Total Drama World Race- I Love The World of Ridonc and Roll Part 1
Recap
Chris and Blaineley are shown sitting in lawn chairs at the start of the episode, "Welcome back to Total Drama World Race." Chris announced, excited to be back on his show. "Last time, the contestants had to dive and get skewered here in China. They say love conquers all, but the hatred that Alejandro and Harold had for each other, along with Jo and Julia lead to both duos doing great for the challenge. With Team Style in particular dominating."
"Ultimately Team Amazon and especially Team Victory completely crashed as the latter lost. Harold and Ezekiel were caught in between two groups, and vowed to work together, despite their history." Blaineley further said. "However, when Harold overheard Millie willing to send Damien home, a close vote sent Brody packing to keep Millie at odds with Damien, with Bridgette leaving her boyfriend Geoff out too cold." Blaineley narrated.
"New deals are being formed, and tonight the game will be shaken up by the end of this episode. Twists no one will see coming. We have 29 contestants still vying for 1 million dollars, and another one will be sent home tonight. Find out who leaves tonight on Total Drama World Race!" Chris excitedly announced. "Cue the NEW INTRO!"
New Intro [1]
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)
Great Wall of China
The episode starts with everyone in their respective teams, even as everyone within each team was growing tired of these teams, since these teams had been here since Day 1, and it had been well over a month being on the same team. The biggest shock for the contestants was Chris being back, "Attention contestants, after today we have a couple of twists that will change the game." Chris announced.
For people who felt they were on the bottom of their teams and were the next ones out, like Geoff, and Trent were excited. But for Heather, she had her suspicions and didn't take Chris' statement seriously. "It's probably just Chris getting reunited with that stupid plane." Heather told Katie, who agreed with her in her head but not publicly.
The camera next panned over to Courtney, she was finally in higher spirits after her breakup with Duncan, but was growing impatient, "Where are we even going today?" Courtney asked.
"Be patient." Blaineley stated. "If you must know it's Finland. Now does anyone have any fun facts about Finland?"
Damien was excited about the prospect of going to Finland, and spoke up. "This place is considered one of the happiest places in the world and it has many coffee drinkers." Damien exclaimed. "My type of people."
"I remember they do many weird competitions for fun, including air guitar." Jo explained, as everyone looked at her weirdly. "What? I have a brain, and Finland was the country I had to do a book report on in school. Got a C." Jo explained.
"When Beth and I were traveling Europe, we wanted to go to Finland, as Beth said it had the most phone users." Lindsay told everyone present. Now Lindsay sighed as she remembered her best friend, and wished she was still in the competition.
Gwen was the next one to speak up about Finland, "They have almost 4 months of total darkness." Gwen explained, as she turned to Duncan, "Goth is also mainstream there, so I will fit right in. There was a punk goth who ran for office and won."
"While all fascinating, there is one more thing. Come on, what is it?" Chris asked.
Many people looked at each other, unsure of what Chris was alluding to, "I have no idea." Zoey stated.
"Wait a minute, I remember when Tom and I looked at Finland fashion." Jen said "They have the most saunas per capita." Jen explained.
"Bingo! Which is where we will have the first part of today's challenge." Chris explained as many people cheered."However we are a little short on taxis so we are going to have 8 people in each cab."
"Oh, that is going to be a tight squeeze." Mickey said flinching in worry, but at least happy that he and Cody wouldn't awkwardly be in a cab together by themselves.
Cab Rides [2]
One of the taxis had Owen, Alejandro, Jo, Noah, Sky, Heather, Julia, Katie, and Geoff as due to Noah's smaller frame they were able to fit a 9th person in this case Katie in. However this was a group of people with so much tension between them, Owen hated Alejandro and that feeling was very mutual. Alejandro had no respect for Owen, hated Jo, felt Noah was beneath him, and while he deep down felt something for Heather, he would never admit it to anyone. Jo and Sky had a complicated dynamic, and it wasn't like Julia was friends with either of them. Lastly Katie knew in her mind that Alejandro had sent her best friend Sadie back home in the Yukon all those weeks ago. The one person who didn't hold any contempt was ironically Geoff, the person who lost his best friend Brody in the game less than 24 hours ago. But even he could feel the tension in the car and decided to stay quiet.
The second cab had Duncan, Gwen, Harold, Scott, Courtney, Bridgette, and Ezekiel. This was another cab that was full of awkward energy. Duncan and Gwen wanted to talk about Gwen's love of Finland, but since Courtney was there, both had to stay quiet. Duncan due to the whole ex situation, and Gwen as she didn't want to lose Courtney as an ally, as she was unsure of how hurt Courtney was after the breakup. Not helping Duncan, was the fact that of all people, Harold was in this cab, another person who Duncan couldn't stand. Then there was Scott and Courtney, Scott was madly in love with her, which was a distraction for him in the game, one he didn't mind. While for Courtney she was glad that Scott was still by her side, but didn't enjoy having to be in the same vicinity as Duncan, her ex boyfriend, Harold the guy who cheated her out of the competition season 1, and Ezekiel, the guy who almost survived the vote after the first episode. Not one person spoke a word the trip to the airport, as whether it be out of fear like Harold and Ezekiel, or not wanting to cause any drama in Bridgette. No one wanted to speak at all.
The third taxi contained Kitty, Mickey, Cody, Damien, Zoey, Topher, and Anne Maria. Aka Team Amazon's love conundrum with Damien attached to it. Kitty and Cody were dating, but Kitty had no idea that Cody kissed Mickey behind Kitty's back, during the Dubai Challenge. Mickey felt an attraction to Cody, but was pretending to everyone that he was interested in Zoey, who still harbored feelings for Topher, yet he was dating her nemesis Anne Maria. It did help Zoey though that both Cody and Mickey hated Anne Maria's guts like her, so she didn't feel alone. Damien however was completely oblivious to all these dynamics, and simply asked the taxi driver, "Yo, taxi man do you have any music?" This however caused an argument with everyone wanting different songs to be played, and the taxi driver using an air horn to quiet everyone down.
The last taxi contained Trent, Jen, Bowie, Lindsay, Tyler, and Millie. This one was a little more lively than the other 3. Trent and Jen spent the whole time flirting, with Bowie chuckling in amusement that his two closest allies in his eyes, were THIS close to making it official. The Team Victory side of the cab however in Lindsay, Tyler and Millie were silent, as Millie wrote down what Jen and Trent were saying, while Lindsay was jealous of what Trent and Jen had. While Tyler wondered how he would be like Trent and get Lindsay back with him.
Apena Pele Spa
Everyone had made it to Finland, and it was fairly cold, as there was snow on the ground, but luckily it wasn't as cold as say the Yukon was, so no one was shivering. Bridgette looked around, and was confused. "Where are we?"
"The Apena Pele Spa, with the saunas of course." Blaineley announced. "Here is how today's challenge works. Every team is going to have 8 people enter individual saunas." Blaineley stated.
Chris then immediately spoke up, "Fully clothed Owen! Fully clothed!" Chris said as everyone recoiled at Owen who had already taken his pants off.
Jo, wanting to attract the tension off of Owen and what he almost did, decided to change the conversation. "How long are we supposed to stay in the saunas?"
"As long as you want. The Top 4 per team advance to the second part of the challenge." Blaineley said. "Now for some of you that may hate saunas may leave the saunas right away. So, we decided to incentivize each of you. If you are one of the last 4 left in the sauna you advance to the second part of the challenge. But if you win or finish 2nd, you and the 3 teammates who earned the win are safe." Blaineley continued as the camera flashed in on her "Until the Top 25." At that notion, the mood shifted as the prospect of being safe for 4 rounds of gameplay.
"That's almost the halfway point of the game." Harold said in excitement. "That's amazing."
"But it's not that easy. If you advance to the second part of the challenge and lose, there is no immunity for you and the 4 of you are the only ones vulnerable tonight for elimination." Chris explained, as he continued on. "Now Jo, Heather, and Katie, your immunity from Dubai does not apply here. You are all vulnerable right now. Now since there are only 4 people per team vulnerable, I think we are due to explain the tie vote rule."
"What is that?" Damien asked, curiously.
"Well since tonight 4 people are vulnerable, if the vote ends up in a tie, there will be a revote and if the tie isn't broken the two remaining people who aren't in the tie would draw rocks, the purple one we have means you are safe, red means you are out." Chris explained.
With the rules of the tiebreaker explained, everyone was nervous. This challenge would be a huge risk and reward, but it could also backfire in someone's face just as fast.
"Now it is time for the challenge proper, everyone on Team Victory is competing." Blaineley announced.
"That's to be expected, eh." Ezekiel said, as he was debating in his head whether to go for the second part of the challenge.
"Team Style, the two members sitting out and moving into the Top 28 are Noah and Julia." Chris announced, as the show and producers enjoyed Julia's villainous gameplay, as for Noah, he had been a fan favorite for the test audiences for the early part of the season.
"Oh no." Noah said sarcastically. "I don't have to sweat and make my body feel gross. How tragic."
Chris and Blaineley moved on from Noah's sarcastic quip, both shocked viewers loved him. "Anyways, Team Amazon, the people who are sitting out and are safe are Heather, Zoey, and Topher." Chris announced. The producers wanted Heather safe as she was a production favorite, and knew with what was in store, she would bring even more good ratings for the show. Topher was chosen, for reasons that would remain disclosed for now, [2] and picking Zoey was due to the show producers wanting to mess with Anne Maria.
"What about the rest of us?" Gwen asked. "What are we even going to be doing in a sauna?"
"Not much." Blaineley said. "Everyone has their own individual sauna, where there is a place to sit, a camera to film, and a spreadsheet for you guys to answer. But beyond that, you are alone in the sauna, with only you and your thoughts."
Confessional- Owen
"I at least wish that I could have taken some of my clothes off as I am going to be a sweat volcano in there."
Confessional- Heather
"I can't believe my luck. First, I have my immunity still from Dubai, and now I am immune tonight. I'm untouchable." Heather bloated before catching her breath, "But just because I'm safe doesn't mean I am going to sit around and do nothing today. Someone is bound to spill and I need to find out more information."
Confessional- Lindsay
"This challenge is perfect for me. Saunas are really good for the skin. I don't want it to be too warm though."
Confessional- Harold
"This first challenge is essentially a gamble. You either drop out early and are safe tonight. Or you win today and get to advance for the Top 25. With the fact that Chris was talking about multiple twists, I am going for it and ensuring my own safety."
Confessional- Alejandro
"With me being left out of the last vote, and then I was left out for the Brick vote. Then I didn't even know Eva left." Alejandro said as his eyes widened. "Wow my game is not what I thought it would be, but anyways, if I get a chance to launch myself into the Top 25, it might be what I finally need."
Start of Challenge
The first person shown entering the sauna was Damien, he wanted to be in the sauna long enough to warm his body up, but not long enough to put himself in future danger. Damien looks around and notices the questionnaire. "In order to prepare for the twists that lie ahead. Total Drama producers want to know how the contestants feel about their fellow competitors. We asked the following questions. 'Who do you trust the most on your team? Who do you not trust on your team? Lastly, who are people you do and don't want to work with that are not on your team?" Damien read. "Well for who do I trust the most, it's obviously Millie. Her and I have made every decision together and I have no doubt she would never betray me and Millie is probably toughing it out in the sauna."
Outside of The Saunas
Damien however was wrong on both accounts, Millie had fully turned against him, with Damien being none the wiser. He was also dead wrong that Millie was still in the sauna as she had only lasted maybe 15 seconds at best in the sauna room. The camera showed Millie and she had a weak smile. "Saunas are not really my thing at all." Millie explained. Before Millie could further tell, a blood curdling scream was heard around the area. "What the hell was that?" Millie asked.
The camera immediately went to the source of the scream. The source being Jen, as she had a slight amount of sweat on her top, but one would think she had just witnessed a murder. "STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Jen yelled out. "I look hideous. What will my fans think?"
Millie walked closer to the scene, but knew to give Jen her space. "That's not good." Millie observed, when Anne Maria came on screen. "Aren't you supposed to still be in the sauna?" Millie asked.
"As if I am spending any more time potentially ruining my perfect tan. Some things are worth more than money. My tan being one of them." Anne Madia stated.
"That's interesting." Millie said with a nervous chuckle. "Very interesting."
"I'm not a drama queen about it like others." Anne Maria said, pointing at Jen, who was now hunched over in a corner crying about her top in her eyes being ruined.
Meanwhile
At another part outside of the saunas, were the Team Amazon sit-outs Zoey, Topher, and Heather. Heather didn't exactly like that she was stuck with both of them. Zoey and Topher on their own were fine, but putting them together was like watching two dorks who won't leave each other. Heather understood it with Zoey, as she had always let her nerdier side come out. Heather however didn't understand it with Topher, here is a guy with absolute model looks, dressed like Chris McLean, and is dating Anne Maria. Yet oftentimes, when his personality came out, you would think he was the third musketeer with Cody and Mickey.
Speaking of Topher, he was talking about Finland openly "Finland has it so each kid gets two birthday parties regardless of their parents' married status." Topher explained.
"That would be amazing." Zoey exclaimed, before noticing Heather was signaling for both Zoey and Topher to be quiet. "What's going on, Heather?"
The camera zoomed out from the crouching trio of Zoey, Topher, and Heather. What Heather noticed was that Noah and Julia were having a tense conversation. "Today is the day we have to do a sabotage." Julia told Noah. With both of them immune tonight, Julia didn't see any downside towards putting her plan in motion.
Noah however remained completely against this idea. "I'm not doing it. It's not my style, besides why should I trust you when Sky told me that Dave told her that you were the one that sent him home back in Morocco." Noah explained.
"Because with the exception of Bowie and Sky, I can turn the whole team against you." Julia threatened Noah. "Let's see, Jen and Trent will save themselves to stay another day. Duncan is the most selfish player outside of myself and Alejandro. Which of course means Alejandro will take you out. Lastly, do you really think that Jo would go to a tiebreaker rock draw for you." Julia explained before saying what made Noah's mind begin to swirl. "Everything I just said also applies to Sky if you don't do this."
"So you're essentially blackmailing me." Noah said. "This is freaking blackmail."
"Don't look at it as blackmail. Look at it as Noah finally making a move." Julia explained, as Noah had a now quizzical look on his face. "What?"
"Who would we even target if this goes through?" Noah asked, hoping it wasn't Sky or Owen.
"Trent." Julia coldly stated. "With him gone, Jen will be a total mess and someone no one will have to worry about at all. Also with the exception of Duncan. Everyone on the team likes him." Julia further said. "If we don't take Trent out now, he may never get taken out." Julia then looked around. "Let's leave here, I feel like I'm being watched."
Julia and Noah left, unaware that Heather, Zoey, and Topher all heard everything they discussed. "That was interesting." Heather said.
"Should we say anything?" Zoey asked. "That's just wrong, what Julia is doing."
"For now we need to keep quiet. Information is the most powerful when dropped at the right time." Heather explained. "Besides, I want to see if they are dumb enough to actively get rid of one of their own teammates."
"What's most shocking for me is that Julia is not who she pretends to be." Topher explained. "I figured she'd be like Lindsay and not be the smartest."
Sauna Questionnaire
The show editors decided to show a montage of everyone who was left in the saunas, starting with Owen. "Who do I trust the most?" Owen read. "Well I trust Jo as she is my scary buddy, and then there's Noah. He is my best buddy. Jo and I became friends due to Brick, and she is a good friend." Owen then read the next question of who he doesn't trust on his team. "Alejandro is still scary, and I don't trust Julia at all."
The second sauna showed Jo. "Alejandro is someone on the team I don't trust at all. He has to be the next one to go." Jo said. "As for who on the other team I would want to work with, I want to work with Heather and Katie to send Alejandro home if he does somehow keep staying."
The next sauna was Katie, "I am going for immediate safety tonight, so I won't be here long." Katie said as she looked at the questions. "I am starting to trust Heather, that she will take out Alejandro and Gwen with her." Katie then sighed, "I just don't know if I trust her beyond that." Katie read further along. "I would like to work with Jo or Lindsay even, as I know Jo and I share a common sentiment of getting rid of Alejandro out as she has made it clear that is where she stands. Lindsay and I are also friends, and I love listening to her as I feel like I am talking to a mirror."
The camera flashed over to Courtney next, "I am going to be in here a while. Trust me." Courtney boasted. "On my team I trust Scott and Gwen since we've been aligned since the Yukon. Also I do want to say that while I do not trust this person, I would want to drag Mickey to the end as he is easy to sway, and weak in challenges." Courtney said, before rolling her eyes. "That and as much as I hate to admit it, I do respect his heart. Also if somehow Scott and Gwen get taken out, it's good to have a backup. I even have backups for the backups." Courtney then continued on. "Now if I were to work with someone on the opposing team, it'd be Bridgette. She is one of the few friends I maintained from the first couple of seasons, and any extra numbers I need, I will take."
Next one shown was Bridgette, who looked right at home in the sauna. "Who do I want to work with on the opposing teams? Probably Gwen and Courtney." Bridgette said as she looked around. "But I wonder why of all people did they choose to work with Scott? I mean, I am glad he is not Heather, and both of them went crazy and worked with her. But something about that dude I do not trust."
The aforementioned Scott was next shown, looking very relaxed. "Oh please, saunas are just a hot day's work, without the work. So I could be here for at least an hour." Scott said as he turned his head to the questions. "Who do I trust? Well obviously Courtney. She is cute, hot, and finally seems like she is over Duncan. I may have a shot." Scott said before looking back at the questions. "Who do I not trust on this team? Well Heather is still a royal pain in the ass. But it isn't her. It's Kitty I don't trust, she is an absolute wildcard on this team, and she has both Mickey and especially Cody wrapped around her finger." Scott declared, unaware about Cody and Mickey's kiss, and the fact that Mickey was more interested in Cody and had nothing romantic for Kitty at all.
Kitty was the next one shown in the saunas. "Oh gosh, this is so gross." Kitty said, as she then answered the questions. "I trust Cody the most since he is my boyfriend, and Mickey as well, since he has been with Cody and I since the beginning." Kitty said smiling, but then her face fell. "But at times I am paranoid about their friendship, as I have a great love detector, and it's never been off. Yet Cody keeps reassuring me that there's nothing going on with him and Mickey." Kitty said before sighing in sadness. "Why couldn't I have a simple love like Harold and Leshawna have." Kitty said as she began to tear up, thinking about Cody.
Since he was mentioned, Harold was next up. He was sweating like crazy, but Harold knew he had to get this immunity "I need to have immunity until Top 25. Something doesn't feel right." Harold said. "Who do I want to work with that's on the other teams? Probably my bandmates Trent and Cody." Harold said, as he felt like he was in pain in the sauna.
Trent was next shown, "Hope Jen is okay." Trent told himself. "But I can't leave this sauna at all right now. I need that safety after losing Justin." Trent then looked down at the ground. "I wonder how Jen handled this challenge?" Trent asked himself, unaware that Jen was in the middle of a meltdown.
The next individual sauna person was Gwen. "Chris and Blaineley are cruel for doing this. Sick, twisted, stupid game." Gwen mumbled. Then Gwen looked at the questions. "Ugh fine, I guess I will answer. I trust Courtney and Scott even if those two being a couple is inevitable. So I need other allies and friends." Gwen said as she shuddered at that thought. "But with the exception of Cody, Kitty, and Zoey. I hate the team I am currently on. Topher is fake. Anne Maria is a bully, and Heather is Heather, I don't need to justify why I don't like her" Gwen said, as she didn't mention Katie, the person who wanted her out the most on her team and Mickey the person who was suspicious of her after the meat grinder incident, and what happened with Ella in Romania. "Now for who I want to work with on the other team, obviously Duncan, I mean hello. He is hot!" Gwen said as her eyes widened. "I meant it's hot, and he's nice. Heh." Gwen said as she nervously chuckled.
Duncan was next "I don't exactly trust anyone but if I had to. I guess I trust Jo and Owen since we worked together on the last vote and I have to think Bowie and I are on good terms."
Since he was mentioned, Bowie was shown next. "I am going for the immediate immunity so Julia can't take me out if she wants too. Sucks that she is immune. But if I am as well, it gives me more time to send her packing." Bowie stated. "What? She sent my best friend home, so now I want to get even, and as long as someone is willing to target her with me. They are an ally of mine."
The next person was Ezekiel. "After last night's vote eh. I trust Harold and Bridgette, and I do want to trust Millie. It's just that this whole journal thing is complicated. First Cameron was interested, told me about it eh. Then he told Harold and now Harold wants to find out." Ezekiel said. "He is obsessed with it eh."
Sky was next, "I trust Noah and Jen the most. Noah is my best friend on the team. We have each other's back, and I know he looks at me as just a friend. Besides, we could never work as a couple, and I have a boyfriend back home named Keith." Sky said remembering her boyfriend. "As for Jen she is a great person, and I know that besides Trent she is the most loyal to me. As for the people on my team I don't trust. Julia and Alejandro. Julia has been very manipulative, and Alejandro has had it out for Noah for a while now. The problem is that Alejandro keeps evading elimination. While Julia is safe tonight." Sky said, as she had a weird gut feeling that something wasn't right.
Alejandro was the third to last one shown, as he looked completely relaxed. "I have done this before, so I should easily move onto the next round." Alejandro then frowned. "Oh and I don't trust anyone on my team. Owen and Noah are annoying. Jo is a pain in the ass, Duncan is a punk. Julia is fake, Bowie is arrogant, Sky is a huge threat, and Trent is pathetic." Alejandro explained. "If I am lucky this twist is some sort of team switch, and I ditch my former teammates. Get people I could actually manipulate, and rebuild this game. I thought this would be so easy, but this has been much harder than it could have ever been." Alejandro then looked on in thought, "For who I think I could manipulate, Mickey seems pathetic, and both Lindsay and Tyler are dumb. Those 3, along with Jen and Heather would be who I would want to be at the end with. I would obviously win." Alejandro boasted as he ended his sauna talk.
The second to last one was Cody, as he was shown stressed out, "Who do I trust? Well Kitty obviously. She is my girlfriend after all. No matter what anyone says." Cody said, trying to sound confident, before his face fell back down. "Look, I trust Mickey, and want to be best friends with him. But that kiss in Dubai is just leaving me confused, about him, about myself. For all I know Mickey has already told people about the kiss." Cody wondered. "What if he told Kitty? No, Cody, don't think about that." Cody then looked at the question of who he would want to work with on the other team. "Someone confident who is completely sure who they are, so Harold or Bowie. Harold is so sure of himself, and Bowie is as well and he is gay, which can help me." After saying that, Cody had a look of horror on his face at how that came across. "Not that there's anything wrong with that, not at all. I just think maybe he can help me figure out how I feel and who I am." Cody told himself, before his body gave out and he looked like he was about to collapse to the ground. "What the hell is wrong with me?"
The last person shown was Mickey, yet one look at him and one would think he was perfectly fine, as he hadn't even sweat an ounce. "Finally a challenge I can excel in. Never thought I would thank my temperature dyslexia, but it makes me not feel hot or cold." Mickey then looked over at the questions, "I will answer this again I guess in case the show hadn't gotten it yet. I trust Zoey the most. But I think I have to tell her I'm not interested in her in that way. I know Kitty wants her and I together." Mickey said as his eyes widened in horror. "Wait, does Kitty know how I feel about Cody? I mean yeah he's great, amazing, hot, awesome, and hot." Mickey gushed before composing himself. "But I am not a homewrecker. Heck I have never even had a boyfriend. This whole love conundrum has left me confused. It's a mess." Mickey lamented, before hearing knocking noises. "Gah! What was that? Who's there?" Mickey asked.
Chris' voice was heard off screen "Mickey are you done yet? You've been in the sauna for over an hour. Last person finished over 20 minutes ago." Chris explained as Mickey felt embarrassed.
First Challenge Results
Everyone was gathered outside the saunas now, the challenge over with Chris looking excited. "All I can say is that the dirt was dished out in the saunas."
Duncan however, looked less than pleased. "What? Are you going to reveal what everyone said like at the Brick elimination?" Duncan asked.
Chris shook his head no, "Unfortunately no. That would be an invasion of privacy, that I would intrude on, but I am under watch and key with the bosses after Newfoundland." Chris explained. "But hopefully some of your guys' consciences are cleared."
"Can we just get on with it?" Heather asked impatiently, knowing she could act out a little since she was safe tonight.
"Here are our people advancing to the second part of the challenge. Mickey, Scott, Courtney and Kitty for Team Amazon." Blaineley announced. Mickey was obvious since he had to be told to leave the sauna. But the shocker was Kitty and Courtney making the Top 4.
"I didn't have you pegged as someone who could last in a sauna?" Scott asked Courtney. "Is the competitive Courtney back?" Scott further asked.
"I just felt really determined today." Courtney said, thrown off by Scott's question.
"Team Style the Top 4 are Alejandro, Jo, Sky and Trent." Blaineley announced, as Alejandro and Jo expected themselves to advance, while Sky was proud of herself. Trent felt nervous he was advancing, but felt like he had to take the risk. "Now for Team Victory, your 4 are Tyler, Geoff, Bridgette, and Harold."
"Which means everyone else who is not one of these 12 are now safe for tonight, and tonight only." Chris announced, as everyone who wasn't in the Top 12 felt relief. "The 12 of you left are vulnerable tonight for elimination. But just a reminder, if your team wins today, 8 of you will book your spot in the Top 25 and guarantee yourself a few rounds of safety." Chris stated.
Damien however felt there was something wrong with Chris' statement, "Isn't it supposed to be 4 rounds of safety, this one and the 3 that will take us down to 25?" Damien asked.
"It is when 4 people leave, but another twist will have a say in that. But that won't be revealed until later." Chris said. "Now for the remaining 12 of you. We have a special challenge for you guys."
"Ooh what is it!?" Lindsay asked excitedly, despite not competing.
"We've rented out a stadium in downtown Oulu, Finland. As each of you four have been put into a singing performance." Chris said.
"A singing performance? Are you kidding me?" Jo asked in anger. "This dumb singing part of the show is never going away is it."
"No it's not." Chris said with a huge grin. "Now if it makes you feel better. It will be determined in 2 solo acts and 1 duet. Blaineley and I will be judging on a scale of 1 to 10. Two teams with the highest points out of 60 wins, same with second, while last place will send one of the four of you home."
"Lastly for the 17 of you not competing, you are free to do whatever you want legally, Duncan!" Blaineley said, turning towards the delinquent. "Whether that's watching the show, getting some food, or helping a teammate out with their performance that doesn't involve you singing. Fine with us."
Confessional- Heather
"Well, this is perfect. Julia is going to get Noah to sabotage Trent and would probably get him to tamper with his guitar. If I can catch the sabotage happening, I can finally have dirt and valuable information in this game."
Confessional- Trent
"A singing performance in Finland is perfect for me!" Trent said before he looked down at the ground sadly. "But I can't even focus on that. When Chris gathered all of us around, I noticed that Jen looked absolutely distraught. I need to make sure she's okay."
Team Meetings
Each team had to have a meeting to determine who was doing the solo songs and who was the two that were doing the duet. For Team Victory, the decision was easy, "Bridgette and I are doing the duet."
"Shocker." Millie said sarcastically, before composing herself. "What's the song?"
Bridgette had no clue, But Geoff had an idea. "I want it to be a surprise for you guys." Geoff explained.
"I don't get it. How can you do a duet as a surprise?" Damien asked, bewildered by Geoff's line of thinking. "That doesn't make any sense at all."
"Dude, don't worry about this at all." Geoff told Damien. "I'm the one in danger, not you. So why do you care, Damien?" Geoff asked which made Damien stay quiet. Damien knew Geoff was right, and in Damien's eyes he would get to choose whether it was Geoff or Tyler leaving tonight. Geoff then continued on. "Okay Tyler and Harold dudes, good luck. If you don't mind me asking, what are the song titles for your song?"
Both Tyler and Harold had looks of pure excitement on their faces. Tyler was the first to speak up "I have an idea, and I think I will call the song 'Delicate'. It sounds neat, and nothing like me." Tyler boasted.
As Team Victory was discussing Tyler's unique song title, the scene shifted to Team Style, well everyone on Team Style who wasn't Trent or Jen. "Okay who is doing what of the three of us, as I think I can speak for both Jo and Alejandro when I say none of us really like each other." Sky said as Alejandro and Jo glared at her. "Oh come on you two both know I am right."
"If we want the best results for the challenge I think we need the two people who hate each other the most." Julia began to explain. "Which is why I think Jo and Alejandro should do the duet."
Jo however was jaw dropped, and had a look of murder in her eyes, "This is absolute bullshit."
"I don't care." Julia defiantly declared. "Trent and Sky are better off as solo acts and both of you know I'm right." Julia stated, as Alejandro and Jo knew deep down, she was right. "Any other questions?"
"Do you have an ulterior motive here?" Sky asked.
"Of course not." Julia lied, her motive was to make sure to eliminate Trent and him having a duet partner would complicate things. She also wanted to make sure Sky was by herself so more of a spotlight would be put on her singing.
The last team meeting was Team Amazon, "Courtney and I are doing the duet." Scott claimed. "If that's okay with you Courtney?" Scott asked, hoping to get her approval.
"That's fine." Courtney said. "Does anyone else have anything else they need to say or do before we all practice?"
Mickey then raised his hand, "Can I borrow Topher and Zoey before the challenge?" Mickey asked shyly. "I need them to help me with something important." Mickey continued, however the way he phrased the last statement, made people confused, and in Cody's case concerned.
"I'm confused why, but I don't mind." Topher said as Zoey nodded. "Okay is anyone else doing anything else, while the four of them sing, and Zoey and I help Mickey?" Topher asked.
"Katie and I have some reconnaissance we need to do on the other teams." Heather declared, hoping to see if Noah would go through with the sabotage.
"We are?" Katie asked, bewildered by Heather roping her in. "I mean yes we are!" Katie said.
Gwen however was freaked out by this. "Why, so you can spy on Alejandro, Heather?" Gwen asked.
"As if. I will just say, if my suspicions are true, one of the teams will self-destruct." Heather alluded. Which was another confusing statement, that everyone sans Heather, Topher, and Zoey understood.
End of Part 1
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)
Votes
N/A
Author Notes
[1] The new intro was due to the fact that a fair amount of the old intro was outdated, and to hint at and show the next destinations that are coming up.
[2] Cab Rides were meant to show how awkward a lot of the dynamics in the game are, and to explain a lot of the headspaces everyone was in.
The sauna challenge was meant to further show how most people were feeling, and set up future storylines.
One last thing, this chapter is split into 3 parts as it is massive. Next chapter has the singing challenge, and some performances shocking the audience, while a cameo I am proud of.