Vendettas

***Vendettas*** is the 5th season of *Val's The Challenge*. This season premiered on October 16th, 2023 and concluded on November 11th, 2023.

## Description

For the series' milestone fifth season, previous vendettas and rivalries will go up in flames after being pursued in this intense season of *Val's The Challenge*. To be cautious of your vendettas is only one part of the game, as they'll also be competing against their rivals for the grand prize.

## Format

* **Daily Challenge:** Each round, the players compete in a challenge. The challenges vary between individual and team challenges. The winners split $25,000 for their individual bank accounts.
	+ In an individual challenge, the three best performers in the challenge form the Troika, while the worst-performer is nominated for elimination.
	+ In team challenges, the winning team elects the Troika among themselves, while the losing team must vote immediately for a teammate to face elimination.
* **Troika & Inquisition:** The three players in the Troika are immune from entering the Elimination Round. Following the daily challenge, the Troika must nominate three players for the Elimination Round. The nominees face the "Inquisition", where they have the chance to plead their case to the Troika as to why they shouldn't be voted into the Elimination Round.
* **Elimination (The Ring):** In "The Ring", the Troika votes for one of the players who faced the Inquisition to compete in the Elimination Round against the worst-performer of the daily challenge. The winner stays in the game, while the loser is eliminated and their bank account is added into the elimination winner's bank account.

### Twists

* **Individual Bank Accounts:** Money will be up for grabs during each challenge and will be split evenly between the winners of that challenge. The players also have the opportunity to gain more money to their bank account by winning an elimination against another player, gaining the balance in their bank account.
* **Grenades:** The winner of the elimination round earns a grenade which allows them to give any player of their choosing a punishment.
* **Mercenaries:** During the double elimination round, a set of Mercenaries were brought in to face the challengers in the Ring. Absol Bot, Florita Colada, Sink Vega, Stefan Torres were brought in as Mercenaries for Episode 5 and Darren Sullivan, Sand Castle, Dill Chips and Susabeth Poomputhy were brought in as Mercenaries for Episode 10.

## Game Summary

### Elimination Chart

* **\*1** - Marlon & Alsy were set to be in the bottom four in the "On The Rocks" purge challenge. After the results, it was revealed that they both cheated in the challenge, disqualifying them and becoming the first two players purged.

### Elimination Progress

* **\*2** - Mousea used the Put Up or Shut Up grenade on Talia, leading her to be an automatic nominee as she was not part of the Troika.
* **\*3** - Edvin used the Put Up or Shut Up grenade on Gracie, leading her to be an automatic nominee as she was not part of the Troika.

Competition
     The contestant finished the Final Challenge and won.
     The contestant finished the Final Challenge and lost.
     The contestant was eliminated at the Final Challenge.
     The contestant won the challenge and was part of the Troika.
     The contestant won the challenge but was not part of the Troika and was still eligible for elimination.
     The contestant did not win the challenge, but was part of the Troika.
     The contestant was not selected for the Ring.
     The contestant was nominated by the Troika for the Inquisition, but was not selected for the elimination round.
     The contestant won the challenge, was not selected to be in the Troika but was nominated by the Troika for the Inquisition, but ultimately was not selected for the elimination round.
     The contestant won the elimination in the Ring.
     The contestant won the challenge, but was selected for the Ring, and won.
     The contestant won the challenge, but was selected for the Ring, and lost.
     The contestant was eliminated in the Ring.
     The contestant was eliminated for finishing last in the challenge.
     The contestant was disqualified.

### Voting History

**Bold** indicates the contestant was in the Troika.

*Italic* indicates the contestant did not vote and received a self-vote.