SHUFFEL! 1: First Flight

SHUFFEL! 1: First Flight is the first season of the hit reality show, it premiered on June 4th, 2004 and ended on September 28 2004. As the original season of the show it debuted many of the iconic and well known aspects of the show such as the topflight and killshot competition. If a pair made it to a certain point in the game they would then enter aviation, where every player is playing individually. If a pair made it to the final 2 the winner would receive two million dollars while the runner-up received five hundred thousand.

The original season featured little strategy from a majority of the players, but as the season progressed more and more of the passengers began to think more strategically and made moved to benefit their games. The season only had one notable alliance, The Quad, which dominated the first half of the game. After a long thirteen weeks the season ended with Gary Chow victorious as the winner.

## Passengers

**(1st) Gary Chow****(2nd) Sienna Cigs****(3rd) Jaelyn Reim****(4th) Maria Lopez****(5th) Freddy Meyer****(6th) Jenny Johnson****(7th) Lydia Jones****(8th) Kaelyn Reim****(9th) Becca Monroe****(10th) Kelsey Meyer****(11th) Alissa Price****(12th) Rodrick Hall****(14th/13th) Marcus Black****(14th/13th) Ken Hardin****(15th/16th) Dustin Manning****(15th/16th) Taylor Fredrickson****(17th/18th) Grant Riker****(17th/18th) Reece Parsley****(19th/20th) Bethenny Benson****(19th/20th) Brick Benson**

## Game History

### Week One

Starting off the game, Sienna / Lydia and Rodrick / Alissa won topflight. It was obvious from the nominations that Marcus & Ken were the targets. At first it seemed very likely that the pair would leave, but after Jenny Johnson overheard some vile comments she talked with her partner Maria and the two concocted a plan to save the gay couple. By a narrow vote their plan succeeded and Marcus and Ken stayed over Brick and Bethenny.

### Week Two

Dustin / Taylor and Maria / Jenny won topflight. After Becca Monroe rejected Taylor's sexual advances he nominated her and her boyfriend Gary. The two pairs got into an intense argument that almost led to a physical altercation. Gary and Becca won killshot and Maria Lopez convinced the majority of the house to vote out her targets Grant & Reece.

### Week Three

Gary / Becca won topflight and nominated Taylor & Dustin as revenge. Still, they felt like the votes wouldn't be there to get the duo out. Jenny and Maria approached Gary and Becca and proposed an alliance, and the four created The Quad. With the four of them all campaigning for Dustin and Taylor to go they got their way.

### Week Four

Jaelyn / Kaelyn won topflight along with Sienna / Lydia. Sienna and Lydia nominated Marcus and Ken and after Jenny and Maria won killshot it looked like there was no hope for the gay couple. After some minor disagreeing The Quad voted out Marcus and Ken, securing a unanimous vote.

### Week Five

Jenny and Maria won topflight and pawned Gary / Becca, which caused some tension. Their plan was to blindside Rodrick & Alissa, which worked. Surprisingly, there was a twist in which only one person from the ejected pair would go home and so Rodrick was ejected.

### Week Six

Lydia / Jaelyn won topflight, with Jaelyn targeting Maria Lopez and Gary. Alissa was a pawn initially, but her constant whining and complaining soon made her Lydia's target along with a majority of the house. When Maria won killshot and Gary stayed in the vote Jaelyn had a minor meltdown about never getting her way.

### Week Seven

Becca / Gary won topflight and despite Becca's suspicions the pair stayed loyal to their alliance and nominated two other pairs instead. Their target was Kelsey and after she lost killshot they put the nail in her coffin by campaigning for her to go. For a moment the vote almost flipped on Jaelyn, but Kaelyn convinced some passengers to keep her.

### Week Eight

Maria / Jaelyn won topflight and the two had very different ideas on who should go home that week. Jaelyn wanted Lydia or Sienna out while Maria had a plan to betray Becca. Ultimately, Maria got her way when it was Sienna and Becca on the block. She and Jenny were able to convince a majority of the plane to vote Becca out, leaving Gary feeling betrayed.

### Week Nine

Lydia / Jaelyn won topflight and both disagreed on who needed to be ejected next. Jaelyn was set on Gary and Maria, but Gary won the killshot which worried Maria a bit. Jenny went along with what Lydia wanted and pushed hard for Kaelyn to go home, irritating Jaelyn. Gary decided to pretend he was still cool with Maria and Jenny and voted Kaelyn out as an attempt to force Jaelyn into working with him while also gaining trust with Maria and Jenny.

### Week Ten

Jaelyn won topflight and nominated the three people she felt was responsible for Kaelyn's ejection; Lydia, Sienna, and Jenny. Jenny won the killshot and Gary began to grow closer with Sienna. He pressured Jenny and Maria to vote Lydia out and they relented, sending the ranch woman packing.

### Week Eleven

Freddy won topflight and made the move everyone else was going to make, nominating Jenny and Maria. Once the nominations were set It was a tossup who would go home. Jenny refused to campaign against her best friend, but Maria tried her hardest to stay. After a long discussion with Jaelyn and Gary she convinced the two to keep her, with Sienna being the only one to vote her out.

### Week Twelve

Jaelyn won topflight and only kept Sienna safe, seeing her as a non-threat. Gary won the killshot and decided now was the time to vote Maria out. Unlucky for him Maria had convinced Sienna to keep her and the vote tied. In an intense tiebreaker Maria beat Freddy and the final 4 was set.

### Week Thirteen (1)

Jaelyn won the final topflight and secured her safety with everyone else nominated. With Sienna winning the final killshot she had a choice to make. Gary's decision to grow closer with her several weeks earlier payed off as she evicted Maria for simply not being as close to her as she was with Gary.

### Week Thirteen (2)

Gary won the first class competition and immediately ejected Jaelyn for her competition prowess. In the final 2 Sienna made a lackluster speech which didn't articulate her game well. Meanwhile Gary had a well thought out speech that won over the jury in a 6-3 vote, making him the winner.

## Trivia

* This is the first season of SHUFFEL!
* This is the first season a man won SHUFFEL!
* This is the first season a POC won SHUFFEL!