This is the final cycle and the season finale of Survivor México (2023), covering episodes 66 to 70.
Story[]
Challenges[]
Episode 66[]
Challenge: The castaways will compete in three rounds of a challenge that is run in two stages, with the winner of each round becoming a finalist. In the end, there will be three 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 carry six balls, one at a time, using pliers to grip them as they make their way across a series of balance beams and under a hitching post to reach a candelabra-like structure. The first two people to place all the balls in the candelabra move on to the final stage.
Stage 2: The final two will solve a ball sort puzzle, wherein they need to slide balls around a hub so that each chute contains balls of the same color. The first person to solve the puzzle by having all five chutes with five balls of the same color wins.
Reward: Sopes and soft drink.
Winner: Sergio Torres (shared reward with Eduardo Guerrero)
Challenge: Rusty Gates
The castaways will compete in three 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 three 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 move along a balance beam, using a bar to release two rings from a post at one end of the beam, and then transport them, one at a time, into a basket at the other end. The first four people to place both rings into the basket move on to the second stage.
Stage 2: The castaways will cross a suspension ladder bridge from one side to the other, while transporting two flags, one at a time, to the other side of the bridge. The first three people to raise both flags on the other side of the bridge move on to the third stage.
Stage 3: The castaways will use three small planks to cross a balance beam, placing them in the holes along the beam as they move forward. The first two people to completely cross the balance beam without falling move on to the final stage.
Stage 4: The final two will be blindfolded, and using only their sense of touch, will maneuver a handle through a maze. The first person to guide the handle out of the maze wins.
Reward: A trip to a nightclub in Punta Cana and a night in a luxury hotel with breakfast included.
Winner: Pablo Martí (shared reward with Eduardo Guerrero)
Episode 67[]
Challenge: The castaways must balance two pyramids, each on one end of a balancing board, counterbalancing with one leg to steady the board. At regular intervals, they will place a ring on the pyramid of their choice, making it heavier. If any of their pyramids fall off, they are out of the challenge. The last person standing wins reward and immunity.
Reward: Fried quesadillas, a concha, and a choice between coffee and soft drink.
Winner: Aranza Carreiro (shared reward with Ximena Duggan)
Challenge: Game of Bridge
The nominees will use planks to build a bridge. Once they have completed the bridge, they will remove the planks from the bridge, saving the ones with part of a puzzle on them. They will then collect the puzzle planks and use them to solve a puzzle. The first two castaways to solve the puzzle will be saved from elimination.
Winners (in order of finish): Eduardo Guerrero and Ximena Duggan
Episode 68[]
Challenge: Chimney Sweep
The castaways would stand barefoot on two foot pegs placed between two walls, without using their arms to brace themselves. At regular intervals, the castaways would move up to smaller foot pegs. When the castaways reached the fourth set of foot pegs, they would try to remain on them as long as they could. If they fell to the ground or made contact with either wall, they would be out of the challenge. The last castaway still standing on their pegs would win reward and immunity.
Reward: Chicken empanadas and coffee.
Winner: Aranza Carreiro (shared reward with Sergio Torres)
Challenge: Push Your Luck
The castaways will compete 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 two 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 use a pole to retrieve four bags of ropes hanging from a post. For each bag they retrieve, they will use all the ropes from that bag to build a section of a rope bridge, before retrieving another bag. The first four people to completely build the rope bridge and cross it to the other end without falling move on to the second stage.
Stage 2: The castaways will wear helmets connected to balls by ropes. While they cross a balance beam, they will move their heads to swing the balls and knock down totems along the way. The first three people to knock down all the totems using the ball on the helmet move on to the third stage.
Stage 3: The castaways will navigate two buoys, one at a time, through a rope maze while moving across a balance beam. The first two people to place both buoys into a stick at the end of the rope course move on to the final stage.
Stage 4: The final two will use wooden pieces to assemble a giant feathered serpent puzzle. The first person to solve the puzzle wins.
Reward: Pork chops with french fries and lemonade.
Winner: Eduardo Guerrero (shared reward with Sergio Torres)
Challenge: Running the Numbers
The nominees will solve a slide puzzle, in which they must remove the piece with the knife from the central slot. Once the knife is released, they will move on to a next station, where they will find three number sequences, each on the back of a tile. They will need to memorize these sequences and then try to replicate them on a separate board using tiles. They will be able to return to the station as many times as necessary. Once they have correctly recreated the three sequences on the board, they will use the knife to cut a rope and raise a flag. The first castaway to raise their flag will be saved from elimination.
Winner: Ximena Duggan
Episode 69[]
Challenge: Scale Challenge / Teeter Tower
The castaways will stand on a rocking board and build a house of cards with wooden tiles on a platform at one end of the rocking board, having a rope to hold on to for balance. The first player to build a four-story house of cards with a small cube on top, and keep it standing for three seconds while the rocking board remains balanced, wins. There will be two rounds of the challenge, with the winner of each round becoming a finalist. The two finalists will then compete in a final round of the same challenge. The winner of the final round wins reward and immunity.
Reward: A brand new motorcycle.
Winner: Ximena Duggan
Challenge: More Than a Feeling
The castaways will be blindfolded, and using only their sense of touch, they will memorize the placement of nine geometric shapes on a board. They will then race through a series of obstacles to a second station, where they will use pieces to replicate the sequence of the geometric shapes on a second board. They will be able to go back to the first board as many times as necessary. The first castaway to correctly replicate the positions of the geometric shapes on the second board wins. There will be two rounds of the challenge, with the winner of each round becoming a finalist. The two finalists will then compete in a final round of the same challenge. The winner of the final round wins reward and immunity.
Reward: Gorditas and orange juice.
Winner: Aranza Carreiro (shared reward with Ximena Duggan)
Challenge: Cling Ons
The nominees will hang onto a vertical board by standing and holding onto pegs. Periodically, they will find a numbered peg to remove from the board, making it harder to hang onto the board. The first person to fall off the board or touch any edge of it, will be eliminated.
Winners: Pablo Martí and Sergio Torres
Episode 70[]
Challenge: Price On Your Head / Snake in the Grass / Domino Effect
The castaways will compete in two rounds of a challenge that is run in three stages. The winner of each round wins immunity.
Stage 1: The castaways will balance a container on a bag on their head. They will fill the container with salt and then walk across a long seesaw to a bucket, where they fill that bucket with the salt they have carried. Once the bucket is full enough, it will activate a mechanism, raising the lid of a chest with a flag inside. The first three people to raise their flag move on to the second stage.
Stage 2: The castaways will carry three bags of puzzle pieces, one at a time, to their solving station, while crossing a rope bridge back and forth using another rope for support. They will then use the puzzle pieces to solve a puzzle in the shape of a snake. The first two people to finish their snake puzzle move on to the final stage.
Stage 3: The final two will stack a series of blocks on an angular beam while avoiding trip bars, which could cause their blocks to tip and force them to start over. Once all of the blocks are properly stacked on the course, they will start a chain reaction which will trigger a mechanism, that will release a ball rolling to break a tile. The first person to smash their tile wins.
Winners: Pablo Martí (round 1) and Sergio Torres (round 2)
Challenge: Second Chance / Dizzy Miss Lizzy
The nominees will race through a multi-stage course comprising several elements from past challenges. First, they will cross a series of balance beams. Next, they will carry two balls, one at a time, holding each ball on a disc by a handle, and balance it as they ascend to narrower and higher perches to reach a basket. Once they have placed both balls in the basket, they will use sandbags of different weights to balance the weight of eight buckets so that each bucket lifts a letter, having to spell the word "SURVIVOR" at the end. The next stage will consist of building a five-story house of cards using wooden tiles, with a coin placed on top. After that, they will place letter tiles on a reel to spell "SURVIVOR", and then spin to unravel a coil of rope from the reel. They will then carry a ball across a balance beam while balancing it on a tile with two handles. Next, they will solve a sort puzzle with sliding pieces of different colors, having to slide and arrange the pieces, so that each column on the board contains only pieces of the same color as the ball in that respective column. Finally, they will throw sandbags to a circular platform located atop of a wood stud. The first castaway to land two sandbags onto the platform will be saved from elimination.
Winner: Aranza Carreiro
Tribal Council[]
Episode 67[]
| Tribal Council 14: Merged Tribe | |
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| Voted Against |
Voter |
 Eduardo (3 votes) |
   Aranza, Duggan, Saadi |
Duggan (2 votes) |
 Eduardo, Pablo |
Saadi (2 votes) |
  Nahomi, Sergio |
| NOMINATED: Eduardo Guerrero, Ximena Duggan, & Ale Saadi | |
Voting Confessionals[]
Pablo's vote was not shown during his confessional.
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“ | (votando en contra de Saadi) Hola, hola. Hoy mi decisión es muy difícil, porque nos estamos dejando guiar por una estrategia. Los lazos que yo, esta temporada, hice con esta persona son más importantes. Este... ya lo platicamos, estuvimos analizando varias situaciones para poder tener más vida, o por lo menos para poder tener menos fallo. Yo voto por Saadi. |
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“ | (votando en contra de Duggan) Bueno, pues ya no tenemos mucho... margen para elegir, pues cada vez somos un grupo más pequeño. Pues, no es nada personal, pero pues es que... es parte de la estrategia, así que. Hermanita, tú sabes que te quiero mucho, pero pues no hay margen ya. |
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“ | (votando en contra de Duggan) Buena vibra. Buenas noches. |
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Episode 68[]
| Tribal Council 15: Merged Tribe | |
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| Voted Against |
Voter |
Duggan (3 votes) |
Eduardo, Pablo, Sergio |
Nahomi (2 votes) |
Aranza, Duggan |
Sergio (1 vote) |
Nahomi |
| NOMINATED: Ximena Duggan & Nahomi Mejía | |
Voting Confessionals[]
Aranza's vote was not shown during her confessional.
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“ | (votando en contra de Sergio) Me siento muy feliz con lo que he dado, y con lo que pueda pasar. Esta temporada la disfruté de otra manera, y estoy lista para lo que se venga. Mi voto es por Sergio. |
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“ | (votando en contra de Nahomi) Se logró, hermanos y hermanas. ¡Ah, qué díficil está siendo esto! No van a sacar a Duggan. |
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“ | (votando en contra de Nahomi) Así lo hablamos, Chini. Te amo. |
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“ | (votando en contra de Duggan) Otra vez este lugarcito, uff, pero ahora traigo collar, ¿qué tal? Yo tengo que seguir mi estrategia, tengo que seguir mi camino, y así lo veo yo. Así que discúlpame, pero... |
” |
Final Tribal Council[]
| Tribal Council 16: Public Vote (Undisclosed) | |
|---|---|
| Voted For Winner |
Result |
Pablo |
1st |
Aranza |
2nd |
Sergio |
3rd |
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Sergio Torres | |
RUNNER-UP: Aranza Carreiro | |
SOLE SURVIVOR: Pablo Martí | |
Extinction Duel[]
Episode 67[]
| Extinction Duel 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitors | Result | |
Eduardo |
1st | |
Duggan |
2nd | |
Saadi |
3rd | |
ELIMINATED: Ale Saadi | ||
Episode 68[]
| Extinction Duel 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitors | Result | |
Duggan |
1st | |
Nahomi |
2nd | |
ELIMINATED: Nahomi Mejía | ||
Episode 69[]
| Extinction Duel 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitors | Result | |
Pablo |
Won | |
Sergio |
Won | |
Eduardo |
Lost | |
ELIMINATED: Eduardo Guerrero | ||
Episode 70[]
| Extinction Duel 17 | ||
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| Competitors | Result | |
Aranza |
1st | |
Duggan |
2nd | |
ELIMINATED: Ximena Duggan | ||
Final Results[]
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Trivia[]
Secret Scenes[]
- Duggan dio un emotivo mensaje: "It's now or never, it's giving it all...", Duggan gave an emotional message in ceremony and to all those people who follow the reality show.[1]
- Saadi regresó a su realidad: Saadi returned to her reality, looked in the mirror, weighed herself, took a bath and enjoyed a delicious dinner.[2]
- Nahomi regresó a su realidad: Nahomi returned to her reality, looked in the mirror, weighed herself, took a bath and enjoyed a delicious dinner.[3]
Other[]
- Pablo became the first person to win Survivor México twice.
References[]