Stay tuned after the episode for the final words
from the eliminated challengers.
♪♪ MTV. ♪♪
(insects chirping)
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ZARA: You know, that was just, like, (bleep) brutal.
Like, Jordanimal just came out.
HORACIO: Jordanimal came out.
-He came to play. -ZARA: Jordanimal just came out
after round two.
KYLAND: Now, who's next to come, you know?
-Yeah, exactly. -Yeah.
Does that affect how we pick people?
-ZARA: Yeah, exactly. -Like, do we pick thinking...
Do we pick the best to go down?
And then we have the whole draw now.
-This draw situation. -We have the draw.
(Jordan grunts)
There's so many things, like, so many factors we cannot control.
-ZARA: So many factors. -KYLAND: We don't know what the third option
of the draw is.
This game has just flipped 180.
♪♪ ♪♪
Pick one vet that you would like to face in the Arena.
-COREY: C.T. -Maybe Laurel.
-Mm. -ASAF: Laurel. -I think she's iconic.
-Yeah. -NURYS: And, think, if Bananas come,
we got to give him James, so they could fight for Moriah.
Ah...
-Oh, (bleep)! -ASAF: That would be a battle.
The game is getting nice. I like it.
-I love this (bleep) so much. -Getting nice.
-(overlapping agreement) -ED: You like chaos.
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(clock ticking)
♪♪ ♪♪
HORACIO: Being away from my family,
it's weird because I feel like
I'm very different when I'm out there.
And I always think about, like, my mom
because she's-she's very, very overprotective.
Yeah, like, my mom was the same way.
Super protective over me, specifically.
HORACIO: Nurys is a beautiful girl.
She's completely single.
Am I open to something? Yes.
So, you know, going forward, I don't know what will happen,
but if I do have a connection, I know I'll take it very slow.
Like, I like the fact that you're innocent, obviously.
Like, I like that you're, like, good,
and, like, to me, in my own opinion,
more of, like, a real man,
-just, like, the way you carry yourself. -Wow.
And I think it's important for young kids to have
-someone like you to look up to... -Wow.
...and know that it's, like, okay to be different.
It's okay to not want to be out there drinking every day,
doing... (clears throat) doing drugs or partying.
Oh, well, I mean, thank you, first of all,
because I'll take that as a compliment.
Horacio literally moves at a snail's pace,
and Nurys is a rabbit.
But I'm seeing Nurys actually fall for him,
so I'm hoping that he stays in line
and is sweet to my friend.
I'm not gonna change. I know I'm never gonna drink.
I know I'm never gonna do anything else.
-We'll see. -(laughter)
MICHELE: Well, I'm happy we're all meeting, finally found space.
Yeah. We-we literally have not done this.
-Wait, we've never sat all four? -OTHERS: No.
-This is the first time we're all sitting here. -No way, dude.
-Yeah, the first time. -This is the first official meeting of the Fantastic Four.
(chuckles)
-All right. -(laughter)
-Three, two, one: Fantastic Four. -Fantastic Four.
It's a secret undercover quad alliance,
and people don't realize how close we are.
I need to know what the other side of the house is doing,
and Asaf is the person who can connect me to that side.
He's able to get information that I wouldn't be privy to
and feed it back to us.
ASAF: Fantastic Four got to be a secret
because people don't know where I'm at.
They don't know if I'm working with the UK people,
with the U.S. people.
And that's good for me.
That keeps me under the radar,
and I'm not at risk 'cause I'm not a threat.
We know that we are locked in,
-and we're protecting each other. -Yeah.
MICHELE: So no matter how we vote,
-we all vote as a unit. -JAY: Always. Always.
And that means we always have a four solid.
Right now, we know Melissa
-and Big T are our targets. -NURYS: Yeah.
If we could take our whole family to the final,
then we race it out.
Okay, can this be our handshake?
-Four. -JAY: Yeah, like this.
-You don't like it? -I like it.
This is perfect. Do it, do it on my back, please.
(laughter)
♪♪ ♪♪
I definitely feel like I owe you an apology
because you won
and because of my own paranoia,
I not only took that away from you,
but I also made it about me, and that's not fair.
TJ: I need you two to select
one man to send into the Arena.
We're gonna say Asaf.
MICHELE: You didn't know that there was a risk
by saying Asaf's name
-that my name would be said? No. -No.
-I did not. -Don't act stupid 'cause you're not.
Don't play with me like you didn't know.
-You knew that there was a risk. -That's not true.
I-I didn't like being called a liar when I wasn't lying.
I-I legitimately (bleep) up and wasn't thinking.
After my challenge win,
I don't feel like I really have anyone,
which is very scary.
Michele's my number one in the house.
But Michelle hurt my feelings more than anyone ever has.
I truly do know that you have my back.
So to question that and to put you in that position
-was bull(bleep) of me. -Mm-hmm.
You know how important you are to me.
-Same. -And the only thing I wanted was, like...
-Oh, no, please don't feel sad. -I just-- No, it's-it's fine.
-You know, I just wanted you to be, like, happy for me. -I know.
'Cause I've been walking around feeling very alone.
Corey is my real friend outside of this game.
I feel guilty for taking his win
and making it about me.
I'm starting to see the way that the house is
dividing and I don't know where he fits in that divide.
So that's why I was questioning him.
-I'm sorry. -I'm sorry, too.
-I'm a bitch. -I'm a bitch.
-No, you're not. -We're both-- Well, I can be.
(laughter)
-I love you. -I love you, too.
♪♪ ♪♪
BIG T: Melissa and I are not in a good spot
with the USA women.
The whole house is whispering.
COLLEEN: Melissa and Big T, we have to separate them.
I mean, they both are good options
to send them in the Arena.
Oh, it is mud. Okay, okay. Let's (bleep) go.
MORIAH: I'm smiling huge
because I have a lot of frustration and anger
and I would love to choke someone out in the mud today.
♪♪ ♪♪
All right, everyone, welcome to your next challenge
on this season of Battle for a New Champion.
(whooping)
All right.
During the first level of the game,
you played in Control as a team
and earned money for your final prize pot.
Now you're in level two: Chaos.
-And boy, is it chaotic, huh? -Oh, yeah.
TJ: Yeah, so since Ciarran lost that last elimination,
you're down $10,000 on the final prize pot.
That means what you've earned,
which was $406,000, is down to $396,000.
All right? Don't lose any more.
Today's challenge is called Bingo Bango.
♪♪ ♪♪
And to keep you on your toes,
I'm gonna split you up into teams.
As you can see, there are three giant bingo boards
around the mud pit.
To begin, I'm gonna be
on top of that tower, firing balls down.
These balls are gonna have numbers on them.
If you think you need that ball,
you're gonna send one of your players out there
into the mud pit to battle for that ball.
-Whoa! -TJ: All right?
It is going to be chaotic in that mud pit.
Your goal is to try and create bingo on your board.
Bingo is five numbers in a row
horizontal, diagonal, vertical,
whatever you got to do, all right?
The team that gets bingo first will be safe from elimination.
You will also be selecting one contender
-to send into the Arena. -Oh.
-RAVYN: One contender. -EMANUEL: Mm-hmm.
It's really, really important that I fight and I win today,
because I don't know
if it's a male or female elimination.
And knowing my name has been on the chopping block,
I feel like anybody could say my name again,
and I'm not gonna let that keep happening.
TJ: Since there are only 19 of you,
it's gonna be six, six and seven.
And it turns out we have six players over here,
six players over here, seven players over here.
I think we'll just make these the teams.
MELISSA: I enjoy wrestling.
I don't particularly like wrestling in mud.
Don't really fancy it but wouldn't say no to it.
Why not? I love a good scrap. (giggles)
TJ: Go in there, cut sick,
get bingo, do the damn thing. All right, good luck.
(cheering)
EMANUEL: We really need to win this
'cause I had my name up on that (bleep) deliberation.
We might have to use some of our friends to help each other.
-For sure. For sure. -Yeah.
We're gonna work with the other team of six
and make sure we get out the big guys
with the team of seven
because there's some people that we got to put
into nomination and, uh, get them out.
COREY: This is team Big Body.
-We're ready to go. -(cheering)
No one conferred with me about the name.
Big Body's a bit (bleep), I think.
This is Team Large and In Charge.
-Okay. Yes. -That's better, James.
I believe we'll be able to get in there
and wrestle anybody who gets the ball.
Look at us.
They're gonna be shaking in their boots.
BIG T: Why does it smell like (bleep)?
There's something floating in the water.
OLIVIA: Melissa and Big T are on my team,
and I don't want them to have safety
because they are two women
in this house that will say my name.
They have no allegiance to me,
so I'm gonna have to sabotage.
Hee-hee.
♪♪ ♪♪
As much as I'd love to win today's daily,
I don't want to get my hands too dirty yet.
All of my alliance is in the blue team.
The red team is, like, half my alliance,
so I'll just keep them dirty with mud.
Black ones are for the women.
White ones are for the men.
You ready?
Four!
(echoing): Go!
TJ: Black ones are for the women.
White ones are for the men.
Four.
RAVYN: Today the challenge is called Bingo Bango.
Each team has to run into this smelly mud pit
and get the ball and place it on their bingo board.
The first one to get five in a row wins.
-Yes, yes, yes. -Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
-Yes! Yes. -(overlapping shouting) -TJ: Yeah, Zara.
Zaza's one of those lizards that runs on top of the water,
grabs the ball and gets out of the mud.
Like, she didn't even get knee-deep in this thing.
She's so fast.
-TJ: 55! -GO, go, go, go!
Yes, ours! You need it! You need it!
♪♪ ♪♪
You go, Asaf.
ASAF: Me and Corey fight on the same ball.
It's time for revenge.
I'm feeling like I'm swimming in (bleep) right now.
It's warm, it's nasty, it's stinky.
But I must admit I love it.
TJ: Thirteen!
(overlapping shouting)
That's nobody's. That's nobody's.
13 again! 13 again!
-13 again! -(overlapping shouting)
I'm living every girl's dream wrestling these two.
There is muscles in my face, muscles in my eye,
muscles on my body.
-(overlapping shouting) -TJ: Look, Eddie scored.
TJ: That's it.
He's in. He's in.
(Ed panting)
(indistinct chatter)
Seven!
Go, go, go!
♪♪ ♪♪
I want my teammates to know I'm in it to win it.
I'm a serious contender, and I'm gonna help them win.
I'm not just gonna play hard today
but going forward every single challenge,
everything I've got, 110% every single time.
TJ: Eleven.
You can't hurt me.
That's all you got, bitch?
♪♪ ♪♪
(grunts)
-Come on! -Yes!
Let's go, Asaf!
Come on, Jay, get it out.
Jay, get it out. You're right there.
♪♪ ♪♪
(bleep)
Ah! (bleep)
BIG T: My team haven't scored a single ball yet.
What the bloody hell's going on here?
This is not how I predicted this game to go.
I thought my team would be way in the lead before now.
TJ: All right, so the red and blue team have four balls each.
Turquoise has no balls yet.
Fifty!
♪♪ ♪♪
COREY: There you go, James. Take them.
There you go, James, come on!
There you go, James! Pull it!
-Yes, pull it! -All right, James!
TJ: Uh, got it, James got it. James got it.
I need to get my team into the winning mentality,
so, yeah, listen, I manned up,
got the ball and took it home.
Got the first point. Let's go.
Forty-four!
♪♪ ♪♪
(overlapping shouting)
JAY: Let's go, Ravyn! Let's go!
BIG T: Ravyn, Ravyn has it!
-(bleep) -(overlapping shouting)
(Ravyn growling)
I'm not a girl that has competed in a lot of things in my life.
I've just always been into fitness and health,
and when TJ blows the horn, it's "get the job done."
There's one goal in mind and that's it.
-JAY: Good job, Ravyn. -MICHELE: Good job, Ravyn.
(bleep) kicking your ass out here.
I am watching Ravyn attack this competition
like I have never seen before.
Bringing it home for the blue team. Yes, baby.
Let's keep it going.
TJ: Fifty-five.
ASAF: Yeah, we don't need it. We don't need it.
We don't need it!
Go hold, go hold Melissa down.
Hold Melissa down. Hold her down.
TJ hasn't told us if it's a girl elimination
this week or not, but if we're gonna assume
that it is, we have Big T and Melissa
on that side, which are two easy names for us to say.
Now we kind of just have to work together and make sure
that they lose regardless.
Yes.
If we have it, send someone in
and just hold them down, yeah.
(grunting)
Absolute sabotage.
Like, what the (bleep)?
So it's very clear to me now
why our team has been doing so miserable,
and that's because the other two teams are working together.
Wow. Really?
Yeah. They're working together.
That's how we're gonna play?
They just realized it?
-She just pinned me down so she can get it. -Yeah, I know.
I know. What the (bleep) is this?
Melissa's pretty upset, and I'm not mad about it.
The girls are plotting against her,
and I'm here to see it.
Come on.
TJ: Sixty-six!
♪♪ ♪♪
(bleep) yeah.
NURYS: Horacio looks amazing out there.
I'm loving seeing all the mud covering his abs.
Low-key, I wish I had a remote right now.
I could just press pause,
rewind, press slo-mo and then press play,
so I could just watch him running out in slo-mo.
(operatic singing in Italian)
♪♪ ♪♪
(song ends)
All we need is 31.
-That's all we need. -All we need is 31.
-TJ: Eight! -(overlapping shouting)
♪♪ ♪♪
(overlapping shouting)
-Thirty-one! -COLLEEN: Yes!
We need it, Zara! Zara!
♪♪ ♪♪
(indistinct chatter)
(overlapping shouting)
-(overlapping shouting) -Helmet. Helmet. Hey!
Hey!
COLLEEN: Yay!
MELISSA: I was getting' up, actually.
I'll get you next time, how about that?
Bitch, I'll play dirty, too.
(overlapping shouting)
-ASAF: Let's go. -I don't give a (bleep).
Bitch choked me out on my own (bleep) helmet
and kicked me after the (bleep) ball was out of the pit.
(indistinct angry shouting)
NURYS: I don't give a (bleep). I held you down?
I barely held you.
I barely held-- I barely held you.
BIG T: Oh, dear. Melissa has got angry.
Ooh, you better be careful, Nurys,
because Melissa's gonna come and get you.
-NURYS: We can play (bleep) dirty. -ASAF: Let's go.
I don't give a (bleep).
71, 50 or nine.
If it's not 31, you go.
KYLAND: 31, this is the ball the blue team needs to win,
but we want to make sure the red team wins this game.
Zara is basically the fastest girl
in this house and...
right now we need all that speed.
Seventy-one.
Go, go. Go, go, go!
(overlapping shouting)
Yes. Go, go, go, go.
Yes! Yes, go, go, go!
(cheering, whooping)
(air horn blows)
EMANUEL: Let's go!
Whoo! We got the power.
It feels nice to get my people safe.
It feels nice to be able to take a shot at...
someone who took a shot at me first.
MICHELE: Of course I would love to have seen my team win,
but listen, turquoise didn't win.
That was the goal.
And now it's time
to make sure that our plan goes perfectly.
(excited chatter)
Wow. That was awesome. That challenge was sick.
-Red team, congratulations. -Yay.
You are all safe from elimination.
-NURYS: I'm so happy for you. -(Colleen yelps happily)
TJ: And now, with safety comes power.
So I need you all to select one...
-...female... -(whistles)
-...right now. -KYLAND: Oh, (bleep).
RAVYN: With me and my team not winning,
I am just feeling this dread come over me.
I am waiting for them, honestly, to say my name again.
MELISSA: I feel very nervous,
but Kyland should have my back.
Horacio should have my back, being Kyland's best friend.
And Zara, she's given me her word that
she will never say my name.
So, hopefully, I'll be safe.
(whispers): There's only one girl
I haven't really spoke to,
and I have no alliance
or had game talk with her.
And that is Melissa.
The girls have already said that
if Melissa or Big T go in right now,
the other one goes in as the house vote.
So I'm not gonna do that.
I know there's a lot of people in this house
that would like to send Big T into elimination
and to send Melissa down alongside her,
but that's not a decision that I can let stand.
I don't want to see Melissa in elimination
because she is the only girl
that isn't gonna say my name
over other guys in this house.
I need to get Melissa on the chopping block,
because she came for my boy Emanuel
and for my alliance and actually for me, so...
It's not.
All right, red team, let's go.
-BERNA: What do you think? -Honestly,
I'm gonna go with the team vote.
Hurry up!
I understand where you're coming from,
and I completely respect it.
The blue team helped us. We cannot put Ravyn in.
Are you stupid?
Gosh dang it.
♪♪ ♪♪
-Red team, let's go. -Come on.
-Two seconds. -Two seconds.
TJ: Nope. Get on the riser.
I knew that team blue should've won because
hello, Kyland is with Melissa.
He's not gonna say Melissa's name.
And Horacio really likes Kyland,
so I'm kind of worried right now.
TJ: All right, so, Zara,
who's going in?
Um, so we're having a little bit of
a stalemate situation right now.
The spotlight's on me to make the final decision for the team.
Um...
I just don't want to upset anyone
and it's really difficult.
TJ: Zara, who's it going to be?
Why can't my team help me decide?
BERNA: I tried, I tried.
-Who? Who? -Can I say? It's Melissa.
KYLAND: That's not it.
That ain't it. TJ, that ain't it.
It's not said by the team.
Red team, I need a vote.
-Melissa. -Melissa.
Melissa for me, too.
I'll go with Ravyn.
TJ: All right, Zara and Horacio, who do you got?
Horacio, who you going with?
Horacio.
You're not gonna take away my vote.
TJ: Horacio, who's the vote for?
Be smart.
I'm sorry. It has to be Melissa.
We don't want to stalemate because you never know with TJ.
Potentially one of our girls
or even one of our guys could go in.
Zara, who do you got?
Who is it, Zara?
-Who is it? -Melissa.
All right, Melissa, I'll see you in the Arena.
For the rest of you: head back to the house,
deliberate and nominate
one woman to send into the Arena as well.
I am fuming.
I don't understand how they've come to this decision.
Kyland's on that team.
What's going on?
TJ: Now, red team,
you do have a voice in the deliberation,
but you don't have a vote in the nomination.
-Got it? All right. -Got it.
Get out of here.
Chaos.
(wind whistles)
♪♪ ♪♪
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
ZARA: Um... Melissa, she hates me.
She just did not expect it to go.
And she thought I had her back.
The game's starting to get dirty
because there's less and less people here.
But I'm really getting along with everybody.
So, yeah, I'm just gonna take each day,
day by day, see where it goes.
It was a really hard decision,
and I was like, I sleep next to you,
so I didn't want to say your name.
Now since I've dodged one bullet,
my worry is being the house vote
because my name has already been floating around.
I don't want to go in every time, but we'll see.
NURYS: I'm also glad that she did the (bleep) she did today
because now I know who I'm 100% not with
and who I don't care if I say your name,
'cause she purposely waited for me to go in,
choked me out on my (bleep) helmet,
and then as you were already out the pit,
she (bleep) kicks me in the back.
Like, before it was game. Now it's personal.
♪♪ ♪♪
-MELISSA: Aw! -BIG T: Oh, no.
Typical me to find that.
I'm getting put into elimination.
Everything around me dies. All me hopes and dreams.
(Big T laughs)
There was a plan to sabotage us two.
I think it's an absolute piss-take,
the fact that two other teams are working together
just to make sure one specific team doesn't win.
If you can't compete against strong players,
then you need to get a grip, like, do better.
You are going to be the house vote
-if we don't find someone else to point the blame. -I know. Yeah.
I'm good with that.
All it takes is for one person to believe in you,
and that's my best friend Melissa.
I'm not gonna politic.
I'm not gonna try to change people's minds.
I'm just gonna let the cookies lay where they crumble.
It's-- This isn't actually
the most ruthless season I've been on.
There's, like, no loyalty. I don't trust anyone.
Obviously the game changed, and now it makes sense
to want to get rid of the strong people.
Yo.
It's going...
(laughter)
♪♪ ♪♪
(indistinct shouting)
Cheers. Cheers to season 39.
(cheering)
EMANUEL: Go around her and just touch her,
and get in front of her.
-Okay. -JAY: Whoa.
(cheering)
♪♪ ♪♪
(laughs)
MICHELE: Horacio is sexy as hell.
Right? Like, we all know that. Hello.
If you have two eyes and a brain, then you can see
that Horacio is a beautiful man.
I told Callum that if he comes
anywhere near me with a lap dance,
I will literally kill him.
But we might sneak off into the bathroom
for a little kiss here and there, no problem.
It's innocent, I swear.
♪♪ ♪♪
HORAICO: I step out of my shell
a little bit and, uh,
show a little bit of what I can do.
(cheering)
I'm enjoying myself and Nurys is enjoying herself.
♪♪ ♪♪
(lively chatter)
Yeah.
MELISSA: I feel like I can trust Corey.
He seems to be a bit on the outside
of his own alliance, so I'm thinking that maybe
possibly I could bring him into my and Big T's alliance.
Mm.
I think that would be easier to convince people.
There's no way I can keep this information to myself.
This is an olive branch.
I need the Americans to know that I am with them,
and hopefully they can trust me.
Yeah.
Ravyn is not the most clever in this game,
but I think she's a strong competitor.
Unfortunately, she has absolutely no social game.
I will. I will.
CALLUM: I'm not trying to be sneaky.
I'm just trying to give myself
as many avenues as I possibly can have, you know.
I can't always rely on Michele to be protecting me.
Look at the patterns. Internationals are going.
The UK is going, and you will be next.
What Callum doesn't understand is that I'm Geppetto.
And he's my Pinocchio.
He has zero suspicious about me.
(lively chatter)
Nurys is very smart, very calculated,
and very manipulative.
So I need to sit down and have a talk with her
because she's got a lot more people,
a lot more of the girls in her alliance than we thought.
I'm gonna fight to the death for Big T.
-Exhibit A. -Well, that must...
-That's definitely not my nails. -It was your-- No.
-It was your kneepad. -If anything, it was-- Okay.
MELISSA: When you were pushing me face in the water.
NURYS: I definitely didn't do that.
As-as you shouldn't.
MELISSA: I'm going down there now,
and there's a chance that I could end up going home.
So that is sabotaging me,
so I'm really not happy with that.
I think she's a snake.
Okay, but I don't play the scared game.
You were playing dirty,
-and I-- See, you were playing dirty. -I-I wasn't. No.
I've been working on my anger, and I took anger management
for a long time, and this is gonna take me back.
I don't want to get DQ'd out this house, kicked out.
But if I have to fight somebody, I might just do it.
Do you believe that I'm dumb enough?
-Bitch, do you think... -You were saying I was playing game dirty.
NURYS: I-I'm a real-ass bitch,
and I don't have to lie about (bleep).
If I was gonna hold you down under the (bleep) water,
-I would have done that. -You couldn't have!
If I was gonna hold you down under the (bleep) water,
-I would have done that. -You couldn't have!
Oh, bitch, I-I... I, honestly,
I really don't want to have this conversation
with you anymore 'cause I'm gonna get mad.
(overlapping chatter)
Anger management, anger management.
And the money and the Challenge champ title.
Can't put that all on the line.
-Hey, all right. -All right!
♪♪ ♪♪
BIG T: Okay.
Nurys, not Ravyn. Nurys.
-Okay, well, this... -Not Ravyn.
-MELISSA: Nurys is more hit or miss. -BIG T: Mm-hmm.
If we can convince her to go Ravyn,
-which is more likely than Nurys... -(groans)
-It's more likely... -I don't want to do Ravyn.
Do you want to go in, then?
No, I don't want to go in, but I don't want...
Please, I'm begging you, not Ravyn.
Please, not Ravyn.
This game is a game of trust.
Ravyn hasn't given me any reason not to trust her.
And Nurys definitely had it out for my girl Melissa today.
I don't want Ravyn to be the other name floating about.
(groans)
♪♪ ♪♪
(laughter)
NURYS: I really did come in here with, like, a different mindset
being like, "I am sticking to myself,"
and I've found myself in this vulnerable place.
And I don't mind being vulnerable.
I know that I do like you, um...
I guess I'm not necessarily used to guys wanting to move so slow.
-(laughs) -You know what I mean?
You make me feel like in my first crush.
-Like, it's so weird. -(laughs)
Never ever in a million years
expecting myself to like you, ever.
-And... (laughs) -Thank you. Thanks for that.
Thanks.
(laughs) I-I literally feel like a little girl
every time his name gets brought up.
Everything is telling me like, "Go for it,"
'cause it's just, it feels right.
I guess I'm just, you know, trying to figure out
like, how deeply his feelings are for me
and if it's just for the game.
-We've already really connected. -Yeah.
-Which is also another, like, crazy thing to me. -Yeah, me, too.
-(giggles) -I don't know.
-Yeah. -(laughs)
HORACIO: Nurys is very, very different to who I am.
But, um, I think we're kind of balancing each other out.
And I don't know exactly what's-what's gonna happen,
but right now, so far, why not?
(laughter)
-Butterflies? -Yeah, actually.
(insects trilling)
He want all the Americans out.
Because he said all the people who got eliminated
right now, to this point, were international.
JAY: Okay.
(laughter)
Callum, you're being a bad boy.
I've been keeping you safe.
I've been letting you have your fun with Michele.
I've even told Michele,
"It's all right. We can keep him around."
Bye, little teddy bear.
It's time for Michele to be sad and lonely
because you got to go home now, bro.
I love you.
(laughter)
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Please.
-It's a gamble. -BERNA: It's-- Yeah.
-ZARA: Yeah. Yeah. -Mm-hmm. Yeah.
I'm surprised last night didn't get crazier,
-to be honest. -OLIVIA: I had a great time last night.
Melissa and I, we're kind of similar.
I have anger problems that I avidly work on.
I could snap at any minute, so that's why I walked away.
MICHELE: I think you did all the right things.
Somebody was bound to get the wrath of that situation.
-Yeah. -I just want to know where-- from other people
where Kyland's at.
OLIVIA: Yeah.
-I know, I know. -That's definitely an issue.
Where is Kyland at? It's a bit confusing.
We know that Kyland is trying to protect Melissa,
but us as a unit should be more important than one person.
On the other hand, Callum is on a need-to-know basis.
I obviously am with him, like, 24/7 in this house,
so of course the game is going to come up.
But Callum can't know everything that I know.
I have to keep my people and our private information safe.
RAVYN: Should we see how tonight plays out?
OLIVIA: Of course.
-How are you today? -Good enough, thank you.
So, I was talking to Big T last night
and obviously everyone's talking about her
going in for elimination.
-Hmm. -So I'm feeling
if we can get enough people together
to get Ravyn, would you say it?
Yeah.
The last thing I want to see is Big T
and Melissa go head-to-head.
They're still from the UK
and I'm still a loyal person, you know.
I would try and do anything I can to steer people
away from voting them in, but I don't want to be causing
problems within the house for myself.
Life is not good today. (laughs)
I'm trying to pull people away from voting for Big T.
So the aim of the game
is to convince people to put Ravyn down.
I need to save Big T.
I know, I wouldn't expect you to.
-You, on the other hand... -(laughter)
-...are in opposition. -(laughter)
Melissa is currently going around the house
trying to rally everybody
to say Ravyn's name and I just think it's hilarious
because it's not going to work.
Some people might be telling them, hey, yeah,
I got you, but realistically, they don't got you.
-MICHELE: It's a tough sitch. -MELISSA: Yeah.
I do have a few numbers already just to let you know
if you want to make your decision based on that.
Ravyn is a bigger threat for me than Big T is,
so I kind of am hearing Melissa out right now
and I want to see what "numbers" she's talking about.
-Save Big T. -(laughter)
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Coming into this nomination,
I'm feeling quietly confident.
Few people had made promises
to Melissa that they won't say my name.
So deep breaths. Fingers crossed.
I might just do this.
Okay, everyone, so I thought I'd kick things off today
as I am the victim here going into elimination.
The names flying around, we all know who they are
and my best friend in the entire world is one of them.
I would not be a good friend if I didn't fight for you.
And I've been fighting my ass off for you
and I will to the day I die. I love you to pieces.
So do you want to say a few words?
Yeah. I mean, firstly, thank you, Mellie.
I didn't want to cry doing this.
But it makes me very emotional
and I feel like I am developing real friendships with people.
Obviously, I know everybody has got to do what you've got to do.
But for those people who do not say my name,
I really mean it, like, I will ride with you.
I am a little frustrated that my name is
again on the chopping block.
I am a strong competitor and I am also loyal
with who I've said from the very beginning.
For me, it's really hard. I've known Ravyn and I trust Ravyn.
And then Big T,
like, you're my roommate and I love you so much.
It's a hard choice, you know?
It is hard. Because, well, I'd say both of you guys
have made my experience better here.
I-I truly love the both of you guys.
They're saying this is the tough decision,
but deep down inside
we all know this is what we had planned from the beginning.
Okay, guys, I think it's time to vote.
I'll start. Obviously, Ravyn, I can't throw my game away.
So, unfortunately, I have to vote for you.
My vote today is for Big T.
I want to say T.
I am going to say you as well, Big T.
Going to have to say you.
I'm sorry, Big T. I'm going to vote for you.
Uh, I'm voting for you, Big T. Sorry.
My vote is for you, Big T.
I'm gonna ride with the wave, guys. I'm sorry, Big T.
My, uh, vote today is going to be for Big T.
I'm sorry, Big T.
Listen, it's decided anyway.
So it doesn't really matter, does it?
So, Big T, you've got my vote.
As much as I don't want to say Big T,
I wasn't going to go against the house and put myself
up in the firing line. I need to try and sit
under the radar for my own game.
I love you with all my heart, Big T.
But today I'm voting for you.
-I vote for you, Big T. -(laughter)
Let's go!
(squealing)
Oh, my God, this is going to be awful.
I am impressed that my name has not been said, and I'm proud.
I have such a relief right now
that the plan has actually happened.
I am safe this girls' elimination,
and it feels really good.
Great game. (laughs)
Worst alliance ever.
Why does our alliance keep nominating themselves?
-Why is our alliance nominating us? -Oh, my God.
Don't cry.
-It's all right. -(Melissa sobbing)
You okay, ladies?
I really, really hope it's me.
It's a very emotional thing
because if Big T left,
I'd really, really struggle without her.
Like, she's the life and soul of the house.
Knowing that you're competing against a champ,
against someone who's done what we're here to do,
it's very intimidating and it's nerve-racking.
Thanks. I really appreciate it, Mellie.
You're always fighting for me.
You always look after me.
I was nervous last time,
but going into the Arena this time around,
for some reason, I'm just more scared than ever.
Don't, 'cause you're making me cry.
♪♪ ♪♪
MELISSA: I don't want my best friend to possibly lose and go home.
And I don't want to go home.
It's a really difficult situation to be put in.
♪♪ ♪♪
ZARA: This elimination looks very peculiar.
Um...
How do you train for this one?
TJ: All right, everyone.
Welcome back to the Arena for the next elimination
on this season of Battle For a New Champion.
-Let's go. -(cheering)
TJ: Well, speaking of champions,
champions of the last challenge, the red team,
not only did you secure your safety from elimination,
but you also had to select one woman
to send into the Arena, and you selected Melissa.
-How do you feel about that? -Furious.
I'm coming back for a lot of youse.
(laughs) We're here to play a game.
-You can't avoid elimination. -TJ: All right.
KYLAND: Anything can happen in the Arena.
That being said, Melissa has been in
multiple eliminations.
She's faced vets, she's faced champs.
She's come out on top.
And I do believe she can do it tonight.
Big T, why are you down here? What happened?
My name has been thrown around a few times this season,
so perhaps it was slightly easier to invite me back here.
Well, as you all know, nothing is easy on The Challenge.
Oh, God.
This is a very chaotic game.
(exhales)
I'm bringing in yet another champion,
because to be the best, you got to beat the best.
Last elimination, Jordan came out as our champion.
This time, it could be Tori.
It could be Laurel. It could be Cara Maria.
I'm nervous. I'm scared. I'm terrified.
Come on out.
♪♪ ♪♪
-COREY: It's the ghost. -MICHELE: The suspense!
I'm bringing in yet another champion.
The suspense. Come out.
-Come on out. -(whooping)
KYLAND: Let's go!
KAZ: I'm finally part of The Challenge.
(laughs)
(air horn blows)
(grunting)
ANNOUNCER: First-ever winners of The Challenge UK...
TJ: You are the first-ever Challenge world champions.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(cheering)
Hi.
I can't see you.
Hi, TJ. How are you?
Hello, Kaz, how you doing?
-Long time. -Long time no see.
Oh, my God. This is crazy.
(crickets chirping)
TJ: For those of you that don't know,
Kaz has been in two Challenges. She's won two times.
Kaz, I don't know if you know,
but she's my best friend from the UK season.
She actually beat me by 60 seconds.
Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry, it was one minute.
ZARA: We also did the World Championships together,
and she won.
So, she is a very strong competitor,
but I am here to keep the money.
That's right. She won the UK Challenge.
And the World Championship, along with Jordan.
She is as solid as they come
and gives it her all every time.
Just like a true champion.
KAZ: I'm not someone to be messed with.
I am capable to do anything.
I never doubt myself anymore.
Anytime I think, oh, I can't do that,
I just think, you're a two-time champion.
Not even a two-time champion. You're a world champion, Kaz.
Get it together.
Kaz, you recognize anybody up there?
Yes. I know Zaza. I know Callum.
I know James. Who's been the biggest wind-up,
-Callum or James? -(laughs)
I'm going to give him that one this time, I'll be honest.
Callum's behaving himself, then. (laughs)
JAMES: I know Kaz very well.
She's a good friend from back home. Lovely girl.
She's not going to be a walkover.
Whoever goes against her tonight
is going to have serious problems.
So, Kaz, here's the thing, all right?
Everyone standing in front of you right now
has two things in common.
They are not rookies and they haven't won yet.
So, their job is to become a champion like yourself.
And in order to be the best, they got to beat the best.
You're here to take someone out.
Sorry.
However, first you got to play the draw.
Go ahead and pull one of these poles
and then I'll tell you all about it when you pull it.
Oh, my God.
I'm gravitating towards this one.
NURYS: We still don't know what the third pole is in the draw.
I'm low-key hoping that's what she pulls.
Because I'm like, what is in there?
♪♪ ♪♪
-Oh... -Oh.
My heart is racing.
I don't want to go against her.
I don't want to have the chance of possibly losing
and going home so soon.
The nerves I feel at the moment, it's horrible.
I feel sick.
-Big T. -Oh!
TJ: Kaz versus Big T. Melissa, you're off the hook tonight.
Go ahead and rejoin the group.
Good luck.
KAZ: Pulling Big T makes me feel confident.
I've got a good chance to win this
and I know she definitely has to prove herself.
I think it's going to be a good battle.
Tonight, you are playing Loaded Barrel.
To begin, you and your opponent
are going to be locked in those barrels.
When I say go, you got to move your body
to get that barrel rolling.
You're going to roll it all the way
to one of your five bags.
These bags are filled with puzzle pieces
and you have to bring them to your designated zone.
Once you have all five bags in your zone,
get out of the barrel and solve the puzzle.
First player to solve the puzzle
will win tonight's elimination
and, in your case, stay in the game.
But in your case, I'll give you $10,000
of their final prize pot money.
-No way. What? -(Big T laughs)
She's a rich bitch. She doesn't need that.
Kaz, you have a reputation to protect.
You got to get it done.
I haven't lost yet, so I don't plan on starting now.
-Oh, God. -All right, well, in all seriousness,
this is it right here, Big T.
All right? You win tonight
and you hang on to that money
in the final prize pot for everyone.
Good luck to both of you. Make it happen.
BOTH: Thank you.
-(cheering) -Come on, T.
Uh, I can't do elimination with dry lips.
I've been to the Arena already this season.
It's my second time.
I'm familiar to the sand,
so that is actually keeping me a little bit calm.
But I have so much to prove tonight.
I might take out a Challenge champ
and that will make me so proud.
The house voted me in.
I mean, I need to get back into that house,
stir some trouble up, and show them
that, you know, they made a big mistake.
KAZ: I might be able to go home with ten K,
so I'm all good right now.
There is so much pressure
because I've got a reputation to uphold.
I've not lost any eliminations.
I'm a champion, so I've got to show these guys
what a real champion is.
You ladies ready?
-(air horn blows) -JAY: Go, Big T! Come on!
Use your arms, use your arms.
MELISSA: Use your arms! Use your arms!
That's it, use your arms.
-There you go. -Use the momentum.
That's it, T. That's it. Good job.
Good job. Keep pushing, T.
HORACIO: I'm going to put my money on Kaz,
two-time champ.
I think experience will come into play.
I would love for the numbers of the house to go down.
KAZ: I think Big T does have a slight weight advantage on me,
but I feel like my ability to move my body
and manipulate this barrel is going to work out better for me.
-See, she's new at this. -Keep going, Kaz.
That's it, T.
Yes, T! Good job!
Good job.
Big T is always really good.
When she's backed into a corner
with her back against the wall
and, you know, the whole house has turned against her,
she's more motivated to come back
and be like, "(bleep) you all.
I am a winner."
Just like she did the first time around
and how I think she's going to do this time.
There you go. There you go, Big T. Okay.
ZARA: Wait, wait, wait. You're hitting the wall, babe.
Ah!
You've got this. Reposition yourself.
Don't bloody help her.
BIG T: I need to remind myself of why I'm here.
I have dreams of having my own catering company,
but I need that money to start up.
Even more so, I have family
that I want to make proud and look after and support.
And that is why I'm here.
This is who I'm fighting for.
(panting)
Get your position and then roll.
I'm actually really shocked to see
how much Kaz is struggling.
I'm not sure if this is a bad night for her
or if she's just not as strong as I thought she was.
Big T, come back for this one,
come back for this other one.
Because once you've got that, they're all in one place, then.
ASAF: I love money.
And I care about losing $10,000,
but I'm willing to lose money
in order to lose Big T.
That means more numbers to my alliance
and less to the internationals.
After doing five seasons of The Challenge,
somehow my experience has taught me
how to stay calm under pressure,
use my mind, and not totally lose it.
(both grunting)
JAY: Big T's strategy is genius.
Instead of rolling out and bringing one by one
by one, which takes so long,
she's grabbing every piece
and bringing them closer together as a pile.
I couldn't have done better myself.
It is definitely harder than what I predicted it to be.
It's very uncomfortable
and sand is going in my face
and it also is super hard to control
the direction you're trying to roll in.
-KYLAND: Good job, T. -MELISSA: T, you are an absolute superstar.
Killing it.
MELISSA: That's it, T.
Throw them all as far as you can.
-Pull yourself a bit closer. -(laughter)
(laughter)
That's it. So good.
BIG T: I go into, like, angel beast mode.
I've got a shot here.
And there is a chance that I could win.
MELISSA: That's it.
They're in.
That's it, T. You've got it.
(cheering)
♪♪ ♪♪
MELISSA: This is like, weird.
This is exactly what you wanted.
KYLAND: It's a race.
I feel like this is a super tight race now
and it all comes down
to getting this puzzle pieced together.
JAY: Just move calmly.
This is exactly what you wanted.
You know how good you are at this.
BIG T: This could go any way. I don't want to leave.
I don't want to leave Melissa in this game alone.
MELISSA: Just don't panic.
I am panicking.
♪♪ ♪♪
COREY: Only a couple more pieces, T.
BIG T: I'm moving around these puzzle pieces frantically.
Oh!
I need to focus.
I need to stay calm.
Come on, Kaz. Kinda need you to pull this out
because I don't want Big T and Melissa both
coming back into this house pissed at all of us.
KAZ: I do not quit.
I've proved that to myself.
I have the champion mindset.
So, I need to get my head in the game and focus.
MELISSA: Good job, T. Stay focused.
CALLUM: Elimination killer!
-(yelps) -KYLAND: One more piece, come on.
-One more piece. Come on, T. -One more piece.
Check!
-(air horn blows) -(Melissa screams)
TJ: All right!
Oh! Oh, (bleep). Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
I'm so proud of you.
I'm so proud of you!
Oh, God. Oh, God.
(delighted screaming)
This is so marvelous. The fact that, like,
I've actually beat a two-time champion.
I never thought I'd be able to say those words.
So, yeah, really happy.
Well done. You smashed it.
Yeah. Oh, God. You did so good.
Yeah, you did amazing.
-(cheering) -Yes, T!
BIG T: The message I'm going to say to my fellow contenders
is don't help me out.
I feel like the house should be
thanking me because I did save
$10,000 for the final prize pot.
When it comes down to it,
when I have to fight, I will fight.
I'll use my strengths,
I'll use my mind, I'll use technique.
And I'll do anything to be here.
Maybe I am on my way
to my first Challenge championship.
Being a champion is not only winning,
but it is also being very gracious in defeat
and that is exactly what you are.
So, Kaz, thank you so much for being here.
You really put up a good fight.
But Big T is no joke.
-She's no joke. -I see why they call her Big T. She's strong!
TJ: You know what I'm saying?
-Look at her. -The girl is strong.
TJ: Thank you so much for being here, Kaz.
Take care of yourself.
-Nothing but love. -Thank you. Thank you, guys.
(cheering)
UK, bring it home!
I didn't take home the win tonight,
unfortunately, but I'm really happy for Big T.
She deserves it.
I really think Big T proved that she can
be a champion with her performance
in this game tonight, like, she smashed it.
So, she could definitely be a champion.
I didn't take the ten K from the contenders today,
but I am a two-time champion,
and they can't take that away from me.
So, I'm still going home
with a healthy bank account to look at. (laughs)
I couldn't be more proud of you.
Well done, Big T. Well done.
You just saved the entire crew
$10,000.
(cheering)
Yes, T!
Thank you, Big T!
-(whooping) -Thank you.
So, because of you, the prize pot did not change tonight.
And it could have and should have,
because she's a two-time champ.
But no. You said "No, not tonight.
"Not tonight, Kaz.
-Not tonight, champion." -(laughs)
I hope you are enjoying the chaos
and embracing the chaos,
and I will see you all
sooner than you think.
-Ooh. -Oh, God. -Uh-oh.
Get out of here. Get some rest.
Chaos!
(cheering, whooping)
(squeals)
Yay! (laughing)
Moving forward, Melissa and I have to be really careful.
My only strategy now
is just to win, because I know
that my name will probably be called up again next.
It's really crunch time. It's do-or-die.
I am still constantly questioning
what is on this third pole
in the draw?
There's always two names,
but what does it say on this third pole?
(sighs) God, I hope I'm not down there when they pull it.
-(indistinct chatter) -I'm so proud of you.
-Big T, you forgot your hair. -Oh, (bleep). My wig.
(laughter)
I didn't take home the win tonight, unfortunately,
but I'm really happy for Big T.
She deserves it.
That was a really hard challenge.
As a champion, I felt like Big T kept it
really cool,
calm, collected.
-(grunts) -She had a good strategy
when it came to picking the puzzle pieces
that I didn't get the hang of it.
ZARA: W-W-Wait, you're hitting the wall, babe.
(Kaz sighs)
I'm still coming away
from this elimination loss
a two-time champion.
None of them can say that.
You know, if you're gonna lose an elimination,
why not lose one that doesn't really matter?
It was a bit of fun, I enjoyed myself,
and the best woman won.
Check!
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God,
I'm so proud of you.
I'm so proud of you!
Oh, God, oh, God.
(screams happily)
I think the contenders look super strong.
I'm really hoping Zara takes home that win.
She deserves it.
She only lost by one minute
in the UK Challenge, you know,
and she definitely has what it takes to be a champion.
It was really fun to be back, and, yeah, I'm really excited
to hear who's gonna be the next new champion.
JAMES: This is do-or-die. Play dirty.
Do anything you possibly can to win.
-Jay, help her! -(screams)
I've been lying to Big T and Melissa.
-You've now exposed who you are. -I do not care.
We are in Level Chaos.
Come on out.
-What the (bleep)? -Oh, (bleep).
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