pinoy fear factor: pilot episode recap

the pilot episode starts with the host, ryan agoncillo talking about the motorcycle accident that happened 7 years ago that lead to his fear of riding motorcycles. but now, life goes on and ryan has conquered that fear. in this sense, 12 filipinos will come to argentina to face and conquer fear and win 2 million pesos and a house and lot.

the 12 participantes were fetched from their houses and their stories were told one by one on their way to argentina. their trip was an almost 40 hour journey that spans 3 continents. from the philippines, they will stopped at kuala lumpur, then to johannesburg, then capetown and finally, buenos aires.

the participantes were introduced one by one. here is the order that they were introduced: kargador from divisoria rj, tv host phem, aspiring chef jose, balikbayan marion, stand up comedienne janna, veterinarian elmer, model gail, basketball player ram, businessman manuel, ledge dancer savanah, model jommy and preschool teacher lj.

the participantes then arrived at camp fear, or what they call in argentina as el campo miedo. the first thing they did was raise the philippine flag in the camp while shouting viva filipinas! it was quite corny with all the shouting, i think it could have been executed better.

the next day, the participantes was shown getting to know each other. they jogged and exercised together. a love team was also formed this early in the competition. savannah confessed that she has a crush on ram. the girls invited ram in their room and interviewed him. they also played a game where savannah needs to guess which among the boys is ram only by touching their abs. but ram is not among the choices.

the participantes then faced their first challenge, caminando sobre bariles ciratorius, in tagalog it is pagtawid sa umiikot na bariles. the participantes need to cross a rotating barrel suspended 5.00m above water. they need to get flags attached to the barrel and get all eight flags. the most flags they get, the higher points they get.

elmer was up first, and got only 1 flag which he grabbed just before he fell into the water. the next contestants will be shown on the next episode.