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“Survivor” Is Letting You Find an Immunity Idol… Even If You Live in Nebraska

Have you ever wanted to be on Survivor but immediately remembered you enjoy food, mattresses, and not having enemies?

Good news: Survivor is about to give fans a much gentler way to play along… and the biggest danger appears to be walking around your state looking confused while staring at your phone.

In January, Survivor is launching a nationwide contest called the Survivor 50 Challenge, and it is basically a real-life scavenger hunt with way less betrayal. The show is hiding “Immunity Idols” in all 50 states and daring fans to find them using clues posted online.

The “50” in the name pulls double duty. There are 50 states involved, and the challenge is celebrating Survivor’s upcoming 50th season, which premieres February 25th. The whole thing kicks off January 31st, when the clues start dropping online, and it runs all the way up to the season premiere.

Here’s how it works. Each state will have a hidden Immunity Idol somewhere within its borders. Survivor will release clues to help people track them down. You do not have to be the first person to find it, which is huge for anyone who does not sprint well or has a job. Anyone who finds their state’s Idol and takes a photo with it as proof gets entered into a drawing for that state’s prize.

In other words, this is Survivor with no tribal council. Just vibes and maybe a road trip.

There will be 51 total prizes. One winner will be selected for each state, plus one additional winner from a separate “virtual contest.” Details on the virtual part are still pretty light, but it sounds like some kind of online scavenger hunt situation for people who would rather not leave the couch.

Each state winner gets a free trip to Los Angeles for a Survivor-related event. The grand prize has not been announced yet, but given the timing, it probably ties into the upcoming season in some way. Worst case scenario, you get a free trip to L.A. and a great story about the time you hunted for a tiny statue like a reality TV goblin.

If you want in, Survivor has a hype video out and more details at Survivor50Challenge.com, including the official rules. You can also sign up with your email to get updates when clues drop.

If you have ever dreamed of Survivor glory, this might be your moment. Similar searching. Same idols. Way fewer breakdowns.

A Woman Got Trapped Inside a Chuck E. Cheese Kids’ Game

Chuck E. Cheese is the place where a kid can be a kid. And where an adult can be… a cautionary tale.

Last Thursday in California, an unidentified woman decided she just had to try a kids’ game called Snow Day. It’s a small room where fake snowballs rain down, and kids try to grab them and toss them into a hole before the clock runs out. Unfortunately, this woman took “get the ball in the hole” a little too literally and ended up putting her entire arm in there. 🧐

And it wasn’t coming out.

Firefighters had to be called, and it took them 22 minutes to free her… probably because they had to keep stopping to wonder, “How… exactly?” She was fine afterward and even stayed to enjoy the rest of her visit, which is bold. (Most of us would have ghosted the place and started a new life in another state.)

No one knows exactly why she reached into the hole… Confusion about the rules? Retrieving a ball? Spontaneous lapse in judgment?

But Chuck E. Cheese shut down the game until technicians could make sure that no other grown-ups were going to “Winnie the Pooh” themselves into it.

A spokesperson emphasized the game is perfectly safe, adding that the “young adult” was “playing one of the games intended for children” and chose to stick her arm in “a hole not intended for hands or arms.” Which is corporate-speak for “we design our games for pre-teens, not adventurous adults with bad ideas.”

Naturally, a crowd of smartphone-wielding onlookers filmed the whole ordeal. The video went viral, making her the latest entry in the internet’s ever-growing library of “Adults Stuck in Things They Shouldn’t Be In.”

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