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Faulty Towers is a recurring physical and mental challenge that originated in Survivor: Edge of Extinction and was later used in Island of the Idols.

Rules[]

Each team must toss coconuts into a basket to weigh it down until it causes a tower of 20 large puzzle pieces to collapse. They must then use the heavy pieces to solve a puzzle depicting the season's logo.

History[]

United States[]

This challenge was first used as an unaired Reward Challenge on Day 26 in Edge of Extinction. The team of Gavin Whitson, Kelley Wentworth, and Lauren O'Connell won reward, and shared it with Julie Rosenberg.[1]

The challenge reappeared as the final tribal Immunity Challenge in Island of the Idols, where three members shot coconuts into the basket, while the last four members solved the puzzle. In a closely fought challenge, Vokai barely edged out Lairo, sending Lairo back to Tribal Council.

Australia[]

In Blood v Water, the challenge was adapted for use as an individual Immunity Challenge. The Lava tribe raced to bring sandbags across an obstacle course. They would then throw the sandbags into a barrel, lowering it until they can retrieve the letter tiles inside the barrel. The first person to use the letter blocks to complete a word puzzle wins. Josh Millgate won the challenge.

South Africa[]

The challenge debuted as a Reward Challenge at the final eight of Immunity Island. The Osindile tribe was split into two teams, drafted by Schoolyard Pick. The green team of Wardah Hartley, Tyson Zulu, Nicole Wilmans, and Chappies Chapman took a lead on the coconut toss and beat the orange team at the puzzle to win a braai feast, as well as the opportunity to test-drive a brand new Mahindrar Thar.

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Blood v Water
Episode 21
Individual Immunity AUS9 josh t
Josh Millgate

Episode Challenge Type Winner
Immunity Island
"Brownie Points Are Everything"
Team Reward ZAS8 chappies tZAS8 nicole tZAS8 tyson tZAS8 wardah t
Chappies, Nicole, Tyson, Wardah

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Both times this challenge was played, the episode contained an unaired Reward Challenge.
  • Including international franchises, every person who has won this challenge was on a blue tribe during their season.

References[]

Recurring Challenges
A Bit Dinghy · A Bit Tipsy · A Crate Idea · A Leg Up · A Numbers Game · Air Raid · Angry Chair · Around the Bend · Back in Slack · Balancing Point · Ballin' A Jack · Barrel Bridge · Barrel of Monkeys · Basket Brawl · Better Homes and Island Living · Beyond the Wheel · Blind Leading the Blind · Blue Lagoon Bustle · Blue Plate Special · Boats, Brains & Brawn · Bone to Pick · Boulder Smash · Bow Diddley · Box Your Mind · Braille Maze · Broken China · Buggin' Out · Build It Up, Break It Down · Butch Cassidy · By Any Means Necessary · By the Numbers · Cage Against the Machine · Can't Buoy Me Love · Cannonball Run · Caught in the Web · Cell Block Sea · Challenge Pitch · Chief's Choice · Chimney Sweep · Chinese Zodiac Symbols · Cling Ons · Choose Your Weapon · Coconut Juice · Crate Escape · Crocodile Rock · Crosswalk · Cube Crisis · Dear Liza · Dive Masters · Dizzy Gillespie · Dizzy Miss Lizzy · Domino Effect · Draggin' the Dragon · Dragging the River · Drop A Log · Drum Roll · Dulcimer Stomp · End of the Line · EOC · Eve 6 · Fallen Comrades · Fast Fire · Faulty Towers · Fauxconut Bowling · Fire and Water · Fire Fighter · Fire Starter · Flips, Flops, & Flags · Float Your Boat · Floating Puzzle · Game of Bridge · Gatecrasher · Get a Grip · Get Barreled · Get Hooked · Get Your Goat · Gimme Three Steps · Great Escape Run · Hands on a Hard Idol · Hear About It Ladder · Hot Pursuit · House of Cards · House of the Holey · Idol Hands · Jail Break · Jump Shot · Jungle Relay · Kamikaze · Keel Hauling · Keep It Up · Keep on Your Toes · Kenny Log-Ins · Kicking and Screaming · Kitty Litter · Know Your Loved One · Ladder Tree Golf · Last Gasp · Letter Hunt · Lock, Load and Light · Lock Step · Log Jam · Losing Face · Mask Match · Matchmaker · Matt Finish · Mayan Pizza · Memory · Mud Pack · Mud Slide · Muddy Waters · New School · New Tribe Member · Nut Bucket · O-Black Water · Odd Shaped Bottoms · Operation Balance Build · Out on a Limb · Over-Extended · Paddle Battle · Paddle Out · Perch · Pilfering Pirates · Piranha Feast · Pole Dancing · Pot Head · Push Me, Pull You · Puzzle Dig · Q and A · Quest for Fire · Race to Shore · Ram-Ball On · Rescue Mission · Rice Race · Rise and Shrine · Rock Bottom · Rock n' Roll · Rock the Boat · Rod Screw-It · Roll With It · Roller Ball · Rung O Star · Running Down a Dream · Sacrificial Lamb · Schmergen Brawl · Sea Crates · Sea Legs · Sea Salvage · Shipwrecked · Shoot 'n' Shuffle · Shooting Gallery · Shoulder the Load · Simmotion · Slip, Slide & Score · Slither Me Timbers · Smash and Grab · Snag, Drag and Bag · Snake in the Grass · Snake Island Relay · SOS Signal · Spear-it Hunt · Spit It Out · Splash Back · Sprung a Leak · Squared Off · Squatty Probst · Stacked Up · Stairway to Heaven · Stairway to the Stars · Star Man · Station By Station · Step on Up · Stomp-ede · Strung Out · Sumo at Sea · Survivor Auction · Survivor History · Survivor Pentathlon · Survivor Quiz Show · Swahili Scramble · Swing Break · Tangled Up · Temple Transfer · The Ball Drop · The Cruel Sea · The Game is Afoot · The Gauntlet · The Home Stretch · The Maze · The Obstacle Course · This Much · Thrash, Splash & Bash · TLP O-Course · Tomb Raider · Total Recall · Troubled Water · Uncomfortably Numb · United We Stand · Vampire Bats · Vertically Challenged · Vertigo · Wall to Wall · Well Stacked · What-er Drag · When It Rains, It Pours · Wicker Flicker · Will It Go Round · Witch Hunt · Wrist Assured · Yank Your Hank · You Shook Me
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