Pulse Last Stand Season 1

***Pulse Last Stand Season 1*** is the first season of the online competition series *Pulse Last Stand*. It began on December 19, 2019 and the season finale was held on February 28, 2020.

This season has 15 cast members and 3 permanent judges. The winner of this season is **Walt91.**

## Castings

The 15 cast members of this season are;

The 3 regular judges for this season are;

 MoD
 Lukas

## Round 1 - Literally Anything

For this round, contestants had to send any song they like. No restriction.

**Spidey** failed to send by the deadline and thus got eliminated outside the judging panel. **Walt91** impressed the judges the most and won the round. **Au$tin** and **Jug** only managed to barely impressed **Sambalada** and landed in the bottom two. **Au$tin** was eliminated as **Jug** beat him by .1 point.

* + First Call-Out: Walt91

* + Hall of Fame entry: The Cure - "Lovesong"

* + Bottom Two: Au$tin & Jug

* + Eliminated: Au$tin

## Round 2 - Holiday Season Calling

For this round, contestants had to send a Christmas song. **Lukas** was unable to judge and **Au$tin** was asked to guest judge.

**Trilogy** sent the only song that received unanimous praise by the judges and won the round. **Adrian C** sent a charity song and the judges detested the selection while **Carrie** sent a song that received the lowest score from any judges this round. Both landed in the bottom two but **Carrie** survived and **Adrian C.** was sent home.

* + Eliminated outside judging panel: Spidey

* + First Call-Out: Trilogy

* + Hall of Fame entry: The Ronettes - "Sleigh Ride"

* + Bottom Two: Adrian C. & Carrie

* + Eliminated: Adrian C.

## Round 3 - You're A Winner Baby

For this round, contestants had to send a song that has won a rankdown. **Jug** suggested that the eliminated contestant need to judge the round after their elimination. The idea appealed to everyone and thus **Adrian C.** was brought back to guest judge.

The round was proved to be super competitive but **Io** came through with two perfect scores from **MoD** and **Adrian C.** and secured their win, solidifying their place as a frontrunner after placed at third place twice in a row. **Trilogy** also continued his top 2 finish streak for the third time. **Nick Perkins** received a perfect score from **Sambalada** and placed at third. **Jug** also received a perfect score, from **Lukas**. In the strong round, both **Charmander'**s and **Walt91'**s selections fell flat and they landed in the bottom two. **Walt91** was spared from elimination and **Charmander** was sent packing.

* + First Call-Out: Io

* + Hall of Fame entry: Coldplay - "Don't Panic"

* + Bottom Two: Charmander & Walt91

* + Eliminated: Charmander

## Round 4 - Shorty

For this round, contestants had to send a short song under 3 minutes. **Surfboardt** was asked to guest judge.

**Nick Perkins** impressed everyone with the classic duet from Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, while **Indulge** once again had to settle with second place. **Io** extended their top 3 streak for the forth round in a row. **Carrie'**s choice didn't impress the judges and she landed in the bottom two for the second time, but it was **Leo** who got eliminated for sending the lowest scoring song of the season.

* + First Call-Out: Nick Perkins

* + Hall of Fame entry: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

* + Bottom Two: Carrie & Leo

* + Eliminated: Leo

## Round 5 - Teh Sex

For this round, contestants had to send a song about sex.

**Walt91** bounced back and got his second win of the season, becoming the first contestant in history to secure more than one win in one season. **Nick Perkins** held on and got second place this time. **Indulge** and **Mayman** landed in bottom two for their lackluster submissions. **Indulge** got eliminated in a shocking elimination, despite having placed at second place twice before.

* + First Call-Out: Walt91

* + Hall of Fame entry: Ariana Grande & The Weeknd - "Love Me Harder"

* + Bottom Two: Indulge & Mayman

* + Eliminated: Indulge

## Round 6 - OK Boomer

For this round, contestants had to send by an artist who is younger than 25 years old. **Mylo** was the guest judge for this round.

**Carrie** and **Trilogy** both sent a Dua Lipa song and they were the top 2 for this round, with **Carrie** getting her first win. On the other side, **Bigfan** sent yet another country song and landed in the bottom two along with frontrunner **Nick Perkins** whose submission didn't catch the judges' hearts. The former was declared safe, leaving **Nick Perkins** as the eliminated contestant. But it was revealed next that this was a non-elimination round and he would still be competing and get a -0.5 penalty from each judges's scores next round.

* + First Call-Out: Carrie

* + Hall of Fame entry: Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now"

* + Bottom Two: Bigfan & Nick Perkins

* + Eliminated (but saved): Nick Perkins

## Round 7 - Golden Country

For this round, contestants had to send a country song from before 2010. **Fearless** was the guest judge for this round.

In the middle of the judging period, **Io** boardicided and this news shocked everyone. **Sambalada** decided to keep it an elimination round while **Io'**s fate remained unknown. On a lighter news, **Jug** completed his redemption arc as he become the winner of this round. Ironically, the two country posters remaining, **Bigfan** and **Carrie** landed in the bottom two together. The former for the second consecutive time and the latter for the third time. **Bigfan** was declared safe and **Carrie** was eliminated from the game despite her winning the previous round.

* + First Call-Out: Jug

* + Hall of Fame entry: Johnny Cash - "Hurt"

* + Bottom Two: Bigfan & Carrie

* + Eliminated: Carrie

## Round 8 - For The ESL

For this round, contestants had to send a song in foreign language. **Juan Carlos** was the guest judge for this round.

**Io** didn't return so they were officially eliminated from the competition. The judges weren't very impressed with this round in general but **Trilogy** wow'ed every judges with his song and ran away with the win. The gap between him and the second place, **Hamed**, was 10 whole points. **Bigfan** and **Mayman** landed in the bottom two and to no one's surprise, "Mi Gente" ended **Bigfan'**s journey in the game.

* + Eliminated outside judging panel: Io

* + First Call-Out: Trilogy

* + Hall of Fame entry: Sigur Ros - "Hoppipolla"

* + Bottom Two: Bigfan & Mayman

* + Eliminated: Bigfan

## Round 9 - Talk Fast Music

For this round, contestants had to send a 1990s rap song. **Willapted** and **Shooter** were the guest judges for this round.

Despite a tanking from **Bigfan**, **Trilogy** secured his third win of the season, barely beating **Nick Perkins** by .2 points. **Hamed** and **Jug** were the bottom two, and **Jug'**s lack of drive ultimately got him eliminated from the competition.

* + First Call-Out: Trilogy

* + Hall of Fame entry: OutKast - "Rosa Parks"

* + Bottom Two: Hamed & Jug

* + Eliminated: Jug

## Round 10 - Storytellers

For this round, contestants had to send a song that tells a story. **Tanooki** and **Woods** were the guest judges for this round. However, **Woods** bailed out of duty and was replaced by **Matt**.

The contestants were celebrating that they make the final 5. **Mayman** proved himself to be the top dog for this round and got his first win of the season. **Nick Perkins**, **Trilogy**, and **Walt91** were neck-to-neck in points but it was **Nick Perkins** who landed on the bottom two along with **Hamed**, who got eliminated for sending the weakest track of the bunch.

* + First Call-Out: Mayman

* + Hall of Fame entry: Kendrick Lamar - "The Art Of Peer Pressure"

* + Bottom Two: Hamed & Nick Perkins

* + Eliminated: Hamed

## Round 11 - The Motown Soul

For this round, contestants had to send a song from the Motown record. **BB** and **fighter74** were the guest judges for this round.

**Trilogy** once again stole the attention by winning yet another round, adding a fourth win to his resume. **Nick Perkins** also impressed and became the second person to be declared safe. **Mayman** and **Walt91** landed in the bottom two, both for not living up to the expectation of the final four. After **Walt91** was called to safety, it was revealed that due to **Io'**s sudden exit, **Sambalada** has decided to make this a surprise non-elimination round, and **Mayman** was also called to safety. He was told he'd be getting a -4 penalty from every judges's scores in the next round.

* + First Call-Out: Trilogy

* + Hall of Fame entry: The Supremes - "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

* + Bottom Two: Mayman & Walt91

* + Eliminated (but saved): Mayman

## Round 12 - The Godfather of Pop

For this round, contestants had to send a synthpop song. **Gates** and **Born** were the guest judges for this round.

**Trilogy** was the only contestant to not get a single score under an 8, and he easily took home his fifth win of the season and also securing a spot in the final round. **Walt91** quickly joined **Trilogy** in the final round. **Mayman** did pretty well but was bumped down to the bottom two by his penalty. **Nick Perkins** also did well before **Lukas'**s score sank him down to the bottom two. It was **Mayman'**s forth and **Nick Perkins'**s third bottom two. In what seemed to be the most controversial elimination of the season, the later was sent packing.

* + First Call-Out: Trilogy

* + Hall of Fame entry: Ultravox - "Vienna"

* + Bottom Two: Mayman & Nick Perkins

* + Eliminated: Nick Perkins

## Final Round - Goodbye 2010s

For the final round, the final three had to send a song by an artist who passed away in the 2010s. **District**, **Samosaurus**, and **Ry4n** were the guest judges for this round.

**Walt91** received the highest total score and became the first finalist. **Mayman** and **Trilogy** was left standing in the bottom two. Despite collecting 5 wins in his pocket throughout the season, **Trilogy** was sent home for sending the weaker track out of the three and **Mayman** advanced as the second finalist.

* + Final Three: Mayman, Trilogy, & Walt91

* + First Call-Out: Walt91

* + Hall of Fame entry: Amy Winehouse - "Back To Black"

* + Bottom Two: Mayman & Trilogy

* + Eliminated: Trilogy

## Finale

The final voting was split into three parts; the judges's vote, the previously eliminated contestants's vote, and audience's vote. Voting was open for 7 days.

With a vote of 3-0, Walt91 was announced to be the winner of the Pulse Last Stand Season 1.

 MoD
 Lukas

* + Final Two: Mayman & Walt91

* + Eliminated: Mayman

* + Last Man Standing: Walt91

## Season in Review

* + Song of the Season: Coldplay - "Don't Panic" (*sent by Io in Round 3*)

 Walt91
 Mayman
 Nick Perkins
 Jug
 Io
 Carrie