Survivor: Ghost Island · Season 36
In the Arena
Every challenge Survivor: Ghost Island staged — who took immunity, who won reward, week by week.
24 challenges ran this season — 16 with immunity on the line and 11 for reward.
- Episode1
- Reward
Open
The format: Chief's Choice
The Tribe Leader will select one member of their tribe to be a runner, and another to be their puzzle solver. The runner will race through a set of obstacles to dig up three sets of keys. Then, the puzzle solver will use the keys to unlock a sliding puzzle. The first person to finish the puzzle wins reward for the tribe.
Reward: A massive shelter building kit.
Malolo wins
- Immunity
Sled Zeppelin
The format: Cube Crisis
Each tribe will have to race across a net bridge to where two bags are hanging. Working together, they will then need to untie the bags to get a pair of ropes. Using the ropes, the tribe will need to slide a sled full of giant puzzle pieces through a course. At the end of the course, they will need to solve a cube puzzle to win immunity.
Naviti wins
- Immunity + Reward
Coming up for Air
The format: Dive Masters
Two pairs from each tribe will race through a series of obstacles in the water. They will then have to dive to release two sets of buoys. Another member will then need to gather up all of the marked buoys to the finish, where the last four members will need to get all eight in a basket to win.
Reward: Chairs, pillows, blankets, and a washboard.
Naviti wins
- Episode2
- Immunity + Reward
Along the Watch Tower
The format: Rise and Shrine
Each tribe will need to jump between three sets of raised ramps to the end of the course. If at any point a castaway falls while jumping, they will have to run back and start over. Once all tribe members have finished, they will need to dig a heavy ladder out of a sand pit. Using the ladder, one tribe member will need to retrieve a monkey's fist on top of a tripod. One person will need to toss the monkey's fist through a target in order to climb the first ramp of the tower. Once everyone is at the top of the first ramp, they will need to hoist each other to the top of a second ramp. Once everyone is at the top of the tower, two members of each tribe will need to solve a tiki head puzzle. The first pair to do so wins for their tribe.
Reward: Tarp
Malolo wins
- Episode3
- Reward
Water Slaughter
The format: By Any Means Necessary
Two members from each tribe would battle for a life ring. The tribe that gets one of their members to have a hand on the ring and one on their tribe's flagpole scores a point. The first tribe that scores three wins reward.
Reward: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with ice cold milk
Naviti wins
- Immunity
Cell Block Sea
Each tribe will have to swim out to a bamboo cage, hop over, and dive in the cage to release a door underwater. They will then need to take a chest in the cage ashore, and race it across a track. On the track, the tribes will need to use a grappling hook to connect a missing piece of the track allowing them to get the chest to a perch. Using the balls in the chest, they will need to get all five of them on top of a narrow perch. The first tribe to do so wins.
Naviti wins
- Episode4
- Reward
Rod Screw-It
Each tribe will need to hop over a series of tables to a pile of large sandbags. They will then need to search through the sandbags to find a lever. Pulling the lever will release sixty smaller sandbags, which tribes will need to collect. Using the small sandbags, they will need to hit a spinning target, raising a flag. The first tribe to raise all three flags wins.
Reward: Coffee and pastries
Naviti wins
- Immunity
Hitch a Ride
The format: What-Er Drag
Starting on the beach, one runner from each tribe will grab a boogie board attached to a large spool of rope and race across a series of floating balance beams to a set of three satchels with numbered tiles. Grabbing a satchel, the runner will then get on the boogie board in the water, where their tribemates will have to reel them onto shore. Once the runner returns to shore, another person goes out. Once they have all three satchels, the tribes will make their way to the finish deck, where they will used the numbered tiles to solve a combination lock, obtaining a key, which unlocks the tribe's sliding puzzle. The first tribe to finish their puzzle wins.
Naviti wins
- Episode5
- Immunity
Sir Duke
The format: Blind Leading the Blind
One person from each tribe will be the caller, while the rest of the tribe is blindfolded. The caller, using only verbal commands, will need to lead their tribemates to three bags of puzzle pieces. Once they have all three bags, the caller will lead their still blindfolded tribemates to a puzzle station and lead two members of their tribe in solving the puzzle, while blindfolded. The first two tribes to solve the puzzle win.
Naviti & Yanuya win
- Episode6
- Reward
Discy Business
The format: A Bit Tipsy
All members of the tribe will have to pull on rope on a balance beam to suspend a disc. They will have to stack blocks spelling REWARD on the disc, while pulling on the rope. If anybody falls off their balance beam or their block stack falls, they must start over. The first two tribes to finish their stack win.
Reward: A grill, chicken kebabs, steaks, and spices (1st place); Chicken kebabs (2nd place)Winners (in order of finish): Naviti and Yanuya (Naviti sent Kellyn Bechtold to Ghost Island)
Naviti & Yanuya win
- Immunity
Cruel Sea
The format: The Cruel Sea
One at a time, castaways from each tribe will dive into the water, run on a ramp floating in the water, then dive back in to retrieve a set of three rings. Once they return with the rings, another castaway goes. Once both sets of rings have been collected, all four castaways will race over the ramp and swim back to the starting platform. From there, one person at a time will throw rings onto a post while two other castaways are in the water as rebounders. The first two tribes to get all six rings on their post win.
Malolo & Yanuya win
- Episode7
- Immunity
Audio Slave
The format: Over-Extended
Each castaway must hold a boom pole over their head with a tiki statue at the end, while standing on a narrow balance beam. At regular intervals, the castaways will step forward to a narrower part of the beam. If they fall off the beam or their tiki drops, they are out of the challenge. The last person standing wins.
Won by Kellyn
- Episode8
- Reward
Gone Shootin'
The format: Air Raid
Divided into two teams of six, castaways will have to race across a floating balance beam to shore. Once they are ashore, they will need to use a slingshot to knock over six blocks on a perch using sandbags, with each member being required to launch at least once, then return to the beginning of the balance beam, where someone else goes out. The first team to knock all six blocks over win.
Reward: A feast of tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and margaritas
- Immunity
Fijian Feast
The format: Buggin' Out
Castaways would have to eat exotic dishes (fish eyes, beetle larva, Yasawa sea slugs, and mother-of-pearl clam). Competing in stages, castaways must eat all of their dishes and show their empty mouth to finish. After each stage, a certain number of the fastest finishers would advance to the next round. The castaway that finishes all the stages wins immunity.
Won by Angela
- Episode9
- Reward
Caged Tigers
The format: Shipwrecked
Divided into two teams of five, two members of each team will start in a canoe in the water, while the remaining three members are locked in a cage on a floating platform. The two paddlers will have to rescue each teammate, who each have a key. Once all three caged members are rescued, they will return to shore. Using the keys the teams have collected, they will unlock a large circus net that is holding puzzle pieces. They will then have to carry the puzzle pieces to a frame, where they will solve the puzzle. The first team to finish their puzzle wins.
Reward: A helicopter flight to a bluff overlooking the islands and a picnic lunch
- Immunity
Take the Reins
The format: Roller Ball
Each person must balance a ball on a disc, which is attached to ropes. At regular intervals, they will each move their hands farther back on the rope, making it more difficult to balance. If at any point a ball drops, that person is out of the challenge. The last person left standing wins immunity.
Won by Chelsea
- Episode10
- Immunity
Crocodile Rock
Divided into two teams of five, castaways must pull up on a bar, with which they must try to keep a ball wedged between a set of jaws. If they release the bar, the lower jaw will fall, causing their ball to fall out. Once their ball falls, they are out. The last person remaining from each team wins.
Won by Chelsea
- Episode11
- Reward
A Quick Affair
The format: Get Barreled
Castaways must race across a series of obstacles, while untying and grabbing a sandbag along the way. They must then attempt to throw the sandbag on a narrow table. The first castaway to get their sandbag on their table wins.
Reward: A feast of ribs, chicken, burgers, pastries, and ice cream with their loved one.
Won by Sebastian
- Immunity
The Ball Drop
Castaways must balance a small metal ball on a wooden cylinder, while holding the center cylinder in place with two wooden handles. Every 10 minutes, new pieces will be added on either end, making it harder to balance the ball on the center cylinder. The castaway who balances their ball the longest wins.
Won by Domenick
- Episode12
- Reward
Always on the Run
The format: Simmotion
The castaways will be divided into three teams of two. They must place a wooden spool onto a track, which will roll to the bottom of the structure where one castaway must grab it and place it back onto the track. At regular intervals, more spools will be added, making it more difficult. If a spool drops, the team is out of the challenge. The last team left standing wins reward.
Reward: Delivering supplies to a local Fijian school, along with a meal of fried chicken and chocolate cake.
- Immunity
Seven Bridges Road
The format: Game of Bridge
The castaways must race out to two sets of tied planks, and use them to create a bridge to cross. Once they have crossed their bridge, the castaways must complete two sets of ladders to climb a tower. At the top of the tower, they must then solve a slide puzzle. The first person to finish their puzzle wins.
Won by Laurel
- Episode13
- Immunity + Reward
Vin Skully
The format: The Maze
Castaways must race through a large skull-shaped maze to collect three sets of bags. Once they collect all three bags, they must use the puzzle pieces to finish a vertical puzzle. The first castaway to finish their puzzle wins.
Reward: A steak dinner with baked potato, bread, and dessert.
Won by Wendell
- Immunity
Pyramid Scheme
Castaways will swim out to a platform, then cross a series of obstacles, collecting two sets of puzzle pieces. Using the puzzle pieces, castaways must finish a four-piece pyramid puzzle. The first castaway to finish their puzzle wins.
Won by Wendell
- Immunity
While standing on a wobbly beam, castaways must use a long fork to stack six sets of balls between stands on a free-standing structure. The first castaway to complete their stack wins.
Won by Domenick