Omar Sánchez faints during apnea test on Supervivientes All Stars 3 as Quintero is eliminated

The apnea test

Omar Sánchez lost consciousness underwater during the apnea challenge on Supervivientes All Stars 3 on Thursday, 22 October, after staying submerged for 3 minutes and 17 seconds, the second-best mark of the day according to El Confidencial. eldiario.es reported that he tried to leave the water, grew dizzy and failed to reach the surface, while the broadcast showed him slumped underwater for several seconds.

Ivana Icardi had stayed under for more than three minutes earlier in the same challenge and showed signs of feeling unwell before recovering quickly. While other contestants tried to help him in the water, María Lamela pleaded from the beach for him to be brought out, and voices called for a doctor. The programme cut away to the Madrid studio, where Jorge Javier Vázquez said the team had removed the images.

We have removed the images because there was no need to see them.

Recovery on air

After an advertising break, Vázquez reassured Omar's relatives about his condition. Lamela said from the scene that he was conscious, well and with the doctor, and that he had become dizzy from the effort and the hardness of the test. Omar then reappeared on screen fully recovered and thanked the staff who had looked after him.

Thank you all for looking after me. To my family, I want to say I am fine and I am going to keep giving everything.

The programme returned to its usual schedule after the scare, which had interrupted the challenge completely.

The Quintero and Janeiro vote

Damián Quintero and Víctor Janeiro were the week's nominees after Asraf Beno was saved the previous Tuesday. When contestants were asked who they preferred to leave, most stood behind Quintero, while Arkano was the only one who stood with Janeiro. The public vote then gave Janeiro 54% and Quintero 46%, and because the vote was positive, the most supported contestant stayed.

La Vanguardia reported that Quintero became the first expulsion since the unification of the cast. Vázquez praised him on air as an ideal contestant for the format. Quintero thanked the programme, the team and his fellow contestants, and said of his time in the show:

I gave it everything and I think I have shown it.

New nominations

Chiqui won the leader's necklace after the eliminations and used her nomination to target Asraf Beno directly. Ivana Icardi, who had won the apnea challenge, used her regular point and a point she took from Omar Sánchez to nominate him, according to El Confidencial. The group nominated Omar Sánchez, Arkano and Rosa Benito, and the leader broke the tie between Rosa and Arkano, leaving Omar Sánchez, Arkano and Asraf Beno as the nominees for the coming week.

The nominees now face public voting, and the contestant who gathers the most support will remain safe in Honduras. One of them will get a final chance on Tuesday, 27 October, in the Tierra de nadie segment, while the others continue their duel with viewers.