All contests in BFDI done over again in BFDI 23.
| “ | But what IS the contest? | ” |
The following is a list of all the challenges from BFDI, BFDIA, BFB, TPOT and the non-canon BFDI Mini series, as well as any tokens won or tiebreakers.
Battle for Dream Island[]
- "Take the Plunge: Part 1": To stay on a balance beam the longest.
- "Take the Plunge: Part 2": To sail across the Goiky Canal.
- Pin receives a Win Token for breaking the finish line ribbon.
- "Barriers and Pitfalls": An obstacle course. After completing the course, contestants must fill their team's tank with water.
- Needle won a Win Token by finishing first.
- "Are You Smarter Than a Snowball?": To complete a test of 20 questions.
- Golf Ball receives a Win Token for scoring the highest.
- "Sweet Tooth": The first challenge was to bake a cake, which would be judged.
- The second challenge was to eat 100 chocolate balls.
- Due to both teams winning a challenge, they have to do a tiebreaker, which involves literally breaking a necktie.
- Pin wins her second Win Token for making the highest scoring cake.
- The second challenge was to eat 100 chocolate balls.
- "Bridge Crossing": To cross a bridge.
- Due to the bridges breaking, the teams have to do a tiebreaker, which is the tie ripping challenge from the previous episode.
- "Power of Three": To pass through three islands in teams of three.
- "Puzzling Mysteries": To complete a Jigsaw Puzzle.
- "Cycle of Life": A relay race, where runners must carry the next runner on their back.
- "Insectophobe's Nightmare": A 6-legged race.
- Blocky gets a Win Token for rejoining the game.
- "Crybaby!": The first challenge is to fill a tank with tears.
- Because each team filled their tank with tears, the second challenge is a skiing contest.
- Because two of the teams were rolled up in snowballs, the third contest is a handstand contest.
- Eraser gets his second Win Token for hand standing the longest.
- "Lofty": To stay afloat using balloons, while also popping the other team's balloons.
Teams merged, points introduced
- "A Leg Up in the Race": To climb ladders and reach the top.
- "Don't Lose Your Marbles": To find red balls and bring them to the Announcer. Maroon balls makes you lose 10 points.
- "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None": The rejoin challenge is to pick up the most loaves of bread and put them in the contestant's respective basket.
- The main challenge is to jump hurdles. Each hurdle you jump over gives you 5 points.
- "Vomitaco": The contestants can choose between two challenges: Barf Bag or Taco.
- The Barf Bag challenge is to float on a platform inside a giant barf bag as long as you can, with each second giving you 1 point.
- The Taco challenge is to make a taco, which the eliminated contestants will taste. 10 points are rewarded per contestant who liked it.
- "Bowling, Now with Explosions!": A bowling contest. Contestants (with arms) bowl once to try and knock down as many pins as possible. For every pin knocked down, the contestant can subtract 30 points from any contestant's score, including themselves.
- "The Reveal": To throw frisbees in pairs of two. The team who gets three successful catches gets points depending on how fast they were to complete the challenge. If you don't finish the challenge, you receive a penalty of -1,000 points.
- "Reveal Novum": The challenge is a staring contest, suggested by CPFAN2000.
Points removed, immunity granted individually
- "Rescission": A unicycle race. The first 3 people to finish the race get immunity.
Contest is moved to space due to budget cuts
- "Gardening Hero": The challenge is to get into a spaceship, while also not losing your immunity. Dying (among other things) causes you to lose it.
Contest is moved back to Earth
- "The Glistening": The challenge is a long jump. Whoever jumps the farthest wins immunity.
Announcer died and is replaced with Firey and Flower Speaker Boxes
- "Don't Pierce My Flesh": The challenge is (after a vote) to escape a volcano.
- The tiebreaker is a beauty contest.
Announcer returns
- "Hurtful!": The challenge is a combination of all 22 previous challenges. In order, they are:
- Go across the balance beam
- Choose a boat and sail across the Goiky Canal
- Climb the rock wall
- Pass the test
- Make a cake
- Go across the bridge
- Go across three islands
- Solve a jigsaw puzzle
- Run to the tree
- Do the three-legged race
- Cry, ski, and do a handstand
- Float across with a balloon
- Climb the ladder
- Find a red ball
- Fill the basket with bread and jump over the hurdles
- Stand on a platform above vomit and make a taco
- Knock down all 10 pins
- Catch 3 frisbees
- Don't blink
- Ride the unicycle
- Get in the spaceship and avoid lasers
- Do a long jump
- Escape the volcano
The final 2 episodes have no challenge.
| Episode | Challenge | Image | Loser(s)/In the danger zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Stay on a balance beam the longest |  |
All contestants with the exception of Leafy and Pin (Non-elimination) |
| 1b | Build a boat and sail across the Goiky Canal |  |
Squashy Grapes |
| 2 | Do a Obstacle Course |  |
Squishy Cherries |
| 3 | Do a test |  |
Squishy Cherries |
| 4 | Make a cake |  |
Squishy Cherries |
| Eat a hundred chocolate balls |  | ||
| Break a tie |  | ||
| 5 | Cross a bridge |  |
Squishy Cherries |
| Break a tie | | ||
| 6 | Travel across three islands |  |
Needle, Coiny and Ice Cube |
| 7 | Complete a jigsaw puzzle |  |
Squishy Cherries (Non-elimination) |
| 8 | A relay race, where runners must carry the next runner on their back |  |
Squishy Cherries (Non-elimination) |
| 9 | A 6-legged race |  |
Squashy Grapes |
| 10 | Fill a tank with tears |  |
Another Name |
| Skiing race |  | ||
| Handstand contest |  | ||
| 11 | Stay afloat using balloons | 
|
Another Name |
| 12 | Climb a ladder |  |
Snowball, Bubble, Rocky and Tennis Ball |
| 13 | Find and give a red ball to the Announcer |  |
Match, Ice Cube, Rocky and Tennis Ball |
| 14 | Pick up the loaves of bread and put them in the contestant's basket |  |
Ice Cube, Leafy, Eraser and Firey |
| Jump hurdles |  | ||
| 15 | Stay on a platform in a giant barf bag the longest |  |
Pen, Bubble and Rocky |
| Make a taco |  | ||
| 16 | Bowling contest |  |
Everyone except for Firey |
| 17 | Catch frisbees |  |
Tennis Ball, Ice Cube and Leafy |
| 18 | Staring contest |  |
Spongy, Firey and Pencil |
| 19 | A unicycle race |  |
David, Ice Cube and Spongy |
| 20 | Survive hazards in space. |  |
Ice Cube, Spongy, Rocky and Firey |
| 21 | A long jump |  |
Bubble, Firey, Spongy*, Rocky and Flower |
| 22 | Escape the volcano |  |
Bubble, Leafy and Spongy |
| A beauty contest |  | ||
| 23 | Do all the previous BFDI contests |  |
Firey, Flower and Leafy |
Battle for Dream Island Again[]
- "Yeah, Who? I Wanna Know": A tug-of-war over two sides of a big crevice.
- "Get Digging": The challenge is to make Yoylestew.
- "Insectophobe's Nightmare 3": The teams must kill all the bugs in their respective glass boxes.
- "Zeeky Boogy Doog": To build a new Dream Island, because the original one was bought by Leafy.
- "BFDIA 5": To reach the summit of Yoyle Mountain.
- The challenge is set over all 5 parts of the episode.
- "Well Rested": To try to make a shelter to live in and have a good nights sleep. The last team to finish loses.
- "Intruder Alert": To build a new loser chamber, since TV took the key to the Tiny Loser Chamber. The team who made the worst loser chamber loses and gets put up for elimination.
- "Meaty": Paint the Eiffel Tower with the team's paint color. The team with the least paint of their color on the tower loses.
- "Catch These Hands": Playing Charades in the Trash Compactors. The team who lost all members will be up for elimination.
- "Taste the Sweetness": Sell the most ice cream.
- "Lots of Mud": Rip Flower's petals off. The team with the least petals collected loses.
| Episode | Challenge | Image | Loser(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tug of War |  |
W.O.A.H. Bunch |
| 2 | Make Yoylestew |  |
Team No-Name |
| 3 | Destroy the bugs and glass box |  |
W.O.A.H. Bunch |
| 4 | Build Dream Island |  |
Team No-Name |
| 5 | Reach the summit of Yoyle Mountain |  |
Team No-Name |
| 6 | Find a cozy building to live in |  |
W.O.A.H. Bunch |
| 7 | Build a new loser chamber |  |
FreeSmart |
| 8 | Paint the Eiffel Tower |  |
W.O.A.H. Bunch |
| 9 | Play Charades in trash compactors |  |
Team No-Name |
| 10 | Sell the most ice cream |  |
The Beautiful Face Devotion Institute |
| 11 | Rip Flower's Petals Off |  |
Less-Restrained Less-Dumb |
| 12 | TBA |  |
TBA |
IDFB[]
This season has had no challenges so far, and most likely won't due to the plot being character-based rather than challenge-based.
Battle for BFDI[]
- "Getting Teardrop to Talk": To retrieve X's baskets and bring them back to him.
- "Lick Your Way to Freedom": To free the contestants that died in the previous episode and are now trapped inside jawbreakers (except Tennis Ball, as he was the only contestant Four recovered).
- "Why Would You Do This on a Swingset": To swing in a complete circle 50 times on team swings.
- "Today's Very Special Episode": To "make-over" Four by creating a sculpture or a drawing (among other things).
- "Fortunate Ben": To fly your team's paper airplane and avoid hitting the ground first.
Four and X are gone, Donut is hosting BFB.
- "Four Goes Too Far": To avoid having the Twinkle of Contagion once a three-hour time limit is up.
- "The Liar Ball You Don't Want": To prevent the "Liar Ball" (which is just the jawbreaker holding Loser) from falling into your team's crater.
- "Questions Answered": A quiz show. The last team to answer a question correctly will be up for elimination.
X is found from Fries and starts hosting BFB.
- "This Episode Is About Basketball": To throw balls into X's baskets so they can fall onto buzzers.
- "Enter the Exit": This episode did not have a formal challenge, however, Clock suggested that the challenge would be to recover or bring back Four.
- Pin won a Gratitude Token for recovering Four.
Four is back and starts hosting BFB with X.
- "Get to the Top in 500 Steps": To send one team member to climb the stairs and press the button at the top.
- "What Do You Think of Roleplay?": To figure out which member of their team is an impostor.
- "Return of the Rocket Ship" and "Don't Dig Straight Down": To find X's treasure before X does.
- The challenge is set over two episodes.
- "The Four is Lava": Have all of each team's alive members make it to where Four is located.
Battle for BFDI is split into TPOT and Battle for BFB
- "X Marks the Spot": Have X make him to returns to Four in the Pillary Ruins.
- "Take the Tower": Protect your team’s tower, and destroy the other team’s tower.
- "How Loe Can You Grow?": To growing X's aloe vera plants.
- "A Taste of Space": To cooling down X cool down. hurting X and making useless ideas will lose points.
- "Let's Raid the Warehouse": Send three members of each team to Yellow Face's Warehouse to buy gifts for the other two team members.
- "Who Stole Donut's Diary?": Someone has stolen Donut's Diary and it is up to the Have Cots to correctly identify who the culprit is.
- "Fashion For Your Face!": Free Four from his cage.
Teams merge, immunity introduced.
- "The Game Has Changed": Make a party for Four.
- "The Tweested Temple": Find totems for Four, two of them are harmless and FOUR are cursed!
- "The Hidden Contestant": Eliminate Profily by bringing them to X's garden near the BRB.
- "Uprooting Everything": Escape from World's Largest Oven.
Announcer returns and takes over BFB.
- "B.F.B. = Back From Beginning": The challenge is a combination of all of the previous challenges, like in "Hurtful!". In order, they are:
- Get a basket to X
- Save someone inside a jawbreaker
- Spin in a circle
- Depict 4 somehow
- Don't let the plane touch the marked ground
- Take the twinkle & give it back
- Get a goal
- Quiz
- Basketball
- Bring back Four
- Climb the stairs & press the button
- Identify the imposter
- Collect X's treasure
- Get back to Four
- DON'T split off
- Bring back X
- Destroy the tower
- Grow aloe vera plants
- Cool down X
- Give someone a gift
- Solve a case
- Free Four from jail
- Throw a party for the host
- Collect a totem
- Eliminate Profily
- Escape the oven
The last 2 episodes have no challenge. Four returns in the final episode.
Note: BFB 16 has no contest
| Episode | Challenge | Images | Loser(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get X's basket |  |
iance |
| 2 | Lick the jawbreaker and free the contestants that are dead |  |
Beep |
| 3 | Swing around 50 times |  |
Team Ice Cube! |
| 4 | Draw or make a sculpture or Four |  |
Death P.A.C.T. |
| 5 | Stay on your paper planes as long as possible |  |
Beep |
| 6 | Escape the twinkle within 3 hours |  |
The Losers! |
| 7 | Not to fall their balls into their creater |  |
A Better Name Than That |
| 8 | A quiz show |  |
Free Food |
| 9 | Throw balls into a basket to fall on it's buzzer |  |
Beep |
| 10 | Bring back Four |  |
N/A |
| 11 | Climb up the stairs and press the button at the top |  |
iance |
| 12 | Find out who's the impostor |  |
Team Ice Cube! |
| 13 | Find X's emeralds before he does |  |
N/A |
| 14 | 
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| 15 | Make your way to Four |  |
Team Ice Cube! |
| 17 | Bring X back to Four |  |
Have Cots |
| 18 | Protect their tower and destroy the other tower |  |
Have Nots |
| 19 | Help the aloe vera grow |  |
Have Cots |
| 20 | Help X cool down |  |
Have Nots |
| 21 | Buy a gift for the other two team members |  |
Have Nots |
| 22 | Find out who stole Donut's Diary |  |
Have Cots |
| 23 | Free Four from the jail |  |
Have Nots |
| 24 | Make a party for Four |  |
Teardrop, Leafy, Firey and Woody |
| 25 | Find the totems that aren't cursed |  |
Leafy, Gelatin, Woody and Lollipop |
| 26 | Eliminate Profily |  |
Lollipop, Gelatin, Teardrop and Flower |
| 27 | Escape the World's Largest Oven |  |
Gelatin, Leafy and Flower |
| 28 | Do all the previous BFB challenges |  |
Gelatin, Teardrop |
Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two[]
- "You Know Those Buttons Don't Do Anything, Right?": To get each team's members on top of the hotel; going back down is not allowed.
- "The Worst Day of Black Hole's Life": To stack a tower of blocks; whichever team has the shortest stack loses.
- "Getting Puffball To Think About Rollercoasters": Use the leftover blocks and use them to build some sort of amusement park attraction.
- "Gardening Zero": Keep a funny plant in one of the seven biomes around Goiky safe; destroying one of the flowers causes the destroyers team to lose.
- "Fishes and Dishes": Dive into the Goiky canal and find one of five plates; whichever two teams don't find a plate are UFE.
- "The Great Goikian Bake-Off": Present a dinner for Two; the teams with the lowest scores will be up for elimination.
- "The Seven Wonders of Goiky": Fix one of the seven places scattered around Goiky that was destroyed by Lightning: the Hotel elevators roof, the World's Largest Oven, the Volcano, the Roller Coaster, the Balance Beam, the Moon, and the canal. The teams that repaired their landmark the worst will be up for elimination.
- "Balancing P.A.C.T.":To stay on a balance beam the longest (quite similar to Take the Plunge: Part 1 but with Teams) flying contestants are disqualified in this challenge as they would give a unfair advantage
- "Outbreak At Stake": Survive the zombie apocalypse, or just in general. The two teams who lose the most members are up for elimination. Alternatively, if any team loses all of their members, they are automatically up for elimination.
- "Oneirophobe's Nightmare": Save a selected team member from their nightmare, and then escape their head. The last two teams to escape will be up for elimination.
| Episode | Challenge | Image | Loser(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get to the top of the hotel |  |
Death P.A.C.T. Again |
| 2 | Stack the most blocks |  |
The Strongest Team on Earth. |
| 3 | Make an atraction for Two's A-twos-ment Park |  |
Team8s and The S! |
| 4 | Protect the Funny plants |  |
Just Not and Death P.A.C.T. Again |
| 5 | Retrieve the plates from the Goiky Canal |  |
The Strongest Team on Earth. and Are You Okay |
| 6 | Make a dish for Two to eat |  |
The S! and Death P.A.C.T. Again |
| 7 | Repair the monuments broken by Lightning |  |
Just Not and The S! |
| 8 | Stay on the balance beam |  |
Are You Okay and Team8s |
| 9 | Survive the zombie apocalypse |  |
Just Not and Tear Drop |
| 10 | Save a teammate from their nightmare and get out of their head |  |
The Strongest Team on Earth. and Just Not |
| 11 | TBA | |
TBA |
BFDI Mini[]
BFDI Mini is a non-canonical series that follows a formula similar to that of the main BFDI series, but with smaller, shorter challenges and a considerably smaller cast of contestants.
BFDI Mini episodes are typically named after that episode's challenge. Each challenge, the contestants are given thirty seconds. The 2 contestants who do not complete the challenge in time are up for elimination.
BFDI Mini[]
BFDI Mini begins the series with contestants being given thirty seconds to complete each challenge given to them. Contestants are allowed to use their abilities to their advantage.
- "Climb the Eiffel Tower": To climb the Eiffel Tower.
- "Touch The Target": To hit the target.
- "Eating Contest": To eat chocolate balls, similar to "Sweet Tooth".
- "Hurdles": To jump over hurdles and reach the goal.
- "Water Gun Battle": A water gun fight.
- "Don't Fall Off": To avoid falling off the Eiffel Tower.
- "Try To Escape": To find a way out of the escape room.
BFDI Mini Again[]
BFDI Mini Again follows a similar formula to the first season with mainly new contestants and two returning contestants.
- "Throw The Farthest": To throw your teammate the farthest.
- "Swim to the Other Side": Swim to the other side of a long pool.
- "Egg Toss": Throw an egg at your picture.
- "Drawing Contest": To draw the best picture.
- "Jump The Highest": To jump the highest level into the air.
- "Build The Tallest Tower": To build the tallest tower.
- "Bake A Pizza": To bake a pizza.
- "Fighting Contest": To fight each other.
- "Tic Tac Toe": To play tic-tac-toe.
BFDI Mini Deluxe[]
BFDI Mini Deluxe follows a similar formula to the first two seasons with the gimmick of all the characters being from season 4.
- "Don't Let Your Flag Get Destroyed": To not let your flag get destroyed.
- "Go Kart Race": To win the go-kart race.
- "Don't Let Your Balloon Touch the Ground": To not let the balloon you are inside of touch the ground.
- "Flour Is Lava": To avoid the flour in a flour bag.
- "Keep Your Tag": To keep your tag.
- "Climb the Tallest Tower": To climb the tallest tower.
- "Hold Your Breath": A rejoin contest where the eliminated contestants must hold their breath for as long as possible.
- "Rock Climbing": To climb the rocks.
- "Capture the Flag": Capture the opposing team's flag.
- "Stay on the Balance Beam": To avoid falling off the balance beam.
- "All Previous Contests": All previous BFDI Mini Deluxe contests, including:
- Keeping your tag
- Holding your breath
- Winning the go-kart race
- Rock-climbing
- Climbing the tallest tower
- Staying on the balance beam
BFDI Mini, Seriously![]
BFDI Mini, Seriously! introduces a cast of Davidians, who can use their abilities to their advantage. The formula is similar to the first three seasons.
- "Cross The River": Find a way to cross the river.
- "Escape The Flood": Escape a large flood.
- "Reverse Race": Cross the finish line whilst running backwards.
- "Do a Headstand": Do a headstand without falling.
- "Catch The Frogs": Catch all the frogs as quickly as possible.
- "Destroy The Army of Purple Heads (and survive)": Destroy as many purple heads as possible, and survive.
- "Rejoin! Go to the Moon": Make it to the moon as fast as possible to be eligible for rejoin.
- "Find The Pearl": To find the pearl in a hotel-like maze. Tools and items are able to be used for the contestant's benefit.
- "Staring Contest": Stare at the opponent for as long as possible without blinking.
- "Climb 24 Steps": Climb up a set of 24 steps.
- "Find The Trophy and WIN!": Find the hidden trophy to win the season.
BFDI Mini Delicious[]
BFDI Mini Delicious introduces pairs and alliances with a cast of all food based characters. Most alliances choose to assist each other. The formula is similar to the first four seasons.
- "Balloon Toss": Catch the balloon thrown by your teammate.
- "Survive the Desert": Survive in the desert.
- "Stay on the Balance Beam": Stay on the balance beam.
- "Screaming Contest": Scream as fast as possible.
- "Hide and Seek": An eliminated contestant is the seeker; avoid getting caught.
- "Red Light, Green Light": Stop moving when the Robot David displays a red light. Continue moving when the Robot David displays a green light.
- "Last to Leave the Circle": Don't leave the circle to rejoin.
- "Musical Chairs": Play musical chairs. Try to find a seat when the music stops.
- "Eat the Most Pancakes": Eat as much pancakes as possible.
- "Freeze Tag": The seeker will attempt to tag and freeze the contestants; avoid getting caught.
- Don't Die: Don't die to win the season. The contestants are allowed to use weapons.
BFDI Mini Replicas[]
BFDI Mini Replicas is the first mini season to be animated in the pre-BFB style and has a cast of entirely characters who are variants of main series contestants.
- "Cross the Gorge": To cross a gorge
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Cake at Stake • Rejoins • Debut • Auditions • Stages in the game • Merge • Challenges |