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Pot Head (also known as Price On Your Head) is a recurring Survivor challenge.

Rules[]

In Guatemala, the castaways would balance a Mayan pot on their head for an hour while standing on a perch. After the 60 minutes had elapsed, the remaining contestants would race up the steps of a temple. The first person to reach the top without dropping their pot wins.

In South Pacific, the castaways must place a pot on their head and balance it. They would have to race over a series of balance beams to deposit rice in a bowl at the end. The first person to completely fill their bowl with rice wins.

History[]

United States[]

The challenge debuted in Survivor: Guatemala, where the power alliance (minus Judd and Cindy) chose to sit and watch the contestants while feasting. In the end, Gary beat everyone up the pyramid and won immunity.

In Survivor: South Pacific, the top 9 raced to fill up their bowl with rice. In a tight race, Sophie beat everyone else to win.

France[]

South Africa[]

In Champions, the challenge appeared as the first individual Immunity Challenge. The Juara tribe had to transfer pots of salt across two teeter-totter obstacles and dump the salt into a bowl on a seesaw. Once the bowl is full enough, the seesaw will tip, raising the lid of a crate of puzzle pieces. Zavion Kotze was the first to fill his bowl, but the tribe eventually equalized at the finish due to the difficulty of the puzzle. However, Zavion capitalized on his lead to solve his puzzle first, winning the first Immunity Necklace of the season.

In Immunity Island, the challenge was used ahead of the Double Tribal Council. The castaways could decide whether to play for reward or for a visit to Immunity Island and thus receive individual immunity at Tribal Council. The last person standing for each match wins the prize. The last person standing for the reward contest will win boerewors rolls for their tribe, as well as a double portion of boerewors, dessert, and beer for themselves. That tribe will also get the chance to watch the other tribe's Tribal Council. In the immunity contest, Thoriso M-Afrika dropped out almost immediately, giving Anesu Mbizvo the win. After 7 minutes in the reward contest, only Nicole Wilmans and Tyson Zulu, both members of Vuna, were left in the challenge. 10 minutes in, Tyson fell, giving Nicole the double helping of boerewors.

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Guatemala
"The Hidden Immunity Idol"
Individual Immunity S11 gary t
Gary Hogeboom
South Pacific
"Running the Show"
Individual Immunity S23 sophie t
Sophie Clarke

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Les Aventuriers
Episode 12
Individual Reward FRS1 guenaelle t
Guénaëlle Biras

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Champions
Episode 11
Individual Immunity ZAS5 zavion t
Zavion Kotze
Immunity Island
"Collateral Damage"
Individual Immunity ZAS8 anesu t
Anesu Mbizvo
Individual Reward ZAS8 nicole t
Nicole Wilmans
Tribal Reward ZAS8 anesu tZAS8 dino tZAS8 kiran t
ZAS8 marisha tZAS8 nicole tZAS8 qiean t
ZAS8 renier tZAS8 thoriso tZAS8 tyson t
Vuna

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • This challenge was only used in seasons with blue, red, and yellow tribes.
  • Both winners were on a starting blue tribe.

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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