Survivor Spoilers: The Final Callanges Spoilers

Final Challenges: The finale begins busting protocol immediately with five players still in the game. Their first challenge, Burnett reveals, “is the hardest puzzle we’ve ever done, called Compass Rose.”

 Challenge producer Dan Munday spent two days, “like a mad scientist, cutting pieces of wood,” says Probst. ” Finally, he showed us exactly how it comes apart and then asked us to put it back together. I quit after 30 minutes.” It takes the winner 25 minutes to solve it, Probst reveals, adding that “this final five had the highest IQs of any final five.”

The final four’s last immunity challenge involves balancing on a very small post, one that gets smaller and smaller — 10 feet above the water. “It required balance but also intense concentration and pain tolerance, because it was made of steel and was not comfortable,” Probst explains.

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