The Cataclysm: Socotra Island

**The Cataclysm: Socotra Island** was the 28th season of the fictional reality competition series *The Cataclysm*. Taking place in the Socotra Archipelago of Yemen, ten men and ten women, compete in the ultimate test of strength, endurance, and intelligence in order to be the "last one standing" and claim the $2,000,000 prize.

Contestants Ayla Lewis, Brad Gotti, and Cassidy Lambert made their returns for *The Cataclysm: Resurrection II*.

## Format

* **Exemption Challenge:**The Cataclysm's immunity challenge. The winners of this challenge are exempt from elimination.
* **Commander:** Prior to an exemption challenge during the faction stage, each team must select a member to be the team captain. This player becomes the Commander for that challenge. The Commander of the winning faction gets to nominate three players from the opposite team to face the voting ballot.
* **Final Challenge:**The finalists are determined in a Final Challenge, where the remaining contestants compete in a multi-level final competition that determines who advances to the end. In this season, the remaining five contestants compete to earn one of three final spots and the losers become the final members of the jury.
* **Ballot:**The Cataclysm's elimination round. Those nominated to face the ballot risk being eliminated.

## New Twists/Changes

* **Medallions:** The Medallions, **Resurrection, Fire, and Chaos**, are added back into the game in their original form.
* **Faction Draft:** Factions are made to change twice this season, on episodes 3 and 7 specifically.
* **Tie Breaker**: As a result of a tie in the voting ballot, the two who received equal votes will compete in a duel in order to break it.

## Episode Progress

Legend

 Runner-Up
 2nd Runner-Up
 SAFE
 LOW
 BTM
 ELIM

## Notes

* On Episode 2, the voting ballot came to a tie between Brad and Miriam. As a result, they competed in a duel and Miriam was eliminated.
* On Episode 5, Brad played the **Resurrection Medallion**, thus removing his name from the voting ballot.
* On Episode 8, Daniel played the **Chaos Medallion**, thus adding everyone into the voting ballot.
* On Episode 10, Koby played the **Fire Medallion**, adding Elaine into the voting ballot.
* On Episode 11, Garrett played the **Resurrection Medallion**, thus removing his name from the voting ballot.
* On Episode 12, the voting ballot came to a tie between Brad and Cassidy. As a result, they competed in a duel and Cassidy was eliminated.
* On Episode 14, Billie played the **Resurrection Medallion**, thus removing her name from the voting ballot.

## Season Summary

The 20 new contestants were split into the Dixam and Halah factions, quickly forming into their own subgroups and alliances. The trading of power back and forth led to a small rivalry between Brad and Rhys, who nominated each other in the first two episodes. During those first two episodes, the factions came to close votes in the ballot eliminating Jeremy and Miriam. In episode 2, a tie forced Miriam's elimination in a duel.

Episode 3 saw a faction draft, which caused contestants to scramble into new plans. Rhys' and Frankie's eliminations so followed. The alliance of Brad, Habib, and Frankie quickly became a target of the new Dixam faction. A newly formed alliance between Cassidy, Daniel, Irena, and Tera allowed them to take control on episode 5 by using their old connections on Dixam to continue the target on Brad's side. Brad was able to save himself that round, but led to Habib's elimination. The shift in power subsequently led to Vivian's elimination the following episode as she was on the outs

Episode 7 saw a second faction draft of the season, which led to opposing alliances grouped together on the same faction. The new Halah had the Cassidy/Daniel and Eddie/Elaine/Garrett alliances while the new Dixam cast Brad as the outsider with women he's been targeted by from the start. Sensing an upcoming merge, Brad made deals with Irena & Tera and Billie & Sabrina targeting Ayla instead, leading to Ayla's elimination. The next episode, Brad was on a roll as Dixam won the exemption challenge with him as Commander. Despite nominating Cassidy, Daniel, and Eddie, the opposing alliances on Halah called a truce to retaliate against Brad. This led to Daniel playing a Chaos Medallion, adding everyone to the ballot to vote out Brad's last original ally, Anwar.

The solo stage officially began on Episode 8 bringing the remaining contestants together again on one terf. The multiple existing relationships navigated the new surroundings with the exception of Imogen, who was ousted in the mix. With the target again shifting in their direction, Garrett convinced Elaine to target Eddie leading to his elimination. However the tides turned on Garrett when Koby used the Fire Medallion to eliminated Elaine in order to save his ally, Tera. Being without allies, Imogen and Garrett bonded and ultimately formed a secret alliance. When Brad attempted to target them, Garrett played the Resurrection Medallion and the new secret duo pushed the vote towards Irena. Imogen winning the following Exemption Challenge allowed them to target the biggest threats in the game: Brad and the power alliance of Cassidy and Daniel. When the votes came to a tie, Brad won another duel and Cassidy was subsequently eliminated. With the power once again on their side, Imogen and Garrett decided to vote with Brad, Koby, and Tera to eliminate Daniel.

Facing danger for the first time in the game, Billie and Sabrina were forced to come up with a new plan to save themselves. When Imogen once again won the Exemption Challenge, Billie and Sabrina offered deals to Garrett and Tera with the promise to help make the final 3 together. Seeing Brad as a physical threat in the final challenge, Garrett and Tera decided to flip and Brad was eliminated. In the last Exemption Challenge of the season, Sabrina won and secured a place for her and Billie in the final. When debating jury threats as well as threats to do well in the Final Challenge, Tera was considered a threat to win and was voted out as a result.

In the Final Challenge of the season, Billie and Koby were eliminated and became the final jury members. In the end, Garrett, Imogen, and Sabrina got to plead their case to the jury as why they deserved to win. The jury was divided on each of the finalists. Garrett argued he laid low initially and became a bigger, "flashier" player as time went on. By switching to vote out Eddie and Brad and aligning with Imogen, Garrett told the jury he carved his way to the final by making the right moves at the right time. Imogen argued that her social skills got her through the faction stage and that she evolved into a power player later on with her challenge wins. By aligning with Garrett, Imogen argued she became part of a power duo and executed major moves against Irena and Cassidy/Daniel. Sabrina argued her game was "low key and consistent," as she expressed her ability to draw allies to her and remain free from danger until the very end. Her cunning social strategy allowed her to form a strong partnership with Billie and navigate herself among all the alliances that formed over the season.

The jury ultimately was divided with the finalists. Garrett left a bad taste in the jury's mouthes as they felt he wasn't the power player he claimed to be, with Brad specifically saying "he piggybacked off the work of others." Imogen and Sabrina were divided among jurors who either preferred Imogen for her tenacity or Sabrina for her consistency. Ultimately, the jury crowned Sabrina Johnston the winner of The Cataclysm: Socotra Island in a landslide 7-1-1 vote.