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New Tribe Member (also known as Gulliver's Travels and Lizard King) is a recurring team challenge which debuted in Survivor: Thailand. It has since appeared in Survivor: Nicaragua and Survivor 46.

Rules[]

The tribes would have to untie a giant dummy (acting as their "new tribe member"). The tribes must then carry the dummy through an obstacle course. The first tribe to cross the finish line with their dummy wins.

History[]

The challenge debuted as a Reward Challenge in Thailand. Prior to the challenge, the tribes designed their own giant dummy, which they would carry across the island. Sook Jai won the challenge for ripe bananas and chickens.

The challenge re-appeared as a Reward Challenge in Nicaragua. The nine castaways were split into two teams of four for this challenge, with one person not being picked. The first team to navigate their dummy (known as "Gulliver") across the island won a trip to the Survivor cinema for a screening of Gulliver's Travels. The team of Benry Henry, Chase Rice, Holly Hoffman, and NaOnka Mixon won the challenge. Notably, despite previously expressing her desire to quit the game, NaOnka controversially opted not to relinquish her reward in exchange for rice for the tribe.

The challenge appeared 25 seasons later as the inaugural Immunity Challenge of Survivor 46. The tribes had to guide a giant 15-foot-long, 500-pound gecko over a wall, through a tunnel, and up a slope before two members assembled a jigsaw puzzle. Nami made quick work of the obstacle course and subsequently the puzzle to clinch victory. Siga was able to secure a second-place victory, leaving the hapless Yanu tribe with a trip to Tribal Council.

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Thailand
"Gender Bender"
Tribal Reward S5 erin tS5 jake tS5 ken t
S5 penny tS5 robb tS5 shiiann tS5 stephanie t
Sook Jai
Nicaragua
"You Started, You're Finishing"
Team Reward S21 benry tS21 chase tS21 holly tS21 naonka t
Benry, Chase, Holly, NaOnka
Survivor 46
"This Is Where the Legends Are Made"
Tribal Immunity S46 hunter tS46 liz tS46 randen t
S46 soda tS46 tevin tS46 venus t
Nami
S46 ben tS46 charlie tS46 jem t
S46 maria tS46 moriah tS46 tim t
Siga

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Trivia[]

  • The winning team/tribe of each challenge ended up producing the seventh place and ninth place finishers of the season.

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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