Celebrity Fear Factor #4

Joe Rogan

Season 7

Ex Factor

This episode featured four co-ed pairs competing for keys to an armored car containing $1 Million in gold.  In addition to the money, the winning team would also win a trip to Universal Studios Orlando.

Stunt #1 (Helicopter cargo net)   As a helicopter flew 400 feet above a lake at 90 miles per hour, the men would have to climb out onto a cargo net hanging off the back, collect four flags from the net, climb back up into the helicopter, and collect a final flag.  The women would then have to do the same.  The three teams to get the highest total of flags in the fastest time would receive a key for the armored car.  The team to get the least flags would be eliminated.

Stunt #2 (Tunnel Escape)   While chained together, partners would have to make their way through a ventilation system.  While crawling through the shafts, they would have to make their way through rats, spider webs with tarantulas, raw sewage, and complete darkness.  At two points in the tunnel they would have to pull levers to extinguish fires blocking their paths.  The two teams to complete this stunt fastest would earn their second keys and advance to the finals.  The slowest team would be eliminated.

Stunt #3 (Underwater heist)   After receiving their third keys, teams would compete head-to-head removing $12,500 gold bricks and $100 gold coins from the submerged armored car.  The men would have to open the door to the car so the women could use the keys to unlock lockers containing gold coins.  The men would collect gold bars from the truck while the women collected gold coins.  Only one member of each team could be in the car at a time.  The team to collect the most money in ten minutes would get to keep that money, win the trip to Universal Studios Orlando, and be Heist Fear Factor Champions.

Home Invasion Stunt (Boa cage)   Competing in this episodeâ€™s Home Invasion segment would be the Mosley family of Tempe, Arizona.  Two family members would have to reach into a box of biting Amazon Tree Boas and unscrew nuts from screws on the bottom of the cage to free keys. Both family members would then have to use those keys to unlock a box containing a $2,500 Capital One credit card.  They would have one minute to complete this stunt.

Heist Fear Factor

This was a special blind date episode.  Four single men would be introduced to four single women, and the women would get to pick which man they wanted to be paired up with.  The four couples would then compete as teams for the $50,000.

Stunt #1 (Hanging boat)   One partner would be driving a boat across a lake while the other partner would grab a hook hanging from a helicopter and attach it to the boat.  The helicopter would then lift the boat out of the water and one person would have to climb onto a cargo net on the underside of the boat, release four flags, and drop into the water.  The second partner would then have to do the same.  The couple to get the most flags in the fastest time would get to choose which couple would be eliminated.

Stunt #2 (Crab Dump Escape)   Couples would be locked in a large tank filled with 45 degree water and large Dungeness crabs.  As more cold water and crabs were pumped into the tank through two pipes, both team members would have to find which of four keys unlocked caps from the floor of the tank and use the caps to plug the pipes.  Because of the dangers of hypothermia, there would be a ten-minute time limit for this stunt.  The couple to complete this stunt the fastest would win a twelve-day trip for four to Belize.  No one would be eliminated in this stunt.

Stunt #3 (Ice box)   Couples would be in opposite sides of a Plexiglas box, separated by a wall.  As the box filled with 2,000 pounds of ice, one partner would have to collect pegs from their side of the box and transfer them to their partner through a hole in the wall.  Their partner would then have to put the pegs in a box.  After they had transferred all 52 pegs, they would have to pull a lever that would open the bottom of box and drop them into the water below.  The bottom would automatically drop out after two minutes if contestants had not completed the stunt.  The couple to transfer the most pegs the fastest would be Blind Date Fear Factor Champions and win $50,000.

Home Invasion Stunt (Bobbing for hagfish)   Competing in this episodeâ€™s Home Invasion segment would be the Okolowitcz family of Providence, Rhode Island.  Two family members would have to transfer five hagfish from a tank to a bucket using only their mouths.  If they could transfer five hagfish in one minute, they would win a $5,000 Capital One credit card.

Blind Date Fear Factor

This episode featured four pairs competing as teams.

Stunt #1 (Human cannonball)   As a truck drove along a pier with a crane hanging off the side, one team member would hang from the crane and drop into the water when they passed a buoy.  They would have to retrieve two flares from the buoy, swim to a platform, and use the flares to light the fuse to giant cannon.  Their partner would then be shot out of the cannon and into the water.  Once in the water, their partner would swim to a boat, climb aboard, and clip a flag to a flagpole.  The team to complete this stunt the fastest would get to choose which team would be eliminated.

Stunt #2 (Trash Can Scavenger Hunt)   Teams would have to dig through two dumpsters to find items including a toaster, a shoe, a gas can, a baseball glove, a hard hat, a tin can, a thermos, and a radio.  Another of each item would be hidden among barrels filled with oil, mud, rotten fish parts, and lard.  To retrieve the items from the barrels, they would have to unscrew them from the bottom and match them with the corresponding items from the dumpsters. The team to match four items fastest would win a four-day trip to Las Vegas and $20,000.  No one would be eliminated in this stunt.

Stunt #3 (Pavement drag)   Both team members would be hanging on to handlebars attached to a helicopter and be dragged across pavement on their stomachs.  Along the way, they would crash through three exploding walls and a wall of barrels before coming up to a finish line.  They would have to let go as close to the finish line as possible.  The team to get the least combined distance from the finish line would be Fear Factor Champions.

Home Invasion Stunt (Worm wine)   Competing in this weekâ€™s Home Invasion segment would be the Whitman family of Dubuque, Iowa.  One family member would have to grab worms from a bowl and put them in a meat grinder, another family member would have to grind the worms to make the slop spill into a glass, and a third family member would have to drink the slop.  If they could do this, they would win a $5,000 Capital One credit card.

Teams

This episode was part 1 of 3 in a series featuring six couples staying at the Bates Motel from the movie Psycho and competing on the set where the movie was filmed for a grand prize of $250,000.

Stunt #1 (Buried alive)   This first stunt would take place in front of the infamous Psycho house.  Going two couples at a time, the women would be locked in coffins with rats and super worms and be buried under two tons of dirt.  The men would have to dig them out using shovels and open the coffins.  Once free, the women would have to dig through a pile of dirt and worms to find a key.  The three winning couples would automatically advance to the next round and get to vote on which one of the three losing couples would be eliminated.

Between stunts, the couples would be staying in the Bates Motel.  When they checked in, it was not what they were expecting.

Stunt #2 (Snake Water Escape)   In the basement of the Psycho house, both members of each couple would be locked in one side of a divided water tank with 100 snakes.  Taking turns, they would have to go under the water and use a knife to cut ropes blocking a hole in the wall between the two sides of the tank.  Once enough ropes were cut, both people would have to swim through the hole and surface on the other side of the tank to stop the time.  The two slowest couples would be up for elimination.  The other three couples would get to vote on who was eliminated.

Home Invasion Stunt (Bobbing for squid)   Competing in weekâ€™s Home Invasion would be the Scott family of Orlando, Florida.  One family member would have to use their mouth to retrieve five squid from a tank of squid ink and place them in the hands of family members.  If they could complete this stunt in one minute, they would win a Capital One credit card worth $5,000.

Psycho Fear Factor (1)

This episode was part 2 of 3 in a series featuring six couples staying at the Bates Motel from the movie Psycho and competing on the set where the movie was filmed for a grand prize of $250,000.

Stunt #3 (Psycho Shower Rescue)   The women would be handcuffed to the showerhead in one of the Bates Motel rooms as blood rained down on them.  Outside, the men would have to unscrew an axe from the bottom of an ice chest filled with disgusting slop and use the axe to chop down the door to the room.  They would then have to find a key which would be hidden in a vase, a potted plant, a lamp, or a nightstand.  Once they had had the key, they would have to chop down the bathroom door and use the key to free their partner from the handcuffs.  The couple to complete this stunt fastest would have two options:  They could accept a pair of customized bikes from Metropolitan Choppers or be exempt from the next stunt.  They would have to give the prize they didnâ€™t choose to another couple.  No one would be eliminated in this stunt.

Stunt #4 (Street luge flag snag)   The men would be lying on a sled being pulled behind a hearse as a semi truck followed behind.  The women would be on the back of the hearse and would have to turn a crank to unwind the cable attached to the sled, getting the men closer to the truck.  The men would then have to reach up and grab a flag on a pole jutting from the front of the truck.  Once they had the flag, the women would have to tow them back in, take the flag, climb over the hearse, and clip the flag to a flagpole on the hood.  The couple with the slowest time would be eliminated.

Back at the Bates Motel, the remaining couples would be receiving an unpleasant surpriseâ€¦

Home Invasion Stunt (Eat banana slugs)   Competing in this Home Invasion would be the Easton family of Queens, New York.  Three family members would have one minute to eat four banana slugs between them.  If they could do this in the time limit, they would win a $5,000 Capital One credit card.

Psycho Fear Factor (2)

This episode was part 3 of 3 in a series featuring six couples staying at the Bates Motel from the movie Psycho and competing on the set where the movie was filmed for a grand prize of $250,000.

At the end of the last episode, the couples were unpleasantly surprised when thousands of Madagascar hissing cockroaches came crawling out of the holes in the walls.  At the beginning of this episode, they were informed that whichever couple could collect the most roaches and keep them alive until morning would win a prize.

Stunt #1 (Eat the Camel Spider)   Both partners would be bound in straight jackets and have to work together to get free as fast as possible.  But first, each person would be given the opportunity to eat two live Iraqi Camel Spiders, each worth 30 seconds off their time, giving each couple the chance to deduct up to two minutes off their time.  The couple to take the longest escaping from the straight jackets would be eliminated.

Stunt #2 (Psycho House explosion)   Racing head-to-head, the women would be in an upstairs room of the Psycho House unscrewing caps from sticks of dynamite and tossing them out the window.  Meanwhile, the men would be outside assembling detonators.  The first man to get his detonator assembled would attach a wire to it and use it blow up the Psycho house and send the women hurtling through the air.  The man who got the detonator assembled first would get an additional two sticks of dynamite.  The couple who got the most sticks of dynamite out the window (including the two added ones for fastest time) would be Psycho Fear Factor Champions and win $250,000.

Home Invasion Stunt (Gulp and grab)   Competing in this Home Invasion would be the Scholtz family of Evansville, Indiana.  One family member would have their head inside a tank full of dirt and earthworms.  Buried in the in tank would be five keychains, each worth $1000.  Five family members would be lined up.  On go, the first person would have to down a shot of blended worms, nasty cheese, rotten milk, and retrieve a keychain from the tank.  The next person in line would repeat the process until all five had gone.  The number of keys they could retrieve in one minute would represent the amount of money they would win from Capital One.

Psycho Fear Factor (3)

This episode featured four co-ed pairs competing as teams.

Stunt #1 (Helicopter platform transfer)   Both team members would have to leap back and forth between two platforms hanging from helicopters, each person transferring up to 10 flags from one platform to the other and then jumping in the water below.  The three teams get highest flag total would advance to the next round.  The team with the least flags would be eliminated.

Stunt #2 (Fear Factor Barber Shop)   One team member would be seated in a barber chair and their partner would spin them.  When the chair stopped, they would have to get whichever haircut their head was pointing to.  The options were Mohawk, bald spot, patches, the taco, sideways Mohawk, and bald.  Teams would advance to the finals if both members got their designated haircuts.

Stunt #3 (Exploding container)   As a crane lifted a large container to 200 feet in the air, both team members would have to climb rope ladders hanging from the container.  Once they reached the container, they would both have to scale a narrow ledge on the side, collect two Allen wrenches, and climb another ladder to the top.  Once on top, they would have to use the wrenches to unscrew hatches and climb down into the container.  When they were both inside, they would have to touch two pieces of a livewire together in order to blow themselves out of the container and into the water below.  The team to complete this stunt the fastest would be the Fear Factor Champions.

Home Invasion Stunt (Stink beetle transfer)   Competing in this weekâ€™s Home Invasion would be the Kutz family of Memphis, Tennessee.  Two family members would have to take turns using their mouths to transfer stink beetles from one bowl to another.  If they could transfer all the stink beetles in one minute, they would win a $5,000 Capital One Credit Card.

Teams #2

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Celebrity Fear Factor #4

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