Ellie Smash

**Money Won:** | $175,000

**Ellie Smash**, also known as one of the ***Rulers of Azerbaijan***, was a female contestant that competed on ***The Royalty Challenge***. She first appeared on the second season, The Royalty Challenge: Blood vs. Water, with her pair Lex Quinn where they were the winners. She returned in The Royalty Challenge: Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty with her team **Brawn** where she was the nineteenth eliminated; placing in 9th place.

In **Blood vs. Water**, Smash and her partner Lex were over-whelmed by the amount of people on the cast and therefore decided to lay low in the beginning. However, a wrench was thrown in their plan when their unsocial skills became noticed by the rest of the house; ultimately leading to them being voted in Round 2 against Henry Dang and Timmy Putnam. Throughout the first half of the game, they remained targets with no allies; winning another elimination against Christian Cruz/Lani Mami. Their games turned around when they teamed up with Blake Sanders/Tasha Gaspard in the Ginger Tea alliance; ultimately joining forces with the rest of the remaining rookie/rookie pairs and Ludvig Karlsson/Rhea Sunshine in the Praise Queen Rhea alliance. After being the underdogs the first half of the game, Lex/Smash engaged in arguments with Donnchadh Fitzgerald and Dorian Washington after their complaints about receiving votes. The opposing veteran alliance, Blood Ring, still viewed Smash and Lex as threats which got them targeted in the Round 8 daily challenge; landing them in last-place and in their third elimination. Unable to beat Ludvig/Rhea, they were eliminated but got a second shot at the game just after; beating out Derpy Yerger/TN Tea in the redemption challenge. With their new allies in hand, Lex/Smash managed to survive the endgame and make it to the finale. After a close battle with Julien Hiraga/Nick Miller, Lex/Smash managed to win the finale by just over a minute and were crowned the first pair and females to win *The Royalty Challenge*.

In **Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty**, Smash started the game representing Team Brawn. Smash didn't find herself in the majority alliance TFC Takeover on Brawn, but was later informed about it by former partner Lex. Smash played a quieter game compared to her previous season with the Brawn winning streak, but found herself a target for James X and Nick Miller during Brawn's first loss; being pitted against Marti De'Lyte in the elimination. After winning her first elimination this season, Smash made a comeback by following it up with a Leader win where she targeted rival Dorian Washington. During the swap, Smash found herself on the new Beauty team in the minority with former Brawn members Knife Weston and Sarah G. Managing to outlast her former Brawn members, Smash was the only target left on new Beauty and found herself voted into elimination by her team; resulting in her having a heated confrontation with Andy Cook as she felt her team were picking off the stronger members. Wanting to prove herself, Smash just came short of the win against Joshua Williams and was eliminated from the game.

## **The Royalty Challenge: Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty**

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## **Trivia**

* Smash, along with partner Lex, are the first female winners of *The Royalty Challenge*.
* Smash, along with partner Lex, are the first players to be eliminated, return to the game and then go onto win.
* Smash is the first winner to return and be eliminated.