Endurance
Logo for Season 6
Format	Teen Reality
Created by	J.D. Roth Todd A. Nelson
Starring	J.D. Roth (Host) Contestants–see specific seasons
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Discovery Kids NBC (2002-2006)
Original run	2002 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Endurance is a Daytime Emmy Award-nominated American reality television children's program, currently shown on the Discovery Kids cable network in the United States and also on networks in other countries. The show's format is somewhat similar to the CBS television series Survivor, but with a teenaged cast. Like that show, Endurance contestants live in a remote location and participate in various mental and physical challenges, although Endurance contestants compete as pairs (one boy and one girl), and the outcome of the competitions determines which pair of players is eliminated. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Childrens television series are television programmes designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... // This article is about the genre of TV shows. ... J.D. Roth (born on April 20, 1968) is an American television personality, actor, a former popular childrens game show host, and a producer of reality shows. ... J.D. Roth (born on April 20, 1968) is an American television personality, actor, a former popular childrens game show host, and a producer of reality shows. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Discovery Kids Channel is a digital cable television channel, owned by Discovery Communications (see Discovery Channel) with programming for education of children. ... This article is about the television network. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... // This article is about the genre of TV shows. ... Discovery Kids Channel is a digital cable television channel, owned by Discovery Communications (see Discovery Channel) with programming for education of children. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... This article is about the television show. ...

Each season begins with a new slate of contestants, who are gradually eliminated as the season progresses until the remaining two teams compete to get all of the Endurance Pyramid pieces. The winning boy and girl receive an all-expenses paid vacation package with their parents to a tropical location as the prize.

Now is its sixth season, Endurance is televised Saturday evenings in the U.S. as part of Discovery Kids' @DK prime-time lineup, with repeat episodes shown on weeknights. Spanish-dubbed reruns also air on weekends on Azteca America. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... TV Azteca is a Mexican television network. ...

The last three seasons of Endurance (Hawaii, Tehachapi and High Sierras) were each nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Children's Series," although the show has yet to win. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ...

Production

The show is produced by 3Ball Productions. Its co-creator and longtime children's game show emcee, J.D. Roth, is the executive producer and on-screen host. Roth received a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2006 as "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series" for Endurance: Tehachapi but did not win. J.D. Roth (born on April 20, 1968) is an American television personality, actor, a former popular childrens game show host, and a producer of reality shows. ...

Contestants ages 12-15 are chosen each spring from 5-minute audition tapes sent in by more than 10,000 teens to the show's production team. Twenty players were selected to participate in each of the first five seasons of Endurance; this was reduced to sixteen in Season 6. In a 2004 newspaper interview, Roth revealed that he looks for as diverse a group as possible.^[1] Shooting of the series takes place each summer over a three week period and begins with the 20 teenagers arriving at a secret remote location in late July. Past seasons were taped on-location in California, Hawaii, and Mexico.

In a January, 2007, interview with the Boston Globe, Connor Finnegan recalled his experience as an Endurance: High Sierras player the previous summer: "At first it was weird being filmed all the time. You'd be talking and suddenly there would be a camera or microphone shoved into your face. The big rule with reality TV is never to look at the camera."^[2] Endurance is a Daytime Emmy Award-nominated American reality television childrens program, currently shown on the Discovery Kids cable network in the United States and also on networks in other countries. ...

As part of the show, host J.D. Roth and the players sometimes discuss the interpersonal drama occurring among the teams. Roth has said that many participants have become close friends while the series was being shot, learning tolerance for people who were different from themselves.^[1] However, the Boston Globe reported that there was friction among the players on Endurance: High Sierras following the controversial break-up of teams. Finnegan's mother said, "There was definitely some nastiness", complaining that the producers and writers, "deliberately put the kids in situations that are designed to increase the drama and tension".^[2] But, Taylor Sico-McNulty, another Endurance: High Sierras contestant from Massachusetts and Finnigan's partner, said that when she returned home following the show's California taping, she "really missed seeing all the other kids in the cast every day", adding that a number of player reunions have since been held.^[3]

Another player from the fifth season, Dakota Fisher of Eliot, Maine, echoed the feeling, saying that his appearance on Endurance left him with relationships he will never forget. "You should have seen me a week after the show, it was depressing", said the 15-year old who had been trying for two years to get on the Emmy-nominated teen reality program.^[4]

Endurance is the successor to Moolah Beach, a show created by Roth which was not renewed after its single 2001 season, when a change in ownership of Fox Family Network (now ABC Family), opened up a new offer from Discovery Kids for a reality series. For four seasons (2002–2006), Endurance was also broadcast on the NBC network as part of its Saturday morning Discovery Kids on NBC block of programs.
            
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The contests

The "Right To Stay" Challenge

Shortly after they arrive, the group of 20 contestants competes in the first Endurance game, called the "Right To Stay Challenge". As the name implies, this game eliminates a group of contestants from continuing any further in the game. The game is normally a test of endurance, where each contestant has to hold on to something such as a bar or a pole for as long as possible. In Seasons 1 through 4, the first three girls and the first three boys to let go were eliminated. In Season 5, the game was a test of balance and speed, and the last two boys and last two girls to finish the game were eliminated. In Season 6, the first two boys and two girls to let go of a rope were eliminated, winnowing the sixteen hopefuls to twelve contestants who earned the right to stay, forming six teams of players.

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, Aric chose Alex.

Choosing teams

The day after the Right To Stay Challenge, the remaining players compete in another game to determine teams. Each team consists of one boy and one girl. The game and the rules vary from year to year, but the winner of this challenge usually earns the right to pick his/her partner. The team colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and gray. In Seasons 2 and 3, a brown team was added.

After the teams are decided, they each receive one pyramid piece of the Endurance Pyramid. To win the game and the grand prize trip, one team must possess all of the pieces. (10 pieces in the first season, 12 in Seasons 2 and 3, 13 in Seasons 4 and 5, and 14 in Season 6).

Endurance Mission

With the teams now assigned, they begin competing in Endurance Missions. This is usually a test of skill. The team that wins an Endurance Mission will typically earn another piece of the Endurance Pyramid and the Samahdi. The Samadhi contains something that will have a negative effect on one team during the Temple Mission, and the winners of the Endurance Mission get to choose which team has to play with its effect. However, it is customary, that when three teams remain, the winners of the Samadhi have the right to not give its effect to a team, leaving a level playing field for the final Temple Mission.

"Samadhi"

The teams compete for a Samadhi fairly often through the entire game.^[5] All of them but two had a negative impact on another team. In Season 3 (Endurance Hawaii) there was a Samadhi that benefitted the team that it was given to. Chris and Lindi (the Gray Team) won that Samadhi, and decided to keep it and in Season 5, the Blue won the power to switch two teams around. In Season 1 the team that won the Samadhi at the Final 3 stage chose to eliminate it from the game. In Season 2, the team that won the Samadhi at the Final 4 stage chose to eliminate it from the game as well. This pattern was broken in Season 3, however. Also, in Season 5, the first Samadhi (won in the mission "Hot Potato") was the ability to make two players switch teams or give another team the power to make the switch. Taylor and Isaac, the original Blue team, won this Samadhi. They gave it to the Red team, who used it to switch Connor onto the Blue team and Isaac onto the Gray team.

Temple mission

This mission is usually one of endurance (hence the show's title). The team that wins a Temple Mission usually earns the right to choose two other teams to send to the "Temple of Fate", the elimination challenge.

"Temple of Fate"

The two teams sent to the Temple of Fate bring with them all pyramid pieces they have won up to that point. In a variant of the Rock, Paper, Scissors intransitive game, the teams select fire, wood, or water to defeat one another in a best 2 out of 3 match, e.g., Rock, Paper, Scissors chart Listen to this article ( info/dl) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-07-13, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

• water puts out fire (water wins)
• fire burns wood (fire wins)
• wood floats on water (wood wins)

The first team to win two rounds wins the challenge and the right to stay in the game. The losers are immediately eliminated. In Season 1, their pieces went to the team winning the challenge; All seasons after that the losing team gave their pyramid pieces to any team of their choice.

Pyramid Pieces

The pyramid pieces play an important part in the game, since one team must possess all of the pieces to win the game. Season 1 had 10, Seasons 2 and 3 had 12, Seasons 4 and 5 had 13, and Season 6 has 14.

"Triangle of Immunity"

In Season 5, the Triangle of Immunity was added. It is a border that is placed around the Friendship piece. It may be transferred to another team with any temple mission. The team in possession of the Triangle of Immunity can avoid being sent to temple once, but is only able to use it until the final four. Once they reach the final three, the Triangle of Immunity is removed from the game. Season 6 removed the Triangle of Immunity, as the Friendship piece is back to a regular pyramid piece.

Final Challenge

For the Final Challenge, both teams go to the Temple of Fate with all the pieces they have won. These pieces are now used as chips to play a "find the golden pyramid"-type challenge.

The team with fewer pieces starts by placing pieces by a group of pyramids, one of which has the gold pyramid under it. That team may claim as many as it wishes but must leave at least one pyramid unclaimed. The team with more pieces must claim the pyramids that its opponent did not claim. At this point, the gold pyramid is revealed, and the team that has claimed it wins all the pieces that were played on the board. If teams have the same number of pieces the team that had fewer pieces the round before places first. If teams are tied in first round, the team that won the final mission places their pieces first

There are three pyramids to start the game, and one more is added every round thereafter. The team that gets all the pyramid pieces wins the challenge, the game and the grand prize trip.

Season Summaries

• see also Endurance Episodes

For more information about the teams and seasons, see main article: Endurance (TV series) // 2002 - 2003 Timeline Partner Game Tilt Knotted Up Plant the Flag Squeeze Play Water Logged Eruption House of Cards Dial In Build a Pyramid Leap of Fate Dont Drop the Ball 2002 - 2003 Aaron Thornburg...

Season 1 - Endurance (2002-2003)

The premiere season was taped in the summer of 2002 at Catalina Island, California. The season consisted of seven teams (in order of elimination):

Season 2 - Endurance 2 (2003-2004)

Endurance 2 was taped in Baja California, near the resort town of La Paz, Mexico. An unusual twist in this season was the return of Jenna & Max, who were previously eliminated in season one, chosen to become the Brown Team from a reunion audience/alumni vote of Season 1 contestants. In the end, the veterans (Max and Jenna) won the game, earning the grand prize trip to Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas. This season consisted of eight teams (in order of elimination): Location within Mexico Municipalities of Baja California Country Capital Municipalities 5 Largest City Tijuana Government  - Governor José Guadalupe Osuna Millán (PAN)  - Federal Deputies PAN: 8  - Federal Senators Alejandro González (PAN) Rafael Díaz (PAN) Fernando Castro (PRI) Area Ranked 12th  - Total 69,921 km² (26,996. ... The Royal Towers joined by the Bridge. ...

The six contestants eliminated prior to or during the Right to Stay Challenge were: Abbey Konz, David Cofresi, Glen Powell, Sarah Ruckreigle, Simone Bouffard, and Trey Griffin.

Their eliminations did not affect the arrival of Jenna and Max as the Brown team, who arrived after the formation of the seven official teams.

Season 3 - Endurance Hawaii (2004-2005)

Moving to Wainiha Valley, Kauai, Hawaii, for the third season, a number of production problems were encountered, including difficulties in obtaining location permits, torrential rains, muddy conditions, and mosquitoes.^[1]It had 21 episodes including casting specials showing the selection process. One of the contestants, Rachel Lofton of the Red team, is the daughter of Pro Football Hall of Famer and San Diego Chargers coach James Lofton.^[6] Kauai from space (NASA image) Kaua‘i (usually called Kauai outside the Hawaiian Islands) is the oldest and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands. ... James David Lofton (Born July 5, 1956, at Fort Ord, Monterey, California) is a former American Football wide receiver who played for the Green Bay Packers (1978-1986), Los Angeles Raiders (1987-1988), the Buffalo Bills (1989-1992), Los Angeles Rams (1993) and Philadelphia Eagles (1993). ...

There were numerous twists in the season including bringing back six eliminated players, after the right to stay, to compete in a challenge to become an official endurance player. The winner would choose someone from the opposite sex and they would become the Brown Team. Tom won and chose Vanetta as his partner. Later, Vanetta injured her knee: while walking outside of her hut and stepping down, she cut her leg on a piece of bamboo. The cut required more than 20 stitches, and she was removed from the game, making Tom the first person in Endurance to be a one-person team. Also, he was the first person to go to the Temple of Fate without a partner. This disadvantage likely contributed to his elimination.

In the end, the Gray team won, with a trip to the Galápagos Islands as their prize. As an interesting side note, this is the first (and so far the only) season to see the Gray team progress past the first temple elimination. There was also a special program at the conclusion of the season showing Gray team winners Chris Vanderweir and Lindi Oest enjoying their prize trip to the Galápagos Islands. For the nature documentary series, see Galápagos (TV series). ...

After the season, Vanetta Smith of the Brown team starred in the movie Freedom Writers. For other uses of Freedom Writers, see Freedom Writers (disambiguation). ...

The eight teams competing were (in order of elimination):

Players eliminated early: Brandon, Eleanor, Marshall Katheder, Taylor Madison, Tom Maden, and Vanetta Smith (Tom and Vanetta later become the Brown Team.)

Season 4 - Endurance: Tehachapi (2005-2006)

Returning to California for the next two seasons, Endurance: Tehachapi was taped in the Tehachapi Mountains in the summer 2005 for airing beginning that Fall. The 13th pyramid piece, Friendship, was added this season. Also, this was the season when the brown team was removed from the game, making the team colors back to the original seven teams. The Red Team of Erika Cook and Franke Sisto won the grand prize, a trip to Costa Rica. The seven teams competing were: Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Tehachapi Mountains The Tehachapi Mountains are a short transverse range in southern California in the United States, running SW-NE to connect the Coast Ranges on the west with the southern end of the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east. ...

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Season 5 - Endurance: High Sierras (2006-2007)

The fifth season was taped at Shaver Lake in the High Sierra Mountains of Northern California. Contestants lived in multi-level tree houses without electricity. The Green Team of Alex Carignan, a 15-year old freshman at Leominster High School, Massachusetts, and Cealey Godwin, a 14-year old freshman at Tallahassee High School, Florida, won the grand prize, a trip to Hawaii. Shaver Lake Shaver Lake is a lake in Fresno County, California on Stevenson Creek, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an elevation of 1,675 meters (5,500 ft). ... Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ... Leominster High School (also known as Leominster High or LHS) is a public high school located in Leominster, Massachusetts. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ...

In a new twist to the fifth season's contestant selection, the Discovery Kids website held a casting poll in which fans could vote for one boy and one girl out of six hopefuls. Kelsey Schultz and Garret Manno won this poll by a narrow margin.

In the third episode ("Unwind"), one team – Garret Manno and Anna Asare – was eliminated without going to Temple. They finished last in the first challenge and left the game without a team color; the other seven teams selected colors as they finished. The "colorless team" received the "Immunity Triangle", which they gave to the Purple team of Kelsey and Dakota. The team having the Immunity Triangle may use it once to avoid the Temple of Fate; however, the Purple team never used it.

The Blue team of Connor and Taylor set a record this season by surviving three trips to Temple.

The eight teams competing were:

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Eliminated early: Adrian Bardales and Rafael Liriano (boys) and Martina Iwala and Stefanie Fernandez (girls).

Season 6 – Endurance: Fiji (2007-2008)

Repeating the candidate selection innovation first introduced for Season 5's Endurance: High Sierras, a casting poll was again held at the Discovery Kids website, allowing fans to select two contestants from a group of six hopefuls. The contest ran from June until July 9. Leslie Powell and Will Cuddy won the casting poll. Two contestants are siblings of previous Endurance contestants. Connor Konz's sister Abbey and Leslie Powell's brother Glen both competed in Season 2.

Taping of the Season 6 episodes took place in August 2007 in Fiji, and episodes began airing on October 13, 2007, on the Discovery Kids channel. A new feature, the "Magic Box", was introduced in this season's third episode (Mana Kisi), giving a secret advantage to the team winning it. is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

There is no Gray team this season, which means only six teams are competing: The eight teams competing were:

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Episodes Aired

1. End of the Rope
2. Memory Race
3. Mana Kisi
4. Blind Faith
5. Box Launch

Episodes Coming Up

6. Alliances Uncovered

7. Weight an Hour

8. Return of Cinnamon

9. Water Load.

Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Kauai film project battled adversity", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 28, 2004.
2. ^ ^{a b} Nancy West, "An Acton boy is among the competitors on a TV survival show", Boston Globe, January 11, 2007
3. ^ Nancy West, "Determined Boxford teen stakes her claim on TV show", Boston Globe, January 18, 2007.
4. ^ Steven Gintz, "Teen finds 'Endurance' to compete", Foster's Daily Democrat (Maine), March 13, 2007.
5. ^ Samadhi is Sanskrit for "contemplation"
6. ^ San Diego Chargers press release, August 31, 2004
7. ^ "Milam students meet Olympic Silver Medalist," El Paso Independent School District, January 31, 2007.

Samadhi (Sanskrit, lit. ...

External links

• Discovery Kids official site
• Internet Movie Database pages:
  • Endurance
  • Endurance 2
  • Endurance 3: Hawaii
  • Endurance 4: Tehachapi
  • Endurance 5: High Sierras
  • Endurance 6: Fiji

• Enduring the Endurance Locations - Kidzworld.com
• Endurance: Tehachapi at KidzWorld.com
• Endurance at TV.com
• Past Endurance contestants in the news:
  • Reece Bors – "Shellbyville Teen Stars on NBC Reality Show", WAVE-TV, Louisville, Kentucky, October 20, 2004.
  • Erika Cook – "Power of positive thinking Reality show finalist", Rita Freeman, Orange County (Calif.) Register, March 17, 2005.
  • Monroe Gierl –"On Hawaii TV show, teen got dose of reality", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 13, 2005.
  • Antonio Iannicelli – "Boston Area Teen Auditions to be on 'ENDURANCE: Hawaii'", Imagine News, September, 2004.
  • Demian Martinez – "Las Vegas teen makes it to finals on NBC's `Endurance'", Las Vegas Review Journal, March 1, 2005.
  • Willa Zhou – "Bug-filled 'Endurance ordeal", Seattle Times, September 25, 2004.
• Downloadable episodes of Endurance: Tehachapi (Season 4) have been released on the iTunes Store.