The Esteban's Challenge: Extend or Exterminate

***Extend or Exterminate*** is the sixth season of *The Esteban's Challenge*. It premiered on December 12th,2022 and concluded on January 15th, 2023.

## Description

This season, thirty of the world's most infamous exes will travel to Panama for one of the most explosive Challenge formats to date. They will put their connections, social play and physical skills to the test in order to become the grand prize-winning couple. Can they put their problems aside and make it to the final, or will unfinished business make the competition hell?.

## Format

Each team will participate in numerous challenges followed by an elimination round known as "Dome". The winners of the challenge will be safe from elimination. One team will be voted into elimination via secret ballot. The challenge winners will receive the Power Vote which will give them two votes. The selected team will be revealed in Dome. The votes for that team will also be revealed. The selected team will then choose out of those teams who they would want to go against. The two teams will then compete in the elimination round. The winners stay in the game, while the losers are eliminated.
Prize money is split as follows:

* **Winners:** $500,000 ($250,000 each)

### Twists

* **Share or Steal:** The best player out of the winning pair will choose whether or not they will share the prize with their partner.
* **Mercenaries:** During eliminations, two teams of Mercenaries *(Denise & Marq and Peter & Suzzane)* will be brought in to compete for a chance to take another team's spot in the game.
* **Purge Challenges:** In some challenges, the last-place teams will be automatically eliminated from the game.

## Game Summary

### Elimination Progress

Competition
     The team won the Final Challenge.
     The team lost the Final Challenge.
     The team won the Challenge.
     The team won the Purge Challenge and earned an advantage for the next challenge.
     The team was not selected for the Dome.
     The team was revealed to be one of the Dome votes but were not chosen to compete.
     The team won in the Dome.
     The team won in the Dome by default.
     The Mercenaries won in the Dome and entered the game.
     The team lost in the Dome and was eliminated.
     The team was eliminated at the Challenge.
     A contestant was removed from the competition due to injury, so his/her partner was also eliminated.
     A contestant was disqualified from the competition, so his/her partner was also eliminated.
### Voting Progress

**Bold** indicates the winner of that week's challenge, earning them the Power Vote, so their vote against a team counts twice.

### Notes

1. ↑ Frankie & Nardo got into a physical altercation during the "Opening Challenge" purge challenge and they, along with their partners Giant & Matheus, were immediately disqualified. After the challenge, it was revealed that Neelam had a broken nose, so he and Maya were sent home. No team was purged and most didn't even finish the challenge.
2. ↑ Charlotte & Rodrigo, Eric & Mantis and Giant & Nicole E. entered the game prior to the "Wreck Yourself" challenge to serve as replacements due to multiple disqualifications.
3. ↑ Nicole D. and Noah finished the "Think Outside the Box" Dome before Esteban and Luisa, but were disqualified for not finding all the pieces. Prior to the elimination round, host Esteban stated in the rules that it was required to find all the puzzle pieces before escaping the cage; however, Nicole D. got out of the cage early. Therefore, Esteban & Luisa were declared winners by default.
4. ↑ Denise & Marq appeared in the Dome in Episode 5 as Mercenaries to compete against Cayo & Victoria for their spot in the game.
5. ↑ In Episode 7, the House Vote was tied between Christian & Michelle and Elke & Nathan. The winners Eric & Mantis got to choose between the teams and they chose Elke & Nathan. Because the tied, every team was eligible to be called out.
6. ↑ Peter & Suzzane appeared in the Dome in Episode 10 as Mercenaries to compete against Adam & Ella for their spot in the game.
7. ↑ Pilar was medically disqualified from the game after suffering a low back injury during the "What Goes Up, Must Come Down" challenge, Patrick was sent home for not having a partner.
8. ↑ Peter & Suzzane was brought back in the Dome in Episode 12 as Mercenaries and as a replacements for Patrick & Pilar.
9. ↑ In Episode 13, the House Vote was tied between Andres & Kyra, Denise & Marq, Eric & Mantis and John & Sher. The winners Giant & Nicole E got to choose between the teams and they chose Denise & Marq. Because the tied, every team was eligible to be called out.