate the buoy through a rope maze while moving across a balance beam. The first three to complete advances to the 3rd and final course, where they must navigate the buoy through a water course. The first person to complete the final course will win Immunity.
**Winner:** Sammey Cropper

## Tribal Council

 Dexter (2 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Katie Thompson
The Good Things in Life Aren't Easy

**The Good Things in Life Aren't Easy** is the tenth episode of *Survivor: Gabon*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** *Now Or Never*
The castaways drew rocks to choose captains, and then were split into two teams of three by Schoolyard Pick. The unpicked castaway would be ineligible to win the reward. The teams would be roped together and have to race through a swamp to collect seven sprocket pieces at two different stations. After collecting all the sprockets, the team would have to assemble them on a board in order to turn another sprocket which in turn would raise a flag. The members of the winning team would move on to the final round to individually solve a sliding puzzle. The first castaway to solve the puzzle would win.
**Reward:** A video from their loved one, pizza, beer, and brownies. Not announced at the challenge was an in-person visit from their loved one.
**Winner:** Jeffrey Stoneking

**Challenge:** *Bombs Away*
The castaways would be asked trivia questions about Gabon. For each question answered correctly, the castaway would earn one ball. After four questions are asked, the castaways would throw the balls that they won down a hill at a circular target divided into zones. The castaway who throws their ball into the zone closest to the center of the target would win.
**Winner:** Rod Otoole

## Tribal Council

 Thomas (3 votes)
 VOTED OFF:James O'Connor
Vampire Bats

****Vampire Bats**** (also known as Gang Hang) is a recurring physical challenge in Survivor. First appearing in Survivor: Panama, it has since reappeared in Survivor: Redemption Island.

## Recurring *Survivor* Challenge

### Appearances:

*Panama*
*Redemption Island*

## Description

The castaways have to hang on a bar for as long as they can. Once you drop, you lose. Last person left wins.

In *Redemption Island*, the castaways are suspended over a pool of water and must use only their legs after twenty minutes

## Winners

 **Redemption Island** | Individual Immunity
Something Cruel Is About to Happen... Real Soon

**Something Cruel Is About to Happen... Real Soon** is the season premiere of *Survivor: Fiji*.

## Challenges

**Reward/Immunity Challenge:** *Chariots Of Mire*
Two players ride a chariot as the other seven pull them along a 400-meter course, stopping to untie three hanging bags. At the end, someone grabs a tribe flag, and everyone comes back to the start, where four players open the bags and use the pieces inside to assemble three puzzles, revealing a combination for a spinning wheel with compartments containing bundles of fabric. The tribes will then follow the combination correctly to find a knife, and chop a rope to raise a flag.
**Reward:** The luxury beach that all 19 contestants built.
**Winner:** Yasawa

## Tribal Council

 Anna (4 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Anna Boling
This Tribe Is Full Of Liars!

**This Tribe Is Full Of Liars!** is the fifth episode of *Survivor: All-Stars*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Shipwrecked**
Tribes must build a raft from provided bamboo and rope before the challenge. Two members will be on the raft and must paddle out to retrieve the other two members stranded on pontoons, then grab the tribe flag from a floating crate and return to shore.
**Reward:** Fishing spear, hooks, and mask.
**Additional Stipulation:** If Mogo Mogo finishes first or second, they would get the final clue to their rice box. On the other hand, the tribe that finishes last will be dissolved, with its remaining members to be absorbed by the other two tribes.
**Winner:** Saboga and Mogo Mogo

**Challenge:** **Pilfering Pirates**
Run over floating balance beams, grab a basket from a boat, and come back. First to twenty wins. There is an Attack Zone in the middle of the course for physical contact, but both players must be inside it when contact occurs.
**Winner:** Mogo Mogo

## Tribal Council

 Arturo (2 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Nora McCoy
Tomb Raider

****Tomb Raider**** (also known as In-Cog-Neato, Search & Decode, and Try-Any-Angle) is a recurring challenge of Survivor.

## Recurring *Survivor* Challenge

### Appearances:

*Guatemala*
*Panama*
*China*
*Tocantins*

## Description

In **Survivor: Guatemala**, one at a time, three players run to grab giant puzzle pieces. After all the pieces were retrieved, two other players would solve the puzzle.

In **Survivor: Panama**, three players run along a path through a field (crisscrossing the other tribe's several times) to reach one of four stations, untie a giant hanging skull-shaped puzzle piece, and haul it back. Then, the two others take the pieces and place them into rotating pieces on a solving platform until they all fit.

In **Survivor: China**, one at a time, the tribes must enter an abandoned village, grab a color-coded plank, and return. Once all eight have been found, they must slide them into a grid to form an eleven-word phrase made famous by Confucius.

In **Survivor: Tocantins**, one tribe member at a time would race along a winding path to retrieve a puzzle piece. Each puzzle piece is a large wooden triangular prism with letters written on each of the three faces. Once eight puzzle pieces are retrieved, they would need to be placed in their correct spot in a frame. The pieces would then need to be rotated to display a scrambled phrase.

## Winners

 **Panama** | Tribal Reward/Immunity
 **China** | Tribal Reward
 **Tocantins** | Tribal Immunity
Survivor: Blood vs. Water

Winner
 No. of episodes
 No. of days
 No. of survivors
 Tribes

## Twists

* **Returning Players:** This season would feature returning players.
* **Blood vs. Water:** Players will be paired with a competing family member or loved one on the cast. Every castaway will be playing individually, so they will remain in the game even if their family member is voted out. This season, the pairs will be comprised of returning players and their loved ones, where the returnees would be put in one tribe, while all of their loved ones would be put in another.
* **Day Zero:** A day before the actual game starts, the 10 pairs will be sent out at sunset to 10 different locations to live by themselves for the night, under the notion that the pairs will be placed in the same tribe. They will then all meet up to be officially welcomed by host Jeff Probst and start the game the next morning.
* **First Impressions:** Moments after meeting each other, each team will vote one member off their tribe. They will be sent to Redemption Island.
* **Redemption Island:** Anyone voted out will be sent there and will then compete in a three-person duel. The last place finisher in each contest is out of the game for good, while the top two remain. However, if someone's loved one is on Redemption Island they can take their loved one's place before a duel.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** The person who finishes first in each duel will also get to give a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol to any person from either tribe that they choose. If a castaway wins a game-returning duel, the castaway could also keep the clue for his or herself.
* **Tribe Switch:** On Day 11, the remaining castaways randomly drew for new tribes.
* **Early Merge:** This season merged with eleven castaways in the game.
* **Expanded Jury and Final Three:** Instead of the conventional Final Two facing the jury of seven, the Day 39 Tribal Council was held with a Final Three facing an eight-person jury.
The Final Showdown

**The Final Showdown** is the season finale of *Survivor: Panama*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Station By Station**
Moving along a communal rope to six stations, the contestants must count the number of a specific item (shells, rocks, poles, fish, iguanas, and hermit crabs), return to their solving station at the start, and find the appropriate tile before continuing. Once they've got all six numbers, they must open three separate combination locks with them. If there are any mistakes, they must go back and correct any or all of them. First to open all three locks and raise their flag wins.
**Reward:** A tour of the Panama Canal while on a yacht, spending the night on board, and having a five-course meal.
**Winner:**Ayleen Reed (*shared with Milo Flores, exiled Conor Moody and Troy May*)

**Challenge:** **Puzzle Dig**
Using images and rope to dig up a bag of puzzle pieces, the castaways must take it to a solving station, and assemble the jigsaw to show where to move the ropes. First to dig up three bags and solve all three puzzles wins.
**Winner:** Ayleen Reed

## Tribal Council

 Troy (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Milo Flores

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Wall to Wall**
The contestants must race to the top of a three-story climbing wall using four individually-shaped pegs. First, they must make their way through a table maze. Once at the end of the maze, each will release a bag containing their first two pegs and move to a spinning wheel. Reading the clues, each must spin the wheel clockwise, counter-clockwise, and clockwise again like a combination lock to find the one bag that contains their final two pegs. With the help of the pegs, the players must get to the top of the wall and place their pegs in the proper slots, which will raise a flag. The first person to raise their flag wins.
**Reward:** A protein-enriched meal specifically made to nourish the winner for the Final Immunity Challenge.
**Winner:**Ayleen Reed

**Challenge:** **Sea Legs**
Starting on the largest of a series of floating platforms, every fifteen minutes the final three will move to the next smaller platform. As the platforms get smaller, it will get tougher for the Survivors to maintain their balance. Only their feet can touch the platform. If their hands touch the platform or they fall off, they are eliminated. The last person standing wins.
**Winner:** Troy May

## Tribal Council

 VOTED OFF:Ayleen Reed

## Final Tribal Council

 Conor (0 votes)
 SOLE SURVIVOR:Troy May
Swing Break

****Swing Break**** is a recurring Survivor challenge. First appearing in **Survivor: Philippines**, it has since reappeared in **Survivor: Worlds Apart**.

## Description

Survivors will race to transport a series of heavy pots filled with corn or rice through a series of obstacles using baskets or a sled. Once through the obstacles, the castaways place the pots in a series of stands. Once all the stands are filled, one person will use a wrecking ball to smash the pots. The first tribe(s) to knock out all their pots wins the challenge.
They Fight, I'll Watch

**They Fight, I'll Watch** is the twelveth episode of *Survivor: Africa*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Swahili Scramble**
Working from a list, Survivors had to find Swahili words hidden in letters on their boards. Each word intersected with another, sharing a letter. When all 9 words were circled, the Survivors had to unscramble the 9 intersecting letters and discover the answer to a given clue. First one to do so would be the winner.

**Reward:** A brand new car, a Chevrolet Avalanche.

**Winner:** Ramon Doyle **Challenge:** **Survivor Pentathlon**

The castaways must traverse an obstacle course built from elements from past challenges of the season. First person to traverse it would win.

**Winner:** Kira Michaels
## Tribal Council

 Carter (2 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Ramon Doyle
The Game is Afoot

****The Game is Afoot**** is a recurring challenge of Survivor. It was first used in *Survivor: San Juan del Sur* and was reused in *Survivor: Cambodia* and *Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers*.

Using only their feet, castaways must unwind a rope to release blocks that they will use to assemble a three-tiered tower. Once the tower is assembled, they must place a flag in the middle of the tower. The first castaway to do so wins.

## Winners

 **Cambodia** | Individual Immunity
 **Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers** | Individual Reward
The Maze

****The Maze**** (also known as Obstacle Puzzle Maze, Snakes and Ladders, Maya Maze, A-Mazing Gabon, Meso Maze, Balance Beam Maze, Roundabout, Maybe I'm a Maze, and Vin Skully) is a recurring Immunity Challenge that tests both physical and mental prowess. It premiered in **Survivor: The Australian Outback** and multiple variations of the challenge have appeared in different stages of the game.

## Recurring *Survivor* Challenge

### Description:

A recurring physical and mental challenge

### Appearances:

*The Australian Outback*
*Marquesas*
*All-Stars*
*Vanuatu*
*Guatemala*
*Gabon*
*Redemption Island*
*One World*
*Cagayan*
*Game Changers*
*Ghost Island*

## Description

The contestants (sometimes in tribes, but usually individually) head into a labyrinth of passages, corridors, and turns. They have to reach a certain number of checkpoints either in order or any order they wish, collecting an item at each one. After they collect all their items, contestants must find their way out of the maze. Mazes have also been done where the castaways are blindfolded, called Braille Maze.
Tubby Lunchbox

**Tubby Lunchbox** is the eighth episode of *Survivor: Caramoan*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Hot Pursuit**
The two tribes would race around an area in the water while carrying twenty-pound bags. If someone wanted to drop out, they had to pass their bag along to someone else. The first team to tag another player from the other tribe wins.
**Reward:** A trip to a Survivor-themed coffee shop.
**Winner:** Rapu

**Challenge:** *Phoenix Rises*
Each tribe will send out three members on a canoe to recover a statue from underwater. They must then return to the beach, where the tribe will attach the statue to a platform. One member will then pull in five keys with a grappling hook. They then unlock the platform and then hoist the platform up to release the flag. First tribe to do so wins.
**Winner:** Rapu

## Tribal Council

 Caleb (2 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Doris Snozcumber
There's a Villain on the Tribe

**There's a Villain on the Tribe** is the sixth episode of *Survivor: Africa*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Survivor Quiz Show**
Sitting on the top row of bleachers, each team will be asked a series of questions pertaining to Africa. Answer the question correctly and move down a row on the bleachers. The first team to be standing on the ground after answering the most questions correctly wins

**Reward:** A full food buffet including Mountain Dew, pasta salad with vegetables, a plate full of sandwiches, and cookies for dessert.

**Winner:** Meru**Challenge:** **Spear-it Hunt**

Using a bow and arrow, each tribe has five targets ranging from thirty to seventy feet away. One member from each tribe will attempt to hit a target and set it on fire. The first tribe to light up all their targets in order, from closest to farthest, wins Immunity.

**Winner:** Meru
## Tribal Council

 Vincenzo (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Mylah Baldwin
Snakes Are Misunderstood... We Have an Understanding Now

**Snakes Are Misunderstood... We Have an Understanding Now** is the second episode of *Survivor: Fiji*.

## Challenges

**Reward/Immunity Challenge:** *Supply Ships*
Eight players row a catamaran to a floating crate and back, over four crates on the way back while the other player attaches each crate to a rope. Those players will then pull them to shore, carry them to the tribe mat, and untie them to find pieces for a puzzle pole and a flag. After that, they must assemble the pole, put the flag in the top, and place the pole in its holder.
**Reward:** Fishing gear
**Winner:** Yasawa (*exiled Megan Coley*)

## Tribal Council

* Vote
* Revote

 Ruby (4 votes)
 TIE:Andy, Ruby

 Ruby (2 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Andy Brown
So You Think You Can Meke?

**So You Think You Can Meke?** is the ninth episode of *Survivor: Fiji*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** *So You Think You Can Meke?*
Given a lesson at camp, the two tribes must perform a traditional Fijian meke in front of three judges – Fijian dance experts – at a local village, accompanied by local singers. Best dance (in terms of appearance, authenticity, and spirit) wins.
**Reward:** A feast at a local village, while enjoying Fijian opera.
**Winner:** Tavarua (*exiled Sammey Cropper*)

**Challenge:** **Choose Your Weapon**
All players compete in each round, and they're playing for points for the closest to the target in each round (one point in the blowgun round, two in the spear round, three in the bow and arrow round). Highest score wins.
**Winner:** Yasawa

## Tribal Council

 Ruby (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Bobby Liner
Wicker Flicker

****Wicker Flicker**** (also known as What's for Launch?, Cross Fire, Slosh Pit, Water Mortar, Beach Balls, and Philiping Out) is a physical challenge in Survivor. One member of each tribe fires a ball from a large slingshot, while other members attempt to catch the ball to score points. The challenge debuted in **Survivor: Thailand**, and has been adapted in many subsequent seasons.

## Recurring *Survivor* Challenge

### Appearances:

*Thailand*
*All-Stars*
*Guatemala*
*Panama*
*Fiji*
*Tocantins*
*Redemption Island*
*Philippines*
*Worlds Apart*

## Description

Each tribe selects a given number of people to shoot balls from a slingshot into an open field. The remaining contestants spread out to designated locations and compete to catch the balls with either wicker baskets, a handheld net, or their bare hands. Every time a ball is caught (including balls fired by the opposing tribe) that tribe scores a point, and the first tribe to reach a given score wins the challenge.
Then There Were Five

**Then There Were Five** is the thirteenth episode of *Survivor: South Pacific*.

## Story

### Redemption Island

 Tommy Atkins(incumbent inhabitant)

## Challenges

* Redemption Island Duel
* Reward/Immunity
**Challenge:** **Sea Crates**
The castaways would solve a slide puzzle to obtain a hatchet. They would then use the hatchet to cut a rope which would drop a bag of four cubes with colored sides. The castaways would have to stack the cubes such that there would be no repeating colors on each side. The first castaway to properly stack the cubes would win.
**Winner:** Tommy Atkins

**Challenge:** *Batman Wall*
The castaways would use a rope to climb a wall to collect five bags of puzzle pieces. Once all five bags were collected, the 15 puzzle pieces would have to be sorted into matching pairs. Three of the pieces would be unmatchable. These three pieces would reveal a numeric code that would be used to unlock a combination lock on a box at the top of the wall. The first castaway to unlock their box would win.
**Reward:** A pizza lunch.
**Winner:** Mavis Smith (*shared with Clarke Wood*)

## Tribal Council

 Clarke(used Hidden Immunity Idol)
 VOTED OFF:Doris Snozcumber(sent to Redemption Island)
This Is Not Survival... It's a Thrival

**This Is Not Survival... It's a Thrival** is the third episode of *Survivor: Fiji*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Slip, Slide & Score**
In one-v-one rounds, the tribes must race down a slippery track to retrieve a particular color-coded numbered ball, then throw it into a basket at the end of the track to score a point. First tribe to six points wins.
**Reward:** Luxury items, a duplicate set of fishing gear, or fresh fruit.
**Winner:** Yasawa (*exiled Ruby Freberg*)

**Challenge:** **Buggin' Out**
Castaways would have to eat local Fijian delicacies in which they must eat all of it and show their empty mouth to finish. The first tribe to five points wins immunity.
**Winner:** Yasawa

## Tribal Council

* Vote
* Revote

 Ruby (4 votes)
 TIE:Kurtis, Ruby

 Ruby (1 vote)
 VOTED OFF:Kurtis Martin
Thrash, Splash & Bash

****Thrash, Splash & Bash**** (also known as For-Word Progress) is a recurring challenge in Survivor. First appearing in **Survivor: Philippines**, it has since reappeared in **Survivor: Worlds Apart**.

## Description

Teams would race through a series of obstacles until they reached a drawbridge. Upon untying the drawbridge, a contestant would then chop through a piece of rope, releasing a series of lettered blocks. A select number of tribe members would then arrange these blocks to form a phrase. The first tribe to decipher the correct phrase from the letters would win.
That Girl Is Like a Virus

**That Girl Is Like a Virus** is the third episode of *Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*.

## Challenges

**Reward/Immunity Challenge:** **Sumo at Sea Challenge**
Each castaway uses a sandbag to push against the other player. The first one to push the other one into the mudpit wins the round. The first tribe to eight points wins.
**Reward:** Sugar, coffee, a week's worth of rice, and the contestants' luxury items.
**Winner:** Heroes

## Tribal Council

 Libby (3 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Jim Temple
The Sole Surviving All-Star

**The Sole Surviving All-Stars** is the season finale of *Survivor: All-Stars*.

## Challenges

**Immunity Challenge:** **The Maze**
Retrieve eight rungs in numbered order, then use the rungs to build a ladder and climb up to the top of a tower located in the middle of the maze.
**Winner:** Julius Calderon

## Tribal Council

* First Vote
* Tiebreaker

 Marissa (2 votes)
 TIE:**Arturo, Marissa (2 votes each)**

## Challenges

**Immunity Challenge:** **Hands on a Hard Idol**
Each tribe member held on to the Immunity Idol while standing on a small pedestal. The person who lasts the longest wins Immunity.
**Winner:** Julia Rasmussen

## Tribal Council

 VOTED OFF:Julius Calderon

## Final Tribal Council

 Julia (2 votes)
 SOLE SURVIVOR:Arturo Hutchinson
Stairway to the Stars

****Stairway to the Stars**** is a reccuring Survivor challenge.

## Description

Each tribe has five logs. The goal is to transport the five logs from the start position through a series of obstacles to a tower, where they must build a staircase. The first tribe to successfully build the staircase and have one member race to the top of the tower wins.
Squatty Probst

****Squatty Probst**** is a recurring endurance challenge that debuted in *Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers and later reappeared in* Edge of Extinction*.*

Castaways must stand in a squatting position, releasing the safety from their apparatus holding up an urn of water above a fire. Should they stand too high, their urn will spill, extinguishing their fire. If they go too low, a flag will release, eliminating them from the challenge. The last castaway standing wins.
They Both Went Bananas

**They Both Went Bananas** is the tenth episode of *Survivor: Tocantins*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Q and A**
Each of the castaways would fill out a questionnaire about the tribe in private, then the results would be tallied and the Challenge would begin. The questions would be posed to the group and the castaways would guess whose name was written most often. Each time a castaway guesses the correct answer, they would get one chop at a rope assigned to another castaway. After three chops, the rope would be released, which would smash an idol, removing that castaway from the challenge. The last castaway whose idol is not smashed would win.
**Reward:** A trip to a natural spring and a home cooked, traditional Brazilian feast made by a local family.
**Winner:** Jenna Contreras (*shared with Steeve Wash and Terrell Headley, exiled Dale Brant*)

**Challenge:** **Snag, Drag and Bag**
The castaways would toss a grappling hook to retrieve three bags. The first three castaways to retrieve all of their bags would move on to the final round. In the final round, the three would compete in a labyrinth game. The first to finish would win.
**Winner:** Terrell Headley

## Tribal Council

 Jack (3 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Steeve Wash
The Best Day of My Life

**The Best Day of My Life** is the eleventh episode of *Survivor: Africa*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **Know Your Loved One**
Tribe members were to be asked a series of personal questions which their family had previously been asked on videotape. If each tribe member's answer matched the answer their family gave, they would score a point.

**Reward:** An exclusive resort in the Masai Mara, go on safari to see the migrating wildebeest, sleep in a real bed, and a feast, all charged to Jeff's own Visa credit card.

**Winner:** Beau Berg (*shared with Kira Michaels*)**Challenge:** **Blue Plate Special**

Eighteen clay pots are hung on a line. Each Survivor's name was marked on three pots. Using an African weapon known as a Ringa, the group had to throw the wooden sticks at their opponents' pots, trying to break the ones that didn't bear their own name. The last person left with an unbroken pot would win Immunity.

**Winner:** Ramon Doyle
## Tribal Council

 Kira (2 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Beau Berg
We've Got Rats In Our Camp

**We've Got Rats In Our Camp** is the second episode of *Survivor: Palau*.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** **The Gauntlet**
One at a time, each tribe member has to traverse a rope swing, three rolling barrels, a balance beam, a 'wobbly bridge', and two-rope hand-over-hand bridge to retrieve a pennant, followed by returning to the starting line. Meanwhile, two members of each tribe use swinging bags to try and knock their opponents into the water as they cross the three middle obstacles. First to ten wins.
**Reward:** Fishing gear.
**Winner:** Orrak

**Challenge:** *Heads Up*
The two tribes must swim to a pontoon, dive down ten feet to a rope threaded through a barrel, and pull on it to drag a foot locker fifty feet. When it's next to the barrel, they will then open it to release eight mess kits, take them back to a solving station on shore, and place them in the right order to spell the Morse code (which was given with Tree Mail for teams to memorize) for immunity.
**Winner:** Orrak

## Tribal Council

 Lucca (3 votes)
 VOTED OFF:Sam Frank
Survivor: Borneo

Winner
 No. of episodes
 No. of days
 No. of survivors
 Tribes

## Twists

* **Tribe Switch:** For the first time in the history of the series, tribe members switched tribes during the tribal phase.
* **Hidden Immunity Idol:** For the first time in the history of the series, there's an Idol hidden somoewhere in the camp. When contestant would play an Idol he or she can negate votes casted against that person.