Season 3 - Endurance 3: Hawaii (2004–05)
Moving to Wainiha Valley, Kauaʻi, Hawaii, for the third season, a number of production problems were encountered, including difficulties in obtaining location permits, torrential rains, muddy conditions, and mosquitoes. It had 21 episodes including casting specials showing the selection process. One of the contestants, Rachel Lofton of the Red team, is the daughter of Pro Football Hall of Famer and San Diego Chargers coach James Lofton. There were many twists including bringing back six eliminated players, after the right to stay, to compete in a challenge to become an official endurance player. The winner would choose someone from the opposite sex and they would become the Brown Team. Tom won and chose Vanetta as his partner. Later, Vanetta injured her knee: while walking outside of her hut and stepping down, she cut her leg on a piece of bamboo. The cut required more than 20 stitches, and she was removed from the game, making Tom the first person in Endurance to be a one-person team. Also, he was the first person to go to the Temple of Fate without a partner.
In the end, the Gray team of Chris Vanderwier and Lindi Oest won, with a trip to the Galápagos Islands as their prize.
This was the only season to see the Gray team continue on past the first temple elimination. There was also a special program at the conclusion of the season showing winners Chris Vanderweir and Lindi Oest enjoying their trip to the Galápagos Islands.
After the season, Vanetta Smith of the Brown team starred in the movie Freedom Writers.
Kareem Nugent was on BET during the BET Split Ya Game contest as his named was Karma .
Demian Martinez was a contestant on The N's reality show Girls v. Boys Puerto Rico and also appeared during one episode of Scare Tactics after being set up by his mom.
In 2012, Tom Maden played Rigo in season 3 of the ABC Family show Make It or Break It and starred as Jake Fitzgerald in the MTV series Scream.
In November 2015, Alex Reid joined BP RaNia, a South Korean girl group.
The eight teams competing were (in order of elimination):
Key
(FIRST) The team won the Final Temple Mission and became “Endurance” Champions.
(SECOND) The team lost the Final Temple Mission and were the runners-up.
(WIN) The team won the Endurance Mission, the previously eliminated team's pyramid pieces, and the Samadhi.
(WIN) The team won the Temple Mission.
(SAMADHI) The team was handicapped with the Samadhi by the winning team.
(SAFE) The team did not win the challenge, but was safe from going to Temple or did not receive the Samadhi.
(TEMPLE) The team won at the Temple of Fate and avoided elimination.
(OUT) The team lost at the Temple of Fate and was eliminated.
(OUT) This team/person was removed from the game due to injury before they were sent to temple.
Notes
1 In "Out on a Limb" there was no Samadhi to give to another team, nor did the winning team win a pyramid piece. The winning team (Yellow) got the chance to create two super-teams. The Yellow team created their super-team of Yellow, Grey, and Purple. The second super-team was Orange, Brown, and Red. The winning super-team members were all safe from going to the Temple of Fate.
2 The Samahdi won by the Grey team in the endurance challenge allowed them to steal another team's pieces. The Grey team chose to steal the Yellow team's two pieces.
3 Due to Vanetta's removal from the game, Tom was eliminated at the Temple of Fate alone.
4 The final challenge, the Grey and Orange teams competed for the two pieces left behind by the Yellow team. The Grey team won both pieces.
Ring of Fire
Bagging on You
Squaring Off
Out on a Limb
Bamboo Jungle
Pipeline
I'm Pulling for You
Balance Ball
Tri Try Again
You're Fired
Create Your Own Game
Color Coded
Battle for the Pieces
Final Temple