I'm Duned

I'm Duned is the season premiere of The Challenge: Revolution.
== Description ==
The contestants face their first test in the "Buried Alive" challenge after learning of the new $1 million prize, a power alliance is revealed, and the first two players are eliminated from the game before even moving into the challenge house.
== Introduction ==
As the sixth season in the series... Anyals and SallyStarbucks really wanted this one to be special, especially after the events of The Challenge: Apocalypse. This time around, we want to see the challengers fight and prove that they want to be here, and that they DESERVE to be here. This time around we only casted 24 competitors (tied for the smallest cast yet), but there are more twists and turns than ever before.
Among the cast, we've got some favorites, some controversial characters, and loads of people that ready to prove themselves. Among them we have a two-time champion, Aidan. Aidan has proven herself time and time again and continues to be underestimated, she is back and ready to deliver yet again. We also have a champion from last season, 3vxv. 3vxv is potentially one of our most controversial picks in terms of challenge ability... his teammates last season have claimed that they carried him to the win despite the fact that 3vxv had the most daily challenge wins and won more eliminations than his teammates can say. On the topic of controversy... we have also picked a controversial rookie, TripletThreatJ, who went through a racism scandal previously and now claims to have grown and learnt from his mistakes.
Nevertheless, this season is bound to be action-packed, fiery, and chaotic. You can expect this season to have pre-season alliance betrayals, major elimination upsets, and twists that completely change the outcome of the game... so hold on for the wild ride.
== Confessionals ==
Challenger 	Confessional
MojoRW: Ontario 	Walking into this game as a rookie can definitely be intimidating. As an old school player, I was definitely nervous that I wouldn't recognize any of the people that I'm competing against. Luckily, I see some familiar faces in Adore, Draya, and Ethan... hopefully the four of us are able to pull something together in the future because they're honestly the only ones that I see myself trusting.
AdoreRW: Bangkok 	The last time you saw me... my cousin, Kerolyn, was getting rushed to the hospital because we found out that she was pregnant moments before running the final! This time around, I'm going to fight hard for her. Looking around I definitely know that I'm one of the strongest here. But there are some girls here that definitely intimidate me like Frantic and Naeha... and Aidan is a two-time champion! I don't want to run into them.
AidanRW: Mexico City	Hey y'all! It's me, Aidan... back for my third win! Last time you saw me I was able to strategically position myself to be underestimated back on The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines... but this time, as a two-time champion, I don't think that I'll be able to pull that same gameplay off. I'm to try and politic as hard as I can and win competitions, because I'm trying to defend my title.
3vxvApocalypse 	Coming into this season, I know that all eyes are on me. I honestly believe that this time is going to be HORRIBLE for me because a lot of people here don't like, but I'm going to give it my all. My biggest attribute is definitely my social game, and as a member of a community on Instagram I'm definitely hoping to that we're all going to want to work together once we enter the house.
FribbleRW: Boise 	Walking into this season there isn't really anyone here that I keep up with, besides Frantic. I'm definitely going to fight through this though, and use the knowledge I have to get myself further. Luckily, I'm familiar with the Instagram community... and looking around at this group of people here, I know that there are a lot of them that are going to want to work together.
== Challenge ==
Challenge: Buried AliveThis game was played in male and female heats. They players start the challenge by standing together on the top a slightly inclined hill. On go, they would race down an obstacle-covered path in attempt to arrive at a graveyard. Once at the graveyard, players would then have to find their designated grave and dig to the bottom in order to reveal their puzzle. Once their puzzle was location, they would race to complete the short math-sudoku piece before taking their individual crate out of the other end of the graveyard. Once out of the graveyard, the players would push their crate down the final path and across the finish line. The first person of each gender to finish would join the first ever troika, and choose someone to join them. Meanwhile, the last person of gender to finish would be sent home before ever entering The Challenge: Revolution house.
Results:
Winners	Winners	Winners	Eliminated	Eliminated
Male 	Female 	Female 	Male 	Female
Triplet	Adore 	Caleb 	Samuel 	Nikki
Notes
* Adore and Caleb finished the challenge so close to each other that they were both deemed the winners of the female heat.
* A glitch with block pushing and lag originally led Co-Hosts Anyals and SallyStarbucks to believe that Nikki finished the purge before Cirie. However, after receiving video/image evidence that Cirie finished before Nikki... Nikki was deemed as the last-place finisher of the purge.
== Continued Episode Narration ==
After the challenge, the players are able to move into the house and finally get to chat with each other before moving on to the next portion of the game. As the troika, Adore, Caleb and Triplet will not be present in the house vote. Instead, they will each be nominating one male and one female for elimination. At the elimination (this season it is referred to as the 'Warzone'), each of the members of the troika will have to decide on which nominees will be facing off against the player voted in by the house.
During this time to chat before the chaos... alliances are formed, information is spilled, and names are thrown around on who to vote.
== Confessionals ==
Challenger 	Confessional
CalebRevolution 	Winning this first challenge as a rookie is excellent for my game. Many people are coming to talk to me to ensure their safety, I think that if I play my cards right I can definitely get myself far into this game. Adore and Triplet are also people that I can see myself working with, so once we get some alone time I am planning on talking to them about working together longterm.
DrayaRevolution 	Coming into this house has given me all kinds of anxiety. Luckily, I'm here with my best friend Ethan but the two of us can't do this alone... so I run to talk to Mojo. Talking to him was extremely reassuring, he mentioned pulling together a group of him, myself, Ethan and Adore... and OF COURSE I'm on board. Us Old School players need to stick together!
IconRW: Topeka 	My performance in that opening challenge wasn't great, I was nearly purged! Luckily, my social game right now is completely exceeding past my physical game. Coming into the house as a part of the Instagram Community has never been more rewarding than now. My girls Aidan and Cirie have pulled together a group of eight of us to work together: the three of us, plus 3vxv, Angel, Miz, Nutella, and Vero!
FranticRW: Houston	As soon as we get into the house, Fribble yanks my into a nearby room and informs me of a potential eight-person alliance... this is horrible news! Immediately we start to brainstorm who will work with us to get them out. I suggested pulling in Brendan, Jonas, and Triplet... but we ultimately decide to keep it small and work with Jonas on the side.
TripletRW: Rome 	Winning the opening purge is an extremely rewarding feeling. It not only put myself in a position to scare my competitors, but it has people running to me left and right with deals. Caleb wants our group in the troika to stick together, but most importantly... Frantic and Fribble approach me about an eight-person Instagram alliance. This is news to me, and obviously I'm going to run back to Adore and Caleb and spill this important information.
=== Eliminated Confessionals ===
Challenger 	Confessional
NikkiRW: Sisterhood	Going home without ever entering the challenge house on my rookie season... sucks. I didn't understand the puzzle until the last second, and even when I thought I could come back... I lose on a technicality. Obviously these aren't the results that I wanted or hoped for, but I can promise you that this isn't the last you'll see of me. I'll be back and even stronger than before!
SamuelRW: Beijing 	I definitely didn't expect to be going home so soon. I also just didn't realize how hard digging could be! A glitch on mobile wasn't allowing me to get through my sand pile at my grave and it put but at a huge disadvantage. I finished my puzzle in a matter of seconds, but it wasn't enough to get me back into the game. I hope that I can return and prove myself in the future!
== Alliances ==
Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes	Instahoes
3vxv 	Aidan 	Angel 	Cirie 	Icon 	Miz 	Nutella 	Vero
Team Old School	Team Old School	Team Old School	Team Old School
Adore 	Draya 	Ethan 	Mojo
The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes	The Cheesecakes
Brendan 	Frantic 	Fribble 	Triplet
==Notes==
*This episode title is a play-on-words around the opening purge. The phrase "I'm Doomed" was re-written into a pun due to players having to dig into a sand dune.