The Ball Drop

The Ball Drop is a recurring individual immunity challenge that originated in, and later appeared in. The challenge requires endurance and balance.

Rules
Each castaway must balance a small metal ball on a wooden cylinder, while holding the center cylinder in place with two wooden handles. Every 5 minutes, new pieces of the wooden rod will be added, making it harder to balance the ball on the center cylinder. The castaway who balances their ball the longest will win Immunity.

History
The challenge debuted in as the final immunity challenge. Amanda Kimmel won the challenge after outlasting Cirie Fields.

In, the challenge was again used for final immunity. In this season, an advantage was gained by Malcolm Freberg as reward in the preceding challenge. The advantage allowed him to re-enter the challenge the first time his ball dropped. However, he was still the first contestant out of the challenge, with Michael Skupin ultimately winning immunity.

Trivia

 * In both seasons this challenge appeared, it was used as the final immunity challenge.
 * The challenge has only been won by a returning player.
 * The person who won this challenge became the runner-up of their season.