TJ: Previously on The Challenge: USA...
The house was reeling after a shocking twist.
There are no more teams.
And suddenly everyone was at risk.
- TORI: All individual now. - CASSIDY: Yes, ma'am.
I'm sorry that
I'm putting this on you. It's, like, overwhelming.
TJ: In the first individual challenge...
Welcome, everybody.
Today's challenge is called Spell-Lunkers.
TORI: This is treacherous.
TYLER: Fuck that, bro. I'm not down.
TJ: ...it was two Challenge vets who came out on top.
- Whoo! - TJ: Congratulations, Bananas and Tori.
Now you two nominate
one man and one woman
to put at risk of elimination.
And the winners reached out to make new alliances.
We're going to take our vote away from you guys,
and then, hopefully, in the future if you guys win,
you do the same for us.
- Absolutely. - 100%. - All right, cool.
TJ: They put one couple on notice...
We send in Tyler and Alyssa.
TORI: So we're sending the lovebirds on a date?
Crazy.
TJ: ...and a friendship in danger...
I'm trying to do my best to get 'em out.
Anybody that's not you.
...as they scored a direct hit
on the Big Brother alliance.
Monte, you're up.
And in a dramatic,
nail-biting elimination, Monte fell short
and was sent home.
(cheering)
And now alliances are falling apart...
- Literally, everyone's throwing me under the bus right now. - Okay.
JOSH: You've really dug yourself in a hole, dude.
You have lied on a lot of people.
...as the game inches closer to the final...
- (groans) - SEBASTIAN: She just hit hard.
...and anxiety and distrust take over.
♪ ♪
Elimination win
in the books, baby!
TYLER: Coming back into the game
after a crazy elimination like that,
honestly, I have a newfound confidence.
It sucks we just lost Monte,
and, uh, it's going to be a rocky road moving forward.
But I'm also now not afraid
to go down in the sand and prove myself again.
Last but not least.
- Not least. - Thank you.
I just lost one of my closest allies in this house:
Monte. I feel very
emotionally drained in this situation.
It feels like there's a Big Brother player
in every single elimination. But Tyler's still here,
so that's something to celebrate.
He did so amazing. I'm so proud of him.
He is literally sunshine in human form,
and I love everything about him.
So there's seven Survivors still in this game.
We haven't lost a single member yet,
and I think it's just a testament
to the grit that you have to have
when you play Survivor,
and that gives us the advantage against Big Brother.
BANANAS: Popping your fucking elimination cherry, bro,
- in a hell of a way, dude. - Hell of a win, buddy.
SEBASTIAN: Six votes,
- and I'm still right here. - TORI: I know.
I really, really like you.
I feel like I came in here
with literally no expectations of meeting you,
and I know where it's at with us,
and it's all great and I love it.
Sebastian and I are definitely
getting closer and closer.
Of course, as a Challenge champ,
I wanted to come in and prove to myself I could do it again,
but winning $250,000 would be amazing.
I get to take that money and bring it back home,
help my nephews out, help my niece out,
help my sister out, and I'm also writing a kids' book
and doing other things, too.
I really, really loved these last 30 days.
I know. Me, too.
Been like the best thing ever.
FAYSAL: In the Challenge house,
it makes it that much easier
to pass the days by when you got someone
to cuddle with.
Tori has been
down this road before, and it hasn't
ended well for her.
And Seb, kind of being a rookie,
I already know he's gonna want to attach himself to Tori.
It's just not good for their games.
- 100% focused. - Yeah.
We have a few short weeks left, and...
- Yeah. - And I just happen to meet you.
- Mm-hmm. - I'm so glad I did.
Me, too.
♪ ♪
MICHAELA: We need to be moving
in a way that builds trust with people
because there's clearly an attack on...
on Survivors happening.
There's several eliminations left to go.
Clearly, it's Big Brother against Survivor,
and a lot of people don't feel solid
with how Chris is navigating through the house.
Chris is one of those people
who wants to say that he's Survivor strong,
but he's all over the place.
He has connections with a lot of people,
and all it's doing is causing a lot of confusion around him
and making people very skeptical.
Even though, you know, your intentions
are good with how you move,
it-it does rub some people the wrong way.
And so people were sketched about you.
I'm telling you, most people.
- Including you? - Uh, yeah, some of the way
that you move seemed weird to me as well,
which is why I came to you about it.
I played with people that I like, okay?
That's just where I'm at.
Who are the people that you like?
I'm protecting Survivor people that I like.
And there's a couple vets that I like.
Cory and Fessy and Sebastian and Josh.
Those guys-- none of them have...
have been targeted... has targeted me yet.
I've got great alliances with the vets
and Survivor players, but this game
changes every single day.
So hopefully the inroads
that I've built up until this point
help me get another day.
It is in all of our best interests
to build trust
because it has been broken, for whatever reason.
I think Chris is playing for Chris,
and I think it would be foolish of me
to believe that Chris has my best interests at heart.
My skill is that I can see a couple steps ahead
and see where the problems are
and I try to resolve them before they happen.
So I think you got to
trust the words that are coming out of my mouth.
♪ ♪
TJ: All right, everyone, welcome to your next challenge
on this season of The Challenge: USA. How you feeling?
(whooping, cheering)
TJ: All right, let's get to it.
Today's challenge is called Speed Jumps.
It's gonna be played in two stages.
In the first stage, everyone's going to get
their own little mini trampoline,
and the height has been adjusted for each of you.
When I say go, you will start jumping
on that trampoline to look over the wall.
On the other side of that wall is a giant board
with numbers on it. Every number that you see,
you're gonna have to add up, write that number
on your chalkboard, race it over to me, and if it's correct,
you're good. The top three men
and the top three women to get this done the fastest
will move on to stage two.
More on that later. And trust me,
you want to be a part of that one.
Everybody got it?
- Got it. - Yup. - Let's do it.
(clapping)
MICHAELA: I am very excited for the chance
of getting what we call on Survivor "individual immunity."
And I want to go for people that could be collateral damage.
Hopefully today's my day.
♪ ♪
TJ: Ready?
- Go! - (air horn blows)
♪ ♪
ALYSSA S.: The numbers are
a little more scrambled up than I thought they would be.
I was anticipating they would be in a straight line,
I'd be able to add them up quick,
but I'm confused, I'm stressed out.
I really, really want to win this one,
and the first step is winning heat one.
Correct. Not correct.
Not correct.
I did it in one pop, baby.
You know, I'm pretty good at math
and jumping on trampolines.
I had one as a kid,
and I'm really motivated to win this second round
and keep Tori and I safe.
- 81? - TJ: Not correct.
No.
Not correct.
No. Everybody's no.
No.
It's a little bit embarrassing for us.
I'm struggling on this challenge.
I feel like I've counted the same number
at least three times now.
TJ: Incorrect.
No, that is not it.
No?
TJ: Correct.
No.
That's correct.
- That is correct. - Yes.
TJ: All the men are done!
CHRIS: Three guys finished.
I get eliminated. It's a bummer,
but we've got Josh, Fessy, and Sebastian.
Those are three of my top four.
I could not be in a better position.
We have room for one more female!
We got one more female! Let's go!
That's correct.
- Good job! - (cheering)
- Good job, Michele! Let's go! - (air horn blows)
- (cheering, whooping) - TJ: Good job, guys.
CASSIDY: I'm pissed that I don't get to do the second round.
But the top three women who are going to potentially win
this challenge are Chanelle, Michele and Tori.
I'm close with Chanelle and Michele.
We are Survivor players,
and then Tori's protected me before.
We're roommates, we've formed a friendship,
and so I'm feeling decent about my odds.
TJ: Well done to the six of you.
You just moved yourselves into stage two.
Yeah, baby, let's fucking go!
This is where the fun begins, all right?
(whooping)
Coming in hot.
Wow.
Damn.
Oh, geez.
BANANAS: This looks like
this is gonna be absolutely insane.
The thought of being able to jump on a trampoline,
pulled behind a semitruck,
it's kind of making me upset
that I didn't make it past the first round.
TJ: To begin, you're going to
start on top of that trampoline,
on top of that big rig.
That thing's gonna start flying down the runway,
and overhead there'll be three different color flags.
Jump up and grab these flags.
There's green, yellow and red,
scoring one, two, three.
You can't take the whole entire rope with you.
You got to take one flag at a time.
The top man and the top woman
who score the most points will win today's challenge,
be safe from elimination, and also
be selecting two people
to send into the Arena to put at risk
of elimination. Got it?
- Yup, got it. - Yeah.
All right. Good luck, everyone.
Let's get it.
♪ ♪
All right, Sebastian, you ready?
- Go! - (air horn blows)
Fuck.
Everything out here is harder than you think.
I'm understanding the pattern here.
I have to jump at a certain time,
but it's hard to grab that set of flags.
Oh, I think he got one.
Sebastian slams into the trampoline so hard,
but he literally just bounces right back up.
He is crushing it.
Whoo!
- Whoo, Sebas! - He got five plus three plus...
- What's that, nine? - Nine.
That felt good.
TJ: All right, Tori, here we go.
(air horn blows)
(groans) Okay.
Nice!
Definitely timing.
(groans)
ALYSSA S.: That looked like it hurt.
SEBASTIAN: She just hit hard, dude.
All you can see
is just her in pain.
I'm like, do I run up there and go help her?
♪ ♪
(groans)
ALYSSA S.: That looked like it hurt.
(groans)
♪ ♪
Get it, Tori!
DESI: Tori, like, she's shooken.
It looks like she's struggling to breathe.
And then somehow,
she comes back to life
and she could potentially have power.
Oh, shit.
She was hitting herself hard.
Ouch.
- All right, Josh, you ready? Go! - (air horn blows)
Aw!
Damn it.
Aw! Fuck.
- Oh, he got the whole thing. - (others groaning)
TJ: No, he ripped the whole thing down.
Damn it.
(shouts)
- Michele, you ready? Go! - (air horn blows)
Oh, shit.
I look like an idiot.
Fucking idiot.
♪ ♪
Oh, God, I suck.
How did I end up here?
I'm not going to trampoline parks
and, like, practicing snatching flags
from the roof.
Okay, well, at least I got one.
- (cheering) - There you go.
Okay.
All right, Chanelle, here we go.
CHANELLE: I think that round two is mine.
Like, I played basketball all my life.
I was a beautiful rebounder.
My strategy is to get high enough
and get enough air because I'm gonna
go for a yellow or red
and maximize the amount of points that I would get.
(air horn blows)
♪ ♪
Okay.
Shit. Fuck.
(groaning)
(grunts) Fuck.
How did you fucking miss that?
DESI: I had really high hopes for Chanelle
and then she's, like,
kind of doing worse than Michele.
(groaning)
- She got one. - Okay.
MICHELE: I came in second place.
I came in second place.
♪ ♪
SEBASTIAN: I'm the highest score right now,
sitting pretty with nine.
This is mine to take.
Just a little bit nervous at this point
because we still have one dude left in the competition
and Fessy's in the middle.
I don't know what he would do
at nominations.
He could still go after Survivor.
We are literally half of the numbers here.
- All right, Faysal. - (air horn blows)
It pays to go last because you get to see everybody's mistakes.
Sebastian and Josh were jumping
up and down way before they got to their flags.
You don't have to jump up to down to get enough height.
You could just wait
and then just give one good bounce.
JOSH: Smart. Smart, dude. Wow.
- (air horn blows) - (cheering)
SEBASTIAN: Impressive job, dude, well done
but incredibly deflating
because I wanted that one so bad.
That's how it's done, boy.
All right, great challenge today, everyone.
- (applause) - Faysal. Tori.
Well done.
WES: Tori just smoked this.
This is Tori's second individual win in a row.
What Tori is doing is very impressive.
TYLER: I know I am at the bottom of Tori's totem pole right now,
but I'm closer towards the top of Fess'.
Faysal and I competed on Big Brother together,
so if he can put in some work for me
and actually have a voice here,
I feel like I might be able to
not be nominated for once.
TJ: You're not only safe from elimination,
but I need you to go back to the house
and nominate two players
to send into the Arena
and put at risk of elimination.
- Got it? - Got it.
All right, out of here. See you.
FAYSAL: Now I got to say somebody's name.
Tori said Alyssa and Tyler last week,
so she's probably gonna want to say that again.
But for me, it doesn't make sense
to go after Big Brother numbers.
I come from Big Brother. It just makes sense
to get a Survivor number out of the game.
♪ ♪
- Yay. - (cheering)
Another one, Tori.
Good job, you two.
The two people
who are in the position of power right now,
Tori and Fessy, we're all pushing in the same direction,
so I know there's
a zero percent chance that I'm gonna be the main vote.
FAYSAL: It sucks that I'm in this position, dude,
with Tori,
'cause if it was my decision, solely,
I would say Wes, Bananas.
They play friendly with everybody and play beta
just to get to the end, then they win
and go run their mouth all over the fucking world
how great they are, and then we still
let them slide every fucking season, dude.
But it just sucks 'cause Tori's not gonna go for that.
- So it's like... - CHRIS: My spidey senses are going off a little bit.
But, Fess-- he's my roommate
and he's in my top four alliance.
I hope that
I'm not the main vote.
She's not gonna want to go vets right now.
She's not gonna go Sebastian.
Like I said, if it wasn't Tori,
it'd be a whole different game.
Basically, I'm gonna go into deliberation,
I'm going to tell her, "Look, I know Challenge vets
"are off the table, I know Seb's off the table for you.
That's cool, but you have to give me some wiggle room, too,"
and that's what I'm gonna use as my leverage.
(line rings)
CHRIS: Hey.
Happy anniversary.
KATE: Happy anniversary.
CHRIS: Hey, baby girl. Hi, Margot.
(laughs) Hey.
My wife Kate and I have been talking for years
about buying land, building a house
from scratch and making it
not just a house but a home.
That is such a driving force for me.
I am starting to get
maybe a little concerned about my position.
A lot of people think that I don't know
how to play a strategic game.
When I was on Survivor, I got voted out third,
but I was able to get back into the game
and I won.
It's been hard for me
the last few days.
Mm-hmm.
I'm sorry. I'm with you.
Just remember that.
I never forget it.
♪ ♪
TORI: Welcome to my house.
(chuckles)
You live here, yeah.
(sighs) What is that, six out of nine for you?
- Yeah. - Pretty impressive.
I don't know if it's that impressive.
Just kidding. Just kidding.
My best nomination idea
would be Alyssa S. and Tyler.
I don't want to nominate Desi, Michaela or Chanelle
because I can't go back on my word.
And then Michele and I have a history together.
This isn't our first time playing the game.
I also room with Cassidy,
so I'm trying to avoid this situation
where you vote your roommate in
and then have to sleep next to them.
So, what do you want to do?
Because I know you're cool with Tyler.
Yeah, so for me, I think
the best thing for us right now
is to get a Survivor number out the game.
I'm trying to convince Tori to put in two Survivors
because none of them
have gone home and they're obviously working together,
and we have to eliminate one of those numbers
and regain the power in this house.
TORI: For Survivor boys,
I don't want to say Sebastian's name.
Like, are you okay with saying Chris?
It puts me in a tough spot.
I room with Chris,
but we're in this together.
Yeah.
So, I mean, if that's where it leaves us,
I'll bite the bullet, just don't say
Alyssa S. for the girl.
Desi, Michaela, and Chanelle have, in my opinion,
- the best odds of winning a daily. - That's true.
That leaves us with only Cassidy, right?
There's really not much I can do at this point.
At the end of the day,
there's not a lot of people left in the game.
No matter who we nominate,
we are going to create new enemies.
Let the shit show begin.
I'm sprinting away from this, dude.
♪ ♪
- And ready? Go hide. - TORI: Run!
- What? - You're safe. You're safe.
JOSH: Oh.
- MICHAELA: You're safe. - JOSH: Shit.
DESI: Cassidy and Chris-- they are exactly
the two people who I would love to put up if I could.
I don't trust Chris.
He's been playing the middle this entire game.
And Cassidy, if given the opportunity,
she's gonna take a big shot at a big, strong girl.
- TORI: So, this is what happened. - CASSIDY: It's me.
TORI: Yeah. Hear me out, though.
My fear is Desi, Michaela and Chanelle,
that if they win, they'll throw me in,
and if I vote one of them in, I'm pissing all of them off.
Cassidy's made some really bold moves in this game.
She's not really working with Bananas or Tori or Fessy.
And so, if you're not working with any of those people
and those people win,
you got to see that it's probably coming for you.
TORI: I just...
It's whatever.
FAYSAL: Sorry, Chris.
I didn't want to, but... it's a game.
If you didn't want to, you could have just not done it.
I know. The only other option was Tyler,
and there's only two Big Brother players.
And, you know, Survivor's got seven.
I come from the same season as him.
I didn't want to say his name.
Tori wasn't gonna say Sebas.
Fessy nominating me feels so personal.
He did promise that he wasn't gonna vote for me
and I would not vote for him,
so now I have zero regard
for anything that he's told me up to this point.
♪ ♪
- ♪ ♪ - (indistinct chatter)
TORI: You competed so well.
- Aw, you think so? - Yeah, so well.
You competed really well. I was like, "Damn,
- I just want to win that shit. - he was good out there."
I need to focus on what I came here to do, and that's win.
I think it's time to completely play the game.
It is final time. We need to start thinking about
who we want to run that final with.
Shit.
You guys are fucking killing this shit.
Cory's at like, 240.
He's the biggest dog in the house.
Why not think big?
All these vets are still here
and they're gonna take us out
one by one, so let's use the power
and momentum that we have.
Cory's not done much.
He's kind of floating.
Mm.
(groans) Big yikes.
Like, Cory is a vet. He's somebody that
I'm gonna have his back,
and Sebastian, you cannot
be running your mouth like this.
It's gonna spread like wildfire in this game.
- I have a plan. - What's your plan?
SEBASTIAN: What do you guys think about
trying to get a big boy out of here?
Aka Cory.
If Sebastian has my back in this one,
why not make it a guy's day and vote for Cory?
Well, everybody doesn't have to vote the exact same way.
I really want to vote for Cory,
but the girls weren't ready for that.
It's kind of frustrating for me.
You know, it would be a good option
to save myself,
but also, let's turn the tide.
Let's get everybody rolling with Survivor.
MICHAELA: Chris is doing whatever he can do
to not go into elimination.
Essentially, Chris is saying
the best shot for every single Survivor in the game
is for you to go into elimination.
Like, what the fuck is he doing?
So that he stays safe.
Between me and Cassidy,
like, winning challenges or winning dailies,
me staying in the game at least gives us time
- for me to have another at bat... - Yeah.
...with another challenge, to knock off their numbers.
Fuck him for underestimating me like that.
And he was, like...
But I literally just had a conversation with Cory,
and he was telling Cory he needed to vote
for either Chanelle or you.
He's been throwing you Survivor girls
under the bus, hasn't he?
"Survivor girls." Who is that, though?
Mm-hmm.
Do you know who you're voting for tonight?
Michele.
Her getting out of the game
actually gives Survivor more leverage
because she's doing such a good job playing us both.
CASSIDY: It truly shows someone's character
when their back is against the wall,
when they're drowning, and they pull
other people down with them,
even if it's their closest allies.
For him to go so hard against me
shows he will literally do anything to anyone.
How could any of us trust him in the game?
MICHAELA: I told Chris,
"Whatever you think you're doing, stop."
Did he listen? No.
These are the consequences of your actions.
Don't mess with Survivor.
If you're not with us, you're against us.
Yeah.
CHANELLE: I don't know if you guys
have heard anything, but just know that
there's someone very desperate trying to save himself.
- WES: He's working overtime right now. - CHANELLE: Yeah.
I'm like, I have not even caught up with everyone.
CORY: Yeah.
It's starting to get ugly.
Every rumor starts with Chris.
Chris is behind about eight different rumors. Listen, Chris,
you just got to relax a little bit.
When you try to do too much, it can bite you in the end.
He telling me one thing, he telling him one thing.
Chris is just
on one right now.
Obviously, his ass is on the line, but, dude,
where are you going with this?
- Oh, he did? - Yeah.
He is literally throwing everyone--
as many people under the bus as he can.
Option one is the obvious one: Alyssa.
Option number two is someone like Michele.
CASSIDY: He's in self-preservation mode.
MICHELE: I don't love that for me.
You don't pitch my name in a game full of my friends,
and enemies and expect to get away with it.
CORY: Word travels quick in this house.
I was being told, "Sebastian is going around saying that...
- Yeah. -"he wants to vote in you, Cory."
I don't know how many people he told that to.
I can't believe Sebastian is pitching that.
This is sloppy gameplay.
I need to clock back in,
make sure I protect myself.
When I hear that someone's coming for me,
I'm gonna ask them about it.
SEBASTIAN: You know who's doing that
is your boy, Chris.
I am using Chris as a little bit of a shield
because he's acting a fool.
He's telling
- Michaela and Cassidy... - Mm-hmm?
that he wants it to be a girls' day.
- Right. - Then he's telling me
he wants it to be a guy's day
to diminish y'all's numbers
and that he ain't scared to take you on.
CORY: I don't know what to believe,
but I think you're lying. He's gonna say and do
whatever he can to make sure he protects himself.
SEBASTIAN: Look, nobody wants to go in,
but I'm actually kind of mad
at Chris 'cause he's telling everybody something else--
including me-- and he's like, my number one guy in here.
CORY: It's a whole bunch of "she said, he said"
bullshit going around right now.
Sebastian said, "Chris told me to say
that they should throw Cory in."
CHRIS: Dude, why would I want to go against you?
Some people on your own side
have it out for you, I feel like.
- They do, bro. - People are planting these seeds
and they're seeing which one's gonna grow.
I know. It's insane.
Not only is Sebastian not voting with me,
he's pushing Cory's name out there. I'm livid.
I'm frustrated
because I feel like
Cory can beat me.
- (knocking) - (door opens)
Hey, guys.
JOSH: Hey.
Come in. Come on in, man.
JOSH: What are you thinking, Chris?
CHRIS: Writing's on the wall.
You want to lower Survivor numbers,
just vote for a girl,
because I don't want to go in tonight.
(door opens)
- JOSH: Hey. - MICHELE: Hi.
What's up?
I wanted to talk to you, actually.
They're saying that you're pitching me.
I'm not pitching you.
I said there's-there's options on the table.
- MICHELE: Okay. - And that I don't want it
- to be a guy's day. - WES: Okay, so...
you want us to vote girl?
She's on the table.
BANANAS: I'm watching Chris light himself on fire.
Chris has found himself
in a position I don't think he expected to be in.
And what he doesn't realize is
he is in this position by his own doing.
This guy's ship is gonna sink very soon.
Literally everyone's throwing me
- under the bus right now. - Okay.
Sebastian is telling people
that I have been pitching for Cory.
That was my only other number one guy,
and I have no one to trust.
I feel for you,
but you really dug yourself in a hole, dude.
Every single person has compared notes,
and you have lied on a lot of people.
WES: Chris is broken, and it's because
he bet on the wrong people.
I think Chris is a formidable threat
in every area except for the social game, and he's
figuring it out the slow, hard way,
and it's almost sad to watch.
CHRIS: I don't have anything to hide.
I'm not lying. I hope you guys know that.
CHRIS: This is definitely
exactly how it felt
when I was on the Edge of Extinction
and I'm by myself, and I'm sitting on an island
and no one is going to
come rescue me.
It's only going to be me.
You definitely put me in a pickle.
I know. I'm sorry, bro.
Right now, Chris is feeling like
he's on the bottom and he's all alone.
Sorry I had to say your name,
but your game is not over.
You're very capable,
you won Survivor.
You'll be all right, man.
CHRIS: I don't give up,
but it's just hard, dude.
I do a pretty good job of bottling things up
because I have a lot of people who depend on me.
It's what's required in this game.
It's what's required in my life.
I just... I have to hold it together.
MICHELE: I think he realizes
he just dug his grave and now it's like,
it's just messy.
MICHAELA: I mean, it's blood in the water
and we're in a house full of sharks.
Secretly, I'm quite pleased
watching Chris' whole game fall apart.
It's just something about
how he moves that's been sketchy and suspicious
this entire time.
And now Cassidy, Fessy, Alyssa S.,
Tyler, Sebastian, Chanelle, Desi and Michele--
everybody's on the same page
about who Chris is
and how he moves in this game,
and, once again, I'm right.
(alarm blaring)
Oh.
It's about that time.
Time to vote.
(sighs) We meet again.
Survivor is so strong. They have all of their
players still in the game,
so if we can all get on the same page and throw in Sebastian,
the guys lose a number and Survivor also loses a number.
Not a lot of balls up here these days.
MICHELE: I obviously can't
say a Survivor.
I'm also not ready to say a vet yet.
My goal today is to pick somebody
who can send Chris home.
This is gonna be easy.
Got to pay the price.
My vote's for Sebastian.
CHRIS: This is a really, really
tough one for me, but, Cassidy,
I'm gonna give you the best shot I can.
Alyssa S.
This one's obvious to me.
Even though I really did want to vote for Cory,
I want to vote with my strongest allies in this game.
You got to use your numbers.
♪ ♪
CHRIS: My head is spinning.
I don't know whose name's going to get
spit out of the Hopper.
All that I have to do
is get locked in
and prepare to fight.
TJ: All right, everyone.
Welcome back to the Arena.
Hey.
Tori, Faysal, solid effort.
You two, being safe, had to select two players
to send into the Arena and put at risk
of elimination, and you chose
Chris and Cassidy. Come on out.
(whooping, applause)
By nominating Cassidy,
I've definitely burnt that bridge
and she's not gonna be too happy with me
if she comes back.
TJ: Now, the rest of you, in secret,
placed names into a Hopper.
Let's see how those votes worked out.
Sebastian.
- Damn - Six votes.
WES: I voted for Sebastian
because I want to ensure
that Survivor will lose a number.
We, as Challengers, know how to play dominoes.
Once one goes down,
(clicking tongue)
Tyler.
- Five votes. - What?
Alyssa.
One vote.
And Bananas.
One vote.
As we've seen in the past,
it only takes one vote.
So, let's see what the Hopper has to say.
♪ ♪
FAYSAL: Survivor is still seven strong.
We got to start taking out
some of these Survivor numbers.
So I'm just hoping that TJ
pulls Sebastian's name out of this Hopper.
TJ: Well, I told you you only needed one vote
to come down here.
Tonight, Sebastian, you're playing.
You got this.
Cassidy, you're off the hook.
CASSIDY: It is definitely a relief
to know now that I'm going to survive
another night in The Challenge.
I definitely feel burned by Tori.
Don't want to look her in the eyes.
I don't want to even talk to her, but if I have to
deal with a little bit of awkward roommating
to get to the end, then, you know,
that's a small price to pay.
TJ: Sebastian, Chris,
tonight you are playing
Trick, Trick, Boom.
- (shouting) - BANANAS: Whoa!
MICHAELA: TJ got the budget!
JOSH: Okay, flames?
To begin, you and your opponent are gonna start
on your giant towers filled with balls.
Then, when I say go,
you will race down your ladder
and gather the three barrels
with the flat panels on top of them.
Line them up perfectly
with your corresponding colored barrel.
Then you're gonna race back up there
and start throwing balls
to make the perfect trick shot.
Bounce it off all three
of those panels into the color barrel.
Once you make that color barrel shot,
you will attempt to make a second trick shot
by adding the two barrels with the sideways panels.
First one to hit all five panels
and sink it into the black barrel
will win tonight's elimination round.
- Got it? - Got it.
- Good luck, guys. - (cheering)
I think I'm pretty damn confident right now.
It's basically like a TikTok challenge, a trick shot.
Just get that angle right, get that bounce perfect,
and I know I'm coming right back in that house tonight,
having a glass of wine with Tori,
give her a kiss on the lips, and celebrate the victory.
Sorry, Chris, but you got a wife and kids back home.
You got to go home, buddy.
CHRIS: The Hopper chooses Sebastian.
Feel like it's a little bit of karma.
Best of luck, Sebastian.
All right, fellas, you ready?
- Go! - (air horn blows)
(indistinct chatter)
TORI: Let's go, Sebastian.
DESI: Don't hurt yourself.
TJ: There you go. All right. Yeah.
TORI: Make sure it's leveled.
My heart is in my stomach.
Sebastian is definitely feeling it.
He looks like he just came out of
a beer pong tournament in college,
so I feel like this is gonna be something
he's good at.
Let's go. Give it a shot.
Give it a shot.
- Oop. - Almost.
Oh!
MICHAELA: Chris goes into full scientific
theory methods.
He's putting one platform in one place,
testing the air quality,
bouncing the ball and seeing
the exact height of its bounce.
TYLER: It took weeks
to get a Survivor player out of this game,
and tonight, a Survivor player
is finally gonna leave this game.
This is huge for my game and Big Brother.
TORI: Move the first one closer to the second barrel.
JOSH: Keep going, Sebas. keep going.
(all groaning)
Chris, almost with the shot.
(whooping)
TORI: Don't overthink it.
CHANELLE: I am nervous for Sebastian
because Chris is really smart
and it just doesn't
look like Sebastian has a full grasp
to get the perfect shot.
Both made one, but you got to hit all three.
There it is. There it is, Chris.
Look at this guy.
Good job, Chris.
CASSIDY: Good job, Chris.
JOSH: Keep going, dude.
Just stay calm. Just stay calm.
FAYSAL: Wow, you have to hit all five?
TORI: There, right there.
- TJ: Good! - (cheering)
TJ: Sebastian's in there!
It's anybody's game!
You got this! You got this! You can do it!
(grunts)
TORI: You got this, so stay calm.
Come on, you need to hurry.
- (whoops) - Hurry up.
TJ: It is anybody's game now.
WES: At this point in the game, Chris has nobody.
Everyone has turned against him.
This guy has got
such an uphill battle,
which is why I want him to come back.
He could be a number for me.
TORI: You got it, Sebastian.
MICHAELA: You got it, you got it!
Aw!
CHRIS: Sebastian and I
are neck and neck.
I'm about to lose my mind.
Oh!
(shouting, laughing)
- Yeah, yeah, yeah! - Oh, my God!
What do you think, Bananas? You're experts at this shit.
BANANAS: It's kind of funny because I almost feel like
people automatically assume that
I'm only good at stupid stuff just based on
the experience that I have doing these things.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
I likey.
But every season, I am flabbergasted
at the, uh, new set of
games and competitions that they come up with.
Dude, I mean...
- Uh-oh. Oh! - Yes! Yes, yes!
Oh, my God, you're right there, you're right there,
you're right there.
TJ: Oh, Sebastian.
Sebastian is all over it.
CHRIS: Sebastian and I,
we are tied up, and these slant boards--
these things are difficult.
MICHAELA: Very last one. Forward, forward, move forward.
What if I moved this one here and did this?
BANANAS: You got to move, Sebastian.
MICHAELA: What you doing? What you doing?
JOSH: I feel really bad for Chris
because he's not getting
the support that he deserves,
but he burned way too many bridges.
I don't think anybody
even trusts him
moving forward in this game.
What if I move these here?
- No, don't move that! - Where you had it.
TORI: Try it. Just try it. Try it.
(others groan)
Dang, Chris, all over it.
TORI: Take your time.
Like, it's gonna take time.
JOSH: Greater trajectory, dude.
ALL: Oh!
- (air horn blows) - TJ: Oh, my God!
Chris!
That was so sick!
FASYSAL: Wow.
TJ: Wow.
- FAYSAL: Nice job, dude. - TJ: Wow.
CHRIS: Glad I'm still here.
Happy I was able to pull out the win,
but there's not many allies I have
in the house right now, so I'm gonna have to try to,
you know, be adaptable, pick up the pieces
and move on from here.
- Okay, okay. - MICHAELA: I know.
Come on, give us a hug, Sebas.
TORI: You should be proud of yourself.
(groans)
Man.
I didn't see that.
I really thought I was gonna win that one.
It sucks to take those losses.
I felt like I played a really good game,
but at the end of the day, I was part of
the Survivor alliance and that was
too much for those people to handle.
Go win that shit, Tori.
I love you, girl. And, uh, yeah, power to you.
Wish I was there with you.
Well, that was an awesome elimination.
Unfortunately, someone had to lose.
And Sebastian,
tonight just wasn't your night.
This ends your time here on The Challenge: USA,
but I really hope we see you in the future, man.
You're awesome. Take care of yourself.
- MICHAELA: We love you, Sebas. - JOSH: We love you.
Chris, congratulations, man. You got it done.
Go ahead and rejoin the group.
(indistinct chatter)
CHANELLE: Chris is almost like a dead man walking.
He has to come back into the house
and rebuild relationships and repair the pieces.
I think Chris is gonna have to fight for his life
every single round in this game moving forward.
This is it, all right?
We are in the final stretch.
Stay focused and just know
that final is right around the corner.
I'll see you soon. Get out of here.
Yeah, yeah!
CHRIS: It's a bittersweet win.
It's cool I'm safe, I'm still here, but
I'm back into this house,
the house of lies,
and I've got to navigate it
the best way that I can.
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TJ: Next on The Challenge: USA.
As one romance is heating up...
One more kiss goodnight.
...the Challengers will have to face their fears.
FAYSAL: If I'm scared and nervous,
everybody else is scared and nervous.
...or risk elimination.
- (cries) - (gags)
TJ: When push comes to shove...
The best-case scenario
to go down there is Johnny and Wes.
...will they turn on their closest allies?
I don't know what the fuck to do.
I know that I'm crossing somebody that
I have a really good friendship with.
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