Chelsea Amaral

== Summary ==
Chelsea Amaral was a contestant on New Beginnings and the first ever winner of The Gauntlet. She is credited for the beginning of The Gauntlet thanks to inspiring Ben to put his ideas into action. She has since had an unfortunate run on future seasons, but got her grip back on Resolutions.
== Gameplay ==
=== New Beginnings ===
==== The Girls & Colin ====
Heading into the first tribal council ever, votes were very scattered. However, Chelsea managed to survive, and Gavin was sent home first. From here, the three girls created an alliance alongside Colin. After losing again, they voted out Manny. The next challenge was Greed, and the stakes kept rising. Eventually Chelsea decided to take Greed. She was gifted a hidden immunity idol good for the following tribal council. Talking with Savannah and Jessica, they decided that Colin was a better option to send home than Simon. Chelsea played her idol for Jessica and Colin went home in a 3-1-1* vote. They were able to piece together that Simon voted for Jessica, but they stayed together, nonetheless.
==== Poopoobear Domination ====
In the merge, the remainder of Poopoobear took advantage of the scrambled Penis tribe. Regan was inducted into their alliance and together they knocked out Lilly and Erika. However, a surprise tribal council caught them off-guard, and Chelsea and Savannah both cast their votes for an emerging threat, Regan. Regan played her idol, however, and so it tied between Simon and Ashlee. Simon was sent home in the revote. From there, their alliance remained intact. Ashlee was taken out next, and the Emilee won immunity, so they settled on Regan. At final four, Chelsea was with Emilee, and she knew Jessica and Savannah would be voting for her as Emilee was immune. It's almost like Chelsea's prayers were answered as Savannah never voted, and that penalty sent Jessica out the door. Emilee ended up winning final immunity and she brought Chelsea with her. Thanks to her strategy and incredible social game, Chelsea became the first ever winner by a 5-2 jury vote.
=== Fans vs. Favorites & All Stars ===
When Chelsea was cast onto Fans vs. Favorites, she was excited, but unfortunately, she was unable to participate in the game due to an overwhelming illness. She was medically evacuated as a result. In All Stars, Chelsea ended up busy with a conference the day of launch, and as her tribe lost, it was only natural for them to send her home.
=== Resolutions ===
==== The OG Queen Is Back! ====
Returning on Resolutions, it was Chelsea's first real showing since New Beginnings back in October 2021. The original winner was here to see if she could keep up with the 2023 game! On the Chromatica Tribe, she quickly became a leader and one of the founding members of the Perfect Illusionists. Together with her allies and other connections, they were able to win as many tribal challenges as possible and survive the ones they lost. Jada, Chloe, and Giada ended up being fatalities of Chelsea's connections. It was clear that her successor, Colin McKenna, was her ride-or-die in the game. Together, they entered the merge and became a strong seven with other members of the Monster Tribe.
==== Fit For 2023? ====
Chelsea was one of the more prominent members of the Perfect Illusionists. She had a great understanding of the dynamics, including the enemy, Gaga's Bad Kids, and just Ayesha Murphy's mind reading abilities. Unfortunately, Chelsea began to fall into Colin's shadow. Colin was a dictator for his alliance, even deciding to backstab Kat and Anthony. Chelsea's best decision was at final four. She convinced Colin to flip the target from Stella onto Ashlee, which was a good call as there was no doubt Ashlee would have won the game. Questionably, she avoided taking credit for this at the final tribal council, unintentionally letting Colin "take the hit" instead. Chelsea ended up receiving zero votes to win. Many fans and players of the game agreed that Chelsea's biggest flaw was that she still had a Season 1 mentality, whereas she focused on being the nicest and not pissing people off as opposed to building a resume.
=== Y2K ===
==== Return of The Queen ====
Chelsea is the queen of being first. Played in the first Gauntlet season. Placed first in said season. She was the first All-Star to be voted out and played in the first season of the Resolutions Era. Now, continuing her resume, she was back as a Favorite for the first season of the Revival Era, Y2K! This time around, Chelsea was dedicated to slaying, despite the obstacles that were ahead of her. She found herself in Jessica’s safety net alliance with Anthony, Josh, and Logan in case the Favorites lost a challenge. Fortunately, there was never a need to strategize with them as her tribe absolutely dominated! Chelsea had some slight input in Unlimited Questions, helping her tribe win. In Music Mania, she placed 8th with a fun slide of “Starships” by Nicki Minaj. Tribes swapped on Day 7, and she became part of Richie, which would prove to be the dominant post-swap tribe. Her tribe’s insane effort came in handy as her activity would reach an all-time low for the next couple days.
==== The MASC Flu ====
Not only is Chelsea a Gauntlet icon, but she’s also an accomplished, independent woman. While she was away at the MASC conference, her tribe carried the challenges. While Josh and Logan were also at the conference, Josh loved to participate and Stella was a powerhouse on her own, and the tribe thrived. As everyone began returning home, the tribe won immunity in Everybody Is Here. Although Chelsea didn’t have an official alliance on this tribe, she was on no one’s radar since Ollie was pissing everyone off. When That’s Hot was up as the next challenge, Chelsea stepped up to do the dessert portion. However, this is when things started to go south for her. She got sick with what was collectively dubbed “the MASC flu” and offered up her position, which Ollie took. It looked good for the tribe as a whole, until Ollie totally fucked up, solidifying himself to be the next one voted off at the first opportunity. Josh and Stella went on to slay Celebrity Recognition and Supersona, giving the entire Richie Tribe immunity to the merge! Now on the Spears Tribe, having merged on her 18th birthday; Chelsea would be vulnerable unless she won immunity. Although not in a solid alliance, The Ultimate Sigmas planned on protecting her. Ollie was the first voted off at the merge, but Chelsea was on the other side of the vote, receiving two of the eleven cast. At the next tribal, the plan was to take out Angel, with a couple votes cast on Emily in case of an idol play. Unfortunately, Josh was paranoid, and he desired an equal 3-3 vote split. The four on the opposition voted against Chelsea, and she became the ninth person voted out and second member of the jury. Despite this being her fifth season, it was her first time on the jury! She later voted for Josh to win.
== Guest Appearances ==
The day before the finale in Cameo Island, Chelsea visited the two finalists to have a short talk and wish them luck.
== Personality Assessment ==
==== New Beginnings ====
* Favorite Color: Pink & Orange
* Favorite Aspect: Challenges
==== All Stars ====
* Self-View: Neutral
* Favorite Moment: when you announced that i won and all of jessica’s reactions
* Feelings For All Stars: i feel that i’m strategically ready to play and win
==== Resolutions ====
* Favorite Color: Orange
* Self-View: Brawn
* New Years Resolution: to be a returning gauntlet champ duh
==== Y2K ====
* Favorite Color: Orange
* Favorite Movie: (MAYBE The Hunger Games)
* Favorite Celebrity: Taylor Swift
== Trivia ==
* Chelsea was one vote away from being the first boot in New Beginnings.
* Chelsea's evacuation did not allow her to compete on Redemption Island, allowing Maheen to advance automatically
* She wrote questions for GimKit Trivia in Cameo Island.
* Chelsea was very busy during the launch of All Stars which resulted in high inactivity.
*She is the first player to place 16th.
*Chelsea had never been on the jury until Y2K.
*See if you can spot any Gauntlet alumni in the MASC photo under Y2K!
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