A marathon competition to see who could live for a week in a cable car that makes the 1.7-kilometre trip between Singapore and the resort island of Sentosa about 80 metres above sea level was won by a couple who said they used meditation to overcome urges to use the bathroom. 

Thirty three couples started the competition and three teams dropped out before the contest even began.  Contest organisers confessed they hadn't expect so many of the 33 original teams to survive the stifling humidity, motion sickness, claustrophobic conditions and just 10 minutes to use the toilet each day. 

Judges chose a winner by tallying which team spent the least amount of their allotted time for restroom breaks.  The winning couple – Singaporeans Zaiton Majeed, 22, and Abdul Rahman, 29 – spent only 22 minutes and 15 seconds outside the capsule all week.  The winners plan to use the prize money to open a body painting studio in Nagoya in central Japan, Majeed said. They also won a S$30,000 ($A23,400) boat cruise.