MNRS 9: Free Agents

## Series Chronology

***Free Agents*** is the ninth season of M&N's Reality Series, which premiered on August 1, 2022, and ended with Alex G. and Chandler P. being crowned the Champions after defeating Sean M. & Sam A. and Jake C. & Alan D. in the "A Walk in the Clouds" Final Challenge on September 10, 2022.

It is a format adaptation of MTV's *The Challenge: Free Agents*, where each round players compete in Daily Challenges in teams, pairs, or as individuals to try to earn safety and avoid being sent into the Cage for potential elimination.

## Production

*Free Agents* was revealed as the name and format of the ninth season at the *Big Brother - The Thousand Year Door* Reunion Show on July 15, 2022. Applications also opened on July 15, 2022, closing two weeks later on July 29, 2022. Anyone was eligible to apply without restriction. 33 people applied, 5 were cut from the casting, and 28 went on to become the players competing in the game. The full cast was announced on July 31, 2022, and the season premiered on August 1, 2022.

Nicky S. and TJ S. were originally selected as players but declined their spot on the season. They were replaced by Matt B. and Will J. who were on location as alternates.

Due to the uneven number of Rookies and Veterans caused by last-minute dropouts, Alan D. was chosen to compete with the Rookies due to being the Veteran with the worst overall MNRS season average.

The series is produced and hosted by 'Mike'#3460, with production assistance and logo creation from OldNewz#8387.

## Format

Each round, players will compete in the Daily Challenge in teams, pairs, or as individuals, where the winners will earn both safety and power. For pair challenges, a random draw will be conducted, where all those chosen will then have the opportunity to choose their partner from the unselected players. For team challenges, players will be randomly selected to be team captains, and then will choose their teammates using either a schoolyard pick or snake draft.

In some Daily Challenges, the players who perform the best will be declared the winners, the players who perform in the middle will be eligible to be voted into The Cage, and the players who perform the worst will be sent into The Draw. In other Daily Challenges, all losing players will be eligible for both The Vote and The Draw.

The winners of the Daily Challenge will have the power to vote for one eligible losing Rookie and Veteran to be sent in The Cage for potential elimination. All votes will then be publicly revealed to the players.

The losing players not voted into The Cage will then participate in The Draw, in which each player will draw a Card. If the player draws a Blank Card they will be safe from entering The Cage. If the player draws the Kill Card they will be sent into The Cage to face off against the previously voted-in player of their respective group.

The winner of each Cage matchup will remain in the game while the loser will be eliminated. This cycle will continue until there is only a few players remaining in the game, at which point they will compete in one Final Challenge to determine the Champions of *Free Agents*.

## Game Summary

### Elimination Chart

* **^Note 1** : The Rookies Cage elimination match was cancelled due to AJ quitting the game during the “All Lined Up” Daily Challenge.

### Episode Progress

**Key**
     The contestant won the Final Challenge.
     The contestant did not win the Final Challenge.
     The contestant won the Daily Challenge, making them safe from the Cage.
     The contestant did not win the Daily Challenge, but was not selected for the Cage.
     The contestant participated in The Draw, but did not draw the Kill Card.
     The contestant won in the Cage.
     The contestant lost in the Cage and was eliminated.
     The contestant quit the competition.
* Vertical rectangles represent the team or pair each player was in for that episode. Individual challenge episodes are represented by all black rectangles.

## Voting History

### Individual Challenges

* **Episode #1:** All Lined Up
* **Episode #4:** Mystery Sign
* **Episode #8:** Spare Change