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.