The Cataclysm: Hell On Earth

**The Cataclysm: Hell On Earth** is the 31st season of the fiction reality competition series *The Cataclysm*. Taking place in the Australian Outback, nine men and nine women, compete in the ultimate test of strength, endurance, and intelligence in order to be the "last one standing" and claim the $2,000,000 prize.

Contestants Rachelle Watkins and Rowan Boyd returned for *The Cataclysm: Resurrection II*. Breanna Lucas and William Bayot later returned for *The Cataclysm: Santa Maria*.

## Format

* **Exemption Challenge:**The Cataclysm's immunity challenge. The winner(s) of this challenge is exempt from elimination.
* **Final Challenge:**The finalists are determined in a Final Challenge, where the remaining contestants compete in a multi-level final competition that determines who advances to the end. In this season, the remaining four contestants compete to earn one of three final spots and the loser becomes the final member of the jury.
* **Ballot:**The Cataclysm's elimination round. Those nominated to face the ballot risk being eliminated.
* **Medallions:**In addition to the **Resurrection Medallion**, the other medallions available to use are: the **Fire Medallion**, which allows the holder to instantly nominate a player for the ballot, and the **Chaos Medallion**, which allows the holder to erase the ballot nominations and leave all the players up for elimination, excluding the holder of the chaos medallion and the exemption challenge winner.

## New Twists/Changes

* **Hell**: As part of the theme this season, contestants face going to **Hell**, where they will be isolated from the game and forced to stay alone. While here, the contestant competes in a challenge to find a Medallion and must find one in order to leave and return to the game. If after two Medallion challenges they haven't found one, they will be automatically eliminated from the game.
* **Commander:** In this season's Exemption Challenge, one person will win as the Commander and as well as nominating three players for the ballot, they will decide who goes to Hell. They will also grant exemption to a set number of players each round during the Hell on Earth stage.

## Episode Progress

Legend
 Runner-Up
 SAFE
 LOW
 BTM
 ELIM
 ELIM

## Notes

* On Episode 6, Dani used the **Resurrection Medallion** and removed his nomination from the voting ballot.
* On Episode 8, Susan used the **Chaos Medallion** and added all eligible names into the voting ballot.
* On Episode 10, Rachelle used the **Resurrection Medallion** and removed her nomination from the voting ballot.
* On Episode 11, Rachelle used the **Resurrection Medallion** and removed her nomination from the voting ballot.

## Season Summary

The 18 new contestants arrive in the Outback, where they learn of the Hell on Earth twist that will occur this season. Early into settling, alliances formed between younger and older players. Janine, Rowan, Sawyer, and Susan formed a final four deal while Alexandra, Breanna, and Bridget became a clear trio. At the first Exemption Challenge, Owen won and granted immunity to Nathan and Nico to gain the trust of strong players, which aligned the three of them. He also decided to send Rachelle to Hell as she emerged as a threat in the challenge. With the trio of girls nominated, majority of the cast voted out Alexandra feeling she was the bigger threat of three and she was the first to be eliminated. Mindy's win the next episode gave her the opportunity to join in the four person alliance and recruit Celeste by protecting her. Her targeting outsiders led to Greyson's elimination. When Breanna won the next Exemption Challenge, she targeted Owen for his actions in the first episode. As a result, Owen was eliminated. Claire's win next allowed her to protect her alliance with Breanna and Bridget while continuing to target Nathan and Nico.

After two unsuccessful attempts in Hell, William was automatically eliminated from the game. Rachelle winning at the next challenge gave her the opportunity to protect other outsiders in Baron and Nathan. As a result, Baron and Rachelle became allies. She also decided to target the girl's alliance between Breanna, Bridget, and Claire. Sensing that Claire was a bigger challenge threat, she was next eliminated. Breanna was the next to be eliminated after Dani saved himself with a Medallion. Dani however would be next to go after Susan's Medallion scared away a potential nomination for her, thus leading the numbers to eliminate him and make him the first juror.

With the jury phase starting, Mindy saw an opportunity with her Exemption Challenge win by targeting the alliance of Rowan, Sawyer, and Susan. By recruiting Celeste and Janine and by agreeing with the outsiders, they were able to flush Susan's Medallion and eliminate frontrunner Sawyer. Rowan and Susan then made a deal with Baron once he won the Exemption Challenge to target Mindy next in exchange for safety. This ended up leading to Mindy getting eliminated next. Continuing the deal with Baron, Rowan targeted non-allies in Bridget and Celeste while also getting Rachelle to use her Medallions. Celeste and Bridget would be the next eliminated as a result. At the top 6, Baron decided to a make a big move and break his pact with Rowan and Susan and targeted the former. With the votes against him, frontrunner Rowan was eliminated.

Susan won the final Exemption Challenge of the season and guaranteed herself a spot in the Final Challenge. With her safety, the remaining alliance was forced to turn on each other. With Baron and Rachelle on the chomping block, both Janine and Nathan felt Rachelle would be a wild card in the Final and would be a bigger threat to the jury as they both questioned Rowan's influence against Baron. In the end, Rachelle was voted out and finished in fifth place. In the Final Challenge, Baron, Nathan, and Susan earned their spots in the final 3 with Janine being the last eliminated in the season.

Baron, Nathan, and Susan faced the eight Jurors and plead their case as to why they deserved to win. The jury collectively agreed that Baron played the strongest overall game. Nathan was criticized for his lack of strategy and for losing enthusiasm as the game went on. Susan was criticized for riding Rowan's coattails and only going far because of him. In the end, Baron received all 8 votes and won The Cataclysm: Hell on Earth.