Total Drama World Race- Team Switch Up and Down
Recap
The episode begins with Chris and Blaineley in the jumbo jet, in the pilot compartment, "Previously on Total Drama World Race." Chris announced as the screen flashed to Finland and the saunas, "Our contestants had to bake in saunas for a chance to advance. Where the dirt was dished out."
"That's right Chris, those that advanced to the second part of the challenge, had to perform on stage in front of their peers, and audience." Blaineley said, as the show displayed Harold, and Kitty singing. "While some excelled, others faltered."
"Owen met his biggest super fan, while Mickey stunned everyone with a new look, and blew the house down with his performance." Chris said.
"The biggest shock though was Trent, who had his guitar sabotaged, and was accused of throwing the challenge for Team Style, and it was later discovered that Noah tampered with the guitar, as Heather and Katie watched from the vents, and Bowie stood guard." Blaineley explained, as the show showed Trent's freakout, and Noah tampering the guitar.
"Despite having a sizable group behind him for elimination, Trent was sent home when Sky wouldn't risk a 50 percent shot of going home herself." Chris concluded. "Tonight, Team Style, Victory, and Amazon are no more. New teams will be formed, and it is guaranteed to be tension filled."
Second Intro
Dear Mom and Dad I'm Doing Fine
Owen is shown swimming away from the edge of the Victorian Waterfall to no avail as he falls off the edge.
You Guys Are On My Mind
Tyler and Lindsay are shown in a max security prison, with Lindsay looking at herself in the mirror, while Tyler tries to look for an escape.
You Asked Me What I Wanted To Be
Bridgette and Geoff are shown at a train station, with both smiling at each other.
Now I Think The Answer Is Plain To See
Harold is riding a mechanical bull, while Bowie half haphazardly cheers, before looking over at what Millie is writing.
I Wanna Be Famous
Jo is shown looking relaxed getting out of a sauna from Finland, while Damien runs out freaked out about his situation as he is sweating profusely.
I Wanna Live Close To The Sun
Noah shows Sky a bag of bunnies in Australia, as Sky awes, and Noah blushes at her reaction, before getting tapped on the shoulder by Julia to talk.
Well Pack Your Bags Cause I Already Won
Scott and Courtney are shown sneaking out of Area 51 and then running away, both laughing before blushing at each other.
Everything To Prove Nothing In My Way
Zoey and Topher are shown making an igloo, while Anne Maria gets growled at by a penguin and runs away, prompting all of them to run away.
Cause I Wanna Be Famous
Alejandro is shown face to face with a Komodo Dragon and does not flinch, as Katie rolls her eyes at how well he is doing while Heather also rolls her eyes but smiles at him.
Na Na Na Na Na
Mickey is shown on a singing stage trying to catch his breath, as Cody and Kitty give him a thumbs up in the crowd before looking at each other awkwardly, and Ezekiel raises his eyebrows at their interaction.
Na Na Na Na Na
Duncan and Gwen are shown holding hands, along with Trent and Jen, both couples about to kiss in the Greek Stadium before the jumbo jet makes all of them duck for cover.
I Wanna Be I Wanna Be I Wanna Be Famous
The Top 29, Chef, Blaineley, and Chris are in a group photo in downtown Las Vegas, (Chris, Chef, and Blaineley are in the front of the camera, while the Top 29 are in the back)
I Wanna Be I Wanna Be I Wanna Be Famous
The camera zooms past Chef, Blaineley, and Chris and shows the Top 29. (Various highlights include on the bottom row, Cody holding both Mickey and Kitty's hands, Zoey and Topher smiling at each other, before Topher looks down to see Anne Maria glaring, Heather glaring at Alejandro, and Owen giving Noah a bear hug. )
(Whistling)
The intro cuts, with the camera zooming past the cast to the logo of the show.
(End Of Intro)
Streets of Finland
The episode begins showing the jumbo jet, still docked in front of the stadium from the previous challenge. A little ways away, Alejandro is shown walking around "Stupid team." Alejandro muttered to himself. "They will see the true power of Alejandro." Alejandro continued to say to himself.
Confessional- Alejandro
"I'm done with my stupid old team. Most of them have voted me out. Whatever team I end up on, I will get control of, mark it."
Beachside
Elsewhere in Finland, was one of the couples of the show in Topher and Anne Maria, both admiring the rising sunrise, "I've always had heard that Finland sunrises were beautiful. But seeing this in person, priceless." Topher awed.
"I agree babe." Anne Maria said, as she looked at Topher. "It's beautiful, like what we have with each other." Anne Maria said. "Actually Topher, there's something I want to tell you."
Topher had taken his eyes off of the sunrise to look down at Anne Maria,"Sure Anne Maria, babe, what's up?" Topher asked, unsure of what his girlfriend was alluding to.
"I just wanted to say that despite everything, I am so happy to have you here." Anne Maria began to say, as she took a deep breath. "Topher, I don't know if you feel the same way, but I love you Topher. I love you so much." Anne Maria confessed.
Topher however was completely thrown off by what Anne Maria just told him, he could only say the first thing that came to mind. "Oh that's sweet, babe." Topher said.
Anne Maria however was left completely stunned, she just confessed to her boyfriend Topher that she loved him. But instead of Topher telling her that he feels the same way, he just said that's sweet. Anne Maria couldn't believe it, and was speechless, in fact all Anne Maria could say was "Wait what?"
Topher himself couldn't believe what he said, "I…. Anne Maria, you know, that I'm not the most forward person. But I still care and like you so much." Topher said, trying to defend himself. "You're still my girlfriend."
Anne Maria admittedly wasn't even fully thinking properly, "Yeah." Anne Maria said as she was trying to gather her thoughts. "I'm going to head back to the plane sweetie." Anne Maria told Topher still trying to think properly as she felt that maybe somehow time to herself.
Topher had looked back at the sky, he still enjoyed the view, but he also knew that he completely messed up. "What did I just do?" Topher asked himself. "Topher you are an absolute idiot." Topher told himself.
Confessional- Anne Maria
"I'm such an idiot." Anne Maria bemoaned in despair. "I just jumped the gun with Topher."
Confessional- Topher
"That was so awkward." Topher said as he nervously chuckled. "I've been dating Anne Maria for a month now, and she told me that she loves me." Topher explained. "Maybe I'm weird, but it feels way too soon to be saying that stuff." Topher further explained. "What was I supposed to do?"
Confessional- Anne Maria
"Goddamn it! You're a bigger idiot than Zoey!" Anne Maria yelled out.
Start of Challenge
At this point everyone who was in the game had gathered inside the Jumbo Jet, specifically the elimination ceremony room. Chris and Blaineley were standing at the podium, as the former began speaking. "As you all remember, last night you were told that you guys were told that there will be new teams, here's how the challenge works. Scattered around the plane is your Total Drama passports. Find your passport and you end up on the team."
"Now a couple of rules. Each team has 7 spots on them, you can find other people's passports if you want but the moment you are placed on a team, you can't look anymore. Now Team 1 has an automatic fill in as we have an automatic fill in spot. This passport belongs too Julia." Blaineley announced.
"Why of course." Julia bragged.
"Now the person who finishes last will receive a punishment for the next challenge. Good luck to everyone left, trust me you'll need it." Chris explained in a sinister tone.
Confessional- Heather
"I don't want that disadvantage. The way Chris was talking about this disadvantage sounds bad. I know everyone else is thinking the same thing."
Confessional- Jen
"I miss Trent so much." Jen said, sadly remembering her boyfriend. "But maybe with a new team, I can meet some new friends. Or at least not feel so upset. I would rather wear a trailer park outfit than be on this team." Jen said as she cringed thinking of the last item.
Challenge Start
As everyone began looking in the jumbo jet, the first scene went to Jo and Owen, as Owen walked up to her "Hey Jo, I was thinking we should aim to not be on the same team. Just so we can both merge together." Owen told Jo. Owen however was thrown off by Jo looking at him weirdly, "Is something wrong Jo?" Owen asked.
"It's just that I didn't think you would think so smart." Jo observed. "Did something happen in Finland to make you think of the game so much?" Jo asked.
"I met this girl during the concert, Priya. She just encouraged me to try and think smarter about the game. I hope you don't mind." Owen said.
Jo was frustrated but understood what Owen was alluding to. With every team only having 7 members, having a known duo on a team was something Jo worried about. "I don't mind. But just know that if you ever need to talk things out, my door is open." Jo told Owen.
"Thanks Jo." Owen said as the two friends departed for the time being.
Confessional- Jo
"I never thought during this game I would meet people who would make me soft." Jo said. "But both Brick and Owen were there for me after the whole Dave fiasco." Jo said remembering her game at her lowest. "I honestly never thought I'd make it that far. But Owen's right, we can't be on the same team. I just hope I can do this on my own now."
Cargo Hold
Deep inside of the cargo hold of the plane was Bowie looking for passports when Duncan walked up to him, "Hey Bowie want to work together for this challenge?" Duncan asked, hoping to rekindle working with Bowie.
Bowie however wasn't happy at all about seeing Duncan, "Nope." Bowie said in a noticeably bitter tone.
"Why?" Duncan asked. "What's got you all riled up?" Duncan asked.
"You ruined my game on Team Style, so why the hell would I want you on my team again?" Bowie asked.
Duncan was left stunned at what Bowie just told him, "When have I ever, and I mean ever ruined your game on our old team?" Duncan asked. "I've always had your back, and never once considered voting you out dude."
"You didn't have our alliance back when you voted Justin out in Hawaii." Bowie bitterly explained. "Then you also voted out Trent."
Duncan however was not pleased that Bowie brought up voting out Trent, and found it funny. "Wait, didn't you also vote Trent out?" Duncan asked. "You're an absolute hypocrite."
"Yeah I voted Trent out. Because at least Alejandro said he wanted to take out Julia." Bowie explained.
"You're obsessed with taking her out." Duncan said.
"Well wouldn't you want to take out someone like her?" Bowie asked back.
Before Duncan could respond however, Chris's voice on the intercom was heard. "Everyone stop! The next members of Team 1 are Duncan and Heather."
Bowie looked like he was about to laugh, "Ha, now you're on a team with Julia. You deserve her." Bowie said. "Oh and good luck with Gwen." Bowie said sarcastically.
Confessional- Duncan
"I'm so annoyed." Duncan complained. "I wanted to work with Bowie, but I got rid of Justin. So he wants nothing to do with me, which is fair." Duncan explained. "Now I'm on a team with Julia, who is Bowie's white whale, and Heather. Maybe I will be the one to get rid of Julia, just to shut Bowie up."
Confessional- Heather
"I was the only one smart enough to realize that there were probably other passports besides Julia's in the elimination room. Sure as shit, I saw my passport and Duncan's right behind the elimination booth." Heather explained. "I didn't want the penalty and besides, Duncan is a good distraction as he always causes drama no matter where he goes, and I have dirt on Julia so I put myself on this team."
Cargo Hold
Back down in the cargo hold, as an annoyed Duncan walked up to be on a team with Julia and Heather, the camera focused in on another group looking. This being Katie, Millie, and Lindsay. "Millie, we have to be on the same team." Lindsay told her best friend.
"I'm so scared about this disadvantage." Millie said as she kept looking.
"Totally." Lindsay and Katie said at the same time, freaking Millie out for a second since both sounded so similar.
Luckily at that moment all 3 of them saw their passports, "Yes. Our passports!" Millie cheered out, as she was about to take off before getting tapped on the shoulder by Lindsay. "What is it?" Millie asked.
"Shouldn't we wait, I don't want to be on the same team as Heather." Lindsay said uncertain about wanting to be on the first team.
Katie however spoke up, "Guys trust me. Heather would want Julia out before you guys, trust me this team will be great for all of us." Katie said as she took off, alluding too the fact she had information for both of them. "Come on girls!"
Lindsay sighed and looked at Millie, "What do you want to do Millie?" Lindsay asked.
"Let's just trust what Katie's saying." Millie explained. "I don't want us to get a disadvantage and the sooner we get this challenge done, the better."
Confessional- Millie
"It's not my first team choice, but I have Lindsay with me. That's what matters most." Millie stated. "I need Lindsay in this game, as she's my best friend."
First Class
In First Class, Gwen was shown looking "Damn passport, where are you?" Gwen asked herself. "I've seen most others but where the hell is mine?" Gwen further asked, as she looked at the door in between First Class, and Luxury Class. "Screw it." Gwen said as she entered and looked near the piano. "Perfect!" Gwen said.
Scott and Courtney both appeared with Courtney looking around nervously "Did you find any passports?" Courtney asked. "I'm pretty sure we can't even be in this room."
"Look at the piano." Gwen said, as it showed her passport, along with Scott and Courtney's,
Before anyone could say anything more, Blaineley's voice was on the intercom. "The final spot in Team 1 is Jo."
Courtney then gasped, "Wait Team 2 is wide open, grab the passports, if we are all on the same team, we can control the team!" Courtney said out loud, nabbing her passport.
Economy Class
In regular Economy Class, Alejandro was looking for his passport, but then he realized something as he looked at the camera, "Why bother to find my own passport when I can find others and cause chaos with the new teams?" Alejandro said.
The camera then panned over to Cody and Kitty, with Cody he was focused on finding his passport to avoid whatever punishment was in store. "I swear this is like finding a needle in a haystack." Cody said, as he turned to face Kitty. "What's wrong Kitty?" Cody asked as he noticed his girlfriend had a solemn look on her face. "You're not your normal happy self." Cody noticed with Kitty.
Kitty sighed in frustration, "Cody, why didn't you comfort me during Mickey's performance, and while I'm at it, why did the flowers end up with Mickey?" Kitty asked.
Cody was taken aback and didn't expect Kitty to confront him already. "I um, I was just uh…." Cody said, stuttering trying to get his words together.
"Well, what do you have to say for yourself?" Kitty asked.
"I was just transfixed with Mickey's performance. I should have comforted you, but I still care for you so much." Cody said. "As for the flowers, I already told you, I bought them for you, told Zoey they were for you. So talk to Zoey about why she gave my flowers to Mickey." Cody explained.
"It's just frustrating that you decided that you would rather watch Mickey sing then comfort me." Kitty explained. "Are you and Mickey closer than best friends?" Kitty asked, as she felt even more suspicious of their friendship.
Cody instantly froze in place, as his mind instantly went back to the kiss he had with Mickey back in Dubai. Did Mickey tell someone? All Cody could think to do was deny, as he already had enough problems and if Kitty knew the truth, things would get worse, "Mickey and I are just best friends." Cody said, "Mickey looks at me as a close friend, and he knows that is all we are and he likes that." Cody said as he was now actively lying to Kitty.
Before Kitty could continue to say what she thought, Chris's voice was heard on the intercom, "The next person on Team 2 joining Gwen, Courtney, and Scott is….. Kitty." Chris announced.
"Well good luck Cody." Kitty said, but her tone wasn't convincing.
Cody was now left alone, and all he could feel was confusion, "This is getting way out of control." Cody told himself. "What do I do with both of them, and why can't things be like how they used to be?" Cody asked himself.
Confessional- Kitty
"Is it wrong that I kind of hope that Cody and I aren't on the same team?" Kitty asked herself.
Confessional- Cody
"I've got to talk to Zoey and Mickey, and get this whole thing cleared." Cody then sighed in frustration. "Why is my life so frustrating?"
Back To Scene
The scene picked up, showing Tyler looking for his passport as Alejandro returned after assigning Kitty to the second team. Tyler however didn't even notice that Alejandro was with him. "Where's the damn passport?" Tyler asked himself, before noticing Alejandro. "Oh hi. Alejandro is it?" Tyler asked.
Alejandro nodded his head, "Hey amigo, what's troubling you?" Alejandro asked.
Tyler admittedly felt very guarded with Alejandro. The Latin's perception wasn't great with others. Most everyone had kind of known he was responsible for Sadie's elimination, played a role in Beth's elimination along with Dave's elimination, and also Leshawna's. The perception of Alejandro wasn't great, but Tyler also knew that with the new teams, he needed new allies, as he only had Lindsay on Team Victory, and with her now not being on the same team, Tyler felt he was starting from scratch. "I just wish I wasn't still at risk of getting a punishment." Tyler explained. The moment Tyler explained his thought process however, Alejandro saw Tyler's passport and decided to pocket it.
Confessional- Alejandro
"While it's great to split couples up. Hence why I put Kitty on the second team. I need allies myself." Alejandro explained as he pulled out Tyler's passport. "Tyler seems like he is vulnerable enough to be an ally of mine and I need one."
Back To Scene
Tyler was still looking in vain for his passport, "It's times like this I wish I was back home in Ottawa." Tyler told himself.
"Oh you're from Ottawa?" Alejandro asked. "You must be from a lot of money." Alejandro assumed.
Tyler chuckled, "You would think so dude. But no. We aren't poor, but not rich at all." Tyler said. "Getting the money so my parents wouldn't have to be so stressed out is a motivation for me personally. My parents are always so encouraging to me. Even if I wish we would have had the money to have a little brother or sister." Tyler said as he looked down explaining his situation.
Alejandro admittedly was almost left speechless by Tyler's speech. Alejandro had a brother back home Jose, but Alejandro always told himself he would never open up about his home life back home. "That is sad amigo. But I have your back." Alejandro reassured, "I promise I won't tell anyone about this."
Before Tyler and Alejandro could talk longer, Blaineley's voice spoke on the intercom. "Team 2 is filled up, Courtney, Scott, Gwen, Kitty, Geoff, Bridgette, and Ezekiel."
Common Area
Anne Maria, Topher, and Zoey were looking for their passports, when the intercom went off yet again, "The first member of Team 3 is Anne Maria."
"Ugh! Good luck Topher." Anne Maria said as she stormed off waiting for who her new teammates were.
Zoey immediately picked up on the awkward vibes between Anne Maria and Topher. Despite not wanting to meddle with their relationship, Zoey was curious. "Topher is everything okay with you and Anne Maria?" Zoey asked.
Topher's first instinct was to immediately say everything was okay, but he and Zoey were close friends, and Topher told himself that he would always be honest with Zoey and Anne Maria as they are his closest allies and friends. "No they aren't okay." Topher said. "This morning Anne Maria and I were watching the sunrise and she told me that she loves me." Topher explained. "And instead of saying it back I froze."
"Oh my gosh." Zoey said, as she was trying to gather her thoughts, "Do you want my thoughts?" Zoey asked.
"Yes please." Topher said practically begging.
"I think she jumped the gun by saying that." Zoey said. "How do you feel, Topher?" Zoey asked.
"I do still like Anne Maria, my mind just went blank when she said that. I feel like it's way too soon to say that." Topher reasoned. Topher then gave a huge sigh of relief. "Thanks Zoey."
Cargo Hold
Deep in the cargo hold was Owen, Noah, and Sky. "This is so much fun. It's like a scavenger hunt. Right, guys?" Owen asked.
However, neither Sky nor Noah was exactly in the mood for chit chat, as what happened with the Trent vote lingered over both of their heads. Sky felt guilty that she went back on her word so soon with Trent, and the worst thing was that Noah was quiet as could be. "That's great Owen." Sky said, not paying attention to Owen's ramblings.
Meanwhile Noah wasn't much better, ever since the moment he sabotaged Trent out of the game. Noah felt guilt. Trent had done nothing wrong and just got caught in the crossfire, as Noah felt guilt. What's worse is that Noah realized he blew another opportunity to send Alejandro home, but the fear of Julia exposing the sabotage made him play safe. "Yeah amazing Owen." Noah said. "Has anyone found a passport yet?" Noah asked.
Sky instantly noticed Noah's tone, and knew that the Trent elimination was still bugging him. Sky recognized the tone as one someone would use to hide a secret. "What's wrong Noah? You're acting weird."
Noah instantly perked his head up, as he felt in his gut that Sky was suspicious of him. But he was already in such a precarious position in the game, so he decided to stay quiet, as luck would have it, Owen spoke back up. "Oh my gosh guys look, it's all of our passports." Owen said. Sure enough each of the passports that said Sky, Noah, and Owen were bunched up together. "This must be what they call it? Late?" Owen asked.
"Fate." Noah and Sky said at the same time.
"Yeah fate." Owen said eagerly, while all three were running back to Chris, they hadn't overheard the speaker announce the other members of Team 3 that were joining them, with that being Damien, Tyler, and Alejandro. All three had made their way to the elimination room when Noah finally noticed.
"Oh no, we have to be on a team with him!?" Noah said, aimed right at Alejandro.
All of them were about to turn back, when Blaineley noticed the passports, "I assume these are for us." Blaineley said as she snatched each of the passports out of their hands.
First Class
The episode shifted to showing Bowie and Jen in First Class, as Chris made an announcement, "The final 7 are now a team, Jen, Mickey, Cody, Zoey, Topher, Bowie, and Harold. One of you though will be getting the punishment so find those passports."
Jen decided her best course of action was to make light of her situation "Well looks like we're teammates again."
"Yep." Bowie awkwardly said, feeling like Jen was mad at him and now that they were teammates, Bowie knew he needed to make sure Jen wasn't against him. "You're still not mad at me about last night, right?" Bowie asked.
Jen knew what Bowie was alluding to, but seeing how quickly Bowie turned on Trent, Jen figured her best course of action was to agree with Bowie, even if she didn't personally. "I'm not mad, I miss Trent so much. But everyone has their reasons for sending someone home. Besides, we're probably going to need each other on this new team." Jen reasoned.
"That's for sure." Bowie said. "Speaking of which, guess whose passport I got?" Bowie asked in a joking tone.
"Mine." Jen assumed. "Because I have your passport, Bowie." Jen said, pulling out Bowie's passport, stunning him. "Come on, let's find Chris and Blaineley."
Confessional- Jen
"The trust with Bowie is gone." Jen said, "But I will work with him for now, but I need other allies that aren't him. So, for now, he and I are besties. But I don't forget or forgive entirely."
Economy Class
Back in the regular Economy Class section, Cody was shown absolutely tearing up anything in sight for his passport "Where the hell is this stupid thing?" Cody asked himself, he was so focused on finding his passport, he didn't notice Mickey until he tapped Cody's shoulders. "Stay away from me." Cody said, at the same time he smacked Mickey right in the face. "Oh shit. Are you okay Mickey?" Cody asked, helping Mickey to his feet.
Mickey was stunned for a second that Cody did that, before getting his composure back. "I'm fine. Trust me bullies back home did worse to me. What's up?"
"What's up?" Cody asked back incredulously. "We don't have time, one of us could get the punishment. Kitty is no longer on my team and everything is falling apart." Cody said ranting,
Mickey was completely thrown off by Cody's freakout, as normally he'd be the one to be freaking out, yet now the roles were reversed and Mickey was the calm one. Mickey himself felt overwhelmed, but instantly realized that he had a way to calm Cody down. "Cody, relax. Calm down." Mickey said, holding onto Cody's shoulders and made him face him to calm him down. "I found both of our passports about 5 minutes ago, I specifically wanted to find you to tell you about this." Mickey explained.
Cody however was not fully believing what Mickey was telling him, and felt like Mickey was playing him. "You're lying." Cody said.
"No I'm not." Mickey said, upset internally that Cody didn't believe him, but quickly shook it off. "Here's the proof." Mickey said as he pulled the passports out of his pocket. "Believe me now?" Mickey asked.
Cody had finally calmed down, and thanked Mickey with a huge hug, however he quickly realized how that came across and perked back quickly. "Don't get any ideas, and when we get the chance, you and I need to talk."
Elimination Room/End Of Challenge
Everyone had gathered in the elimination room sans the final 3 for the challenge, however Zoey and Topher began walking up to the podium, with only one passport but Zoey had a look of guilt. "Are you sure you're okay taking the fall and the punishment?"
Topher looked at Zoey, and saw how she looked sad. "Zoey, it's okay. Worst case scenario I'm eliminated and even then I would be at peace, as it's been amazing getting to know you." Topher said as Harold ran right past them. "Damn I guess that's it then?" Topher said as he and Zoey ran up.
Harold looked confident as he handed a passport to Chris. "Sorry that this happened to you Topher." Harold said. "I would've loved to get to know you." Harold stated.
However Chris then announced some important things to clear up the results of the challenge, "Okay first of all, we need to clear some things up. The punishment wasn't an elimination. Trust me, if it were up to me it would be." Chris explained. "Also this passport is for Topher. Which with Zoey's passport means Harold gets the punishment which will be revealed at the next challenge." Chris said.
"Ugh." Harold groaned out.
"Now you guys need to get acquainted with your new teammates." Blaineley declared. "Next challenge is tomorrow night."
Everyone was now getting acquainted with their new team, with Owen eagerly walking up to Damien and Anne Maria. "Hi, I'm Owen. It's so great to meet you."
Damien was excited. "I'm Damien nice to meet you, woah." Damien said until Owen shook his hand too aggressively catching Damien completely off guard. "Thanks Owen. Maybe a little gentler next time."
Owen then went up to Anne Maria to greet her, but Anne Maria instantly recoiled back, "I'm good, big guy. Nice to meet you."
Millie and Lindsay were feeling relieved being on the same team, "At least we lucked out and ended up on the same team together." Millie explained.
However at that moment, Heather walked up and saw that Lindsay was on her team and both had the same reaction, "Oh hell no!" both Lindsay and Heather said at the same time.
Geoff and Bridgette were standing next to each other, when Gwen walked up to both of them, "It's so great to see you guys." Gwen noted.
"Same with you Gwen. We also finally get to be on a team together!" Bridgette cheered out. "We need to catch up soon since we are on the same team now."
"Definitely." Gwen said as she walked away to talk to Scott and Courtney.
"She's so great." Bridgette said smiling before she noticed Ezekiel tapping her shoulder. "Hey Ezekiel what's going on?" Bridgette asked.
"Am I screwed on this team eh?" Ezekiel asked.
That question completely threw Geoff and Bridgette off guard, "Why would you be screwed dude?" Geoff asked.
"Well because of the immunity thing eh." Ezekiel explained as Geoff and Bridgette looked like Ezekiel was talking gibberish. "Gwen and I are the only ones who can be eliminated until there's 25 of us left." Ezekiel explained.
Geoff and Bridgette finally understood why Ezekiel asked if he was screwed on this new team. "You'll be fine, we have a strong team on our hands." Bridgette explained, which for the time being calmed Ezekiel down.
Meanwhile Jen walked up to two of her new teammates, that being Harold and Cody, "Oh my gosh Harold and Cody. Trent told me all about you guys on our old team. It's such an honor." Jen greeted both of them.
"Heh, thanks." Cody awkwardly said.
At the same time Topher eagerly walked up to the three of them. "Hi Harold, I am such a fan of you and how you did the first couple of seasons." Topher told Harold, as Harold felt a sense of pride for that acknowledgement. "Oh and Jen, you need to give me some fashion tips."
"Oh absolutely, you have a very impressive style to you." Jen told Topher.
Before Topher and Jen could bond further Topher saw Bowie and also greeted him. "Hi Bowie is it? I'm Topher, and it looks like we are teammates." Topher said.
"Thanks." Bowie said somewhat awkwardly. "Do I know you from somewhere?" Bowie asked.
"You shouldn't. I have never seen you around before." Topher said, confused of Bowie's question.
Confessional- Alejandro
"This team draw wasn't perfect for me. Owen and Noah hate me, Sky doesn't like me." Alejandro explained. "But I know there's a way out of any bad situation and having Tyler on this new team is a good starting point, and if I can blow this game wide open, trust me I will."
Confessional- Duncan
"The good news is that I am the only guy on this team, so I am obviously the strongest." Duncan said before realizing how that came across. "Not that the girls on my team are weak." Duncan explained. "Where was I? Oh yeah. The bad news is that I know Lindsay and I don't like each other, same with Heather, I know Julia isn't trustworthy, and Katie probably dislikes me since I lead the charge to get rid of her in Season 1." Duncan listed out. "Which leaves Jo and Millie? Wish me luck."
Confessional- Millie
"I know that Lindsay isn't thrilled about being on the same team as Heather but between her, Duncan, Jo, and Julia, all of them are probably a wealth of information, and I can tell some of them have egos and will target each other before targeting me or Lindsay. I like this new team."
Confessional- Ezekiel
"I know that Geoff and Bridgette are reassuring me that I am safe, but until this immunity is up eh, I am in danger." Ezekiel explained. "My one chance is Kitty, as I bonded with her in Finland, so she is my one shot to stay in the game."
Confessional- Harold
"Whatever this punishment is I am taking head on. Booya!" Harold cheered out. "But before Jen came up to talk to Cody and I, I had noticed that Cody was acting kind of weird. Also I need to get someone to help me with Millie's journal."
Confessional- Cody
"Today is awful. Kitty and I are no longer on a team together. This Mickey situation has gotten so out of control, and I don't know. I am just so exhausted from this whole thing. Honestly at this point I am a terrible boyfriend, and best friend."
Elimination Order
48th- Lorenzo (Team Style, 15-1 vote, Episode 2)
47th- Laurie (Team Victory, 14-2 vote, Episode 2)
46th- Izzy (Team Style, 10-5 vote, Episode 3)
45th- Sadie (Team Amazon, 9-5-1-1 vote, Episode 4)
44th- Beth (Team Victory, 9-4-2 vote, Episode 5)
43rd- Dave (Team Style, 8-6 vote, Episode 6)
42nd- DJ (Team Victory, 7-6-1 vote, Episode 7)
41st- Chase (Team Amazon, 7-4-3-1 vote, Episode 8)
40th- Eva (Team Style, 7-3-3 vote, Episode 9)
39th- Cameron (Team Victory, 6-3-2-2 vote, Episode 10)
38th- Leshawna (Team Victory, 9-3 vote, Episode 11)
37th- Brick (Team Style, 8-3-1 vote, Episode 12)
36th- Sierra (Team Amazon, 13-1 vote, Episode 13)
35th- Emma (Team Amazon, 7-6 vote, Episode 14)
34th- Jasmine (Team Victory, Medevac, Episode 15)
33rd- Shawn (Team Victory, Quit, Episode 15)
32nd- Ella (Team Amazon, 6-4-2 vote, Episode 16)
31st- Justin (Team Style, 6-5 vote, Episode 17)
30th- Brody (Team Victory, 4-3-2, Episode 19)
29th- Trent (Team Style, 5-5 vote, 6-4, re-vote, Episode 20)
Votes
N/A
Author Notes
Another chapter complete, and this one was a pure Team Swap. If you need a refresher, here are the new teams.
Team 1: Julia, Heather, Duncan, Lindsay, Millie, Jo, and Katie
Team 2: Gwen, Courtney, Scott, Kitty, Ezekiel, Bridgette, and Geoff
Team 3: Owen, Sky, Damien, Noah, Alejandro, Tyler, and Anne Maria
Team 4: Mickey, Cody, Zoey, Topher, Bowie, Jen, and Harold
So now I will get into why I did the team swap. I didn't have the merge planned yet with this many people left. But I also didn't feel like having the 3 teams still around. But having only 2 teams felt too small as some of the upcoming challenges (Greece being the biggest example) would have people not even compete in the challenge if there was a team of 14. So I decided to have 4 teams of 7, which was also why the Dubai chapter was a reward challenge.
Now for each team set up, the first Team, I knew I wanted one of the teams to have almost all women, but I couldn't stick Cody on the team given his plot with Mickey. So looking at the men left in the game, I decided to have Duncan be on this team. As his plot I have for him worked best on this team. Now I wanted Heather, Jo, and Katie all on the same team after the interaction in Dubai. Millie and Lindsay were always going to be on the same team together, and with what I have planned with an upcoming twist and Julia, she was the perfect person to put on this team.
Team 2 here, I knew I needed Gwen, Courtney and Scott all on the same team, but their plot with Heather had come to a close so they weren't going to be on the same team. Kitty and Ezekiel were going to be on a team together after the interaction in Finland. Also wanted Bridgette on a team with Gwen, Courtney, and Ezekiel and with Bridgette obviously came Geoff.
Next up is Team 3, which is probably the closest to Team Chris of this group, Noah still has plot left with Sky and Owen so all of them were going to be together, and since this is as close to Team Chris as I could get, Alejandro was going to be on this team. Damien and Tyler had a fascinating dynamic in the first team phase, and I needed Tyler on the same team as Alejandro, then the last spot came to Anne Maria as I needed her and Topher in separate teams for their plots.
Lastly Team 4, Mickey and Cody were always going to be on the same team no matter what, especially since their plot is one of the main ones. As indicative of the intro, Bowie plays a role in the Millie journal which meant putting him and Harold on the same team. For Jen, I needed her on the same team as Bowie due to Bowie betraying Trent, and having both Drama Brothers made that work. Topher and Zoey were going to be on the same team to help progress their plot forward. Not to mention Zoey's dynamic with Mickey as well is going to be explored even more.
Trust me when I say there's a lot more planned and in store for a lot of these characters. This chapter marks the unofficial halfway point-ish. So, stay tuned. It is going to get crazy.
Next chapter we go officially from Finland to London, with multiple Jack The Rippers? Team names, new dynamics, and a voting twist that changes the strategy of the game. Lastly an elimination and fallout that changes the game.