Donnchadh Fitzgerald

**Donnchadh Fitzgerald** was a male contestant that competed on ***The Royalty Challenge***. He first appeared on the first season, The Royalty Challenge: Parthenon, where he quit and was the sixth person eliminated; placing in 15th place. He returned in The Royalty Challenge: Blood vs. Water with his pair Jamie Fitzgerald where they were the twelfth eliminated; placing in 8th place. On his third appearance in The Royalty Challenge: Tokyo Drift, he returned with his Fresh Meat pair Caoimhe Mulcahy where he finished in 3rd place. He was also awarded Most Improved Veteran.

In **Parthenon**, Donnchadh was initially over-whelmed by the experience but quickly found his alliance with The Silent Killers; eventually adding Nicole Q to the alliance. After his and Sarah Elle suspected a large alliance out there he became a little wary of alliance member Joshua Williams after he was defending Dorian Washington and Queenasia Carr on several occasions. After defending Tadakatsu Watanabe in the house fight, Donnchadh found himself in a so-called "one-sided" feud with Dorian; eventually getting him added to The Cleanup Crew to take out the majority. When he won his first elimination, he quit the game after proving himself to focus on her school work; allowing defeated opponent Mikee' Camacho to get a second chance in the game.

In **Blood vs. Water**, Donnchadh returned paired with his friend Jamie and they were included in the first alliance of the season Barbz; where they worked with their closest allies Nathaniel Santos/Sarah Elle. Donnchadh eventually put his rivalry with Dorian Washington to the side to join the infamous Blood Ring alliance; consisting of most the veterans and their rookie partners. As the game progressed, Donnchadh remained loyal to her alliance and became a dominant figure in the decision making; often being seen as the co-leader alongside Dorian. Donnchadh's game came into jeopardy in Round 7 when Derpy Yerger/TN Tea used a disadvantage against him in the daily challenge; leading to a series of arguments against Derpy/TN and Lex Quinn/Ellie Smash. After barely surviving the vote and Emily Finch/Randi Smith's sudden flip on the veterans, Donnchadh joined forces with Julien Hiraga and secret showmance Nick Miller in The Baguettes alliance. He lost faith in the crumbling veteran alliance; especially with Andy Cook/Malik Cordova's middle cover being exposed. However, the alliance was short-lived when the rookies decided to vote them in after Julien/Nick's preference to go against them in the Warzone; resulting in Donnchadh and Jamie's elimination.

In **Tokyo Drift**, Donnchadh was paired up with Rookie Caoimhe during the Fresh Meat pair twist. Despite slightly hostile occasions with Caoimhe previously because of their mutual friend and Donnchadh's former pair from **Blood vs. Water** Jamie, the pair managed to put any differences aside to get on as a team. Donnchadh was instantly on the outs when Christian Cruz left him out of his majority alliance Teamwork Makes The Dreamwork; but joined Jamie's counter-alliance The Leftovers with the pairs shunned from Christian's alliance. With the alliance already blown-up in the first few days, Donnchadh avoided the drama; getting close with Devin Tauruan, Malik and Tasha Gaspard in The Fates alliance. With his flirty relationship with Malik becoming more serious on Malik's end, his partner Alex Rose became increasingly wary of Donnchadh and secretly plotted against him. Alongside Malik, Donnchadh also got close and flirtatious with Nasir Gemini. Being called-out for elimination by Duccy Johnson/Iris Nightingale in Round 2 and being labelled weak, Donnchadh/Caoimhe fought with Iris to defend themselves and their performance; and backed it up in elimination when both he and Caoimhe scored a point each to eliminate them from the game. However, Donnchadh/Caoimhe were nominated by Overtaker Marq Savage in Round 3; subsequently arguing with Marti De'Lyte about campaigning for Devin to go into elimination when they were in The Leftovers alliance together. Despite the conflict, both Donnchadh and Devin avoided elimination when Kendall Gray/Sylvia Riah became targets and got voted in. In Round 4, Donnchadh faced a difficult decision when three of his close allies (Devin, Jamie and Tasha) were nominated by Nasir; ultimately believing his burn vote on Tasha would leave the least amount of blood but was left feeling guilty/upset when it got her sent in and eliminated from the game. Becoming the final Overtakers during the pair stage by winning the daily in Round 5, Donnchadh/Caoimhe took revenge against Marq by nominating him after hearing through Nasir that Marq was gunning for him; leading to them confronting each other and Marq denying he said that. However, Marq ended up winning his elimination match-up after being sent in by the majority whilst eliminating Donnchadh's ally Jamie from the game.

Entering the individual stage with his loyalties with The Fates alliance, Donnchadh joined the house in targeting the VC Gang members Marq and Marti. When Marq was nominated by Alex in Round 6, Marq asked Donnchadh to vote him in; telling him he'd call-him out for elimination and then throw the challenge to him. However, Nasir had already told Donnchadh that he was Marq's number one target; so he and ally Devin threw their votes to avoid being called-out by Marq. After Marq called-out and won against Jaylen Goldberg, Donnchadh questioned Marq's word and how he was still in the game if his intention was to throw the challenge; which Marq protested against. Not being able to catch a break, Donnchadh was nominated by Overtaker DLS Theqhat in Round 7 as part of The Drifters twist; facing former winner Tommy Fairfax and being the only one to win an elimination against a mercenary as Nasir and rival Marq lost their match-ups. Looking into the positives of Nasir's elimination, he believed he could be more focused on the game. In Round 9, Donnchadh once again got pulled into drama when he and Alex finally came to blows over Alex discussing him in the game. Alex called-out the alliance of three between Devin/Donnchadh/Malik and Donnchadh's flirtatious strategy; warning Malik that Donnchadh had been flirting with other guys in the game. After probing Alex on who told him information on his connections, Alex revealed it was Caoimhe; but she denied saying Donnchadh told her anything and it was based on her observation. Not being able to catch a break; Donnchadh was called-out by Remi Rowan for the double elimination; but Donnchadh's winning streak continued as he became the first player to ever win three eliminations in one season. Getting nominated by Overtaker Alex in the final round before the finale against close ally Devin, Donnchadh managed to avoid being sent into his fourth elimination of the season as the house went for Devin. Making it to his first finale, Donnchadh proved his physical abilities once again; but it wasn't enough to beat the top 2 performers Alex and Timmy; getting purged and eliminated from the game.

## **The Royalty Challenge: Parthenon**

### **Daily Challenge Progress**

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### **Card Picking Progress**

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## **Trivia**

* Donnchadh was the first person to quit the game.
* Donnchadh was the first person to win an elimination and leave the game.
* Donnchadh is the first challenger to win 3 eliminations in a single season.
* As of **Tokyo Drift**, Donnchadh holds the record for most overall elimination wins with 4.
	+ He is also the first player to win a pair elimination, a mercenary elimination and a double elimination all in one season.
* As of **Tokyo Drift**, Donnchadh has played the most days on The Royalty Challenge with 68.
* Donnchadh is currently the only person to appear on 3+ seasons and improve their placement each time.
* Donnchadh is the first male to receive the Most Improved Veteran award.
* Donnchadh, along with his partner from **Blood vs. Water**, are the first people to go from using a face representative to using photos of themselves in a future season.
	+ They're also both the first to go from female representatives to themselves as males.