The Global Challenge: Cash Grab 2

**Cash Grab 2** is the eleventh season played of The Global Challenge Series. The premiere of the season was May 19, 2022. The season and concluded June 18. 2022.

23 players were flown down to Andapa, Madagascar They will be competing for their share of the prize money pool of $600,000 and the title of Challenge Champions.

### Format

This season will be played in two teams. The teams will be decided at the start of the season and will not be permanent. Every episode will start with a daily challenge where everyone will compete as individuals or as a team. If individual, the overall winner of the challenge will win for their team and choose 2 players to join them in the empire. All 3 players cannot be voted into the Killing Floor. Team challenge empires will be determined in a multitude of ways.

After the Empire is established, they will nominate 1 person from any team publicly to enter the The Killing Floor. The losing team will also publicly vote for one of their members to enter the Killing Floor. Once the two players have been chosen, they will battle for survival, where the loser will be eliminated from the game.

Throughout the game, players can accumulate money in their individual bank accounts by doing a multitude of things. At the end of the game, players who reach the final will be guaranteed the money in their personal bank account. At a predetermined point in the season, the final will start, where the two teams will battle it out against each other to crown challenge champion(s)!

Prize money splits as follows

* **First Place:** $600,000 + individual bank
* **Second Place:** Individual bank

### Twists

* **Individual Bank Accounts:** Players are given money depending on what they do during the episode. For each daily win, players usually receive $4,000. For every empire they are apart of, players receive $2,000. For every elimination win, players will receive $500 and HALF the opponent's bank account.
* **Turncoats:** After each elimination challenge, the winner of the elimination is granted the decision whether they want to turncoat to the other team, or stick where they are.
* **Split Houses:** During Episode 6, the players were informed the round would be a DOUBLE elimination. The players would play a round against the people on their team. Using the same format, the winning 2 players on both teams would form their own empires. Both houses would vote, and both empires would do their selections. The 4 players in elimination would compete in a free for all elimination, where the bottom 2 would be eliminated from the game.
* **Team Swap:** At the end of Episode 6, it was revealed that the top 2 elimination winners had the power to shuffle teams. They would draft who they want on their teams.
A second instance of this twist happened during Episode 9. It was revealed the two winners of the purge challenge would have the same power.
The final team swap of the game happened right before the final. The winners of the daily challenge and the elimination round were designated team captains and drafted their respective teams.
* **Forced Mutiny:** During Episode 12, teams managed to become very unbalanced. So it was revealed that the players on Team Banana would have to vote one player to be forced to Mutiny over to Team Banana. During this first vote, Pikachad was sent over to Team Peach.
During Episode 13, the same dilemna was faced. but instead of one player, two players from Team Banana would be forced to move over to Team Peach. During this second vote, both Don and Kaz were sent over!
* **Item Shop:** Players were allowed to use their money to buy advantages in the item shop. This was a concurrent event throughout the game for most of the game.
	+ Here is the list of items the players have the chance of obtaining by earning money during the game:
		- The **BOOSTER** advantage, worth *$5,000*.
		The buyer of this item gets a little advantage in the next episode's daily challenge.
		- The **EXTRA VOTE** advantage, worth *$8,000*.
		The buyer of this items lets the buyer cast another vote during either the House Vote or the Empire Vote.
		- The **PLAYER SWAP** advantage, worth *$10,000*.
		The buyer of this item gets the ability to swap any two players and make them move to the other's team. They can choose to move themselves, or anyone of their choosing
		There were multiple instances when this advantage was used.

			* Episode 6: Pino was swapped to Team Peach, whereas Marks was swapped to Team Banana
			* Episode 10: Jesse was swapped to Team Peach, whereas Tristan was swapped to Team Banana
			* Episode 10: Kaz was swapped to Team Peach, whereas Pikachad was swapped to Team Banana
			* Episode 11: Jacob was swapped to Team Peach, whereas Kaz was swapped to Team Banana
			* Episode 11: Kaz was swapped to Team Peach, whereas Don was swapped to Team Banana
			* Episode 12: Mist was swapped to Team Peach, whereas Kaz was swapped to Team Banana
		- The **PUSH THE BUTTON** advantage, worth *$15,000*.
		The buyer of this item unlocks the chat '#button', which is accessible to anyone in the game. The player to type "I push the button" in the chat will trigger a 5 way elimination competition immediately. Themselves and 4 more players of their choosing will be dragged into elimination, and the last place contender will be eliminated.
		There was once instance where the advantage was used:

			* Episode 5: The button was activated by Jacob
		- The **POWER VOTE** advantage, worth *$20,000*.
		The buyer of this item enables the ability to automatically send one player straight to the elimination round, with no vote required. Forcing a 3 way elimination game.
		 There was one instance where this advantage was used.

			* Episode 11: The advantage was used to send Don into elimination.
		- The **REDRAFT** advantage, worth *$25,000*.
		The buyer of this item will choose a player to become a team captain. The buyer and the player of their choosing will pick new teams! They will pick in a snake draft fashion.

## Game Summary

### Elimination Chart

Notes
* During Episode 6, the Empire for Team Banana, consisting of Mist and Christian could not come to a middle ground on who to nominate for elimination. For this reason, the entire team banana empire was sent into elimination, resulting in both Mist and Christian being in elimination.

### The Killing Floor Progress

Teams
     The contestant was on Team Peach
     The contestant was on Team Banana
Competition
     The contestant won the final challenge
     The contestant lost the final challenge
     The contestant was the top player overall in the daily challenge
     The contestant was not the top player overall in the daily, but was placed in The Empire
     The contestant was safe from the elimination round
     The contestant was put into the elimination round and won
     The contestant won the daily challenge, but was sent into elimination and won
     The contestant was put into the elimination round and lost
     The contestant was eliminated during a purge
     The contestant was put into the elimination round and lost due to a production error
     The contestant was disqualified from the competition due to their own faults
     The contestant withdrew from the competition
### Bank Progress

**Note:** THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED! NO MONEY CHART FOR THIS SEASON!