Endurance

Endurance
Air Dates	10/5/2002 - 2/22/2003
Filming Dates	July 22—August 7, 2002
# of Episodes	15
Winner	Blue Team Aaron Thornburg Jonna Mannion
Season Chronology
MB  •  E1  •  E2  •  E3  •  E4  •  E5  •  E6

Endurance is the first season of a new fear factor/survivor type of show, where twenty teens will be dropped off in the Pacific Islands, and will compete against each other in both physical and mental challenges, with hopes of staying in the game. In the end, only one teen team will be left standing, and will take home the grand prize. They leave behind all friends, family, cell phones, television and electricity, ten guys and ten girls from all corners of America join together not knowing what adventures and challenges await them.

Season 1 of Endurance took place in Catalina Island, California.

Production

Endurance is a show created by JD Roth. A change in ownership of Fox Family Network (now ABC Family), opened up a new offer from Discovery Kids for a reality series. Endurance filled that offer, and was also broadcast on NBC as part of its Saturday morning Discovery Kids on NBC block of programs. The show was produced by 3Ball Productions.

Twenty contestants, ages 12–15, were chosen that spring from five-minute audition tapes sent in by more than 10,000 teens. Shooting of the series took place each summer over a three week period. The selected contestant arrived at a secret remote location in late July with a family member or guardian who would remain in a nearby hotel. The first season of Endurance took place in Catalina Island.

Location

The very first season of Endurance found 20 kids stranded on a deserted island off the coast of California. These islands are home to many of California's seabirds, sea lions, seals and other endangered species. During this season, the contestants had to battle cold weather, rocky terrain and complete isolation. It is estimated that these islands were formed almost 100 million years ago from underwater seismic and volcanic activity!

Contestants

Picture	Information	Team	Position	Picture	Information
	Max DeLeo 14, Los Angeles, CA	Gray	7th		Jenna Jimenez 14, Rogers Park, IL
	Brandon Hendrix 14, Winter Park, FL	Purple	6th		Layla Brisco 14, Gardena, CA
	Skyler Russell 14, Phoenix, AZ	Orange	5th		Chelsea Myers 14, Apache Junction, AZ
	Trevor Wilkins 12, Chicago, IL	Green	4th		Lana Neiman 14, Lincoln Park, IL
	Christian Justice 15, San Clemente, CA	Red	3rd		Ashley Gudzak 14, Jacksonville, FL
	Jon Crocilla 15, Chicago, IL	Yellow	2nd		Sabrina Lloyd 15, Sugarland, TX
	Aaron Thornburg 15, Bozeman, MT	Blue	1st		Jonna Mannion 13, Chandler, AZ
Right to Stay Eliminations
Picture	Information			Picture	Information
	Alejandro Rose-Garcia 15, Austin, TX				Cree Howard 15, Bozeman, MT
	Ron Neurauter 15, Glen Ellyn, IL				Heather Ichihashi 14, Brooklyn, NY
	Shane Peltzman 13, Huntington Valley, PA				Lacey Elick 14, Bellville, TX

Episode List

Season #	Series #	Episode Title	Original Airdate	Production Code
1	1	"Right to Stay"	October 5, 2002	101
2	2	"Fate Falls"	October 12, 2002	102
3	3	"Tilt"	October 19, 2002	103
4	4	"Knotted Up"	October 26, 2002	104
5	5	"Plant The Flag"	November 16, 2002	105
6	6	"Squeeze Play"	November 23, 2002	106
Recap	7	"The First Six Days"	November 30, 2002	107
8	8	"Water Logged"	December 7, 2002	108
9	9	"Eruption"	December 14, 2002	109
10	10	"House of Cards"	January 4, 2003	110
11	11	"Dial In"	January 11, 2003	111
12	12	"Build a Pyramid"	January 18, 2003	112
13	13	"Leap of Fate"	January 25, 2003	113
14	14	"Don't Drop the Ball"	February 22, 2003	114
Special	15	"Reunion (Part 1)"	September 13, 2003	115
Special	16	"Reunion (Part 2)"	September 20, 2003	116
Special	69	"Best of Endurance 1"	March 4, 2006	117

Pyramid Piece History

Pyramid Piece History
Episode #	Pieces
	Commitment	Courage	Discipline	Heart	Knowledge	Leadership	Luck	Perserverance	Strength	Trust
1	Teams Inexistent
2	Green	Blue	To be won	Gray	To be won	Red	Orange	Yellow	Purple	Gray
3	Green	Blue	Blue	Gray	Blue	Red	Orange	Yellow	Purple	Gray
4	Green	Blue	Blue	To be won	Blue	Red	Orange	Yellow	Purple	To be won
5	Green	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Red	Orange	Yellow	Purple	Yellow
6	Green	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Red	Orange	Yellow	To be won	Yellow
7	Recap Episode
8	Green	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Red	Orange	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
9	Green	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Red	To be won	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
10	Green	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Red	Green	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
11	To be won	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Red	To be won	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
12	Blue	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Red	Blue	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
13	Blue	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	To be won	Blue	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow
14	Blue	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow

Elimination Table

Endurance Elimination Table
Teams		Challenges
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Aaron & Jonna	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAMDHI	WIN	WIN	WIN	LOSE	WIN
	Jon & Sabrina	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	TEMPLE	SAFE	TEMPLE	WIN	SECOND
	Christian & Ashley	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Trevor & Lana	SAFE	TEMPLE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	TEMPLE	WIN	OUT
	Skyler & Chelsea	SAMDHI	SAFE	SAFE	TEMPLE	SAMDHI	OUT
	Brandon & Layla	SAFE	SAFE	SAMDHI	OUT
	Max & Jenna	SAFE	OUT

Colors significance

     (FIRST) This team won the final Endurance Mission and became Endurance Champs.
     (SECOND) This lost the final Endurance Mission and became the runners-up.
     (WIN) This team won the Endurance Mission.
     (WIN) This team won the Temple Mission.
     (SAMDHI) This team was handicapped with the Samadhi.
     (SAFE) This team didn't win the challenge, but didn't go to Temple or receive the Samadhi.
     (TEMPLE) This team won at the Temple of Fate and avoided elimination.
     (OUT) This team lost at the Temple of Fate and was eliminated.

Trivia

• Fewest number of pieces in play: 10
• Fewest number of pieces on the line in the finale: 1
• Most missions won by one team: 6 (Blue)
• Only season where there's a history lesson with the mission.
• First of three seasons that takes place in California.
• First time there were contestants from Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
• Youngest Endurance contestant: Trevor was 12 years old during filming (tied with Christopher Tavarez on Endurance: Tehachapi)
• Only season to have a reunion show.
• Shortest alliance in Endurance History: the Brotherhood (Purple-Green-Blue-Orange) lasted until Blue gave Orange the Samadhi the same episode it was established: Tilt.
• Only season where the teams chose their grand prize trip.
• Only season where the eliminated team's piece is in play in the next Endurance Mission.
• One of two seasons where Yellow makes it to the final four or higher.
• One of two seasons where Blue wins the entire season.
• Only season where there's an official list of who's partnered with whom (All of the other seasons have similar lists; this is the only list where it was shown during the partner selection).
• Gray's elimination in Knotted Up started the notorious Curse of the Gray Team.
• First of four seasons where Orange is the third team eliminated. It is also the first of three where they finish 5th overall.
• Only season where Purple fails to make it to the final four or higher before Endurance: Fiji.
• The Best of Endurance episode aired almost 3 years after the original season was broadcast.
  • This also happened in Endurance 2
• Three events: Sabrina lying to stay in the game, Sabrina manipulating Layla to put Christian with Ashley, and Max's letter to Jonna made the top ten moments of the first four seasons according to the Discovery Kids website.
• Max and Jenna, the Gray Team from this season, returned for Endurance 2.
• Only season where the finale is a one-part episode.
• Only season where a team has two starting pyramid pieces.
• First season where a team hasn't been to the Temple of Fate before finale, and only time before Endurance: High Sierras .
• Marks the beginning of the Three Temple Curse.
• Three of the grand prize trips: in the Galapogos Islands, Costa Rica, and Australia, have been recycled as the grand prize trips for Endurance 3: Hawaii, Endurance: Tehachapi, and Endurance: Fiji respectively.

Episodes

• Endurance 1 Episodes on Google Drive