This is the eleventh cycle of Survivor México (2023), covering episodes 51 to 55.
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Challenges[]
Episode 51[]
Reward #1/Leadership Challenge: Around the Bend
Divided into two teams of five, each team will compete individually in two rounds of a challenge that is run in four stages, with the winner of each round becoming a finalist. In the end, there will be four finalists who will compete in two final rounds of the same challenge. The winner of each final round wins reward and leadership.
Stage 1: The castaways will be attached to a rope that is threaded through a series of obstacles, which they will need to climb over and crawl under to reach the finish post. The first four people to finish move on to the second stage.
Stage 2: The castaways will transport three balls, one at a time, by balancing them on the disk of a handle through narrow gaps of a fence. They will then dig up a chest, using a key on the handle to open it and retrieve a flag. The first three people to raise their flag move on to the third stage.
Stage 3: The castaways will transport water with a small bowl by walking across a balance beam to a container. The first two people to fill the container with water to the indicated mark move on to the final stage.
Stage 4: The final two will solve a puzzle. The first person to do so wins.
Reward: Strawberries and cream, cookies, and coffee.
Winners (in order of finish): Pablo Martí and Aarón Albores
Episode 52[]
Challenge: Divided into two teams of five, each team will send two castaways to play in each round, with one member being the attacker and the other the defender. The attacker on a platform in the water will activate a mechanism to retrieve a ball, then in the water, they will have to toss the ball into a basket to score a point. Meanwhile, the defender will be in charge of moving their team's basket using a pulley to prevent the attacker of the opposing team from scoring. The first team to score five points wins reward.
Reward: Food supplies (energy bars, rice, hot sauce, nachos, beans, mushrooms, pasta, potatoes, peaches, grapes, orange juice, pickles, eggs, pork chops, and onions).
Winners: Pablo's Team (Nahomi Mejía, Natalia Barquet, Pablo Martí, Sergio Torres, and Ximena Duggan)
Challenge: More Than a Feeling / Memory Lane
Divided into two teams of five, each team will compete individually in a challenge that is run in four stages. The winner of each team wins reward.
Stage 1: The castaways will be blindfolded, and using only their sense of touch, they will memorize the placement of six totems on a board. They will then go over or under a hitching post to a second station, where they will use pieces to replicate the placement of the totems on a second board. They can go back to the start as many times as necessary. The first four people to correctly replicate the totems positions move on to the second stage.
Stage 2: The castaways will memorize a sequence of nine symbols. They will then carry a ball across a balance beam while balancing it on a tile with two handles to a second station, where they will use cubes to attempt to replicate the sequence of symbols from the first station. They can go back to the start as many times as necessary by carrying the ball across the balance beam on each outbound trip. The first three people to correctly recreate the sequence move on to the third stage.
Stage 3: The castaways will pull a tower of pieces on a disc with a rope along a bumpy course, trying to keep the tower from collapsing or else they will have to reassemble it. Once they transport the tower to the end of the course, they will use the pieces to solve a puzzle following a pattern of colors. The first two people to solve the puzzle move on to the final stage.
Stage 4: The final two will play a table hockey game, using a slingshot to slide pucks through a slot into the opponent's end, in order to get all the pucks on the opponent's side of the table. The first person to completely clear their end, managing to have no pucks on their side of the table, wins.
Reward: A massage session including snacks and drinks.
Winners: Ximena Duggan (Green Team) (shared with Nahomi Mejía) and Pablo Martí (Yellow Team) (shared with Natalia Barquet)
Episode 53[]
Reward Challenge #4: Bungee Running
Divided into two teams of five, the teams will face each other in one-on-one confrontations. Attached to a bungee cord, each contestant will race out to retrieve nine cubes, bringing a maximum of two cubes to the starting line on each trip. Once they have retrieved all nine cubes, they will start placing them on a board with three columns. Each cube will have a number, and they will have to arrange three cubes in each column of the board, so that the numbers on the cubes form a vertical sum that equals the number indicated at the top of the respective column. The first person to correctly place all the cubes on the board by solving the three sums will score a point for their team. The first team to score seven points wins reward.
Reward: Fried chicken, french fries, soft drinks, carrot cake, and five-minute video calls with their loved ones.
Winners: Pablo's Team (Nahomi Mejía, Natalia Barquet, Pablo Martí, Sergio Torres, and Ximena Duggan) (Sergio gave up his reward to Eduardo Guerrero)
Episode 54[]
Challenge: A Leg Up
The contestants must balance a tower of totems on the end of a balance beam with one leg. They will start the tower with only one totem and, at regular intervals, they will add one of the other four totems to the tower using a bar with a hook. If any of their totems fall off, they are out of the challenge. The last person standing wins reward and immunity.
Reward: Cannoli and coffee.
Winner: Aranza Carreiro
Challenge: Get Crackin'
Divided into two teams, one of four members and the other of five, each team will compete individually in two rounds of a challenge that is run in three stages, with the winner of each round becoming a finalist. In the end, there will be four finalists who will compete in a final round of the same challenge. The winner of the final round wins reward and immunity.
Stage 1: The castaways will dig in a sandbox to find an axe, which they will then use to break a tile. Once the tile is completely broken, they will untie a coin tied to a post. The first three people to retrieve and raise their coin move on to the second stage.
Stage 2: The castaways will unbraid three ropes to release a key, which they will then use to open a chest and retrieve a flag. The first two people to raise their flag move on to the final stage.
Stage 3: The final two will collect water in their mouth, walk across a balance beam, and deposit the water into a container. The first person to fill the container with water to the marked line wins.
Reward: Lasagna and soft drink.
Winner: Aarón Albores
Episode 55[]
Challenge: Strung Out
Divided into two teams of four, each team will will compete individually in two rounds of a challenge that is run in three stages, with the winner of each round becoming a finalist. In the end, there will be four finalists who will compete in a final round of the same challenge. The winner of the final round wins reward and immunity.
Stage 1: The castaways will have each foot attached to a long rope. They will drag themselves along the ropes they are attached to, in order to untie three ribbon knots that are placed along the course with their mouths. The first three people to untie all three ribbons knots and reach the end of the course move on to the second stage.
Stage 2: The castaways will maneuver two rings attached to a rope through an obstacle course. At the end of the course, they will guide the rings down a zig-zag path along a post until they reach the base. The first two people to place both rings at the base of the post move on to the final stage.
Stage 3: The final two will carry a ball on the disc of a bar across a balance beam into a basket. Once they have placed the ball into the basket, they will have to use all the pieces of a board to solve a three-tiered puzzle. The first person to solve the puzzle and keep it standing for five seconds wins.
Reward: Salad and soft drink.
Winner: Kenta Sakurai
Challenge: Hard to Handle
Nominees must stand on a perch, while balancing a ball on the disc of a handle with one hand. At predetermined intervals, they will move to narrower and higher perches, making it harder to maintain their balance. The first person to drop their ball or fall off their perch, will be eliminated.
Winners: Eduardo Guerrero, Nahomi Mejía, and Ximena Duggan
Tribal Council[]
Episode 55[]
| Tribal Council 11: Merged Tribe | |
|---|---|
| Voted Against |
Voter |
 Duggan (3 votes) |
   Natalia, Pablo, Sergio |
 Eduardo (2 votes) |
  Aranza, Kenta |
 Nahomi (2 votes) |
 Aarón, Eduardo |
Natalia (2 votes) |
 Duggan, Saadi |
Sergio (1 vote) |
Nahomi |
| NOMINATED: Ximena Duggan, Eduardo Guerrero, Nahomi Mejía, & Natalia Barquet | |
Voting Confessionals[]
Aranza and Aarón's votes were not shown during their confessionals, however, Aarón's complete confessional was shown in Episode 58. Pablo's confessional was shown as he entered the voting booth.
Duggan |
“ | (votando en contra de Natalia) Ay, ay, ay, cuánta cosa. Pues creo que no hay nada que haya dicho ya y, pues, listo. |
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Aranza |
“ | (votando en contra de Eduardo) Pues la verdad porque ya somos muy pocos, y no tengo a quien más mandar, esa es la verdad. Bye. |
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Aaron |
“ | (votando en contra de Nahomi) Voto por esta persona, porque cree que es intocable. Sigue viviendo en el pasado, ya entiéndelo. Esto... es una nueva era. |
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Natalia |
“ | (votando en contra de Duggan) Voto por ella, porque no me soporta, y porque ha querido eliminarme desde el Día 1. |
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Pablo |
“ | (votando en contra de Duggan) Hola, hola, hola, muy buenas noches. |
” |
Extinction Duel[]
| Extinction Duel 11 | ||
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| Competitors | Result | |
Duggan |
Won | |
Eduardo |
Won | |
Nahomi |
Won | |
Natalia |
Lost | |
ELIMINATED: Natalia Barquet | ||
Still in the Running[]
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Trivia[]
Secret Scenes[]
- Natalia regresó a su realidad: Natalia returned to her reality, looked in the mirror, weighed herself, took a bath and enjoyed a delicious dinner.[1]
Other[]
- This cycle marks the first time that Aranza has made the merge.
- This cycle marks the first time Duggan has received votes against her at Tribal Council.
- This cycle marks the first time Nahomi was nominated to an Extinction Duel.
- With Natalia's elimination, all females from the Elegidos tribe have been eliminated.
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