The Long, Highly Questionable History of Tribes Throwing Challenges in Survivor

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[@matthewstotz3001]

Peih Gee’s “I’m good at Sudoku” is one of my favourite Survivor moments

[@delaxjinkxrpdrfan9102]

Another reason why she’s my fave survivor contestant

[@johndebate3858]

@@delaxjinkxrpdrfan9102 Peih Gee for third chance? (Abi screwed)

[@delaxjinkxrpdrfan9102]

@@johndebate3858 Peih Gee winner of third chances

[@haiimlexi69]

that’d be me before i fail every puzzle 😂😂

[@acefist5502]

I was asked a question what was I supposed to do ignore him? YES YES!

[@perpetuallybored]

I will never not laugh at the fact that the brain tribe couldn't even beat a tribe that was throwing in cagayan

[@Gashnaw]

i think they are still one of the worst tribes in survivor history. (Which is saying something since, in 40 seasons, there has been over 80 (Excluding the merges, which would make it over 120)

[@andersondickey461]

Them and ulong bottom 2😂

[@SmoothCriminal12]

@@Gashnaw Matsing from Phillipines is honestly worse. At least Brains won at least one challenge.

[@jolteon345]

@@Gashnaw Their first vote was fine. Kass keeping J’tia for some god forsaken reason after she proved to be completely worthless in the second challenge and dumped the rice in the fire just…literally put all their hopes on Spencer

[@Gashnaw]

@@jolteon345 spencer and the oldef.woman. (cant remember name) only two brain members who had a brain.

[@luisitoffl_1994_YT]

Ethan throwing the challenge aged so well like Abi throwing the coconut in Skupin head.

[@rosiellagrace]

'What was I gonna do, ignore him?' 'YES! YEESSS!!' James had some of the best lines from any season, he's such a gem. ✨✨

[@ralphismyname4940]

Wow a Ghost Island Chelsea confessional? I didn't know those existed!

[@Peridiam]

Like a shiny Pokémon.

[@KaseyRacem]

Those are super rare

[@summationgathering]

One quarter of her confessionals are in this video.

[@Lintu107]

A real collector's item, that one.

[@vaporeon344]

@@Peridiam My favourite survivor KZbin mentioning my favourite video game? This is a perfect storm.

[@ORDER4STU]

lmao did you fucking sync up you saying "Candice from Raro tribe" with Jeff's mouth movements? that's gold

[@EllaNinto55]

Oooh that's good. 7:19 timestamp for anyone wanting it

[@cftmofficial176]

lol

[@VitaEmerald324]

You didn’t mention the best part of the Pearl Island challenge throw: Fairplay taunting Morgan with that fact and pissing Savage off so thoroughly he singlehandedly carried a challenge.

[@nasecoo]

This is what I thought too! That throw had extra repercussions 😂

[@petermcgill3405]

The throw didn’t have repercussions, having Jon raid Morgan had repercussions.

[@aidanmillow566]

@@petermcgill3405 The throw had a lot of repercussions. Rupert helped Morgan get on their feet and Burton was one of the strongest people on Drake (thus the following losing streak). I wouldn't be surprised if Drake has seven or even eight people at the merge without the throw.

[@paulmcdonald3431]

Oddly, "Millennials versus GenX" had no challenges thrown, but it did provide my favourite challenge throwing "quote": very first immunity challenge. David Wright, flailing about helplessly, seemingly unable to run or to swim or to dive of even to successfully FALL into water, prompting Zeke to whisper to the person next to him "Why is David trying to throw this?"

[@petermcgill3405]

And it made sense in theory too. Vanua was the only tribe where Gen X had the numbers, so that would have been the perfect time for David to throw.

[@finnshelton7367]

I genuinely thought this was about the history of challenges having throwing involved. I feel so dumb

[@BoosterGold2442]

Now we need that video too, with the exact same title

[@hannahjaffe6402]

Jeezus I forgot how sexist Drew was too. I love when bad people are shown in a bad light for their destructive qualities

[@Audriolen]

@LilHeinz94 Bro are you fucking good?

[@elliejackson8097]

@LilHeinz94 wtf

[@noahs5636]

Drew Christy’s flameout is hands down one of my favorite episodes in the show. It’s even better when you know what’s gonna happen. So good!

[@jhornacek]

The best part of that episode is that the editors don't even try to hide what's coming, or give us an alternate boot, like suggesting that Drew could be successful at getting rid of Kelley, who never really seems in danger. They tell you very clearly "Oh, Drew is going to throw the challenge and go home because of it."

[@noahs5636]

@@jhornacek yes and it’s beautiful

[@PineappleLiar]

@@jhornacek lol they literally show him saying “I threw this game.” And acting proud of it

[@jhornacek]

@@PineappleLiar But he wasn't the first player to throw a challenge and have the plan succeed. Just because you throw a challenge doesn't mean you're going to be the one voted out.

[@PineappleLiar]

@@jhornacek I was talking more about how the framing of the confessional gave that sentence a dual meaning. On one hand, he threw the game (the challenge), but in doing so, he threw the game (of Survivor).

[@nb7656]

Peih-Gee Law throwing the challenge to boot Aaron is such an underrated move. I love how Peih-Gee orchestrated a game breaking move that was fully in like with Survivor China's theme (plus utilizing the Art of War). Probst called her toxic, but that totally makes her one of my top faves to never win next to Christine Shields-Markoski and Tracy Hughes-Wolfe.

[@Timothy-sy1fw]

Give Jaime some credit too!

[@roger_towny_jr]

While I agree that Phei-gee is an underrated player, this move in particular was kinda dirty, and really not that impressive. For one, the swap was extremely unfair and broken. It was like all the pieces just fell into Phei-gee's lap. Two, Aaron basically was penalized for being a good leader.

[@NavyBTA]

@@roger_towny_jr From what I recall Phei-gee was literally ALWAYS at the bottom... her tribe fucked her over almost every chance they got. I say good for her!

[@bigbuffguy9589]

Peih-Gee is a bad Survivor player. This was a good move, but after the merge, she had no chance. Her social game wasn't good enough to get anyone to flip, even if it might be in their best interest. Erik didn't even vote with her at the James blindside, and he was part of her original tribe. And then see how badly she imploded in Cambodia.

[@roger_towny_jr]

@@bigbuffguy9589 She was kinda screwed regardless. You could make the argument that if her social game was any better, they would have saw her as a bigger threat and voted her off sooner.

[@fable23]

Underrated aspect of the Bradley vote that people should not forget: it was robbed of all impact and totally spoiled by _CBS themselves,_ who included a high quality photo of Bradley getting his torch snuffed with their usual press package to promote the episode.

[@garrettkelley1148]

The worst thrown challenge was Zapatera in redemption island. Handed Rob the game he had already won

[@bigbuffguy9589]

Yes and no. If the Zaps have the advantage at the merge, Rob is probably screwed. He hadn't won just yet.

[@MtVesuvius]

I'm watching that season now. It really seems like if they were down, given the fangirls on Ometepe, Russell would be the best way to flip someone too.

[@BurrShotHam711Jenna]

Zapatera wanted to get rid of Russell because he was seen as a threat

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

It was dumb to throw when only up by 2, but I think they were absolutely right to not want to bring Russell to the merge.

[@TheMurrmursonbottle]

China would’ve been so so interesting if the tribes went into the merge 5-5, but it shows how high level the strategic play was that season, with throwing a challenge being a viable strategy, and then todd outsmarting the plan to blindside jamie, only for zhan hu to catch onto some fishiness on the other tribe and win anyway. I wish would’ve talked more about how Peih Gee and Jamie also intentionally didn’t throw the challenge because they questioned the loyalty of their old tribemates.

[@loynco9299]

Yeah j remember them trying to tell sherea and she completly ignore them

[@KeyToAeris2024]

Survivor 22 Redemption Island Episode 3 NEVER FORGET WE WERE ROBBED OF THE SHOWDOWN WE WERE PROMISED

[@ariellee2329]

It’s one of my least favourite seasons, they did Russell so dirty there. Don’t even like the guy, but the season was supposed to be all about Russell vs Rob and in the end it was all about Rob and his minions.. pff

[@KeyToAeris2024]

@@ariellee2329 Yep it was Survivor Rob’s Island featuring Andrea and a bunch of idiots and a former federal agent

[@stephen3399]

“i’m dealing with a bunch of BITCHES!”

[@nick2s]

The 34 sandra throw was one of the dirtiest in my mind. They wanted the honor of taking our Sandra but there was literally nothing impressive about it.

[@um773]

Throwing the challenge to get out Bradley was Chelsea's idea. Her and Bradley butted heads all season, and Chelsea was sick of Bradley and viewed his bond with Kellyn as threatening, so she convinced Dom to throw the challenge so the blood would be on his hands if Bradley found out the challenge throw (saving Chelsea's ass) and then promptly blindsided Bradley. This then allowed Chelsea to see her enemy go, and in the process secure Kellyn as her ally and have good graces with Libby/Donathan, and therefore the other Malolos. Unfortunately none of the edit showed this and instead made Chelsea invisible all season. :( Absolutely crushing with the shit edit Chelsea got. She was legitimately a fantastic player and didn't deserve to get shafted hard like that. I hope she comes back one day, and I hope her edit would be much better the second time.

[@kellydaunis]

I think so, too. I usually pay attention to, and notice everyone on every season of Survivor. That's the way I was raised, to acknowledge people. So to me, no one on Survivor is invisible, even people who don't get many confessionals.

[@lowdonator]

Sadly cliff Robinson is no longer with us :/ prayers for his family

[@SURVIVORkid23]

I know it doesn’t count as a challenge throw technically but I’m surprised that you didn’t mention the men giving up tribal immunity in survivor one world

[@techwiz81]

Anyone who says out loud “I’m in charge of this game” is about to be voted off

[@joeskirock]

I’m sorry. Billys face when he thinks he’s falling in love is so adorable

[@emily-zl2pp]

"But that green team just sucks" - Sarah Lacina

[@wherethetatosat]

The Brains tribe was one of the most dysfunctional teams I've ever seen. They just tried so hard...and didn't even get very far. All those brains and it amounted to nothing >_

[@eliotedward2113]

I think the zapatera/omatepe forget which one he was on, was unjustly afraid of Russell, he always gets his tribe to the end and shows a ton of loyalty to the tribe willing to play idols to increase his numbers

[@eliotedward2113]

@Peter McGill He didn't do that in HvV tho, and to my understanding he only sabotaged camp in the first couple days then relaxed about it after he gained control. I may be wrong but that's my understanding of what he would do.

[@ranker_83]

Rodneys line at the end made me laugh but dans laugh just killed me

[@tau_628]

Incidentally, I'd love to see Julie back from EoE. That might be because she's my mom, but I promise I'm not biased. Definitely.

[@JuliaHurley11]

Yo really? Cool!

[@Hockeyhobo89]

That's cool

[@logmeister4]

As soon as I saw the title I immediately thought of throwing a challenge to get rid of Russell. That tribe got what they deserved by doing that

[@KeyToAeris2024]

Yep what a bunch of idiots Russell was the ONLY one who tried to actually play the damn game on his tribe. He could have gotten them very far. After Russell left I knew Rob was going to win.

[@ja_cow_ski]

But also on the flipside Rob’s team is stupid for not doing the same thing to Rob lmao

[@allief2000]

Right? Would’ve given them a free round at the merge because you know Russell would’ve been the merge boot

[@ja_cow_ski]

The more I hear about the real reason Bradley was voted out, the more I want to see him return.

[@freddytang2128]

I wonder what would happen if both tribes tried to throw the challenge? What would production do? In Australian survivor there was a situation where both tribes had a 5-2 alliance breakdown, and probably 2 more rounds until the merge (similar to survivor China). So it was optimal strategy for both tribes to throw the challenge

[@Gashnaw]

i still remember Russel getting that idol form the other tribe. Pure gold.

[@unseriousghoul]

I think it's funny when they throw challenges. Just watching the tribe go slow and purposely making mistakes. I know Jeff hates when players throw challenges but I love to see it. Who cares if it's dumb, it's good Tv.

[@thatgirlmykel]

Drew throwing the challenge is iconic I was waiting for that the whole time 🤣🤣

[@allenf8]

Getting Bradley out seemed big for Domenick as in post game interviews he said Wendall was close to Bradley and Kellen and could have split Wendall's loyalties. Bradley and Kellen together may have been able to combat the Wendall and Dom train, but Bradley's ego and attitude would have likely made him blind to the fact he wasn't running things.

[@ErinMurphy240]

I love videos like these because they keep me on my toes for when I'm on the show. Someday. You gotta stay sharp on your survivor history.

[@SonicGlitchmaster1]

The swap on Survivor China still drives me nuts all this time later. Aaron had all the potential to win the entire game

[@Rohan-xn4hm]

im not sure if this was on purpose or by accident but you didn't mention the south pacific challenge throw where ozzys tribe throw the challenge in order to send him to redemption island.

[@nickdaley6032]

I’m still just mad Dom didn’t win that season. Imagine WaW with Tony and Dom. Would they be allies or would they be against each other? Either way would be worth a watch

[@WarWizardRahl1]

I agree, dom in winners at war would have been way better than with Wendell. lol

[@liambassett7685]

Imagine Dom, Tony and Boston Rob all on the same tribe

[@TheKyoshiFan]

@@WarWizardRahl1 I agree. Wendall just helped vote out my favs and then was promptly yeeted.

[@evankraabel5415]

Fairplay said in an interview with Rob Cesternino of RHAP that the truth is there wasnt consensus before the challenge as to whether it would be Burton or Rupert going home. Because Rupert was taken onto the morgan tribe for that tribal (awfully convenient from the producers...), they went ahead with Burton and the show was edited to not have Rupert's safety in question. But he thinks its more likely that Rupert would have gotten the boot than Burton if he had been around. Rupert said that he sensed that a bit which explains his reluctance to go along.

[@maxperdu4612]

Loving the new thumbnail designs perd-man! Keep up the good work

[@kylermellen2911]

They are pretty fucking appealing to the eyes lol

[@Peridiam]

Thanks! Slowly teaching myself Adobe Illustrator.

[@GlyphicEnigma]

1:10 Actually, someone mentioned throwing a challenge in the second episode of the first season. His tribe didn't agree with him, but he wanted to leave lol (I watched it recently)

[@jhornacek]

"A reward that will fix wishin'." You know you're getting a dodo-edit when even Dan is shown to be laughing at you."

[@laylamarshall9483]

love this chanel, hard core survivor fan :D

[@calebos268]

Rare occurrence on survivor at 24:11 *Chelsea got a confessional*

[@loynco9299]

That's 1/4 of her Confessionals!

[@TheLoserface45]

James really made already iconic moment more iconic. This challenge throw, Erik giving up immunity

[@nala122]

Ur channel is so amazing!This channel deserves 1,000,000 subs! More! Keep it up!

[@jacklamb7114]

Never been early to a video before, im an hour late but ive always just watched older videos. Keep up the great content.

[@sophiea3634]

Every video just gets better

[@joywilday4754]

The only throw I was happy with was getting Russell out of the game. He was way too cocky that season and it was nice to see him thrown that way. But that team definitely made a mistake for themselves and suffered for it the rest of the game. I always was shouting at the TV when teams threw the challenge like idiots. A very frustrating thing to watch.

[@feasible]

Any thoughts of doing an individual challenge throw video? Also yeah I hate how negatively it's portrayed. It's a viable strategy if done correctly. But then I hate how the show portrays challenge monsters as so amazing in general.

[@ilovetolurkaround]

Parvati throwing the pole challenge for Danielle, so she can narrow down the target.

[@zjzr08]

In theory Kellyn could've gotten Desiree, Sebastian, Angela, Michael, Jenna and Chris to get Dominick if they want to, using her numbers in Malolo 2 & 3 to take control, maybe with Laurel and Wendell as swing votes as they were in Yanuya but are connected with Domenick and Donathan, respectively.

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

I honestly don't blame Zapatera for throwing that challenge. Russell was nothing but a thorn in the side in that tribe and did not at all try to change his ways. He was openly against them and realized the longer he stayed in the game the more dangerous he would be.

[@Sixersszn0]

It was still way to early for them to be throwing challenges

[@SmoothCriminal12]

That is true. But as Russell points out, you don't throw when only up by two. As much as he's an asshole, he was completely right. Should've waited till they had an insurmountable lead.

[@teamsteed1]

Can't believe that Ethan threw the immunity challenge back in season 3.

[@kellydaunis]

One of my favorite episodes in Survivor history.

[@hungryhippowdon7141]

"Aitu is having a holiday!" Oh, I remember that.

[@hrussell0283]

Drew's boot in San Juan del Sur has to be the most absolutely satisfying vote ever in survivor history

[@NotHaydenMoss]

If i was on survivor I would probably end up throwing individual reward comps so no one could get mad at me

[@queenkatara7861]

The loved ones reward especially. Everyone gets mad if you don’t pick them in that.

[@kylermellen2911]

@@queenkatara7861 right, hearing that " everyone back home is rooting for me " is not worth the target it gives lol

[@jhornacek]

@@queenkatara7861 That's why in HHH they made the loved ones challenge "pick a rock out of a bag" so no one could throw it.

[@cdawg4021]

@@jhornacek No that was a last minute challenge since they couldn't come up with one.

[@jhornacek]

@@cdawg4021 No, the show got tired of some players trying to throw the loved ones challenge so they did a challenge where it would be impossible for anyone to "throw" it.

[@mattlarson5705]

You should do worst moves by a runner up for a video sometime

[@prometheus3498]

Having played Survivor orgs before, throwing challenges at swap has long been one of my favored strategies since it gets you till merge with OG tribal numbers + the other tribes haven't been able to secure relationships through tribal (so they're not fully sure if they can trust them). The negative is that you have less cross tribal relationships which is bad, so this strategy really depends on how long you were with that OG tribe and how well you think you can trust them even when they've been away from you.

[@johnmillsip6898]

Supposedly Ace threw the Water Lacrosse challenge in Gabon as well

[@johnmillsip6898]

@Peter McGill Randy told me himself that is what happened

[@roger_towny_jr]

Aaron's voteout still hurts me.

[@ashleystewart3290]

Your videos are some thing I live for I love them

[@ryssi8467]

africa was the season that got me into survivor and outranks australia for me

[@kellydaunis]

Africa is still one of my all-time favorite seasons.

[@MCCraigbro]

Tribes throwing challenges has got to be the number one worst karma in all of Survivor..

[@worthplayingfor2197]

this is such a good video idea

[@supersam333]

What about the ridiculous Colton Cumbie throw on Survivor: One World? I feel like that's one of the most memorable throws in the history of the show!

[@jhornacek]

Do you mean when he convinced the men's tribe to go to tribal even though they won the challenge? Technically that wasn't a throw, since they won the challenge.

[@totaldramatyler4484]

Another mention on this list is Deshawn and Danny's attempted challenge throw in Episode 4 of S41, it didn't work because Naseer went ham on the ring toss

[@zachcunningham8175]

I love your survivor videos 🤞👍

[@Cloudscape]

You know how the fire's like your life in tribel council? Imagine you get voted out and just... don't being the torch to get snuffed, you just refuse. Lmao, imagine if that actually worked

[@Bayuuk]

The redemption island throw STILL annoys me.

[@dylanballard9813]

A lot of individual challenges are wise to throw like the first couple immunity challenges after merge. Also, I didnt know Bayon threw that challenge. I always just thought Stephen sucked with slingshots🤣

[@jacquephine1926]

Looking at the comments, I am way too early for my own health.

[@6598102743]

You should make a video like this about big brother comp throwers!

[@jhornacek]

SHAIN'T

[@hannahjaffe6402]

Is there a possibility for you to put your logo in the thumbnails! It'd be a lot easier to tell you posted while scrolling through the sub box

[@abigailhot]

Justice for Billy

[@ashlynu8982]

Got to love drew throwing a challenge just to pretty much get himself out

[@colleenkyle7741]

You forgot Brandon Hantz's tribe throwing the game to get Brandon out lmao

[@jhornacek]

They forfeited the challenge before it began, so it wasn't technically a throw.

[@jtmccormick5482]

you should make a video about the best final tribal council performances

[@laineydavidson9291]

Who thinks Peridiam should make a series where he does a top ten for each decade of seasons I just think that would he so interesting to watch

[@AlexH274]

No way did he way "Fix Wishin"

[@annieismakingvideosonyt]

God I love ozzy but that boy’s strategic game play defined trainwreck

[@snuffedtorch3683]

I freakin love James. 😂

[@noahs5636]

He had a right to be mad but god was it so funny when he confronted Peih Gee😂

[@snuffedtorch3683]

@@noahs5636 "YES! 👀🙄 YES!"

[@freddytang2128]

wait was that challenge throw in game changers actually aired? I dont recall this at all. Or the throw in ghost island

[@kellydaunis]

I didn't know they were thrown either until this video.

[@12ilovevideogames]

zapetara throwing the challenge was the absolute worst move they all could have done

[@silverace7442]

I lost interest in survivor after season 40 glad I remembered you now I'm kinda back into it

[@kaylayouman975]

Didn’t they just do s40 lol

[@silverace7442]

@@kaylayouman975 that was a year ago bro

[@manuelbarrios9664]

People is not allowed to talk about Brandon Hantz ? Because in Fans V Favorites 2, Favorites threw the challenge to get Brandon out

[@aflguy2048]

Imagine if 2 teams threw on the same challenge

[@TheNinjaSpoon]

Why throw in general? Seems winning is tied to strategy and luck. Avoiding pre merge tribal Council IS the strategy

[@jhornacek]

But when you can throw a challenge to get rid of someone that is not your alliance, or will be against you at the merge, like in the China example, it makes sense to throw the challenge and (a) get rid of that person, and (b) prevent the other tribe from voting out one of your allies.

[@stevencook388]

Um where’s Phillip and the grappling hook?

[@LB-py8ls]

What about bb from borneo? He talked about throwing the challenge (although it was so that he could quit)

[@HeyDedego]

Didn't they throw a challenge in Caramoan to vote out Brandon?

[@ally742]

How could you say “the writing’s on the wall” without saying “Fabio” at the end????

[@EspeonGaming0]

It will always baffle me how Aitu still almost won with Ozzy throwing the challenge

[@RavenLuna-ii6lx]

GameChangers was such a despicable season/

[@ryan_snyder]

Hey I got the Buff. It looks so cool. Thank you

[@milesmason6009]

Mike really does have two voices: 17:38 and 18:07

[@NimrodClover]

Season 15 (China) was the last time I ever watch the show. But I have to say between the weird tribe swap by the producers and the resulting expert strategy, this points to this season as being probably the high point of the whole show's run. Also, the eating challenge was nasty and dreamed up by sadistic jerks. Also, wasn't this the smallest number people in the starting group after the pilot first season?

[@ErinMoran94]

China started with 16 castaways, the same number of castaways as in seasons 1-7, 12, & 18. All other seasons are 18 or 20 castaways, except Fiji, season 14, that had 19.

[@jojomccluskey5015]

not sure exactly how many AU survivor challenge throws there were, but i know of henry’s throw on asaga. what do you think of this throw? and any other AU survivor throw? ps: i LOVE your content and also love when you talk about AU survivor !

[@rainstevens6948]

Woo didn't even throw though nor agree to it. He got most of the buoys for his team in that challenge.

[@seamino8329]

Perdiam!!