Fear Factor was a formerly popular reality show where contestants are pitted against each other to complete a series of stunts better and/or quicker than all the other contestants, by doing this in the fastest time, for a grand cash prize of $50,000. The "fear" part comes as the stunts usually require something that would freak most people out such as lying in a coffin full of scorpions, eating beetles, or some other potentially dangerous or disgusting task.