Battle Of The Allies

**Battle Of The Allies** is the first season of *The Challenge*. Filming took place on November 16th, 2019.

## Description

*The Challenge: Battle Of The Allies* brings together 16 people from shows like *Big Brother*, to *The Real World*, to *American Ninja Warrior*, to battle across a series of competitions for the chance to prove that they have what it takes to become the first Challenge Champion! The group will have to survive twist after twist in order to get themselves to the end of the game and claim the cash prize. With devastating elimination rounds, truly baffling blindsides and a puzzling finale, this first Season may just prove to be the most unpredictable and gripping show yet!

## Format

*Battle Of The Allies* features a main challenge, a nomination process, and an elimination round.

* **Daily Challenge:** Players compete in the main challenge individually. The winning player would privately then select a secret winner.
* **Nominations:** Everyone who did not win the main challenge will participate in nominations and must nominate one player to compete in the elimination round. They are given a chance to discuss the nominations before voting in an open vote. The player who receives the most votes will participate in the elimination round.
* **Secret Pick:** Following nominations, the secret winner will choose any player - who is not immune or voted in - to compete against the house's nomination in the elimination round.
* **Eliminations (Arena):** The player selected by nomination participates in an elimination round against the player selected by the secret winner, The loser is eliminated while the winner remains in the game.

## Gameplay

### Challenge games

* **High Dive:** Players run and jump off a platform that is suspended 150 feet above a waterfall. Players have to run and jump off the platform before a white line and clear as many hash marks as possible. A player is disqualified if they step on the white line that is located inches from the end of the platform. The Player that clears the most hash marks in the shortest amount of time wins.
	+ **Winner:** *TaliaDavidson*
* **Car Crusher:** Players smash cars using a Caterpillar, and have to flatten a car to where the team can push the car with the bucket to their goal. A player is disqualified if they pick up their car with the bucket, maneuver outside of the course boundary or knock over the crossbar at their goal with the bucket or any piece of a smashed car. The player that slides their smashed car through their goal in the fastest time without disqualifying wins.
	+ **Winner:** *AlinaRose*
* **Sync or Swim:** Players start inside of a large container filled with 1,000 pounds of sand that is hanging from a platform. When players begin shoveling out the sand, their container rises to a platform, where each player then has to jump to a zip line and ride it to the water, where the player that swims fastest to the finish line wins. A player is disqualified if they pull the zip line toward them at the top of the platform instead of jumping from the platform toward the zip line.
	+ **Winner:** *FunLegitEnderGirl*
* **Hammock Crawl:** Players have to move from one end of a platform to the other within a 15-minute time limit, only using hammocks that are hanging from the bottom of the platform. Players are only allowed to touch two hammocks at any time. A player is disqualified if more than two hammocks are being touched at any time, or if they fall into the water. The player that makes it from one end of the platform to the other in the fastest time without disqualifying wins.
	+ **Winner:** *PhilRowe*
* **Against the Current:** Players have to paddle upstream in a kayak until the current pushes them out of the zone, after which players have to paddle the opposite direction to the finish line. If one player falls out of a kayak, they have 30 seconds to push the kayak past the finish line in order to avoid disqualification. The player with the lowest time differential of paddling upstream and subsequent paddling in the reverse direction to the finish line wins.
	+ **Winner:** *AlinaRose*
* **Catch & Release:** This challenge was played in duos. One player from each duo is suspended 30 feet above water, while the other partner has to run and jump on a platform toward their teammate, and have their momentum carried them (via a zip line) toward the water. Once a team has determined that they have gone far enough, they can hit their release harness, which drops them into the water. The teams then have to swim toward a red buoy, which indicates the finish line. They would have to mutually decide who would win safety.
	+ **Winner:** *N4th4n1e*
* **Sawed Off:** This challenge was played in duos. One player from each duos is hanging from ropes, from a platform 30 feet above water. Their teammates have to use a high-powered fire hose to spray at the ropes, and with the force of the water, push the ropes toward an arrowhead blade until each rope slices on the blades, dropping their teammates into the water. A team is disqualified if their partner doesn't drop into the water within 20 minutes. The team with the fastest time wins, and must mutually decide who will win safety.
	+ **Winner:** *AlinaRose*
* **Bombs Away:** This challenge was played in duos. One player is strapped to the bottom of a helicopter, while their teammate has to climb up a 20-foot rope and pull a rip cord, which will release that player into the water. Once the player climbing up a rope drops their teammate into the water, that player has launch into the water, which will stop the team time, in which the fastest time will determine the winner, as well as mutually deciding who will win safety. A team is disqualified if the player climbing up the rope drops into the water before their opponent.
	+ **Winner:** *N4th4n1e*
* **Untie It Up:** Players will face off head to head in rounds. Each player will have 15 minutes to untie three sections of rope and remove it from the circle. The winner remains in the game and chooses the next two players to compete. The loser is eliminated. If no player can untie all three sections within the 15 minute time limit, they are both eliminated and the next two to face off will be chosen at random. The last player standing will win safety.
	+ **Winner:** *AlinaRose*
* **Flip the Switch:** Players begin on opposite sides of a hallway, each with ten barrels attached to poles. They must flip all ten barrels over the rail so that it lands on their opponent's side. The first player to flip all ten barrels and flip the switch at the end wins.
	+ **Winner:** *N4th4n1e*
* **The Purge:** Players must complete all 5 stations. The first station being an obby, the second being a puzzle, third being blocks, fourth being clicking, and fifth being endurance. Once all is done, they must run back to the starting line. The first player to do so will win, while the last player will be eliminated.
	+ **Winner:** *GabbyIsBetter*
	+ **Eliminated:** *N4th4n1e*

### Purgatory games

* **Eyes on the Prize:** Players begin in a bin with one hundred balls. They must unload all one hundred balls from the bin before searching for the red skull. The first player to retrieve their red skull wins.
	+ **Played by:** *Space vs. Spider*, *Phil vs. Spider*
* **Crunch:** Players begin with 15 plates of British Colombian dishes. They must finish all of the plates. The first player to finish all 15 plates wins.
	+ **Played by:** *DJ vs. Spider*, *Maddie vs. Spider*
* **Puzzle Pyramid:** Players will try to solve two same-colored puzzles on a rotating pyramid in under three minutes. After three minutes, the next player will try to solve their respective puzzle. The first player to finish both of their puzzles first will win. If the first player completes their puzzle, the second player has a limited amount of time to complete their puzzle or they lose.
	+ **Played by:** *Jazelle vs. Spider*, *Gabby vs. Spider*
* **Maze Runner:** Each player has a skull attached to them. Players will search through the maze to find their opponent, return to their goal and score. The first player to score twice wins.
	+ **Played by:** *Alston vs. Krist*, *Jdawg vs. Nathan*
* **Balls In:** Each player is given five chances to get as many balls inside a barrel, located in the middle of a large circle. If a player is either knocked out of or steps out of the ring, or if the ball is knocked out of the ring, their ball is considered "dead." Players alternate between offense and defense in each round. The player who has more baskets than their opponent after five rounds wins the elimination round.
	+ **Played by:** *Deja vs. Spider*, *Fun vs. Znuiie*

### Final Challenge

The final challenge, **The Death Path**, was competed by the remaining six players individually. The path was over 50 miles long. Each player's individual times were recorded and added up to determine the winner of the season at the end of the final. During the final, competitors were eliminated until four remaining competitors crossed the finish line where the results were announced.

#### Final Results

* **Winner:** Gabby ($350,000)
* **Runner-Up:** Krist ($100,000)
* **Third Place:** Alina ($50,000)
* **Fourth Place:** Talia ($0)

## Game summary

### Arena progress

Competition
     The contestant won the final challenge.
     The contestant lost the final challenge.
     The contestant did not finish the final challenge.
     The contestant won the challenge.
     The contestant was the secret winner.
     The contestant was not selected for the Arena.
     The contestant won in the Arena.
     The contestant lost in the Arena.
     The contestant was eliminated at the challenge site.
## After filming

### Subsequent Challenges

Challenge in **bold** indicates that the contestant was a finalist on *The Challenge*.