Power Tripped

Power Tripped is the season premiere of The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons.
== Description ==
The contestants are surprised to find find themselves linked to other contestants from their respected rookie seasons. The new teams test their limits in the "Don't Cross Me" challenge, an individual goes on a very early power-trip, and an unexpected first two players are eliminated from the game.
== Introduction ==
The seventh season in the series is finally among us! Over the years, Anyals and SallyStarbucks have consistently been asked the questions: "Which Official is the best?" and "Which Official is your favorite?"... Now, production thought that it was finally time to put that question to the test by creating teams to represent each of the seven officials (plus a team of rookies). All eight teams was determined by putting together four individuals (two men and two women) that debuted on that specific season.
As usual, the season contains fan favorites, controversial characters, and a large number of people that feel as if they have something to prove to themselves. Among the group there are individuals who haven't competed for years: Bash, Jamie, Marcus, and Soccer. Each of these individuals played very different from each other when they played two years ago, and they're back to prove that they still have what it takes to make it to the top. While they attempt to make it to the top... 3vxv, Ornlo, and Pixie are returning to do it again. Each of these three individuals have won a season and are back to join the two-time winner club. No matter the status of the players, each of them will undoubtedly have to fight their hardest in order to become one of the Champions this season.
No matter the outcome, this season is surely to be action-packed, fiery, and chaotic. As usual, you can expect this season to result in broken relationships, major elimination upsets, and twists that completely change the outcome of the game... so hold on for the wild ride.
== Team/Twist Reveal ==
As the large set of 32 challengers enter the arena for their introduction, they are surprised to be greeted with the news of the team format. The challengers are split into the following teams:
Team All In	Team All In	Team All In	Team All In
Coja 	Maniac 	Marcus 	Pixie
Team New Blood	Team New Blood	Team New Blood	Team New Blood
Dvmond 	Jamie 	Maddie 	Soccer
Team Fresh Meat	Team Fresh Meat	Team Fresh Meat	Team Fresh Meat
Bash 	Ethan 	Jaden 	Ornlo
Team Bloodlines	Team Bloodlines	Team Bloodlines	Team Bloodlines
Anekin 	Beige 	Cirie 	Kyle
Team Apocalypse	Team Apocalypse	Team Apocalypse	Team Apocalypse
3vxv 	Deslyn 	Flung 	Vhinti
Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution
Angel 	Kiara 	Mojo 	Triplet
Team Survivor	Team Survivor	Team Survivor	Team Survivor
Ciande 	Con 	Galaxy 	Nasir
Team Real World	Team Real World	Team Real World	Team Real World
Gina 	Lucky 	Maddox 	Melo
== Episode Narration ==
After the teams are revealed, the challengers are given their team jerseys and the night to get on the same page as their teammates as well as getting to know the others teams. Angel begins her journey with a scheduled Team Revolution pep talk, while 3vxv and Vhinti begin their journey with a Team Apocalypse argument.
== Challenge ==
Challenge: Don't Cross Me There are four giant beams shaped like two crosses suspended 25 feet above the water, with ladders coming down from the edges. The object is to climb the ladders, cross the beams, and meet at the center. The team that meets their teammates in the middle of the cross in the fastest time becomes the power team, while the team with the slowest time is automatically sent to the Arena.
Results:
Place	Team 	Team 	Team 	Team 	Time
1st 	Team Apocalypse	Team Apocalypse	Team Apocalypse	Team Apocalypse	1:11.98
1st 	3vxv 	Deslyn 	Flung 	Vhinti 	1:11.98
2nd 	Team Bloodlines	Team Bloodlines	Team Bloodlines	Team Bloodlines	1:22.53
2nd 	Anekin 	Beige 	Cirie 	Kyle 	1:22.53
3rd 	Team Real World	Team Real World	Team Real World	Team Real World	1:32.11
3rd 	Gina 	Lucky 	Maddox 	Melo 	1:32.11
4th 	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	1:35.28
4th 	Angel 	Kiara 	Mojo 	Triplet 	1:35.28
5th 	Team Survivor 	Team Survivor 	Team Survivor 	Team Survivor 	2:17.24
5th 	Ciande 	Con 	Galaxy 	Nasir 	2:17.24
6th 	Team All In 	Team All In 	Team All In 	Team All In 	2:29.75
6th 	Coja 	Maniac 	Marcus 	Pixie 	2:29.75
7th 	Team Fresh Meat	Team Fresh Meat	Team Fresh Meat	Team Fresh Meat	4:32.50
7th 	Bash 	Ethan 	Jaden 	Ornlo 	4:32.50
8th 	Team New Blood 	Team New Blood 	Team New Blood 	Team New Blood 	4:37.87
8th 	Dvmond 	Jamie 	Maddie 	Soccer 	4:37.87
== Nominations ==
=== Episode Narration ===
Let the campaigning begin... Despite the fact that this is a team game, the team that won the daily (Team Apocalypse) is the team that is the least out of sync. Deslyn plans to target Team Real World, due to her dislike of Gina. However, Team Real World has Maddox who is the twin brother of Deslyn's teammate, Vhinti. Upset that Deslyn is going for his twin brother, Vhinti decides to gun for Team All In which has Deslyn's best friend Marcus.
Knowing that neither Deslyn or Vhinti will get on the same page, 3vxv and Flung come together and throw out a team name that Deslyn and Vhinti can hopefully agree on.
=== Deliberation ===
Challenger	Vote 	Vote 	Vote 	Vote
3vxv 	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution
3vxv 	Angel 	Kiara 	Mojo 	Triplet
Deslyn 	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution
Deslyn 	Angel 	Kiara 	Mojo 	Triplet
Flung 	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution
Flung 	Angel 	Kiara 	Mojo 	Triplet
Vhinti 	Team All In 	Team All In 	Team All In 	Team All In
Vhinti 	Coja 	Maniac 	Marcus 	Pixie
== Elimination ==
=== Arena Game ===
Weak Links:A pair representing each team will start at the bottom of a chain ladder with only one rung connected on it and the remaining ones disconnected. On Anya's signal, players must reconnect the rungs one by one while climbing their ladder until they can reach and ring a bell.
=== Match-Up ===
Last Place:
Team New Blood	Team New Blood	Team New Blood	Team New Blood
Competing 	Competing 	Sitting Out 	Sitting Out
Maddie 	Soccer 	Dvmond 	Jamie
Winners' Choice:
Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution	Team Revolution
Competing 	Competing 	Sitting Out 	Sitting Out
Kiara 	Mojo 	Angel 	Triplet
=== Results ===
Winners 	Eliminated
Kiara & Mojo	Maddie & Soccer
=== Final Words===
== Notes ==
=== Alliances ===
The Bad Bitches	The Bad Bitches	The Bad Bitches	The Bad Bitches	The Bad Bitches	The Bad Bitches
3vxv 	Flung 	Gina 	Lucky 	Maddox 	Vhinti
Mami's	Mami's	Mami's	Mami's	Mami's	Mami's
Beige 	Con 	Gina 	Jaden 	Nasir 	Vhinti
The "Old Heads"	The "Old Heads"	The "Old Heads"	The "Old Heads"	The "Old Heads"	The "Old Heads"
Members 	Members 	Members 	Members 	Affiliates 	Affiliates
Bash 	Ethan 	Kiara 	Mojo 	Beige 	Gina
The Rhythm Nation	The Rhythm Nation	The Rhythm Nation	The Rhythm Nation	The Rhythm Nation	The Rhythm Nation
Members 	Members 	Members 	Members 	Members 	Affiliate
Anekin 	Deslyn 	Dvmond 	Galaxy 	Marcus 	Flung
Season 5 Failures	Season 5 Failures	Season 5 Failures	Season 5 Failures	Season 5 Failures
3vxv 	Flung 	Kyle 	Pixie 	Vhinti
DEDE 	DEDE 	DEDE 	DEDE 	DEDE
Members	Members	Members	Members	Eliminated
Ciande 	Con 	Maddox 	Vhinti 	Maddie
The Spice Girls	The Spice Girls	The Spice Girls
Beige 	Kyle 	Pixie
=== Episode Facts ===
*The title of this episode is a nod to Deslyn's manic behavior, calling out nearly every team due to her position in power.
*The following challengers (that are still in the game) only have an alliance with their own teammates: Angel, Cirie, Coja, Jamie, Maniac, Melo, Ornlo, and Triplet.