Eve 6 (also known as Eve 5, Different Stages, Stage Fright, and Pairy Feral) is a recurring challenge that debuted in Survivor 43. The challenge involves a team obstacle course component and finishes with an endurance challenge where the contestants compete as individuals.
Rules[]
Prior to the challenge, the tribe will divide themselves into pairs. At the challenge, the pair will crawl through a twisted rope tunnel, one at a time. They will then race to dig up planks from a sandpit, with the last few pairs to do so being eliminated. The remaining pairs will climb to a tower and use their planks to cross a rope bridge; the first two pairs to get across with all their planks will advance to the final stage. The final four contestants will then compete individually in an endurance challenge, with the last person standing being declared the overall winner.
History[]
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The challenge debuted as the final twelve Immunity Challenge of Survivor 43. Prior to the challenge, the Gaia tribe was instructed to pair up; they opted to do this randomly by drawing rocks. In the first round of the challenge, the teams of Noelle Lambert & Sami Layadi and Jeanine Zheng & Jesse Lopez were eliminated. Then, in the second round, Cassidy Clark & Karla Cruz Godoy and James Jones & Ryan Medrano were eliminated, leaving Cody Assenmacher, Dwight Moore, Mike Gabler, and Owen Knight to compete in the endurance challenge, Wrist Assured. After 37 minutes, Gabler outlasted Cody to win his first individual Immunity Challenge.
The challenge reappeared the next season at the final ten. Unlike in Survivor 43, the Va Va tribe chose to pair themselves up rather than draw randomly for teams. At the challenge, Carolyn Wiger struggled immensely in the rope crawl, leading to her and Carson Garrett being eliminated in the first round. Then, Frannie Marin & Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt and Jaime Lynn Ruiz & Yam Yam Arocho were eliminated in the second round. Brandon Cottom, Danny Massa, Lauren Harpe, and Kane Fritzler advanced to the endurance challenge, Chimney Sweep, with Lauren defeating her teammate Danny for the win.
The challenge appeared at the final nine of Survivor 45, with the Dakuwaqa tribe being instructed to group themselves into three teams of three. The winning team would win a trip to the sanctuary, while the person that won the final endurance challenge would win immunity. To raise the stakes, the first team to be eliminated lost their votes at the next Tribal Council; Austin Li Coon, Emily Flippen, and Katurah Topps suffered this fate. Eventually, the team of Bruce Perreault, Julie Alley, and Kendra McQuarrie survived to the final round, where the endurance challenge was This Much. Bruce ultimately beat out Julie and Kendra to win immunity.
The challenge reappeared as an Immunity Challenge at the final nine of Survivor 46. Divided into three trios, each team member had to first use a pair of giant chopsticks to walk a ball across a balance beam; the first two teams to get three balls across moved on. Then, each team member would race to build a rope rung bridges; once all three bridges were complete, each member would throw a ball onto a target at height. The first team to land all three balls moves on to the final stage of the challenge, Uncomfortably Numb. Charlie Davis outlasted his team members Hunter McKnight and Maria Shrime Gonzalez to win immunity.
The challenge appeared at the final ten of Survivor 47. The first two pairs to make it to the final round won a BLT picnic. Like in Survivor 45, the players eliminated in the the first round would lose their votes at the next Tribal Council; the pairs of Caroline Vidmar & Rachel LaMont and Andy Rueda & Sam Phalen suffered this fate. In the second round, the pair of Sue Smey and Genevieve Mushaluk blew a sizable lead by going too slow on the balance beam, allowing the pair of Sol Yi and Teeny Chirichillo, and the pair of Kyle Ostwald and Gabe Ortis to win and move on to the final round, where the endurance challenge was, once again, Chimney Sweep. Gabe outlasted his teammate Kyle to win immunity.
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Winners[]
| Episode | Challenge Type | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor 43 "Bull in a China Shop" |
Individual Immunity |  Mike Gabler | |
| Survivor 44 "Don't Get Cocky, Kid" |
Individual Immunity |  Lauren Harpe | |
| Survivor 45 "Sword of Damocles" |
Team Reward |    Bruce, Julie, Kendra | |
| Individual Immunity | Bruce Perreault | ||
| Survivor 46 "Spicy Jeff" |
Individual Immunity |  Charlie Davis | |
| Survivor 47 "Nightmare Fuel" |
Team Reward |   Gabe & Kyle |
  Sol & Teeny |
| Individual Immunity | Gabe Ortis | ||
| Episode | Challenge Type | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor Québec (2024) Episode 41 |
Team Reward |   Déborah & Marilou |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The name of the challenge is a reference to the rock band Eve 6.
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