Marti De'Lyte

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**Marti De'Lyte** was a non-binary contestant that competed on ***The Royalty Challenge***. They first appeared on the third season, The Royalty Challenge: Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty, with their team **Brain** where they was the tenth eliminated; placing in 18th place. They returned in The Royalty Challenge: Tokyo Drift with their Fresh Meat pair Jaylen Goldberg where they was the fifteenth eliminated; leaving and placing individually in 7th place.

In **Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty**, Marti started the game representing Team Brain. Marti became a target for the Brain veterans; which lead to them calling out their team and engaging in confrontation with new rival Dorian Washington. After winning their elimination match-up, they decided to trade places with Queenasia Carr on Team Brawn; feeling that team was stronger on paper. Winning 2 daily challenges with Brawn, including a Leader win, Marti felt more comfortable and part of the team; but knew their game had to be stepped up if they lost any dailies as they were the Turncoat. After their bold personality started to rub people the wrong way, Sarah G and her alliance targeted them for being "delusional" after Brawn lost the third daily. Marti sensed the move was coming as they were being ignored by the team. Feeling defeated, they entered elimination with the mindset that no one wanted them in the game; and lost their elimination match-up against the previous season winner Ellie Smash; resulting in them going home.

In **Tokyo Drift**, Marti was paired up with Rookie Jaylen during the Fresh Meat pair twist. Marti returned with the hopes of redemption; but instantly fell on the outs after being left out of Christian Cruz's majority alliance Teamwork Makes The Dreamwork; but got pulled into Jamie Fitzgerald's counter-alliance The Leftovers. Marti found themself in early drama once again after jokingly calling Ny Love a whore; being confronted by Christian and then by Ny herself at a later point. Paranoid about being a target, Marti publicly exposed that they knew about the majority alliance; making the whole house aware that it was public knowledge and leaked by Christian's partner Katie Jenkins. After Overtakers Allen King/Tasha Gaspard nominated Christian/Katie, Marti strategically threw their vote to avoid being called-out for elimination; but was left frustrated when his partner Jaylen voted for them. After being called-out for elimination by Christian/Katie, they both managed to take home the win and remain in the game. Agreeing to communicate, the pair aimed to burn their votes in future to avoid being in another elimination. However, the target on Marti grew as they got involved in multiple arguments early on; exposing The Leftovers alliance because they felt on the bottom and calling Devin Tauruan a snake. In Round 4 after Marti publicly told Jamie they voted for him, they both got involved in a heated confrontation; Marti called-out Jamie's rat game and Jamie called out Marti's scared game. Being called-out for the double elimination by Allen/Tasha, Marti made it clear to Jaylen they wanted to bring DLS Theqhat/Tina Savage in with them. With the odds against them, Marti/Jaylen managed to get their second elimination win and remained in the game. In Round 5, they were nominated for the first time by The Overtakers Caoimhe Mulcahy/Donnchadh Fitzgerald; but weren't voted by the majority and escaped entering their third elimination.

Entering the individual stage of the game, Marti and their alliance, the VC Gang with Marq Savage and Nasir Gemini, were the main targets in the house for their messy gameplay and consistent involvement in drama. They was nominated by Overtaker Alex Rose in Round 6; but survived the house-vote against Marq to then lose ally Jaylen in the process. Marti was involved in further conflict when ally Nasir exposed to Caoimhe what they were saying about her on call; leading to Marti confronting and questioning Nasir's loyalty in their alliance chat. Putting their differences aside, Marti lost both of their close allies in Round 7 when they got eliminated during the mercenary twist. Left without allies, they continued to burn their vote to avoid being called-out. After being nominated by Caoimhe in Round 9, Marti's sassy personality still kept themself in loop with the house drama; joining the house vs. Alex and questioning whether Alex wanted them in the game or not. Making it to the round before the finale, Marti could no longer hide behind their burn-vote as they took a shot to send Devin into elimination; to then be called-out for their third elimination of the season. However, shortly before the elimination was to begin, Marti received personal news and therefore had to pull themself from the game; ending their journey on the season.

## **Trivia**

* Marti is the first non-binary challenger to appear on any season of The Royalty Challenge.
* Marti was the only representative from **Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty** to take part on **Tokyo Drift**.