The Esteban's Challenge: The Duel

***The Duel*** is the fifth season of *The Esteban's Challenge*. It premiered on October 13th, 2022 and concluded on October 28th, 2022.

## Description

After a team battle, 28 competitors arrive in Pucón to compete in the most brutal challenges, this time each one for himself to win the grand prize of $500,000, and although game autonomy seems easy, everything will turn tumultuous when everyone's interests come out afloat.

## Format

Players will compete individually or in pairs in numerous challenges that will be followed by an elimination round: "The Duel". Each week a male and female will be the winners, the winner of the gender not participating in the Duel receives a prize, while the winner of the designated gender is exempt from the possibility of having to participate in the elimination, and depending of the week can be a male, female or both-gender's elimination.

The immunity winner begins the nomination process by choosing a member of the opposite gender, who then selects a member of the original gender. This process continues until there is one unselected person of the Duel's gender left; this remaining person is nominated to compete in the Duel that night, unlike other Challenges, this selection process happens immediately after the challenge. The unselected player will then choose a player of the same gender to go against them that night, with the exception of the winner of the daily challenge, and randomly select one of the five cards held by the host Esteban to determine the duel game. The loser of the Duel is eliminated from the game and sent home.

At the end of the season, there will be four contestants of each gender left. For each gender, the second place finishers will win $50,000 each, while the winners will receive $200,000.

### Twists

* **Quadruple Eliminations:** At the end of episode 7, Esteban informed the 4 competitors who were in the Duel, that the players who had been selected by the unselected, should choose another participant of their gender to face both, so, for the first time it will be a 3-way elimination would take place where only one male and one female would return to the game.
* **No Challenge:** In Episode 14, no challenge or Duel selection process was held prior to the final duels; however, two contestants was nominated for the Duel by nominations and no competitor had immunity. One guy and one girl got their choice of their respective Duel opponent. The winners of the previous duels were chosen to pick the cards for the final duels.
* **The Last Duel:** The pair that comes last on the first day of the final will go to the last Duel of the season, they will have to choose one of the other pairs as their opponent except for the pair that came first.

## Game Summary

**Notes**

* After the "Back Off" Duel, Rebecca stepped forward and informed Esteban that she was withdrawing from the competition due to personal reasons at home, thus giving her place to Kyra who had been eliminated. After being eliminated, Kyra was brought back to replace her.
* It was announced that Ella withdrew from the competition following the "Pass With Care" challenge due to unknown reasons. Also Leah was medically disqualified due to a sprained wrist. Esteban surprised every contestant that no Duel round would be held. Sarah was brought back as them replacement.
* Nathan was medically disqualified from the Final Challenge on Day One due to drowning and having to be taken to hospital.

### Elimination Progress

**Competition**
     The contestant won the Final Challenge.
     The contestant did not win the Final Challenge.
     The contestant was eliminated at the Final Challenge.
     The contestant won the challenge and safety.
     The contestant won the challenge and a prize.
     The contestant was not selected for the Duel.
     The contestant won the Duel.
     The contestant lost in the Muerte.
     The contestant was removed from the competition due to injury/illness.
     The contestant withdrew from the competition.