pinoy fear factor: savanah is out, final four revealed

savanah lamsen is eliminated in the octava ronda de eliminacion or eighth round of elimination of pinoy fear factor. no one expected that savanah would last that long in the competition. this is the third consecutive time that savanah landed in the bottom group and did the final stunt and her third time was her last time.

the challenges for this round are (lifted from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinoy_Fear_Factor ) :

> Atrasado Por Un Caballo (Slowed Down by a Horse): Participantes hold on to a line, as they are being dragged by a horse through a muddy field. The one who would hang on the longest is exempted from competing in the rest of the round.

> Cinta Transportada de Fruticias (Strawberry Conveyor Belt): Forty strawberries are transported on a tilted conveyor belt. A Participante must catch them one by one and place them in the box. To make things difficult, a chosen fellow Participante places distractions on the conveyor belt along with the strawberries, such as gunk and pieces of raw meat. The two Participantes switch roles so both would have a chance to try both sides. The one who places the most strawberries in the box is exempted from competing in the final stunt.

> Pared Giratoria (Rotating Wall): Participantes must scale both sides of a rotating wall in as many revolutions as they can in ten minutes without falling off. The one who performs the least revolutions goes home to the Philippines

in the first challenge, the boys did far better than the girls. janna managed to hold on to the rope for 5 seconds while savanah let go after only 3 seconds. marion did the worst among the male participantes, holding on to the rope for 39 seconds. both manuel and jommy did well in the challenge. but manuel beat jommy by 7 seconds, jommy's 54 seconds versus manuel's 1:01.

in the second challenge, janna and jommy got 6 strawberries each. marion got only six while savanah only got one. marion and savanah are sure to compete in the third stunt. in a twist, it was up to manuel to choose who would be safe and who would go. he chose janna to be safe and jommy to participate in the elimination challenge. his decision angered jommy and jommy even called him plastic.

in the last challenge, it was jommy who did well in the challenge. he lasted during the entire 10minutes, earning the right to stay. both janna and marion slipped off the rotationg platform before the 10 minutes, but marion managed to hang on at 3 revolutions while savanah only stayed there at one revolution. so savanah was sent packing.

the final four are manuel, janna, jommy and marion. they will compete in the last round where one will go after each of the challenge. the mi ultimo participante will be known on friday, february 20, 2009.

pinoy fear factor: rj calipus is eliminated

rj calipus is eliminated in the septima ronda de eliminacion or seventh round of elimination of pinoy fear factor. the stunts performed in this round are (lifted from Wikipedia arrticle on pinoy fear factor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinoy_Fear_Factor ):

Cofre en el Agua (Coffin in Water): Participantes lay down inside a transparent glass coffin being submerged underwater. At the signal of a pilot light, the Participante must open a lock using one of three keys to release themselves from the coffin and swim toward the edge of the pool marked with the logo. The two who finished the stunt the fastest would be exempted from further competing in the round. In case no one finished the stunt, the lengths of time the Participantes lasted underwater will also be assessed.

Caja del Terror (Box of Terror): The Participantes are laid inside a box which is partitioned in three sections, one at the head, one surrounding the feet and the middle section, each to be filled with either rats, snakes, or frogs. The Participante must transfer the specified number of a the animal in the middle section to a fish tank next to the box in three minutes. The fastest one to accomplish the stunt would be exempted from competing in the third stunt. In case all were not able to complete the stunt, the number gathered will be assessed.

Circuito con Explosiones (Circuit with Explosions): Each Particapante tries out a giant wire loop game, in which touching the wire maze with the giant electrical hoop triggers a fiery explosion behind the Participante. The one who completes the stunt the slowest or the one who went the least furthest (in the most time) before setting off the explosion goes home to the Philippines.

in the first stunt, it was only rj among the saistig that did not finish the stunt. marion had the fastest time of 19 seconds followed by jommy with 20 seconds. manuel and savannah did it at 26 seconds but savannah was penalized for holding the lock and the key before the signal. janna did the stunt in 42 seconds.

in the second stunt, only manuel and janna were able to transfer all 15 frogs. manuel was the only one with snakes on his head, making it a lot harder. it was janna who was safe and she was faster than manuel by only 2 seconds. the last stunt will be between manuel, savanah and rj.

in the last stunt, only manuel finished the stunt. savanah reached a farther distance compared to rj. savannah was able to clear 2.97m of the loop while rj only reached the 2.60m. rj was eliminated and was sent back home to the philippines.

pinoy fear factor: jommy wins second ronda sin de eliminacion

jommy has successfully beaten manuel in their face off in the second and last ronda sin de eliminacion or non-elimination round in pinoy fear factor. for this round, the challenges are (taken from Wikipedia article on pinoy fear factor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinoy_Fear_Factor ):

Red Bajo en Helicóptero (Net Under the Helicopter): From one side a flying helicopter, the Participantes traverse a net hanging under it in any way they desire, reach the other end, get back inside the helicopter, and press the button to stop the clock. Time also stops when the Participante falls into the water below. In case the Participant was not able to complete the stunt, the length of net covered and/or the amount of time spent in the stunt is also considered in the assessment. The four Participantes with the best performances would move on to the second stunt.

Tanque de Leche (Tank of Milk): The Participantes sit down and hold a flaglet with their hands while the container that surrounds their head is being filled up with milk. Time starts at the signal and stops when the flaglet is let go. The two who did the stunt the longest compete in the final stunt.

Reingresar en el Camión (Reparking in the Truck): Participantes drive a car out of a moving truck, make a u-turn and drive the car back into the truck. The one with the faster time in the stunt wins P50,000

in the first stunt, manuel and jommy again gave a record breaking performance. jommy did the stunt in 34 seconds while manuel did it with an amazing 26 seconds; breaking the record set by the columbian franchise of fear factor which was at 36 seconds. janna had an accident where her foot was stuck on the net, causing muscle spasms and she was rushed to the hospital. in this stunt, marion and savannah performed the least and was sent back to the camp.

in the second stunt, manuel had the best time of 4minutes and 30 seconds, followed by jommy with four minutes and 5 seconds. rj and janna were sent back to camp. in the last stunt, both manuel and jommy admitted that they are not good drivers. manuel had a car accident years before and jommy had just learned to drive. both of them finished the stunt but jommy had his car flew over the other car in the ramp, endangering the lives of some of the crews of fear factor. but in the end, it was jommy who did the stunt the fastest and was declared the winner. he is now sure of the PhP50,000.00 prize.

pinoy fear factor: lj moreno is eliminated

the third stunt in the sexta ronda de eliminacion or sixth round of elimination is named bunjee invertido. in this stunt, each participante would be dangling upside down from a bunjee cord, holding a weight. they would be submerged in water and needs to hold their breath. once they fell that they cannot hold their breath anymore, they will release the weight and they will be pulled out of the water. the participante with the shortest time will be eliminated and will be the sixth participante that will go back to the philippines.

manuel is the first participante to try the stunt. manuel loves water, as he previously confessed during the ronda sin de eliminacion. he raised the bar high, lasting 1minute and 18 seconds in the freezing waters. janna was up next and she also lasted long in the water. she lasted 39 seconds in this stunt.

it was down to lj and savannah. savannah lasted 19 seconds while lj lasted only 12 seconds. upon reviewing the tapes, it was revealed that lj was the only pparticipante that did not use a nose clip during the challenge. the argentine staff said that they offered lj the clip and she refused but the tapes showed otherwise. lj was offered to do the stunt again, with the niose clip if savannah agrees so. savannah agrees and lj did the stunt. but her time was slower than her first try, clocking only 11 seconds versus the 12 seconds she had on her first attempt.

it was later revealed that lj had a phobia of deep waters because of a near drowning experience she had during her childhood. lj was the sixth participante eliminated in the show. but before she left argentina, she and maxi went out for dinner on her last night at argetina.

the saistig or sais na astig or the top six are now marion, rj, jopmmy, manuel, janna and savanah.

pinoy fear factor: jommy and rj are safe

the second challenge in the sexta ronda de eliminacion or sixth round of elimination is named kiosko del dulce. in this challenge, the participantes randomly draws a lollipop with a number on its back. the number corresponds to a plate whose contents they should eat. the participante that can finish his plate the fastest would be safe.

janna was the first to eat and was able to eat 20 maggots. jommy got the scorpions, rj got to gobble up 2 smalls rats and lj needs to finish 20 cockroaches. all of them finished their plates respectively. manuel was the last one to do the stunt. his jar was empty, and ryan said that he was the luckiest one. he gets to eat all of the items that the other participante consumed. he needs to eat the fear factor special, consists of a skinned rat, 2 scorpions, 5 cockroaches, five maggots and a handful of worms. he finished his plate but struggled a bit.

janna has the slowest time, finishing the maggots in 4minutes and 14 seconds. lj was the second slowest, finishing the cockroaches after 3 minutes and 22 seconds. rj was the fastest, clocking only 1 minute and 28 seconds for the 2 rats. it was between jommy and manuel. jommy's time was 2 minutes and 12 seconds while manuel finished his plate after 3 minutes and 18 seconds.

for finishing in the top 2 of this challenge, jommy and rj of the pump squad was declared safe.

the final stunt will be between manuel and the 3 chicas, hanna, lj and savannah, who was given an automatic inclusion in the third stunt after performing the worst in the first stunt.

pinoy fear factor: marion tops first challenge in sexta ronda de eliminacion

the first challenge in sexta ronda de eliminacion or sixth round of elimination is caminata sobre de palo. in this challenge, the participantes would climb up to the first pole. upon reaching the top of the pole, the participante must show that he is balanced before time start. upon the signal, the participante would get the flags on top of each of the six poles. they must stand on the pole before reaching for the flag. they should keep the flag and each flag that will fall to the ground will not be counted. the participante with the most flag wins the challenge.

to make things worse, the taping of the challenge coincided with la tormenta de sta rosa. it is a yearly phenomenon where a strong storms ravages argentina and causes vast devastation and destruction across tha country. the strong winds and heavy rains make the poles slippery and it makes the pole sway.

first to try was janna, her balance was great up to the fifth pole. since the last pole is slightly higher, it is more difficult to transfer from the 5th to the last pole. she was not able to transfer and fell after 5 poles. she got 5 flags. next was rj. on the first pole, he forgot to keep the flag and released the flag sfter getting it. he steadily moved to the other poles and also had difficulty at the last pole. he got 4 flags.

third to try was savannah. due to his short legs, she had difficulty climbing the pole. her legs were short but the rungs on the pole were too far apart. she was able to climb up to abouth 3/4 of the pole and she eventually gave up. she was not able to complete the challenge. next to try was marion. his strong legs from soccer gave him an advantage and he was able to climb the pole easily. he also had good balance and breeze4d through the first five poles. he also had difficulty on the last pole but was able to snatch the last flag on his way down.

next up was lj. she was able to climb the pole with ease. she was able to get the first flag but she had difficulty when she transferred to the 2nd pole. she fell and was able to hang on the third pole. but she cannot pull herself up and fell. next was manuel. manuel climbed the pole the fastest, climbing it at 23 seconds only. he said he had poor balance but was not evident in this challenge. he breezed through the first four poles. on the fifth pole, he can't establish balance and leaned forward to the last pole. he got the last flag and snatched the flag on the fifth pole on his way down.

last in this challenge was jommy. he climbed the pole easily and seemed ot have good balance. he easily got the flags on the first 5 poles. on his way to the last pole, he had difficulty establishing balance and eventually fell. he was not able to get the last flag.

savannah was the least successful in this challenge. as a consequence, she will automatically be up for elimination. she will not perform the 2nd challenge and will be automatically qualified for the 3rd challenge.

only marion and manuel got all the flags, but marion was 43 seconds faster than manuel. for this challenge, only 1 will be safe. and the safe one was marion. manuel, rj, jommy, lj and janna will compete in the second challenge.

pinoy fear factor: manuel tops sin ronda de eliminacion

it is sin ronda de eliminacion or a non-elimination week in pinoy fear factor but the challenges are still as tough as the previous ones. the ones who will compete in the 2nd and 3rd challenges will be the ones who did better in the challenges. a reward awaits the participante who performs the best this week.

the first challenge is named colgado an moviemento. in this challenge, the participantes starts by climbing a ladder onto a revolving beam. just like in a playground contraption called monkey bars, they need to cross from one end of the beam to another. on the other end, they need to detach a flag and the time would stop. 5 of the remaining 7 participantes would advance to the second stunt. of the chicos, only rj was not able to complete the stunt. he fell just halfway off the beam. he is the one who will not continue among the boys. among the chicas, none were able to complete the stunt.savanah was the one who fell first and was also eliminated. as an added reward, four of the participantes were given a chance to talk to their loved ones via a video call. the four who had the chance were manuel, marion, jommy and lj.

the second stunt was called aranas en la cabeza y ratas. in this stunt, the participantes need to put his head inside a container with seven tarantulas on top of their head and in the container. on their left side is a container filled with 15 colored rats and 10 white rats. they need to transfer all the colored ones to the empty container on the lef. the 3 participantes with the most rats or the fastest times wins advances to the final stunt. manuel again top the stunt, completing it in only 1minute and 10 seconds. jommy was 6 seconds slower than marion (1:45 versus 1:51) which led to jommy's elimination. for the chicas, it was janna who was able to advance, finishing the stunt 3 seconds faster that lj.

the third stunt is named helicoptero volando hacia la boya. in this challenge, the participante needs to hang on a helicopter's landing rail. they will release their grip on the rail and they must land near a buoy where a flag is attached. upon getting a flag, they will swim to a platform where a vertical tube is placed. time stops once the flag is attached on the tube. the one with the fastest time wins the reward. manuel was up first. he lands quite far from the buoy but was able to catch time due to his superb swimming skills. he was able to complete the task in 1:17. marion was up next and was able to land dead center at the buoy. unfortunately, he had difficulty climbing up the platform and lost some precious time at completed the task with a time of 1:23. janna was the last one to do the stunt and was far slower than the 2 chicos. she finished with a time of 2:29.

manuel was the one who won the reward, which is PhP50,000 in cash.

pinoy fear factor: lj, jommy and jose are in danger of elimination

the second stunt in the quarta ronda de eliminacion or fourth round of elimination is named transferendo cucaracha. the participantes needs to transfer cockroaches from a circular container in a barrel to a square box on top of another barrel a couple of meters away. also on the container were worms to make things more difficult. time limit for the challenge is 2 minutes. the 3 participantes with the lowest number of cockroaches will compete in the third stunt and will be in danger of elimination.

marion was up first. he did it very quickly but after the challenge, he was all red and his face was very itchy. all the other contestants experienced the same thing and most of them complained of the scent of the cockroach. elmer was the most unfortunate one, since during the challenge, he was able to swallow a cockroach. savanah's face was a bit swollen and she was numb at the mouth area. jommy had the hardest time in the challenge since he confessed that he was really afraid of cockroaches.

despite having swallowed a cockroach, elmer topped the challenge, having transferred 543 cockroaches. coming in second was rj with 543 and marion with 345 cockroaches. among the girls, janna got the most cockroaches with 327 followed by savanah with 325. the three that will be competing in the last stunt are lj (318), jommy (305) and jose (295).

pinoy fear factor: phem, jommy and jose are in danger of elimination

the second challenge in the tercera ronde de eliminacion or third round of elimination is called tanque con serpientes. in this challenge, the participantes needs to retrieve yellow rubber rings in the bottom of the tank. there are 100 black rubber rings and only 40 yellow rubber rings. in addition, eels were added to the tank. to make things harder, snakes of various sizes were also added to the tank. time limit is 5 minutes but you can call it quits anytime. the two male participantes and one female participante will be up for elimination, the others would be safe.

first up was jommy. jommy dived excellently and got lots of rubber rings from the tank. aspiring chef was next. he said that he was not an excellent diver and swimmer. he got into a slow start and got some rubber rings but he got bitten on the back by one snake which made him panic a bit but he continued the challenge. he dived a couple of more times and was again bitten by another snake. this prompted him to call it quits.

phem was up next and also said that she is not a good swimmer and she has fear of snakes. she dived into the pool and tried the stunt but was so afraid and called it quits immediately. marion was up next. just like jommy, he made the stunt look easy and got so many rubber rings. surprisingly, savanah did well in this challenge. she had a difficult time at the start but still managed to get it going in the end and did not quit. rj was the last one to do the challenge. he did it quick and got so many rubber rings. when he thought he had enough he called it quits already.

all of the participantes complain not only of the hard stunt but also of the stinging cold.

in the end, marion and rj got the most number of yellow rubber rings, with 8 yellow rubber rings a piece. this sent the two other boys, jommy (who got 7 yellow rubber rings) and jose (who failed to get any rubber rings) to the third challenge. for the girls, savanah got 2 yellow rubber rings while phem got none. so the 3 challengers that would face off in the third challenge and are up for elimination are jommy, jose and phem.

pinoy fear factor: savanah wins second challenge for week 2, four boys up for elimination

the 2nd challenge for the participantes for week 2 is called cerebros de ojos de ovejas. in this challenge, the staff prepared a special breakfast for the participantes. first, the participantes would drink a glass of milk. after finishing the whole glass, they will see what they will try to finish in this meal. the choices were sheep's brain and eyes, and the amounts of which will also vary. the ones with the fastest time will be safe and the bottom 4 will compete in the final elimination challenge. to add up to the challenge, they should keep the food on their stomach up until the last person is finished. if they vomit, they will be included in the bottom group.

first up was rj. rj will eat half of a brain and 3 sheep eyes. rj had an easy time on the brain but had a hard time on the eyes. he evntually finished after about 2 minutes. jose was up next. he will eat the same meal as rj. jose also had a hard time on the sheep's eyes. he also finished but was evidently slower than rj. savanah was the first female particiante to try the challenge. she was lucky since she will only eat half of a sheep's brain. she ravaged on the brain quickly and finished with only a minute and 9 seconds on the clock.

next up was jommy. jommy was concerned on eating the brain because it contains fats and he des not eat fats. he will eat 1 whole brain and 2 eyes. he really had a hard time finishing the brain but eventually finished after more than 5 minutes. elmer also picked up the same meal as that f jommy. he also had a hard time finishing the meal, especially the eyes. he finished slower than all of the other participantes.

janna was up next. she finished after a little over 4 minutes. last on the table was ram. he was tasked to eat only half of a sheep's brain, the same as savanna's. but surprisingly, he had a hard time keeping it down. he finished after almost 5 minutes, way over savana's time.

when their times were announced, savanah was declared the challenge's winner. also safe from elimination were rj and janna. the four participantes that will participate in the last challenge are elmer, ram, jose and jommy. this is their first elimination challenge, except for elemer since this is his 2nd time.

pinoy fear factor: last 2 participantes revealed

the last 2 participantes of the much awaited reality show pinoy fear factor was revealed last friday at abs cbn's nightly news tv patrol world. the last 2 participantes were chef jose sarasola and ledge dancer savanah lamsen.

jose sarasola was born to a spanish father and a filipina mother. being an only child, he went to an exclusive school. he is now a chef at one of the luxurious hotels in manila. he has two sets of friends, the rich kids and one group is his village friends (security guards, helpers, etc.) when he meets a girl, he introduces her first to his village friends to see the girl's reaction. he has been travelling a lot and plays basketball.

savanah lamsen might be one of the most controversial of the bunch. this 23 year old ledge dance from quezon city had a pretty much easy life when her parents were still together. they owned a meat shop then. but when her parents split up, she became the breadwinner and adjusted to a simple life. she had posed topless in a mens magazine, hoping for an exposure that can get her into show business.

the show will start on november 10 at primetime bida.