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The Shake-a-lator is an obstacle, used in Season 3 as the fourth obstacle in the Qualifier. It was interchanged with the Trampoline Sweeper and the Organ Grinder/Beaten Path as the fourth obstacle throughout the season.

Contestants must cross a slippery shaking table. It has the reputation of toying with them a lot, of which some stay on the obstacle for a long time, and of which some are as quickly off as they were on it. As soon as they attempt to jump to the final platform, it will tip suddenly, making them fall off.

Aside from the plain setup, it had a few additions that make the obstacle harder:

  • In episode 2, as well as episode 6, two wrecking balls would descend on the table as soon as contestants attempted the obstacle, while in the former episode, the table was covered in foam.
  • For episode 7, as well as episode 13 and onwards, the table has some small balls attached to the edge.
  • In episode 9, the Wrecking Ball and the Slow Wrecking Ball were featured.
  • For episode 16 and onwards, velvet ropes were added at the start, middle, and end.

Only six contestants have cleared this obstacle.

It was replaced by the Snow Plow Sweeper in the next season.

Even though this obstacle did not return, the Jiggle-ator, a variation of this obstacle appeared in season 4 as the fourth obstacle of the Summer Qualifier.

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Conquered By[]

# Contestant Episode
1 Robin Burton 3x06: Couples
2 Daryl McCloud 3x07: The Henson Experiment
3 Frank Beasley 3x11: Knock, Knock, Who's There? Wipeout?
4 Peter Ton 3x13: Totally, Totally Inappropiate
5 David Damiani 3x16: Food Fight
6 Dean Viana 3x18: America's Finest

Trivia[]

  • The Shake-a-lator is built on a giant gimbal, a device that is used in movies to simulate the movement of an airplane or boat in a storm.
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