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An example of the Right to Stay Challenge. From E3.

The Right to Stay Challenge is a challenge in every season of Endurance, which, depending on the situation, either happens on the first day or second. It determines whether a contestant will move on to the official competition.

With the exception of Endurance: High Sierras, the challenge involves a mind over matter standpoint. A person must overcome the pain to be an official contestant on Endurance by hanging on to something. The first 2-3 girls and guys to fall are automatically eliminated and had to leave. In E5, the last 2 girls and guys to complete the task were eliminated. The remaining contestants would become official Endurance contestants

In Season 3, the eliminated players were brought back the following day to compete in a second chance Right to Stay game. The winner of this game (Tom) chose his partner from the group of girls (Vanetta), forming the Brown Team.

In Seasons 3 and 5 the group was required to choose two players (a boy and a girl) who were allowed to sit out the Right To Stay Challenge, automatically advancing as if they had survived the challenge. In season 3 the boys were required to choose one girl to be safe and the girls were required to save a boy, the boys saved Lindi and the girls chose Reece because they were the most attractive in their opinions. In season 5, Darci and Aric were selected to sit out. They were then each allowed to save one other person (of the same gender). Darci chose Kelsey, while Aric chose Alex.

As every contestant on Moolah Beach got to be on a team, no right to stay challenges were played. The mechanic returned in Karma though only one boy and one girl were eliminated.

Challenges[]

E1: Hang on to a pair of metal rings while your legs are attached to a bungee cord.

E2: Hold a bar above their head while standing on a platform over the water. If they lower the bar too far, then the platform would drop, forcing them to have to hang on for as long as they could.

E3: Hold on to a giant pole.  (It started raining when the guys were competing.). Second Chance Mission: Hold a carving between their hand and a bamboo pole.

E4: Hold on to a bar while gliding across the lake. Once they stopped gliding they had to hang on.

E5: Walk across a thin bar. In order to qualify to be an official contestant, they had to complete 5 laps across the lake and back.

E6: Hold on to a rope.

Karma: Swim to a platform containing some poles. Grab a pole and use it to reach the other platforms. If someone falls in the water, they must swim back to the previous platform. Reach the final platform to complete the challenge. It is permitted to provide some assistance to other contestants by holding on to their pole to keep it stable.

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