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Step on Up (also known as Step Brothers and Stair Down the Walls) is a recurring physical challenge that debuted in Survivor: Thailand and was later used in Redemption Island, Cambodia, David vs. Goliath, and Survivor 42.

Rules[]

Castaways must race to obtain puzzle steps and assemble their staircase one step at a time. The first person to reach the top wins the challenge.

Since Cambodia, there has been a final task for the castaways to complete at the top of the staircase before they can win.

History[]

United States[]

The challenge was first used in Thailand. The contestants started out relatively even. Eventually, Brian Heidik pulled away and gained the lead. He never lost his lead and won the challenge by casually walking to the top of the tower.

The challenge returned in Redemption Island, where, after a grueling challenge hard-fought between the final six, Rob Mariano collapsed after winning. 

The challenge reappeared as the final six Immunity Challenge in Cambodia. This version also included a three-dimensional slide puzzle which must be completed after the castaways completed the step ladder. Spencer Bledsoe consistently had a slight lead and was the first to complete the puzzle, winning immunity.

Returning in David vs. Goliath as the final six Immunity Challenge, the challenge included a 63-piece puzzle which must be completed after the step ladder. Nick Wilson was one of the last contestants to complete their step ladder. However, he managed to pull off a comeback win to earn immunity, narrowly completing the puzzle over Angelina Keeley, Kara Kay, and Mike White.

The challenge appeared once again in Survivor 42 as the final six Immunity Challenge in combination with Gimme Three Steps. Castaways had to first get over a set of hurdle obstacles, then retrieve three batches of puzzle pieces to complete their staircase. Then, they would maneuver a bag containing two balls through a ladder puzzle, then land these balls in a table maze. Lindsay Dolashewich held a lead throughout the challenge and narrowly beat out Jonathan Young at the table maze to win her second Immunity Challenge.

Australia[]

A variant of the challenge was used as a part of the penultimate Immunity Challenge in Brains v Brawn. The final four first climbed up a net obstacle to retrieve balls, which they used to knock out puzzle pieces from a frame. They then raced to a ramp, matching the puzzle pieces to the pegs on the ramp to build a staircase. Once they have completed their staircase, they will untie a bucket from the top of the tower and race down, using the bucket to collect water. They will then bring the filled bucket, go over and under a series of hitching posts, and fill a larger bucket with the water. Once there is enough water, the bucket will drop and bring a gate down with it. At the final stage, they will roll balls up a ramp and land them in six pockets. Although Hayley Leake reached the last station first, Flick Palmateer landed her sixth ball first to pull off a clutch immunity win and thwart the Brains Alliance's plan to get rid of her.

South Africa[]

In Champions, the challenge was used at the final five. Graham Jenneker held a consistent lead throughout the challenge and beat Zavion Kotze by two steps to win immunity and a shower and massage.

Winners[]

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Brains v Brawn
Episode 23
Individual Immunity AUS8 flick t
Flick Palmateer

Episode Challenge Type Winners
Champions
Episode 16
Individual Reward/Immunity ZAS5 graham t
Graham Jenneker

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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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