Pulse Last Stand Season 2

***Pulse Last Stand Season 2*** is the second season of the online competition series *Pulse Last Stand*. It began on April 18, 2020 and the season finale was held on July 11, 2020.
Like the first season,

This season has 18 cast members and 5 permanent judges. The winner of this season is **Fearless.**

## Casting

Due to the high number of interests, the season had to start with a casting round in which 27 contestants had to send one of their favorite songs, and only 18 with the highest score would get into the official cast.

**Willapted** got the highest score and became the first member of the cast, quickly followed by **Slippery**, **District**, **BB**, **Matt**, **Fearless**, **Carrie**, **Samosaurus**, **Adrian C.**, **Surfboardt**, **Violet**, **Charmander**, **Eidde**, **GV**, and **Nick Perkins**. With only 3 spots left, the 12 contestants whose names hadn't been called wait anxiously. In the end, **Born**, **Shruggie**, and **Zach** were called as the last three members of the cast.

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## Round 1 - Time For The Divas

For this round, contestants had to send a song by a pop diva, The contestants were also told there was gonna be a double elimination.

**Zach**, who sneaked in at the last place on casting round, redeemed himself by getting the highest score, and winning the round. **District** was trailing behind **Zach** with just .3 points separating them, almost securing a win in his bag. On the other hand, **Carrie**, **GV**, and **Matt** landed in the bottom three. **Matt** survived with **Gates** tanking **Carrie'**s pick. **GV**, who sent a song that got almost universal criticism by the judges, had no chance from the start.

* First Call-Out: Zach
* Hall of Fame entry: Lauryn Hill - "Ex-Factor"
* Bottom Three: Carrie, GV, & Matt
* Eliminated; Carrie & GV

## Round 2 - Time For The Divos

For this round, contestants had to send a song by a famous pop male artist,

**Charmander** had their turn at the top of the pack this round, leading ahead of everyone by almost 5 points. **Nick Perkins** and **Samosaurus** landed in the bottom two. Despite getting a score lower than a 5 from **Sambalada** and **Gates**, **Nick Perkins** survived while **Samosaurus** was sent packing due to the judges' mostly lackluster response for his pick.

* First Call-Out: Charmander
* Hall of Fame Entry: Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
* Bottom Two: Nick Perkins & Samosaurus
* Eliminated: Samosaurus

## Round 3 - Harmony In Two

For this round, contestants had to send a duet song.

**Violet** truly shined with their pick and secured the win by impressing almost every judges and **Matt** got the second best score. **District** took a hard stumble after solid performances in the first two rounds and **Eidde** struggled to find a song, in fact, he had to change song 3 times for either not fitting the theme or sending too late. Both landed in the bottom two but it was **Eidde** who was sent home.

* First Call-Out: Violet
* Hall of Fame entry: Charli XCX & Christine & Tha Queens - "Gone"
* Bottom Two: District & Eidde
* Eliminated: Eidde

## Round 4 - The One That Started It All

For this round, contestants had to send an artist's debut single.

**Fearless** impressed every judges with his pick and was declared the winner of the round. **Willapted** had to trail behind as the runner-up, making it the third time he was part of the top 2 in five rounds. **Born** also stood out and was called third. **Nick Perkins** struggled to show an improvement as he landed in the bottom two for the second time, but it was **BB** who ultimately got eliminated for his poor song choice, despite his strong past performances.

* + First Call-Out: Fearless
	+ Hall of Fame entry: Kanye West - "Through The Wire"
	+ Bottom Two: BB & Nick Perkins
	+ Eliminated: BB

## Round 5 - Netflix & Chill

For this round, contestants had to send either a movie or tv show soundtrack. **Crap** was invited as a guest judge.

**Charmander**, **District**, and **Matt** stood out above the rest but it was **Matt** who was declared the winner for this round. **District** and **Charmander** took up the other top 3 spots with just .5 points under **Matt'**s scores. **Surfboardt** and **Violet** sank to the bottom of the pack. Both of them had shown significant improvement from the first round but this time, they got screwed by poor song choice. In the end, **Violet** was spared and **Surfboardt** was eliminated.

* + First Call-Out: Matt
	+ Hall of Fame entry: Public Enemy - "Fight The Power"
	+ Bottom Two: Surfboardt & Violet
	+ Eliminated: Surfboardt

## Round 6 - Where In The World

For this round, contestants had to send a song in which there was a location on its title.

The judges were pretty underwhelmed by the overall choices. Only **Born**, **Matt**, and **Willapted** managed to impress the judges, with **Willapted** beating **Matt** by almost 3 points. The others received mostly mixed reviews. The ones with the most flat response were **Charmander** and **Shruggie** who landed in the bottom two together. **Charmander** was given another chance and **Shruggie** was sent home.

* + First Call-Out: Willapted
	+ Hall of Fame entry: Lana Del Rey - "Venice Bitch"
	+ Bottom Two: Charmander & Shruggie
	+ Eliminated: Shruggie

## Round 7 - Pride 2020

For this round, contestants had to send a song by an LGBTQ+ artist.

Every contestants had a vast improvement from the previous round. This round had the closest top 5 of the whole season so far in terms of points. **Matt** was declared the winner of the round, making it his third consecutive top 2 finish. He was followed by **Nick Perkins**, **Zach**, **Willapted**, and **Fearless**, in that order. Only .5 points separated **Matt** from **Fearless** at fifth place. **Slippery** and **Violet** landed in the bottom two. **Violet** was first declared safe, eliminating **Slippery**, but it was soon revealed that this was a non-elimination round and **Slippery** was given a second chance.

* + First Call-Out: Matt
	+ Hall of Fame Entry: BROCKHAMPTON - "BOOGIE"
	+ Bottom Two: Slippery & Violet
	+ Eliminated (but saved): Slippery

## Round 8 - Dance In Euro

For this round, contestants had to send a Eurodance song. **Disco** was invited to be a guest judge.

**Matt** was the only one who got a universal praise for his choice and he got his third win of the season. **Fearless** and **Violet** also did well but had to suffer from being tanked by one of the judges, **Gates** for **Fearless** and **Mayman** for **Violet**. As a punishment for finishing last in the previous round, **Slippery** received a .3 points penalty for every score he received. With the penalty added to his mediocre score this round, **Slippery** landed in the bottom two again. However, **Willapted** was the one who got the boot for sending the weakest track of the round, despite being one of the clear frontrunners thus far.

* + First Call-Out: Matt
	+ Hall of Fame Entry: Alice Deejay - "Better Off Alone"
	+ Bottom Two: Slippery & Willapted
	+ Eliminated: Willapted

## Round 9 - Nashville Legends

For this round, contestants had to send a song by a Country Music Hall of Fame inductees. **Mayman** was unable to judge this round, **ladyafan** and **Tim** were invited to guest judge.

'*Fearless'*continued to impress the judges, but once again, he was blocked by **Matt** who sent what would be the highest-scoring song of the season. This also marked **Matt'**s fourth win of the season, tying **Trilogy** from Season 1 for the most wins during a single season. **Slippery** got in the bottom two for the third consecutive time along with **District** who only managed to impress a small portion of the judging panel. **Slippery** survived once again to everyone's surprise and **District** was sent packing.

* First Call-Out: Matt

* Hall of Fame Entry: Patsy Cline - "Crazy"

* Bottom Two: District & Slippery

* Eliminated: District

## Round 10 - Cardibophobia

For this round, contestants had to send a song by a female rapper. **Jtd** and **Shooter** were invited to be guest judges.

For the first time in this season, there were no average scores below an 8. **Fearless** finally snatched his second win after two rounds of being blocked from the top spot. Underdogs, **Nick Perkins** and **Slippery** were called next. **Born**, **Matt**, and **Charmander** followed after. After **Charmander'**s name was called, **Sambalada** announced that this was a pre-determined double elimination round. **Adrian C.**, **Violet**, and **Zach** were the bottom three. **Adrian C.** for his very slow improvement throughout the competition, **Violet** for being inconsistent with the judges, and **Zach** for his slowly slipping performances. **Violet'**s name was called and they were through to the next round. **Adrian C.** and **Zach** were eliminated.

* First Call-Out: Fearless

* Hall of Fame Entry: Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)

* Bottom Three: Adrian C., Violet, & Zach

* Eliminated: Adrian C. & Zach