MNRS 5: Double Cross

## Series Chronology

***Double Cross*** is the fifth season of M&N's Reality Series, which premiered on May 22, 2021, and ended with Eric M., Jimmy T., Jordan M., and Nick M. being crowned the Champions after the cancellation of the Final Challenge on July 6, 2021.

It is a format adaptation of MTV's *The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30*, where each round players compete in Daily Challenges in teams, pairs, or as individuals to earn safety, try to avoid being voted into the Presidio for potential elimination, and hope to not be Double Crossed by the holder of the XX card in the Double Cross Draw.

## Production

*Double Cross* was revealed as the name and format of the fifth season on May 9, 2021 while *Survivor - Darkness Rising* was in the final days of production. Applications opened two days later on May 11, 2021, closing ten days later on May 21, 2021. Anyone was eligible to apply without restriction. 20 people applied, 2 were cut from the casting, and 18 went on to become the players competing in the game. The full cast was announced during the season premiere on May 22, 2021.

Drew J. was originally a member of the Cast, but dropped from the game shortly after the Cast Reveal due to extreme personal differences with another member of the Cast. He was replaced by Joey F..

Due to unrelated, outside circumstances, the season was abruptly left unfinished during the fourth part of the "Race to the Finish" Final Challenge. After the revival of the M&N Reality Series in March 2022, all players who competed in the Final Challenge were declared a Champion of the season.

The series is produced and hosted by 'Mike'#3460, with production assistance from OldNewz#8387.

## Format

Each round, players will compete in the Daily Challenge in teams, pairs, or as individuals, where the winners will earn both safety and power. For pair challenges, a random draw will be conducted, and when a player’s name is drawn they will have the opportunity to select their partner. For team challenges, players will be randomly selected to be team captains, and then will choose their teammates using a snake draft.

The winners of the Daily Challenge will have the power to vote for two of the losing players to be sent in The Presidio for potential elimination. It will be revealed which players received votes, and the total number of votes they received, but who voted for who will remain a secret.

All of the losing players, including the two players voted into the Presidio, will then participate in the Double Cross Draw, where two players will randomly draw the XX card. The Double Cross not only grants the player who draws it Safety, but allows them to choose one of the remaining losing players to be sent into the Presidio. At the beginning of the game there will be two Double Crosses each round, and as the number of players dwindle, it will change to only one Double Cross each round.

The two players voted into the Presidio will then be randomly matched up with the players selected during the Double Cross Draw, resulting in two different one-on-one elimination duels. The winner of each duel will remain in the game while the loser will be eliminated. This cycle will continue until there is only a few players remaining in the game, at which point they will compete in one Final Challenge to determine the Champion of *Double Cross*.

## Game Summary

### Episode Progress

**Key**
     The contestant won the Final Challenge.
     The contestant won the Daily Challenge, making them safe from the Presidio.
     The contestant participated in the Double Cross Draw, but did not draw the **XX** card.
     The contestant pulled the **XX** card and sent someone into the Presidio.
     The contestant pulled the **XX** card, but they failed to send someone into the Presidio, received their third strike, and was removed from the game due to inactivity.
     The contestant won in the Presidio.
     The contestant won in the Presidio, but also pulled the **XX** card and sent someone into the Presidio.
     The contestant was sent into the Presidio, but the Presidio was cancelled due to a contestant being removed from the game.
     The contestant lost in the Presidio and was eliminated.
     The contestant forfeited in the Presidio and was eliminated.
* Vertical rectangles represent the team or pair each player was in for that episode. Individual challenge episodes are represented by all black rectangles.

## Voting History

* Failure to vote players into the Presidio is noted by **bold** text. Penalty votes are noted by *italicized* text. Double Cross decisions are noted by **bold underlined** text. Double Crosses do not count in the official vote tally.