MNRS 1: I Love Money

## Series Chronology

***I Love Money*** is the first season of M&N's Reality Series, which premiered on July 23, 2018, and ended with JT Q. being crowned the Winner after defeating Brittany J. in the "Cards of Fate" Final Challenge on August 22, 2018.

It is a format adaptation of VH1's *I Love Money*, where contestants initially compete in two teams to earn safety, forcing the losing team to vote three people into the box for elimination. The chosen team captain of the winning team for the episode becomes the Paymaster, who then solely decides which one of the bottom three will be eliminated, by voiding their check.

## Production

The M&N Reality Series was announced on July 11, 2018, whilst I Love Money was then revealed as the name of the first season the same day. Applications also opened on July 11, 2018, closing eight days later on July 19, 2018. As the series debut season, anyone was eligible to apply without restriction. 23 people applied, 6 were cut from the casting, and 17 went on to become the players competing in the game. The full cast of 17 was announced during the season premiere on July 23, 2018.

The series is produced and hosted by 'Mike'#3460, with production assistance from OldNewz#8387. The season's logo was created by PumpSmash#4407.

## Format

At the beginning of the game everyone will compete in a Challenge, where the two best performers will become the first team captains. These two players are responsible for choosing the season's teams, where one or more players not selected will get their check voided and be immediately eliminated from the game.

Moving forward, each team will vote for one person to become the Team Captain. A person can never be the captain consecutively. The teams will then compete in a Challenge, with the winning team earning safety from elimination and their Team Captain becoming the Paymaster. The losing team then heads to the Vault, where they must vote three people from their own team into the Strong Box to face potential elimination. The power then shifts to the Paymaster, where they get to decide which of the bottom three's checks they want to void, effectively eliminating them from the game.

Once there is a certain amount of players remaining in the game, the teams will merge together. There is no change in format except for the removal of Team Captains. Instead, whoever wins the Challenge will be declared as the the Paymaster for the episode. In addition, the player who comes in last place is The Dead Last Loser and automatically has their check placed in the Strong Box, making them eligible for elimination. Everyone besides the Paymaster then votes for the two remaining players to go into the Strong Box.

The game continues in this way until only three players remain, where a jury vote will take place to void the check of one of the final three. The final two will then compete in a final showdown challenge to determine the winner of *I Love Money*.

## Game Summary

### Episode Progress

Teams
     The contestant was chosen to be on the Gold Team by Nolan.
     The contestant was chosen to be on the Green Team by Ethan.
Team captains are noted by **bold underlined** text.  Dead Last Losers are noted by *italicized*text.
Competition
     The contestant won the final challenge.
     The contestant did not win the final challenge.
     The contestant was Paymaster.
     The contestant was part of the jury.
     The contestant was on the winning team and was safe.
     The contestant did not win the challenge, but was not chosen to be in the Bottom 3.
     The contestant was voted into the Bottom 3, but was not eliminated.
     The contestant was eliminated, thus their check was voided.
     The contestant was the Dead Last Loser and their check was automatically voided.
     The contestant was automatically eliminated from the competition due to inactivity.
     The contestant quit the competition.
### Voting History

#### Team Captains

     The contestant did not vote and received one penalty vote against them the next time they were in the Vault.
#### The Vault

     The contestant did not vote and received one penalty vote against them the next time they were in the Vault.