(even though Daniella wanted to be paired with Michael Delvecchio), John Kardian and Julie Dubela become the Gray Team, and Michael and Kylie Glessman become the Orange Team, leaving Isaac Hainley and Jeszie Geronimo as the Green Team. After the teams choose their Pyramid Pieces, Courage (Blue), Trust (Yellow), Heart (Red), Perseverance (Purple), Commitment (Gray), Knowledge (Orange), and Leadership (Green), as well as the announcing of the Grand Prize- a trip to Costa Rica, the game officially begins. Blocked The teams face their first Endurance mission: they have to hold blocks between one another as they go down a lane, picking up more blocks. The only drawback is that if the blocks are dropped, the team has to pick them up before continuing on. The first team back with all of their blocks wins the Teamwork piece and control of the Samadhi. In the end, the Green team wins, putting them in the lead with two Pyramid Pieces, and they decide to handicap their friends on the Gray Team, after learning that Gray has a strong friendship with Blue. The Gray Team ends up getting handicapped with four sandbags. Raft Pull The teams face their first elimination and everyone's eyes are set on Gray and Blue because of their strong friendship. The teams have to pile sandbags on another team's colored triangle for 30 seconds before loading sandbags they've been given onto their raft. The teams must then pull their rafts to the other side of the lake and grab their team flag. The first team to make it back and mount their flag onto their colored triangle wins the opportunity to send two teams to the Temple of Fate. Because they got the Samadhi, the Gray Team is given four additional sandbags to start with. Gray and Blue end up with the most sandbags and the Purple Team mounts their flag one second before the Red Team and wins the Temple Mission, and as expected, Gray and Blue are sent to the temple. In the end, the Curse of the Gray Team strikes again and the Gray Team is sent home first for the third time in Endurance history, and the Blue Team is given a warm welcome-back from the other five teams. Drop Out Following the Gray Team's elimination, they give their Commitment piece to the Blue Team as a sign of a true friendship, putting Blue and