Sylvia Riah

**Money Won:** | $125,000

**Sylvia Riah** was a female contestant that competed on ***The Royalty Challenge***. She first appeared on the fourth season, The Royalty Challenge: Tokyo Drift, with her Fresh Meat pair Kendall Gray where they were third eliminated; placing in 19th place. She returned in The Royalty Challenge: Cold Zone where she finished in 3rd place with Remi Rowan. She was also awarded Most Improved Veteran.

In **Tokyo Drift**, Sylvia was paired up with Veteran Kendall during the Fresh Meat pair twist. She had history with her partner but decided to put former tensions aside in order to make the pairing work. She was included in Christian Cruz's majority alliance; Teamwork Makes The Dreamwork; but it quickly crumbled when his rookie partner Katie Jenkins exposed it to some of the players on the outside of it. Sylvia aligned her loyalties with DLS Theqhat and Timmy Putnam in the Clown Shit alliance. Even though she remained social with most of the house, Sylvia and her partner were nominated in the first two rounds by Allen King/Tasha Gaspard; but managed to slide through without being sent into elimination by the house. However, their game came at risk in Round 3 when they were nominated by Marq Savage/Zuzana Zu. After receiving the majority of votes, Sylvia called-out Alex Rose/Malik Cordova for elimination as she believed they were untrustworthy and floating through the game. After her reasoning, tensions grew in the house chat when Alex confronted her about her comments regarding his trust. After Kendall didn't turn-up to perform in their elimination, Sylvia fought on her own and almost won; but her time wasn't enough to beat her opponents. She entered the redemption area Stasis; choosing to compete as an individual when it came to the challenge but she lost against ally DLS; ending her journey this season.

In **Cold Zone**, Sylvia returned with the hopes of redemption from her previous run; joining Caoimhe Mulcahy's alliance Drifting 5 with players from **Tokyo Drift** Devin Tauruan, Jamie Fitzgerald and Remi Rowan. Winning the first daily challenge of the season, Sylvia failed to submit a vote as the Zoner therefore the power ended up with teammate Dorian Washington. Getting closer to the younger rookie players of the cast, Sylvia joined Sierra Castillo's alliance Icons Of STC with Izel Bitcherzina and Mariah Neveraz. Blindsided by Mariah being voted into the second elimination by the Zoners, Sylvia and her alliance theorized about a Veteran alliance in the house. The blindsides continued for Sylvia when she was left unpicked on the chain; even though her alliance member Jamie was the one to start it. Pulling the double block, Sylvia ignored Jamie's explantation and took revenge by pulling him into the elimination with her and Mariah; resulting in a confrontation between her and Jamie where he labelled her move petty. Managing to defeat them both, Sylvia won her first elimination of the season. She chose Zaire Langill to be a part of her team. Getting close with Veteran James X, Sylvia was mislead into believing he was on the bottom of the game, but the pair of them set their targets on Danielle George/Ryan Matthew; a duo that they viewed as socially connected amongst the house. When Sylvia heard her name as a target in the Round 3 house-vote, she formed The Skinnier Legends with Devin Tauruan, Izel, James and Sierra in hopes of switching the target to Danielle/Ryan. Despites her efforts, Sylvia was voted into elimination against Anojan Thaseelan. In another close-call, Sylvia managed to win her second elimination in-a-row and chose James to be on her team for the following daily. Not being sent into the elimination during Round 4, Sylvia was left rooting for ally Sierra. She was able to further show her physical capabilities by winning the purge challenge alongside Izel. Proving themselves as great competitors, the house started to team-up against the younger players. Winning the daily challenge in Round 6, Sylvia was the only Zoner to not vote Izel into elimination. Seeing Zaire on the bottom, they pulled her into the Outsiders alliance.

Being on a team with Izel/Sierra 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. During an intense daily battle for power, Sylvia and her alliance targeted Caoimhe/Dorian/Remi; resulting in a heated confrontation between the two sides. Sylvia took the opportunity to ask Caoimhe what her issue with her was; leading to the pair confessing their dislike for each other. With Zaire changing her mind and trying to win the daily, Sylvia watched her allies Izel/Sierra enter the double elimination against Devin; but was left ecstatic when Izel survived and pick her for his team. Winning the Round 8 daily as a pair, they decided to take their shot against Ryan and voted him into elimination. However, he survived against opponent Donald G. Losing the daily in Round 9, Sylvia was saved by Zaire during the chain; and was left without many allies when Izel was eliminated against Fergus Crowe. Failing to show up to the daily in Round 10 and causing her team a loss, Sylvia ended up being left unpicked on the chain and pulled the death block; entering elimination against Fergus. In a long battle, Sylvia just managed to defeat Fergus and bagged her third elimination win of the season; becoming the first female to ever accomplish this. Choosing Zaire as her teammate, they won the Round 11 daily; securing their safety and forcing the majority to turn on themselves. Sylvia/Zaire 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, Sylvia joined the house in voting Caoimhe into elimination. Losing the final daily challenge, Sylvia was spared from elimination when Dorian was voted in and James offered to go in against her. Making it to the finale, Sylvia was disappointed to be paired with Remi but still tried her best; but it wasn't enough to beat the other teams and they finished in third place.

## **The Royalty Challenge: Tokyo Drift**

### **Daily Challenge Progress**

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### **Bank Progress**

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## **Trivia**

* Sylvia is the youngest player to debut on a season at the age of 13.
* Sylvia holds the record with most elimination wins in a single season with 3.
	+ She shares this record with Donnchadh.
	+ She is the first female to accomplish this statistic.
* Sylvia is the youngest player to win the Most Improved Veteran award. d
* She tied for most daily wins in **Cold Zone** with 5.