Zaire Langill

**Money Won:** | $215,000

**Zaire Langill**, also known as the **Queen of Antarctica**, was a female contestant that competed on ***The Royalty Challenge***. She first appeared on the fifth season, The Royalty Challenge: Cold Zone, where she finished as the winner alongside Ryan Matthew.

In **Cold Zone**, Zaire started the game getting close to fellow rookie Drew Stephenson and being included in Dorian Washington's majority alliance Ice Ring. However, she instantly found herself in danger when the reverse block pulled by Donald G resulted in her being sent into the first elimination of the season. Facing Veteran TN Tea in a time-consuming battle, Zaire's strategy paid-off and she won her first elimination. The other players started to distrust Zaire due to miscommunication she had with Donald about her list order; believing that she was a liar. Alongside Drew, Zaire got close to duo Danielle George/Ryan Matthew and once they found themselves consistently at the bottom end of the chain formed an alliance called Tres Tontos. In Round 3, Zaire once again found herself unpicked on the chain; but pulled the majority block and was spared from being sent in when the target went onto other players. Getting close with Sylvia Riah, Zaire went against the majority and voted ally Ryan into elimination. However, Sylvia still got the majority and was sent in. During Round 4, Zaire faced a little backlash from Danielle/Ryan when she decided to pick Drew on the chain over them. The round ended with Drew being eliminated at the hands of Fergus Crowe and Sierra Castillo. Proving her physical capabilities once again, Zaire survived and almost won the purge challenge. Losing yet another daily challenge in Round 6, Zaire was left feeling vengeful when when she once again found herself at the bottom of the chain when Danielle/Ryan failed to pick her. Pulling the reverse block, Zaire switched her first pick to Sierra after feeling like she was on the bottom; resulting in Danielle being unpicked and subsequently eliminated from the game. After that, Zaire was pulled into the Outsiders alliance by Sierra with Izel Bitcherzina and Sylvia; with the four of them eager to make a move in the game.

With her new alliance all being on the same team for the daily challenge in Round 7, they planned for Zaire to throw the challenge to them so they could make a move against the power players within the game; deciding they'd save Zaire through voting her to start the chain. During an intense daily battle for power, Zaire and her alliance targeted Dorian/Caoimhe Mulcahy/Remi Rowan; resulting in a heated confrontation between the two sides. Being called the leader of her alliance, Zaire defended herself against Dorian when she was accused of being a liar/rat. She pointed out to Dorian that she reached out to her and was still waiting for a response. Facing the difficult decision between throwing to her new alliance or securing her safety with the daily win, Zaire felt pressured and decided to go for the win; earning her first daily win of the season. However, she did not vote in the majority. With Izel/Sylvia winning the following daily after Sierra's elimination, they voted Zaire to start the chain where she selected Kay Opondo. With Fergus becoming a target due to his ability to perform, Zaire was spared one more round. Winning her second daily in Round 10, she joined James X/Ryan in targeting Fergus and voting him into elimination; leading to his elimination. Still being on the bottom with Sylvia, they managed to win the daily together in Round 11 and forced the majority to turn on themselves. They agreed to vote Remi, a player they viewed as weak and didn't want to perform in a final with her, into elimination and voted Caoimhe to start the chain in case she pulled the reverse and secured her safety. With the majority block being pulled, Zaire joined the house in voting Caoimhe into elimination. Winning the final and her third daily in-a-row, Zaire took revenge against rival Dorian and sent her into the final elimination. Making it to the finale, Zaire was paired with Ryan and with their strong performance as a team they outperformed to become the second pair winners of The Royalty Challenge.

## **Trivia**

* Zaire is the first challenger to enter the first elimination and win the season.
* Zaire, along with Ryan, were the last rookie winners of Phase 1 of ***The Royalty Universe***.
	+ They also continued the tradition of rookies winning.
* Zaire is the youngest female winner of Phase 1 of ***The Royalty Universe***.