AngieKStan's The Challenge: The Island RESULTS

Welcome to AngieKStan’s The Challenge: The Island. This season’s format is a big deviation from the norm compared to the other seasons. Instead of living in a lavish mansion, the challengers were dropped onto a deserted island. Upon arrival at the beach, it is revealed to the challengers their goal this season will be to earn a key to the treasure chest containing the cash prize. There will only be 8 keys which would be earned in ‘Face-offs’, which were basically elimination matchups. Face-offs would be played with three Challengers. The winner of the Face-off would receive a key while the two losers would be up for elimination with the cast voting who will leave the Island. The challenger that is not voted out will also receive a key. The Face-off winner would only vote in the case of a tie. For each Face-off, the challengers would volunteer themselves to compete. Obviously it is a big risk to volunteer for the first one as it may lead to becoming the first Challenger eliminated, but for two the reward will be much greater. Rainolds, Papa and Muribolt volunteered for the first Face-off which was called, ‘Leaning Tower’. In this game the challengers would swim to retrieve 12 ladder pegs that they would then use to build a ladder to climb a tower with a bell on top. The first to ring the bell would become the winner and first Keyholder. Papa won the first Face-off leaving the other challengers to decide who would stay on the Island between Rainolds and Muribolt. The challengers began a mass scramble for their first vote, this would set the tone for the entire season to come. It seemed the beach was split in two and would come down to some swing votes. Ultimately, the Challengers decided to vote Rainolds off the Island in a close 9-8 vote. Muribolt received a key for surviving the vote. Challengers were now more willing to participate in the Face-off now that they knew they would not be the first boot. It was decided that Chazz, DakotaMagic and Josh would be playing in the second Face-off, ‘Ring Wrestle’. The challenge was as simple as the name implies, the three challengers would all hold onto a large ring and whoever held on the longest would be the winner. Chazz won the Face-off leaving Josh and DakotaMagic up for elimination. The beach was chaotic before the vote. Both Josh and DakotaMagic swore on everything they had to stay in the game, but ultimately a majority of the Challengers decided they would rather see Josh in the game. DakotaMagic was voted out in an 11-5 vote, Josh received their key meaning half of the keys had been claimed. Now with only four keys up for grabs, quieter players began to step up and petition to go into the next Face-off. Bakersdozen, Gabs and MacKenzieKiwi were the volunteers for the next Face-off ‘The Rack’. This challenge saw the players floating in the ocean under a metal grate, as the water level rose it would become more difficult to stay afloat. Challenge rookie, Bakersdozen won the challenge and received a key meaning it would be Gabs and MacKenzieKiwi up for elimination. With numbers now dwindling, it was easier for majority alliances to form and control the vote. That's exactly what happened this week as a new voting block was created to vote out MacKenzieKiwi in a 9-6 vote. Gabs received the 6th key. The last two keys were up for grabs in the next Face-off. Of course everyone left without a key would like to compete, but still only three would be allowed to compete. Kemi, Melanie and VenusVafa were the three chosen to compete in the Face-off, ‘Ball Buster’. In this challenge the three challengers would race to push a giant ball to the end of an obstacle course. Kemi won the challenge and received the 7th key, which meant it would be between Melanie and VenusVafa for the vote. In the vote, some power players were blindsided as Melanie was voted out in a 9-5 vote. VenusVafa received the last key and the challengers were alerted to the change in how Face-offs would work moving forward. Now that all eight keys had their own holders, the winner of the Face-off would steal a key from anyone who was currently holding one. Now that rules had been changed, players who had felt their time in the game numbered had a new lease on life. Frost, Leehoyminoy and Tisha volunteered to play in the next Face-off, ‘Bridge It’. In this challenge, the three challengers would walk across a bridge and remove one plank each time they crossed. This would continue until only one would be able to cross the bridge. Leehoyminoy won the Face-off and now had to choose which keyholder to steal from. He chose Chazz meaning that Chazz would have to win another Face-off in order to get a spot in the Final. The vote would be between Frost and Tisha. This vote would be much different as the survivor would no longer receive a key, it would just be for fighting for another day. In a nail-biter of a vote, Frost was voted out 7-6 mainly due to the Challengers feeling Frost would be a bigger threat in Face-offs than Tisha. Only a few more Face-off’s remained before it was time for the Challengers to get off the Island, so the strong players without a key were locked in to getting their key. Chazz, Edmxxnd and Imperio volunteered to play in the next Face-off, ‘Rat in a Cage’. In this challenge, the players would be locked in a cage with four locks. Keys to unlock the cage were scattered across the beach and the players would have to roll their cage around to get themselves out. The first player out would be able to steal a key. Imperio won the Face-off and chose to steal Leehoyminoy ’s key. The vote would be between Chazz and Edmxxnd. In another close vote, Edmxxnd was voted out 7-5. Two Face-off challenges remained before the Final Challenge and six challengers without a key remained. The three that were chosen for the next Face-off were Amandasings04, Morgan and Tisha. They would compete in ‘Timbur’, in this challenge the players would be standing on a tree stump while holding heavy tree trunks in each arm, the last player standing would be the winner. Morgan was the winner and decided to steal Kemi ’s key. The final vote of the season would be between Amandasings04 and Tisha. In the vote Amandasings04 was spared by her competitors as they felt Tisha had been given more opportunities to save herself. Tisha was voted out 7-4 It was now time for the Finale. For the final Face-off, all challengers without a key would be competing. These challengers were Amandasings04, Chazz, Kemi, Leehoyminoy and MissChloeKay. The winner would remain in the game and steal a key, while the losers and whoever has their key stolen would be eliminated from the game. The final Face-off was called ‘Water Bound’. This Face-off was played in rounds. Challengers would have weights tied to their ankles and were tasked to hold their breath under water for the longest amount of time. The first one to come up for air would be eliminated. MissChloeKay was eliminated in the first round, Chazz was out next in the second round and Kemi was out next in round three. The final showdown was Amandasings04 and Leehoyminoy, the winner of the final Face-off was Amandasings04! Amanda now had to make the biggest decision of the season by choosing someone to automatically be eliminated right before the Final Challenge. She chose to take Morgan ’s key, shocking everyone remaining who viewed the pair as the closest duo left in the game. The Final Challenge would begin immediately after the Face-off, the eight remaining players would need to split themselves up to make up two different boats where they would race each other to the nearby island which held the cash prize. RED TEAM: Amandasings04 (Obtained Key in Face-off) Muribolt (Obtained Key by surviving the vote) Papa (Obtained Key in Face-off) VenusVafa (Obtained Key by surviving the vote) BLUE TEAM: Bakersdozen (Obtained Key in Face-off) Gabs (Obtained Key by surviving the vote) Imperio (Obtained Key in Face-off) Josh (Obtained Key by surviving the vote) With the team’s now set, the challengers began building their boats and setting off to the destination. Both teams had difficulties getting their boats to stay afloat, but those problems were solved rather quickly. The race was neck and neck until about halfway in when the Blue Team’s boat began to take in a lot of water, slowing them down tremendously and allowing the Red Team to pull ahead and reach the Island and Treasure Chest first. All four members of the Red Team inserted their Key’s into the treasure chest and opened it up to see the $300,000 cash prize! Congratulations, Amandasings04, Muribolt, Papa and VenusVafa you have won AngieKStan’s The Challenge: The Island! Extra special congrats to Amanda and muribolt who now join PosterBoy as 2x Champions! Hero of the Season: Chazz - The First to have a key stolen, he fought in a face-off to get it back and survived a vote. It was giving the main character a bit. Villain of the Season: Morgan - She played the game honey. The silent assassin in the votes who only voted incorrectly once. She strategically stayed out of the Face-offs until she knew she would be going against people she could beat. Unfortunately, her sneaky ways caused her downfall at the end. Player of the Season: Bakersdozen - This challenge rookie was able to defy the odds and make it all the way to the finale without ever being at risk. They were able to get their key early on and hold onto it by pinning other challengers as bigger threats who needed their key stolen from.