Season 2

The ***second season*** of competitive reality show *The Totem Pole* premiered on September 15, 2019. The show featured fifteen contestants and was hosted by Wesley Bryant. This season introduced a vote format for The Switch and only the Bottom Five of the Totem Pole become eligible for elimination.

Rachel McCurry defeated Alontis Andress and Hannah Foust with a vote of 4-3-0.

## 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 players will vote for one player to become The Switch. That player will swap two players order on the Totem Pole (with the exception of the Totem Challenge winner) from the first elimination onward, the two most recently eliminated players determine The Switch without knowledge of the current Totem Pole. If the Totem Pole is redrawn in the same round, it will be randomly determined per *Season 1*.
* **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 bottom five.

## 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 advantag

## Players

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Third Place**

 **Eliminated**

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## Episode guide.

Episode 1- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVxb7YxABlE&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing

Episode 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb4zjezx6SY&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=2

Episode 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUne7C3nAxo&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=3

Episode 4- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPvGLeE2BGI&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=4

Episode 5- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2h\_JaP38tU&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=5

Episode 6- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dN8ED6e9Sg&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=6

Episode 7- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBNspdurYAk&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=7

Episode 8- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AQOcJoY5ww&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=8

Episode 9- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yBBldvlVCI&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=9

Episode 10- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmwHjbP8dSQ&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=10

Episode 11- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmwHjbP8dSQ&list=PLTinVIGV8-JMn8FYHR9D8p5ulrAzdUing&index=10

## Totem Pole history

### Notes

* In Episode 1, the players who finish from second to fifth place were granted immunity from elimination.
* In Episode 5, Jorge's Save restarted the Totem Pole selection.