5 Times Survivor Players Hacked Challenges 3.0

[@finfromthedeep]

michelle's "i memorized all of them" had the same energy as legally blonde's "what, like its hard?"

[@michelle2561]

LOL

[@freddytang2128]

The image of Mogo Mogo paddling hard while their entire boat has sunk, that should be a GIF

[@nikay5692]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣not given up With the song from the titanic in the background

[@desmondvibes1331]

😂

[@AmaraEmme]

@@Jeromelyc thank you!

[@briani4959]

"This is fine..."

[@joesr31]

Reminds me of the captain jack sparrow one

[@SurvivorAdam]

Randy inspired us in a challenge in Millennials vs Gen X but it didn’t make air. After Taylor and I retrieved all our puzzle pieces blindfolded we started screaming like madmen and calling out their names and directions so the other blindfolded people couldn’t hear their callers and it bought us a bunch of time!

[@jsn.9769]

LMFAO i love that omg

[@MrBen51309]

Damn, if only Figgy didn't mess up at the end!

[@Peridiam]

Haha I love that. Sad we didn’t get to see it. Randy is a true game changer.

[@MadMaddi21]

I always wonder what gems we miss out on due to editing

[@Claaarize]

Hi Adam! I miss you on my TV. Love, from a fan in the Philippines.

[@paigeherrmann6332]

Michelle was a bartender, right? She’s probably used to memorizing dozens of useless unrelated pieces of information every shift for work. It’s crazy impressive she memorized all those numbers, but it makes sense for her background

[@adamslagsvol8873]

she practiced by memorizing credit card numbers lol

[@slayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyed]

@@adamslagsvol8873 lol me

[@basicsimp8798]

@@adamslagsvol8873 Something I would do if I can memorize those cards. I'd be eating for free each time. LOL

[@AdrianCastro92]

When Michelle said “i memorized all of them” without hesitation. Man. So impressive.

[@mkr836]

its stone cold i love it

[@tysonwelter8803]

sounded like lana rhodes ngl

[@lainekougl4003]

you got a crush on her?

[@NefruSimons]

@@lainekougl4003 i know i do :D

[@xzxmemoxzx]

is that not normal?

[@notnatwhothat]

Randy saying “I’m just gonna talk more” sounds like a bad idea but that was actually helpful

[@freddytang2128]

Wasn’t it sugar that said that?

[@888pil]

i love the reaction when Michelle says she memorised all of them. it's not that "i was so close if only i was a little bit faster im so frustrated" kind of loss, it was that "she did something i could never do no matter how much harder i worked so all i can do is be impressed" kinda loss

[@dyeager152]

Can we all agree that Michelle is like surprise challenge beast?

[@1Phaedra1]

Yeah! Specifically a clutch challenge beast. She wins when she really needs it and her come-from-behind wins are epic!

[@shesjustafrienduhhafriend8655]

Finally someone said it

[@ExitSiign]

Someone called her a puzzle savant and I thought that was accurate

[@GilbertTheWeird]

Like a minivan with a V8 engine. The Sleeper.

[@DanrickNickiFrivaldoDeCastro]

Player: I had an Amazing Idea that opposing player should NOT know. Host: (Just announced to Everyone what he/she did.) Player:👁️👄👁️

[@klikitzsmith8416]

its fed, the little hacks/advantages they come up with can mean the difference of win/ lose. Copying is annoying like on the amazing race

[@erakfishfishfish]

Not a hack, but I loved when Christian solved the slide puzzle in 5 seconds in the first challenge of the David vs Goliath season. Being a Survivor fan, he got interested in writing slide puzzle algorithms and it paid off immediately. Talk about a really specific way to be prepared for the show!

[@caitlinwilliams3707]

A lot of Survivor nerds on that season. Spencer may have really started it. Christian and Nick crushed it (a few others tried as well on Davids v. Goliath) Love them

[@J9Panther]

@@caitlinwilliams3707i think cochran started it

[@zacharywright5625]

On Michele’s, I think it’s so funny how it was a memory challenge and none of the brains were even close, and the win was between two beauties

[@santiagoleal6132]

Brains tend to have better critical thinking skills rather than just rote memorization.

[@evelynn1173]

Dude can you not. Its very demeaning of you the way you phrased the win between those two intelligent women.

[@zacharywright5625]

@@evelynn1173 I think you interpreted it wrong. I was just saying how they proved stereotypes wrong.

[@heyitsme3491]

@@evelynn1173 did u watch the season? i believe there were 3 tribes, called the beauties, the brains, and the brawn. so they were referring to the peoples stereotypical tribe name, not actual characteristics of the players

[@idk-5344]

@@evelynn1173 they’re from the tribe “beauty” i think this was the season where it was brains vs brawn vs beauty or something like that. That’s why they said two beauties cos both women were from the beauty tribe

[@dispurson6421]

I just saw mogo mogo sinking and someone has got to ask: “Guys, I think we’re taking in a lot of water”

[@SkyKangaroo]

michelle memorizing all the numbers, she def deserved to win that season dangg

[@siwap3809]

from memorising numbers?

[@maggie198333]

I didn’t know Survivor is a memory competition. It’s Michele, not Michelle.

[@siwap3809]

@@maggie198333 me too

[@floatinghamstick]

@@maggie198333 jesus, who pooped in your shoe?

[@maggie198333]

@@floatinghamstick Relax, it's all good.

[@NifflerOak15078]

Follow the RAIL!!! Yau-Man listened to Michelle in that final immunity lol

[@BrettMKW]

I feel like that All Stars challenge perfectly summed up all three tribes. Saboga being a trainwreck, Chapera being unstoppable, Mogo Mogo having decent strategy but poor execution, which was usually enough as Saboga was that bad. I think we could do a 4.0 here, as someone in the other video mentioned everyone jumping off the balance beam to let BR keep going in All Stars, and Scout had that challenge with the coconut water. Maybe there's three more?

[@Peridiam]

I've got a few more ready to go. 😛

[@BrettMKW]

@@Peridiam Now that I think about it I highly doubt production intended on the structure being used in Guatemala's final immunity challenge. It gave a pretty huge benefit to Danni over Steph as she was taller, so her angle with respect to the ground wasn't as extreme.

[@calebos04]

@@Peridiam I don't know if this has already been done, but I remember that there was a slingshot challenge in hhh (final 11 reward?) where there were a bunch of targets, and each time a target was hit, the person must switch, and everyone must go before anyone can go up a second time. In addition, you were allowed to switch with someone from your team at any time. The hack here was to have the stronger ones go first and each hit a target, then have the weaker ones take one shot then immediately switch. This allows the better slingers to shoot every target and not have the worse ones waste time

[@alainnamarincic2823]

@@calebos04 This reminds me of the contact challenge on all stars where chapera was just jumping off the platform in order so rob could continuously run the course

[@PredictedCyborg]

That synchronised gutter placement at 5:17 is just... beautiful.

[@johnstonefield1935]

The blindfolded maze reminded me about all of these: one person blind folded navigating and one person sighted giving verbal instructions is a common leadership/ice breaker theme. People think they are communication and trust challenges but they really aren't. The usual hacks are to give instructions as actionable for the blind folded person as possible (take a high step > there's a step up, crouch/crawl lower > there's something at head level, freeze > wait, etc), and to address/remove anything they are having to feel for or hesitate about. I did a similar blindfolded maze with a sighted person yelling instructions. Most of the actual time spent is on moving through the maze due to hesitation/feeling for openings and trying to interpret the sighted person. You can remove almost all of that by running face first into walls. Have the blindfolded person drag their hand on a wall, always run forward, and follow the wall out when they run into a dead end. Give all instructions to the blindfolded person as "(switch to the) right/left wall...NOW" and realize that switching can be slower than just letting them go through short dead ends. Depending on the maze walls and floor you can have your blindfolded person literally sprinting through the maze (and into walls). Obviously dial it back for corporate team building, but even having the person power walking with a hand in front will shock people. The next hack is then claiming it as "systemic leadership" or the result of applying whatever management fad your group is into, along with how great your blindfolded person is.

[@themanofconstantsorrowelia1929]

I think the biggest advantage you could have is the caller staying calm. Sure you might be a bit slower than the others but you won't have the energetic voice building anxiety.

[@saraashkir5793]

I never understood why these are supposed to be challenging (although ive never actually done one). The sighted person just needs to give clear directions, which ig most people get too flustered for that??

[@jackmay9654]

Michele is soooo good at challenges, especially non-endurance Individual Immunities. Man, she deserves more credit in that department than what she gets.

[@loynco9299]

Michele: *exists* Me: genius, and was a brilliant move,

[@ashleystewart3290]

This helps me with the lack of survivor in my life lol. Need a new season

[@justinrittenhouse3496]

I am with you there. I can’t wait till Survivor starts back up!

[@twebasenoi]

Same!

[@MissMilyn]

Michelle: memorized all the numbers and comes up with awesome challenge hack. Me: the chicken said “good job Michelle”

[@colinloveland6667]

Lmfao I thought that for a second too 😭😭😭

[@zelamorre1126]

Lol. What was wrong with that blocker though? His shot caller was a girl. Why was he following a guy's instructions? He couldn't have possibly been confused about who his caller was.

[@Luna5829]

He was probably panicked and didnt think and heard his name and just kinda forgot

[@shesjustafrienduhhafriend8655]

Well sugar was silent so he had to listen to someone lol

[@sethiddings7293]

Lol that's what i was thinking. I guess it would be disorienting

[@Lynsey17]

The Nicaragua one is really nuts bc they do a lot of testing challenges and Jeff said in an interview that no one in any testing round thought of making one straight pipe and yet both teams immediately thought of it

[@mythicalashley9542]

Can we all appreciate Julia as well she was so close without even using the sand method

[@NateTheDyno]

A Survivor AND BB video?! You’re blessing us on this thursday

[@lowdonator]

Do a “does the pawn always go home” bud because I would like to know the stats of that

[@freddytang2128]

Well that’s incredibly subjective to define who is a pawn. Like is Donathan from ghost island a pawn? Considering he was in the majority alliance and arguably a key player. But physically weak and quiet for most of the game

[@lowdonator]

@@freddytang2128 Well that was intended for big brother which is usually much easier to define a pawn

[@allenfortenberry9924]

I love how rob makes use of the actual strategy for flipping over a small boat/canoe that has overturned. Using an elevated point, usually another boat but in this case the provided platform, to raise it out of the water so that you can flip it over while the water drains out

[@justinrittenhouse3496]

The challenge hacks make great videos! It is also nice to see how smart some of the players are when they think outside the box or simply use what they have like sand. I never heard that about Yau Man, but it does make sense and a brilliant idea. Michele was also very creative and smart with her sand trick! Michele is definitely not given the credit that she deserves. I personally consider her one of the greatest women to ever play! Can’t wait to see more.

[@christiantasidaily]

I have never even watched a whole season of survivor but damn these videos have been so satisfying to watch haha

[@bmillz6243]

The last 45 seconds of this video 😂

[@WretchedClown]

i LOVE the fact that no one else saw her fall because they were blindfolded! lol

[@NancyRamirez-mb9ul]

@@WretchedClown OMG, i didn't notice everybody else was blindfolded. Hahahahaha

[@phelanyq]

Her chuckle that said "silly me, i fell off" sealed that as my favourite moment.

[@bengermin3104]

Sometimes I think I can survive an apocalypse but then I look at these people and think "I'm screwed in an apocalypse"

[@jeffprobstwillcastmesomeda8381]

2 videos in an hour? Wow, someone has a lot of free time

[@seamino8329]

He once uploaded 3 amazing race videos in 1 day!

[@jeffprobstwillcastmesomeda8381]

@@seamino8329 are you saying we could have a 3rd Peridiam video within the next 22 hours? Wicked!

[@oliverstvchannel6442]

Dang. Glad you are putting out the content Peridiam.

[@jstratty448]

If there was a Boyscout version of Survivor then all you would see is these 5 head plays. A nerd with survival training is a deadly weapon

[@alicia-mo8uj]

last time i was this early jeff probst didn't host survivor reunions

[@aotphixion]

@Sam Antha thanks for making me feel old (and im only 29!) lol

[@kellydaunis]

@Sam Antha I don't watch the reunion shows for the first 4 seasons because he doesn't host them.

[@TransparentEclipse]

The first guy is actually not terrible. He asks some super probing questions and was a bit of a creep in general but it was alright. Season 4 tho... we don’t talk about the season 4 reunion show...

[@medusssa_archos]

you really threw that star wars reference in there and thought we wouldn’t notice-

[@cantwin8105]

Yao really took "follow the rail" to a whole new level lol

[@survivornorthwest1326]

1) A similar situation like the one in Nicaragua happened in the Philippines. Production originally designed the drum flipping challenge to require players to wrestle each other, but the contestants just sprinted around flipping the drums. 2) In All-Stars, there were actually two parts to the boat flipping hack. The players revealed on the DVD commentary that they actually untied all the boxes underwater first. Then, after removing enough, they flipped the boat to get the remaining crates out. 3) Might not be a true "hack," but Adam had a really good strategy in the final challenge of MvGX. Instead of trying to stack all of his pieces, or even making the tallest tower, he just made sure he was always ahead of David (the player he wanted to eliminate from the game). 4) In the final 4 maze in All-Stars, Amber hacked the challenge by realizing each quadrant of the maze was identical.

[@reginamachamer821]

1:35 watching Kathy and Lex and them paddling while they're completely under water and then peridiam like "bless their hearts" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm dying rn

[@Oniromanciee]

Michele was so great at challenges, ahaha

[@rosiellagrace]

God, I need to rewatch Gabon. Between this challenge and that huge golf course style challenge with him and Matty fighting right on the last hole, Randy was such a fuckin' gem. 😹😹

[@Cherrypie626]

“Just drop it in”

[@Ori_Kohav]

I think the Gabon thing was more Ace blowing it, which he did again the episode after. A lot of people at the time said that voting Ace out was stupid since he was needed for challenges, completely forgetting that he blew 2 out of 3 post swap immunity challenges. (plus it didn't really matter since it was when a merge was expected)

[@bryancarson5908]

What is Michele’s IQ because she’s always so good at puzzles 🧩 she could’ve been on the brain tribe too. She really has it all I love her

[@tjslam26]

In the challenge in the video, I think being a bartender and memorizing all those orders in an often chaotic environment helps with memory. The writing in the sand was a good touch but she had the numbers memorized even without that. In the 3-layer tower puzzle, that's more of spatial intelligence and just one part (if at all) of IQ tests. IQ tests measure more than just short-term memory and spatial intelligence. Michele probably scores high on those parts.

[@tam2237]

10:38 “wait what” is the perfect reaction to that line in any movie, especially when it’s a line in what should be a highly acclaimed space action film.

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

Yao man's daughter went to the same high school as me and they still live around here so I occasionally see him driving his smart car around. That's the only reason I even watched survivor for that one season.

[@Lord_Dino]

That is EPIC!!! Is yau as awesome irl as on the show?

[@JellyJerryy]

Such a great series, I am surprised there's more!

[@erikschultz934]

Well, this is probably the most we'll see of the og Fiji season in one video.

[@iema7760]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I haven't seen anyone mention this possible "hack". In Philippines there's a challenge where one tribe's player go against another and try to knock their opponents idol off. I don't remember who figured this out, but one player realized they didn't need to protect their idol and threw theirs up really high in order to properly launch at their opponent's one. It only mattered which idol hit the ground first. Hope that made sense :) I think it's after denise and Malcolm joined their respective tribes

[@matthewpopow6647]

Gotta love the clash of "Rules as Intended" vs "Rules as Written"

[@TheTechAdmin]

6:59 I remember learning this with the windows 95 MAZE screensaver. I was supposed to be paying attention in class, instead I was just watching the screensaver.

[@ryanbaumbach8064]

I had a Survivor Pool day one where we each drafted 3 people who we though could win. I picked Michelle as my "sleeper" pick, was not disappointed

[@patrickbrochu3854]

So glad you made this video and used my suggestion as the first hack!

[@phoenixslayer7820]

The way Michelle remembered all the numbers and symbols was with a strategy called mnemonics

[@nothayden9192]

This man really just uploaded twice in one day

[@saahkindy1266]

Honorable mention: Tony in Cagayan with the mud challenge. He mentions on rhap how he get mud on parts of his body that easily be able to get off in the bucket. Some people have it on their back & mud will get off before they arrived at their bucket.

[@ellabutworse]

Thank you for that starwars reference, twas lovely sAnD

[@wherethetatosat]

I'm starting at 3.0 instead of 1, but I'm guessing somewhere in these videos is the time Cochran noticed a puzzle was a repeat from a previous season and already had it memorized. I recall him solving it in less than 10 seconds.

[@dinohall2595]

You sure you're not thinking of Spencer?

[@wherethetatosat]

@@dinohall2595 Yeah, it might have been Spencer. I swear Cochran did something similar.

[@2QAYL1138]

Hey Peridiam, have you done a "most inspiring moments in Survivor" video before? Just some highlights of contestants transcending the selfish nature of the game, overcoming all odds, usually accompanied by heroic or emotional music? Like when Cirie insisted on finishing a challenge long after someone else won?

[@Heyfrendoo]

When she fell at the end - that cracked me up 😂

[@wades9327]

Mogo Mogo: can paddle a bunch of sticks. Also Mogo Mogo: Cant row a proper boat 😂

[@randomverse1110]

Woah thanks for the new vid. I ran out of survivor vids to watch

[@LowkeyLoki16]

on the pipe one. it’s so stupidly easy to figure out that a straight line is possible that i (a current canadian venturer scout) have seen 8yr old cub scouts do it with instant success and i honestly can’t believe the producers thought anything else would happen

[@kaylahira4579]

Let’s get Peridiam to 100k! He’s so close

[@munindrabisen9533]

Those women falling in the end just made my day....so funny

[@BazTardSword]

The boat challenge hack is so clever. It's something that i learned as a camp counselor, its mostly used for canoes. If you're really good, you dont even need the dock.

[@sucharush344]

If there is a 4th part you should add the actual hack the challenge when in Guatemala, Brandon chopped the rope instead of sawing it in a pre merge reward

[@kellydaunis]

I just watched that episode today.

[@ronniebessling6802]

Queen Michelle at number 1 we love to see it

[@tengenforger4944]

2:35 love Rob going "say it Jeff say it!"

[@routeennerd]

Randy is such a villain. Calls one the opposing teams blocker and scores a point easily! Genius!

[@DanteYewToob]

I’ve never seen an episode of survivor, but these videos are awesome and addictive.

[@fooolsun4917]

I've never watched Survivor, but these videos are starting to convince me to check it out...

[@Lord_Dino]

I am interested for an update.... Did you check it out?

[@jordanjtbraun]

The boat challenge: the technique is well known in boating/paddling communities and the weight distro indicates they have an experienced paddler on the team.

[@duffal0]

That’s also common sense not to have your weightbunevenly distributed

[@jordanjtbraun]

@@duffal0 you would think it is common sense, but as a professional paddler and guide myself, I have first hand evidence that common sense is not so common. You would be surprised how many people get into a canoe and start paddling and wonder why the boat is askew... Despite the hundred and eighty pound adult sitting on one side and the forty pound kid sitting on the other. Weight distribution is key and is why most experienced canoeists will paddle a canoe "backwards" when paddling solo... Not everyone can recognize what is staring them in the face. As such, it is clear that an experienced paddler was on that team, everything from the boat rescue to the distribution of paddlers... Someone had done it before.

[@duffal0]

@@jordanjtbraun interesting insight, much appreciated

[@billbaggins1688]

these challanges are so complicated compared to the lame challenges in survivor Australia.

[@alainnamarincic2823]

I havent watched your other 2 videos on this, but did you include the two during millenials vs gen x? (adam alerting ken when his ball would drop, jay using his had to navigate the blindfold hand maze)

[@blarbblarb2779]

The first hack used with the boat is a very common way to unflip or get the water out of canoes/kayaks that have tipped over/gotten filled with water. It's called a T-boat rescue where one person gets on the back of their sunken canoe to help lift it and the person in their working canoe pulls it ontop of their canoe (forming a T) lets the water drain and flips it over before sliding it off. First thing they teach you in summer camp if you do a canoe/kayak course.

[@willhanlon74]

let’s go Peridiam!!! you listened to me 😁😁😁

[@shifty1558]

Mogo mogo paddling while they fail! A risky strategy Cotton!

[@jrpggolf]

The ultimate Survivor hack was when I think it was Jenna and Heidi on Amazon; basically said that they’d show their t🤬s for chocolate and peanut butter.

[@annesophieg-n]

these videos are so fun! thank you!

[@Thundermikeee]

i keep thinking that cahllenges like this are so often flawed and easy to be good at with propper strategy. then I remember that im used to solve problems or puzzles with groups that are generally pretty smart and have good teamwork and can solve an escaperoom style boardgame meant for 2 hrs in 30 minutes. well at least im confident id have gone for the follow the wall strategy, since that is instinctively what I do in any maze. or a recursive backtracking algorythm, if i can see and memorize enough of it.

[@reginamachamer821]

Wait.. so Kathy was on the tribe that first thought to do the boat flipping thing, but then she didn't think to do it on all stars? Lmao whaaaaa-

[@lucasgarcia8285]

Not this shit again, jk jk Thank you for another upload! Watched Survivor growing up but should rewatch because I’ll notice and appreciate things more especially with these videos getting me thinking about episodes I haven’t seen in years or maybe not at all! Thanks again for showing your interest to us!

[@porterodoherty7758]

The anakin quote just hidden in the middle of the video made my day\

[@islandgirlhannah3453]

hahahaha I appreciate you quoting Anakin in AOTC

[@peach4973]

my FAVOURITE series

[@SickRedApple]

Love this, but in the rolling-the-ball-down-the-hill challenge, how did the goalie not realize it was a different person shouting at him? Couldn't he tell from the voice? Especially since it was a male voice instead of a female voice.

[@alphahunterd]

XD those end scenes. also feel a bit bad the caller one fell over. she seemed to be doing good as a caller

[@MusicNerdDavid]

Can you do the history of people asking to be voted out?

[@jahjahjama22]

I'm not gonna lie randy messing with the other team is hilarious

[@CheeryCherry3987]

For the Michele hack, right as the challenge starts can you just immediately run to your station and check what symbols you need?

[@alainnamarincic2823]

No they had to make it to the symbols in the water before looking at the station, I remember thinking back then that Jason should have just swam out quickly (he was much faster than the others) touched the dock then swam back and got the symbols without wasting time memorizing.

[@CheeryCherry3987]

@@alainnamarincic2823 ah thanks. I thought I made a challenge hack and when I saw your reply I thought about Jason Siska before I thought of Kyle Jason.

[@alainchristian]

7:00 - You’re telling me there’s people out there who don’t know this basic maze strategy? I honestly thought everybody knew this. Y’all never did maze puzzle books in grade school?

[@grunions9648]

1:34 I kind of really want to know why this is blurred out - did the mouse come out of it's house?

[@ilhamari3351]

OMG THE LISI CLIP AT THE END💀💀 IM HOWLING

[@aff77141]

Reality show challenge makers know human nature--90% of the time, if you tell someone to do things a certain way, they'll do it; that's why out of the box thinking is so valuable yet in the corporate world undervalued (because of course, your boss doesn't want their boss to think you're more capable than them for shirking the normal way of doing things)

[@safrussalmus9056]

The labyrinth challenge Hack could have failed. Because while it's guaranteed to find the exit, the contestants also had to find a key, and the strategy doesn't guarante you'll reach every point in the maze. (On the other hand, it is, if the maze has no circles, just branched dead end.)

[@jasaknap1228]

I went to comments just to say that. Although you don’t necessarily find the right exit either.

[@kaylawilliams8317]

Has there ever been a challenged that had to be forfeited or redone because the producers considered one of the players hacks cheating?

[@Peridiam]

To the best of my knowledge, nope. There have been challenges that had to be redone, but not because of a hack.

[@bowling4fun2]

12:47 wow mark the chicken congratulating michele

[@Serraph108]

Yauman was always brilliant at hacking the challenges.

[@GrassTypeTV]

Did I just witness an F1 easter egg in a Peridiam video? I see someone is a fan of Will Buxton

[@sleepingforest8214]

You watch one of these then 2 hours later you still watching them lol