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This episode featured four pairs of siblings competing as teams. Stunt #1 (Tumbler transfer) As two tumblers lined with holes rotated across from each other over the water, siblings would have to make their way to the center where the two tumblers met. One sibling would be handing the other sibling flags to post at the other end of their tumbler. As time went on, the tumblers would spin faster. The three teams to transfer the most flags the fastest before falling into the water would advance to the next round. The team with the worst score would be eliminated. Stunt #2 (Grab and Grind) One sibling would be collecting beetles, worms, crickets, scorpions, and millipedes with their mouth and spitting them into a meat grinder. They would have to turn a crank to grind the bugs into slop. Their partner would be underneath the grinder catching the slop then their mouth and spitting it on to a scale. The team to transfer the most weight in 3 minutes would win a six-night trip for fo

Stunt #1: Twirling Misery Contestants would be inside a Plexiglas box over 100 feet in the air. They would have up to two minutes to wedge themselves into the box before the bottom dropped out. Once the bottom dropped out, the box would spin around and cold water would rain from the top. The two men and the two women who could stay wedged inside the box the longest would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Eat Live Snails Contestants would have to eat 12 live snails. The man and the woman who could eat their snails the fastest would advance to the final round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Car Jump out of Back of Semi Contestants would be seated in a car inside the back of a moving semi truck. When the truck rolled over a starting line, a green light would flash. When this happened, they would have to find which of three keys started the car, and crash it though the back door of the trailer to the pavement below. The contestan

Stunt #1: Extreme Building Plunge Contestants would be harnessed and dropped down the face of a 65-story building. As they plunged toward the ground, contestants would have to grab flags sticking out from the side of the building. The two men and the two women to collect the most flags would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Bug Windshield Contestants would have to jump up onto a junkyard car's hood and use their mouths to remove globs of red worms, super worms, crickets, grasshoppers, and stink beetles splattered on the windshield. They would then have to run over to a scale and spit the bugs on to the scale. The three contestants to transfer the most weight in bugs in two minutes would advance to the final round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Rotating Beam to Platform Contestants would start out over a harbor on a rotating balance beam surrounded by a square frame with a platform on each side. There were two flags on the each

Stunt #1: Tunnel Flag Snag While balancing on the back of a tanker truck as it drove through a traffic tunnel and ran over speed bumps, contestants would have to grab flags hanging from the ceiling. The two men and the two women to collect the most flags would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Potato Bug Bazooka Contestants would use a bazooka to fire a potato at a target with numbers ranging from 1 to 3. The number they hit would represent the number of live potato bugs they would have to eat. Everyone who ate all their potato bugs would advance to the final round. Stunt #3: Tractor Car Roll Contestants would be seated in a car on the edge of a steep hill. As four large bulldozers advanced toward the car, they would have to find which of 6 keys started the car and drive it across a finish line. The contestant to cross the finish line the fastest, or get the furthest before a bulldozer sent their car flipping down the hill would win the $5

This episode featured six Miss USA 2004 contestants competing for $50,000. The winner would keep half her money and donate the other half to the charity of her choice. Stunt #1 (Tilting platform) The ladies would start out on a Plexiglas platform over a harbor. As the platform tilted steeper and steeper, they would have to transfer flags from the lower end to the higher end. The four ladies to transfer the most flags the fastest before falling into the water would advance to the next round. The other two would be eliminated. Stunt #2 (Sea cucumbers) The ladies would have to play a round of miniature golf. The number of putts they took to sink the golf ball would determine which of four sizes of sea cucumber they would have to eat. If they were able to get a hole-in-one, they would not have to eat anything. Everyone who finished their sea cucumber in the 20-minute time limit would advance to the final round. Stunt #3 (Helicopter hang) The ladies would be riding on the back

This episode featured five pairs competing as teams. This episode also had an unusual twist: Contestants were not allowed to sleep for the 48-hour duration of the competition. If anyone fell asleep, their team would be eliminated. Stunt #1: Team Transfer The men would be hung by their ankles from a trolley line that would take them back and forth between two platforms on the roofs of buildings over 100 feet in the air. The women would have to transfer flags from one platform to other by clipping the flags on to their belt loops and grabbing the men's arms to ride back and forth between platforms. The four teams to transfer the most flags in 5 minutes would advance to the next round. The team with the least amount of flags would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Hagfish Transfer The women would be sitting in the top of a double-decker Plexiglas box and the men would be in the bottom. The women would be covered in slimy hagfish which would also fall through to the bottom where the men w

The was a special female models episode. Stunt #1: Bound in Chains The ladies would be chained into a weighted vest and dropped underwater. They would have to undo three sets of clasps to get out of the vest and swim to the surface. The four ladies to break the surface the fastest would advance to the next round. The other two would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Get the Gator The ladies would have to make their way through an obstacle course in a swamp to find three keys. There would be a key on each obstacle. They would have to make their way over 6 buoys, jump over a boat, climb a tree, and drop back into the water. They would then have to swim to the shore and find out which of the three keys unlocked a tunnel. After unlocking the tunnel, they would have to crawl inside and pull an 8-foot long, 400 pound alligator out by its tail. The three ladies to complete this stunt the fastest would advance the final round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Heli Rope Transfer

This special Second Chance episode featured six past Fear Factor contestants who had gone home losers. Stunt #1: Dual Heli Beam Walk Contestants would have to go back and forth across a beam hanging between two helicopters. They would have to transfer up to 6 flags from one side to the other before falling into the water below. The two men and the two women to transfer the most flags the fastest would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Fly Shake Contestants would have to suck blended maggots from a bowl and spit them down a large straw into a glass filled with flies. After filling the glass, they would have to drink the blended maggots and flies. The three contestants to do this fastest would advance to the next round. The slowest contestant would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Hop the Train Contestants would have to race a car toward a railroad crossing, hit a pipe ramp, and flip the car over a moving train. The contestant to jump the car the g

This was an all-female episode. Stunt #1: Underwater Tumbler The ladies would be locked inside a tumbler which would be lowered underwater. They would have to swim to the other end of the tumbler, unlatch 10 latches, slide a door open, and swim to a buoy. The four ladies to reach the buoy the fastest would advance to the next round. The others would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Bug Body Bag The ladies would be chained up in a body bag full of crickets, red worms, super worms, stink beetles, and Madagascar hissing cockroaches. They would be shut inside a pitch black morgue drawer. They would have to find out which of three keys unlocked the padlock to their chains, unzip the bag, and push themselves out of the drawer. The three ladies to complete this stunt the fastest would advance to the finals. The slowest contestant would be eliminated. Stunt #3: Dual Heli Wall The ladies would be lifted off a dock and would have the crawl across a horizontal rope hanging underneath a helic

This season finale episode featured four parent/child pairs competing at teams. Stunt #1: Family Beam Walk Both family members would have to walk across a balance beam over 100 feet high. There would be five yellow flags and five orange flags hanging from ropes. The parent would have to go first and release the yellow flags, and then the child would have to go and release the orange flags. The three teams with the highest flag totals in the fastest time would advance to the next round. The slowest team would be eliminated. Stunt #2: Family of Roaches The children would be locked in a box of Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Their parents would have to use their mouths to transfer roaches from the box to a counter-balance scale to lift up a door and release set of three keys. The parent would have to give the keys to their child and the child would have to find the correct key to unlock the box and escape. The team to complete this stunt the fastest would win a 2004 Mazda 6 Spo