Total Drama Hollywood: Episode 8 - Talent Schmalent
Author Note – I'm back everyone! Had a bit of writer's block for the story, but now I'm back in action!
Chris was sitting at a judge table with Blaineley (who was painting her nails) and Chef (reading a random book) sitting next to him. Flicking up his sunshades, he grinned at the camera's.
"Previously on Total Drama Hollywood," he started out, "We had a bit of beach fun… well more fun for me to watch than anything else. The Wolves vs the Bears, with the Bears sending Gemini home in the end. For the Wolves, Seath took charge and led them to victory. But now, it's time for these two teams to show off their talents to us. Right here on. Total. Drama. Hollywood!"
"It wasn't even that good for views, Chris!" Blaineley shouted off screen, making Chris annoyed.
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doing fine [scene opens up with the lame-o-sine pulling up with Lindsay sitting on the sunroof waving and Josh opening up the door and stepping out. It soon zooms to the pool of the hotel where Chris, Blaineley and Chef are lounging with Jason and Star Demon talking nearby].
You guys are on my mind [Izzy popping out from the hotel pool in a spider suit freaking out Jason and jumping onto Star Demon terrified. Star Demon shoves him off embarrassed and runs after a laughing Izzy].
You asked me what I wanted to be [Duncan was laughing hysterically seeing Izzy easily escaping Star Demon. He soon gets jumped byEzekiel with Gwen and Courtney laughing at him].
And now I think the answer is plain to see [inside the sunroom Duke is giving Rocco a piercing with Gemini and Wynda watching, till Wynda sees Diana and happily runs over and hugs her, the two soon break out laughing].
I wanna be famous [Duke turns his attention toSeath, shooting him a glare and he backs away].
I wanna live close to the sun [Seath is soon grabbed by Heather and pulls him into a room, locking him in and walking away laughing].
Go pack your bags, cause I've already won [outside the studio grounds Grant is riding a motorcycle while avoiding the pyro traps that Fritz set up].
Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day. [scene shows someone peeking out of the shadows and takes a photo causing Fritz to get distracted].
Cause, I wanna be famous! [Scene shows Shawn approaching Felix who is sitting on a bunch of crates and is sharpening his dagger. He listens to what Shawn is talking about and lets him hold his dagger].
Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na na na![On a talk show set, Miko and Samey are talking to each other with Owen listening and eating a bag of marshmallows].
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous [Tag, Jo, Sariel and Mike are all racing down the row of sets with Sariel finishing before the others. In front of them a bunch of shadow figures appeared, making the four get defensive].
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous [Duke is lounged out a leather recliner in the main gathering room and sees Flora approaching. Getting up, he gives her the recliner and she blushes as she sits down. The other soon gather around them looking at the camera on a tri-pod that Diana had brought and put up].
[Whistling in tune as Chris, Blaineley and Chef appear behind Flora and Duke. Diana's camera takes the photo].
Wynda stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed but her hair still frizzed up. She was grumbling to herself about the humidity while trying to tame it down a small bit. Diana was still crashed out in bed, snoring at full content until Wynda jumped down onto her bed startling her awake.
"What the heck Wynda?" Diana called out to her, rubbing her eyes.
"Morning, snoozer." Wynda replied, quickly jabbing Diana on her arm and giving her a big smile. Diana simply rolled her eyes, quickly plucking a quick kiss on Wynda's forehead and went into the bathroom. Since the two girls had become roommates, their friendship had definitely blossomed.
Flora stepped out of the bathroom fully dressed to see Rocco sitting on a chair with Duke giving him a piercing on his lower lip. Duke had just finished up when the two both took noticed of Flora.
"I thought he got eliminated?" Flora questioned.
"I did." Rocco said, "Doesn't mean I can't visit. Think this piercing is good here?"
"Yeah," Duke said handing him some proper care paper instructions. "Just follow those and you'll be fine."
Tag woke up to see Shawn writing stuff down in a journal, mumbling stuff about zombies with bags under his eyes.
"You didn't sleep at all, did you?" Tag asked.
"You won't be able to when zombies are coming after you." Shawn said, not even looking from the journal.
Contestants were slowly starting to flood the lobby, seeing it transformed from the usually appearance that they've seen for the past few episodes. Instead there was a large stage and a judges table there. Soon enough, they saw Chris, Chef and Blaineley walk in to the room with paparazzi right behind them. "Good morning losers, no time for rehearsals today." Chris stated, "today is a day of competition. Humiliation. And how many points you are going to be scoring!"
"Not another talent show…" Shawn mumbled under his breath, and Chris rolled his eyes at him.
"Yes, another talent show, Shawn." Chris said, "Since you won the previous one back on your season, you get to be a judge for today's challenge. So, it gives you immunity."
Sweet." Shawn said, and saw that everyone was staring at him.
Shawn's Confessional Scene:
Shawn – "Probably going to be eliminated in the next episode."
"Now then," Chris said, "All of you guys are going to be out-performing each other. To bad that the Flagrant Bears didn't keep Gemini… she's good at pole dancing and ballet. Would have liked to see her perform." He laughed a small bit and the Flagrant Bears looked at each other.
Owen's Confessional Scene:
Owen – "Now we learn something that we didn't know. Maybe we'll hold a meeting where we can all learn about each other and be prepared for the next episode."
"Now, this is going to be in a series of rounds. Because the teams are uneven, a different number of people will be going up per each round. There will be a set number of competitors per each round; and each round will be determined by this TV where will it will show how many go up for that round," Chris said, chuckling as a TV appeared on the stage. "Could be one-on-one, two versus three or so forth. Good thing this room is huge and tall enough to do your stunts."
"Why do I have the feeling that there is a twist?" Grant said, raising an eyebrow at Chris.
"Oh, there is." Blaineley stated, "Your performances will have challenges. So, when you're performing make sure you're on the tip of your toes as you may get thrown off the stage but -."
"So, whoever scores the most points in the end wins. Points vary between judges." Chris said interrupting Blaineley.
"Wait, that wouldn't even be fair." Gwen stated. "The Wolves have more players then us."
Flora soon spoke up, "They do have a point on that."
"Which is why I was about to say," Blaineley said, "survive the challenges while you perform and you get a half extra point."
"All the while," Chris said, "You have to impress me, Shawn and Blaineley."
"Where's Chef?" Seath asked, raising an eyebrow delicately.
"Busy." Chris and Blaineley said at the same time. "Now let's get this competition going!"
Round one began, both teams watching the TV to see what numbers would appear. Glancing between team members, the numbers finally stopping on 2 to 2. Two Exuberant Wolves vs three Flagrant Bears. Now, it left seven to five.
Exuberant Wolf member Jason was first up, a cooking station showing up on the stage and wicked grin appearing on his face. Cooking knives ready, he grabbed the ingredients for a Beef Wellington and started creating it. Blaineley and Chris looked at each other, both laughing a small bit as Komodo Dragons were brought out and released onto the stage. Jason could see them drooling and one launched at him; quickly taking him out. But he managed to score 10 points for impressive cooking skills.
Jason's Confessional Scene:
Jason – "I have medical training, so I can tend to wounds…" He said, he let out a small whimper, "It hurts worse that I didn't finish making that Beef Wellington."
Felix of the Flagrant Bears was next to step up on the stage, a high wire stunt appearing before him. Grinning wildly, he climbed up to the platform. "Hit me with your best challenge!" He said, adding in a cheer and got on his hands. Chris nodded his head and interns popped up with seagull turrets like the ones from TDA. Firing at him, Felix was quick to avoid a good majority of them until he got hit in the side; but ending up hanging onto the high wire. Scoring 13 points total.
Grant was second up for the Flagrant Bears, grinning as he pulled his dirt bike helmet over his head. "It's surprising that you guys are letting me perform inside."
"Because we aren't risking the paparazzi." Blaineley said as his dirt bike appeared on stage and he got on it, revving it in the process. A couple of the contestants coughed at the fumes as he quickly flipped backwards on his bike, as a burning process filled his face. Managing to perform a few more tricks, he accidently pressed down on the throttle and crashed through the glass door that kept the paparazzi out; but managed to give a thumbs up that he was okay. Score – 22.5 (was 21 points).
Wynda launched herself onto the stage, for the Exuberant Wolves, excitement written all over her face. Popping her knuckles, a couple of wrestling pros came onto the stage and with passion burning she launched herself at them as tiles of the stage disappeared beneath them as they heard the roars of lions.
Wynda's Confessional:
Wynda – "Wrestling plus a death trap beneath, sweet!"
Somehow, one of the lions managed to get out and got involved with the fighting; but it all ending up with Wynda on top just casually blowing off her knuckles. Scoring a good 21.5 points (extra half point extra from Shawn since Wynda flipped a wrestler onto Chris and Blaineley at the same time).
Round two started up, the numbers on the TV spinning, and finally ending on 3 to 1. The Flagrant Bears stared at each other, a bit concern. Now leaving, four members left on both sides.
Flagrant Bear Gwen went up onto the stage, taking in a deep breath as canvas and paints came up for her. Grinning, she looked around the room and it soon became a wicked grin as an idea popped into her head. Twirling her paint brush, the image came to life on the canvas as pellets of ice came launching at her. "Ow!" She yelled, "Do you know how much this hurts?"
"Oh, we know." Chris said, "Too bad you couldn't endure the pain, cause now you don't get those extra half points."
"Well, I'm done." Gwen stated, showing a painting of Chris sitting on top of an injured Blaineley like a chair. Blaineley merely groaned out of frustration making a comment about her art as the final tally for Gwen's points came up – 20. Looking at Blaineley, she walked over to her and slammed the tray of paints on Blaineley with a dignified smile on her face.
Samey was shoved out first for the Wolves, red and white pom-poms in her hands as cheer music filled the scene. Doing a school routine to the music, a floor tile launched itself into the air while angry-revenged rabbit came onto the stage.
Chris's Confessional Scene:
Chris – "Chef found a way to re-ignite the abilities of the rare Blue Harvest Moon through hypnotism and we used it one the rabbits." He ended up laughing and wiped away a tear from the laughter, "Don't worry, it can be reversed. So, no harm to their little minds."
Scoring 19 points, Samey walked off the stage looking pretty much destroyed from the rabbits and trying not to get launched off the stage. For the Wolves, Courtney was next to come up to the stage, violin in hand she moved fluently across the stage as she played the violin until Tag and Sariel were put onto the stage to destroy her performance. The two were quick to tackle her out… but also destroyed the violin in the process. The tally of her points, ending up as 15 (it really didn't impress Shawn and it bored Blaineley in the beginning). Duke soon came onto the stage, a grand piano appearing and he began to play Beethoven's 5th Symphony with skill; slowly interns with eels in their hands came up behind him but he managed to knock out one of the two but got shocked by the other one to a large degree. Totally up 16 points.
Round three began, the TV revealing that it was going to a be a 3 vs 3 now. Marking that the end of the competition will be one-on-one; the score currently being 55.5 for the Bears and 81.5 for the Wolves.
"Well, Bears are losing. So bad." Blaineley said, adding a yawn at the end of her words.
"Oh, I know." Chris said, "Can't wait to boot one of them off."
Tag and Sariel both decided to tag-team as they came onto the stage and met up with an extreme military obstacle course. But right in the middle of it all was Sasquatchanakwa holding Lindsay captive.
Blaineley's Confessional Scene:
Blaineley – "What? She stole my place on Celebrity Manhunt."
The two majorly beaten down Sasquatchanakwa and conquered the obstacle course with ease, with Tag holding Lindsay in his arms at the end of the course. Looking down at her, she clapped her hands but then looked up at him with a confused look. "Are you Tyler?" Dropping her, he just walked away from the scene while Sariel shook her head in dismay. Both of them earning a total of 26 points.
"Hold it!" Chris said, standing up. "Both teams are tied now. 81.5 to 81.5… so, I'm doing an instant elimination."
"Can you do that?" Seath questioned, as he looked about at his remaining teammates that have yet to go on.
"Oh, yes I can." Chris stated, "I don't recall saying that I couldn't. So, since teams are tied, let's do the finale. Of my picking."
"Why you're picking?" Blaineley said, complaining. "Why not my choosing?"
"Because I am the main host of this show! You are just a minor host!" Chris stated.
"Oh, you want to bet on that?" Blaineley said getting right in front of Chris's face. Before the two could do anything, Shawn popped up between the two.
"Guest judge popping in! I pick Owen and Flora to go up to end this competition!" He said as the two hosts stared at him in surprise while he took in a few deep breaths to calm himself.
Scooching himself across the stage, Owen of the Bears came out and gave them a small smile. The three judges looked at each other, but only Chris and Blaineley shrugged as Owen gulped down two jugs of mineral water. Letting out a burp, he let out nearly all of the alphabet until a fart came out causing him to stop. Just about everyone covered their mouths, as Owen quickly left the room and earning a total of only ten points.
Owen's Confessional Scene:
Owen – "I didn't get to do the one burp-alphabet back on Total Drama, so I figured I try it here… But I really messed up for the Bears."
Flora's Confessional Scene:
Flora – "I don't have any real good talents like the others. But I am good at strategy, helping, leadership and finding stuff. God… I hope that things go smoothly for me."
Flora was soon pushed up onto the stage and she took in a deep breath of air. The dinging of a bell filled the silence and Chris waved his hand at Flora. "Only Flora can sing, but make sure to keep up with the rhyming" Chris said.
"I'm a girl that doesn't have amazing talent. But I do make up with good enough merit." She sang, as she happily skipped off the stage. "So, let this song be a show of a small hint, whether or not it's a big hit."
She had popped off somewhere for a few seconds remembering conversations when cameras had been off and things missing (even a few things of her own), but had quickly reappeared before anyone could question where she went off too. "But I'm great when it comes to helping others, always there lending my hands. Trying to keep with Chris's and Blaineley's demands. But another catch, is finding the hidden stash."
Right at Shawn, she threw him a Zombie Apocalypse guide, which he said he'd been looking for about two weeks now. "You need a book for survival, can't loose knowledge of your zombie trial." With Blaineley, she handed her a compact mirror. "You're a queen who knows her beauty, so get to work on it double duty!"
"Can you find out who did this?" Blaineley questioned her.
"I will once I give this to Chris." Flora said, handing Chris a bag of his hair gel.
"Now, my hair won't be getting so tough." Chris stated, giving Flora a thumbs up.
"And I know who's been taking our stuff." Flora rhymed her words to Chris's, putting her hands on the sides of her hips. "It's not hard to figure out. The gum we found gave her out. Bolder than Blaineley's mascara, it's Sierra!"
Sitting down on the stage, she let out a breath of air as a camera flash went off next to her thus making Flora fall off the stage. Mike and Diana were quick to pull her away, as everyone looked around to see where Sierra had popped in and out of. Looking towards the TV, everyone saw that Flora scored 14 points.
"It's 91.5 to to 95.5, Exuberant Wolves win." Chris said, as the team cheered.
"But a twist!" Blaineley said and everyone stared at her and Chris as they laughed.
"The winning team is sending someone home!" They both said. "Good luck voting."
Jason's Confessional Scene:
Jason – "Truth, the Exuberant Wolves won. Hollywood reality, the Flagrant Bears did."
Gwen's Confessional Scene:
Gwen – "We aren't sending anyone home today! Woohoo!"
Sariel's Confessional Scene:
Sariel – "It was a good twist. Now, we're all going to be guessing about the next elimination… And where the heck is Chef? He's usually done whatever Chris needs done before the end of the day."
Grant's Confessional Scene:
Grant – "Safe for another day."
Owen's Confessional Scene:
Owen simply doing a dance for a few seconds, until a loud fart interrupts him. Laughing, the camera cuts out on him.
At the poolside, the Exuberant Wolves were looking at each other as Blaineley came onto the scene. "Chris, isn't hosting this part as he's getting a massage. So, let's get this rolling."
Snapping her fingers, an intern came onto the scene rolling a cart of Mr. Coconut plushies. "As you can see, there are only seven Mr. Coconuts, thus making this a triple elimination now, so we can get to the merge quicker. I'm going more or less off your votes, telling all of you who is safe. When it's down to three, you're getting hit by meatballs."
"Shawn, since you got immunity." Grabbing a Mr. Coconut, she launched it right at Shawn and he instantly caught it. "Flora, because you score higher." Throwing one at her, she caught it with ease. "Samey, you're still in game along with Duke." Throwing them both, one hit Samey in the head while Duke ignored his; Flora was quick enough to hand Samey's hers. "Seath, because you're still pretty enough to stay in the game."
Catching his, he simply threw a wink at her. "Wynda, you're safe… even if I got smashed by a pro wrestler, who is also my fitness coach." Throwing the plush at Wynda, she simply stuck her tongue out at Blaineley. Now there was only one plush left between the four remaining contestants.
"Courtney, you scored 15 points and got taken out by brute force. Jason, you got kicked out by a Komodo Dragon scoring a pathetic 10 points but I might want to hire you as my sous chef… but as an intern to avoid be sued. And here, Mike and Diana didn't get a chance because of Chris." She said, squeezing the plush between her hands.
"And this last plush goes to… Mike." She said, tossing it to him. "Diana, Courtney and Jason, it's off to the Aftermath for you three. Bye bye."
In a completely new room, those that had met before to talk about the villains. Now it was down to Duke, Mike, Samey, Seath, Sariel, Star Demon, Flora and Owen.
"So, think we still have a chance at finding the villains?" Mike questioned rubbing the back of his head.
"Sierra, she's been doing some behind the scenes stuff," Seath said, "So, can we bring her into this alliance? Or keep her out?"
"Well, let's make her promise first. She can only be in this alliance long as she doesn't steal anymore of our stuff." Sariel stated, while Flora and Samey agreed with her.
"So, Sierra's in?" Owen said getting a bit nervous. "She's been getting crazy cause she's not near Cody."
"Don't care," Duke said, "We agreed, now we're stuck with it. She's in."
"This is going to be fun." Star Demon stated, as he left the area.
Eliminated for Episode - Jason, Courtney, Diana
Elimination List: 26-Miko, 25-Izzy, 24-Ezekiel, 23-Jo, 22-Heather, 21-Rocco, 20-Fritz, 19-Gemini, 18- Jason, 17-Courtney, 16-Diana
Remaining Team Members:
Exuberant Wolves: Duke, Flora, Seath, Wynda, Mike, Samey, Shawn
Flagrant Bears: Star Demon, Owen, Sariel, Grant, Gwen, Tag, Felix
Missing – Duncan of Flagrant Bears
I'm doing a mention to people who have submitted an O.C to me but got eliminated before merge:
Jason – Demon420
Fritz – Undescovered Potential
Rocco and Gemini (they're twins and got submitted on the same form) – ZeroYouth
Be prepared for the upcoming chapter/episode of Total Drama Hollywood! I will be holding another Aftermath soon, and who knows what might happen!