Fire and Water (also known as Fire and Rain and Fire Bucket) is a recurring individual Immunity Challenge that debuted in Survivor: The Australian Outback, and later returned in All-Stars.
Rules[]
All castaways are stationed at a fire scale. Each structure is a seesaw with two buckets. One end has a bucket for building a fire, while the other has a bucket filled with water but with a hole at its base. The castaways first start a fire in the fire bucket. Then, once the flame is sustainable, the castaways fill the water bucket with water from a nearby river or ocean. When there is enough water, the weight of it lifts the fire bucket up to reach a fuse. The first castaway to light their fuse, igniting a fire at the top of the scale, wins the challenge.
In All-Stars, an additional stipulation was added that running out of matches eliminated a contestant from the challenge.
History[]
United States[]
The challenge made its first appearance in The Australian Outback as the final seven Immunity Challenge. All contestants started off relatively even. Nick Brown was the first person to get water, while Tina Wesson quickly followed. Eventually, Colby Donaldson was the last person to start fetching water. Keith Famie almost won the challenge, but his fire bucket did not reach the fuse and his fire is starting to go out. Ultimately, Colby lit his fuse first, winning his first of many individual immunities.
The challenge was reused in All-Stars as the final six Immunity Challenge. Everybody except Amber Brkich managed to make a fire. However, the wind caused the fires to blow out, forcing everyone to start over. The biggest problem in making the fire is lighting the matches as everyone was having trouble lighting them. Eventually, Rob Mariano, Amber, Rupert Boneham, and Jenna Lewis all ran out of matches, eliminating them all from the challenge, leaving Tom Buchanan and Shii Ann Huang battling it out for immunity. Ultimately, Tom managed to reignite his fire and started to get water again. By the time Shii Ann was able to build a viable fire, Tom had won immunity.
Australia[]
In Blood v Water, the challenge was used as the final twelve Immunity Challenge. Instead of building a fire, the Lava tribe raced to build a puzzle, filling their bucket with water to keep their puzzle from toppling. Shay Lajoie won the challenge.
The challenge appeared as the final seven Immunity Challenge in Heroes v Villains. Only Matt Sharp and Simon Mee were able to build a viable fire. Liz Parnov opted to abandon her fire to help Matt in filling his bucket with water, but Simon's fire proved stronger and burned through his flag first, winning immunity.
Quebec[]
South Africa[]
In Santa Carolina, Gys de Villiers was the first person to get his fire to the top, allowing him to win a new Volvo XC60.
In Maldives, the fire-making element was removed. The final seven had to fill a rapidly leaking bucket with water such that the bucket would be heavy enough that it would sink, causing the contraption to which it is attached to tilt, which in turn will cause a cannonball to roll down and break a tile. Within minutes, Sean September filled his bucket and won his second Immunity Challenge in a row.
Winners[]
| Episode | Challenge Type | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| The Australian Outback "Let's Make a Deal" |
Individual Immunity |  Colby Donaldson |
| All-Stars "A Chapera Surprise" |
Individual Immunity |  Tom Buchanan |
| Episode | Challenge Type | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| Champions v Contenders (2018) Episode 22 |
Individual Immunity |  Sharn Coombes |
| Blood v Water Episode 14 |
Individual Immunity |  Shay Lajoie |
| Heroes v Villains Episode 19 |
Individual Immunity |  Simon Mee |
| Episode | Challenge Type | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor Québec (2023) Episode 53 |
Individual Reward (Family Visit) |
 Karine Lavigne-Fortin |
| Episode | Challenge Type | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Carolina Episode 10 |
Individual Reward |  Gys de Villiers |
| Maldives Episode 10 |
Individual Immunity |  Sean September |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The challenge has only been used for individual immunity.
- Only three women competed in the challenge at a time, one of them being Amber Mariano.
- Amber is the only castaway to compete in this challenge twice.
- Only males have won this challenge.
- Both winners had competed in Survivor: All-Stars.
- Coincidentally, they both sat out for the Reward Challenge in "Wipe Out!".
- Both winners placed fifth in their most recent seasons.
- After this challenge, the winner of the previous Immunity Challenge was voted out.