Lady Madonna McCarthy

== Summary ==
Lady Madonna McCarthy, better known simply as Lady, is a contestant from Dynamic Duos and the winner of that season. She was the duo of Ayla Aponte. She is also the first winner to be part of the LGBTQ+ community.
== Gameplay ==
=== Dynamic Duos ===
==== The Debut ====
Lady Madonna debuted on the Blue Biohazard Bugatti Tribe, opposite of her duo Ayla. She became a part of the Redemption Arc alliance on the first day, consisting of six members total split across tribes. Lady had good challenge performance and was very likable, which resulted in her being included in the initial creating of Good Vibes Only. Through this alliance as well as Redemption Arc, she was able to stay safe and get insight on the tribe’s social dynamic. The first two losses resulted in one-sided votes against Lily and Erin. On Day 6, BBB suffered another loss, and Max and Ailish were the only two people not in Good Vibes Only. Lady was determined to protect them both as they belonged to her primary alliance. She was able to convince Good Vibes Only to blindside Wes due to his poor challenge performance, which Meg was very excited about and went on to orchestrate the full blindside. Unfortunately, the tribe suffered yet another loss on Day 8, right before the merge. Max and Kailani were the two targets. Lady decided to stick with her #1 group and voted against Kailani. However, Ailish did not want to force a tie, and Max ended up getting voted out 4-2.
==== Back-To-Back Betrayals & The End of Redemption Arc ====
Tribes merged into Pusgatti on Day 9, and Redemption Arc consisted of five members. Lady had no other serious alliances. Maheen was easily voted out 11-1 at tribal council, and Lady won immunity in the very next challenge! Scheming with her own alliance was going on behind her and her duo’s back, and Ayla ended up being sent home 9-2. She was completely blindsided, and while it took some time to get over, she stuck with Stella, Ailish, and Kathlyn. They stood in a worse position with numbers reduced like this, but after Meg won immunity, Kathlyn told the alliance about her hidden immunity idol. They collectively decided to target Josh as he seemed like the ringleader of the opposing alliance, the Insomniacs. Kathlyn played her idol, but it turned out Josh also had one. In an unprecedented tribal council, nobody received any votes. By counting numbers, the Redemption Arc figured out that Ailish was siding with the others. On the revote, Stella, Kathlyn, and Lady all voted for Ailish. In the end result, Stella received six votes in total, and became the second member of the jury.
==== Sole Survivor ====
Lady and Kathlyn were the only two left in the Redemption Arc alliance. In a turn of events, Kathlyn found the new Pusgatti idol, and planned on playing it no matter what. Allyson won immunity and between the Insomnaics and outside members, they had seven people. Still, the other side did not split votes. Kathlyn played her idol and Josh was sent home with only two votes against him. It was a short-lived victory. With no other advantages to use, Kathlyn was voted out in an uneventful tribal council on Day 14. Soon, it was revealed that somebody else would be leaving the game that night! Lady thought she was a goner, but tried to preach Ailish to as many people as she could. The Insomnaics, fearing that Lady may have something, all put their votes on Ailish, and Lady got to see another day in the game. Despite not winning the next immunity, Kailani reached out to her, and offered to play her idol on her if she voted alongside them. Lady obliged, and Allyson ended up getting sent home. After this move, Kailani was targeted over Lady at the next tribal council, being voted out unanimously. By Day 18, Lady was the only person left outside of the Insomniacs. Meg won immunity, and Lady was ready to leave. In a crazy turn of events, Lady was hit with a deus ex machina, as Meg and Jada reached out to her. Lady, with nowhere else to turn, voted for Adrian, and he ended up leaving in a 3-1 vote. All the stress paid off at the end, where Lady made a compelling case and won the game with five of eight votes! She also received the Hero Award for persevering the whole season.
=== All Stars 2 ===
==== Old Friends ====
After winning her debut season, it was no surprise that Lady was back for All Stars 2. On The Hills Tribe, she was placed with her old duo Ayla. Early on, she joined the Shameless Party alliance, created by Stella. She got along well with her tribe for the most part and aligned with Corri Crissinger and Josh from her debut. Lady did really well in the challenges, contributing a lot to the Scavenger Hunt. The Hills tribe thrived for the most part but lost the second immunity challenge on Day 3. There was a lot of controversy involving Corri going into the vote, but ultimately Lady and Ayla stuck by her side. They were originally going to vote for Emilee, but then switched their votes to Josh and tried to get Emilee on their side. Not thinking well, they openly admitted that Emilee was their original target. She did not trust the three, and ended up leaking all their strategy to Josh. At tribal council, Josh saved himself with an idol, and Corri was voted out. From then on, Lady was very occupied with other activities and also wasn't feeling her best, which took a lot of time away from her. Fortunately, though, she was able to rest as The Hills had her back and stayed immune all the way until the swap on Day 14!
==== Ailish's Old Habits ====
She was on the New Hills, only staying with Anthony DeFilippo. The Malibu trio and Kat from Hollywood were with them as well. The tribe did not do too hot and flopped in every immunity challenge. Fortunately, Lady was in with good hands, being a part of the Shameless Party. Connections with Ashlee Canfield and Delaney Allen granted them majority, and she had no problem voting Anthony out at tribal council. After losing Day 15's immunity challenge, Delaney was easily dumped and Lady made it to the merge, and she was reunited with Ayla. On the Angeles Tribe, Lady worked with the core members of Shameless Party as well as with Ashlee and Ailish. The first tribal council was easily as there was large support behind taking out Colin first, which was a success. On Day 18, she officially had majority, and she and her allies sought to vote out Kat next for being an easy vote. However, Ailish was secretly in with the other side. In a parallel to her betrayal in Dynamic Duos, she flipped, and Lady was absolutely blindsided in a 5-4 vote, being the last winner taken out of the season. She later voted for Emilee to win.
=== Y2K ===
==== Favorite! ====
After winning her debut and being the victim of one of the best blindsides in Gauntlet history a season later, Lady was back as a Favorite in Y2K! As expected, she had relations with past season sisters Stella and Kathlyn, but unlike her preceding seasons, she never joined an official alliance with them. In addition, Stella had openly stated in Y2K: The Complete Confessions that she does not plan on helping out Lady in the game. She does what she can for the first two immunity challenges. Fortunately for her, her tribe was incredibly powerful and smoked the Fans in every challenge! The next was Music Mania, which Lady participated in. She couldn’t decide if the chaos in her design was good or bad, but the tribe encouraged her to keep it the same. Unfortunately, this did not play off well as it was despised by the entire judge panel, placing last out of all the submissions. The good part about it is that the Favorites still won, allowing Lady to survive and swap onto the Hilton Tribe.
==== Queen of Hilton! ====
Lady absolutely thrived on Hilton. With the first challenge being Tribe Pride for reward, Lady took charge creating the flag. In complete contrast to Music Mania, it was adored by the judges and won first place! Not only did she win her tribe an advantage for the next challenge, but she also received the Legacy Advantage for being the creator of the flag. Lady had another great performance in the immunity challenge, Everybody Is Here, where she put a lot of effort into Christian Mythology, claiming that her bible school trauma came in clutch. She sat out of That’s Hot and Hilton won, but they suffered a loss the following day and were due for a joint tribal council with Lohan. This is where Lady proved herself to not only be powerful, and influential, but dangerous as a strategic mastermind. She flipped Alison Lattimer from Lohan onto her side and united all of Hilton. Together, she orchestrated a vote split between Leo and Anthony, with the latter being the main target. Everything went flawlessly, and Anthony was sent home in a 5-3 vote. Angel won Supersona for the tribe, and Lady made it to the merge.
==== Life ====
At this point in the game, Lady was in a great position. She was liked by everyone and was in an amazing, strategic spot on the Spears Tribe. What happened? Outside life always loves to interfere with good players, sometimes in the most devastating ways. On Day 21, after Emily secured immunity, she was officially pulled from the game for medical reasons. Unfortunately, this also opened the door for her allies to be picked off one by one after her departure. She bequeathed her Legacy Advantage to Stella, and Lady also returned as a member of the jury and voted for her to win. She played the game well and never received a vote against her the entire season, and it is a shame that her run ended the way that it did.
== Personality Assessment ==
==== Dynamic Duos ====
* Favorite Color: Green
* Favorite Day: Saturday
==== All Stars 2 ====
* Favorite Beverage: Water
* Favorite Show: That '70s Show
==== Y2K ====
* Favorite Color: Green
* Favorite Movie: Almost Famous (2000)
* Favorite Celebrity: David Bowie
== Trivia ==
* Her real, legal name is Lady Madonna McCarthy!
* Stella was originally not going to vote for her to win but changed her mind after hearing her speech.
* Lady won Touchy Subjects the same day her duo went home.
* She is the first person to win their debut season since Maddie Lorgeree on Cameo Island.
* She was the longest-lasting winner on All Stars 2.
* She was the only winner to make it into the top half of contestants on All Stars 2.
* She found The Hills replacement idol in AS2 but got blindsided and left the game without using it.
* She and Stella had the longest video diary in All Stars 2: The Complete Confessions.
* Lady placed 3rd out of 7 in the Christmas Special.
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Category:Hero (Award)
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