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Star Man (also known as Starfish and Union of the Snake) is a recurring challenge that originated in Survivor: Edge of Extinction and has since reappeared in Survivor 41 and Survivor 44.

Rules[]

Castaways must race over a series of obstacles, either on land or in the water, to reach a star-shaped puzzle. The first castaway to solve their star-shaped puzzle wins.

History[]

The challenge debuted in Edge of Extinction, where it was used as an individual Immunity Challenge. The castaways first had to race over a series of frames, while holding a buoy. They then had to maneuver a second buoy through a rope tunnel, before untying a third buoy and crawling under a net. They then had to use the keys attached to a buoys to unlock their puzzle pieces. Aurora McCreary and Rick Devens were the first to reach their puzzle, with Rick edging out Aurora to win immunity.

In Survivor 41, the challenge was used as an individual Reward Challenge in combination with the mechanics of Rope A Dope. Starting from a platform out in the ocean, the castaways would traverse a series of obstacles, maneuvering their rope along with them, to get back to shore and to their puzzle. Although everyone reached the puzzle stage, only Deshawn Radden and Ricard Foyé made any progress, with Ricard finishing his puzzle first to win reward.

In Survivor 44, the challenge was used in tandem with Slither Me Timbers as the final eight Immunity Challenge. Although Danny Massa was the first person to reach the puzzle, he was stumped, allowing Carson Garrett to surge ahead to win his first individual challenge.

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Edge of Extinction
"Fasten Your Seatbelts"
Individual Immunity S38 rick t
Rick Devens
Survivor 41
"Baby with a Machine Gun"
Individual Reward
(Family Visit)
S41 ricard t
Ricard Foyé
Survivor 44
"Full Tilt Boogie"
Individual Immunity S44 carson t
Carson Garrett

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • This challenge has only been used with eight members remaining; a man has always won the challenge and was immune at that episode's Tribal Council.

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 · 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 · Super Ramp · 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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