Season 3

The ***third season*** of competitive reality show *The Totem Pole* which premiered on September 15, 2019. The show featured twelve new contestants, alongside two returning players. The show was hosted by Wesley Bryant. This season had an overarching theme of "baggage" whether personal and/or literal.

Joshua Calhoun defeated Shane Kenaston and Sabrina Nelson with a vote of 5-2-0.

## Format

Each round is divided into five distinct phases.

* **The Totem Challenge**: All players compete in a challenge to win immunity from elimination for that given round.
* **The Placement**: The winner of the Totem Challenge will then publicly determine the Totem Pole order. The bottom five would be vulnerable at the vote.
* **The Switch**: The players will vote for one player to become The Switch. That player will swap two players order on the Totem Pole (with the exception of the Totem Challenge winner) from the first elimination onward, the two most recently eliminated players determine The Switch without knowledge of the current Totem Pole.
* **The Defender**: The player ranked at the bottom of the Totem Pole (post-switch) must select one player to become their Defender. The Defender is offered two options; choosing *Safety* awards the bottom of the Totem Pole immunity from elimination, whilst *Power* eliminates the bottom of the Totem Pole but doing so releases a twist to the remaining players. The decision of the Defender for this season is made away from the remaining players and announced afterwards by the host, Wesley.
* **The Vote**: All remaining players (post-Defender) are given a finite amount of time to vote one player from the bottom five of the Totem Pole out of the game.

## Twists

* **Returning Players**: Kadia from *Season 1* and Jase from *Season 2* return to play with the new competitors.
* **Baggage**: Four players each have a pre-existing, though conflicted, relationship. Connor and Nicole routinely target one another in online games whilst Jackie and Luke were once close friends.
* **Battleback**: Nicole, Asher, Derrick, and Jada competed in a series of elimination-style competitions to return to the game.

### Defender Twists

The Defender this season made their choice away from the remaining players with the decision announced by Wesley shortly

## Players

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **2nd Runner-Up**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

 **Eliminated**

## Totem Pole history

### Notes

* In Episode 6, Derrick as the Defender chose the Save Card which forced the Top and Bottom of the Totem Pole (Jase and Jackie, respectively) to redraw a new Totem Pole with the player ranked at the bottom being immediately eliminated. The decision was not revealed until Episode 7.
* In Episode 8, Shane played a Reverse-Switch card, negating the actions of the current Switch (Luke) and keeping the original placement set by Joshua.
* In Episode 10, Derrick played a Secret Advantage to increase his ranking in the Totem Pole by 2 positions, with his final position being 5th instead of 7th. After Kadia was eliminated by Derrick as the Defender, he earned a *Second Switch* to change placement on the Totem Pole once more.
* In Episode 12, Derrick as the Defender chose the Save Card which activated a Domino Effect. The Top and Bottom of the Totem Pole (Sabrina and Shane, respectively) would be ranked in the first two positions with the person selected third by Shane determining who would be eliminated.

## Voting history

### Notes

* In Episode 9, the vote resulted in a tie between Jackie and Luke. The remaining players (with the exception of Jackie and Luke) re-vote between those tied.

* In Episode 10, Jase played an Expose Card on Derrick to publicly reveal his vote.

* In Episode 11, Sabrina played an Expose Card for a Public vote.