TT The Challenge: Cutthroat

## Series Chronology

***Cutthroat*** is the first season of the ***Turney Time The Challenge*** series. Filming took place in Prague, Czech Republic with former cast members from the *The Real World* and *Road Rules* series. This season is based off of the *MTV The Challenge Series* format *Cutthroat*. The season debuted on December 13, 2018 and the finale aired on January 31, 2019.

## Production

Rumors for the *Turney Time The Challenge* series had been floating around, but the official start of the series was announced during the first week of December 2018. Cutthroat was revealed as the first season of *The Challenge* shortly after the announcement of the series. Applications opened on December 5, 2018, closing a week later on December 11, 2018. The full cast of 27 was announced on that day, two days before the season premiered on December 13, 2018.

## Format

This season of *The Challenge* features a format, consisting of three teams — *Red vs. Blue vs. Grey* with each team having nine members.

The three teams will participate in numerous challenges (called "missions"), which are followed by an elimination challenge, known as the "Gulag." The team who wins a challenge will receive a cash prize of $20,000 to be banked in their team bank accounts, as well as winning immunity from the Gulag.

The two losing teams will then be forced to choose two players from their own teams for possible elimination. The winning players will rejoin their respective teams and stay in the game for a chance at a share of $120,000, while the losing players will be eliminated from the game.

Money for finalists is split as follows:

* Champions: $120,000 + Team Bank (split evenly among remaining team members)
* Other Finalists: Team Bank (split evenly among remaining team members)

## Twists/Changes

* **Rotating Elimination Types:** Rather than each elimination being a simple one versus one scenario, Gulags would either be Free-For-Alls where the bottom two placers are eliminated, Pairs by Teams where your partner in the Gulag is from your team, or Cross Team Pairs where players partnered up with a player of their choice from the opposite team.
* **Gulag Immunity:** From Episodes 1 through Episodes 8, the player who performs the best in the Gulag is given immunity in the next time their team lost a daily challenge.
* **Purge Rounds:** During a Purge Round, players compete for individual safety in the daily challenge. Each team is then required to vote in two players, for a total of 6 players in the Gulag. In the Gulag, only the top three performers are allowed to return to the game. For Episode 9, since each team had to have one person safe, the Blue team had the most members had to send in 3 players while the Red Team had to send in one player by default and the Gray team had no one left to send in.

## Game Summary

### Elimination Chart

**^1** In Episode 2, Chris C refused to do the Gulag and therefore quit the game. Since Nick no longer had a partner to do the Gulag with, he was also sent home. As a result of this, Michael S and Mitchy, who were their opponents, were not given immunity for the next time their team lost because the Gulag was canceled.
**^2** In Episode 9, the penultimate mission used a purge format which required one member from each team to win immunity. With Zyler being the only member left on the Gray Team, he was given immunity by default. As a result, he did not have to participate in the mission, and his immunity was not counted as a win.
**^3** In Episode 10, after Blue had accumulated an insurmountable lead on the Final Mission, Andrew preemptively ended the final, tying the Red and Grey Teams due to the impossibility of them catching up.

* The Red Team contestants in the final challenge were Michael S and Tyler.
* The Blue Team contestants in the final challenge were Christian, Issy, Jake B, Kamani, and Splozo.
* The Grey Team contestants in the final challenge was Zyler.

### Cutthroat Progress

Teams
     The contestant is on the *Red* team.
     The contestant is on the *Gray* team.
     The contestant is on the *Blue* team.
Key
     The contestant's team won the competition.
     The contestant's team did not complete the final challenge.
     The contestant's team won the challenge and was safe from the Gulag.
     The contestant's team lost the challenge, but the contestant was not chosen for the Gulag.
     The contestant was immune from the Gulag due to being the best perform in their last Gulag
     The contestant won the Gulag.
     The contestant won the Gulag by default after their opponent was disqualified.
     The contestant lost the Gulag and was eliminated.
     The contestant quit the game.
     The contestant was disqualified in the gulag due to their partner quitting and was eliminated.