Survivor: Marquesas · Season 4
In the Arena
Every challenge Survivor: Marquesas staged — who took immunity, who won reward, week by week.
23 challenges ran this season — 14 with immunity on the line and 9 for reward.
- Episode1
- Immunity
Outrigger Fire Quest
The format: Quest for Fire
Carrying an outrigger canoe outfitted with two torches, the tribes must swim with the canoe out into the ocean, light the torches from a fire cauldron, then race back to shore while lighting a series of torches along the way. The first tribe to have successfully lit all of their torches and cross the finish line wins.
Rotu wins
- Episode2
- Reward
Float Your Boat
Tribes would dive down into the water to remove rocks from a small boat. When they have removed enough rocks, the boat would rise to the surface and float. Tribe members would then proceed to use buckets to get water out of the boat with buckets. Once the tribe decided the boat was sea-fare, they would row back to shore. The first tribe back would win.
Reward: Fishing gear
Rotu wins
- Immunity
Marquesan Menu
The format: Buggin' Out
Each tribe member would bob for fafaru (raw fish fillet marinated in fermented seawater). If any tribe member could not keep it down or didn't eat it, they would lose the challenge for their tribe.
Rotu wins
- Episode3
- Reward
Raft Rescue
The format: Shipwrecked
Both tribes were given supplies before the challenge to build a raft. The tribes would use the raft to navigate through a course, picking up five crates along the way. The first tribe back to the start with all five crates would win.
Reward: Pillows, blankets, and three lanterns with fuel.
Rotu wins
- Immunity
Coconut Maze Race
Each tribe would have four members moving a puzzle with a pulley system, and a caller telling their tribe members how to move it. After getting one coconut to the end of the maze, they would switch callers. The first tribe to get three coconuts through the maze would win.
Rotu wins
- Episode4
- Immunity
Life's a Tapestry
Tribes must solve a tapestry puzzle. The first tribe to complete wins.
Rotu wins
- Episode5
- Reward
Tiki Towers
The format: Blind Leading the Blind
Each team had to pick one member to be the eyes of the group, while the others were to be blindfolded. The Caller had to direct the other members to collect randomly scattered segments of four Tikis that had been deconstructed. Once collected, the blindfolds were to be removed, and the first tribe to reconstruct their four Tikis would win.
Reward: The winning tribe will have the right to raid the losing tribe's camp. However, the winning tribe must leave at least a pot, a machete, and personal items behind.
Maraamu wins
- Immunity
Distress Signal
The format: SOS Signal
Tribes were instructed to build a distress signal on the shore of their beach, using materials in and around camp to catch the eye of a rescue boat that would pass by in the water a few hours later. The tribe with the more eye-catching distress signal would win immunity.
Maraamu wins
- Episode6
- Reward
Jungle Relay
This is a three-part relay race. The first runner races through the jungle, unties a paddle, and tags the second runner. Both then race to untie a second paddle, and then race back to the beach where they break open coconuts to find a key. The two runners pass the paddles and the key to two other tribe members, who must unchain a boat, paddle the boat out to retrieve a flag, then paddle back to plant their flag in the tiki. When the paddlers return to shore, they must push their boat to their chain and both paddlers must be present at the tiki when they put their flag in.
Reward: A meal of chicken, quiche, bean salad, dessert, and Sierra Mist.
Maraamu wins
- Immunity
The Maze
While tethered together by a rope, tribes had to retrieve five ladder rungs in order from around a giant maze. They will use the rungs to build a ladder in the center of the maze. The first tribe to climb their ladder wins.
Rotu wins
- Episode7
- Immunity
Sea Legs
Each player must stand on a floating platform at the sea. If any part of their body besides their feet touch the platform, or if they fall of the platform, they are eliminated from the challenge. Last person left standing wins immunity.
Won by Kathy
- Episode8
- Reward
Go Fly a Kite
Tribe members must fly a kite. The first person to have their kite 300 feet from the ground wins reward.
Reward: A king-sized Snickers candy bar, and a day scuba dive trip at an exotic coral reef.
Won by Kathy
- Immunity
Parang Swing
The format: Survivor Quiz Show
The castaways were asked a series of questions relating to both the Marquesas Islands and survival, topics which they should have learned quite a bit about at this point. Each person had a station with three ropes tied to three bundles of coconuts strung up in the trees. Every time someone answered a question correctly, they would be given the opportunity to chop down one bundle of coconuts of any Survivor's of their choosing. Once a Survivor's three ropes have all been cut, they would be out of the game. The last person to have any bundles of coconuts remaining would win Immunity.
Won by Tammy
- Episode10
- Reward
Coconut Juice
The castaways would be split into pairs and would gather coconuts. They would split open the coconuts and let the coconut milk run into a tube to raise a ball. The first pair to raise their ball to the top would win.
Reward: An authentic Marquesan feast
- Immunity
High Stepping
The eight survivors will be compete in a single elimination walk-off tournament on stilts. In one-on-one matchups, they will walk past each other until one fails to keep balance, eliminating that player from the challenge. The player that wins the final round wins immunity.
Won by Tammy
- Episode11
- Reward
Rock Bottom
For the first three rounds, contestants would dive under water to find a shell and bring it back. The last contestant to do so would be eliminated. For the fourth and final round, the four remaining contestants would dive into the water, grab a rock and swim back to shore with it. The first contestant with the rock at Jeff's feet wins.
Reward: A dinner and shower on a cruise ship.
Won by Paschal
- Immunity
Virtues of Fire
The format: Fast Fire
In the dark, the contestants would gather supplies to make a fire. They would make their fire under a stove with oil and popcorn kernels on it. Once a contestant popped a popcorn kernel, they would take burning embers to a brush pile, and light the pile on fire. The first contestant to have their fire reach the top of the brush pile would win immunity.
Won by Robert
- Episode12
- Reward
Turtle Roll
The format: Squared Off
The loved ones (not the Survivors) would stand around the far edge of a large puzzle, comprised of six-sided individual pieces. One at a time, the competitors would step from one piece to the next. As they stepped off a piece, they had to flip it over, revealing the color green. Taking turns, they would continue moving on to new pieces without the option of stepping back on a green piece. Once a person was trapped, unable to step on an open piece, they were out. The last person left on the board would win
Reward: An overnight stay with their friend/family at Soliantu beach.
Won by Kathy
- Immunity
Sands of Time
The format: Blue Plate Special
Each Survivor recognized their name emblazoned on an hourglass-shaped structure dotted with different shaped tiles. Behind those tiles were piles of sand. At the base of each structure was a small tiki. Using the slingshots, the Survivors had to fire rocks at the tile panels of another tribe member's structure, releasing sand, which would cover the tiki. Once a Survivor's tiki was completely covered with sand, that person would be eliminated from the game. The Survivor whose tiki remained uncovered would win.
Won by Vecepia
- Episode13
- Reward
Second Chance
The format: Survivor Pentathlon
Firstly, each Survivor had to construct a Tiki. Next, they had to race to a pile of coconuts, crack them open and drain the juice, filling a bamboo tube. They then had to continue through the jungle to find stilts tied to a tree. Once the stilts were untied, the Survivors had to successfully walk ten feet on the stilts without falling. After completing this leg of the challenge, they would have to find another pile of coconuts and crack them open to find a key that would be used to unlock a crate. Inside the crate would be a slingshot. Finally, with the slingshot in hand, the Survivors would have to find their specific hourglass-shaped structure with a wooden Tiki underneath. Using the slingshot, they must break a tile, releasing sand which will cover the Tiki. The first contestant to cover their Tiki wins the challenge.
Reward: A brand new Saturn VUE (car)
Won by Sean
- Immunity
Marquesan Folklore
The format: Witch Hunt
The Survivors would listen to Jeff narrate an ancient Marquesan tale. Then, trying to retain all of the information they just heard, the Survivors would answer a series of questions about the story. Each question was located within a private kiosk in which multiple-choice answers were made available. Correct answers would correspond to a basket that would reveal a miniature idol. Survivors who guessed the correct answer would then attach the idol to a necklace with which they had been provided. The first person to answer five questions correctly and race across the finish line with five idols would win.
Won by Kathy
- Episode14
- Immunity
Fallen Comrades
Host Jeff Probst would ask the contestants questions about the eliminated contestants and about events in the first 37 days. The first contestant to get ten questions right wins immunity.
Won by Vecepia
- Immunity
Hard Idol
The format: Hands on a Hard Idol
Each tribe member held on to the Immunity Idol while standing on a small pedestal. The person who lasted the longest wins immunity.
Won by Neleh