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Mask Match (also known as Blind Man's Buff, Coat of Arms, and More Than a Feeling) is a recurring challenge of Survivor. It debuted in Survivor: Gabon, has since appeared in Survivor: Nicaragua and Survivor: San Juan del Sur.

Rules[]

The contestants would be blindfolded during the challenge and must duplicate a mask with some pieces removed exactly like the mask at the starting point. The pieces are in three bags, which must be carried by the course, one at a time.

History[]

United States[]

In the challenge's debut in Gabon, the contestants must across an obstacle course (including a net) taking one bag at a time. Once they have moved three bags they must use the pieces in the bags to duplicate a Gabonese mask. Many members of the Nobag tribe wandered hopelessly around—and even outside—the course, allowing Bob Crowley to easily win immunity.

In Survivor: Nicaragua, the final six would go over and under three hitching posts connected to a rope to a station where there would be a shield bearing various symbols. Then, they must memorize the symbols and take the bags of the symbols back to the start line. the castaways would have to replicate the symbols from the shield on a second shield. The first castaway to have all the correct symbols wins. Fabio Birza won.

In San Juan del Sur, the challenge was used as a Hero Duel. Baylor Wilson represented Coyopa, while Reed Kelly represented Hunahpu. Reed won the challenge and the reward—a barbecue feast—for his tribe.

South Africa[]

In Santa Carolina, the Survivor: Gabon version of the challenge was used as an individual Immunity Challenge. Ashley Hayden won her second individual Immunity Challenge.

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Gabon
"The Good Guys Should Win in the End"
Individual Immunity S17 bob t
Bob Crowley
Nicaragua
"This Is Going to Hurt"
Individual Immunity S21 fabio t
Fabio Birza
San Juan del Sur
"Make Some Magic Happen"
Tribal Reward
(Hero Duel)
S29 alec tS29 jeremy tS29 josh t
S29 julie tS29 natalie tS29 reed tS29 wes t
Hunahpu

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Santa Carolina
Episode 11
Individual Immunity ZAS3 ashley t
Ashley Hayden

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • The eventual Sole Survivor won this challenge in all three seasons it was used, once as a sit-out.
  • All three people to compete in and win this challenge were men.
  • The two people to win this challenge individually are the oldest and youngest winners in Survivor history.
  • In both seasons this challenge was used for individual immunity:
    • The winner of this challenge eventually won the season by a margin of one vote.
    • The winner of this challenge won the most challenges in their season.
    • A woman was eliminated and a man used a Hidden Immunity Idol in that episode.

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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