Survivor: Panama · Season 12
In the Arena
Every challenge Survivor: Panama staged — who took immunity, who won reward, week by week.
25 challenges ran this season — 13 with immunity on the line and 13 for reward.
- Episode1
- Reward
Skull Crush
One person from each tribe will race to the other side of the island, where they will find a pile of skulls. They will break one skull open at a time, looking for an amulet inside. The first three tribes back with the amulet win flint and the losing tribe nominates one member to stay on Exile Island.
Reward: FlintWinners (in order of finish): La Mina, Viveros, and Casaya (Bayoneta exiled Misty Giles)
Casaya & La Mina & Viveros win
- Immunity
4x4
All four tribe members from each team start on a dock and race over a barrier and swim out to their raft, which is attached to a clip underwater, and have to unclip it. Once the raft is unclipped, they would race back to shore to solve a brain teaser. Their goal at the brain teaser is to release a metal ring from a rope. They may choose to dig up a diagram buried under the sand that will help them find the solution. Once the metal ring is released, tribes would use it to retrieve a grappling hook, and once it is pulled, it will drop their tribe flag. The first three tribes to raise their flag win immunity.
Bayoneta & La Mina & Viveros win
- Episode2
- Reward
A Reptile Dysfunction
Tribes would race through an obstacle course, collecting six wooden snakes along the way. One member has to carry all six snakes through the course. The first team to cross the finish line with all six snakes wins the reward.
Reward: Fishing gear and a raft with paddles.
La Mina wins
- Immunity
Anchor Management
Five tribe members from each tribe race out to their boats. Three tribe members have to bail out the water coming in from the six holes in the ship while the other two jump into the water, moving the boat forward by moving the heavy anchor forward. Once at shore, tribes must clip the boat to the hitching post and work on transporting the anchor up the beach to the finish mat, all while carrying a zombie head. The first tribe to get the zombie head on the body wins immunity.
La Mina wins
- Episode3
- Reward
Cross Fire
The format: Wicker Flicker
Three tribe members launch balls into the air while the other four tribe members stand on a balance beam. Each launcher will launch two balls a round, one at a time, while the others try to catch it. The first tribe to five points wins reward.
Reward: A tarp, lantern, fuel, blankets, pillows, water cans, and rope.
La Mina wins
- Immunity
Battle Dig
The format: By Any Means Necessary
Each tribe races out to one of five circles, digs to find a bag buried underneath the sand, then get back to the finish mat with the bag. The first tribe to get three bags wins immunity.
Casaya wins
- Episode4
- Reward
Puzzle Paranoia
The format: Floating Puzzle
Each tribe has six floating puzzle pieces, and one at a time a member will race out to unclip a puzzle piece and get it inside the puzzle frame. Once all six pieces are inside the puzzle frame, the tribe will start to assemble the puzzle, matching the corresponding images on each side of every puzzle piece. The first tribe to correctly assemble the puzzle wins.
Reward: Towels, soap, sink, toilet seat, shower, fresh water.
Casaya wins
- Immunity
Sea Level, Tree Level
One player sits on a swing-style chair attached by rope-and-pulleys to a barrel; another stands on a platform near the raised barrel. The four remaining players, tied together in pairs, cross a long balance beam holding buckets to reach the sea. Fill them up, come back across the beam, and pour it into a bucket, which will be winched up by the player on the platform, who pours it into the barrel. Eventually, the bucket will fall, raising the player on the chair until they can pull a pin releasing the tribe flag. The first to release the flag wins.
Casaya wins
- Episode5
- Reward
For Cod's Sake
One player runs to a boat, grabs a bag of rice, then comes back, throwing the bag to the second person, who throws it to the third, who throws it to the fourth, who throws it to the final player, who dumps it in the marked bin. Then, the same thing happens with a bag of beans, and again with six large fish. Before each fish is placed in their bin, the final player must chop off the heads and tails with a cleaver. The first tribe to get everything in the right bins wins.
Reward: Rice, beans, fish, spices, wine, and cooking oil.
Casaya wins
- Immunity
Buried at Sea
Three tribe members paddle a tribe boat around a marked area to four submerged coffins, untying the slipknots and grabbing a puzzle piece from each, before rowing back to shore, where the other two use them to form a skull pyramid, placing a golden skull on top.
La Mina wins
- Episode6
- Immunity + Reward
In-Cog-Neato
The format: Tomb Raider
One at a time, three players run along a path through a field (crisscrossing the other tribe's several times) to reach one of four stations, untie a giant hanging skull-shaped puzzle piece, and haul it back. One player makes two trips. Then, the two others take the pieces and place them into rotating pieces on a solving platform until they all fit.
Reward: Toys brought to the children of a Panamanian village. While at the village, they would enjoy a barbecue with chicken, beef, and soft drinks.
Casaya wins
- Episode8
- Immunity
Vampire Bats
The castaways must use their arms and legs to hang onto a raised log for as long as possible. The last person left hanging wins.
Won by Terry
- Episode9
- Reward
Rock the Boat
In three teams of three, the castaways must take 100 coconuts from their bin and place them into the others' boats, then row theirs to a floating crate, grab a flag and net, return to shore, and use the net to haul the coconuts back to the bins. The first to finish wins.
Reward: By boat, the winning team will be picked up and be brought to a private beach where they will find a bed and breakfast waiting.
- Immunity
Ups and Downs
First, the nine castaways must dig a hole beneath a fence and crawl through. First six move on. Those six must use four clues to correctly place nine rocks in a grid, run over a sandhill, through a net maze, and over another sandhill. First three move on. They will use two planks to cross a knotted rope bridge to a platform, jump into the water, and climb a steep sand bank. First two move on. The final two will have to crawl through a cage-like network of ladders, dig through a sandpile blocking the exit, and cross the finish line.
Won by Terry
- Episode10
- Reward
Get Hooked
One player lies on a cradle supported by bungee ropes. The other three members of their team use ropes to pull them around a boxlike structure to grab 15 numbered flags, one at a time, and place them into the corresponding holders. The first to finish wins.
Reward: A full screening of the winning team's videos from home, along with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with milk. The winners will also receive their luxury items.
- Immunity
Marine Memory
The format: Box Your Mind
The castaways must swim out to a pair of floating life rings, dive down to find a long plank and memorize the seven symbols shown on it in order. They must then return to the beach and use three-sided puzzle pieces to recreate the sequence in a solving station.
Won by Terry
- Episode11
- Reward
Voo Doo
The format: Q and A
Answer questions about the players in the game, then try and guess the answers most commonly given for the same questions. For correct answers, chop a rope making a torch pivot, until the third chop sets a player's voodoo doll (designed in the player's likeness by the player themselves) alight. Last one left wins.
Reward: The winners will be brought by helicopter to a spa, where they will get a shower, mud massage, and to wash their clothes, along with getting a large feast and to spend the night there.
Won by Cirie
- Episode12
- Reward
The Key of Sea
The format: Around the Bend
The castaways will be attached to a rope that is tangled around several fences and poles that they must jump over and climb through in order to untangle it and make their way to the finish. The first to finish wins.
Reward: The winning team wins a flight to a private island where the winners will have their own barbecue feast, including steak, sausages, soft drinks, and chocolate cake. The winner of the second reward gets a car. (car)
- Immunity
Hold Your Own
The contestants will kneel on a plank over a pool while holding two small ropes, which are connected to a hook holding weight. The challenge starts with the contestants holding 20% of their body weight, with 10% of their weight being added every fifteen minutes. When a contestant can no longer hold on to their ropes, their plank will drop, and so will they. The last person left hanging on wins.
Won by Terry
- Episode13
- Reward
Second Chance
The format: Survivor Pentathlon
The five castaways must dig in a marked area for a buried bag, with the first four to find their bag moving on. Those four must take their bag through a commando crawl, climb to a raised bar, untie a wooden snake, climb back down, take both through another commando crawl, and over a sandhill, with the first three moving on. Those three must take their bag and snake over a sandhill into a pool, untie a hanging fish, and take all three over another sandhill, with the first two moving on. The final two must take all three items with them through a cage-like network of ladders to the finish.
Reward: The winner gets to decide who will get to see their loved one and how much time they will spend with them.
Won by Terry
- Immunity
Vertigo
Each castaway must stand on top of a wooden pillar in the water. They must lower a bucket into the water, raise it back up, then dump the water into a bamboo chute. They must repeat the process until the water in their bamboo chute is high enough, which would raise a flag. The first person to raise their flag wins.
Won by Terry
- Episode14
- Reward
Station by Station
Moving along a communal rope to six stations, the contestants must count the number of a specific item (shells, rocks, poles, fish, iguanas, and hermit crabs), return to their solving station at the start, and find the appropriate tile before continuing. Once they've got all six numbers, they must open three separate combination locks with them. If there are any mistakes, they must go back and correct any or all of them. First to open all three locks and raise their flag wins.
Reward: A tour of the Panama Canal while on a yacht, spending the night on board, and having a five-course meal.
Won by Aras
- Immunity
Puzzle Dig
Using images and rope to dig up a bag of puzzle pieces, the castaways must take it to a solving station, and assemble the jigsaw to show where to move the ropes. First to dig up three bags and solve all three puzzles wins.
Won by Aras
- Episode15
- Reward
Wall to Wall
The contestants must race to the top of a three-story climbing wall using four individually-shaped pegs. First, they must make their way through a table maze. Once at the end of the maze, each will release a bag containing their first two pegs and move to a spinning wheel. Reading the clues, each must spin the wheel clockwise, counter-clockwise, and clockwise again like a combination lock to find the one bag that contains their final two pegs. With the help of the pegs, the players must get to the top of the wall and place their pegs in the proper slots, which will raise a flag. The first person to raise their flag wins.
Reward: A protein-enriched meal specifically made to nourish the winner for the Final Immunity Challenge.
Won by Terry
- Immunity
Balance of Power
The format: Sea Legs
Starting on the largest of a series of floating platforms, every fifteen minutes the final three will move to the next smaller platform. As the platforms get smaller, it will get tougher for the Survivors to maintain their balance. Only their feet can touch the platform. If their hands touch the platform or they fall off, they are eliminated. The last person standing wins.
Won by Danielle