5 Times Survivor Players Cheated at Challenges

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[@Peridiam]

Fun fact: Penny also cheated in the Attack Zone, but by that point it was such a blowout Probst didn't even care to mention it. This also means Shii Ann was the only player left on the Sook Jai tribe by the end of the challenge.

[@petermcgill3405]

Wait, really? When was that revealed?

[@Peridiam]

@@petermcgill3405 It's toward the end of the challenge. You can see it in the episode.

[@petermcgill3405]

@@Peridiam I just rewatched the challenge. I think Penny wanted to pull Clay's shorts off.

[@Ruddline]

Is it a brilliant meta move to create a challenge that actually cannot be completed normally and is too weird? I kinda am beginning to think this challenge was genius on some level, first person to just not break the rules wins by default. Its like a Squid Game challenge lol

[@RandomIndyWrestling]

Shii Ann MVP

[@Wags13]

"Let's talk about cheating on Survivor" and the b-roll showing Keith and Whitney >>>>>

[@KyleStoughton]

Talk about being caught in 4K

[@elpadre2940]

Ahah what happened?

[@rohitjoseph2933]

Ye what happened??

[@katal003]

@@rohitjoseph2933 whitney was married and got divorced like immediately after getting home 💀💀

[@Ethanimale]

Quick honorable mention that I'm actually happy you didn't include is Stephen in the Tocantins final immunity challenge. The players had to have one hand tied behind their back as they dropped the balls down the slide contraption, but at one point Stephen fumbled catching a ball and was able to bring his arm that was *still* tied behind his back to assist with the catch. I know many have considered it to be cheating, but technically the rules never said he couldn't use the arm that was tied behind his back and I've always found that moment to be incredibly interesting and a potential clever workaround to the challenge. If that loophole was ever abused further tho I feel like a rule would eventually be implemented

[@ericzubyk2329]

I don’t think anyone said you couldn’t use the other hand. He just said it’ll be tied behind your back.

[@WinnerVegetable]

True

[@youtubecruiser6819]

The fact that your hand is behind your back implies you shouldn't use it. That excuse is what a Weasley person would say. It's like in air bud when they say "there is no rule saying a dog can't play." It's stupid.

[@ericzubyk2329]

@@youtubecruiser6819 It doesn’t matter, JT won in the end. It’s like Jeff said the first 3 times that challenge happened, the winner of that challenge won the whole competition.

[@youtubecruiser6819]

@@ericzubyk2329 It should matter. If people are just outright allowed to cheat then why should we have rules at all? If you have to cheat to win then your win is not earned.

[@km_studios]

About Jeff's supposed "memory loss", when he said Ben's DQ in Samoa was the first time someone had been ejected from a challenge, I think he meant it was the first time a DISCRETIONARY CALL was made to do so. The attack zone DQs were due to specific rule violations--Jeff explicitly said that anyone who made contact without being in the attack zone would be disqualified. However, in the Samoa challenge, I don't believe there were any explicit rules about what forms of contact were and weren't allowed. Rather, Jeff made a judgement call that Ben kicking Russell was unacceptable.

[@YourPalJamieEllis]

This sounds right--the Attack Zone had an explicit rule and a mechanic that covered what to do in case of that rule being violated. Shmergenbrawl did not. They feel different to me.

[@jinga9862]

He also said *THIS CHALLENGE* which, idk

[@alyssaulin2756]

Thank you for this! I was having a really hard time trying to put my thoughts on this into words and you said it beautifully

[@Subangelis]

He said "this game" meaning that particular challenge, not the history of Survivor.

[@ukdeeznuts]

i think it’s as simple as him saying “this game” referring to the literal mini challenge they were doing

[@NickWuebker]

I feel the Attack Zone in Thailand should've been a bit bigger. That would've meant a few less DQ's.

[@1rtle]

Fr it should have just been the whole intersection

[@NickWuebker]

@@1rtle They learned their lesson and went that way when the challenge came back in All Stars.

[@1rtle]

Nick Wuebker oh yeah I completely forgot about that but good for them

[@alyssaulin2756]

The attack zone felt like it was designed to specifically dq players

[@almost12inches]

The point of it being small was so that there was an incentive to have e them close, not going to the center would leave you defenceless.

[@Loogaroo1]

To be fair, the Attack Zone looks like it was all of four feet long. The entire length of that bridge should have been considered the Attack Zone.

[@NickWuebker]

My thoughts exactly.

[@Peridiam]

Not to be confused with getting cheated OUT of a challenge. ⌛🔨

[@brandongarner643]

We will see if that number grows tonight!

[@NYChica23]

If that happens, I'm fully expecting Lex to be there, since he did get cheated out of the F4 challenge win because of a production snafu in Africa

[@machine146]

Don't forget Heroes vs Vilnians when Coach took his hand off the bag to push Rupert off.

[@SupermarketSweep777]

"Take that anger and point it to the pirate, not me."

[@cdawg4021]

@@SupermarketSweep777 Yeah let's not forget about Coach flipping off Jeff Probst. 😆😆

[@RussellMuscleTV]

Feel like this video is going to be filled with tons of old-school moments and I’m all for it

[@juandavidespana3394]

"Let's talk about cheating in Survivor" *adds a clip of Keith and Whitney* THE SHADE!!!

[@BroncoKnight34]

“I know Jeff loves his Hershey bar…” 💀

[@msparks21]

I normally watch you for your opinions and analysis, and of course get the occasional chuckle out of it. But God damn, I clearly underestimated your humor and savagery. “Let’s talk about cheating in Survivor.” -SHOWS WHITNEY AND KEITH. You absolute legend, madlad, genius. Can’t say enough good things. It’s 11pm watching this, and I might have just woken my upstairs neighbors with how aggressively hard I laughed at this. WELL PLAYED, SIR.

[@willturner4072]

I have a couple more off the top of my head: 1. Rob's brother in the eating challenge in All Stars 2. Matty in Gabon where they had to hold the poles with the tops of their hands and he used his knuckles (Kenny mentioned that on his AMA) 3. Rupert stealing the shoes in Pearl Islands Bonus- in DvG they didn't break a rule in the 6+ hour challenge, but Jeff did forget to mention you couldn't take your back off the post

[@icewyre]

I thought this idea came from last episode where Chanelle jumped the gun and started untangling the ropes before Hai was down from the cargo net. Thought it would get a mention. Cool to see though that that instance wasn't anything new.

[@jeffreydolan1444]

yea same as well, thought that was the inspiration for this video and would have had an honorable mention or something

[@SupermarketSweep777]

Honestly Amber was an underrated challenge beast. She was just competing against slightly better beasts.

[@runek100]

She is not beast if she doesnt win :D

[@emileethegamer2161]

Bro wym not a beast if she doesn’t win the dude even cheated ….. men these days I stg

[@A_Random_IRS_B0T_]

“He’s confused but he’s got sprit”

[@A_Random_IRS_B0T_]

@@emileethegamer2161 men these days… wait MEN THESE DAYS. Yeah I can’t really say anything bad about that because my gender is weird and scary.

[@andyland5555]

Glad Jed's disqualification in Attack Zone gets highlighted here. I've paused it many times and I do think the tip of his foot is in the AZ when he makes the first contact. Not that this makes a difference in the challenge probably since they still would have been beaten by a bunch of rules, but still

[@MrCarl760]

One of the BIGGEST instances of cheating that I think has the most substantial impact on the season but doesn’t get talked about as much is in episode 7 of Survivor South Pacific. It’s the final tribal immunity challenge right before the merge, both tribes are tied even with members, so this win pretty much dictates the rest of the game. This is the notorious Jack and Jill immunity/reward challenge combo. It’s nearing the end of the challenge, the tribes have to retrieve their last bag of puzzle pieces for their puzzle, it’s neck and neck, and Upolu sends out Albert and Sofie, who are blindfolded and tied together. Savaii is catches up to them at the bag untying post because Albert is taking a long time untying his bag from the post and repeatedly tries to yank it off. After a minute of Albert trying to get the bag, Albert just rips the tip of the bag off of the post with the rope still attached to it and heads back. In the episode you can actually see in the camera shot, the blue tip of the bag and rope still attached to the post. Ozzy stays there and you can see him properly untie the bag before heading back. Once they get back to the puzzle station they have to open up the tied bags which Savaii takes time doing, yet Upolu has their bags opened up first and thus goes on to narrowly win that crucial immunity challenge. I’m surprised I didn’t see this one come up and I always wonder, would Upolu have went on to have control of the season and ultimately win had Albert not ripped the bag off the post, saving time and having it already ripped open to retrieve the puzzle pieces out of? Had Albert properly done the challenge by untying the bag from the post would he have lost the lead and thus Upolu lost the challenge and possibly had Savaii come out as the victorious tribe?

[@hadley407]

I was hoping this video was going to mention this one. I went back to watch the season because I hadn’t seen it and I was looking for something to watch and when this challenge happened and they won. I immediately stopped watching the season because I was upset. I’m in the middle of S31 E11 and just watch Keith cheat vs Joe immunity challenge and came looking for a video about it.

[@darthnater4ever]

I was literally just looking for a video on this topic this morning after I fell into your rabbit hole of survival videos for about week. You're dope

[@jptoony2670]

Nice touch with the time codes at the bottom of the “screenshot” bits being the season and episode that clip was from

[@deanmarais4471]

Robb's whole rant after the attack zone challenge is legendary. "He’s a weak little whiny punk. Backwoods hick. Did you hear him? UBUBUBUHH. Screaming at me dude. I wanted to spit in his face. We got beat today dude, but it wasn’t by somebody better than us. Okay, I’m not gonna be a sore loser, we lost, dude, we lost by a bunch of of rules. But you know what though? Who gives a shit? Cause I got a good shot on homeboy from the backwoods, and big teddy wasn’t so big. That’s what I’m saying.” I've always felt like it has untapped copypasta potential

[@GrumpyMustard]

I love awkward physical challenges like Attack Zone. I wonder how Robbb would do if he came back another season, probably terrible but would be entertaining.

[@WypsotorNyloff]

Honestly Robb choking Clay is the single best moment of Thailand

[@harrdeeharr]

I guess it doesn’t really count since production allowed it, but I’m surprised no mention of the final immunity of Guatemala. Had they stuck with the rule that hands and feet couldn’t touch the support beame, Stephanie would have won the challenge and Danni would have been voted out.

[@shadowninja6689]

That challenge is the biggest "WTF were they thinking, and did they even test this challenge in advance" thing I've ever seen on the show with how poorly designed it was.

[@freddytang2128]

@@shadowninja6689 I was confused too. I thought it was a balancing challenge but turned into an endurance challenge of who can stay up on that beam. Nobody can balance on that thing with just one rope. I thought “huh is this what production had in mind?”

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

I love the subtle gag of "let's talk about cheating in Survivor" while showing a clip of Keith and Whitney.

[@briandill8125]

The shade to Keith and Whitney when you first mentioned 'cheating' is underlyingly hilarious

[@BrettMKW]

Drake in the first immunity challenge didn't keep their torch lit. Also I agree with you that Jed's call was a blown call.

[@json_bourne3812]

The Towers of Hanoi can be very tricky if you haven't done it before, especially when you get to 5+ pieces - the number of moves requires goes up almost exponentially

[@keithprivett3878]

Here's the hack. Alternate between moving the smallest piece (always in the same direction) as odd number moves and don't move the smallest piece on even moves (which ever of the larger pieces can move to the only place it can move.) And the moves double+1 with each layer, powers of two minus one (1,3,7,15,31,63,127...)

[@json_bourne3812]

@@keithprivett3878 haha yeah I know how to solve it - just noting that since it takes increasingly more moves, at the size they're working with it's easy to lose concentration on the moving pattern you're doing, hence players out of nowhere putting a piece in the wrong place when they weren't trying to for the 15 moves before

[@mackenziefritz8169]

Not the first time Coach cheated. “Take that anger and point it to the pirate, not me”

[@danjones2164]

That challenge from Thailand is one of the most infamous challenges in the history of the show!

[@JalebJay]

Interesting how they had a hard time with the mindless towers of hanoi puzzle. It's a mindless activity if you've ever done it.

[@ekuu8918]

To be fair, lack of food does a hell of a thing to the brain.

[@JalebJay]

@@ekuu8918 it was the premier episode

[@ekuu8918]

@@JalebJay Oh, then yikes lol

[@janejones7638]

I was watching another channel. People said on that channel that you had a wonderful channel as well. I obviously agreed. I appreciate all the hard work that goes into your videos.

[@sentientsardine9729]

I remember watching Nicaragua as a kid and noticing in the challenge where they had to answer trivia questions to get puzzle pieces, but they couldn't check if they were correct until they reached their station. I recall a wide shot showing someone looking in their bag while running? But it was many years ago when I watched it

[@iMajoraGaming]

*holds up limp wrist* "outlaw baby" goddamn that was the fucking funniest shit i've seen in a long time

[@jdot666x420]

Over the big lebowski clip 😂😂😂😂 that's my favorite scene from the movie and that is such an underrated movie

[@GeauxWyatt]

I’m so happy to hear a Stephen A Smith joke in a Survivor video! Well done!

[@EagleScout2019]

I think the attack zone one is the hardest thing I’ve seen in this show, because if you don’t go into the zone, then you can’t really move, and if they let you in the zone, then you’re both kind of stuck

[@blackneon15]

I’ll say about the Colby rope situation, I feel like it was let go because he wasn’t moving when he was unclipped on both ends. Had he not been stationary, I’d DEFINITELY consider it cheating

[@amariahlovelace5113]

It looks like he clipped it back on before moving.

[@HiggySmalls1]

Clay Moaning When Robb Grabbed His Neck Is Hilarious.

[@jamesvincent4458]

Honorable mention Whitney and Keith oh wait wrong video...

[@thatperson378]

Damn colby really robbed amber of that win

[@bravesfan2214]

In Africa when Lex and Tom “got one of the questions wrong” in the final 4 immunity challenge. But there two right answers and they should have been considered correct. SoLex and Tom were both given 100k as if they had finished second in the season

[@shadowninja6689]

From what I recall it didn't matter that Tom got it right, but Lex would have tied with the person who won that challenge, forcing a tie breaker. And the person who won would have been voted out that round if they hadn't won immunity, which I think is the real reason they gave them 100K.

[@annab3lle_]

jeff doesn’t have long term memory loss, he chooses to forget thailand XD

[@Matt913]

1. Heroes VS. Villains, Coach taking his hands off the tackling...pillow?...when facing Rupert. 2. I'm both surprised and unsurprisingly that they've never brought the Tower of Hanoi back. On the one hand, it's REALLY difficult if you don't know the trick. On the other hand, if you *do* know the trick, it can be done faster than you can spit.

[@bwburke94]

This was itself a repeat appearance for the Tower of Hanoi; it had previously appeared in Thailand.

[@ericzubyk2329]

And Colby was a Hero after that Villainous move.

[@abetolmie7188]

That was the night Amber left....

[@KyleMcDonaldkylejmcd]

Attack Zone is one of the greatest gong shows I’ve ever seen. Jeff was so clearly annoyed with it. Probably the greatest moment of Survivor Thailand.

[@petermcgill3405]

8:25 That challenge was also in Guatemala at final 5, but the only obstacle was untangling the rope and getting to the end. The sandbag toss wasn't there.

[@derekbroekhoven5498]

Putting Whitney and Keith right at the beginning 😂😂 savage

[@mnoradola210]

Love the shot of Whitney and Keith when you say "let's talk about cheating in Survivor" oof

[@rubberglovewet9981]

There's a challenge in Australian Survivor s4 (CvC2) where they are hanging over water holding onto a bar. At one point they have to drop one arm and only use one arm to hold themselves up. Two players (I think Luke and Simon?) agree to fall into the water to let Pia win, but before they drop you can see that she's holding herself up with both arms which should technically disqualify her. People were livid at the time

[@57thorns]

Tower of Hanoi is really simple once you get the hang of it: Move the smallest piece one step left (or right, depending on where you want to en up moving, figuring out which is the hard part), then do the legal move that remains, then move the small piece again. You will end up moving the largest piece exactly once to where it will end up.

[@techdiesel4026]

I was looking for this 🤣thank you

[@alexhart9267]

0:06 WE'VE BEEN SPECKLEDORFFED!

[@Nate9-9]

I want the Attack Zone challenge to come back. It's sort of an interesting challenge regardless, but it was hilarious to watch the one tribe constantly being called out on breaking the rules.

[@officergarrett]

Yes, Jeff lost his mind. One time he didn’t remember who he was.

[@LilSwinney]

The pyramid puzzle is such a basic and simple puzzle and there was some struggles going on with it

[@EskenRock]

I don't know why but when dude is grabbed by the throat and starts screaming I laugh my ass off.

[@thefoxoflaurels3437]

Gonna see if they include Hantz keeping his hand on top the designated area on the pole in Samoa is included

[@kylermellen7535]

" Keith is mid throw, and a WHOLE ASS step off "

[@TopCheese81]

Older season challenges were way more intense then ones we see now...

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

1. This one was both frustrating and hilarious. I actually remember watching it as a little kid, and Jeff was getting PISSED. 2. Incidentally, Jeff went rom Colby man-crushing to man-crushing on Amber's boo-to-be. LOL, aww, they're in love. Yeah, though, I don't remember this one. I haven't seen Australia in a couple years. 3. This challenge just FEELS like a bad idea, you know And yeah, Ben's not a freaking "outlaw"...he was being an ass. 4. This one gets a "meh" from me, honestly. I like him too, eh, so yes, he can get away with it, especially since he missed that shot anyway. 5. This challenge is HARD if you don't understand the pattern. I've done it with stuff around the house, but if it's your first time, you're under pressure, you're going up against our Dragon Slayer, otherwise known as my favourite player of all time, you know you're going to get a bit mixed up. Why do I like Coach? Drama.

[@rustyshackleford1842]

Quite honestly that whole attack zone thing was a failure by the challenge designers, the amount of space in the zone was just asking for a bunch of “gray area” moments

[@fendiefendie]

Damn Colby was FIT

[@logatarjourn]

That Stephen A quote is just legendary

[@chwaftka9775]

Guatemala's final immunity challenge

[@machazychaz]

The Tower Game used to be a toy at my kindergarden and i loved it. It probably had a few less pieces and its not super easy but im always baffled when people dont even know it

[@quentin2996]

5:57 Close your eyes and just listen

[@rbaki94]

The Whitney clip at the top lmaooo

[@ghoststil]

2:05 So you’re telling me Hellen was pushed..? Sounds a bit familiar

[@BigmoneyBrickwall]

Jeff gotta start calling those foot faults

[@hunterdvs6535]

Gotta love the Stephen a smith reference

[@crumblyburgers]

Coach in HvV in the sumo challenge kept using his hands and not the pillow pad.

[@gavino0077]

i think jeff made the right call with Ben being ejected or atleast making it so no cheap shot we're allowed because i feel someone would've likely gotten injured to the point they couldn't play

[@MrMotown1981]

Keith Famie was cheating by pressing down the bucket in the water filling challenge. Jeff reprimanded Keith and he end up lying by saying he was just checking to see how much water was in there. Also, I vaguely remember Jenna Lewis's brother cheating during a gross food eating challenge.

[@NYChica23]

He did....Jeff called him out on drinking water while trying to get the food down

[@PoisonWoah]

I'm assuming this video was inspired by Chanelle seemingly cheating while Hai was not yet on the mat in the current season?

[@kschlay92]

So I am rewatching all of survivor, and I’m currently on San Juan Del Sur season. I just watched the episode where Keith wins the bean bag toss challenge the first time, and he had one foot off the platform for his throw for the first couple throws back then too. You can see it from the front-facing view when one foot is under the shot of the table where the wooden pegs are on. So essentially he cheated to win both times and got away with it lol.

[@hadley407]

He cheats in season 31 also

[@chuck2469]

For an old school season I haven't seen and probably will never watch I've gotten a lot of joy out of that totally out of pocket choke

[@katramberg8400]

When it comes to Jed being disqualified in Thailand I believe Jeff did specify that you had to be on the solid black part of the post to be considered in the AZ so that was technically the correct call, doesn’t change that the AZ probably should’ve been bigger in the first place.

[@reginamachamer821]

Can you please do a video of like awkward/cringey moments? I'd love to see the clips, but I'd especially love to hear what you have to say about it all lol

[@JMKramer44]

3:25 The ten Sook Jai fans out there must be fuming

[@reagangard8409]

I hate the challenges where the producers know full well that people are going to get hurt. When you put people in an “arena” and tell them go at each other people are going to get hurt.

[@WhoIsSirChasm]

See, now I just want John Goodman to be a guest on here. Or on Survivor. Or both.

[@brianharrington7663]

5:59 ayo 🤨

[@motodog242]

Second one is fine, he didn’t move, and an argument could be made that his confusion lasted as long as him clipping and unclipping.

[@jonathannorris8226]

Hey Peridiam, I just finished watching episode 6 of s42... and I am wondering why the time reset didn't give Applebee's to the other players... it doesn't seem to logically fit in how they made the power out to be.... which is a complete reset of who won the match.... any thoughts?

[@zoly4216]

@peridiam when watching survivor Australia i found there was some pretty major cheating that happened that they ignored, did you notice anything in those seasons?

[@bullymattguire4270]

Immediate thumbs up for the Stephen A Smith meme

[@saucycommenter684]

Can you please make a best player from each state?? cuz that would be awesome

[@Moist_Capybara]

Is there a way you can put the season numbers in the bio? I’m in the middle of isle of extinction and I don’t like being spoiled Knowing what seasons are in a video would help knowing if I could watch that video

[@focusdirector9058]

If Colby had been given soe sort of penalty,, Ambe woud have won that immunity challenge and I believe that was the night she got voted off.

[@cman721774]

i will add that with Colby ya he detached both. but then reattached his left before attaching his right then detaching his left again. i think he had a brain fart then remembered and tried to correct it. also it wasnt called since jeff was standing at the finish and couldnt keep watch of all contestants and since he is the sole ref... well if he didnt see it then it didnt happen.

[@amariahlovelace5113]

Plus he didn’t move at all when it happened.

[@ramonmaldonado3713]

So Amber won Individual Immunity...DAMN

[@nickmuratori3922]

Love the Stephen A quote

[@bossjenkins5875]

That challenge in cambodia where joe fainted Keith had the pole laying on his body The Who entire time if he had held the way Joe did he would’ve lost

[@northernking4787]

Any challenges where the players get physical this season and Johnathan may catch a body!

[@hadley407]

Keith also cheated on the immunity challenge in Cambodia S31 E11 vs. Joe. They were holding the pole 14 feet in the air, and he had it against his stomach instead of in his hand. Joe ended up passing out and Keith won. IMO, if Keith hadn’t cheated Joe would have won long before 1 hr 20 mins. Joe ended up being sent home. When they recap E11 in the beginning of E12 you can clearly see Keith holding the pole to his chest cradled in his arm when he is supposed to be holding it in his hand.

[@UltimateSugar95]

When are we getting Survivor: In-Laws VS. Out-Laws

[@lByruml]

I do the pyramid puzzle every day.

[@baboytablo5735]

should use this time to appreciate the big difference between the games then and the games now.

[@magiccitymama1620]

I must be the only one who thinks that Jenna Morasca cheated in that blindfold challenge in the Amazon. Looks like she kept tilting her head back and peeking out from under the blindfold. She won.

[@NYChica23]

No mention of Coach making an illegal attack on Rupert during the sumo challenge in HvV? Jeff states that both hands have to be on the bag at all times, but when Coach pushes Rupert into the mud, you can see one of his hands come off the bag. And also adding the ones from Pearl Islands where Burton initially wins the word puzzle, but then after it's discovered that he misspelled liaison, Jeff redoes it and Darrah wins instead, as well as the relay from Marquesas...at first, you have Rob giving Rotu 2.0 a huge head start by easily beating Paschal to the oars and giving John and the General a very huge head start, only for them to be DQ'd at the end and the win given to Maaramu 2.0 because John and the General didn't follow the rule that said the canoe had to be tethered within reach of the hitching post