The TiBB Games: Fresh Meat

The TiBB Games: Fresh Meat is the fifth series of the Veggie Brother spin-off, The TiBB Games. This is the first full series to be broadcast as a "Tibbplay Original". It was filmed over the course of 57 days in early 2021. It premiered on 5 May 2021, with episodes being aired once a week until the finale on 21 July 2021.
Fresh Meat was announced in October 2020, as a renewal of The TiBB Games due to the success of the third series. As this series was filmed well into the peak of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, every single player was quarantined for 2 weeks before filming and after their elimination.
==Production==
===Presenters===
On 20 October 2020, it was announced that Zoran van der Wall would be returning as the host of the show.
===Format changes===
The much more competitive format from last series returned, albeit with some changes (explained below). Due to the new format of the game, the £1,000,000 prize has been split up into the following amounts:
*Winner: £750,000
*2nd place: £200,000
*3rd place: £30,000
*4th place: £5,000
For the first time, the only additional prize in addition to the £750,000 is the photo spread and interview in Starweek Magazine.
This series, the biggest change this series is that 12 of the 24 players are veterans of Veggie Brother, Veggie House, Love Island Valorsa, and Rivals. The other 12 players are rookies who have never appeared on the show before.
This series' format is the same as The Challenge: Fresh Meat II.
Prior to filming, each of the 12 newcomers (referred to as "Fresh Meat") participates in a series of challenges to test their skills. Each alumnus selects one of the rookies of the opposite sex to be their partner for the entire season, using the stats from the pre-series challenges.
Every episode, teams participate in a challenge. (Challenges are sometimes called "missions.") The winner of the challenge has immunity from going into Exile, and selects one team to go into Exile. The remaining teams get together to vote for the other Exile team; the winning team and their pick for the Exile are not present during the process. Each individual gets a vote, and voting is not secret. The team with the most votes is picked to go into Exile.
Exile is a race between two teams. Unlike the elimination games of other seasons of The TiBB Games, the remaining teams do not watch the battle between the two Exile teams. The Exile teams run a course and whoever crosses the finish line first stays, while the other team goes home. Along the way, there are two optional puzzle stations where, if the puzzle is solved correctly, they will get a prize that will benefit them in the race (such as dropping their bags or taking minutes off their total time.) To make matters more difficult, each member will be carrying bags equal to the weight of the luggage they brought.
A car picks them up and they are taken, blindfolded, to the race course. Once the car stops, they must jump out and go on with the race. Both team members must cross the finish line, but it doesn't matter who carries what bags.
==Cast==
			Age		
			24 		Winners
			24 		
			23 		Third Place
			21 		
			24 		Episode 8
			27 		Episode 7
			20 		Episode 6
			19 		Episode 5a
			26 		Episode 4
			26 		Episode 3
			22 		Episode 2
			18 		Episode 1
===Draft===
Pick #	Alumni 	Draft Pick	Gender	Team 	Weight of bags
1 	Chisolm 	Sylvia 	Female	Chisolm & Sylvia	61 kg
2 	Florence	TK 	Male 	Florence & TK 	76 kg
3 	Vova 	Edie 	Female	Vova & Edie 	54 kg
4 	Elena 	Joshua 	Male 	Elena & Joshua 	58 kg
5 	Heath 	Faith 	Female	Heath & Faith 	83 kg
6 	Zara 	Callum 	Male 	Zara & Callum 	72 kg
7 	Chris 	Vivien 	Female	Chris & Vivien 	56 kg
8 	Alison 	Taron 	Male 	Alison & Taron 	50 kg
9 	Lochie 	Casie 	Female	Lochie & Casie 	62 kg
10 	Helen 	Rory 	Male 	Helen & Rory 	83 kg
11 	Grayson 	Hannah 	Female	Grayson & Hannah	89 kg
12 	Victoria	Jason 	Male 	Victoria & Jason	63 kg
==Gameplay==
===Challenge games===
* Stuck On Me: Players are connected to their partners, back-to-back, by a harness, on a 25-foot narrow balance beam that is hanging from the top of the Staples Center. Each team has to walk toward a white line at the end of the beam, then do a full 360° turn, and walk back to the beginning of the beam. The team that walks to the end of the beam and back in the fastest time wins.
** Winners: Florence & TK
* Bush Whacked: Twenty tree stumps are placed within a circle — eight on an interior ring, and twelve on the exterior ring. The stumps on the interior ring are two feet high, while the stumps on the exterior ring are three feet high. Each team stands on a designated stump on the interior ring, and has to swing a hanging medicine ball in an attempt to knock an opposing team off their stump. A team is disqualified if one player holds the medicine ball for more than three seconds. The challenge is played in three rounds, and after four teams are eliminated from the first round, each team moves to the three-foot stumps. The last team standing on their designated stump wins.
** Winners: Victoria & Jason
* Hang On: The male players from each team are hanging upside down from leg harnesses, and have to "hang on" to their female partners, while being hoisted 6 metres above water. A team's time stops once a player falls into the water. The team that hangs on the longest time wins.
** Winners: Lochie & Casie
* Climber's Paradise: Each team has to ascend up an 8-metre climbing wall, by using pegs of different shapes and colours. Each player has to carry the pegs up, and communicate with each other in order to determine the peg shapes necessary to ascend the wall. A team is disqualified if they do not make it to the top of the wall within a 10-minute time limit, or if one or both players falls off the climbing wall. The team that makes it to the top of the wall and retrieves a flag in the fastest time wins.
** Winners: Florence & TK
* Crossed Paths: A rope that is suspended 8 metres above water connects two platforms, and the goal for each team is for each player to make their way from one platform to the other. Players will meet their teammate midway through, in which they will "cross paths," and make their way toward the opposite platforms. A team is disqualified if one player falls into the water. The team with the fastest time wins.
** Winners: Alison & Taron
* Swimming With Sharks: Teams have to solve a puzzle that is floating on a frame within a shark lagoon. Players from each team have to swim down into the lagoon, relay style, and retrieve the pieces needed to solve the puzzle. A team has ten minutes to assemble the puzzle pieces together, or they will be disqualified. Only one team competes at a time, and all other teams are quarantined in order to avoid getting an advantage prior to their turn. The team that solves a puzzle in the fastest time wins.
** Winners: Zara & Callum
* Batten Down The Hatches: Teams have to make their way up and down a dive boat that is hanging 8 metres above a lake, with rope ladders hanging from both sides. First, each player has to climb down to the bottom of the hanging ladder, with both feet on the bottom rung, then each player has to swing toward their partner and trade ladders, then climb back to the top of the ladder, and into the boat. The team time stops when both partners have made their way back into the boat. The team that climbs back into the boat in the fastest time wins.
** Winners: Victoria & Jason
* Deep Blue: On a boat traveling along the coast, teams have to drop 9 metres into the water, from a free-diving sled attached to a boat, retrieve their team flag attached to the bottom of the rope, then hold their breath under water for as long as possible. A team's time stops once a player's head pokes above the water's surface. The team that can hold their breath under water for the longest time wins.
** Winners: Florence & TK
===Exiles===
Exile is a race between two teams with a start and a finish, and two puzzles in between. The puzzles are optional and can be skipped by the teams, however, teams must grab their flag at each puzzle before proceeding. Puzzles that are completed may result in a reward significant to the remainder of the race. Couples will be carrying bags that, when combined, equal the amount of luggage each cast member brought with them to the Challenge. Couples must carry the bags at all times, unless a reward allows them to drop them.
There are three different Exile courses on this season: Beach, Forest, and Cliffside. Each Exile contains a start, a finish, and two puzzles; however, the terrain of the course may affect a team's performance. Teams that participated on each course are as follows:
* Beach Course: Heath & Faith vs. Elena & Joshua, Grayson & Hannah vs. Chris & Vivien, Lochie & Casie vs. Vova & Edie
* Forest Course: Heath & Faith vs. Chisolm & Sylvia, Helen & Rory vs. Victoria & Jason, Zara & Callum vs. Victoria & Jason
* Cliffside Course: Heath & Faith vs. Alison & Taron, Zara & Callum vs. Grayson & Hannah
===Final challenge===
* Miles of Exile: The three remaining teams compete in a 16-kilometre sprint along the beach, with teammates roped to each other, and have to encounter several checkpoints and solve two puzzles. At the first checkpoint, each team has to run outside of buoys, through the water, to the second checkpoint, which is a "peg-jumping" puzzle station. There are four sandbags that weigh 11 kilograms each next to an empty duffle bag. Each team will be given three attempts to correctly solve a puzzle. If a team solves the puzzle on the first attempt, they will be allowed to continue to the next checkpoint without having to carry any sandbags into their designated duffle bag. After the second unsuccessful attempt, a team will be required to add 23 kilograms to their designated duffle bag. If a team does not correctly solve a puzzle after the third attempt, that team will be required to add all four sandbags to their duffle bag, and carry it to the next checkpoint. The third checkpoint is "Military Crawl," in which each team has to crawl under military-style posts, but have to drag their duffle bags under the posts, and are not allowed to throw their duffle bags over the posts. The team that is last to this checkpoint is elminated. After the military crawl, each team must still carry the weight of their designated duffle bags to the fourth checkpoint, "Carry Your Partner," in which the male partners carry their female partners to the next checkpoint while continuing to carry their duffle bags until they reach a sign that says "continue to your next checkpoint." The fifth checkpoint is "Stick Squares" puzzle station, in which teams must make two equal squares by moving four sticks. This puzzle station is the reverse of the first puzzle station, in which teams can remove all 45 kilograms from their duffle bags if they correctly solve a puzzle on their first attempt, 23 kilograms if they solve a puzzle on a second attempt, but will be required to carry the weight of all sandbags if they do not correctly solve a puzzle after the third attempt.
** Fresh Meat Winners: Florence & TK (won £750,000)
*** Second Place: Alison & Taron (won £200,000)
*** Third Place: Victoria & Jason (won £30,000)
*** Fourth Place: Lochie & Casie (won £5,000)
==Game summary==
===Elimination chart===
Episode	Episode 	Winners	Winners	Exile contestants 	Exile contestants 	Exile contestants 	Exile contestants 	Exile game 	Exile outcome 	Exile outcome 	Exile outcome 	Exile outcome
# 	Challenge 	Winners	Winners	Winners' pick 	Winners' pick 	Voted In 	Voted In 	Exile game 	Winners 	Winners 	Eliminated 	Eliminated
1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Helen & Rorya
6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
10/11 	Miles of Exile	 	 	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie	2nd Place: Alison & Taron; 3rd Place: Victoria & Jason; 4th Place: Lochie & Casie
===Exile progress===
		Episode:	Episode:	Episode:	Episode:	Episode:	Episode:	Episode:	Episode:	Episode:	Episode:
		1 	2 	3 	4 	5a 	6 	7 	8 	10/11 	
		WIN 	SAFE 	SAFE 	WIN 	SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	WIN 	WINNERS 	
		SAFE 	SAFE 	ELIM 	SAFE 	WIN 	SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	SECOND 	
		SAFE 	WIN 	SAFE 	SAFE 	ELIM 	SAFE 	WIN 	ELIM 	THIRD 	
		SAFE 	SAFE 	WIN 	SAFE 	SAFE 	ELIM 	SAFE 	SAFE 	FOURTH 	
		SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	WIN 	ELIM 	OUT 	 	
		SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	ELIM 	SAFE 	SAFE 	OUT 	 	 	
		SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	OUT 	 	 	 	
		SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	OUT 	 	 	 	 	
		SAFE 	SAFE 	SAFE 	OUT 	 	 	 	 	 	
		ELIM 	ELIM 	OUT 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
		SAFE 	OUT 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
		OUT 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
;Competition
: The team won the competition.
: The team did not win the final challenge.
: The team failed to make it past the halfway point of the final challenge, and was eliminated.
: The team won the challenge, and was safe from Exile.
: The team lost the challenge, but was safe from Exile.
: The team was chosen for the Exile, but did not have to compete.
: The team won the Exile.
: The team lost the Exile and was eliminated.
: The team was removed from the competition due to injury.
==Voting progress==
the Exile	1 of 1 votes 	1 of 1 votes 	1 of 1 votes 	1 of 1 votes 	1 of 1 votes 	1 of 1 votes 	1 of 1 votes 	1 of 1 votes 	
the Exile	18 of 20 votes	16 of 18 votes 	12 of 16 votes	14 of 14 votes 	9 of 12 votes 	8 of 10 votes 	6 of 8 votes 	5 of 6 votes 	
Voter 	Episode: 	Episode: 	Episode: 	Episode: 	Episode: 	Episode: 	Episode: 	Episode: 	Episode:
Voter 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	
Florence 	Heath & Faith 	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Grayson & Hannah	Victoria & Jason	Vova & Edie 	Zara & Callum 	Zara & Callum 	
TK 	Heath & Faith 	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Grayson & Hannah	Victoria & Jason	Vova & Edie 	Zara & Callum 	Zara & Callum 	
Alison 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Chris & Vivien	Chris & Vivien 	Helen & Rory 	Vova & Edie 	Zara & Callum 	Victoria & Jason	
Taron 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Chris & Vivien	Chris & Vivien 	Helen & Rory 	Vova & Edie 	Zara & Callum 	Victoria & Jason	
Victoria 	Elena & Joshua	Heath & Faith 	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	Vova & Edie 	Vova & Edie 	Grayson & Hannah	Victoria & Jason	
Jason 	Elena & Joshua	Heath & Faith 	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	Vova & Edie 	Vova & Edie 	Grayson & Hannah	Alison & Taron 	
Lochie 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Heath & Faith 	Chris & Vivien 	Victoria & Jason	Ineligible 	Zara & Callum 	Victoria & Jason	
Casie 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Heath & Faith 	Chris & Vivien 	Victoria & Jason	Ineligible 	Zara & Callum 	Victoria & Jason	
Zara 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	Victoria & Jason	Lochie & Casie	Alison & Taron 	Ineligible 	
Callum 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Vova & Edie 	Chris & Vivien 	Vova & Edie 	Lochie & Casie	Alison & Taron 	Ineligible 	
Grayson 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Florence & TK 	Ineligible 	Victoria & Jason	Vova & Edie 	Ineligible 	 	
Hannah 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Ineligible 	Victoria & Jason	Vova & Edie 	Ineligible 	 	
Vova 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	Victoria & Jason	Alison & Taron	 	 	
Edie 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	Victoria & Jason	Alison & Taron	 	 	
Helen 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	Ineligible 	 	 	 	
Rory 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	Ineligible 	 	 	 	
Chris 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	 	 	 	 	
Vivien 	Elena & Joshua	Vova & Edie 	Alison & Taron	Chris & Vivien 	 	 	 	 	
Heath 	Ineligible 	Ineligible 	Ineligible 	 	 	 	 	 	
Faith 	Ineligible 	Ineligible 	Ineligible 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chisolm 	Elena & Joshua	Florence & TK 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sylvia 	Elena & Joshua	Chisolm & Sylvia	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Elena 	Helen & Rory 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Joshua 	Helen & Rory 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Notes==
* Due to injuries sustained in the "Hang On" challenge during Episode 3 and a severe concussion prior to this elimination, Helen & Rory were removed from the game. Their opponents won by default.
==Episodes==
No.in series	No.overall	Episode title 	Air date 	Views	Series avg.
1 	31 	"The New Blood" 	5 May 2021 	0 	0
2 	32 	"Roast in Peace" 	12 May 2021 	0 	0
3 	33 	"A Killer Grip" 	19 May 2021 	0 	0
4 	34 	"101 Ways to Face-plant" 	26 May 2021 	0 	0
5 	35 	"Dirty Dozen" 	2 June 2021 	0 	0
6 	36 	"You Are Such A Try-Hard" 	9 June 2021 	0 	0
7 	37 	"Checkmate" 	16 June 2021	0 	0
8 	38 	"Justice is Swerved" 	23 June 2021	0 	0
9 	39 	"The S*&# They Should've Shown"	30 June 2021	0 	0
10 	40 	"The End In Sight" 	7 July 2021 	0 	0
11 	41 	"Two Lucky Ducks" 	14 July 2021	0 	0
12 	42 	"Fresh Meat Reunion" 	21 July 2021	0 	0
Key:	Increase	Decrease	No Change
==Trivia==
*With this series, Vova becomes the first person in the "5 Timers Club".
*This is the first series since Rivals where unknown players have been introduced.
*Rory is Helen's son, and coincidentally, they ended up on the same team together.
==External links==
*Official Tibbplay page