Eat My Brand

Eat My Brand is the ninth episode of The Challenge: Beach House.
==Story==
	Following Frasier & Lenny’s elimination and engagement, the remaining nine teams returned to the beach house. There were mixed emotions across the board. Moses and Samira were both on a huge high from beating Frasier and Lenny but were also really surprised to have been voted in at all. Alec and Tye hyped up Samira in the kitchen and called her a beast. They told her that her duel with Lenny would be an all-timer. Moses was feeling a little bit emotional after the win and was comforted by Aura and Femi. He explained that he was just so proud of himself and is overwhelmed with this feeling of redemption. Aura told him that he earned that win and said he was a fighter. Samira sat with Neisha and apologized for voting for her. She asked for her to just be honest and tell her what happened with the vote. Neisha tried to take some of the heat off of Shareeta by pushing that it was Ava and Lukas who really flipped the vote and that’s how it got solidified. Samira was blindsided, she did not expect to hear Ava’s name. Samira sits with Alec, Femi, Aura, Moses, and Tye to let them know what she’d heard. They were all disappointed to hear Ava turned on them. Aura said they had to have expected it a bit given they left her out of the Bruce and Tessa vote. Femi insisted that it was still snakey of Ava and said she was going to confront her to see if what Neisha said was true, as she also wasn’t fully convinced by Neisha either. Femi knocked on Ava’s bedroom door. She was in there with Nick talking. Femi let her know what Neisha had said and asked if it was the truth. Ava immediately got very defensive. She said that while she had voted for Moses and Samira, it was absolutely not her plan. If anything she did it because she thought the votes were going there anyway. Femi shrugged and said she’s just repeating what Neisha said. Ava storms off looking for Neisha. Neisha was eating dinner with most of the house when Ava barged towards her. She confronted her and asked why she was lying and claiming that she was the one who made the move on Moses and Samira. Neisha told Ava not to speak to her that way. Ava said she’d speak to her the way she’d speak to anyone else who’s trash. Neisha stands up and starts yelling at Ava about how one day when she stops getting called for shows, she’s gonna regret treating everyone around her like shit. Ava laughed and said she would never stop getting calls because she has a brand unlike Neisha. Neisha asks what Ava’s brand is, being obnoxious? Ava lists many things like fashion, personality, resilience. Neisha laughs and asks how some rich white girl is the brand mascot for resilience. The two yell back and forth before eventually Ava picks up Neisha’s plate of food and pushes it into her face before storming off. Boston followed Ava to her room and scolded her. He said that when she went off on people like that, it not only hurt her game but it also directly hurt his. Ava said she did absolutely nothing wrong and was not going to take this. Boston told her it’s a game and she needs to start playing it. Ava laughs and said the only reason they’re still here is because of how well she’d been playing. Boston rolled his eyes and left.
	The next day, the teams met TJ outside for the daily challenge. He explained the rules for Take a Seat. In the challenge, the teams would play musical chairs essentially. Whenever he’d blow his blowhorn, they’d all have to scavenge to find an available seat. The person who doesn’t find a seat is eliminated, as well as their partner. The last team left standing wins the daily, and the first team eliminated is eligible for elimination. The first round commences and the players circle around the seats waiting for TJ’s horn. Eventually, he blows it and everyone rushes to a seat. Everyone but Ava and Aura had found seats and they both spotted the final remaining spot. The girls both rushed to it and tried to claim it. In the end, it was Aura who sat down first. This meant Ava & Boston were out first and eligible for elimination. The next few rounds passed by and the following teams were eliminated: Amandine & Lukas, Brent & Cleo, Alec & Femi, Bruce & Tessa, Nick & Shareeta. This left the challenge down to Moses & Samira, Neisha & Zion, and Aura & Tye. In the next round, the final three teams walked around in a circle when TJ eventually blew his horn. They all rushed to spots and it was Zion who was left without a seat. In the final round, Moses, Samira, Aura, and Tye all walked around the remaining three seats. TJ blew his horn and they all rushed to find a spot. In the end, it was Aura left without a seat. TJ blew his horn a final time and declared Moses & Samira as the winners of the daily. Everyone clapped for them. The group was really impressed and suddenly a bit threatened by the pair. They just took out Frasier & Lenny and now won their first daily.
	Back at the house, Moses and Samira consulted their allies to see how they felt they should handle their decision. The group unanimously felt that sending Neisha and Zion in made the most sense given they were their last major competition left. Samira brought up that there was a good chance either Alec & Femi or Aura & Tye could get voted in. Both teams agreed they’d be willing to face Neisha & Zion in the elimination and take their chances. Ava and Nick layed down together outside in the hammock. Nick asked her if she ever thought about missed him ever since moving out. She sighed and said she thought about him a lot. Ava explained that moving in with Tessa and Mariana was an important step for her. It set her boundaries with him and let her explore herself some more without him. That being said, she admitted that she did miss him. Nick told her that he wants things to be different moving forward and that he’s ready to get serious in their relationship. The two cuddled and Ava told him she’d think about moving back in but made it clear she wanted to take things slow still. Zion worked out with Brent and opened up about how he was actually missing having Frasier and Lenny around. He helped Brent try some new equipment and set up a workout routine that he could use. Eventually the two started talking about the game and agreed that they needed to keep their teams as well as Shareeta’s team safe if they wanted to maintain some numbers.
	The next day, everyone woke up to see that Moses & Samira had selected to send in Neisha & Zion. The team wasn’t surprised so they took it pretty well. At this point, the cast wasted no time and got straight into strategizing for the vote. Femi and Tye discussed potential options but zeroed in on taking another shot at Bruce & Tessa. They felt it was their best chance since they could maybe sway Neisha & Zion, Brent & Cleo, and Amandine & Lukas. On the other hand, all of the other teams were mainly between Alec & Femi or Aura & Tye. They were pretty locked in on voting for one or the other but couldn’t decide which was smarter. Ava tried to push for Alec & Femi as she felt more comfortable facing them in an elimination than Aura & Tye. Neisha tried pushing for Aura & Tye because she wanted to take this opportunity to potentially take them out as she saw them as the leaders of the opposing side.
	The teams gathered with TJ outside for the draw. He revealed that the vote had a 6-2 vote count and was between Alec & Femi and Bruce & Tessa. In the end, Alec & Femi received the most votes and were up for elimination. The pair took it well as they were very much expecting the outcome. They joined Ava & Boston and Neisha & Zion up front. Each team took a turn drawing a card and on the count of three revealed which one they’d drawn. The lucky team was Alec & Femi, they’d drawn the safe card. Alec cheered and Femi hugged him. The pair joined the others. TJ informed Ava & Boston and Neisha & Zion that they were up for elimination. He invited them to go prepare.
	As the teams sat on the bleachers waiting for the elimination to start, Ava & Boston and Neisha & Zion emerged from the smokey arena. TJ explained the elimination which was titled Down the Tube. The teams would start from opposite ends of a wide tube. A large ball sat in the middle of the tube. Both teams had to fight to push the ball out the other team’s side. The first to complete this would win and advance to the next round, while the losers would be eliminated. TJ blew his horn and the elimination began. Both teams ran towards the ball in the center. Neisha & Zion were able to reach it first and immediately started rolling towards Ava & Boston. Zion focused on rolling while Neisha focused on defense. Ava lunged at Neisha and Neisha immediately pushed her away, continuing to push the ball with Zion. Boston resitsted by leaning against the ball, trying to halt their movement. While this worked for a bit, Zion started to just roll around Boston. Ava and Boston tried their hardest to fight back but the gap between the ball and their side of the tube was getting smaller and smaller. Eventually, with one big push, Zion flung the ball off the other end of the tube. TJ blew his horn and declared Neisha & Zion as the winners of the elimination. TJ congratulated Neisha and Zion, and welcomed them to rejoin the others on the bleachers. TJ then thanked Ava and Boston for a fierce effort all season long. He specifically gave Ava props for how much she’d improved from last time and said he hoped to see her again. The two left with their heads held high.
==Elimination==
Down to the Wire 	Down to the Wire
Participant 	Result
Neisha & Zion 	WON
Ava & Boston 	LOSS
ELIMINATED:Ava Liberty & Boston Miller	ELIMINATED:Ava Liberty & Boston Miller
==Trivia==
Category:Beach House Episodes