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Prologue- Carnival of Chaos

“Greetings, fans of Disventure Camp. Emily Campbell here providing your lovely voiceover for this recap of season 3, Carnival of Chaos! The hosts are currently shifting, and I was hired for interviews, recaps, assisting, anything the lazy ass main hosts don’t want to bother with. So this is going to be a big one. Here it is, the first season to have 18 contestants, and the last outing of Kristal McLean and her crew. Let’s start at the very beginning.”

Come One, Come All

“Eighteen hopeful contestants descended upon Stawaki Carnival, where Kristal and Oliver awaited to host the season with their hosting family on standby. The Blue Team arrived, consisting of Richard, Logan, Marissa, Lynda, Natalia, Alessio, Ted, Isabel, and Anastasia. Likewise the Red Team contained Zaid, Jade, Benji, Amelie, Diego, Hannah, Ivy, Spencer, and Tristan. The contestants were promptly told the rules of the game and its idols, and were sent on their first challenge: finding their camp and building a shelter.

Blue Team largely got along at first, with Alessio making a strong first impression and Anastasia taking a liking to Marissa. Ted made the bad kind of impression, and alliances looked to be forming on gender lines. The team gathering together revealed a missing Alessio, who was off somewhere trying to paint for some reason.

Meanwhile the Red Team was immediately being led by Amelie… for a very brief moment until she got annoyed and left. Awkwardness ensued with Benji making an innuendo, and from there the team got to work. Amelie’s bossiness clearly was annoying her teammates, who were suffering despite their best efforts. Tristan’s suggestion of a ‘dark carnival’ is approved by Zaid and Ivy, and the three form a friendly trio. And on the dock, Hannah finds Amelie and convinces her to come back and help on her own terms.”

“After some work, our hosts judged the shelters, Blue Teams was stable but dull looking and Reds had more color and style to it, albeit a bit tacky, but looked well enough for them to win the challenge and tarp. While the blue team suffered under the rain, hehe. Lynda then complained and Anastasia butted heads with her for criticizing Marissa's leadership, leading to some juicy tension on the team.”

“Next day they had a challenge to ride on a roller coaster and memorize some colors and organize the flag colors. Diego being a bit of a scaredy cat clings onto Spencer, cute but don't get too attached to their dynamic. And the challenge goes on and many people scream their lungs out and puking their guts out, on Ted specifically! After some work, Red Team won again getting some sleeping bags! Oof, Blue cannot catch a break. Later that night Jade goes idol hunting and Spencer approaches Jade, with the two nerds forming an alliance. Meanwhile Natalia and Isabel start to bond as well, before we call each team to send a rep to make a decision affecting the fate of their team. On the Red Team, Amelie tries to take charge and volunteer herself, but Spencer argues to send Jade over. Meanwhile on Blue Team, Anastasia wants to send Marissa to rep for the team, sheesh just makeout already, while Natalia wants Isabel in all her “Mother Teressa goody twoshoes” fashion to rep for the team, eventually Isabel is agreed upon to be sent over and the two gals make their way to make a big decision that'll change the fate and game of many people.”

Down and Dirty

“Following right from where we left off, Jade and Isabel enter the tent with three sets of items for them to choose from. First being a full survival kit for their team, second being flint and steel along with a clue to find the immunity idol, and third being a fully functional immunity idol. Shocking I bet, but we love to throw a little twist every now and then. Jade decides to go with option two, a little over-confident in her abilities to find the idol but wants to bring something back to show the team. Meanwhile Isabel, dealing with her angels and demons on her shoulders, decides to cave and get the Immunity Idol. The two of them make up a fake story to tell their teams. With some believing them, while others being suspicious like Amelie. A clever, yet cute set of eyes, she has.”

“The next day, Diego led a yoga session with him bonding with other members of the team and some Zaid and Ivy bonding as well as backstory, of Zaid's experience of culinary school having something to do with Koalas being brought up, and Ivy being a high school dropout for the sake of acting. Good food for the Zaivy fans.”

“Jade decides to do some idol hunting with her clue while Spencer proposes creating an alliance of five with other team members including Diego and Tristian. Jade agrees, though keeps the idol a secret from even Spencer too to play it safe, clever girl. Amelie eavesdrops, but Hannah interrupts her to talk with her about her attitude for the sake of helping her stay safe, saying she reminds her of family, Amelie stands her ground, but relents.”

“On the Blue Team, Natalia tells Anastasia, Marissa, and Isabel about Lynda’s girl’s alliance, Marissa seems to agree but Ana only reluctantly agrees unsure of who she can and can’t trust in this game. Alessio, still being an introvert, decides to do even more painting, Logan reaches out to give some advice, much to the doubt and confusion of this silly artist.”

“Challenge time comes around and they get their first immunity challenge of dueling each other with sticks in their swimsuits, like Anastasia, Amelie, Spencer, and Amelie.. bet the fans loved to see that hehehe…. Uh anyway! Isabel versus Hannah, Hannah pulls the oldest trick in the book which the nun somehow falls for and loses to Hannah. Logan faces Ivy, he’s reluctant to duel against a girl…geez what happened to equality? Either way, Logan still wins. Natalia and Zaid duel, the former pulling a sneaky one and taking Zaid down. Tristan and Richard face off with Richard trying to give some comforting advice to a worried Tristian, and with a fair duel, Richard wins. And after a few other matches and some close calls we get to a tie breaker, Diego and Marissa duel with Diego taking the W, leaving the Blue Team to eliminate someone!”

“Lynda blames Marissa for costing the team the challenge, but Anastasia and her teammates come to the soldiers defense, but Marissa still can't help but feel ashamed, Anastasia pulls Lynda aside and angrily calls her out on her hypocrisy of losing the round as well. Oof! Though Ted, with his poker face reading skills, couldn’t help but catch ear of this and could get a good enough read to get the implications of an alliance going on. This leads him to gather the men to make a counter alliance while Logan tries to get the support of the self proclaimed “obsessed fool” of an artist, while helping him find the confidence in his artistic skills.”

“Lynda tries to apologize to Marissa to which she accepts, and our resident Poker Man pulls Lynda aside and tries to tell her his knowledge of the alliance and his offer to work with her if she can help him too.”

“With our first elimination ceremony on it’s way, decisions made, whispers spoken, and votes casted with Alessio eliminated at a 5-3-1 vote. Much to the men's disappointment and Lynda’s conflict.  Though not before the artist thanks Logan for his drive to help him and helping him find inspiration. We have our first elimination for our airheaded artist!”

Hot Mess Express

“Onto Episode Three! Along with MANY more episodes to go… we start off with Ted trying to save face and compliment the girls alliance with their blindside but Isabel having none of it, leaving the men very worried. But Ted meeting Lynda aside thanks her for helping him save her and offers her his vote… sheesh if these two weren’t married I woulda felt like there was some romantic tension in the air. Anyway, Anastasia angrily confronts Lynda for switching her vote up, with the mother claiming Alessio made the alliance but the model is not buying that horseshit. Logan sad about Alessio being gone, but Natalia comforts the athletic knucklehead.”

“Jade after some searching efforts and almost getting caught, leads her to talk with Spencer and acquire his help for her to find the idol by distracting the teammates. Spencer attempts to flirt with Diego and sweet talk him into getting another yoga session with the others. Though his flirts work a bit TOO well, but gives Jade the time she needs to find the immunity idol, but with her body getting a nasty burn in the process. Oof, shoulda got some sunscreen lady!” 

“During yoga, our boring but wholesome trio of Tristian, Ivy, and Zaid attempt to bond some more and form their own little alliance, considering voting for Amelie if their team loses, but Ivy has her eyes set on Spencer. Benji tries but flops in socializing with the other teammates, angering Amelie, but causing Hannah to laugh. Dumbass lawyer…”

“Our oh so lovely hosts gather both teams that night for their next challenge of truth or dare to proceed to the next train car, to get to the front. With many of them having to face their fears, with ones having to pick their favorite teammates, to read their worse reviews, to admitting to cooking koalas, to making good thumbnails by confronting their sexuality and kissing model men. In the end, the Blue Team came out victorious. About time!”

“Later on, Spencer gathers his alliance of Diego, Ivy, Zaid, Jade, and Tristian to discuss votes, Spencer insisting Amelie be the target with Tristian's agreement while Ivy argues otherwise. Hannah was, guess what, listening in and talking to Benji to get his help to vote Spencer out to his agreement. Ivy decides to confess to the vote plan as well to which Hannah and them agree Spencer is the threat, leaving her and them to be the swing votes. At the elimination, it seems that… ugh… Amelie is voted out 6-3 and gives a heartwarming speech thanking her team for being good teammates and admits to being harsh to them to want them to win, and Hannah gives Amelie a hug before departing, saying goodbye to our hot…I mean lovely girlboss businesslady.” 

Jumping the String

“Onto episode four, we begin with the red team either proud, ashamed, or seething from Amelie’s elimination. With Benji and Ivy feeling bad over that and clocking Spencer and Jade as the threats. That morning, Diego gets obsessed with a mango for some dumb reason and shares his passion of it with Zaid and especially Spencer, wanting to share the fruit with the nerd and probably his heart too. Heh, simp…”

“Meanwhile, Jade pulls Spencer aside and reveals the immunity idol to him and they agree to keep it between them. Jade does ask about his relationship with Diego to which Spencer denies any feelings, only seeing him as an ally. Spencer worried for something sparking asks for Jade's help to try to help diffuse this situation, pfft, as if thats gonna go well… Oh, and our residential lawyer and nerd hears this too. Guess he dropped his eaves.”

“Jade approaches Diego whos giving out many more mangos, this time to a racoon for… some reason. She asks him to try to avoid any relationships with Spencer and focus on the game, when Benji butts in and only gives some words that attracts the Mango Lover to the British Nerd anyway. Leaving the Comic Book nerd with a new enemy.”

“Meanwhile, mushy beach shenanigans with Zaid and Ivy, oh hooooowwww adorable, blech. Also they and Tristian catch a crab or something and talk about trying to keep an eye out for Jade and Spencer. Yawn”

“On the Blue Team the men gather around to talk about their plan against the girls alliance , Richard being a coach he is tries to give an inspirational cliched movie speech, but should realize this isnt one of those sports movies as the others arent that impressed. The coach however does talk with Ted about trying to win Lynda over and he agrees while Logan is tasked to mesh with the gals. He actually does manage to get along with them well over firemaking and this leaves Lynda worried.  Richard and Ted try to bond with Lynda and Lynda makes an ignorant remark about Richard being gay and his family that offends him, sheesh lady, catch up with the times…”

“The campers are gathered that night for their next challenge, where they'll be split up into hunters with bows and prey with clown makeup, where the last remaining team to have remaining prey wins immunity. Hannah and Diego bond over archery experience as a new friendship may be foming, Anastasia and Logan have a little side bet about the first one out having to make fire for the others, and Richard exposing Lynda getting her out, due to some mentioned heat earlier. Pissing off Ted and trying to talk some sense into him to keep his head in the game. And Benji and Spencer pulling a Scooby Doo and dropping their glasses. Spencers able to hide away while Hannah and Diego take down Logan, earning the Red Team another win.”

“On the blue team, the gals discuss the vote as they pull Logan along to vote alongside him, their target being Richard much to Logan's reluctance. Little does he know, the REAL plan is to vote out Ted, with Lynda thinking otherwise.The mom decides to approach the men's alliance and offer her vote as Lynda and Richard apologize for their behaviors. Ted proposes they force a tie with Lynda being on board. With our lovable Jock Knucklehead being stuck between who to vote with.”

“At the elimination, Ted is eliminated in a 4-3-1 vote, rip to a man who may have had some hidden potential, or not. Who knows? Either way,  Lynda outing Logan being the traitor and the boy sulking in his guilt and foolishness. And Marissa realizing Lynda flipped on them, leaving tensions thicker on the team.”

Husk-Court Line

“Onto episode five! Tension leaves the walk so quiet even Natalia is left speechless. Logan tried to explain himself to Lynda and Richard, but the former having none of it and Richard agreeing with her to which Logan wants to make it right and Richard suggests they find one of the other ladies to flip to which he had an idea. Speaking of whom, the gals all talking about how intense the elimination was to which Anastasia is not bothered by it, while Marissa worries about how Lynda betrayed them, to which they try to think of an alternative member, some debate goes around and Anastasia agrees to invite Logan and cut Lynda, much to the disappointment of the soldier gal.”

“Later on, Anastasia talks to Marissa trying to cheer her up, as they take some time to talk with the latter telling about her worries of betraying her morals to win, as well as her case of not wanting to enlist in the military but her parents pressuring her. Anastasia comforts her as she says how she inspires her to be more, and not just be seen as some “Barbie Girl.” The two are comforting each other and being mushy with one another.” 

“Diego and Hannah have some buddy buddy bonding too and talk nabout their backstories of animal shelters and bars and that dumb stuff. Meanwhile Benji actually uses his brain to make a fake immunity idol, a bit of a crappy one at that, but kinda clever, I guess. Though Zaid and Ivy don't seem to buy it at all. Ivy offers to teach Benji some acting tips to help him pull off a bluff and more Zaivy shenanigans. Jade discusses strategy with Spencer and Diego, considering either voting for Hannah or Benji, and leaving Diego with worry for Hannah. He then pulls Spencer aside, not to make out, but to convince the strategist to keep Hannah in the game. And… then the two almost kiss but Spencer backs away, still unsure of his feelings and the two upset with being conflicted in their feelings.”

“Next challenge we get in the day time finally, and the teams have to gather coconuts in the corn maze and throw them in a hoops and make the other team lose their nets? Don’t look at me, I didn’t make these challenges! Anyway, Natalia tries to win Logan back over and Isabel thinks he found the idol. While Logan reports back to his other alliance hes working on finding a weakspot for the girls alliance. Diego tries to talk with Spencer much to his avoidance, as he tries to tell Jade they may need to consider the mango lover a liability. Though Jade at least wants to try to fix things before making any big decisions.”

“Meanwhile Ivy and Tristan talk, regarding her and Zaid, but is reluctant on her feelings for Zaid because of their different backgrounds and that they are better off as friends, don’t lose hope yet Zaivy shippers…. And Anastasia admires Marissa's ability to see the good in others. And after some attempted shots and Richards basketball skills coming in handy the teams score some points. And Marissa and Lynda run into each other with the former wanting to extend an olive branch to the latter and welcoming her back to the girls alliance, with Lynda more than glad to take the chance. After more bonding and hoop shots blah blah blah, the Blue team eventually wins thanks to Richard.” 

“The Red Team sore after losing is planning their votes, with Hannah for some reason impressed by Benji’s sti… I mean idol… Don’t want anyone on my ass for that one. Anyway, the two are worried about their position in the game. While Jade and Spencer are debating about who to vote out, with Spencer uncomfortable around Diego but Jade wanting to keep him around for the alliance. Meanwhile the Vibe Trio decide to target Spencer and Diego tries to apologize to Spencer and the two try to talk their feelings out, with it being two steps forward and one step back. Spencer and Ivy decide to talk a bit regarding a move later on for the benefit of both of them.”

“At the elimination ceremony… Diego is voted out 4-2-2 much to the relief of Benji, but leaving many saddened including Diego, Hannah, and even a remorseful Spencer. Hannah comforts Diego, and the man reveals even after everything he still didn’t vote for Spencer. Ouch, sorry guys, maybe in another lifetime…”

Tough Act to Follow

“Onto episode six! About what? A fourth of the way through? Anyway, Jade's pissed at Spencer fo keeping her in the dark and playing based on his emotions, while Spencer tells her he is still loyal to the alliance. Sheesh, gamebot much girl? And Hannah feels bad for being on the wrong side of the vote with her and Benji still determined to see this through, with, guess what? Jade listening in…”

“Jade tries to bond with Benji to acquire his vote as a contingency plan. Meanwhile Hannah and Tristan talk a bit, with the goth kid feeling guilty for not voting Spencer like she wanted, but wanted to back up their friends Zaivy and not ruin the quote unquote vibe… kid have you not seen this show? Hannah forgives them, but Tristian, still guilt-ridden, tries to keep smiling through the hard times. Don’t know if I should admire that or feel sorry for them.”

“Meanwhile Marissa tries to reintroduce Lynda into the girls alliance with Lynda apologizing for her behavior and promises to play better, while Natalia and Isabel forgive her, Anastasia still seems suspicious. Though Isbel is rather suspicious too.”

“And we proceed with the next challenge being a musical with yours truly judging alongside Kristal and Oliver, it seems the fans loved this challenge quite a bit. Each team has to perform two musical numbers. Ivy being the artsy lady she claims to be took charge on the Red Team and doesn’t seem to be taking Jade or Zaids inputs into consideration, pissing off the Turtle girl. While Lynda wants to draw straws for who to lead, much to Anastasia’s opposition to have Marissa lead again. Though Marissa, in her desire to please everyone, tries to compromise and suggests they pair up whoever works well together, Logan and Richard teaming up and Lynda forces Isabel to work alongside the men, while the other ladies work together on the other song. Logan suggests combining his idea alongside Richard and Isabel’s idea, much to the pleasure of the other three, though Logan reveals his background as an Olympian, but wants Richard to keep it quiet.” 

“As we near performance time, the teams prepare, with Tristan and Benji getting a bit close as well in helping each other. Isabel, Logan, and Richard sing some Christian Alternative 80’s hit or something? Catchy upon re-listening but I still don’t get the theme, I guess it still impressed Kristal and Oliver enough. The Blue Team got a total of 20. Red Team performed a J-Pop song, a bit more impressive in my objective opinion, and they got a total of 26 points. Then Blue Team prepares for their second song, though they learn the Red Team's second song involves a kiss, to which they feel confident enough their song doesn’t need a kiss to wow the judges. Blue Team performs a peppy girl group number and during the bit, Anastasia kisses Marissa, and I guess the team was either that desperate for the win, or Ana was simping too hard, either way it left Marissa flustered and the team got a near perfect score with that leaving a total of 49 points. The final number was from Red Team, a fantasy romance song, pretty good all things considered and would have gotten them the win with the 24 points totalling fifty… BUT Ivy decided to steal the spotlight too much, ruining their score, meaning Blue Team wins by a single point and wins a nice burger dinner for the evening!”

“Meanwhile Tristan admires Benjus performance and leaves the boy flattered, leaving these two dorks fawning over each other. While Ivy being a sore loser sulks in shame to which Zaid tries to console her and the two getting closer, while Tristan finds Hannah and the two bonding, are we about to get some kinda polycule here? Maybe?”

“Anyway, Blue Team enjoys their nice dinner and the team praises Marissa for leading them to victory and especially the daring kiss with Anastasia. With our Russian Model pulling aside the soldier, apologizing for the sudden kiss, both flustered but she says to warn her next time with the two sharing a laugh, ugh, cheesy much… Oh, can't forget that Natalia decides to tell Logan and Richard some juicy details about Lynda…”

Taking the Line

“Episode seven! Natalia tells Logan and Richard about Lynda being taken back into the girls alliance and warning them to find the idol before it’s too late. While our two lone men search for the totem, no luck, but they find a locked box with some kind of advantage, to which Anastasia notices and takes as they leave it behind. Not the brightest idea you two… but at least someone takes it… Revealing the ‘Extra Vote Advantage!” 

“Natalia stumbles across a makeshift confessional booth made by our local resident nun… okay… to which our gossiper decides to confess to Isabel that she felt bad for the two men being left out, and just like the fandoms hating this gender war. Isabel saying that she doesn’t judge, yeah right… and trying to agree that the other girls will be stiff competition. Lynda tries to do everyone's laundry but Isabel gets irritated with her touching their stuff…”

“Menawhile Red Team is still sulking in their loss, Hannah and Benji feeling bad that Tristan's song didn’t win for them, while Tristan puts on a brave face and says they're fine whether winning or losing, while our resident Goth Enby is more worried for Ivy. Spencer though seems to catch glimpse of the danger that the Zaid, Ivy, and Tristan form as a trio, wanting to take action against them next and gets Jade on his side about that. Meanwhile Zaid tries to help Ivy come out of hiding and help her make a plan to ensure the others don’t hate her.”

“Meanwhile, Benji asks if it’s and I quote “Gay or Straight to date a Non-Binary person” with Tristan explaining it’s more complex than that and tries to explain the big spectrum of sexualities and labels. Honesty, respect to the kid for that one, need more understanding people like them in our society.”

“Though, Trisitian not exactly picking up the hint asks why to Benji’s question, before any explanations were made or feelings were confessed, Spencer tries to warn them about Zaid and Ivy getting too close being a threat as a duo, much to Benji’s interest for getting another ally and Trisitan's opposition for their friends being targeted.”

“Next challenge comes around, with this one being dodgeball on ferris wheels, Ivy seeing an opportunity to regain her credibility offers to help. With a bunch of challenge stuff, others like Richard and even Tristan coming in clutch as well, and teamwork and etcetera we get to the final round, Anastasia trying to win, shoves Ivy a bit too hard to get her out of the way but ends up with a dislocated shoulder. Shocked, Ana quickly apologizes to Ivy and Ivy accepts the apology, surprising but mature of her I guess. Ivy still tries to play the game even after being offered to sit out, but Richard’s sports experience still earns the Blue Team the win. Marissa tries to comfort a guilt ridden Anastasia while on the Red Team, they praise Tristan's admirable moves and efforts helping them, and Zaid comforts Ivy after her struggles in the challenge and injury. She talks about how she so badly wants to prove herself to others and her parents and Tristan can say they relate, with their parents ignoring their existence or purposefully misgendering them and treating them like trash. Fucking pricks those parents are! But Tristian still tries to find a way to tough it out and try to find meaning. Giving Ivy the confidence she needs to recognize her privilege and find meaning with the three hugging it out, okay that was pretty sweet.”

“Meanwhile, Jade pulls aside Benji and Hannah, apologizing to the latter for voting out Amelie but offers to work with her in exchange for helping, with Spencer proposing they vote out Ivy, much to the bartender's disagreement and consideration to vote him out instead. At elimination, Spencer then pulls out the immunity idol to nullify the six votes against him, meaning Tristan is the one eliminated due to being a social threat. Leaving the rest of their teammates heartbroken, and them hugging it out, feeling as if they found a true family to call their own. Okay, been sitting for too long, need a coffee break, cut the cameras!”

Rocking the Boat

“Alright back and now on episode eight! Ivy and Hannah call out Spencer for targeting Tristan, which he is nonchalant about claiming it’s “just a game” to which he has a point, but the others treat him like a satanspawn for it. Jade at the very least is happy that Spencer is getting the heat for this, and she is safe for now. To which the marine nerd tries to get on Benji and Hannah's good side. Ivy is, yet again, sitting on the beach and sad, need a count for this stuff, but Zaid comforts her and tells her of his personal struggles, with his dad not being there and having to stay with his mom to help take care of his younger sister and needs to make sure to win for his family.”

“Richard and Logan try to find the box again only to find its been opened by someone else. Anastasia and Marissa then talk a bit with Ana wondering how Lynda is getting along with everyone else and still not trusting her, Marissa is still insistent on keeping the girls alliance all together and targeting the men. Richard and Logan go to Natalia for help since they lost the advantage, with our Gossip Queen trying to distract the others while the two dumb men look through everyone's belongings for it with Lynda catching them. Lynda calling them out before Isabel surprisingly covers for them and claims they offered to wash their clothes. Which after diffusing the situation, Isabel offers a counter alliance to Natalia, Richard, and Logan feeling as if Marissa is a questionable leader and Anastasia being too much of a kissass to her, and Lynda being an annoyance to deal with with them all agreeing.”

“Challenge time! Each team has to light a fire for their torch and assemble a raft and set fire to three stations and throw their raft into the original fire. A bit convoluted but works I guess. Blue Team seems to struggle due to Lynda and Anastasia's beef and Ivy struggles due to a skill issue. Though Lynda eventually rallies the team together with some motherly authority, but as it falls apart late she hands it back to Marissa who manages to salvage things. Though after some planning from Ivy and Zaid, they agree to throw the challenge to get rid of Spencer and avenge Tristan. Thus handing the Blue Team their victory.”

“Blue Team celebrates their victory, with Lynda feeling down for almost costing the team the challenge, and wanted to join this show to have something to define herself more as, to which she reflects on her home life and how her boys weren't very nice to her. To which Marissa tries to comfort her. On the beach, Spencer and Jade talk strategy and Jade reveals how she got the immunity idol and her being in cahoots with Isabel, a potential ally, before plotting against Zaid and Ivy next. While our soon to be couple, Zaid and Ivy are discussing their plans for taking out Spencer, before Ivy gives him a kiss on the cheek. They then talk with Jade, Hannah, and Benji about their plan to vote Spencer.”

“At elimination, a twist is revealed that the person getting the most votes gets to switch over to the blue team while that person can choose who to swap in their place, and Red Team gets a disadvantage in the next challenge. Spencer, in a 5-1 vote gets swapped to the blue team, where he makes his decision of who to swap over to the Red Team.”

Going in Circles

“Episode nine! Hope you're still with us, either that or you may have skipped ahead and landed on this specific spot, I still get paid either way so not my problem. Hehe.”

“Last we left off, Spencer was making the decision of who to swap. On the Blue Team, Richard was telling a creepy campfire story, leaving Logan spooked, as Spencer arrives Logan on impulse punches him in the face, yikes! Spencer then reveals the teamswap and as it turns out, Isabel was swapped over to the Red Team. With the lovely nun being given a warmer welcome compared to Spencer, seeming to secure yet another possible power position and helping Jade secure an ally.”

“Isabel and Jade are talking later on about how she still has the idol and plans to separate Ivy and Zaid per Jade's deal with Hannah and Benji. Anastasia and Marissa discuss the situation with Spencer as a teammate, with the former not trusting Spencer since him being voted off the team seems to have measured his worth there. To which it’s revealed that Anastasia has a hard time trusting people, when being questioned if she trusts Marissa, she doesn’t give a direct answer but Marissa does take her somewhere, the two playing some carnival games to help connect and grow closer, and Ana revealing the tragic childhood she had to deal with, with Ana confirming she does trust Marissa, enough in fact to reveal her advantage she acquired. Spencer trying to acquaint himself with the others leaves him annoyed with Natalia at her bringing up his bond with Diego.”

“Challenge time again! As the teams gather, Isabel is still shown to be missed and liked by the blue team, and the challenge here is for the contestants to hold onto the carousel as it spins faster each time, with the last team with members winning immunity. After much spinning, people getting sick, strategy talk,Benji being suspicious of Jade, Spencer trying to find an ally with Lynda, Ana saving Logan with one hand and cartoonish strength and other displays of strategy and endurance, Red Team wins this challenge.” 

“On blue team, Anastasia blames Spencer for the loss with Lynda trying to argue against her, but Marissa trying to play middle-woman and ease both sides, claiming Lynda's sons would be proud of her. Lynda does simmer down and takes partial responsibility for the loss, with Marissa reminding them this IS a team effort after all. Later on Spencer tries again to secure an alliance with the mother, but she is unsure. Anastasia and Marissa talk and the model laments on her times of being in front of the cameras and how she wants to follow her dreams of being a photographer, with Marissa consoling her and saying one day they can take photos together, cute. While Richard and Natalia discuss the vote, with the coach wanting to give Spencer a chance while Natalia is not trusting of Spencer, but fells she should trust her instincts.’

“At the votes, Marissa is eliminated in a 4-3 vote, with Ana being furious and blaming Natalia, but it turns out Lynda was behind the vote, upsetting both Marissa and Anastasia, though Marissa tries to comfort Ana, encouraging her to take her own steps as she leaves.”

Appetite for Destruction

“On episode ten! Anastasia confronts Lynda about the vote while she defends herself saying that she was basically at the bottom of the girls alliance with those two being in charge. Anastasia swears vengeance on her but Lynda is nonchalant about this. Anastasia then sulks in the loss of her teammate, Logan tries to comfort her much to her opposition, but at least agrees to stop sulking in the rain and at least sulk in the dry tent. Natalia in guilt tries to do some damage control, but Richard is having some trouble accepting it and needs time, with our Gossip Queen having to weigh her options and consider who she should cut ties with and who she should stick with. Spencer and Logan do some talking on the beach, to which he thanks the Olympian for not voting him out and growing a bit too close as well. With Logan hoping Natalia can come to trust Spencer as well. And Richard and Lynda are building a budding friendship as well.”

“Meanwhile on Red Team, Ivy and Zaid do a bit more flirting together, and Isabel and Jade bond a bit more discussing Jade's passion to save the turtles with the prize money and Isabel wanting to head back to Argentina, and Benji unintentionally revealing himself listening in much to the women's anger. Hnnah and Benji trying to talk strategy with Hannah trying to keep Benji focused on not ruining his new alliance and to make sure he’s not a liability.”

“The contestants gather for their next challenge, a pie baking and eating contest. A challenge Zaid seemed excited for, to show off his cooking skills to Ivy, what a dork! Logan and Ivy volunteer to be the eaters for their teams. And Ana, noticing the friendship between Lynda and Richard forming, realizes she may have to shift some priorities of who to target. Benji tries to find Zaid and gives some actually good advice on being direct with women, to which the Chef thanks him and Hannah is proud of his good social game. After baking ensues, Ivy and Logan race to eat their pies, Ivy eventually secures the Red Team victory, with Ivy and Zaid kissing and finally making their intentions clear to one another. Blue Team sulks in their loss as they plan their votes, with Ana planning to whittle down an alliance and Lynda planning to send her home, and Logan's hesitance to vote out Ana. Anastasia and Natalia discuss their plan and Ana planning to use the extra vote advantage to their help, they only need one more person to vote alongside them. Richard still having sour feelings against Nat and refusing to flip on Lynda or Spencer only solidifies Nat to have to cut ties with him, and Ana seeing him as too big of a risk to keep him around with his challenge beast skills and too many connections. So they try to acquire Logan's vote, much to the young man's guilt as he tries to secure his connection with Ana and Nat, and flips on Lynda and the guys. In a 4-3 vote, Richard is voted out, but much to his shock it turns out there is a new twist with another chance to return in the next episode, leaving everyone shocked or pleased, the next person voted out will compete in a duel against Richard, where he will wait on Exile Island for it. Logan is riddled in guilt, Richard at least happy to get another chance but saddened by Logan's betrayal, and Ana worried that this could put the target on her back even harder, but determined to ensure he stays gone…”

Poles Apart

“Episode eleven! Still with us? Good! Anastasia and Lynda are burning holes through each others heads with the intensity of their glares, leaving everyone else in the awkward silence, though Natalia tries to comfort Logan and thank him for flipping on Lynda’s alliance though Spencer listens in on this, feeling betrayed by Logan but at least thankful Richard may have another chance. Also glad the heat is being taken off of him for a bit too. Spencer decided to ask Logan why he flipped to which the Jock explains his friendship with Ana and Nat, but Spencer points out he's in danger now, to which Logan tries to assure Spencer he has his back, but he doesn’t buy it.”

Spencer trying to find another ally talks with Anastasia and proposes to her to vote out the next person being someone strong enough to take out Richard, though she calls out his desire to save his own skin, which he agrees, least he’s honest about it, and reminds her of the risk she’d be taking if she chose otherwise. Leaving her conflicted.”

“On the Red Team, Ivy and Zaid in their newfound relationship try to keep it subtle from the others to avoid too much attention, though it's clear everyone knows about it especially Isabel as she recollects on one of her own romantic flings in the past, and assures Ivy to move forward with Zaid if he makes her happy to which Ivy agrees. Though with Isabel, he is motivated not only to help them, but keep the heat and attention on them as well. Meanwhile Benji and Zaid talk about Zaid's relationship with Ivy, thanking the boy for his advice. To which Benji admits he’s not the best with relationships either, but has recently caught they eyes of one or two people here too, to which Zaid listens in and relays the advice he gave him to encourage him. Benji is happy in the budding friendships he’s making and wants to talk with Hannah about targeting Jade, speaking of whom Jade and Isabel talk with Hannah about eliminating Zaid or Ivy to which she reluctantly agrees.”

“Challenge time yet again! The contestants are gathered for the next challenge, before our hosts can explain what happens, Anastasia butts in and tells the red team that Richard was not eliminated, but whoever gets eliminated next has to face him to survive, advising them to send their strongest player if they lose. Jeez lady, why don't you let the hosts do their jobs and say this stuff and stay in your lane as a contestant? Anyway, Hannah just asks why Blue Team just doesn't throw the team to get rid of him themselves to which she gets annoyed. And our hosts explain the challenge to which the three contestants from each team must grab onto a pole with the others trying to pry them off of it and drag them across the line. Nothing much of substance happens here aside from some bickering between Lynda and Ivy and Spencer trying to hide his strength so he’s not considered a candidate for the duel. The Red Team wins, yet again!” 

“Spencer trying to keep as many bridges open for him offers to vote alongside Anastasia, and the two of them are able to give Logan a test of loyalty and a promise of safety by having him vote with them against Lynda duel against Richard, which ends up being a tug of war challenge, to which they both pick their partners, Lynda chooses Spencer and Richard picks Logan, a close call, but after some trickery from Spencer Richard is ultimately voted out, with not only Lynda being safe but Spencer acquiring immunity for the next episode too. Richard leaves but not before he is consoled by Lynda and sharing a hug before sharing some words of support to his other teammates, as he leaves the game.”

Elephant in the Corner

“Episode twelve, etcetera, etcetera! Anastaisa relieved that Lynda's alliance is down a person while Lynda is worried but determined to keep herself in the game. While Spencer and Logan talk on the beach, with Logan impressed by the nerds competition skills, but remorseful for ruining his game by eliminating Diego because he let his feelings get in the way and threw him away like his ex did. Logan tries to cheer him up and tells him that nobody is perfect and to focus on how he moves forward, sharing a platonically yaoi dynamic between the two.”

“Meanwhile, some of the members on the Red Team were suspicious of whether that twist on Blue Team was true or not, and Isabel worried for Richard and hoped for Lynda to be the next target. They try to ask how bad Lynda could be, to which she tries to keep her nose clean and not “gossip behind peoples backs” ugh goody two shoes much? Though Jade seems to be catching onto the act. Isabel and Jade talk a bit about their backgrounds, with Isabel being kicked from her church and finding a new one but still hurt from those past expeiences, and Jade's vitiligo, having to learn to accept it and learning to accept oneself and past and sharing a hug.”

“Ivy and Zaid meet up with Hannah and Benji and enjoy some time together and Ivy wanting to make friends with Hannah, to help lock in the alliance against Jade, knowing people are gonna gun for her and Zaid for being an item and trying to get a leg up first. While Hannah thinks her and Benji's best shot is teaming up with Isabel and Jade. Hannah and Benji talk strategy while drawing their teammates faces crappily in the sand, while telling Benji he needs to think more critically, upsetting him and having him say how she reminds him of his strict parents, and Hannah looking back on her disturbing childhood of getting beaten with a stick for skipping classes by her grandpa. The two trauma bond a bit and she assures Benji he can find his own path, with some unknown feelings sparking between the two as well.”

“The contestants are called to the challenge, where they gotta build a ladder by gathering pieces off the elephant, and climb to shoot a cannon at the opposing team's flag. Long story short, Red Team wins the challenge meaning Blue Team will have to send someone to elimination yet again. Spencer realizing he has a leg up with the allies, but knows Anastasia may have it out for him, though he deducts that Natalia could be a big social threat with how much she’s been under the radar and had two alliances willing to work with her, clocks her as the threat, promising to take out Ana later. He talks to Logan and offers a chance for him to make up for flipping by helping him get rid of Natalia, much to his reluctance but Spencer points out how close Ana and Nat are getting, and if they vote Lynda out now, they'll be in an even bigger risk. While Natalia and Anastasia agree to take out Lynda finally and confident they can get Logan to help vote.”

“At the elimination ceremony, Natalia is eliminated in a 3-2 vote, baffled at why she was targeted when she realized the King of Flipping flipped on her, causing her to snap at Logan feeling even more betrayed. Natalia then flips off Spencer, Lynda and Logan before Anastasia apologizes for not being able to save her alliancemate, to which Natalia tells her to save it and to give the others hell for her to which she says she gladly will before our Gossip Queen departs.”

Rescue Island

“Now we're on episode thirteen. FINALLY, the halfway point! Where we finally get to see how the losers are doing. Unlike the previous seasons, the losers here get a choice to call it quits and head to the motel or to stay on an island for a chance to become a returnee for the competition. And to the surprise, everyone chose to stay on the island, and Kristal had to go visit them to give them the word of when they would be competing for the spot…. which she would soon regret. You’ll find out why in a moment.”

“Anyway, after having to hear Natalia complain for what felt like hours, Kristal took her to the drop off spot where the boat also broke down. Anyway, going to the camp, Natalia had a mixed reception of how everyone felt. Ted assumes either the guys took her down or her alliance betrayed her and gloated a bit at this, Richard and Tristan try to make her feel welcome as the three start to talk and bond a bit. Ted goes scavenging for items and Alessio decides to tag along with him. Guess those two became chummy being early boots as they try to make small talk, Ted asking Alessio about his art but says he’s trying to focus on returning to the game and Ted takes an interest in his art, getting some food and a guitar as the contestants have a decent meal, Tristan trying to takes Zaid's lessons to heart and cooking for the crew. Amelie gets into a heated argument about some of the others about the game before Richard tries to shut that down.”

“Next day, Diego and Natalia go fishing, with Natalia trying to ask the man about how he’s recovering after Spencer stomped on his heart hard, but he seems real dodgy in answering the question. Richard talks a bit with Tristan and tries to be a bit of a father that they need right now to which our local goth seems grateful for, while Tristan talk about how they’ve grown close with quite a few others on the show, making friends with Zaid and Ivy, and getting real close with Benji and Hannah. In fact, really missing those two as well. And Ted finds Alessio playing his guitar, to which he gets annoyed with but compliments his musical skills, with Alessio looking back on how Logan helped him to find the artistic truth. Marissa lamenting a bit of how she misses Anastasia to which Natalia tries to give a bit of support, in her own Natalia like way, saying she’s out there kicking ass in both of their names and missing Marissa too.” 

“Later that night, a bad storm approaches and Diego and Marissa volunteer to gather the others to safety. While Alessio and Ted get stuck in a hole, arguing for a bit before trauma dumping and bonding of Ted's struggles and Alessio's struggles, before the two come to appreciate each other before getting rescued and Ted goes back to get Alessio the guitar and Alessio offers to teach Ted how to play it. Oh how sugar coma inducingly sweet… Oh, where was I? Well… Kristal was at the boat with Amelie and Tristan, before she said something a bit rude and Amelie argued with her defending Tristan, and Tristan had to butt in and trying to keep them from ripping each other apart, Amelie rebuttals saying how their efforts and mindset were similar to Hannah's, but the goth kid reminds her Hannah is still in the game while Amelie is not, shutting her down. Wow, that kid almost reminds me a bit of Oliver, how he tried to keep others well and in check. Anyway, Tristan eventually calmed them down and stepped aside as Amelie and Kristal got to talk a bit, getting to realize how we both can be similar in some ways and… ahem! The others managed to find them as they got to shelter and were able to rest up for the night.” 

“As the next morning arrived, the contestants were in better spirits recovering from the storm. And Kritsal spent the morning working on the boat and getting to know Amelie a bit more… what a queen…Oliver finally arrived and gives the contestants the word that not one but TWO contestants will get the chance to return to Carnival of Chaos!”

In Deep Water

“Episode fourteen, we start off with yet another intense walk back to camp from Blue Team! Many feelings of betrayal, animosity, and a bit of smugness from Spencer, feeling relieved now that the heat has been directed at all three members for one reason or another, and now being the deciding man in the next votes he’ll claim they’ll want to keep him around. Though he couldn’t help but feel a bit bad for Logan as he noticed the guilt on the jocks face, but tries to remind himself it’s just part of the game. That next morning Logan and Spencer talk a bit, Spencer eventually opening up about his bad experience with his ex, Logan questioning Spencer about when he realized his sexuality, hinting at his own personal struggles with trying to figure his out and Spencer trying to give some kinda support for him.”

“Back at Red Team, Zaid and Ivy having a bit of a cooking lesson and talking about their plans to try to win over Benji and Hannah to the side, as Zaid later tries to spend a bit more time with Benji, learning about each others personal lives, Zaid empathizing a bit with Benji’s controlling parents, and talking about how families need to give guidance, but support to each others paths. The two seem to relate to another quite a bit with their history of family issues, not as if that's not the case with over half the cast but whatever… Anyway, Zaid claims that he always feels a bit of a duty to look after those he claims family, and his trauma of his father left a bit of rage within him, claiming that's why he was so gung ho to get Spencer out. Feeling protective over family and loved ones. Benji promises that they can do their best to make sure Spencer gets out and Tristan is avenged. Zaid feeling confident he finally secured their alliance, while Benji becomes worried he may have accidentally promised an alliance he wasn’t meaning to, heh idiots. Meanwhile Ivy and Hannah spend some time together, with Hannah learning a bit about Ivy’s acting career and Ivy admiring Hannah’s outgoing and social nature, eventually Jade sees the two and tries to join in on the conversation, talking about their plan’s for what they’d do if they’d win the money, and Ivy trying to subtly win Hannah over to her side. Isabel makes a confessional noting how Ivy is trying to win Hannah over, and says if there is one thing worse than a physical threat, is someone with a silver tongue, doubling down and needing to win Hannah over and make sure Ivy is their next target.”

“Challenge time! The hosts dressed in some tacky pirate gear announce that the teams will finally be merging and getting to move to a new campsite, with many excited and making confessionals. Such as Spencer relieved that he has his alliance with Jade to help him out now. Zaid is determined to carry him, Ivy and his friends to the end and take out Jade and Spencer's alliance. Logan feeling proud of his arrival so far,, but a bit guilty for having to turn on some of his own teammates, but still determined to win.”

“This episode's challenge will be a treasure hunt, where players will be split up into groups of two to dive for treasure, and the winning pair gets immunity. Benji partners up with Hannah, Logan partners up with Spencer, Isabel with Jade, Zaid and Ivy, leaving Lynda and Anastasia to reluctantly partner up. Starting up the challenge and talk a bit as they search, Jade and Isabel talking about their next target and planning to get Spencer up to speed with what the plan is. Lynda and Ana, while considering throwing the game to target the other, ultimately decide on a mutual truce for the time being. Oh, and Logan nearly drowns and the others try to find him, Jade insists on letting the others try to find him while they get the treasure and Isabel reluctantly agrees. While Lynda and Anastasia and the others work together to save Logan and Spencer gives him CPR, incorrectly may I add, since apparently mouth to mouth wasn’t even required in this situation, but somehow and thankfully our resident jock survives. Isabel and Jade win immunity and the first place prize of Isabel’s Bible and Jade’s turtle plush, and get to select another pair to get their prized possessions. Isabel and Jade agree to give Hannah and Benji their possessions, being Benji's comic book and Hannah’s plant or something, nerds.”

‘Meanwhile, Isabel tries to pull Logan, Hannah, and Benji aside to discuss their vote plans with Benji being reluctant as well as Hannah, but she encourages him to play along for now and they can cut them off later. Meanwhile Anastasia pulls Zaid and Ivy aside to get their votes and support to take out Lynda, with the former still a little hostile towards Anastasia for the incident a few episodes ago, but Ivy calms him down and tries to convince him to go along with it. Ana apologizes again and explains her situation, offering to vote alongside them for whoever they want out next, which in their eyes would be Spencer or Jade. They eventually shake on it with Zaid and Ivy confident with their support from Hannah and Benji. “

“Voting time! And in a 6-4 vote, Ivy is eliminated, with Zaid going off on the others and especially feeling betrayed by Benji, while Jaid claims a social threat is still a serious threat, before Ivy calms him down and is understanding, at least towards Hannah and Benji, Zaid walks Ivy off to the boat and gives her one last kiss before we say goodbye to our lovely actress. With a confession of Zaid telling the others to watch their backs cause nobody messes with his family. Oof, a lot of heat from the chef it seems.” 

Fright Night

“Episode fifteen, we start off with Zaid furious with Benji, with the boy trying to apologize to him but the Chef having none of it and accusing him of both betraying his trust and taking someone close to him away, saying he’s not better than Spencer, leaving the nerd upset and lamenting on his decision and wallowing in guilt, to which Hannah tries to comfort him, and hug, leaving them both a bit flustered. But Hannah does say she is glad he stuck by her side and promises to help him out in voting Spencer off next, promising they can avenge Trisitan and maybe win back Zaid's favor.”

“Meanwhile, Spencer and Jade seem to be plotting but at a crossroads when it comes to their thoughts and decisions for who to target, leaving them to secretly reconsider their alliances. While Zaid is left fuming, Anastasia tries to console him and says she knows what he's feeling as she lost Marissa due to betrayal as well, while still bitter, he appreciates that he at least seems to have someone who he can somewhat trust, though worried if she’ll go behind his back too.”

“Meanwhile Logan takes a swim by the water and invites Spencer along, Spencer trying to maintain good graces and alliance with him tries to get to know him more, to which the athlete tells a bit about his story, how his mom had high expectations for him to win at everything and how he let her down by making third in the olympics and how he wants to win this show to feel like a true winner to which Spencer tries to comfort him. Sheesh, a big comfort fest this episode with everyone huh?”

“Anyway, Challenge Time, the contestants have to go through three rooms in a haunted house, first person out wins immunity. Many look at the carnival house in nostalgia, like Benji visiting one from a dare, or Logan relating this to his last breakup, or Isabel's fear of demons, and did I mention Logan’s breakup? So we get through the challenge, Jade and Isabel trying to stay on Hannah and Benji’s good side, while Isabel noticing Zaid's resentment towards Benji sees an opportunity to get another strong ally while splitting the alliance couple of Hanji, the nun tries to convince him she can help him get his revenge though shell need his help to get Lynda's vote as well and Zaid tries to convince Lynda to vote alongside him, Anastasia saving Zaid ends up getting them in good graces. And Ana is trying to convince Spencer to vote alongside her, using his feud with Jade to her advantage. Many rats, dolls, scares and knives sent their way, but ultimately Isabel is able to score herself immunity.”

“At the elimination in a 4-3-2 vote, Benji is taken out with Zaid giving him a stern look and telling him this is what he gets for betraying him and Ivy, and Isabel proud her plan came together, Hannah goes off on him but Benji tries to calm her down, accepting his fate, she walks him off but not before he thanks her and mentioned his confusing feelings he has for both her and Tristan, but she gives him a kiss on the cheek and says they can figure that out when they all meet up again. Benji leaves with his head held high while Hannah is left with her low feeling alone and worried, but promising to lock in and do her best, for Benji, Tristan, and herself.”

Up in the Air

“Episode sixteen and the eagerly awaited comeback challenge this episode! We start off with Hannah sitting by her lonesome and sad, while Jade tries to comfort her and keep her in good graces, but is starting to realize Spencer may be more trouble than worth. Zaid and Anastasia meeting up, with the former feeling relieved that Benji was taken down, though couldn’t help but feel a bit conflicted at how Hannah felt, though lets his anger cloud his judgement a bit, Ana a bit worried thinks on how he almost feels a bit like a reflection for herself, but Zaid tries to thank her for helping vote out the traitor and offers to return the favor, with Ana’s mind reeling back to having to focus on taking out Lynda discusses their next plan.”

“While our tryhard mom tries to sweet-talk Logan back into helping her out and reminding him the Girls Alliance helped him out when he was alone, and it would be good for him to return the favor. Logan, feeling conflicted, tries to wonder what the right thing to do is, as he’s been feeling helped by others around him, but hates the idea of turning against people he’s called allies or friends, but tries to remind himself it’s just a game. ” 

“And to the challenge, we have our contestants meet up with the losers and are explained that two campers get a chance to return to the game if they are the last standing in a trial of challenges. Isabel being the winner of the last challenge, gets to pick her partner, to which she picks Marissa, much to the surprise of her and Anastasia, though Isabel plans to sabotage her chances of returning as she could see her as both a physical threat and social threat considering her partnership with Anastasia. Lynda picks Richard, Zaid picks Ivy, Hannah is troubled between picking Benji and Tristan, before Benji volunteers Tristan , offering for the two to spend more time together as he said Tristan and Benji have talked a bit. Anastasia picks Natalia, Logan picks Benji, Spencer reluctantly picks Diego. Logan picks Alessio. And Amelie and Ted are left to work by themselves, and Amelie sadly reflects on how her hostile behavior pushed herself away from others but motivates her even more to win to get her second chance and to prove she’s better.”

“The challenge begins, but let's be real here, you guys are here mainly for the drama, relationships, and seeing who comes back. One by one, the duos disperse, Spencer and Diego are able to make amends, Amelie gets some time to talk with Hannah to try to thank her for caring when she didn’t, Richard and Lynda becoming buddy buddy more and helping her out with her insecurities, Ted coming in clutch for a bit and showing his skill till he came up short at the end, Hannah and Tristan becoming closer and being a bit more open about their feelings with each other and Benji, Isabel trying to sabotage Marissa but she is able to see through her and come in clutch even harder. In the end, Marissa and Amelie are the returnees, with Anastasia rushing into hug Marissa with joy and the two happy to be together again, how mushy… and Isabel left worried for what may come and Lynda seeing an opportunity to possibly work with Isabel or Amelie. Tristan and Ivy hugging Zaid goodbye, with Tristan trying to suggest to Zaid to be willing to talk things out with Benji, though the chef left angered and conflicted, says he’ll think on it. Trisitan and Benji giving Hannah a hug goodbye, says they’ll have more time to sort things out later and they say they’ll be rooting for her too. Ted consoled his loss by Alessio, Richard, and Lynda and talked about all meeting up later on to hang out. And with that, marks a big turning point in the game. Find out what happens… now! Cause you're seeing a summary of this season, duh!”

Dead Weight

“Onto episode seventeen, we start with Anastasia and Hannah talking with Marissa and Amelie and considering bringing back the girls alliance, minus Lynda and plus Zaid, as they plan to target her next, with some Anarissa fuel as they seem to hangout and Anastasia indulges in her camera hobbies a bit. Ameie tries to apologize to Hannah with the two starting to make amends again and focus on needing to lay low. After Hannah leaves, Lynda pulls Amelie aside trying to persuade her into helping her counter the alliance with her own potential one trying to get Spencer and Isabel and Jade in on as well, and laying out the point of how close Anastasia and Marissa are, it’s only a matter of time before she ends up on the bottom of the pole again, and leaves her to think on it. Our businesswoman was left a bit conflicted.”

“Meanwhile Logan and Spencer hang out a bit and become too close, leaving Jade to feel that he may be favoring him over her and Isabel, with Lynda approaching her for an opportunity to help take him out, but needing to focus on Marissa or Ana first, with Jade weighing her options. Amelie then tries to make some small talk with Zaid and fumbles, with Zaid venting his frustrations of the game and everything to Amelie, with how he though taking out Benji would make him feel better, and while it kinda did, he feels a bit crappy at the same time too. Before she could respond the contestants were called to the challenge.”

“Challenge time, we have contestants hanging onto handlebars asking each with lie detectors, and get to ask each other questions, if caught lying they lose ropes and are out if they lose enough ropes or fall off, the last person standing wins. And we get many contestants prying into each others personal biz, Anastasia and Lynda taking shots at each other but the more they learn about each other and their struggles the more they can’t help but sympathize with one another, Logan being asked if he feels good backstabbing people and views himself as a good person, to which he’s unsure, Zaid being asked about his relationship with Ivy as well as his attitude, Jade being asked about her reservedness and claiming herself a quote unquote ‘realist’, heh yeah right…”

“Isabel being questioned on if her faith is genuine or if she's out seeking attention on the internet, Marissa being questioned on if the military is what SHE wants or her family wants, Spencer being questioned on his intentions and methods, Amelie being asked what her true intentions are for returning are to which she claims she wants a chance to play better and prove herself a better person, the perfect challenge for truths to be revealed and contestants to go at each other, hah! In the end Logan is the one who wins immunity!”

“Later that night at elimination, it was a close call, but Lynda is eliminated in a 5-3-2 vote, with the mother down, but taking it with a bit more pride than expected, a mixture of being able to play this well and this far, and a but of understanding of her former enemy left the two with a bit of respect for each other. As she leaves with her head held a bit higher than before.”

“Alright, my throat is parched, I'm getting another coffee. Hey! Get me a double latte, and make sure it's decaf!”

Hell of a Deal

“Alright, episode eighteen and nine contestants left! Jade finally confronts Spencer on his inability to work with her and Isabel with the two arguing a bit and breaking off the alliance, leaving Isabel in a bit of a pickle in trying to find additional people to work with considering the girls alliance has the majority. Or tries to think of a way to split them apart. Meanwhile Logan is left down from the last challenge and what everyone said to him and each other and tries to console him, with Logan wondering if he is a good person or not. Spencer tries to remind him it’s simply a game for prize money and that people will play a bit rough, so he needs to be willing to push back too. Heh, I mean he’s not wrong, not like it’s life or death, sheesh.”

“Meanwhile, Anastasia and Marissa hangout a bit, with Marissa talking to Ana opening up about her struggle in deciding her career, but comes to the resolve of wanting to pursue the military to discover herself and see if its what she truly wants, Anastasia a bit reluctant but says she trusts in her judgement and will be there to support her all the way, thanking her for also helping her rediscover her desire to continue pursuing her career in photography, the two being mushy and stuff.”

“Meanwhile Isabel tries to get Jade and Spencer to work together at least one more time reminding them of what is at stake, with them still beefing. Seeing this fail, Isabel tries to make friends with Zaid to possibly either worm her way into the alliance or to find a weak link. To which she tries to help him through his anger issues by giving him some preachy words of Gospel or whatever, which actually somewhat help and she seems to at least earn his trust and Zaid trying to weigh his options for allies, trusting Anastasia, hating Spencer, feeling as if Hannah doesn’t like him, and not fully aware of Logan or what he can provide, but at least sees it as worth it to get him on his side. And Amelie and Hannah are left worried about the idea of Marissa and Anastasia getting too close and taking control of the game, since couples have shown to be a powerful force in the game I guess.” 

“Challenge time! This time the contestants are given money to do bids for various prizes, including food, showers, and advantages and immunities. And a ‘Hell of a Deal’ if I’d say so myself, hehe, see what I did there?”

Emily receiving silence for her joke and she rolls her eyes.

“Whatever. Anyway, Hannah throws a bit of her money away for a PB&J sandwich, lame. Then Spencer and Jade are at each other's throats, counterbid each other for an undisclosed advantage, to which Spencer bids all his $500, but Isabel picking a side gives Jade some extra money to help win the advantage which she ends up doing. Leaving some of the others a bit worried for her having an advantage at play. Zaid and Spencer in their continuous beef, try to outbid each other for the hidden item, to which Zaid wins and it’s immunity! Marissa ends up bidding all of her money for a voicemail from her family giving her some encouragement. Anastasia and Amelie try to outbid each other for a portable shower, to which Amelie wins. And that ends the challenge.”

“After the challenge, Spencer tries to pull aside Logan and Isabel to recruit their help in taking out Jade and seeing if either of those two have any help, Logan trying to show his loyalty says he can try to round up help from Hannah and Amelie, and Isabel says she’ll see what she can do. On the other end Zaid talks with Ana and Marissa to get them to help vote out Spencer, to which they agree but are unsure on who else they wanna target, with a bit of shakiness from their alliances and others priorities, before he tries to find Isabel to ask for her help as well as Jade since she seems to have some ongoing beef with Spencer as well. To which Isabel is left wondering which side to pick, but she decides her pragmatism outweighs her loyalties.”

“We get to the elimination ceremony, and in a 7-2 vote, Spencer is eliminated, guess focusing on your own priorities and being a bit of an ass would put you on the target huh? Well, he ends up down in the dumps but is comforted by Logan and Jade tries to at least make peace with him. Spencer at least tries to exit with his head up, a bit sad in his failure, at least tries to chalk it up to a ‘lesson for next time.’”

Thief in the Night

“Episode 19! Amelie after washing up in her portable shower (whistles), wish i was there… Ahem! Amelie realizes her alliance while strong with Hannah, is still fragile with Anarissa, so she goes to talk with Isabel and Jade, praising them for their ability to take out Spencer and thanks them for their help. This is where Jade says they need to focus on maintaining the majority where she proudly shows her advantage, and Isabel proposes they split up Anarissa since they both serve as a physical and social threat, to which Amelie hears them out though Hannah is reluctant at this idea, and weighing her options.”

“Meanwhile Anarissa and Zaid celebrate taking down Spencer as he thanks them for their help, and Marissa says she’s sure he made Ivy and Tristan proud too. To which Zaid is flattered, but Anastasia does remind them that they will need to focus on their next move as it seems Hannah and Amelie are taking their own path now and Jade still has the advantage, so they’ll need to make sure she flushes that out. Zaid later tries to find Logan who is trying to go for a swim but is still a bit too traumatized from the diving challenge, tries to comfort him and try to win him over to their side, to which Logan has a confession, left unsure on who he can trust or stick with.”

“Challenge time, the contestants are given dart guns and darts to race around the camp and not get caught by a giant animatronic piloted by Oliver apparently? That guy seemed like he had too much fun with the challenge. With many groups splitting off to make to the finish line, Amelie trying to stop our sapphic couple from making it to the finish line, Hannah questions her decision on siding with Jade and Isabel considering their involvement with Spencer and Amelie refusing to let emotions get in the way this time, Logan trying to play loyal to Zaid and Anarissa almost costs him before Isabel saves him, and he claims he ‘owes her one’, and Hannah having to choose between immunity and saving Amelie ultimately decides to get immunity and cross the finish line.”

“After the challenge, Zaid, Anastasia, Marissa pull aside Logan to discuss their plan to take out Jade and have her flush out the advantage before Anastaisa tries to pull along Hannah to help, with her being friendly with them earlier and arguing with Amelie. Meanwhile Isabel pulls aside Logan to discuss the plan with Jade and Amelie and says he can return the favor from them earlier now, mentioning with the advantage Jade has, they may try to target her and need to split the votes, in case the others try to pull a Fiore, Alec, and Ellie and trick Jade. Meaning they gotta play it as safe and cautious as possible. Logan, left conflicted has a confessional, saying he’s been too busy playing for others, and that Spencer is right, he’s gotta be willing to play for himself too, not proud of what he’s about to do, but knows its important.”

“As we get to the elimination ceremony, the votes are cast and Isabel plays her idol on Jade, nullifying the four votes, and splitting the four votes for our lovely couple Anastasia and Marissa, ouch! Those two have to compete in a tiebreaker and screaming at their opponents all the while, with the others feeling bad but relieved their plan worked out. In the end, Anastaisa wins the tiebreaker and in tears, Marissa comforts her saying how she can win this for them and she’s rooting for her, before the two kiss and sending our soldier off. Anastasia more furious than ever, but determined promises to push through this and win for the both of them. Meanwhile Logan feeling some guilt, but tries to assure himself he’s just playing the game just like everyone else and they didn’t even help him earlier during the challenge when he needed it. Yeah, think this elimination hurt a bit. Can’t imagine how the fans must feel.”

Pit Stop

“Episode twenty, we open up with the others walking to camp, Jade rather feeling proud of herself, Isabel having a confessional that that went more harshly than expected and was probably overkill, Amelie can't help but feel a bit conflicted at the stunt they pulled there and how it hurt the couple, especially noticing Hannah's disappointment, an awkward silence between the two. While Anastasia on the docks heartbroken and staring down at her camera and a photo those two took together. Logan tries to approach her to console her but she yells at him in Russian some pretty harsh words and tells him to leave her alone, that she doesn’t want to talk with any traitors, to which he tries to deny, but ultimately does leave her be. Zaid, being in her position before, finds her and tries to comfort her and the two have a bit of time to talk, but she still wants some time to herself, to which he gives her space and feeling angry at many people, claiming them to be as low as Spencer for what they did. Later that morning confronting Isabel for it and rightfully calling her out and calling her “wicked” which greatly offends her, sheesh.”

“Isabel and Jade later  talk about their next move, with Isabel feeling guilty over the move they pulled with Jade confused at how she could be blinded by emotion, but Isabel claiming there's a lot she doesn’t know about her and walks off, with Jade questioning the emotional volatility of her ally. And Logan still struggling to go back into the water, and the guilt he’s feeling is not helping at all.”

“Challenge time! We have the contestants running around a corn maze and test them on their social skills by answering questions about their former contestants. With our more socially skilled players doing well, while some others try to purposefully throw each other off, before eventually Hannah’s social skills come into play and win her the immunity.”

“Before the elimination ceremony, Zaid and Anastasia try to discuss their next plan, trying to convince Hannah and Logan to work alongside, Ana suggesting they target Jade while Zaid suggests Isabel, angrily claiming she’s a snake in the grass waiting to strike, Ana eventually agrees. Hannah promises to help but in exchange they don’t target Amelie, at least yet, wanting to try to get through to her. While Amelie tries to sweetalk and eventually pressure Logan into voting with them again against one of his former allies, saying one of them is too hotheaded for their own good. Logan then later on tries to talk with Ana to get her back to his side and claim that Zaid was the one who made the vote against them last episode. She almost buys it and confronts Zaid, but after some convincing realized that the jock tried to turn them against each other, fueling their opposition against him.”

“In a 4-3 vote, Zaid is eliminated, much to the not-shock, but anger of some of the others, with Zaid going off on their opponents and especially Logan, but decides they aren’t worth the energy. Hannah and Anastasia walk him off to the dock and say their farewells, before Hannah asks him to tell Benji and Tristan she's thinking of them, to which he reluctantly agrees. Anastasia asks if he’ll be okay, he says he just wants to see Ivy again, but he’ll be fine in due time. Closing the story out for our chef this season.”

Taking New Heights

“Episode 21! Amelie pulls aside Hannah and tries to convince her to rejoin their alliance, wanting to keep her safe and appreciating all thats she’s been doing, and promising to help secure a final four with those two as well as Isabel and Jade. Hannah asks what about Logan to which she claims he’s too expandable and a challenge threat and once he's out of usefulness they can vote him out, to which Hannah blows up at Amelie claiming how inconsiderate she is, that she hasn’t been better since her last game and if anything she’s been worse since last time. She knows they’ll have to be pinned against each other, but says that Amelie’s not just playing the game, but hurting others, going behind her back despite their supposed alliance, and taking advantage of them, and she hopes that nobody else would ever have to be subjected to or influenced by her coldness and callousness. Leaving Amelie baffled and left in thought.”

“Anastasia, upset from last episode and by herself at camp is then approached by Amelie who is still down from what Hannah told her, as the two talk to each other about their personal issues with being looked down on by those around them and feeling alone, but eventually able to console one another and bond a bit.”

“Logan is at the beach in conflict before running into Jade, who he asks about how she keeps herself composed and she tries to help him overcome his fear of water. During that they talk a bit of strategy and realize that with the jury votes, they may have to take out the social threats, and with Hannah's knowledge and connection of others from the last competition, seems to imply she could be a big threat. Later on NAME runs into Isabel who asks if he sees her as wicked, cough Yes cough, since what Zaid said to her seems to be eating away at her, to which he tries to claim that just because she did a bad thing or two doesn't automatically make her a bad person, and she comes to the realization that with times changing and people not made perfect, they are still set on the path to find happiness, to which she thanks him for.”

“Challenge time! For this challenge the contestants work in pairs to gather balls while guided by their partner, and the other has to throw them towards the players and hit them three times. The duos are: Anastasia&Isabel, Hannah&Amelie, Jade&Logan. Amelie tries to make amends with Hannah while playing to which she shuts her down, Isabel and Anastaisa verbally spatting before Isabel apologizes for the tiebreaker incident with Marissa, but Ana rebuffs that, and Logan and Jade working well together. Isabel and Ana realize how behind they are and have to set their differences aside, eventually being enough for the two to win immunity.”

“That afternoon after the challenge, Logan is finally able to overcome his fears and starts swimming again, and Jade cheers him on. They then meet up with Isabel and start talking about their next move for who to target as it seems Hannah is a big social threat and Isabel points out Anastasia is one of the last big obstacles in their way and they could take her out after Hannah, to which Logan objects the idea of him taking her out so soon. Though it seems part of him still feels guilty for what he helped do to Marissa? Maybe he still values their friendship? Who knows? He does agree on the idea of taking out Hannah and maybe they could cut ties with Amelie next, with her being so buddy-buddy with Hannah. Amelie overhears and tries to get Hannah and Anastasia to vote alongside her to save Hannah, with the two wondering why she seems to keen to save her, but Amelie apologizes for her aggressive gameplay and for helping take Marissa out, she said she wanted to be better but failed, and really does want to be better this time. Hannah and Ana talk for a moment before agreeing and the three discuss their plan.”

“As we get to the elimination ceremony, we got yet another 3-3 tie, that is if Jade didn't use her advantage to take out Hannah by stealing Amelie’s vote, much to the disappointment of the others. Amelie apologizes that they couldn’t save her but she hugs her and thanks her for the honesty and support, saying she may not be as bad as she thought, thats a huge understatement, but the two have a heartfelt goodbye and says she looks forward to seeing Tristan and Benji again. Anastaisa has a confessional realizing she’s trapped in a corner here and will have to lock in and either win more immunities or get some more help on her side. Will she be able to? Let's find out…”

Dunces & Dragons

“Episode 22! Amelie and Anastaisa meet up to discuss their plan to recover from this, with the photographer trying to find some positivity in this situation that with no advantages left and a possible connection with Isabel, they may be able to work their way through this. Amelie still a bit remorseful she didn’t just listen to Hannah, that she might have still been here if she did. To which Anastasia tries to console her and lets her know she still believed in her, in fact Hannah specifically voted with them on the promise to save her for the time being cause she still believed in her, which Amelie vows to play a more honest game going forward, or at least be more fair than before and not take advantage of others.”

“Later on Isabel and Jade talk about the Jury vote and their stances, Jade worried but Isabel at least fairly confident they can pull this off. In the meantime Ana tries to indulge in some photography at the beach to calm herself and practice her hobby a bit more. With Jade observing some turtles, the two, while not on great terms, try to put aside their beef for a moment to talk about their dreams. With Ana wanting to pursue photography and Jade wanting to pursue a degree in Marine Biology, to perhaps help protect the marine wildlife as she was always fascinated by it. A bit of friendly talk, YAWN.”

“Anastasia meets back up at camp and encounters Isabel, as she tries to play a facade and get on her friendly side, Ana catches on and tries to shut it down, but agrees she’s willing to play friendly with her and possibly forgive her for the tiebreaker instance if she’s willing to help her out. Isabel says she’ll consider it, and Ana chimes in that considering Jade's history of turning against people such as Spencer on top of her strategic mind, it’s only a matter of time before she turns against her. Leaving our nun conflicted.”

“Challenge time! This time a VR special of a tabletop board game called Dungeons and Dumbasses or Douches and Dragons or something. They all get to be characters from this game having to fight monsters and get to the throne first, being the winner. Okay, I know this game is popular but who considered this nerdy stuff!? Oh well, it seemed like it did bring in views anyway.”

“Anastasia was a barbarian, Jade was a wizard, Logan was a knight, Amelie an elf, not like Santa's elf or something but those magical elves with a bow, hot, and Isabel a some kinda holy priest magic person or whatever! They fight through many mazes and dungeons and some of them die, in the game not in real life, and the last remaining two are Logan and Anastasia, they’re at a standstill for a bit before Ana offers him the immunity in exchange he promises to vote alongside them tonight no tricks or flips, to which the athlete promises on his trophies to vote her way and Logan wins immunity for the challenge!”

“At the elimination ceremony, Jade is voted out in a 3-2 vote, leaving her devastated at her loss, but Anastasia says that was for Marissa and Hannah and Logan apologizes but does bring up how he heard she nearly left him to drown in the diving challenge, and finding that to be pretty messed up. Jade tho guilt ridden at least says she can understand and respect his decision. Isabel walks her out and thanks her for being a good friend and ally in the game, with Jade having her promise to keep in touch and to kick ass for the two of them. The two share a hug and our Marine Biologist leaves, being fifth place in Carnival of Chaos!”

Panel of Peers

“Episode 23 and only four people left! This time we cut to the Loser’s Motel with our fourteen former contestants giving them the chance to discuss who they wanna support for winners and get to see where they are currently at.”

“Jade arrives to the motel as we see Spencer giving her an ‘I told you so’ for betraying him and a bit relieved that Logan is still in the game. The Snooze Tribe hanging out a bit with Alessio and Natalia as Lynda leading some Water Aerobics and Zaid reflecting on how this reminds him of some fun memories with his family back home, Ivy being eager to meet his family when they get the chance. Hannah and Benji bringing some ice cream and give some to Tristan as the three sit down a bit, talking about their complex feelings all for each other, and ultimately come to the conclusion that they could all try dating each other, a but unsure of how to approach this but Tristan says with times changing it and society finally being more accepting of all sorts of different relationships, it wouldn’t be wrong for polyamory to be one either. To which they all share an awkward three-person kiss, but says it feels right. Benji eagerly talking about how much he’ll be looking forward to taking them along to the movies and some conventions in the area and Hannah saying she’s looking forward to it and Tristan offers the two to hang out with them at the pool before Benji declines, saying he’s still uncomfortable around Zaid, with Tristan disappointed but understanding, talking with Hannah hoping they can find a way for Benji and Zaid to make up.”

“Marissa, Diego, Richard and some of the others go on a scavenger hunt, with Marissa asking Diego about Spencer and what's going on with them, he and Spencer agree to stay friends and are on good terms. Tristan tries to cheer Zaid up but isn’t in the mood. Alessio gives a listening ear to Ivy regarding her worries for Tristian. Benji and Spencer hang out a bit too and bond over their mutual struggles to socially fit in with others. And some more socializing and stuff going on with Ivy and Alessio winning the scavenger hunt.”

“A bit more social stuff going on, the oldies like Lynda, Alessio, Ted, and Richard playing poker and Bingo. Then later we get to the Jury Roundtable consisting of: Benji, Jade, Ivy, Zaid, Hannah, Spencer, Marissa, and Lynda! They share their thoughts on Amelie, Hannah and Benji having some nice things to say and saying they’d support her. When it comes to Logan, Spencer voices his support as well as Lynda. With Isabel, Jade is glad to be on her side. And with Anastasia: Ivy, Marissa, and Zaid show their support for her.”

“Later that night, Zaid and Ivy are hanging out by the pool with Zaid opening up about how he hates being the angry one and just in the nick of time, TrisHanji arrive at the pool, with Zaid and Benji exchanging mutual apologies for how they were towards each other and Ivy, before they share a group hug and welcome Benji and Hannah to the Boring Tribe. Ivy invites Tristan to live with her in LA and away from their abusive parents to which they happily accept, Benji and Hannah thank Ivy for helping out their partner, and the group enjoy the rest of the night at the pool. We cut to Natalia, Jade, Ted, and Alessio playing poker before Jade wins over them. A peaceful night before the final rounds.”

Hit the Brakes

“Episode 24 and four people left! I already said that last part? Whatever! It’s still true! We're at the final four where Anastasia and Amelie are discussing their plans for what's next, Logan weighing his options for who to work with and who's the bigger threats, and Isabel spending some time in meditation and prayer, a bit more anxious than before.”

“The four lead to their next challenge being bumper cars! Each player has to bump into each other and earn a total of twenty points to win. Isabel and Logan working together against Anastasia and Amelie. Amelie giving Anastasia the points she needs much to her confusion, Anastasia and Isabel neck and neck, before Anastasia wins the immunity!”

“The two alliances discussing their targets, before we get to the elimination, with a 2-2 tie! Logan for being a social and strategic threat and Amelie for being hot, rich, creative, talented, knows how to put her foot down, rock a business suit, is smart, and…”

Emily rambles on a bit and the tape has to fast forward a few minutes before we cut back of her with her hand on her chin in awe.

“And yeah, why Amelie is hot, smart and great at challenges… uh crap!’

She fumbles with the camera a bit.

“Remove that stuff!”

We cut back to Emily with a slightly flustered look trying to keep her composure.

“Where were we!? Oh right! Amelie and Logan had to face off in a thrilling carnival game, though Amelie upon thought decides to let Isabel win, wanting to have fun one last time rather than focusing on playing so hard the whole game, and says that since she is rich it would make more sense for one of them to have the money. Sad to see her go but at least she had fun. Amelie wishes the three the best of luck as she hugs them and heads out, leaving Amelie in…fourth place… SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST!”

She yells as the camera cuts to black.

Judge, Jury, and Executioner

“Onto the final three! As we have them around the campfire celebrating making it this far. Isabel with a newfound confidence in her ability to beat the challenge and/or the jury vote. Logan feels pride in making it this far, though wonders what his family and friends would think. Anastasia feels pride, and a sense of dread for what's to come, but tries to remain determined, knowing Marissa will be rooting for her. As the three talk, they are reminded by the hosts that the person who wins this next challenge has a guaranteed spot for the finale while the other two’s fates will be decided at the Jury Vote. Before that, they have to vote for who gets a disadvantage in the next challenge and get a chance to explain their case. Isabel explains that she is the least physically threatening, though the two know she can be a mental and social threat. Logan claims he knows the two would already try to target him, so to not make it overkill for him. Anastasia claims that she won't gang up on Logan, but reminds him that Jade was partnered up with Isabel who didn’t even help him when he was drowning, while Ana did try to help him rather than focus on winning. With all of their cases made, Isabel is voted to have the disadvantage.”

“Onto the challenge! A short one but intense one, and comes down to Logan winning the spot for the final two, while Anastasia and Isabel are set before the jury. Being asked a few questions, like Benji asking about their social game though unintendedly worded more awkwardly and inappropriately, Hannah asking what they plan to do with the million with Isabel wanting to support the church and Ana wanting to kickstart her career and get a fresher start on life, Ivy asking what they learned in their experience, Amelie asks who they think would have reached the finale if not those two Isabel thinks Jade and Amelie while Anastasia thinks, Jade asks who they think never had a chance of making the finale, Isabel answers Ivy or Benji while apologizing for that take while Anastasia answers Spencer cause he was running on borrowed time with the way he acted towards others. Marissa asks them a moment they put others before the game, with Ana answering that she helped Marissa in her struggles as a leader for the team and Isabel mentioning being a shoulder to lean on for others wanting to talk about their struggles like Natalia or Zaid.”

“And we’ll go ahead and play a clip of some of the questions they were asked:”

“Alright Zaid, you’re up next!” Kristal announces as the Chef steps up in front of the two finalists with a neutral expression.

“Anastasia. Isabel. What would you say is your biggest regret?” Zaid asked, as Ana frowned and Isa flinched.

“I would say my biggest regret is some of my aggressive attitude towards others in the past. Like playing viciously against Ivy and Benji for example. While I feel I had some level of reason to be cautious, I know I went too far when it came to hurting some people or pushing others away.” Ana said with a soft face looking down as Zaid nods in understanding before turning to Isabel.

“I’ll admit I do wish I didn’t have to force Anastasia and Marissa into that tiebreaker. Though nobody is perfect, we all had our chance to be better and have some dirt on our hands.” Isabel said with some waning confidence as Zaid raises a brow and shrugs as he sits back down.

We fast forward a bit to the next one

“Next we have Spencer!” Oliver announces as the college student steps up.

“Anastasia Stisova and Isabel Carbioni. You two have come quite far and done a lot. Who would you say are your strongest allies?” Spencer asks as they sit there in thought for a moment.

“I’d say without a doubt that Marissa was one of my strongest allies as she not only helped me in alliances and helped lead the team, but was an inspiration for me to do better and open up.” Ana says as she puts a hand on her chest and smiles at Marissa who gives her a smile too. Spencer rolls his eyes slightly as he looks at Isabel.

“It would fall between you and Jade as you both had the kind of knowledge and approach needed to play this kinda game. I do wish I had you as an ally earlier in the game.” Isabel says with a smile as Spencer gives a smirk.

“A bit too hard on the flattering, but true.” Spencer says as he sits down.

We fast forward a bit as we get to the last jury member.

“We have our last jury member Lynda!” Kristal announces as Lynda steps up to the two with a studying look before speaking up.

“I  suppose the only question I’d have to ask you two is if you feel you deserve to be here?” Lynda says as they both were taken aback by that.

“I would say that after all the work I did and lessons I learnt, I’m as deserving as anyone else, if not more, to be in this spot.” Isabel says trying to save face and Anastasia thinks before giving a genuine look to the mother.

“I believe that despite my efforts, others would be more deserving than me, like Marissa or even Zaid have done more to be deserving of this spot.” Ana said to which Lynda thinks on for a moment and sits back down, leaving the two finalists in thought and reflection.

“While we had some people clear on their decisions, we had one person being the ultimate determining factor. We cut to the votes, and in a 5-4 vote….

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“With Isabel surprised at how she lost, especially in such a close call, Lynda apparently being the deciding vote fell more towards Ana in this case, just barely though she claims. Jade and Spencer try to cheer her up and Isabel just smiles just says this must be another test from God or something, moving with her head held high. Before going off to shake Ana's hand on her victory, telling her next time she wont go so easy on her and Ana claiming to be up for the challenge and Isabel tells Logan to finish what they started. With Ana and Logan giving each other a challenging look.”

All Out, All Over

“Two contestants, Anastasia vs Logan, Jock vs Photographer, two former friends at play here, one million dollars, and their futures decided in this finale! Logan and Ana have one last conversation, agreeing to at least play fair this time and shaking on it, The two pick their helpers out, Logan picking Spencer and Anastasia picking Marissa. Logan reflects on his choices here and how he feels he played dirty so far to win, but Spencer tries to encourage him that he shouldn’t feel like he has to play just for someone else’s sake, but his own. Anastasia still feeling like she hasn’t earned her spot, but Marissa encouraging her that she’s done so much to earn it and she’s proud of her, that no matter what, they’ll support each other to the end, the two sharing one last kiss before they head off, a long and intense race between our two finalists, two getting ahead of one another and eventually being on even footing before the finish line and…”

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“Logan trips Anastasia before she crosses the line, breaking his word on fair play but securing him the victory and the million dollars and being crowned as Disventure Camp Season Three’s winner! Many cheering for him, many comforting Ana and disappointed, especially Ana for putting her trust in him but being betrayed yet again. Many are left wondering now though  if this is the end of their stories? Well far from it actually! This is just the beginning as we have most of our major players returning alongside our previous seasons contestants for a new season called… Disventure Camp: Island of the Stars! Stay tuned!”