$100 Survivor Challenge

Rules & Eligibility

1. No purchase necessary. The challenge is free to enter. A purchase, payment, donation, or private-pool membership is not required and will not improve anyone’s chance of winning.
2. Eligibility. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who have reached the age of majority in their state of residence when they enter. The sponsor, people involved in administering the challenge, and members of their immediate households are not eligible. Void where prohibited.
3. How to enter. Rank the complete Survivor Season 51 cast, provide and verify a valid email address, accept these rules, and save one complete set of picks before Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time—one hour before episode 2. You may wait until after the premiere to enter and may change saved picks until that deadline. Email verification must also be completed by the deadline. Limit one entry per person and verified email address. Duplicate, automated, incomplete, fraudulent, or late entries may be disqualified.
4. Prize. One $100 cash prize will be awarded. The prize is funded by Reality Ranked; entry fees do not fund the prize. Payment will be made in U.S. dollars within 30 days after winner eligibility is verified. Payment is intended via PayPal or Venmo where permitted by the provider; if unavailable, an alternative payment method will be arranged with the winner. No payment or fee is required to claim a prize. The winner is responsible for any applicable taxes.
5. Scoring. For every contestant, the absolute difference between the predicted placement and official placement is that pick’s miss value. Miss values are added to create Misses Total. The eligible entry with the fewest Misses Total wins.
6. Premiere eliminations. Anyone eliminated in the premiere is placed automatically in their actual finishing position and cannot be rearranged. These placements are excluded from Misses Total and Perfect Picks. Everyone ranks the remaining cast, whether they entered before or after the premiere. Other players’ picks stay hidden until the deadline.
7. Ties. More Perfect Picks breaks a tie. If eligible entries remain tied, the $100 prize will be divided equally among those tied entrants.
8. Official results. Placements are based on the order presented by the program and its official sources. Reality Ranked may resolve unusual outcomes, withdrawals, tied placements, or production changes in a reasonable and consistent manner.
9. Email and winner verification. A verified email address is required to enter and will be used to identify the entry and contact the apparent winner. The apparent winner may also be asked to confirm their legal name, age, U.S. residency, and eligibility. They must respond within five days of notice. Failure to respond or verify eligibility may result in disqualification and selection of the next eligible entry.
10. Fair play. Reality Ranked may disqualify entries involving tampering, false information, multiple identities, abuse, or attempts to interfere with the site or scoring.
11. Changes and availability. Reality Ranked may suspend or modify the challenge when fraud, technical failure, program changes, or circumstances outside its control prevent fair administration. Any change will be posted here and will not unfairly alter already locked entries.