The Royalty Challenge: Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty

**The Royalty Challenge: Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty** is the third season of *The Royalty Challenge*. Applications for the season opened on July 10th and were closed in late July. The season started airing on July 30th, 2020. It consisted of 12 episodes with 3 teams competing to earn virtual dollars for their *The Royalty Challenge* bank accounts. The season was hosted by returning hosts Brad, Jaysn and new co-host Blake.

The season ended on August 27th, 2020 with Ben Gaspard/Tommy Fairfax/Vicky Vaccaro being crowned the winners with James X winning Player of the Season and Ny Love winning Fan Favourite. In addition, Ben won Rookie of the Season and Ny won Most Improved Veteran.

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Before the game begins, this season the players are divided into 3 teams *(or tribes)* of 11 with teams initially based on the team the hosts think best suits their gameplay/insight towards life. The challenges involve players performing in the challenge with their assigned team from the beginning of the game; *Brain, Brawn or Beauty*. Throughout the season, the teams could change.

At the start of each round each team will participate in a daily challenge followed by an elimination round; ‘**The Mudpit**’. The winning team in the daily challenge will have three challengers become **‘The Leaders’**; which are determined in different ways depending on the round. It could be a majority vote, the top three performers in the challenge or the top performer in the challenge choosing two players to join them. The two teams who don’t win will both be the losers of the daily challenge. Two challengers will leave per round.

After the daily challenge, each losing team will have 5 hours to vote one of their own team into elimination. Each team will be added to a separate chat where they will be given questions by the hosts to discuss the nominations. **‘The Leaders’** will also be in this chat to witness the debate on each team. Once each challenger has made their decision on who they want to vote in, they will lock it in their confessional chats. At the end of the 6 hour voting period, the results for the vote will be revealed publicly in the respective team chat before being revealed to the rest of the house. The challenger on each team with the most votes will become the **‘Tribe’s Target’**; and will be the first players in elimination for their team. This season, players may self-vote if they choose to.

Following the nominations, **‘The Leaders’** will be given 1 hour to each vote for one person per team to face the **‘Tribe’s Target’**; they must choose another person from that team or they can choose a player from their OWN team. They will vote one player for each team and the players with the majority of votes will become the **‘Leader’s Target’.** After this decision, there will be two pairs of challengers in elimination; two from each losing team. These players will enter **‘The Mudpit’** and perform in the elimination separately; one game per team. The losing player in each match-up will leave; with two players being eliminated each round. The winners of each match-up will have a decision; to stick with their team or to switch to one of the other teams.

From later on in the game, only one losing team will lose a member. At the end of the season, each team will compete in the finale for the crown but only a certain amount of players are allowed per team; if a team is over-stacked then players will be cut. It is possible for one team to have no members during the finale; and that team will not be represented in that scenario.

As well as competing for the title, the season continues **‘The Bank Progress’** which will be featured in each season. Winning the daily challenge and becoming a part of **‘The Leaders’** will earn challengers $15,000 each added to their bank accounts and winning an elimination will earn challengers $5,000 added to their bank accounts. If you make it to the finale you will earn the contents of your bank account alongside what you earned during the season.

Teams are competing for the money prizes of:

* **1st** - $600,000 (virtual) + individual bank account
* **2nd** - $240,000 (virtual) + individual bank account
* **3rd** - $90,000 (virtual) + individual bank account

* **Team/Tribe** - the team that a challenger competes on; either **Brain**, **Brawn** or **Beauty**.
* **The Leaders** - the three challengers from the winning team that decides the final players in the match-up; determined by a majority vote, top three scorers or the top scorer choosing someone to join them.
* **Tribe’s Target** - the challengers voted in by a majority vote after their team loses the daily challenge.
* **Leader’s Target** - the challengers voted in by a majority vote by *The Leaders*.
* **The Mudpit** - the elimination area where challengers will fight for survival to stay in the game.
* **The Bank Progress** - the money you earn from winning challenges and eliminations that could be added to your overall winnings from the season.

* **First Impressions** - Shortly after the format reveal, a first impressions twist was announced. Each team would vote one challenger each into elimination within the first 24 hours; the two players with the most votes from each team would face each other in the first elimination of the season; with the losing player from each team going home. The winners of each elimination would decide whether they want to switch places with another player on another team.
* **Turncoats** - Winning an elimination this season would mean that you would have the chance to either stick with your current or switch to any of the other two teams.
* **Team/Tribe Swap** - At the beginning of Round 6, the first and only full team/tribe swap was announced. Players were randomised into three teams based on the original ones; *New Beauty*, *New Brain* and *New Brawn*.
* **Triple Elimination** - After the team/tribe swap, it would be announced that one player from each of the new teams would be eliminated from the game. The top scorer from each team would form the Leaders and decide one person from each new team to send in; and then the new team/tribe's would have nominations to determine the next person within their team to face the Leader's Target. This round had three-elimination match-ups.
* **The Team Cut** - In Round 10, the teams were uneven before the finale therefore and elimination cut had to take place in order for the teams to be even. As *New Beauty* already had 3 members, they were safe. Everyone then took part in a vote; the two members with the most votes from *New Brawn* would enter elimination against each other and the three members with the most votes from *New Brain* would enter elimination against each other. During the finale, Andy had to quit due to personal reasons therefore one of the elimination losers with the most points could turncoat to *New Beauty* as their third member for the finale.

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**The history of the season in the form of a season progress chart and elimination progress chart.**

**Key**

     The contestant's team won the daily challenge.
     The contestant's team won the daily challenge and became **The Leaders**
     The contestant was **received at least one nomination/vote** during the Tribe or Leader vote but didn't get the majority.
     The contestant was **in** or **won** the Mudpit elimination game.
     The contestant **lost** the Mudpit elimination game and was eliminated from the game.
     The contestant was **eliminated** and not in the game.
     The contestant **quit** the game.
     The contestant **disqualified** or **removed** from the game.
     The contestant was apart of the **3rd place** team.
     The contestant was apart of the **runner-ups** team.
     The contestant was apart of the **winners** team.

### **Major Alliances**

* **TFC Takeover (Day 1)** - *Lex ®, Knife, Liam, Otto and Sarah*
* **OG Brains (Day 1)** - *Joshua ®, Dorian and Nicole*
* **AS2 Reunion (Day 1)** - *Parzi ®, Knife and Lex*
* **Beautiful Name Beautiful People (Day 2)** - *Nick ®, James, Kay, Ny and Tommy*
* **Brain Trust (Day 2)** - *CJ ®, Joshua, Julien, Nicole, Parzi and Vicky*
* **Purge Party (Day 3)** - *Sarah ®, Knife and Otto*
* **Twilight Zone (Day 4)** - *Ben ®, Lex and Smash*
* **Beauties and the Beasts (Day 4)** - *Nick ®, Ben, James, Otto, Rhea and Sarah*
* **The Newark Twin Twist (Day 7)** - *Joshua ® and James*
* **Classic Glamour (Day 14)** - *Nick ®, Andy and Isabel*
* **Breauty (Day 15)** - *Andy ®, Isabel and Nicole*
* **The Revolution (Day 17)** - *James ®, Andy, Isabel, Joshua, Julien, Nicole, Ny, Tommy and Vicky*

### **Minor Alliances**

* **Ultra Supa Squad (Day 1)** - *Jeremy ®, Andy, Chinyere, Chloe, Dorian, Ev, Kay, Kyle, Max, Nicole, Ny, Otto, Parzi, Timothy and Tommy*
* **No Name (Day 1)** - *Christian ®, Callie, Lex, Max, Ny, Otto and Queenasia*
* **Everyone But Otto (Day 2)** - *Parzi ®, everyone excluding Otto*
* **We Have Finished This Section And Move Onto The Next (Day 4)** - *James ®, Nick and Rhea*
* **The Concept (Day 7)** - *Ben ®, Knife and Sarah*
* **Brawn on Beauty (Day 14)** - *Sarah ®, Knife and Smash*
* **New Brain Power (Day 15)** - *Julien ®, Lex and Rhea*
* **Big Brain Plays (Day 16)** - *Parzi ®, James, Lex and Rhea*
* **Big Brains (Day 19)** - *Vicky ®, Joshua and Nicole*
* **Mean Girls (Day 23)** - *Joshua ®, Andy and James*

**Key**

     The contestant's team won the daily challenge.
     The contestant's team won the daily challenge and became **The Leaders**
     The contestant was **received at least one nomination/vote** during the Tribe or Leader vote but didn't get the majority.
     The contestant was **in** or **won** the Mudpit elimination game.
     The contestant **lost** the Mudpit elimination game and was eliminated from the game.
     The contestant was **eliminated** and not in the game.
     The contestant **quit** the game.
     The contestant **disqualified** or **removed** from the game.
     The contestant was apart of the **3rd place** team.
     The contestant was apart of the **runner-ups** team.
     The contestant was apart of the **winners** team.

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