Season 1

The ***first season*** of the competitive reality show, *The Totem Pole*, which premiered on January 26, 2019. The show featured thirteen contestants and was hosted by Sean Lewis.

Mason Myrick won against Allison Slagter and Emory Rockwell in a jury vote of 7-2-1.

## Format

Each round is divided into five distinct phases.

* **The Totem Challenge**: All players compete in a challenge to win immunity from elimination for that given round.
* **The Placement**: The winner of the Totem Challenge will then publicly determine the Totem Pole order.
* **The Switch**: The player ranked at the bottom of the Totem Pole will randomly draw a name from the remaining players. That player will swap two players order on the Totem Pole (with the exception of the Totem Challenge winner)
* **The Defender**: The player ranked at the bottom of the Totem Pole (post-switch) must select one player to become their Defender. The Defender becomes immune from elimination, and is offered two options; choosing *Safety* awards the bottom of the Totem Pole immunity from elimination, whilst *Power* eliminates the bottom of the Totem Pole but doing so releases a twist to the remaining players.
* **The Vote**: All remaining players (post-Defender) are given a finite amount of time to vote one player from the game.

## Defender Twists

The Defender is given a choice of eight cards; four *Save* and four *Power*. A Save card protects the person ranked last on the Totem Pole but releases a twist that impacts the game going into the next phase, where a Power card eliminated the person ranked last on the Totem Pole but grants the holder an advant

## Players

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Third Place**

 **Eliminated**

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## Challenges

**Episode 1 - Challenge:** Contestants must race to a pile of wooden blocks where 13 different sets of blocks each a different color were laid. After collecting a full set, players must stack and create their own totem pole and balance it on their hand all the way to the finish line from the start. The first person to do this becomes top of the totem pole, second place gets a secret advantage, third place gets an expose and the top 5 are immune from being placed on the totem pole in round 1.

**Episode 2 - Challenge:** The contestants will be split into two teams of 5 with one person left out. The two teams will then compete to pass water cup to cup. The team who fills up the required water wins and advances. Then those 5, plus the person who sat out in round 1, become two teams of 3. The winning team advances where they can choose to take an expose or secret advantage and drop out. Whoever is left wins top of the totem pole.

**Episode 3 - Challenge:** The eliminated players must try to stack blocks as high as they can. At any point they can lock in their height and settle that as their score. After the time limit, or after everyone has locked in, whoever had the highest amount of blocks wins.

**Episode 3 - Challenge:** The contestants will study a picture and then be asked questions about it with the answers being more of less. Those correct advance, those wrong are eliminated.

**Episode 3 - Challenge:** The two players are at a table with 21 diamonds in front of them. On their turn they can take 1, 2 or 3 diamonds. The person who pulls the last diamond wins the game and the loser is eliminated.

**Episode 4 - Challenge:** Two random opponents will face off against each other. They will race to touch the opponents tree before their opponent touches theirs. There are ropes as boundaries. The winner of each round selects the next 2 to go. Last one standing is the winner.

**Episode 5 - Challenge:** The players must race to grab white noodles worth 1 point and place it in their baskets. They can also choose to take red noodles and place it in other players baskets which will give them -2 points. They can also take special noodles worth different amounts of points painted on wood. The contestant with the most points at the end of the round wins.

## Totem Pole History

### Notes

* In Episode 1, the players who finish from second to fifth place were granted immunity from elimination.
* In Episode 4, Chandler's Save restarted the Totem Pole selection. Allison played a Safety advantage, granting herself immunity from elimination.

## Voting History

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