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.