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Fire and Water (also known as Fire and Rain and Fire Bucket) is a recurring individual Immunity Challenge that debuted in Survivor: The Australian Outback, and later returned in All-Stars.

Rules[]

All castaways are stationed at a fire scale. Each structure is a seesaw with two buckets. One end has a bucket for building a fire, while the other has a bucket filled with water but with a hole at its base. The castaways first start a fire in the fire bucket. Then, once the flame is sustainable, the castaways fill the water bucket with water from a nearby river or ocean. When there is enough water, the weight of it lifts the fire bucket up to reach a fuse. The first castaway to light their fuse, igniting a fire at the top of the scale, wins the challenge.

In All-Stars, an additional stipulation was added that running out of matches eliminated a contestant from the challenge.

History[]

United States[]

The challenge made its first appearance in The Australian Outback as the final seven Immunity Challenge. All contestants started off relatively even. Nick Brown was the first person to get water, while Tina Wesson quickly followed. Eventually, Colby Donaldson was the last person to start fetching water. Keith Famie almost won the challenge, but his fire bucket did not reach the fuse and his fire is starting to go out. Ultimately, Colby lit his fuse first, winning his first of many individual immunities.

The challenge was reused in All-Stars as the final six Immunity Challenge. Everybody except Amber Brkich managed to make a fire. However, the wind caused the fires to blow out, forcing everyone to start over. The biggest problem in making the fire is lighting the matches as everyone was having trouble lighting them. Eventually, Rob Mariano, Amber, Rupert Boneham, and Jenna Lewis all ran out of matches, eliminating them all from the challenge, leaving Tom Buchanan and Shii Ann Huang battling it out for immunity. Ultimately, Tom managed to reignite his fire and started to get water again. By the time Shii Ann was able to build a viable fire, Tom had won immunity.

Australia[]

In Blood v Water, the challenge was used as the final twelve Immunity Challenge. Instead of building a fire, the Lava tribe raced to build a puzzle, filling their bucket with water to keep their puzzle from toppling. Shay Lajoie won the challenge.

The challenge appeared as the final seven Immunity Challenge in Heroes v Villains. Only Matt Sharp and Simon Mee were able to build a viable fire. Liz Parnov opted to abandon her fire to help Matt in filling his bucket with water, but Simon's fire proved stronger and burned through his flag first, winning immunity.

Quebec[]

South Africa[]

In Santa Carolina, Gys de Villiers was the first person to get his fire to the top, allowing him to win a new Volvo XC60.

In Maldives, the fire-making element was removed. The final seven had to fill a rapidly leaking bucket with water such that the bucket would be heavy enough that it would sink, causing the contraption to which it is attached to tilt, which in turn will cause a cannonball to roll down and break a tile. Within minutes, Sean September filled his bucket and won his second Immunity Challenge in a row.

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winners
The Australian Outback
"Let's Make a Deal"
Individual Immunity S2 colby t
Colby Donaldson
All-Stars
"A Chapera Surprise"
Individual Immunity S8 tom t
Tom Buchanan

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Champions v Contenders (2018)
Episode 22
Individual Immunity AUS5 sharn t
Sharn Coombes
Blood v Water
Episode 14
Individual Immunity AUS9 shay t
Shay Lajoie
Heroes v Villains
Episode 19
Individual Immunity AUS10 simon t
Simon Mee

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Survivor Québec (2023)
Episode 53
Individual Reward
(Family Visit)
QCS1 karine t
Karine Lavigne-Fortin

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Santa Carolina
Episode 10
Individual Reward ZAS3 gys t
Gys de Villiers
Maldives
Episode 10
Individual Immunity ZAS4 sean t
Sean September

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • The challenge has only been used for individual immunity.
  • Only three women competed in the challenge at a time, one of them being Amber Mariano.
    • Amber is the only castaway to compete in this challenge twice.
  • Only males have won this challenge.
  • After this challenge, the winner of the previous Immunity Challenge was voted out. 

References[]

Recurring Challenges
A Bit Dinghy · A Bit Tipsy · A Crate Idea · A Leg Up · A Numbers Game · Air Raid · Angry Chair · Around the Bend · Back in Slack · Balancing Point · Ballin' A Jack · Barrel Bridge · Barrel of Monkeys · Basket Brawl · Better Homes and Island Living · Beyond the Wheel · Blind Leading the Blind · Blue Lagoon Bustle · Blue Plate Special · Boats, Brains & Brawn · Bone to Pick · Boulder Smash · Bow Diddley · Box Your Mind · Braille Maze · Broken China · Buggin' Out · Build It Up, Break It Down · Butch Cassidy · By Any Means Necessary · By the Numbers · Cage Against the Machine · Can't Buoy Me Love · Cannonball Run · Caught in the Web · Cell Block Sea · Challenge Pitch · Chief's Choice · Chimney Sweep · Chinese Zodiac Symbols · Cling Ons · Choose Your Weapon · Coconut Juice · Crate Escape · Crocodile Rock · Crosswalk · Cube Crisis · Dear Liza · Dive Masters · Dizzy Gillespie · Dizzy Miss Lizzy · Domino Effect · Draggin' the Dragon · Dragging the River · Drop A Log · Drum Roll · Dulcimer Stomp · End of the Line · EOC · Eve 6 · Fallen Comrades · Fast Fire · Faulty Towers · Fauxconut Bowling · Fire and Water · Fire Fighter · Fire Starter · Flips, Flops, & Flags · Float Your Boat · Floating Puzzle · Game of Bridge · Gatecrasher · Get a Grip · Get Barreled · Get Hooked · Get Your Goat · Gimme Three Steps · Great Escape Run · Hands on a Hard Idol · Hear About It Ladder · Hot Pursuit · House of Cards · House of the Holey · Idol Hands · Jail Break · Jump Shot · Jungle Relay · Kamikaze · Keel Hauling · Keep It Up · Keep on Your Toes · Kenny Log-Ins · Kicking and Screaming · Kitty Litter · Know Your Loved One · Ladder Tree Golf · Last Gasp · Letter Hunt · Lock, Load and Light · Lock Step · Log Jam · Losing Face · Mask Match · Matchmaker · Matt Finish · Mayan Pizza · Memory · Mud Pack · Mud Slide · Muddy Waters · New School · New Tribe Member · Nut Bucket · O-Black Water · Odd Shaped Bottoms · Operation Balance Build · Out on a Limb · Over-Extended · Paddle Battle · Paddle Out · Perch · Pilfering Pirates · Piranha Feast · Pole Dancing · Pot Head · Push Me, Pull You · Puzzle Dig · Q and A · Quest for Fire · Race to Shore · Ram-Ball On · Rescue Mission · Rice Race · Rise and Shrine · Rock Bottom · Rock n' Roll · Rock the Boat · Rod Screw-It · Roll With It · Roller Ball · Rung O Star · Running Down a Dream · Sacrificial Lamb · Schmergen Brawl · Sea Crates · Sea Legs · Sea Salvage · Shipwrecked · Shoot 'n' Shuffle · Shooting Gallery · Shoulder the Load · Simmotion · Slip, Slide & Score · Slither Me Timbers · Smash and Grab · Snag, Drag and Bag · Snake in the Grass · Snake Island Relay · SOS Signal · Spear-it Hunt · Spit It Out · Splash Back · Sprung a Leak · Squared Off · Squatty Probst · Stacked Up · Stairway to Heaven · Stairway to the Stars · Star Man · Station By Station · Step on Up · Stomp-ede · Strung Out · Sumo at Sea · Survivor Auction · Survivor History · Survivor Pentathlon · Survivor Quiz Show · Swahili Scramble · Swing Break · Tangled Up · Temple Transfer · The Ball Drop · The Cruel Sea · The Game is Afoot · The Gauntlet · The Home Stretch · The Maze · The Obstacle Course · This Much · Thrash, Splash & Bash · TLP O-Course · Tomb Raider · Total Recall · Troubled Water · Uncomfortably Numb · United We Stand · Vampire Bats · Vertically Challenged · Vertigo · Wall to Wall · Well Stacked · What-er Drag · When It Rains, It Pours · Wicker Flicker · Will It Go Round · Witch Hunt · Wrist Assured · Yank Your Hank · You Shook Me
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