Survivor: The Australian Outback · Season 2
In the Arena
Every challenge Survivor: The Australian Outback staged — who took immunity, who won reward, week by week.
23 challenges ran this season — 13 with immunity on the line and 11 for reward.
- Episode1
- Immunity + Reward
Bridging the Gap
The format: Quest for Fire
Tribes must traverse certain obstacles, including a dilapidated bridge, and pull a raft across the river while keeping their torch lit. If at any time during the race one of the tribes' flames is extinguished, that tribe automatically loses the challenge. The first team to climb to the top of a 30-foot tower and ignite it with their torch wins immunity.
Reward: 50 waterproof matches.
Ogakor wins
- Episode2
- Reward
Butch Cassidy
The castaways must jump from a 35-foot granite cliff into a deep natural pool and swim to a floating crate anchored in the river. Once each member of the tribe reaches the crate, they must dive down and detach it from the anchor. The tribe must then maneuver the crate down the river through small rapids, and carry it onto a sandy beach. The first tribe to get the crate and all tribe members across the finish line wins.
Reward: Blankets
Ogakor wins
- Immunity
Tucker'd Out
The format: Buggin' Out
On a spinning wheel are various aboriginal delicacies, such as mangrove worms, crickets, grubs, and cow brains. Each castaway must square off against someone from the opposing tribe, spin the wheel, and eat the item that is pointed at. If a castaway refuses to eat, or if he or she throws up, that tribe falls behind one point. The tribe that successfully eats the most tucker, wins.
Kucha wins
- Episode3
- Reward
Water Torture
Each tribe races to carry jugs of water across thin planks above the river without falling off. After a person successfully makes it to the end of the planks, that person's water jugs are put onto a pole balanced across the shoulders of the opposing tribe's designated water bearer. As the game progresses, the weight becomes overwhelming: the water bearer who endures the weight the longest, without falling off the platform, wins.
Reward: Fishing equipment
Ogakor wins
- Immunity
Lock Step
The tribes race against each other through a series of obstacles, while attached together by a rope. In this challenge, a tribe is only as fast as its slowest member. The first tribe to successfully complete the course with all of its members across the finish line wins.
Kucha wins
- Episode4
- Reward
Mastermind
The tribes are given two identical giant-sized puzzles made up of several wooden squares that slide within a bigger square. The object is to slide the giant puzzle pieces around the game board to reveal a map leading to the reward. The first tribe to complete their puzzle wins.
Reward: Three egg laying chickens and a rooster.
Kucha wins
- Immunity
True or Falls
The format: Survivor Quiz Show
The tribes meet at a large flat rock overlooking Herbert Falls, across from Tribal Council, where they play against each other in a quiz game testing their knowledge of the environment. The tribe to answer the most questions correctly wins immunity.
Kucha wins
- Episode5
- Reward
Triage
The format: Rescue Mission
Each tribe selects two members to become rescuers. The other members are placed at predetermined accident locations. Using a stretcher, each tribe must locate their tribemates at the accident locations and bring them back, one by one, to the first aid tent. First tribe to rescue all of its members and cross the finish line wins.
Reward: The winning tribe wins bath implements and all of the items chosen from a catalog by both tribes. Kucha chose blankets and Ogakor chose soup mix and spices.
Kucha wins
- Immunity
The Maze
Each tribe must race against the other, collecting five medallions in a specified order while navigating through a giant maze. First tribe to collect all five medallions in order and to exit the maze wins.
Ogakor wins
- Episode6
- Reward
The tribes will select one member of each team to act as their eyes while the other members are blindfolded. Sitting atop two towers, the eyes must guide their blindfolded tribe members through a series of obstacles. First, the blindfolded tribe members must place two logs between a sawhorse. Then, they must switch a pair of traps, one on the table, the other in the water. Next, they must grab a bucket and fill it with water. Then, they must place the water in a larger bucket. When the large bucket overflows, they must then place the picnic basket on the table with a barrel of Mountain Dew. The first tribe to successfully complete the course wins.
Reward: Doritos and Mountain Dew.
Kucha wins
- Episode7
- Immunity
Perch
Each tribe member will stand on top of a wooden pillar in the water. At random points, host Jeff Probst will tempt the castaways down by bribing food items. The last person left standing wins immunity.
Won by Keith
- Episode8
- Reward
Return to Sender
Each person must stand inside a white circle of a target and throws their boomerang, aiming for the red flag in the center of the target. The closest to the center wins.
Reward: A full course meal, shared with one tribemate
Won by Jerri
- Immunity
Don't Fence Me In
The playing field consists of posts in rows of ten with ropes hanging from one side of the post. Survivors take turns connecting the rope of one post to another post in order to eventually make a square. The Survivor owns a square when he or she is able to close off the square upon their turn. The Survivor who owns the most squares wins.
Won by Keith
- Episode10
- Reward
Double Play
The format: The Obstacle Course
The eight remaining Barramundi members will be divided into four groups of two. They will then traverse a 3-leg obstacle course. The winners of the first two races compete against each other in the third race to determine the final winner.
Reward: A trip via helicopter to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Barrier Reef, where the winning twosome enjoys a feast of delicious food and a day of snorkeling.
- Immunity
Hanging in the Balance
The format: Know Your Ropes
Part 1: Know Your RopesEach member of a pair stands on a platform in the water and uses a rope to cause the opponent to lose balance and to fall in the water. The winners of this round proceed to the next.Part 2: Rock the BoatEach member of a pair rocks an unsteady beam above the water back and forth, attempting to force the opponent to fall off. The winners proceed to the final competition. In the final round, Sinking Ship, each person in a pair uses a rope to cause the opponent to fall off an unsteady wooden raft in the water.
Won by Nick
- Episode11
- Immunity
Fire and Water
Each contestant will have a very high seesaw-contraption with two small drums; one drum has a small hole at the bottom, while the drum on the other side is hollowed in the middle. They must create a large fire in the hollowed drum, while filling the other drum with water. The players must keep the fire going while filling the water can to raise the fire can. The first person to ignite the fuse on top of their contraption wins.
Won by Colby
- Episode12
- Reward
End of the Line
Each Survivor must follow a rope that will lead to 4 checkpoints. The contestants will use 2 carabiners to traverse the rope course. One must be attached at all times. Survivors must clip onto a rope before they unclip to proceed through the race. The first person to reach each checkpoint and cross the finish line first wins.
Reward: A horseback ride, food, Budweiser, and an overnight stay on a cot, followed by breakfast at an Outback Cowboy Camp.
Won by Colby
- Immunity
Blue Plate Special
Each person has three plates with his or her name on them hanging from a tree. Using a slingshot with macadamia nuts as the ammunition, each contestant must try to break everyone's plates before his or hers are entirely broken. The person with a plate still hanging at the end wins immunity.
Won by Colby
- Episode13
- Reward
Survivor.com
The castaways communicate with their loved ones via the Internet. They will each ask their loved ones a series of survival-based questions. The castaways whose loved ones answer the most questions correctly wins.
Reward: 30-minute private chat with family and a $500 Internet shopping spree courtesy of Visa to buy gifts from afar for their loved ones.
Won by Tina
- Immunity
Fugitives
The format: Witch Hunt
With hands, feet, and waist shackled, each castaway must answer questions painted on wood beside remnants of an abandoned cattle station. The questions are based on a story told by host Jeff Probst. Each correct answer yields a key that opens one of the locks. The person with the most opened locks to cross the finish line first wins.
Won by Colby
- Episode14
- Reward
Survivor Pentathlon
The castaways must race through a multi-stage course comprising several key elements from past challenges, including being blindfolded and shackled, walking on a beam, solving a puzzle, and starting a fire. The first to finish the whole course would win the challenge.
Reward: A meal and a car (a Pontiac Aztek) to sleep in overnight. (car)
Won by Colby
- Immunity
Memory
This challenge requires memory rather than physical strength. Thirty-six covers have been placed over 18 matching pairs of items from the Outback. Each castaway must uncover two baskets, revealing their hidden items. The object: match the items and win a point. The person who matches the most items wins immunity.
Won by Colby
- Episode15
- Immunity
Fallen Comrades
Each remaining Survivor is asked several personal questions about their fellow tribe members who have been voted out before them. The person who answers the most questions correctly wins.
Won by Colby
A record set here
7
individual challenges won in one season
Colby Donaldson ran the Australian Outback like no one before him — seven individual challenge wins, capped by a record five immunities in a row to close the game. He still handed the title to Tina Wesson, taking her to the end and losing 4–3.