Stay tuned after the episode for the final words
from the eliminated challengers.
♪♪ MTV. ♪♪
TJ: Made it through Control,
survived Chaos, you smoked a Challenge champion.
And now you have to dominate Conquest
in order to be a champion.
We are down to 13 of you.
That number will drop fast.
I'll see you later, alligator.
TJ: Only one of you
will be going home Challenge champion.
You have $356,000.
That's the money you'll be fighting for
when you arrive at my final.
All you have to do,
is make it there and win.
COLLEEN: Do you really have what it takes to be a champion?
(shouting)
♪♪ ♪♪
(clock ticking)
TJ: There you go.
(grunting)
TJ: Go, go, Zara, go!
Let's go.
TJ: Good job, well done.
Yep, that's it.
Five, six...
(air horn blows)
Well done, guys.
TJ: Zara, this ends your time here on The Challenge.
Kyland, Horacio, I really
do not want to see you two here again.
All right, fellas, get out of here.
BOTH: Yes, sir.
KYLAND: The only pro about going into this elimination
is the fact that Horacio and I are
the only people who know anything about it.
So I'm gonna make
people think I'm the only one coming back.
(laughs)
I really just got used like a pawn in this game.
...but, like, we said that we were here for our girls.
So something needs to change
'cause that's gonna be us every single time.
Honestly, I think Horacio will come back. He's going to win.
-And then what? -Well, I think Kyland will come back.
NURYS: I just never expected to be put in the position
of having to choose.
And that was for sure the (bleep) I felt
-in this house. -It had to be you, though.
(laughter)
So where are they?
Who is that? I just got to see.
(cheering, clamoring)
-You're by yourself? -No one else is here?
-What? No. You're not alone. -He's lying.
You're not alone.
-Where's Zara? -Where's Horacio?
OLIVIA: What happened?
-We competed separately. -Okay.
And then at the end, TJ said,
"You're going back to the house."
And I said...
It's okay, baby. It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
This is a lot. He just, like, literally went through
some crazy (bleep), clearly.
Let's just, like, give him a second to breathe.
Just go upstairs. Go upstairs.
Just let them be by themselves for a second.
-Honestly. -There's only one coming back.
ED: Did Horacio and Zara really just both get sent home?
Easy work.
Two in one shot? (laughs)
Yeah.
Horacio literally gave up his spot...
for me.
He did.
TJ: Nurys, there are four people up here.
You can save one right now.
Don't save me, please. Save one of the girls. Please.
Olivia, that's who I'm gonna save.
I have a real friend that can sacrifice himself for me.
OLIVIA: Not seeing Horacio walk up, it shows that
he wasn't selfish, he did have my back.
And I questioned him the whole time.
And he never deserved that.
And I honestly don't feel
like I deserve a friend like him.
In the future. I always will have his back.
My God, Olivia, again, you were a (bleep).
-No. -Weak again. That's how I feel.
I did not intend for this to go as far as it does.
I just feel guilt, a lot of guilt.
Wow!
Horacio's back!
No way! Oh, my God!
-Son of a bitch! -OLIVIA: You mother(bleep)!
-Seriously? -What happened?
(bleep)
NURYS: Olivia's bawling her eyes out.
What is this game? I hate it here.
HORACIO: I'm in shock, but that means we...
HORACIO: Conquest has changed the game in many ways.
Now every single challenge,
person that comes in last place is gonna be eliminated.
We have now secret eliminations.
I know that the numbers are against me.
Everybody knows how close the final is,
so they definitely don't want me here, but
I'm still in this and I'm standing strong.
I know.
Okay? Don't cry. Love you so much.
-We've already been through it once. -OLIVIA: I know.
HORACIO: We're gonna get through it again.
Okay?
Got you.
COREY: How many times are we gonna shoot at these guys,
and they're not gonna go home?
Now they're coming for our heads now.
Yeah.
(groans) Kyland and Horacio keep
coming back and damn it,
I'm gonna have to take matters into my own hands.
I need to get rid of these two.
The final is around the corner.
Oh. How do I get you to go home?
All I know is that Kyland and Horacio
now have Olivia and Nurys more than ever.
Like, the game is really on.
(thunder crashes)
ED: I don't know what happened, but good work.
OLIVIA: Holy (bleep), you guys look literally
like you went, like, through a tornado.
BERNA: I'm so happy for you. For real, for real, like...
These two, both girls were so crying for you, Horacio.
OLIVIA: Oh, my God.
KYLAND: If you don't want them to feel sad,
you can make different decisions and not make them sad.
I stay with the people I stay. It's not about that right now.
Do you still want to talk game right now?
I can talk about whatever I want, Berna.
I know, but I don't have to explain myself.
KYLAND: Normally I just
ignore Berna, but I am simply
out of patience.
Her friends, Emanuel,
Michele, Corey, who all acknowledge
how consistently abrasive and rude
she is, never help correct their friend.
So today, I guess that job is up to me.
So what's your (bleep) problem?
KYLAND: Uh, look at you cursing. You're causing problems.
What is your problem, really?
I have no problems, Berna. It's not that serious.
Don't be this passive-aggressive man.
-He's making a joke, Berna... -Exactly, chill.
Because your (bleep) brain just works for calculation.
-For the game. -No, my brain just works like a person.
As for me, I felt really sorry for those people.
-My brain works with logic. -Oh, logic. It's not logical.
-Where's your heart? -KYLAND: My actions follow.
I'm never gonna shut up because you're telling me to.
-I have no reason to. -You just told me to be quiet.
I told you to be quiet, not to shut up.
-I told you to shut up... -And that's okay.
-Berna. Berna. -We know you're not kind.
-Everyone knows you're not kind. -BERNA: Who's everyone?
-Everyone, everyone. -Look at you.
BERNA: I don't listen to you, okay?
You're a (bleep)...
Here, what, what do you want to do if I put it up?
-Berna, let's go. Let's go, Berna. -What do you want to do?
-No! -Please, Berna, let's just go. -Please leave.
-Look at me. -Please. Please go.
Like, Jesus!
BERNA: This personal stuff, it got me really hard.
Because it has nothing to do with him, actually.
We have to take care how we talk to each other,
because we never know what this person's struggling with.
My mom, I have so many really dark stories
I couldn't say because I don't want to hurt her.
But it's really, really not healthy.
Do you ever have a conversation with her,
just you and her, and tell her how you feel?
It always ends in fight, always.
Because she thinks, when I tell her that I understand her,
she's like, "What do you understand? Nothing."
And whatever I do, it's like not good enough.
I'm so sorry.
It's so hard to me to hear that...
you're not close to your mother.
Because to me, my mother is like everything.
I always told myself that my childhood
was amazing, and as I became older,
the reality of it, it's, it was very hard.
I'm having a lot of traumas from it and I'm struggling with that.
I had always to prove
everybody every day in this house
that I'm not this person that they want to think of.
She cannot show her love.
That's her biggest issue.
Your mom, I'm so proud of her.
I'm, like, that's the mom everybody should have.
Talking to Berna makes me realize
that I was lucky with my mom and I really miss her.
(line ringing)
Hey!
EMANUEL: It feels great to talk to my mom.
It recharges my batteries.
All I can think about is her going
through so much for me and my brother,
sacrificing and she never gave up.
I feel like we're getting close to the final.
So to me, if she could do that,
then I will have to do it no matter what.
♪♪ ♪♪
ED: Now that we see how Conquest is playing out,
it is huge to have power.
OLIVIA: It is crucial that me, Nurys, Horacio and Kyland
start winning these challenges or else we are gonna
be picked off one by one and be on the bottom every single time.
("Take It Back" by JAWNY & Beck playing)
♪♪ I'm on the run with all the things that we had ♪♪
♪♪ And I wish that I could tell you that it wasn't that bad ♪♪
♪♪ So I, I'll take it back ♪♪
♪♪ I take it all back ♪♪
♪♪ Come on ♪♪
♪♪ I take it back, I'll take it back now ♪♪
-♪♪ Take it back now ♪♪ -♪♪ I take it back ♪♪
-♪♪ I take it all back now ♪♪ -♪♪ Take it back now ♪♪
-♪♪ I take it back, I take it back now ♪♪ -♪♪ Take it back now ♪♪
♪♪ I feel that I'm better off alone, yeah. ♪♪
Welcome to your 16th challenge on this season
of Battle for a New Champion. We are now in Conquest.
The final push to the final challenge.
Right now you have $356,000.
Very hefty prize awaits you.
All you have to do is make it there and win.
All the challenges in Conquest are individual games.
Today's challenge is called End of the Line.
The contender that goes the furthest,
the fastest will be the only contender safe from elimination.
You'll use a stopping device to release
the friction from the rope and plummet downward.
You'll squeeze that device to stop.
If you're too late on the brake, you'll go right into the water.
If multiple contenders fall off the rope,
whoever fell off slowest, will be our loser.
You do not want to get last place 'cause
whoever gets last place will automatically be going home.
-Wow. -Wow.
You're gonna be competing
in your Under Armour SlipSpeed shoes.
And what about a little prize to sweeten the deal?
The contender who takes the win today will receive
$15,000 to spend on Under Armour swag.
-(all cheering) -All right!
Good luck.
HORACIO: I feel like if I don't win today,
I will be back into elimination along with Kyland.
Kyland and I are the only people to know
what goes down in a secret Conquest elimination
and that information, we gotta keep to ourselves.
We're so dangerously close to the final,
so I definitely need this win today.
-COREY: Oh, wow. -OTHERS: James! James!
-James, this way. -James, up! Up!
The dangly side.
JAMES: Well, is it pull, is it pull or push?
No, no, push down.
JAMES: My handle's not sticking out, though. Look. Yo!
My handle's not got a slight gap.
-I can't push it. -MORIAH: You push down, James.
-JAMES: Push down, though, definitely push down? -HORACIO: Definitely push down.
(laughs)
Moriah, Horacio, James, you ready?
-Go! -(air horn blows)
(groans)
JAMES: I for one am not a fan of Conquest.
You know, anyone can go home. I'm scared for myself.
I do really like Moriah.
But for the minute, we need to remain focused
now more than ever because it's the most testing time.
Oh!
(shouting)
(bleep), James.
TJ: Moriah, Horacio, James, you ready?
-Go! -(air horn blows)
NURYS: Today's challenge is called End of the Line.
Whoever gets the furthest and with
the fastest time wins today's challenge.
If multiple people fall into the water, whoever hits
the water last will be the loser
and automatically gets eliminated.
Hopefully it's numbers for the other side and not for us.
(shouting, clamoring)
I'm sorry, James.
-OLIVIA: He's fast. -Damn. -(air horn blows)
KYLAND: Horacio got the hang of this device
very quickly, and I'm feeling really good,
at least about his time.
If not also how far he got on his rope.
-Check. -(air horn blows)
COREY: Horacio's pretty low, yeah?
HORACIO: Whoo! Did I burn my fingers?
Aah!
Yeah. That's why I lost concentration.
JAMES: I'm pissed, and I'm (bleep) myself.
I don't want to go home.
The only hope I've got now is that
other people DQ in slower times.
-You did it fast, right? -Yeah.
HORACIO: It burns, but I'm good, I'm good.
MORIAH: At least you went down fast.
Now you pray that someone else falls.
(sighs)
Considering I just finished my fourth elimination last night,
um, if I can pull off the win today,
that's really the only way
I'm gonna stay out of elimination.
JAY: Let's go, baby!
Emanuel, Michele, and Kyland, you ready?
Yes.
I'm scared.
-Go! -(air horn blows)
EMANUEL: If my enemies,
like Kyland or Horacio
or Nurys wins today's challenge,
then I'm definitely gonna be at the bottom of the list.
They started this work, and I need to get this done
so I can get my mother back home and retire her.
TJ: Let's go! You got to go!
Stay on the rope. Don't risk it.
I've been rock climbing for over seven, eight years.
The first time I repelled was actually a thousand feet
up on top of a mountain in Las Vegas
in the middle of the night, using my flashlight
from my phone to see what I'm doing.
Honestly, I'm excited.
HORACIO: Well done, Ky. Don't risk it.
Kyland, he's very, very close to the bottom of the rope.
If I don't win, I want him to win or Olivia or Nurys.
So this is perfect right now.
-This is the spot. -(air horn blows)
BERNA: I do not trust Kyland.
I just feel that Kyland is coming after me,
Emanuel and Jay.
He wants us out.
It's fair enough. We want you out, too.
So it's game on.
-I'm done. -(air horn blowing)
-Whoo! -ED: That was fast.
That was real fast.
NURYS: I definitely need to win.
I'm not being purged out.
I did not make it this far just to come this far.
So for me, this is a big one.
I only really want me, Olivia, Kyland or Horacio to win.
We saw how things went last time.
And I do not want to be at the bottom again.
-Did you bring up the slack? -I'm good.
-HORACIO: Okay. -I'm just going to swing.
All good.
JAY: Ed, you going full shot?
ED: I don't know.
I might go pretty fast to start.
And then slow at the bottom.
I guess we really don't need to, though.
As long as we just hang on.
I'm feeling like the big man on campus now.
A couple wins under my belt. I'm just ready to compete.
A win is vital. If you can get three people
from the same alliance down into an elimination... (exhales)
That's some powerful stuff.
-Let's go, boys! -And girl.
COREY: Let's go, everyone.
TJ: Nurys, Ed, Jay, ready?
-Go! -(air horn blows)
-There you go. There you go. -Keep going. Keep going.
Keep going. Way to see it.
OLIVIA: Good job, Nurys.
-MICHELE: Good job, Jay! -Done. -(air horn blows)
That's fast. It is fast.
HORACIO: Jay is moving extremely fast.
This is going to be a very close race
between him, Kyland and myself.
If Jay wins,
that means me and my people
are most likely going to be at the bottom.
(bleep)
Oh, (bleep).
JAMES: I'm over the moon that someone else fell off,
but at the same time,
I'm a little bit gutted because Ed is my pal,
and I don't want him to go home, either.
-Done. -(air horn blows)
-No, you... you fell... faster. -I stopped.
Yeah, James fell faster.
Good work, guys. Good work.
Dude, I don't even know what happened.
I feel like I didn't even have my hand on it, and I was
at the end, and I still had, like, rope in my hand.
JAY: You'll be all right. Get the (bleep) out of your head.
Get it. Don't put...
-Don't manifest nothing. -Yeah.
JAY: You're fine.
ED: I don't know how I let this happen.
I literally could have just walked off of the platform,
said, "Check," and I would have been cool.
My slipup might just cost me here.
TJ: Olivia, Colleen, you ready?
-Go! -(air horn blows)
MICHELE: All right. There you go. There you go.
-COREY: Be careful, Colleen. -ED: Colleen's got it.
-Yeah. -COREY: There you go.
-Yeah! -There you go. Good job.
-Check. -(air horn blows)
Check.
(air horn blows)
Good job, girls! Good job.
Last night was a little rough,
but I can't shut down now
because of any comments from Kyland.
I'm here to fight, I'm here to win.
MICHELE: You got this, Corey!
Whoo!
Berna, Corey, you ready?
(air horn blows)
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
-Ow! -Corey!
JAY: Oh, Corey, you wild boy.
I know my place in this game
is reliant on this challenge.
Everyone has a number one, but I am no one's number one.
Ah!
MICHELE: James, Ed and Corey
fall into the water
and now it's gonna come down
to who fell the slowest.
Ed and Corey are really, really important numbers
to me in this game, and I don't want to lose them.
COLLEEN: Stay there, Berna. Stay there.
-Check. -(air horn blows)
Good job, girl.
TJ: Great challenge today, everyone.
Well done.
Now the unfortunate news of the loser.
Three men fell off the end of that rope.
James, Corey and Ed.
MORIAH: I need James in this game.
We're so close to the end and I do like him.
I know how hard he's worked
and I would be really upset
if he went home.
TJ: The loser of today's challenge,
which means you're going home...
-ED: It can't be me. -JAMES: No, no.
COREY: I don't want to go home.
And the loser of today's challenge,
which means you're going home...
♪♪ ♪♪
...is Ed.
All right.
(bleep)
Cool. Hey, my brother.
ED: No, it's fine.
(quiet chatter)
I came into this game hungry for a win.
(quiet chatter)
My social game was on point, baby.
And I think that's why
I managed to get through this whole time
and not ever touch the sand.
One hell of a season, man.
-Take care of yourself, Ed. -Love you, Ed.
-TJ: Thanks for being here. -Take care.
-Bye, Ed. -We're all so proud of you.
Love you, bro.
OLIVIA: Karma's a bitch.
He showed last week
that he's not for me,
so if you're not for me, you're against me.
And that's just one less person
on the Jay alliance.
TJ: Great job, everyone.
Two players that got the furthest the fastest were
Jay...
...and Horacio.
(all exclaim)
-COREY: Okay. -OLIVIA: Wow.
And they were separated by seconds.
(exclaiming)
HORACIO: This could be a very big game changer.
I know that if I were to win, my people are gonna be safe.
But the one person that is safe
and will be receiving $15,000 in Under Armour swag...
...is Jay.
Whoo! Let's go!
-Wow! -Whoo!
Whoo!
JAMES: Good job, brother.
Whoo!
By winning today's challenge,
you will be selecting one contender to save.
Then they'll select another contender to save
all the way down until there are only three contenders left
and they will come with me
to a private Conquest elimination.
OLIVIA: Jay winning
makes me feel instantly in survival mode.
It definitely makes me concerned
that I am going to be on the bottom of the list
with Horacio, Kyland and Nurys.
And it is the worst feeling.
All right, everyone, get some rest.
I'll see you soon.
Right now, I would love to say two names.
I want to say Emanuel,
my right-hand man, and Michele, my girl.
But unfortunately, I only can pick one.
That being said, like, as long as I'm safe,
that's all that matters. I'm trying to do my best
to just get to the final.
Jay wins the challenge and I'm happy for him.
If someone is saving Emanuel,
that's always a good sign for me. (chuckles)
Because Emanuel will save Berna
and Berna will save me.
Hopefully. (laughs)
Me, too.
-We're going in no matter what. -Yeah, exactly.
So I'm just kind of, I'm kind of like, okay...
It's just so generous, like,
we're still putting our game on the line
for this guy to just pretty much walk in to the final.
I know. I know.
That's why I'm, like, I want to do it, actually.
I want to protect Nurys,
I want to protect Kyland, I want to protect Olivia,
and I keep coming in second.
And obviously second is not good enough.
Jay having all the power is going to be interesting.
Only way to save the girls.
Putting our life on the line.
(Horacio laughs)
Jay, welcome to our office. (chuckles)
There's no (bleep) way that I will let either
of you guys be on the bottom to go home.
That's-that's nonnegotiable, I will riot.
-I want to save Emanuel. -First?
OLIVIA: Well, he's gonna save Berna and Colleen.
MICHELE: What the (bleep) are you talking about?
I'm gonna make him say you. He'll say you.
(bleep) asshole.
There's something about this Conquest portion of the game
that has turned us all a little bit bat(bleep) crazy.
The end is so close in sight
that people are starting to think about "me," not "we."
NURYS: The perfect scenario for a final to me, us three,
you, Emanuel, Kyland and Horacio.
OLIVIA: And honestly,
I think that they would have your back
if you made some kind of, like, truce deal.
NURYS: What does that mean?
Can we agree then that maybe we save Horacio?
Yeah.
I know there's no way that Jay's gonna give Horacio
one of his ally spots.
I've been questioning Jay's loyalty to me for a while now,
so I'm hoping for the best but expecting the worst.
Ball's in your court.
("One in a Million" by Bebe Rexha & David Guetta playing)
♪♪ Is this Heaven now? ♪♪
♪♪ Am I dreaming out? ♪♪
♪♪ Am I dreaming? ♪♪
♪♪ You're my one, one, one in a million ♪♪
♪♪ And I can't believe that we're both alive ♪♪
♪♪ At the same time ♪♪
♪♪ And I can't believe that we're both alive ♪♪
♪♪ At the same time ♪♪
Horacio's part chair.
You guys are funny.
♪♪ One, one in a million ♪♪
♪♪ And I can't believe that we're both alive ♪♪
♪♪ At the same time. ♪♪
We put down Kyland and Horacio.
With those two, who-who do you want to cross?
Should it be Colleen, Berna or Corey?
I don't know. This is up to Michele now
because those are her three friends.
MORIAH: I feel like she's gonna say Colleen.
Yeah.
For me, I'm leaning more towards Colleen.
Okay.
NURYS: For me to find out that Jay is saving
Moriah and James over me and Horacio,
it's kind of, it kind of sucks
and it hurts.
I feel defeated,
dealing with all the fakeness,
dealing with people who you think are your friends,
who aren't actually your friends.
Like, this just gets overwhelming.
I'm just, like, breaking
and I don't think I can do it anymore.
But I'm so happy for our alliance,
because we know that Kyland and Horacio
is the most danger for our win.
-Yeah. -For my win.
For everybody's win.
Olivia has a chance to win against these two.
-Nurys doesn't. If you're... -Yeah.
-What's up, loca? -Hi.
-It's amazing that you're here. -Why?
Michele told me that I'm her number one,
but I've learned
that a lot of people think
they are the number one of Michele.
So something is weird.
I want to see if Michele holds her word.
So I will try to talk to Michele about my idea of the chain
because I want to save Colleen.
I think Horacio and Kyland could only lose by Olivia.
Nurys has no chance.
We have to stick to the plan. It's not against Nurys
or Olivia.
JAY: Yeah, I think you're right.
I'm so frustrated that I'm even here,
the position where I have to look at you
and be like, "Please don't put my people
like Olivia and Nurys in."
MICHELE: What?
MICHELE: I don't know.
Honestly, I just want Colleen in
because I'm running out of options here.
I don't want to see Corey, Berna, Nurys,
Olivia, Moriah, Jay, Emanuel in there.
Moriah is gonna choose to save James.
He's off the table. That leaves Colleen.
But I'm not gonna say all that
'cause Berna and Colleen are tight.
Sorry about it, but at this point,
my hands are truly tied.
MICHELE: You asked my (bleep) opinion.
I didn't say one word to her.
That was a one-way street of information.
Olivia gave us all
the green light to take out Horacio.
Are we gonna let him go to the final?
I don't want to run a final with him, to be honest with you.
JAY: And now she's upset about it.
I'm just confused on Olivia's game.
I trust Nurys a little bit more than I trust Olivia,
at this point.
It's got to be Olivia.
-Did I say that? -You said she's going in.
I get the first vote. I get the first vote, man.
I don't have that plan. You do.
These are your very close friends.
MICHELE: I feel like there's almost nothing
that I can do to regain the power
and the trust in Olivia and Nurys.
Jay's priorities are here and my priorities are here,
and we're gonna have to, like an old married couple,
compromise some of those things.
Somebody's gonna have to make sacrifices here.
And, um, I knew that this day would come,
but I'm definitely feeling the weight
of this particular voting system right now.
Olivia was supposed to be working with us, but she wasn't.
I (bleep) got in the line of fire,
and they put me in the sand.
So don't say, "Oh, but they were in a corner."
(bleep) them.
...and I would have went berserk for you,
but you're not going berserk for me right now,
and you're just defending them when I'm your ride-or-die.
And I was the one that could have gone in the sand
and I could have went home to CT
and you'd be sitting here by yourself dealing with
(bleep) Berna and Emanuel, and all of them by yourself.
But I won today, and I'm sitting here with you
because I care about you.
She's right.
♪♪ ♪♪
COREY: I haven't talked to Jay and Michele yet.
Michele's the decision-maker here.
If Michele decides that it's okay to save Nurys and Olivia,
then one of us probably gets (bleep).
The order of the nomination is gonna matter.
I know if we say somebody like Olivia or Nurys
too early on the list, they will probably save each other,
which will lead to Horacio being saved,
which will lead to Kyland being saved.
And in that scenario, I think me, myself, Berna,
might end up at the very bottom.
BERNA: If they would say
-Olivia and Nurys before you... -COREY: I'd be pissed.
...or before me or before-- we are done.
-COREY: We're done. -It's Horacio, Kyland in a chain.
The chain goes down.
COLLEEN: Yeah.
JAY: Look at this.
Well, you don't even have a (bleep) list.
Look at this. How many lists?
-MICHELE: I just don't like it. -How many lists do I have?
How many lists do I have for you right here?
How many? Tell me.
MICHELE: So, which one do you want?
I want the one where majority of us are safe.
-Majority. -MICHELE: Okay.
Not one of your (bleep) best friends.
MICHELE: So then just choose the list then.
No, I'm choosing you.
What are we doing?
Because I like to know the order.
I prefer, obviously, having Colleen down there.
So the way that gets done is by putting...
Honestly,
you probably would have to be later down the list.
MORIAH: If you don't say me, you're gonna (bleep) James
because I'm gonna somehow end up on the bottom
and it's gonna be James at the bottom
and then I'm actually gonna be really pissed.
If you weren't even here,
James would be the first one down.
-MORIAH: Yes. Yes, obviously. -So. Okay. So...
MORIAH: Obviously, but I'm here.
And now, and now I'm put in a position
where one of the two of my best friends are going down.
So I have every right to be a little bit irritated
that somebody that I met five weeks ago is staying...
MORIAH: I'm just wondering why it has to be
that me or James does the dirty work again.
-Wh--? -MORIAH: I was at the bottom--
But James is in here because of you,
so let him do the dirty work.
MORIAH: Okay.
MICHELE: There is literally nobody left that's disposable.
That's the problem.
Every single person is tied to a person who's tied to me.
So there's always gonna be backlash.
As Jay is writing every single list,
there's literally not one that works.
Champagne problems, right?
Like, I have so many friends in this game.
That's why I've been protected,
but now I'm feeling the hangover.
OLIVIA: I know it's hard. I know it's hard.
This is the mental part of it.
NURYS: Like, I just don't trust nobody and...
I just don't care no more.
-I really don't. -OLIVIA: I know, but...
MICHELE: Where is this coming from right now?
I-I felt this way the last few days.
I would rather go home.
And I'd rather give the opportunity
to Horacio and Kyland.
OLIVIA: Did someone say something that made you feel some type of way?
Kyland and Horacio have been the most amazing friends
and that's why I have stood by them the entire time.
They've put their game on the line to protect me
at every, every single point of this game,
and I don't deserve that because
they have actually been the ones to fight.
But I think it's-it's okay to reciprocate it back for once.
I think Nurys is just tired of Jay's bull(bleep).
I think that she really expected more from him as a friend
and he's let her down in so many ways.
I just don't feel like it's right for her to give up yet.
Michele, all I'm asking, like, as my real friend,
like, just please don't blindside me,
-like, or her, like... -I would literally never.
Honestly, I'm a little bit hurt right now
that I'm even being questioned
because what else in this game
would I use my pull for other than you guys?
-Actually? -Yeah.
It was like a realization today that I realized I'm like,
y'all want to put Moriah--
and that's how I feel-- Moriah above me.
Moriah above Olivia,
then James above both of us.
To have his (bleep) back, to not even think twice.
Okay, let's throw Horacio in there
who actually has had you guys' back
from the (bleep) beginning,
and nobody gives a (bleep).
And so I'm just sitting here,
like, "Damn, I was bam-(bleep)-boozled."
People have had your back in this game.
You know, I've tried my best.
I just would be just gutted if you threw in the towel.
-You can't quit now. -You can't.
'Cause if you're quitting, that's quitting on me,
-and that's quitting on them... -And yourself.
...and that's quitting on everything and
I literally need you here.
NURYS: Olivia's still my number one.
I know my brother told me not to trust her...
But she hasn't done anything at this point
to make me think otherwise.
♪♪ ♪♪
TJ: All right, Jay,
by winning the End of the Line challenge,
you are now able to save
one other contender who will then save another contender,
and so on until we are down to three contenders.
Those three contenders will come with me
in a secret Conquest elimination.
So, Jay, which contender are you going to save?
I mean, this is an easy vote for me.
I've been with her since the beginning.
My ride-or-die right there, Michele.
Sit right here. Let's do it.
Jay, that looked like it pained you to say that.
-(laughs) -TJ: Wh-Why? Why?
Today has been a rough day, Teej.
The house has been, I mean, a mess all morning.
Everyone's going everywhere as much as they can.
So I actually don't know where this is going at all.
Michele, what about you? Like, you--
Your eyes are wandering like crazy.
What are you doing? What's going on?
Um, I honestly don't know what I want to do.
Some people I've pledged my allegiance to,
and so now I'm battling with, like,
what I personally feel good about versus, like,
what I know is, like,
what everybody wants me to do, I think, and that's
my personal struggle right now.
Well, it just all boils down
to what kind of champion do you want to be?
That's it.
I'm seeing friend,
best friend,
my sanity.
No matter who goes down in the bottom three,
it's gonna hurt a friend of mine.
What kind of champion do you want to be?
I'm gonna save Olivia.
TJ: All right, Olivia.
BERNA: I'm lost of words.
Why is Michele doing this and saving Olivia before me,
Moriah, Emanuel--
I thought we are your number ones in this game.
And I will not forget that.
NURYS: I think they just made
the biggest mistake for their game.
When Olivia says my name,
Kyland and Horacio might as well walk over with me
because we come as a three-piece.
Olivia, your turn. Who are you gonna save?
I'm gonna save Moriah.
I'm definitely surprised
to see Olivia saving Moriah over Nurys.
Coming into this game,
I knew Olivia and Nurys were best of friends.
Now I know that I can never trust Olivia.
If Olivia would turn on her best friend,
she would never hesitate in turning on me.
HORACIO: I am shocked and so disappointed
and honestly backstabbed.
MICHELE: I just cannot
even imagine this game without Olivia.
So prior to voting, I told her
that it was probably gonna be her in the bottom three.
We tried saving you.
This Horacio-Kyland thing is (bleep) burying you.
OLIVIA: Nurys literally was packing her stuff,
-saying she wants to leave. -JAY: I understand that.
It's just like, I want to be here and I want to fight
and I wanted to make it to another final,
-and I feel like I deserve to be. -MORIAH: Okay, look,
what if we put Jay, Michele, Olivia, Moriah.
If she can save Moriah, then we're good.
I would pick you girls all day.
All right, so you're-you're gonna pick Moriah,
-not Nurys, not Horacio, not Kyland. -OLIVIA: No. No, girl.
-JAY: Swear on your life. -This is part of the game
where you have to play for yourself.
I am in self-preservation.
My mind's blank.
I have nothing going on upstairs other than
I need to stay safe.
NURYS: I feel betrayed. I feel played.
Yeah. I should've known
and I should've listened to my brother.
TJ: All right, so, Moriah, who are you gonna save?
I'm gonna save James today.
-Thank you. -TJ: All right.
So, James, who do you want to save?
I'm gonna have to save my good pal Emmy.
(chuckling)
I'm gonna save Berna today.
Thank you.
Hi, Teej.
-I will stay still loyal to Colleen. -Thank you.
Nurys is getting (bleep) now.
We all knew how it was gonna go down. Come on.
JAY: No, that's not how I wanted it to go down.
I literally had a plan to save Nurys.
Jay, if that was the plan, you would have saved her first.
Yeah, yeah, you could have saved her earlier.
-All right, well, Colleen. -(exhales)
-Corey. -All right, Corey.
♪♪ ♪♪
COLLEEN: If you have friends like Olivia,
you don't need enemies in your life.
JAY: And now I'm (bleep)
because the one person I'm protecting the most
over her is that one.
Right? You didn't talk to me, Jay.
Yeah.
Jay, what did you think was gonna happen?
Nurys would be saved if it went the way it was supposed to.
-TJ: By who? -By Corey.
Who would save Corey?
Why do we want to know everything?
Berna, shut up.
-Nurys, don't talk to me like this. -NURYS: I'm already down here.
I'll walk right over there and pop you in the face.
So shut the (bleep) up.
-Come on, then. -Shut the (bleep) up.
-Come on. -You're a dumbass bitch.
-Hey, hey. -I think the most shocking part
was Olivia saving Moriah before me.
You are supposedly my other number one.
Yeah.
That seat next to you was not supposed to be
Moriah's no matter what.
-I'm sorry, honestly. -(bleep) your sorry.
You guys put so much pressure on me at the last one...
-Yeah. -...and I still (bleep) picked you
because I gave you my (bleep) word.
So, Nurys, you can save one.
Don't save me.
(sniffles)
Please.
NURYS: Olivia.
That's who I'm gonna save.
-She made the hard choice. -NURYS: And I should have (bleep) stuck
to exactly what I knew this entire time.
Some way, somehow, you were gonna (bleep) me over
out of anybody else.
And when you watch it back, I hope you feel
so good about yourself.
So, Kyland, Nurys, Horacio,
I will see you in the private Conquest elimination.
Get dressed.
This group right here, they lack creativity.
-I stay ready. -I hate you guys.
I should've put mine on, too.
Good luck. I'll see you soon.
♪♪ ♪♪
It's okay.
It's just everything went exactly how I didn't want it.
I'm disappointed.
I mean, I trusted her, too.
I'm sorry.
I didn't want to bring you down with me.
I don't, I don't... (crying)
I don't need to hear, I don't need
to hear "I'm sorrys" from you.
It is my fault.
No, it's not. No, it's not.
-It is. -No, it's not.
Everybody says it's just a game.
And I always say it as well.
"It's just a game. Don't take anything personal."
Um...
Until, like, it kind of does get personal.
Especially when you truly believe someone
and you truly, like, trust somebody.
You didn't do this to me at all.
And having your back was never a question.
I'm happy to have had you by my side the whole time.
(knock at door)
JAY: Let me talk to you.
NURYS: No. I'm not talking to nobody.
Can I show you something? Anything I tried,
you were always with me.
So that (bleep) that happened, wasn't (bleep) me.
I never wanted you down.
I tried to save you.
♪♪ ♪♪
I just feel (bleep)
because I tried my best this entire game
to protect Nurys.
Even though she was never working with me.
(bleep)
(sniffles)
OLIVIA: I want to talk to her, but I don't want to...
"I knew and I was okay with it," or "I'm stupid"?
I wasn't even asking for anything for myself.
I just wanted you to save
the people that you told me were your best friends.
It's consequences.
Consequences of your actions.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I'm gonna do this conversation
the best I can not to make it about me
at all or my feelings.
I regret it so (bleep) much.
I really was doing my best to make sure
we were both okay.
You can ask, literally, like, both the girls.
You know, I'm finally gonna tell you.
You remember that day I called my brother?
My brother tells me, "Don't trust Olivia.
"She doesn't actually consider you a friend.
She was gonna screw you over."
-That is (bleep) not true. -I bawled my eyes out.
I said, you know what? I'm still gonna be true to her.
And if for some reason
she (bleep) me over, then she (bleep) me over,
but I will never do that to her.
♪♪ ♪♪
OLIVIA: I'm so shook.
Like, she was just waiting for me to fail her.
And...
that's just one of the worst feelings ever.
Now I'm going into elimination
and most likely won't be coming back,
and it's because of you.
♪♪ ♪♪
-Good luck, buddy. -Thank you.
MICHELE: I'll see you soon.
Let's be honest.
We've been trying to get Horacio and Kyland out
for this entire season, it feels like at this point.
And they seem invincible.
So I would love if Nurys battles it out
and shows these men that
the women are just as much of a threat.
♪♪ ♪♪
Welcome to your 16th elimination
on this season of Battle for a New Champion.
So, Nurys,
must have been very hard for you
to have Olivia turn her back on you.
At least I can say that I was a good friend
and a loyal friend the whole time,
and I could look at myself in the mirror
and be proud, and she won't be able to.
HORACIO: I want to put some of the fault on me because
I kind of told her as well, like,
"Hey, you have to trust her. I trust her."
And you know, uh, today, what happened was...
came out of nowhere.
Kyland, how you feeling?
KYLAND: It just sucks to be here with these guys,
people I care about, people I love.
And if they beat me,
then it's people still in the game that I'm cheering for.
TJ: Well, here's the thing.
Last time, we sent two players back to the house,
but this time...
...we are sending two players...
...home.
This time, only the winner
is going back to the house and staying in the game.
All right.
Today you are playing
the second elimination of Conquest.
Out there, beyond the trees,
there is an obstacle course and three puzzle zones.
They are each designed to test a specific skill
related to being a Challenge champion.
You can do them in any order you choose.
Once you finish the puzzle,
you're gonna grab the flag and plant it.
First one to get all three done will win today's elimination
and stay in the game.
-Good luck. -Thank you.
KYLAND: I didn't want to compete against Horacio
or Nurys until the final,
so that sucks to be here with them, knowing
that only one of us is gonna come back into the game.
I know they're gonna bring it,
so I got to bring my A-game and hopefully get the job done.
That's why I'm here. I came to win.
NURYS: I'm emotional,
and I hate that I'm in this position
with two of my absolute favorite people.
It sucks, but I will say that
if I do get beat today, I'm happy that it's one of them.
HORACIO: I am definitely disappointed in Olivia.
When Michele saved Olivia, I, for a second, really thought,
"Wow, we're about to be saved."
That's one of the biggest difference
between all three of us here and the rest of the house.
You know, all of us three,
we want to play a very loyal game,
and it comes down to this.
TJ: All right, Kyland, Nurys, Horacio, you ready?
-Go! -(air horn blows)
HORACIO: "Use all of the puzzle pieces
to recreate the image on the table."
Ah, (bleep).
(panting)
"Pair up all the strands of chain
"so that when they're added together,
the number of links for each pair totals 39."
One, two, three...
I'm the number one provider in my family.
I already provide for both my mom and my grandfather,
and I take a lot of pride in that now.
You know, we come from nothing.
This money could mean the world for me
and could help so many more people
than just myself.
KYLAND: What the heck is this?
TJ: Come on, Horacio.
Come on, Kyland. Let's go.
-Did you get it, Kyland? -No. I'm thinking and I'm trying.
HORACIO: I don't get this.
-(bleep) -Bro.
HORACIO: The title of Challenge champion,
I didn't get it the first time,
but I've been very fortunate
in my entire life that everything that I want,
I work hard and I get it at some point.
Really, the money is a bonus
because I just want that title.
I want to be that new champion.
(groans)
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten.
-Check. That's right. -(air horn blows)
TJ: Go, Nurys, go.
Well done.
Good job.
Yes. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.
It's not that. (bleep)
TJ: Jump over that thing. Come on.
Doesn't make sense. Come on.
-Good work, Nurys. -Yeah. Well done.
Dang. Should I freaking go to another one?
-It's always a gamble, but... -HORACIO: Fudge, man.
(bleep)
It's a gamble. It's a gamble.
Nurys, she is dominating us.
I have not a single flag.
Kyland has not a flag either.
If you don't risk it at this point, you know, you might lose.
So right now,
it's best to leave this for last and go get the other two done.
TJ: That's a bold move.
I hope it pays off.
KYLAND: Is that big enough?
I need to be more specific.
♪♪ ♪♪
NURYS: Check.
There we go.
-(air horn blows) -TJ: Nurys, let's go.
♪♪ ♪♪
Check.
TJ: Two flags down.
-(air horn blows) -Let's go.
Nice. One flag for Horacio.
Come on, Kyland.
I know.
I got it. I'm working.
(bleep)
(grunting echoing)
NURYS: Right now, the biggest thing for me is
to just stay cool, stay collected.
I got to stay in it.
I can't give up because, literally,
like TJ said, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman.
This is anybody's game.
(panting)
"Use all the pieces to make three equal stacks
"on the plate.
Then use the rope to raise it up."
♪♪ ♪♪
(groans)
-(air horn blows) -TJ: Let's go!
Wow.
TJ: Good job, Horacio.
That's two flags down, one flag to go.
Kyland, you got to go. Pick it up.
I know. Exactly.
(bleep). Why would this be the (bleep) one
that is struggling? Oh, my God.
HORACIO: Finish the drill, Nurys.
Finish the drill. Come on.
I can see Nurys struggling
on her last station.
(bleep)
You got it now, Nurys. Come on.
I'm not giving up, but I'm working on this puzzle,
and it is taking a lot longer than I expected.
Don't give up, Horacio.
-Keep working. Check. -TJ: Good job.
-(air horn blows) -Thank you.
Goddamn it. Good luck.
Horacio and Nurys both have two flags,
and I only have one.
The total prize pot sits
at $356,000.
And we know that only three people
are gonna get paid.
TJ: One down, two to go.
I will 100% be one of those three people
if I'm running in this final.
So I have to do everything I can to make sure that I'm there.
No panic. All good.
Has to be that. It has to be this.
TJ: Come on, Nurys. Don't quit. Let's go!
TJ: It's anybody's game. Let's go!
KYLAND: Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13.
Has to be that. It has to be this. Okay.
Leave that there.
NURYS: Going home on a puzzle?
On some (bleep) blocks? Absolutely not.
I have two flags, Horacio has two flags.
It looks like it's gonna come down
to me and him, and I'm sorry, Horacio,
but I'm gonna keep trying until I get the W.
TJ: Straighten them out. That's it.
(Nurys groans)
(air horn blows)
TJ: Go, go, go!
(panting)
You got the flag. Hurry up!
-Well done, Nurys. Well done. -TJ: Come on, Nurys!
-Let's go. Hurry up! -(panting)
(grunting echoing)
TJ: Horacio, you're not out of it. Hurry up!
Come on!
♪♪ ♪♪
Get over here, Nurys. Well done!
-Nurys! -(air horn blows)
-(crying) -Oh, my gosh! You did it.
Great job.
-(crying) -Wow!
HORACIO: Wow.
TJ: Wow, Nurys.
♪♪ ♪♪
I trusted Olivia 100%,
her being my ride-or-die last season,
but it backfired on all of us.
It's shocking, disappointing.
But at the end of the day, I think the joy
I have for Nurys is overtaking that feeling,
and I obviously want Nurys to win this entire Challenge.
My best friends.
NURYS: The Three Amigos.
I just proved to myself
that I do deserve to be here.
One of the smallest females in this house
going against two of the strongest competitors
in this house and beating them?
It's bittersweet, but I'm glad it was me,
because no one else deserved to beat them.
Wow. Nurys,
you took out the top two contenders of the game.
So if you didn't believe in yourself before,
then you definitely have to believe
that you can be a champion now.
These are the only two people I could, you know,
stomach losing to. (laughs)
I came in here with my only goal being to win.
Let's (bleep) go!
And I've learned that there are
so many different types of victories.
-I'm gonna cry. -I don't want you to feel that way.
KYLAND: And I'm leaving very proud
of my performance.
-Yes! -Respect.
...and my loyalty.
And I hope
that anyone watching who saw themselves
in a bit of me
can be proud of yourself, too.
TJ: Kyland, you are a definite, true competitor.
Horacio, what are you thinking?
Everything happens for a reason, and I truly am
very, very happy for Nurys.
She deserved it more than anybody.
I love it. A love story started right here on The Challenge.
Look at that. All right.
Here's the deal.
Kyland, Horacio,
this ends your time here on The Challenge.
I really, really hope we see you both in the future.
Take care of yourselves.
(laughs)
HORACIO: It would be nice to stay undefeated,
but, you know, ran into Nurys. (laughs)
In multiple ways.
In love, in The Challenge, in elimination,
-and she beat me in all of them. -(laughs)
It was such an unexpected thing between her and I.
-(laughs) -A relationship that blossomed.
(distant cheering)
Whatever happens, I'm gonna be supporting her.
I'll be waiting out there for her.
TJ: All right, Nurys. You didn't quit.
And that is exactly
what being a Challenge champion is all about.
I know they're great, but I know what I'm here for.
And what is that?
My family.
So I knew that I had to give it my all,
regardless of anything else.
Congratulations. You are still in the game.
-Now head back to the house. -Thank God.
And I'll see you real soon. Get some rest.
♪♪ Time to ♪♪
♪♪ Put my medal on ♪♪
♪♪ Whose neck to cut? ♪♪
♪♪ I don't know ♪♪
♪♪ Whose side I'm on... ♪♪
NURYS: Winning feels great,
but I knew I was gonna lose both Horacio and Kyland.
This was the worst goodbye.
I will say I haven't felt this way about anybody.
And I do want to make it work when I get out of here.
And I told him--
which, maybe I shouldn't have-- but definitely told him
that I was falling in love with him.
I kind of want to raise hell
because I am pissed.
♪♪ This is how villains are made... ♪♪
I don't care to have anybody's back.
I just want to make it to the final and smoke everybody.
♪♪ This is how villains are made... ♪♪
(echoes): Olivia, she's my best friend.
I trust her wholeheartedly.
You're gonna pick Moriah and not Nurys.
OLIVIA: I would pick you girls
all day.
♪♪ When the lines ♪♪
♪♪ Are blurred and faded ♪♪
♪♪ No one ever starts that way ♪♪
♪♪ This is how villains are made... ♪♪
-We-- uh-oh. -There's Nurys.
COREY: Oh, my God.
♪♪ This is how villains are made. ♪♪
-Oh, my God. -Oh, my God.
To be honest, it really sucks to go out on an event like this.
Hindsight's 20/20. How was I supposed to know
I was gonna hit the thing by accident?
(bleep)
That was it.
I'm really kicking myself because it sucks.
It really does suck.
I think the hardest part about leaving is knowing
that if I made it through today,
I think I probably had the best shot of winning this thing.
I don't want to toot my own horn here, but I feel
like I'm a pretty solid competitor.
As of late, too, I've kind of been crushing it, so
I really wasn't expecting this. Um...
I'm sure somebody could use the money more than I could.
I just wish the best for everyone.
Wish them the best of luck.
I hope they give me a call back.
I mean, to end my career on this,
that would be outrageous.
I ain't letting that happen. TJ, you better call me soon.
I mean, being eliminated...
It just hurts. It just is...
You know, when you get into the winning mindset,
you expect to do nothing but win.
(air horn blows)
Good (bleep), bro.
And this season was such a battle,
and you don't have the years of connections
coming in, and you just do your best.
And I kind of got into a rhythm of, like, you know what?
My back's against the wall,
and I'll still get the job done.
And today just fell short.
-(air horn blows) -TJ: Nurys!
As far as the contenders that are
still left in the game...
I really want to watch my words here.
Um... (laughs)
I'm not really cheering for anyone besides Nurys
at this point.
I think that when things don't go
the way that you plan them to go,
like, how else can you build character?
So I'm trying to take this loss, find what is the lessons here,
and hope to come back and be a champion.
Seventh elimination and I finally got that,
you know, that L.
Six and one now.
Simply just couldn't get this...
whatever the thing's called.
This is trash.
But you know what?
It is what it is.
I really thought whenever my time
would end here, I would be completely destroyed.
But I don't think I've been this smiley since I got here,
which is kind of crazy because I've won challenges.
I've been to elimination and I come back
and I'm not as happy as I am today.
I really just am genuinely happy for Nurys.
We knew each other since Ride or Dies
and we had that friendship.
Coming into this, like,
never would I have thought that, you know,
her and I would be in a relationship that we've built.
I'm so happy. You know, I don't regret absolutely anything.
I'm hoping Nurys will make it all the way to the final
and she is that new champ.
We'll see what the future holds for myself,
but I'm just thankful for everything.
TJ: Today's challenge is called Drum Roll.
First contender to fall off the drum, they are out of the game.
-JAY: Panic is setting in everyone's eyes. -TJ: Whoa!
Wow! (laughs)
Also, (bleep) all of you guys.
You're literally such a (bleep) bitch.
JAY: I'm done.
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