When It Rains, It Pours

When It Rains, It Really Pours (also known as When It Rains) is a recurring endurance challenge that originated in and was later used in later seasons.

Rules
One arm above their head with their wrist tethered to a bucket of water on top of a platform. The castaway who could stand there the longest without tipping the bucket would win. At random points during the challenge, the host would tempt the contestants with food items. They would get the food item only if they step down.

Starting from, a new layer was added to complicate the challenge. Players would stand on a narrow log. Now they will have to maintain their balance while raising their wrist.

History
In its debut during  in, Teresa Cooper and Clarence Black were the last two standing and having no intention of quitting for food. They agreed a Rock, Paper, Scissors game would decide the winner, where Clarence lost the game and Teresa became the first winner of this challenge.

In, It came down to Rupert Boneham and Shii Ann Huang. When asked about secrets, Shii Ann said they was secrets but not who they planning to vote out. Shii Ann won, preventing her elimination.

In, It came down to Jason Siska and Parvati Shallow. Jason agreed to step down to give the food if they give him their word to not vote him out. Everyone did, Allowing Parvati to win immunity.

In, A platform was added to make it more difficult. Sandra Diaz-Twine and Russell Hantz both stepped down for an unrevealed item, which turned out to be Cookies and Milk. Colby Donaldson forfeited immunity for Donuts and Coffee. Jerri Manthey, Danielle DiLorenzo, and Candice Woodcock all caved for PB and J sandwiches, chips and Candy. Parvati won immunity because Rupert was unable to keep his balance.

In, It came down to Chelsea Meissner and Leif Manson. Chelsea convined Leif that winning would make him a threat. Leif stepped down, giving Chelsea immunity.

Trivia

 * Kelly Goldsmith was the first to lose this challenge, losing after 14 minutes.
 * Parvati Shallow is the only person to win this challenge twice.
 * Only women have won this challenge.
 * Rupert Boneham, a contestant from and  had done well in this challenge in both seasons, where he was narrowly defeated by the eventual winner.
 * This challenge has occurred in both All-Stars seasons ( and ).
 * Tarzan Smith lost this challenge in the quickest time, losing only after 1 second, having lost his balance and fell.