Repeating History

Repeating History is the second episode of The Challenge: Revolution.
== Description ==
A member of the Instahoes already tries to make a move against one of their own, while Triplet works together with Adore and Caleb to make a move against the eight-person alliance. The house vote causes ripples early in the game, two more people are eliminated from the game, and a new game-changing twist is revealed.
== Introduction ==
After a wild opening challenge, Nikki and Samuel were sent home... but these are both strong competitors so expect to see them in the future. This challenge also crowned Adore, Caleb, and Triplet as the first troika of the season.
After a quick game of telephone after the challenge, Triplet was informed by Frantic and Fribble about the eight-person Instagram alliance. As a player with power, Triplet ran this information back to Adore and Caleb... the three solidified an alliance and planned to take a shot at two of the members of the alliance.
On the other hand, Instahoes large size is already leading certain members to feel at the bottom of the totem pole. These upcoming house nominations is bound to create cracks within the seemingly strong pre-season relationships.
== Confessionals ==
Challenger 	Confessional
EthanRW: Madrid 	The last time you saw me compete I was cracking under pressure, losing the final elimination of the season. This time my goal is to drastically improve my social game. Immediately getting pulled into the Old School is a major plus for me. On top of that, I notice my old Fresh Meat partner, Naeha! I definitely feel like I could pull her into the group, she's been around for a while and I know we all like her!
NaehaRW: Los Angeles	Coming back to the Officials is both exciting and nerve-racking. I came so close to winning the last season I was in so hopefully I can actually win this time. I don't see many of my close friends, but I am a part of a community of players on Instagram, so I do see some familiar faces that I am hoping to work with this season!
CirieBloodlines 	I am SO excited to be back here, I'm ready to prove myself. I see my bloodline Aidan here, our good friend Icon and my friend 3vxv and I’m feeling good! Between my improvement in physical challenges (despite my performance in that purge) and putting together this Instahoes alliance, I definitely feel that my game is going to drastically improve from the last time you saw me!
CalebRevolution 	So I'm just hanging out... chilling... I think that I'm sitting pretty, when all of a sudden Triplet pulls me and Adore to the side to tell us about a large pre-season alliance! This is so uncool. These people already have these large alliances and think that they're going to get away with it? They ain't slick.
BrendanRW: Rome 	This season is already kicking off. I knew that I wasn't in the best position, because I don't know most of the people here. But after the cheesecakes tell me about this Instagram pre-season alliance... I know that we have to strike now before things get out of hand. They already have control of eight votes, if we don't get them out then soon they'll be able to control every single house vote!
== Nominations ==
=== House Vote ===
Note
*This was the actual order in which the players voted, some players may have been influenced by the votes presented before them.
Challenger	Vote 	Vote
Challenger	Male 	Female
Nutella 	Demir	Cara
Jonas 	Demir	Miz
Ethan 	Demir	Cara
Vero 	Demir	Cara
Gera 	3vxv 	Cirie
Cara 	3vxv 	Cirie
Fribble 	3vxv 	Cirie
Brendan 	3vxv 	Cara
Draya 	3vxv 	Cara
Angel 	3vxv 	Cara
Miz 	Demir	Cara
Naeha 	Demir	Cara
Aidan 	Demir	Cara
Frantic 	3vxv 	Cara
Demir 	3vxv 	Cara
3vxv 	Demir	Cara
Icon 	Demir	Cara
Cirie 	Demir	Cara
Mojo 	3vxv 	Cara
Vote Count:
Males 	Males 	Females 	Females	Females
Demir 	3vxv 	Cara 	Cirie 	Miz
10 votes	9 votes	15 votes	3 votes	1 vote
=== Troika Nominations ===
Troika 	Nominee	Nominee
Troika 	Male 	Female
Adore 	Gera 	Cirie
Caleb 	Ethan 	Jonas
Triplet	3vxv 	Angel
== Continued Episode Narration ==
After the EXTREMELY close house vote on the males side, animosity strikes within the Instahoes alliance. Angel's shocking vote for alliance member 3vxv has the group talking about whether or not she is trustworthy enough to move forward with her. The Cheesecakes attempted to flip the vote in order to get last season's champion into elimination, but failed to get enough votes by one. How will the Instahoes react to nearly being outnumbered?
Still many more revelations to come in today's episode... including new additions to alliances, the troika getting on the same page, and a game-changing twist to be revealed.
== Confessionals ==
Challenger 	Confessional
NutellaRW: Ontario 	Coming into this house, I'll be honest... I was terrified. My experience in Social Showdown was cut short when I was eliminated in the first elimination of the season. During that house vote my palms were sweating, I was getting ALL kinds of anxiety... especially voting first! It definitely feels great to have a part in controlling the first vote though, as it seems like many people just followed my original vote.
CaraRevolution 	Well this is the worst situation possible. I know that I'm a rookie here but I didn't expect some of these players to play such scared games. Honestly! I feel like everybody is just going with the majority and I hate to see it. Hopefully I can pull out this win because my fight is FAR from over.
DemirRW: Blast From The Past	Surviving that opening purge my first thought is "Thank Jesus! I'm not going home first again." Then we get move into the house... and people are instantly avoiding me like the plague. This sucks. I know this feeling and I definitely saw the votes coming. We were so close to flipping the vote against a literal CHAMPION, hopefully I can pull out this win and we can flip this house against the majority.
AngelRW: Ontario 	Cara and Demir getting voted in by the house is... not surprising. Neither of them have really associated with the rest of the house so it was really just and easy thing to pull off. HOWEVER, I did decide to be a little ballsy and vote in 3vxv. I am in the Instahoes alliance... but frankly, I just don't like him.
3vxvApocalypse 	I REALLY GOT NINE VOTES???... WHY??? I thought my friends, *cough* Angel *cough*, had my back but this has really opened my eyes. I know what needs to be done... First things first, Angel is OUT! I ran to Aidan and Cirie and we all agreed, Angel was being sketchy. We're pulling in our other good friend, Naeha, to take her place. Bye bitch!
== Elimination ==
Troika vote:
Troika 	Vote	Vote
Troika 	Male	Female
Adore 	3vxv	Angel
Caleb 	3vxv	Angel
Triplet	3vxv	Angel
Warzone: Balls To The WallEach player will be trapped inside of a steel box. On go, the challenger will have to pull two hammers from a wall repeatedly until they break the wall, this will be done one at a time. The challenger will then use the hammers to smash a wall of ice in order to escape the box. The first player to escape the box and ring their bell wins the first elimination of the season and returns to the game, while the loser heads home with nothing.
Results:
Winner	Winner	Eliminated	Eliminated
Male 	Female	Male 	Female
3vxv 	Angel 	Demir 	Cara
=== Eliminated Confessionals ===
Challenger 	Confessional
CaraRevolution 	Going home first... sucks. I put my all into that elimination, Angel got lucky that she's so much thinner than me!I really feel like I have yet to prove myself in this franchise, so I hope that this isn't the last you're seeing of me!
DemirRW: Blast From The Past	Fuck my luck! Out first again... in the same exact elimination. My luck in these seasons has been continually terrible. I know that I've completely tarnished my second shot, but I hope that I will have another chance to prove myself in the future.
== Twist Reveal ==
After elimination, all is calm... but not for long. Co-Hosts Anyals and SallyStarbucks decide to ruin the mood by revealing a game-changing twist... Red Skulls.
After The Challenge: Apocalypse, we had eight new winners. Four of whom never saw the elimination ground. This time, we don't want to see any floaters. If players want to make the final, they are going to have to EARN their place by winning an elimination in the Warzone.
== Alliances ==
Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Defector
3vxv 	Aidan 	Cirie 	Icon 	Miz 	Naeha 	Nutella 	Vero 	Angel
Team Old School	Team Old School	Team Old School	Team Old School	Affiliate
Adore 	Draya 	Ethan 	Mojo 	Naeha
The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes	Affiliate
Brendan 	Frantic 	Fribble 	Triplet 	Jonas
The Troikanators	The Troikanators	The Troikanators
Adore 	Caleb 	Triplet
Note
*The only player not in an alliance at this point is Gera.
==Notes==
*The title of this episode is a nod to Demir's past. In The Challenge: All In, he lost the exact same first elimination of the season.