Fear Factor (2001)

Episode Overview

For the first stunt, contestants had to shed their clothes and walk down the runway in their birthday suits for one minute, then pose with their hands on their hips atop a rotating pedestal for an additional two minutes. Next, in the Eat Roaches challenge, players faced a Fear Factor twist on shuffleboard. They had a single opportunity to slide a disk into the scoring zone, determining how many Madagascar hissing cockroaches—from 0 to 5—they would need to consume. A warning was issued about the roaches' tough shells and spiny legs being a potential choking hazard, emphasizing the importance of chewing. Contestants had one minute per roach to finish this challenge. Finally, the Chain Submerge stunt involved a twelve-foot deep tank filled with 300,000 gallons of freezing water. Contestants had to balance on a fifty-pound cement block with their legs shackled together, using the key dangling from the side of the block to unlock themselves.