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Push Me, Pull You is a recurring physical challenge in Survivor. First appearing in Survivor: Nicaragua, it has since reappeared in Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X.

Rules[]

The castaways must pull on two metal bars for as long as they can to apply tension in order to keep a heavy metal bar from slipping and breaking their tile. The last person standing with a bar in their hands wins.

History[]

United States[]

The challenge was first used as the first individual Immunity Challenge in Nicaragua, where the last man and the last woman standing would win immunity. Fabio Birza defeated the men while Jane Bright defeated the women to win immunity. 

This challenge reappeared in Millennials vs. Gen X as the final nine Immunity Challenge. After only four minutes, Adam Klein outlasted everybody else to secure himself immunity. 

Australia[]

The challenge appeared as an individual Reward Challenge at the final eight of All Stars. The challenge came down to a showdown between David Genat and Shonee Fairfax. After over 40 minutes, Shonee dropped her bar out of the blue, allowing David to win the reward of a rainforest retreat.

France[]

South Africa[]

In Island of Secrets, the Manumalo tribe had the option of choosing one of three rewards to compete for: food (steak, wine, and vegetables), an advantage, or love (letters from home). In the "Food" round, Durão Mariano conceded the challenge to Nicole Capper mere moments into the challenge, believing that she needed the food more than him. In the "Love" round, Jacques Burger was the first person to drop out; he was closely followed by Laetitia Le Roux and Cobus Hugo. In the end, Mike Venter, in an attempt to keep his challenge threat level down, gave up the challenge to Steffi Brink, allowing her to receive her letter from home. In the final round, Mmaba Molefe and Rob Bentele played for an advantage. Mmaba slipped, allowing Rob to win the advantage. On the Island of Secrets, Rob learned that he had won the food, his letter, as well as a chance to practice for the next Immunity Challenge.

Winners[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • This challenge has only been used in seasons with an age divide twist.
  • Fabio Birza and Adam Klein both won this challenge and would both go to win their respective seasons.
    • Across all English-language series, the Sole Survivor has won this challenge every time it was used.

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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