The Caucus Challenge: Love & War

## Cast

The season features twenty-two of the most cutthroat and ruthless players where all of the previous few seasons have led up to this very pinnacle season.

## Description

The past four seasons have all lead up to this moment. We’ve had fresh meat, game changers, revolutions, and resurrections… but are these contestants ready for WAR. Rivalries, hardships, and alliances will be formed and broken. It’s time to settle the scores. It’s the end of an era…. Welcome to season 15, Love and War.

## Format

The contestants compete in multiple challenges followed by an elimination round known as *The Arena*. The three players of the opposite sex to complete the challenge will form the *Monarchy* which consists of six players granted safety for the upcoming elimination round. After the challenge is complete and the Monarchy is formed, the unsafe contestants have a couple of minutes to deliberate and strategize before partaking the *House Vote* where one girl and one guy that receive the most votes will compete in the Arena. The *Monarchy* is given time to discuss which male and female to send directly into elimination against the contestants nominated by the house majority vote, where after the house vote ends they send one male and one female into elimination. The male and female that win the elimination will stay in the game while the loser is eliminated from the game and is subjected to spectate the remainder of the game.

After the fourth challenge, the game turns into a team competition consisting of two teams of eight, four men and four women per team. Eliminations are no longer played as individuals rather than pairs consisting of the house vote. Each round a male and female player is designated as captain and if their team wins they are the only ones who are safe from elimination. The losing team of the daily challenge is set to vote a guy and girl on their team to compete together in the upcoming elimination. Then the captains must vote one guy and one girl from either the winning or losing team in elimination to send directly into the Arena against the losing team's nomination. The winning pair stays in the game while the losing pair is eliminated from the game and is subjected to spectate the remainder of the game.

### Twists

* **Life Lines:** Life Lines act as advantages given to player to increase their chances of winning the daily challenge. The twist ends once the team phase began.
	+ In the beginning of the game, the Life Lines were given to the male and female selected by the randomizer, which were Bradi and Mike
	+ Players that are eliminated have the option to give either a Life Line or a Grenade
* **Grenades:** Grenades hold power that can be used against any other player by the person eliminated the previous round to hinder the afflicted players' chances to win the daily challenge. The twist ends once the team phase began.
	+ In Episode 2, Terry was the loser of the elimination but due to an imbalance of genders, she was allowed back into the game but was automatically hindered by the Grenade for an upcoming challenge.
* **Teams:** Following the "Running Out of Time" challenge, the contestants were split into two opposing teams. The teams were chosen by the "Running Out of Time" winners Damaris & Tello. Team 1 was formed by Tello and Team 2 was formed by Damaris.
* **The Decision:** During the Final Challenge, male and female winner won the entire prize. Unbeknownst to the contestants until the final challenge, the person who accrues a faster time during aspects of the final challenge that are individually timed has a choice between keeping all the money to themselves or sharing it with their partner.

## Game Summary

### Episode Progress

Competition
     The contestant won the Final Challenge.
     The contestant lost the Final Challenge.
     The contestant was eliminated in the Final Challenge.
     The contestant won the daily challenge and was apart of the Monarchy or power position.
     The contestant won the daily challenge but was not apart of the Monarchy nor power position.
     The contestant was not selected for the Zone.
     The contestant was exempt from competing after surviving the Cleanse.
     The contestant was selected to compete in elimination but did not have to compete
     The contestant won in the Elimination.
     The contestant lost in the Elimination but was not eliminated
     The contestant lost in the Elimination and was eliminated.
     The contestant won the daily challenge and was apart of the Monarchy or power position but relinquished power after stalemating, was automatically selected for elimination, lost and was eliminated.
     The contestant was last place during the challenge but was not eliminated
     The contestant withdrew from the game.

## Trivia

* This season is the fourth season where a contestant was not eliminated after losing an elimination due to an imbalance of numbers of men or women
	+ There was a gender imbalance due to cast members Alyssa Bologsian and Deja Suarez either dropping out or being cut last second and there is presumed to be no female alternates available
	+ Although this is unknown as Matthias was an alternate used for JT Thybulle
* *Love & War* is the third season to have a gender imbalance where there were more male contestants than female contestants following Battle of the Best Friends and Resurrection
* *Love & War* has the most finalists that have gone to an elimination with seven of the eight finalists being sent into an elimination
* *Love & War* is the first season to implement a purge during the final
* After being crowned the female winner of this season, Mayelin is second person on The Caucus Challenge to win two seasons following Damaris.
	+ Mayelin is now also the second female on The Caucus Challenge to win two seasons
	+ Winning this season meant that Mayelin is also the first person to win two consecutive seasons

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The "Pole Wrestle" women's elimination between Jada and Michaela was canceled due to an imbalance of genders.
2. ↑ Due to an imbalance of genders, instead of being eliminated, Terry received the Grenade which will be used for the *Running Out of Time* daily challenge.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michaela forfeited before competing in the elimination revealing that it would be too dangerous for her to compete as she has pushed her limits via her injury. As a result, no elimination took place for the women.
4. ↑ The vote was a stalemate meaning the eligible contestants went into a wheel and the player(s) were randomly selected by the wheel to be sent into elimination.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jon V. withdrew before the elimination due to being injured. The men's elimination remained the same between Jaylen and Joel.
6. ↑ Although Mayelin was the women's vote for the Captain's pick, the men's vote tied between Jaylen and Tello. After a revote, neither Kristen nor Lance changed their vote so as a result both Kristen & Lance were automatically sent into elimination.
7. ↑ The player did not vote within fifteen seconds and automatically received a self vote.