It was 5:30 am in the morning and Chris was in the mood to give them a rude awakening. "Everyone out of the RV now!" Chris yelled through his megaphone. Six tired teens stepped out of the vehicle. Jasmine accidentally hit Courtney in the head when she stretched her arms out while yawning. "Jasmine!" "Oops, sorry mate." Courtney quietly growled at her.
~in the confessional~
"That Courtney seriously needs to chill. Even Shawn is more laid back than she is and he's paranoid about zombies 24/7. Shawn, if you are watching this I miss you. Love you." Jasmine said as she blew a kiss to the camera.
~confessional ends~
After Courtney dusted herself off she notices the other were gawking at something, she saw it too. They all see a large slightly dirty circus tent and a bunch of small tents everywhere. "First the carnival, and now a circus?" Sky said. "What? Can't I show you kids a good time?" Chris said with a sly smile. Erin discretely rolled her eyes.
~in the confessional~
"I am going to take a wild guess and assume Chris never got to go to a circus and a carnival when he was a kid. Can't imagine why, he's such an angel." Erin said sarcastically.
"As long as I have Sky was my paw...I mean ally, I will be fine." Courtney said.
~confessional ends~
"Alright, listen up, before we get started I have some big news..." "Please tell us you are being replaced with a new host." Samey said. "No! Anyway, this piece of news is huge actually; as of right now, no vote will be required, which means all of you will have to rely on your skills to save your butts from being eliminated." Chris said. "What?!" Everyone exclaimed. "Seriously, you all saw it coming. Oh wait, you didn't. Now, on with the challenge. Follow me." "Hold it Chris! How could we eliminate someone without voting?" Erin asked. "You'll see after I explain today's challenge. Now seriously, follow me." The slightly annoyed host leads them into the large circus tent.
About half an hour later, they stood within the middle ring. "Today's challenge should be fun...for the audience." "Excuse me? What audience?" Courtney asked. "Every loyal Total Drama fan watching this show, plus those kids over there sitting in the bleachers." Chris said pointing to a group of kids. Jasmine became curious and worried, hoping it won't be like the dangerous baby challenge last season on Pahkitew Island. "Um, Chris? Who are those kids?" "Relax Jasmine, those are the producers young nieces and nephews. All you have to do is perform something silly or incredibly hilarious enough to make those kids laugh. Their laughter will be measured by this meter." Chris said pointing to the meter dressed as a clown. "The clown who gets the most laughs will be safe from elimination, the clown with less laughs or 0 is out of the game." "So basically it's one of those first one or last one will win challenges?" Max asked. "Hey! Who is the host here?! Chris yelled making Max nervous. "Now go work on your routine and once you are ready head for the dressing room for the pre-challenge."
A bit later, after everyone worked on their acts, they head for the dressing room. The minute they stepped out Chris laughed his head off! "I can't believe you guys fell for it! There is no pre-challenge! I only made it up to get you guys to wear that stuff! Hahahaha!" Everyone glared at him. "Okay okay, now get ready to break a leg." "I'll break more than legs, for my evil style of comedy will put you in stitches!" Max bellowed. "What that even mean?" Erin asked.
Jasmine works on her juggling act, Sky incorporates her gymnastics with her burping skills, Courtney does her artistic improve, and Erin practices her magic. Samey and Max we're undecided.
"Ladies, gentlemen, and children of all ages! Welcome to Cirque du TDRW! Our first act will be...Sky!" Sky enters the middle ring and starts her gymnastic act pretending to fall and then burp. The kids laughed pretty loudly, giving her 8.5 laughs on the meter. "Pretty good. Next up is Courtney..." Courtney does her improv of the people love she can't stand. The kids laugh and gave her an 7. "Almost Courtney, okay Jasmine show us what you got." Jasmine does her juggling and so far she is doing well until something went wrong, a lion appeared and started chasing her. She dropped her juggling balls and ran super fast. Chris picked up of them up and sniffed. "Huh? Steak sauce?" "Steak sauce?!" Jasmine yelled. Courtney smirked and Sky looked away.
~flashback~
While Jasmine was doing her stretches Sky grabbed her juggling balls and Courtney started pouring and spreading steak sauce on them with a brush.
~flashback ends~
Jasmine was able to avoid the lion by climbing up a pole until animal control shows up. The lion jumps and roars as she screams. She got a 5. "Oh boy Jasmine you better hope the one of these clowns mess up, but not in a comical way. Now let's see who we have next." Chris says as she looked at the list.
~confessional~
"I can't believe I helped Courtney sabatoge Jasmine's act! Jasmine. My best friend! Why?! Oh curse my need to win!" Sky exclaimed feeling ashamed. "You know what, I swear I will have Courtney voted out once everyone else is eliminated, either Samey or Max. Max is annoying and easy to get rid of, as for Samey, well...I just don't see her making it to the final four, final five maybe, but unless she gets really low laughs she is gone like that." She said as she snapped her fingers.
~confessional ends~
Erin does the old rabbit out of the hat trick but with a twist, she pretends to find a bunny in her hat but instead she pulls out a cow's head. Erin fakes a shocked and embarrassed look on her face to be convincing. Everyone was in awe until the cow mooed and the kids laughed. She got a 9. "Wow, those kids will laugh at anything." Chris commented. Samey comes up. "Good job Erin." "Thanks Samey, break a leg." As soon as Samey got to the ring she spoke. "For my comedy act I will be doing an impression of my bossy, mean, evil twin sister Amy."
~in the confessional~
"I know I should've done several impressions but I rather go with what I know." Samey commented.
~confessional ends~
Samey clears her throat and places a fake beauty mark on her face before speaking. "Samey switch seats with me. Samey get out here. I'm the beauty and brains, you're the twin that stinks at everything." All the kids thought her impression was not only funny but it was true. She got a 9.5.
Even Chris thought it was amusing. "Very good Samey. I almost believed you were Amy. You are who you are right?" Samey rolled her eyes. "Just kidding! Hahaha." She bows and removes the fake beauty mark from her face. Then the host whispers to Chef Hatchet. "Remind me to check the security cameras just make sure, I don't want another twin confusion like last time." Chef Hatchet nodded in agreement. Chris resumed hosting. "Alright, our last clown of the day is...Max!"
~in the confessional~
"Back at Pahkitew Island, Sugar always kept saying that I was funny even though I was merely giving evil speeches. Might as well use that in my act. Making those simple children laugh should be easy." Max said feeling so sure of himself.
"Maybe if I am lucky, Max will get a super low score and I can still be in the game." Jasmine said.
~confessional ends~
Max walks toward the ring and was about to speak when he slipped on some steak sauce and trips. He around like a beach ball; running into cacti, flaming hoops, and a caged lion. The amateur evil incarnate ran out as the lion chased him around, around, and around. He screamed like a cartoon character. The kids laughed louder at Max's misery and the meter broke. "Whoa, I can already tell that Max wins." Everyone else was like "wha?".
~in the confessional~
"Those kids were eating at the palm of my evil hands. Obviously they good taste in comedy." Max commented.
~confessional ends~
"And unfortunately, one of you has flunked clown college. Sorry Jasmine but since you had the least laughs you are out." "But! But! But..." "No buts accept the Hayride of Shame missy." Jasmine groaned.
That night everyone said goodbye to Jasmine. Samey looked at her sadly. "I am going to miss you Jasmine." "Me too mate. Good luck and watch out for those three..."Jasmine sighed sadly. "...especially Sky." "Don't worry I will not let my guard down." The two besties hugged each other before Jasmine departs.