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**Rudy and Kathy later competed on ''[[Survivor: All-Stars]]'', Danni was asked to compete on ''[[Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains]]'', but declined the opportunity and Coach has competed on ''[[Survivor: Tocantins]]'', ''Heroes vs Villains, ''and ''[[Survivor: South Pacific]].''
 
**Rudy and Kathy later competed on ''[[Survivor: All-Stars]]'', Danni was asked to compete on ''[[Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains]]'', but declined the opportunity and Coach has competed on ''[[Survivor: Tocantins]]'', ''Heroes vs Villains, ''and ''[[Survivor: South Pacific]].''
 
*Coach is the only person to win this challenge as a returning player since Rudy and Kathy won this challenge in their first season while Coach won the challenge in his third season.
 
*Coach is the only person to win this challenge as a returning player since Rudy and Kathy won this challenge in their first season while Coach won the challenge in his third season.
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*Every winner of this challenge did very well in terms of placement of the season in which the challenge was held.
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**[[Rudy Boesch|Rudy]] came in 3rd.
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**[[Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien|Kathy]] came in 3rd.
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**[[Danni Boatwright|Danni]] won the show.
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**[[Benjamin Wade|Coach]] came in 2nd.
   
 
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==References==

Revision as of 02:40, 21 November 2013

Flip Out (also known as Squared Off, Turtle Roll and Watch Your Step) is a recurring individual challenge that originated in Survivor: Borneo. It has since been used in Marquesas, Guatemala and South Pacific. The challenge requires puzzle solving and analytical strategy.

Rules

Each contestant starts the challenge at the edge of a gameboard comprised of several six-sided tiles (or in its debut season, a grid of square tiles). One at a time, contestants will take one step onto a new tile (turning it over to show a designated color). Contestants are not allowed to step onto a space that has already been used. When a castaway has no more legal moves, they are eliminated from the challenge. Last person standing wins.

Often, additional rules are included, such as certain tiles giving contestants advantages or penalties.

History

The challenge was first seen in Survivor: Borneo for immunity, with contestants competing on a 10x10 square grid. Rudy Boesch outlasted his closest competitor Sean Kenniff to win the challenge, and immunity.

When the challenge reappeared in Survivor: Marquesas (under the name Turtle Roll), it was used as the Loved Ones reward, with the contestant's loved ones actually competing in the challenge. The challenge introduced the tiered hexagonal gameboard that has been used in all subsequent uses of this challenge. Additional rules included four tiles were marked with "Skip a Turn" (the loved one who flipped over the tile loses their next turn) and one tile marked "Vote Someone Out" (allowing the loved one to eliminate a rival from the challenge). Furthermore, contestants were only permitted to communicate non-verbally with their loved ones. Paschal's wife Beverly was the first eliminated from the challenge. Daryl (Sean Rector's friend) found the Vote Someone Out tile, and torn on what to do, threw his cap in the air. It landed closest to Leander (Vecepia's husband), and Daryl eliminated him. Ultimately, Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien won the challenge when her son Patrick outlasted the remaining loved ones, allowing him to spend the night at the Soliantu beach.

In Survivor: Guatemala, the challenge (called Watch Your Step) was used for individual immunity. An advantage at the challenge was purchased at the Survivor Auction by Danni Boatwright and allowed her to switch positions with another contestant at any stage of the challenge. She used the advantage in the last leg of the game to swap places with Stephenie LaGrossa, allowing Danni to win immunity.

Survivor: South Pacific saw the challenge appear again for individual immunity. Early on, Brandon Hantz made moves to eliminate Edna Ma, the target for the next vote, from the challenge instead of winning himself. His attempt to be coy about this strategy angered Edna, but it worked, and allowed Coach Wade to win the challenge, and immunity, by a wide margin.

Winners

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Borneo
Old and New Bonds
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Rudy Boesch
Marquesas
Marquesan Vacation
Individual Reward
(Loved Ones)
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Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien
Guatemala
Price for Immunity
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Danni Boatwright
South Pacific
Ticking Time Bomb
Individual Immunity File:S23 coach t.jpg
Coach Wade

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Trivia

  • This is the first challenge for which an advantage could be purchased at the Survivor Auction. Danni Boatwright bought the advantage in Guatemala, and subsequently won.
  • The version of the challenge that uses a hexagonal design has always appeared at the Final Six.
  • In Survivor: The Amazon, there was a challenge called Flip Out but it was different that this one.
  • Every person who has won this challenge has appeared in the final episode of their season.
  • Everyone who has won this challenge has competed or been asked to compete on another season.
  • Coach is the only person to win this challenge as a returning player since Rudy and Kathy won this challenge in their first season while Coach won the challenge in his third season.
  • Every winner of this challenge did very well in terms of placement of the season in which the challenge was held.

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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