Stay tuned after the episode for the final words
from the eliminated challengers.
♪♪ MTV. ♪♪
TJ: A stalemate.
-Big mistake. -(distorted laughter)
JAY: It really hurts to see Asaf leave tonight.
My brother's gone home.
KYLAND: Asaf is way more connected than any of us realize.
TJ: When my countdown hits zero, you are in Conquest.
You're all in trouble.
♪♪ ♪♪
RAVYN: Lines have definitely been drawn
now that Asaf is out of the game.
That was Jay's number one guy.
Jay is pissed, and I know
he is coming after everyone that caused
the stalemate in the house.
Yeah, of course.
Don't say, "Yeah, of course," Kyland.
You're sitting down there (bleep) laughing at the man.
He's praying for his (bleep) wife
-and he's praying at-- and his (bleep) son. -Don't do that.
What kind of person are you?
(mocking laugh) Shut the (bleep) up over there.
JAY: My anger level right now is a solid eight.
I don't want to get to a ten,
but I'm ready to stand up for my brother.
And if it gets physical, then it gets physical.
-Take it personal if you want. We were not laughing at him. -No, no, no, I'm watching you.
I'm watching you. I'm not taking it personal.
I'm watching you laugh at another man.
KYLAND: You don't know what we were laughing at, bro.
It had nothing to do with that.
You can definitely feel tensions increasing.
People are scared of losing
when we're closer to the end than ever.
-I don't give a (bleep) about your opinion. -Shut your (bleep) mouth.
-Why? What are you going to do? -No, I'm saying you can't...
JAY: What are you going to do? I don't have to shut my mouth.
I don't have to (bleep) listen to you, clown.
-You don't. You're right. -So shut the (bleep) up, then, if you want.
You're upset. It's all right. Cry about it.
ED: This is the most distraught
I have ever seen Jay.
Nobody could have called Asaf going home.
Just goes to show you, in Chaos, man, anything can happen.
He's crying about his son and his wife
and that he failed them. You're (bleep) laughing.
It's so (bleep) funny.
MICHELE: Hey.
KYLAND: Hey, I'm gonna
give your boy some time to chill.
-MORIAH: What, who? -Jay.
-What just happened? -Jay was just yelling,
"You just don't care about his (bleep) family."
All this stuff. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa.
No. Like, that's not at all what we were talking about.
And he went out of his way to just make it so personal.
I'm like, he clearly needs some support.
I get it. 'Cause I'm like, you're feeling something
different than I'm feeling
'cause we're in different positions,
and I allow that.
MICHELE: Every single decision
that Jay makes falls back on me.
So we should be on the same page with the things that we do,
and the way that he's treating me in this game
needs to shift up. Trust is starting to shatter.
You know what? If I was there,
I would have said something,
It's not about what he laughed.
It's just about the timing, seeing somebody suffering.
Just decency to wait until they're home
and then you can laugh, clap, be happy
for your alliance, whatever you want to do.
But in the very moment, where's your humanity?
KYLAND: Me and Jay are definitely
at odds.
I'm working with Horacio, Nurys, Ravyn,
and Zara and Olivia, finally.
So I guess we're going to war.
I just don't know what people in this house are doing now.
-I don't know either. -Because today's deliberation was (bleep).
♪♪ ♪♪
(clock ticking)
(thunder crashing)
No, there's banana already in.
COREY: All the instructions are there.
All you do is put it at 200 and then you bake it for--
No, 180 for 22.
(overlapping chatter)
Clock is on! The clock is on!
Ah! Conquest!
(cheering and laughing)
BERNA: Let's get it started.
ED: On our own!
COREY: The countdown timer has turned back on.
TJ is going to throw something crazy at us.
Everything is going to change.
I'm nervous. I'm scared.
And no matter what,
I've got to win some challenges.
I got to keep myself safe.
And whatever's going to happen in Conquest,
I want to make sure that I am on the right side of it.
45. 44. 43.
Knowing 90% of the house is coming after me,
Kyland and my people,
I have a goal of staying
out of the sand, and that's just by winning challenges.
-Wait, 23 hours? Wait, wait. -That's tomorrow at night.
The situation is this. Like, we came in,
we played this game for a really long time
in a really comfortable position.
And now we're scrapping just like they are.
In my alliance, I'm a little bit worried
that we just lost Olivia and Nurys
because I expect Conquest to be
even more cutthroat than Chaos.
It's only a matter of time that the numbers can slip
out of our grasp, and we might find ourselves
in a vulnerable position.
MORIAH: Well, here's our numbers.
Jay, Moriah, Michele, Emanuel, James,
Colleen, Berna, Corey, Ed.
Nine. We have nine.
We have to be smart now about
what we're going to do moving forward.
JAY: Olivia and Nurys-- Kyland's just using them,
and they're in la-la land thinking that they're not.
♪♪ ♪♪
JAY: The house turned into a stalemate
because you and Olivia couldn't choose
between your number three or four.
I'm not changing my vote. Emmanuel.
And I'm not changing my vote. Emmanuel. I'm sorry.
What I did was never personal.
And never did anything intentionally.
Never did anything to be against Jay.
-You threw down two dudes that had your back. -No.
You have the same power as me.
Stop throwing that (bleep) on me.
You have the same power as me.
It was actually all 12 of us that had a vote.
I don't know how, out of 12 people,
my one vote was going to make
the biggest difference. I don't regret it.
And if they want to blame me for the stalemate, then so be it.
You're mad because it's been your game
this whole (bleep) time, and the moment
I want to have my own (bleep) stance, I'm in the wrong.
JAY: If I don't play your game,
then maybe you don't have a voice...
No, 'cause you don't play my game 'cause I haven't had
-to play my own game. -I'm never going to play your game.
Exact-- Thank you.
The same way that I stayed in my truth,
you stayed in yours. You could've (bleep)...
Okay, then do it on the girls' day, Jay.
-Nurys, stay, stay... -No, no, no. Do it on the (bleep) girls' day.
I don't give a (bleep). I don't care.
Y'all can kiss my ass.
Jay, what the (bleep), dude?
Now I'm the bad guy?
Although both of you have been safe this entire game
and I've taken care of both of you.
MICHELE: Oh, you've taken care of me?
Mother(bleep), why the (bleep)
do you have so many friends in this game?
-Because of me, too. Yes. -Really?
OLIVIA: Michele, I think
for the first time, is starting to get a taste
of what me and Nurys have felt this whole time about Jay,
which is blaming you for things
and then not listening.
But I definitely can see things are starting to crack.
-I've kept you safe... -Sorry. You're keeping me safe?
Honestly, Jay, shut the (bleep) up
because the reality of the situation
is about to get really real with you.
(clock ticking)
ZARA: We literally have a couple of weeks before the end,
so I think now people are going to be dropping like flies.
So this is all we have to hold on.
RAVYN: Yeah, I know.
(sighs) Well, I'm not letting 'em. No.
If anything, I'm going (bleep) harder.
ZARA: Just when you think you know
what's going to happen, bang,
TJ changes the game.
And we don't know how these nominations
are going to work, but Raven and I,
being the two strongest female competitors in the house,
if we can align,
maybe it will help to keep myself in this game.
I mean, like...
I'm just seeing it as everybody's against me.
I have had the girls's backs
literally up until the last elimination.
ZARA: Yeah, no, honestly, I thought-- I never thought
that we would be like this.
At the same time, it's like, girl,
they have already said my name, you know,
over Colleen and Berna.
So I'm pretty sure I know where I stand.
That's why I could not sleep last night.
I'm just thinking about winning, winning, winning, winning.
This money would mean so much to me.
My father is going through chemo right now,
so I would take care of my father's health bills.
And I know that I just have a few more hoops
to go through to make it there.
Obviously, I've got your back.
And everyone else, they have
multiple numbers protecting them.
We really need to win.
♪♪ ♪♪
JAMES: Moving into Conquest,
people are really coming for each other,
but still got my number one, Moriah.
The connection is real. I can't fake it.
And we need to remain focused.
If we let our guard down just for a minute,
one of us could be potentially going home.
COLLEEN: I'm nervous because it's time for Conquest.
JAY: If it's anything like Chaos,
I have no idea what's going to happen.
ED: We are right at the end, and I can taste the money.
EMANUEL: It is a night challenge. TJ always surprises.
I really need to win this.
I've already been up for grabs,
and you never know what can happen.
(engine whirring)
I just won three out of the last four challenges.
I think people are starting to see me
as an absolute weapon of a human.
So I want to win this
and feel less of a target on my back.
TJ: All right, everyone.
The countdown has hit zero.
So tonight the game changes yet again.
You made it through Control, survived Chaos,
and now you are in Conquest.
This is the push towards my final.
In Conquest, there's no more teammates.
There's no one else to rely on, right?
HORACIO: A lot of people have
pressure when it comes to playing individual.
I see a complete opposite.
I feel less pressure.
Now it is all up to you.
I'm so over team Challenge
because our team Challenge, there's no teamwork.
It's more selfish work.
TJ: This is to test you in everything it takes
to be a Challenge champion.
JAMES: It's now time to separate the real contenders
to the absolute jokes.
CT beating Asaf in the elimination
means that you all lost another $10,000
out of the final prize pot,
which brings the grand total to $356,000.
And that's the money you'll be fighting for
when you arrive at my final.
All right? Tonight this challenge is called Dark Tide.
It's going to be played in three rounds.
Five of you are going to be strapped to that speedboat.
When I say go, that speedboat
is going to haul ass out of this bay to a course.
Then, at any moment,
it's going to fling you right off into that water.
You're then going to have to swim to a paddleboard
and then start paddling back to shore.
Along the way, you'll pick up colored rings.
When you pick all your rings up, make it back to the shoreline,
you have to throw one of them onto a pole.
The contender to get this done the fastest
will win tonight's challenge and be safe from elimination.
Okay, so listen up, everyone.
If you can't make it here, you can't make it in my final.
There's no doubt about it.
So, during Conquest,
you get last place,
you're automatically purged from the game.
(whooping and cheering)
-Whoa. -Don't suck.
Whoo!
JAY: We're about to lose a lot of people,
and I don't plan on being one of them.
You don't ever want to be a loser.
Instantly, you are gone.
MORIAH: I'm terrified right now.
I can't do anything in the water.
I am uncoordinated in water.
I know that we're so close to the final,
and my last season I got eliminated
right before the final, so getting this far
to be purged out right now would gut me.
We are losing someone tonight, right here, right now.
♪♪ ♪♪
NURYS: I'm not the best swimmer, but I have a lot of heart
and I'm never going to give up in that water.
RAVYN: I have never paddleboarded,
so I am super nervous.
My stomach is turning.
TJ: All right, round one.
Colleen, Horacio, Nurys, Emmanuel and Ravyn. You ready?
COLLEEN: Last place is getting eliminated.
And I think that is fair
because a lot of contenders
didn't really want to win a challenge
because then you have to make moves.
And now we can see
who's really good and who's not.
TJ: All right, ready?
-Go. -(air horn blows)
I'm feeling very, very confident.
I paddleboarded for the first time
right before I came into this competition.
If there's any challenge that I could win,
it's definitely this one.
EMANUEL: I don't know how to paddleboard.
And my last season, I left right before the final.
It was awful feeling,
so I really need this win.
KYLAND: Emanuel and Horacio are in the lead. Blue's not up yet.
RAVYN: It's all tangled up in this (bleep) buoy.
Okay.
NURYS: My personal weakness is swimming.
But I came here to prove to myself I deserve to be here.
That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
HORACIO: The only way to win this challenge
is by winning your heat,
and I am protecting Nurys, Kyland,
ZaZa, Olivia and Ravyn.
So I have to win today.
ZARA: Yes, Colleen, yeah!
This one.
(grunting)
(panting)
COLLEEN: Come on, Ravyn, let's go.
Remember, it's a timed event.
It's a lot harder than I thought.
COLLEEN: Come on, Ravyn.
RAVYN: I was telling myself I'm going to keep up with Nurys.
And all of a sudden she is just taking off.
Mother (bleep).
JAY: Ravyn. I don't even know if she's moving.
Uh, can someone check on Ravyn, please?
Oh, my God.
ZARA: Yes, Horacio.
KYLAND: Push, push, push.
ZARA: Good job, Horacio. Come on.
♪♪ Nobody do it better than me ♪♪
♪♪ Not incredibly ♪♪
♪♪ I do this competitively, uneditably ♪♪
♪♪ These ... falling silent when I walk up in the building ♪♪
♪♪ Worry about they future ♪♪
♪♪ Like I'm here to snatch their children ♪♪
♪♪ That line was brilliant ♪♪
♪♪ How I'm not already in the millions ♪♪
♪♪ Am I not the picture of resilience? ♪♪
♪♪ Why they test my patience? Hyping all this blame ... ♪♪
♪♪ No one got a brain, they just be liking all the same ... ♪♪
NURYS: I have never paddleboarded
before in my entire life.
But knowing whoever comes in last place
automatically gets eliminated, I am fighting so hard
to make sure I'm not last.
♪♪ Get behind me, told you I'm the best ♪♪
♪♪ I done said it with my chest, so for real nobody try me. ♪♪
EMANUEL: I see Horacio in front of me and he works against me.
I cannot be last. I need to win.
We don't know what kind of power winner has.
I'm a little worried.
-Ah. -Don't worry. Don't worry.
COREY: Come on, Emanuel. You got it. Last one!
ZARA: Good jump, Colleen.
Move, move, move, move, move.
Try small first. Try small first.
-Damn it. -Come on, Emanuel. Come on.
KYLAND: Come on, you've done it a million times.
(cheering and whooping)
NURYS: I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Horacio or Kyland
come up with the W because
we cannot afford to keep being thrown in,
especially not this late in the game.
ZARA: Let's go, Colleen.
Let's go!
ED: All the way up to the line, Colleen.
(cheering)
COLLEEN: I'm so happy I didn't finish last.
I was the worst in throwing in school.
Like, really the worst. Bad, bad.
So, I'm so proud of myself.
HORACIO: Hey, let's go, Nurys. Let's go, Nurys. Let's go.
(cheering)
TJ: Good job!
KYLAND: Let's go, Ravyn.
ED: Finish strong, finish strong.
Come on, this is when it counts.
You got it, Rae.
-Yeah, yeah, that's it! -(cheering)
(applause)
TJ: All right, Corey and Kyland.
Moriah, Michelle and Zara.
You ready?
MORIAH: I can't even talk to people. I can't make jokes
because this feels like life or death for me.
And my heart's in my ass and, uh, I'm terrified.
-Ready? Go! -(air horn blows)
MORIAH: Oh!
MICHELE: The fact that I could be removed from this game
based on coming in last in a challenge
is absolutely devastating to me.
I know that my strength is in my social game and my brain.
It's not in my physical abilities.
Now, this is all based on physical ability.
And I'm getting nervous.
COREY: My plan today is not to get last.
I just know I have to clock in and focus.
We are so close to the end.
I have to make sure I stay in this game.
KYLAND: I'm excited that I get to compete
as an individual today
since I think I have a good shot of winning this.
If Horacio or I do not win,
one or both of us are in elimination
and the last place is automatically eliminated.
So a win is an absolute must.
Moriah, she's going the wrong direction.
(panting)
Let's go, Moriah!
Come on, Moriah. Let's go, girl.
I'm trying. I don't know how to paddleboard.
NURYS: Let's go.
JAY: If Moriah goes home right now,
my alliance is in big trouble
because it is no longer the majority.
I would rather see Ravyn lose tonight.
-NURYS: Let's go, Moriah. -JAMES: Don't give up.
NURYS: Let's go, Moriah!
-You got this. -MORIAH: I can't paddleboard.
JAMES: Moriah, just chill.
Calm, cool, collected.
Moriah, she is struggling.
Doing circles with the paddleboarding.
It looks like she's doing
a Saturday Night Fever dance twist.
RAVYN: Moriah, keep going.
HORACIO: Kyland in the lead is amazing.
That's exactly what I want.
If I don't win, I want him to win.
ZARA: Great work, Michele.
-OLIVIA: Good job, Kyland. -Who wants it? Who wants it?
OLIVIA: Good job, Corey.
JAMES: Moriah, pull your paddle from the front
to the back of the board.
NURYS: Yeah, Michele, you're killing it, girl.
Got you, (bleep).
OLIVIA: Come on, ZaZa. You got this, girl.
ZARA: I'm so excited that it's individual
because I always talk about pushing myself,
wanting to learn more about myself.
Well, this is exactly it.
Oh.
MORIAH: This is embarrassing because
it's the first individual challenge
and I can't paddle.
I want to be here. I want to prove myself,
and I don't want to go home.
JAY: Michele got it. Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
COLLEEN: Let's go, Corey.
ED: There you go.
-NURYS: Wow, Kyland. -TJ: Well done, Kyland.
NURYS: I am so proud of Kyland right now.
And Horacio just came in first in our heat.
My alliance is looking really good at this challenge.
Oh, now I'm getting the (bleep) hang of it.
COLLEEN: Let's go, Corey.
-Michele, right here. -There it is!
-Well done, Michele. -Come on, Corey.
Yeah, Corey!
Come on, Moriah.
TJ: There it is. Well done.
ED: Come on, Moriah. Let's go.
You got it. Finish it. Finish it.
Moriah, she is going to be in the bottom two or three.
Now, this is dangerous not only for her, but for me.
We're a team. With her gone, I'm (bleep).
Breathe, Moriah. Breathe.
(cheering)
MORIAH: Thank God this embarrassment is over.
Hopefully people struggle in the ring toss,
and, you know, that could save me some time.
Trust, trust. You're okay.
JAY: It's Kyland and Horacio. They're the ones for the win right now.
I'm looking at Ed like, hey, bro,
one of us better win because it's me or you.
Probably me.
Round three. Ed, Olivia, James,
Berna, Jay. Ready?
JAMES: This is probably one of the most scariest challenges
that we've done. I just need to beat the girls.
You know, beating the girls keeps me safe.
-Go! -(air horn blows)
OLIVIA: (gasping) Where's the...?
I'm discombobulated. It is pitch black
and I'm like, oh, my God, I feel like a little mermaid,
but maybe I look
like more of a drowned sewer rat to be honest.
ED: In the last nominations,
I was almost put into elimination.
There's a big target on my back.
So, to be safe,
I got to win.
COREY: Let's go!
Let's go, Jay!
Jay, where are you?
You're supposed to be in the lead in this
because you live in the water. Hello.
Kick it into high gear. What are you doing?
Let's go.
Let's go, Olivia.
OLIVIA: I literally can see the final right around the corner.
And after last season and the way the final ended for me...
(gasps)
-I broke my nose. Yep. -You broke your nose?
TJ: Olivia is unable
to continue on in this final.
OLIVIA: I just have such a huge desire,
more than a lot of people in here,
because I've tasted the final before,
and I have to get there no matter what.
MICHELE: Let's go, ladies.
(cheering)
-Let's go, Ed! Let's go! -NURYS: Ed, hurry up.
ED: Jay's right there.
I know surfer Jay's been on a paddleboard, too,
so I got to kick it up a notch
if I'm gonna get back before he does.
MICHELE: Let's go, Olivia. Let's go.
NURYS: Good job, Ed.
JAY: Ed is probably the biggest threat in this game.
I really think that Ed's got this in the bag.
But I still got my eyes on Kyland and Horacio
because Asaf's gone.
I'm coming for you, boys.
MICHELE: Keep paddling. Let's go.
Ed, come on!
NURYS: Come on, Berna. Come on, Olivia. Let's go.
Try smaller. Try smaller first.
Yeah-- Oh.
(cheering)
ED: I'm feeling like a damn champ right now.
Absolutely smashed it.
I know that that is going to be a hard time to beat.
Frisbee! Yeah.
NURYS: Go, James. Go, go.
ED: Let's go. Finish it off.
Let's go, baby.
MICHELE: Let's go, Olivia. Let's go.
RAVYN: Watching this last heat, they are moving fast,
but I do feel good with my position.
(cheering)
Good job.
COREY: Come on, Berna, let's go!
OLIVIA: I'm ahead of Berna,
but it is nearly impossible
to get these hoops on a pole.
-(cheering) -Let's go, let's go, let's go.
-Come on, Berna. -(cheering)
-Berna, finish. -(cheering)
BERNA: I know that I am the last one for my heat.
Ugh, I hope I'm not going home.
We will see.
Great challenge tonight, everyone. How you feeling?
It was a fun one.
Two contenders battled it out for the top spot,
and two contenders battled it out for the losing spot.
Well, during Conquest, if you lose,
you're automatically purged from the game.
And the two contenders in last place,
separated by seconds, were...
Moriah. And Ravyn.
RAVYN: Even though I came in last in my heat,
I really do feel like I beat Moriah in her heat.
I was kind of all over the place,
but she was also all over the place.
There's too much on the line to come in last.
TJ: But the first to be cut
on this level of the game, Conquest...
...is Ravyn.
-ED: Sorry, Ravyn, you did great. -I'm sorry.
-ED: You did great. -COREY: You're a beast, Ravyn.
You're amazing, babe.
I'm so sorry, Ravyn.
MORIAH: It is bittersweet because I'm so happy
that I'm still in the game,
but it feels wrong to be happy right now.
I almost got purged the first individual game,
and I don't want that to be a reflection
of, you know, my abilities in this, in this game.
I love you guys and, uh, don't give up
and don't quit.
And I'm sure I'll be back.
ED: Yes, ma'am.
RAVYN: I think I learned from this game that
you can doubt yourself,
but you are capable
of everything and anything that comes in your way.
I came into this game afraid and uncertain.
But I learned that I am capable,
and I'm leaving this game
confident and ready to take on the world.
All right, Ravyn, this ends your time here on the Challenge.
Take care.
-Love you, Ravyn. -Bye, Ravyn.
JAY: Keep your head up, okay?
NURYS: We're losing a number for our side.
Never expected it in a million years,
but Ravyn actually became
someone that I enjoyed talking to.
So, it sucks, you know, I'm losing a friend and an ally.
TJ: Now, for that top spot.
It was two men that were really tight,
Horacio and Ed.
And the only
one safe from elimination...
...was Ed.
-Yes. -Great job, Ed. -Good job, Ed.
First challenge of Conquest, first individual challenge,
and it's a win for Ed. Boom.
Let's go.
TJ: You're probably all wondering
how this is going to work.
Ed, in the public forum,
you are going to get to save one contender.
That contender will get to save another contender.
-Oh, my God. -ED: Until?
TJ: And so on.
Wow.
Until we get down to three.
Then those three contenders
will come with me in a private Conquest elimination.
-MICHELE: What? -(bleep)
I couldn't be more happy.
Ed is tied with me.
Kyland and Horacio don't get the pleasure
of throwing me down today.
Conquest is shaping up to be something
so different than Chaos,
and now you don't want to be the last pick.
This is like high school all over again.
-What? -I love this game.
I'll see you all real soon.
♪♪ ♪♪
(whooping)
I love these days when we can leave this madhouse.
They are the best days because you can
stop to think about the game
and just enjoy your life.
ED: Pressure's all on me right now
because whatever I start with,
that domino effect
is going to go all the way down.
A lot of weight on this decision.
I know that Jay values me,
and I love him.
The problems between me and Jay
are just communication based.
No more Chaos. Let's hold it together,
and then we run the final.
I knew making my decision
would possibly cause drama,
but I never thought that my friends
would take it personally
and act like they're not my friends.
It's cool if you get mad about the game.
It's not cool if you treat me as if I'm a bad friend.
Ever since I had that phone call
with my brother, I've definitely been
questioning Olivia's loyalty.
But Olivia has stayed true
and she's not a backstabber.
So, I want to continue to have her back.
We did what we thought was right.
At the end of the day, like, this game aside,
like, you're the person that is there for me
every minute, we talk every single day.
Like, you're my real-life, like, best friend.
And at the end of the day, like, I'm not scared.
-Okay, so what? Throw me in. -Mm-hmm.
That gives me every single reason
-to come back and (bleep) burn the hell out of you. -Yep.
Me and Nurys don't want to be pawns in anyone's game.
We want to be strong women and do what we want.
And if there's consequences behind that,
I think that we're strong enough to handle them
and make it to a final.
♪♪ ♪♪
MORIAH: So James secretly is really affectionate.
I've gotten closer to James
and I feel like I kind of want to, like,
let go of what I'm feeling and-and let loose
and hug him and kiss him.
And I think James is great for my game.
Regardless of what anyone says.
At the end of the day, this time,
we have a lot of chances of winning.
-Like, I think we have a good chance. -NURYS: Like, who--
look who the first place people were.
-It was Kyland, you and Ed. -Yeah.
ZARA: Ed's a little bit of a wild card.
The thing with this new voting system,
if Ed says mine or Olivia's name first,
we can save the whole alliance from elimination,
whatever that may be.
-Yeah. -(chuckling)
I know everybody thinks it's, like,
on me to, like, come up with a decision,
but it's so tricky, 'cause it's, like...
(bleep) 11-person decision.
NURYS: I think Ed's playing
a very scared game, and I think he's a huge threat.
And I don't think he realizes how much
the side that he's aligned with knows that as well.
He is definitely their next target,
aside from Horacio and Kyland.
If he was smart, he would work with us and not them.
-To me, I can only save one person. -NURYS/ZARA: Yeah.
But what I will say is that we are very loyal.
And, like, gentleman's handshake, we're not gonna go
and (bleep) you over or say anything else.
And the favor will obviously be returned.
Like, our group is super strong.
So when we win...
(chuckles) you'll be winning, too.
Even though Nurys and Zara saved me in that last nomination...
So, Emanuel, my vote goes for you.
I'm so sorry. I'm gonna have to say your name.
It's all right.
JAY: You thought about
Emanuel and Ed over your own boy.
ED: I don't think
that they were really trying to save me. I think
they were trying to get Emanuel down there in the sand.
I don't know how it's gonna go.
Because no matter, like, what you say,
it can bounce anywhere.
-Actions speak louder than words. -My vote's for you, bro.
ZARA: All of his so-called friends have all said his name
and want him out. So,
by this point, if you don't see what's in front of you,
well, you're just delusional.
And if you're not gonna save us, I mean,
next time, I'm not gonna be saving you.
(crickets chirping)
MICHELE: As far as Olivia and Nurys,
-they're up Ed's ass. -I know.
JAY: They could set it up where they don't get dirty and I'm screwed,
with Emanuel sitting in the sand, going against my-my dude.
MICHELE: Ed gets to choose
a person to save. That person chooses another person to save,
who chooses another.
And the stalemate shows us
that the plan for how this is gonna go
needs to be completely buttoned up
before we get into voting or else
(bleep) could just go awry.
I don't want Nurys in the sand.
I don't want Olivia in the sand.
I want Horacio, Kyland and ZaZa in the sand,
'cause they're good.
If we can find a way to get those three names
in the sand together,
one of the three beasts go home.
Unfortunately
for Nurys, she has to be the last pick.
Because in any other order,
she'll say Horacio, and then Kyland
will be the only one down in the sand.
If we have Nurys
pick between Olivia and Horacio,
she'll save Olivia, because Olivia's
not good enough to beat Horacio and Kyland.
MORIAH: Let's just talk to Ed, get rid
-of Kyland and Horacio. -MICHELE: Fine. -Yeah.
The only matter that matters is the end.
And then Nurys has to make the choice--
best friend
or Horacio.
If everything goes according to plan, it'll end up
Kyland, Horacio and ZaZa.
Olivia and Nurys will be safe.
Nurys, it's time for you to pick a side.
And, unfortunately, it's your new boyfriend
or your best friend.
Conquest.
(laughing)
-We... -Talked to everyone.
...don't want to make Nurys and Olivia in the middle.
We want to put them at the very, very, very end.
Yeah. Makes sense.
And we want to do
Nurys picks between...
Wow.
The alliance just wants Nurys
to make a tough decision
that she doesn't want to make.
It's a little
devious plot here, and I'm with it.
So it's like that.
MORIAH: When it comes to the voting,
-I save you. -Sweet.
And then if you save Nurys, she has to say Horacio
or Olivia. So it's kind of-- It's just juicy.
JAMES: Look, I love ZaZa.
And I know she's gonna hate me, but...
we're all in this to win. I want to get
to the final. I want to win.
Okay. I'll do whatever you tell me to do.
♪♪ ♪♪
KYLAND: This new voting system is wild.
And the fact that if Ed doesn't pick me,
Horacio, Nurys, Olivia or Zara,
it is 100% certain that three
of us will be going into elimination.
And we don't know if one or two of them are gonna come back.
♪♪ ♪♪
How's everybody doing?
-(gasping) -Oh, (bleep)!
Oh!
-(laughs) -Oh, my God!
I was in the middle of a nap, TJ.
MICHELE: Conquest is
super unpredictable.
What the heck is going on?
It's time to see who you're voting for
and who you're saving.
(groans)
♪♪ ♪♪
COREY: No one really knows
where Nurys stands.
Nurys is kind of straddling
my alliance. Jay has a plan to force
Nurys to show her hand.
It feels a little bit...
scummy that he would do that to a friend.
But I think it's important for the rest of us
in this house to know where Nurys is gonna stand,
because we are in Conquest.
TJ: All right.
Ed, since you won the challenge, Dark Tide,
you are the only one safe from elimination.
Oh, it feels great to be sitting here.
But it all comes down to this, Ed--
you're allowed to save one contender,
who will then save another.
And we're gonna do that till there are
only three contenders left.
Those three contenders will come with me
in a private Conquest elimination.
Ed,
what's your decision?
Um, seeing as how the last deliberation went,
um, I know I was in a-a tough spot.
And I know Emanuel was in a tough spot, too,
so I want to choose to save him today.
All right. So, Emanuel...
...it's up to you.
I'm gonna pick Berna.
-Yay! I cuddle you! -(laughs)
I cuddle you every day!
I want to save Colleen.
I want to save today...
Corey.
Thank you.
TJ: All right, Corey,
-it's your decision. -She's always
gonna be my number one, and that's Michele,
so get your ass over here.
MICHELE: Um...
I have to go with Jay today.
No way. (chuckles)
OLIVIA: I'm realizing that the only common denominator is Jay.
I am regretting so much right now
trusting him with my game,
confiding in him with my feelings.
And I should've went with my intuition this entire time
and stood up for what I believed in way sooner.
JAY: Considering what has happened
in stalemates and previous moves and who's working with who...
...today I'm going with Moriah.
Thanks, Jay.
ZARA: I've been playing my game
with James and Moriah pretty much the whole time.
I think Moriah is definitely gonna save James over me.
But then that gives him the opportunity to save me.
So, hopefully, we're all gonna be safe.
Um, I'm gonna same-- save James today.
NURYS: Looking down the line, there's not one person there
that I know would save me.
I'm almost positive this is all Jay
and Michele's doing.
JAMES: I'm gonna save...
Nurys.
ZARA: I'm shell-shocked.
I have zero words.
It actually baffles me to think why this move was made.
And, obviously, James has no voice
in this game at all, because he's a dog.
JAMES: Now, I know this hurt Zara, but...
I had to do what I had to do for my game.
I'm with Moriah. That's where my loyalty lies.
She's my number one.
So, Nurys,
there are four people up here.
Three of them are coming with me.
You can save one right now.
HORACIO: Don't save me.
NURYS: I hate Jay for putting me in this position.
My gut is telling me that I should save Horacio, because...
Horacio is the better competitor.
My heart is also telling me to save Olivia,
my closest girlfriend in this house
and someone that I do consider
a best friend outside of here.
Save one of the girls. Please.
It's all gonna come down to this.
♪♪ ♪♪
It's all gonna come down to this. So, Nurys,
there are four people up here.
You can save one right now.
The other three are coming with me
into a private Conquest elimination.
I really don't know what the (bleep) to do.
If Nurys doesn't pick me,
I will feel pretty devastated.
I thought that our relationship would be stronger than a guy
that she just started dating.
But, at the same time,
how the hell did I get in this situation?
The only person here that I've considered my number one
since before walking in here is Olivia.
So, that's who I'm gonna save.
I've definitely been questioning Olivia's loyalty,
but my word means the most to me.
I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and know
that I wasn't the person backstabbing people.
TJ: That's it.
Hmm. Okay. Just remember that.
JAY: I'm playing this game from a gamer's perspective.
I'm not doing this with emotion.
Asaf went home because Nurys and Olivia
didn't want to save
Emanuel over Ed.
It wasn't even
about Kyland or Horacio.
It was about the "threat"
of Emanuel coming for Horacio.
I don't trust you anymore,
because you don't care about us.
Jay has a lot of power right now,
and I think it's getting to his head.
He is letting this game get to him, and...
it's kind of nasty.
TJ: So,
Horacio,
what do you think of that?
HORACIO: I didn't want her to save me.
Olivia was with her since day one. And, uh...
it is what it is, TJ. It's gonna be a tough one,
but I'm ready for it.
OLIVIA: I see Jay with a little smirk on his face,
and I'm like, "Wow, this is what you wanted all along."
And it's so frustrating to see.
I honestly just have to walk away
or else I'm going to blow up.
TJ: Okay, well,
you three,
get dressed and I'll see you soon.
The rest of you, have a good night.
Let's do this!
♪♪ ♪♪
-OLIVIA: Nurys. -Hey.
-They all had this planned. -They had this all planned.
NURYS: They're all (bleep) fake and they're all (bleep) shady.
Honestly, I never want to speak to James again. (laughs)
-OLIVIA: No, I know. -No, since I got here, he's been like, "Oh, my God,
"like, you're my sister. Thank you so much for, like,
you know, getting me through everything."
I've been protecting him. I'm always saying, like, "No,
don't say James." I'm always on his back.
I truly feel
betrayed by James.
One day saying that I'm your sister
to now I'm your enemy.
Everybody says not to take this game personally.
But, you know what, I'm taking personal to a whole new level.
NURYS: You know, being
-in this game sucks a lot of times. -But, I mean...
But it's, like, building friendships
-that, like, to me, always mean the most. -I'm, like...
I don't know what it's gonna be, but this is the time
I have to believe in my own capability.
It's just, like, obviously,
I am up against two of the best guys in the house.
Well, you're the best girl, girl.
ZARA: (scoffs) I really want
to be here, even just to prove to myself
that I can do it.
(groans)
Yeah.
Yeah, I can always-- I can always smell you a mile away.
Ugh.
It's definitely tough to walk away from Nurys,
but this is not a goodbye.
I still have the chance to go fight for my game.
I have to just trust that I will be back.
KYLAND: It's feeling like the final is so close.
I came here to be a champion, to win.
I'm ready to make it through Conquest
and get this job done.
ZARA: I'm feeling really emotional at this point
because I'm going in with two of my good friends
in the house, and they are the best.
But to be the champion, you have to beat the best.
TJ: Kyland,
Zara, Horacio,
you three are here because you didn't win the challenge.
That's right.
And none of your fellow contenders saved you.
KYLAND: It's crazy,
because I do feel like we have
the three top competitors here in the game.
James is Moriah's fourth Chihuahua.
He's turned into a little bitch.
And he doesn't even have any voice.
I'm-I'm blocking him on Instagram.
I (bleep) hate him.
I wrote that in my journal as well.
You did? Oh, God, then it's official.
-It's in the book. -I mean, Jesus, it's in the journal?
He's X'd from my life.
-(both laugh) -TJ: All right, this...
is the first elimination of Conquest.
Whew.
♪♪ ♪♪
Tonight is a race.
(laughs): Oh, (bleep).
Around these trees there are three obstacle courses.
These checkpoints are puzzles.
(sputters)
TJ: You must solve a puzzle,
grab the flag, run it back, place it in your rack.
You're going to continue this process for three puzzles.
You can go any obstacle you want at any time.
Doesn't matter if somebody's there or not.
Finish it, make it happen, continue on. All right?
Yes, sir. We're ready to blow it up.
Only one person is gonna be eliminated today.
Just don't make that be you, okay?
-Yes, sir. -All right, good luck to all of you.
HORACIO: I'm here with two of, you know, the people
that I've been riding with pretty much this entire season,
people that I really care about, that I consider real friends,
and so, it's a very hard position to be in.
But at the end of the day, you know,
I'm gonna do everything I can to stay
and cause some chaos in the house.
ZARA: I'm very confident in my running.
Um, obstacle course, I think I'm gonna smash.
I'm not the brightest cookie in the jar with the puzzles,
so I'm just gonna have to guess. (chuckles)
KYLAND: Iron sharpens iron.
I love competing against the best.
I know that these two are
the top two competitors in the house,
so being with them is only gonna sharpen me
and sharpen my game.
They sent us here for a reason.
They're scared, and they should be.
All right, everyone ready?
♪♪ ♪♪
-(air horn blows) -Go!
TJ: All right, everyone ready?
-(air horn blows) -Go!
For this first Conquest elimination,
it is a race, and we have to go
to three different stations.
Once you complete your station,
you grab a flag and you bring it back to your name.
Once you get-- complete all three stations,
first two people to finish it stay in the game.
ZARA: On The Challenge UK,
I came in second, but now,
I get another chance to prove to myself
that I am worthy of the champion titleship.
(grunts) I want this.
Looking at these different stations,
I know I want to save the mud for last.
I'm gonna need my hands free and clean to do
all of the stations.
HORACIO: "To solve the puzzle...
"...each number can only appear
once in a row or column and must equal 45."
My last season,
ending the way it did, with that unfortunate accident,
it made me feel gutted.
I'm hoping and praying that this is my redemption season.
"Rotate the wheels
"to find six three-letter words.
Words must be spelled from the outside ring to the center."
(panting)
Being dyslexic gets me frustrated,
and also, just being bad at math.
So looking at these three stations,
I'm gonna leave the sudoku for last
and I'm gonna try and get the other two done
as fast as possible.
There are three letters...
(panting): Three...
Three, uh, yeah.
It's the battle for a new champion,
and we're dangerously close to that final.
But you know what? I don't mind battling
if that's what it takes to be a champion.
Ear...
E-A-R, ear.
One, two, three, four, five, and then, last one is...
is (bleep) H.
I have to find six three-letter body part words,
and all I'm thinking right now is,
♪♪ Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes ♪♪
♪♪ And eyes and ears and mouth and nose. ♪♪
Where's the hip in that?
♪♪ ♪♪
One, two.
Put this here. Yep, sure did.
Eight...
After taking out more than one champion,
I'm still prepared to do whatever it takes
to make it to the final.
I want to win. That's why I came into this game.
(exhales) Hip. Hip.
Check.
♪♪ ♪♪
(mutters): Three, four. Okay, that one...
One, two. Oh.
TJ: Yeah, Zara. Very well done.
HORACIO: Zara is a phenomenal athlete.
I am worried
because she is now taking the lead.
I have to blank out what she's doing,
and I have to move as fast as I can.
Six has to go here.
Has to go here in the middle.
(panting)
"Rearrange the discs
so that each column only has discs of the same color."
Okay.
Six.
Four.
Ugh.
Check. Check, check, check.
(grunts)
TJ: Yeah, Horacio. Hustle.
Nice work. Nice work.
(Horacio whoops)
Holy smokes.
(exhales): Just do it...
This game, for me, isn't all about the money.
It's about getting to the end,
finishing what I've started,
and getting to the final already in itself is a medal of honor,
but I've got to get there first.
One, two, three.
One, two... Check.
(exhales)
TJ: Yeah, well done, Kyland.
Get it, get it. Get it, get it.
"Rotate the wheels to find six three...
The words must be spelled..."
(panting)
KYLAND: Oof.
HORACIO: Ear.
Two, three, four, five.
Ear, eye. Lip?
-KYLAND: Lip. Hip. You see it? -Hip...
There is nothing between Kyland and I that said, "Hey,
we're gonna team up to get Za out,"
but I think both of us knew that, going into this,
if there's two people coming back,
I think it's-it's best that it's Kyland and myself.
Check.
(panting)
(bleep)
-KYLAND: G. Leg. -HORACIO: What am I missing?
KYLAND: What are you missing? I have le-- Check.
Check. Check.
(grunting)
(groans)
HORACIO: Oh! My flag.
TJ: Go, Kyland.
Thank you, sir.
On a personal level, being a Challenge champion
gives me an opportunity to inspire other people
who are used to feeling different.
And so, if there's anyone else out there
that is overcoming different disabilities
or mental health issues,
if they can look at me and see me
become a champion, overcome something,
that means something to me.
(Zara grunts)
KYLAND: Good job, ZaZa.
-(Zara grunting) -Go, ZaZa.
ZARA: Sorry, sorry.
-Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. -TJ: Go, go, go, go.
TJ: Come on, Zara.
Come on, you got it. Go, go, go.
There you go. There you go.
-Yeah, Zara. -Oh, (bleep).
(exhales, shouts)
I've been fighting, giving it 110%
since the moment I stepped through those doors,
and I don't want to let that go now,
so I'm just gonna have to give it
every single last bit of what I've got left.
Oh, it's so slippery!
All right, it's neck and neck. Two flags each. Let's go.
(grunts) Oh, it's so slippery!
(bleep)
KYLAND: I can hear Zara
struggling getting over the wall,
and it's because she went into the mud
right before trying to climb.
That's never a good idea.
Do not give up. Come on.
Ugh, I can't, (bleep).
(panting)
I've realized I've made a rookie mistake of going
through the mud first and then trying to climb the wall.
Persistence is key, and there's no way I'm ever giving up.
TJ: There you go. There you go.
Get up there, Zara. Get up there.
(grunts)
TJ: You got it. Get up there. You're right there!
Get that leg over. That's it!
There it is.
-There you go. Good, good, good. -(panting)
Nice and easy, nice and easy.
Go, go, go, Zara. Go!
(panting)
12, 13, 14, 15.
TJ: Yeah, Horacio! Let's go!
HORACIO: Let's go. Let's go, bro.
I just have to crawl, and this is coming down to speed.
I have to get this win.
Seventeen. Eighteen.
I'm feeling pressured.
We're all neck and neck, but I know
I've left the longest one to last.
So I'm just praying that somebody up there
loves me and a miracle is about to happen.
Okay, six.
(panting) Nine.
(Horacio grunting)
Good job.
-Let's go. -TJ: Good job.
-Well done. -Let's go.
Let's go, let's get it, let's get it, let's go!
This...
(panting) Five, six...
(Kyland panting)
It's truly do-or-die time.
There's only one spot left
to get back into the house, and I need
to get this puzzle done so I can get my flag
and make it back before ZaZa does.
ZARA: Oh, my God.
-Nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. -Let's go!
Yep, that's it.
Five, six...
♪♪ ♪♪
(air horn blows)
All right, Kyland, good job.
Well done, Kyland.
(panting)
ZARA: Well done, guys.
Zara.
-ZaZa... -No...
It is extremely, extremely bittersweet
because Za didn't deserve that.
It just sucks that it had to be us three down there,
and it's now her leaving.
But I truly, truly, truly think
and believe that she will be back and she will be a champion.
-ZARA: You guys were amazing. -KYLAND: We were too scary.
Three of us were too scary for them.
Zara is a number for us.
She's an awesome person, a great ally
and truly phenomenal competitor.
Go and kill it.
If you're not one and two, I'm gonna be really pissed off.
I've come into this game physically fit,
a beast, a tiny warrior,
and now I'm leaving this game
with a whole bunch of experience and knowledge
just so I can get even more better
and even more beastly for the next one.
♪♪ ♪♪
Great elimination, all of you.
I really can't say enough about you, Zara.
That was amazing.
You're going against, in my opinion,
the two best contenders in the house,
and you really held your own.
You're a Challenger, no doubt about it.
Thank you for being here, Zara.
Unfortunately, this ends your time here on The Challenge.
Do you have anything to say?
Yeah, just win, and I hope I come back
and get to play with you guys.
Aww. (chuckles)
Really does-- it's crazy, I never thought anything
would mean, like, so much to me,
and I'm just so happy to be a part of it.
Thank you for being here, and I really, really hope
-we see you in the future. -Thank you.
-Take care. -Bye.
(laughs)
First and second. Okay, guys?
Go get the win.
Okay.
-I'll see you later, alligator. -TJ: All right, Zara.
-Take care, darling. Have a good one. -Bye.
-You're awesome. -Bye.
I just couldn't get it done.
I don't care if I was, like, competing
against boys or whatever, just, like, for myself,
I wasn't able to finish it.
I knew I had a really big target on my back,
I just didn't expect it from James,
as he always told me, like, he's got my back,
but clearly, uh, he's just fake. (chuckles)
It's just been the biggest pleasure to be here,
to be a part of everything, to compete in these games.
Kyland and Horacio, I'm so proud
to have been in this elimination with you guys,
and hopefully we can work together next time.
And go (bleep) everybody up.
So, Kyland, Horacio,
I really do not want to see you two here again,
so if I was you,
start winning those challenges, please, all right?
The next time I see you like this in a one-on-one setting,
-I want it to be at the final, all right? -BOTH: Yes, sir.
All right, fellas, get out of here.
KYLAND: Now that we're safe, me and Horacio have work to do.
We cannot find ourselves in another elimination.
It's looking like, in Conquest,
people are gonna start dropping like flies.
So I'm starting to feel like
this is the most chaotic part of the game.
Now it's on. Now it's (bleep) on.
RAVYN: I feel really...
embarrassed that I'm the first one out
on an individual challenge.
I really did do the best that I could,
so I also feel like I can walk out with my head held high.
COREY: You're a beast, Ravyn.
RAVYN: I really feel like I played a good game
this season, and I really love who I've become.
I've become a champion in my own way.
Maybe not in this game, but in my life.
And for that, I'm really, really proud of myself, and...
(sniffles)
That's all that I could be grateful for.
I'm sure I'll be back.
I just thank The Challenge and TJ for the opportunity.
There will be more of me, more growth from me.
And I do see a final one day.
Um...
But I had-had an amazing time.
Bye, Ravyn.
I mean, I want to be a champion so bad
and I truly believe I can beat anyone, just not today.
I would have definitely been more strategic.
I think I made a really big mistake
going in the mud first and then
trying to climb the wall
because I was so slippery.
I even had to take my shoes off.
Kyland and Horacio, you are literally my heroes.
It was an honor working with you both.
Make this game iconic. Make it your game.
We were too scary. Three of us were too scary for them.
I think, at the end of the day, those two have
the most hope of getting everybody out.
So I'm so proud to even have worked with them,
to be beside them, and I would have
rather lost to them than any single person
in the house.
Honestly, it's just been the biggest pleasure to be here,
to be a part of everything,
to compete in these games.
TJ: There you go. There you go.
(grunting)
Next time I'm just going to come in with a better strategy.
I'm not going to be so nice, not going to wear
my heart on my sleeve because I think
my emotions do get the best of me sometimes.
It was crazy. I never thought anything would mean, like,
so much to me and I'm just so happy to be a part of it.
So thank you. And also for you motivating me all the time.
(crying): Oh, my God. I'm going to leave now.
And I know that we're going to see you a champion one day.
Thanks for having me. (laughs)
Whoever gets last place will automatically be going home.
-(screams) -(whoops)
(shouts)
-ED: Damn. -MICHELE: This Conquest portion of the game
has turned us all bat(bleep) crazy.
I will walk right over there and pop you in face.
What? What do you want to do?
NURYS: Oh, my God!
(crying): What is this game? I hate it here.
Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org