The Cataclysm: World At War

**The Cataclysm: World At War** is the 32nd season of the fiction reality competition series *The Cataclysm*. Taking place in the Lau Islands of Fiji, twelve men and twelve women, compete in the ultimate test of strength, endurance, and intelligence in order to be the "last one standing" and claim the $2,000,000 prize.

Contestant Jennifer Dai made her return on *The Cataclysm: Santa Maria*.

## Format

* **Exemption Challenge:**The Cataclysm's immunity challenge. The winner(s) of this challenge is exempt from elimination.
* **Final Challenge:**The finalists are determined in a Final Challenge, where the remaining contestants compete in a multi-level final competition that determines who advances to the end. In this season, the remaining four contestants compete to earn one of three final spots and the loser becomes the final member of the jury.
* **Ballot:**The Cataclysm's elimination round. Those nominated to face the ballot risk being eliminated.
* **Medallions:**In addition to the **Resurrection Medallion**, the other medallions available to use are: the **Fire Medallion**, which allows the holder to instantly nominate a player for the ballot, and the **Chaos Medallion**, which allows the holder to erase the ballot nominations and leave all the players up for elimination, excluding the holder of the chaos medallion and the exemption challenge winner.

## New Twists/Changes

* **World At War:** In the country faction format, teams must compete to win the Exemption Challenge where their selected Commander nominates three opposing countries to face the voting ballot.
* **Danger Dome:** The three nominated countries compete in the returning Danger Dome to save themselves from going into the voting ballot. One faction will save themselves, while the losing two will proceed with the voting ballot.
* **Surrender:** When only one person remains in a country, they "surrender" where they are temporarily out of the game. They can return to the game by betting on another country in the Exemption Challenge - should that country win, they join that country's faction.
* **No Medallions until Solo Stage:** Medallions are not made available for use until the solo stage of the game for the first time in their existence.

## Episode Progress

Legend
 Runner-Up
 2nd Runner-Up
 SAFE
 LOW
 BTM
 ELIM

## Notes

* On Episode 1, the Spain faction came to a tie in the voting ballot. As a result, Lindsay was eliminated in a three-way duel.
* On Episode 3, the China faction competed in a duel to stay in the game. Jennifer won, and Mitchell was subsequently eliminated.
* On Episode 4, Jennifer being the last contestant on her faction forced her to surrender. She was able to bet on a faction (United States) to win the following Exemption Challenge, however their loss led to her remaining surrendered.
* On Episode 5, Jennifer bet on a faction (United States) to win the following Exemption Challenge, however their loss led to her remaining surrendered. Also, the Spain and United States factions held duels to eliminate at their voting ballots. Ruby and Urijah each won, leading to Cody's and Eric's eliminations.
* On Episode 11, Jonas played a **Resurrection Medallion** on Urijah, thus removing his nomination from the voting ballot.
* On Episode 13, Peyton played a **Fire Medallion**, thus removing her nomination from the voting ballot and adding everyone eligible into the ballot.

## Season Summary

The 24 contestants arrived on the beach in Fiji where they learn of the World At War twist with them being divided based on their country of origin. Some factions get along well such as United States and United Kingdom, however difficulty with Spain caused them to be dysfunctional. Several of the countries decided to play it safe and throw early challenges to keep themselves out of harm's way, however the only faction to successfully accomplish this is India.

China won the first Exemption Challenge, deciding to target Australia and the United States for their strength and Spain for their dysfunction. The US saved themselves in the Danger Dome, leading to the other countries eliminating Leah and Lindsay. A three-way tie forced Spain to compete to remain in the game. Brazil winning next continued the targeting of the US, however they once again saved themselves. China putting themselves in the forefront initially led to their nomination as well. France also being nominated led to Alissa and Pierre being eliminated. Spain retaliated by winning the next Exemption Challenge and successfully got China and the United States to face the ballot. This led to Mitchell and Trenton getting eliminated, with Jennifer being forced to surrender and temporarily being taken out of the game. Australia winning at the next Exemption Challenge led to them targeting the remaining full factions: Brazil, India, and the UK. India once again won the Danger Dome, leading to Nelson and Serena getting voted out. India would retaliate by targeting Australia the next round along with Spain and the US. Australia would win the Danger Dome, with Cody and Eric losing their duels against Urijah and Ruby.

On Episode 6, it was announced that the remaining contestants would be divided into two brand new factions representing East Island and West Island. On the new East Island faction, Christian and Rebecca from France are singled out as an alliance. They form separate alliances with Vachan and Jaida within the group. On the new West Island, Jennifer and Urijah form a bond and begin working together. East Island won the next Exemption Challenge with Jonas as Commander and he decided to target Darcy with Jennifer and Ruby being nominated. West Island decided having Darcy (and Peyton) against Jonas would be beneficial and felt Darcy was an important asset, thus leading to Ruby being eliminated. East winning again with Jaida as Commander led to Jaida following her new alliance's idea: targeting Jonas' ally Ana Maria and nominating Jennifer and Urijah who were the sole survivors of their country. This plan was successful with Ana Maria getting eliminated next. Rebecca becoming Commander following another East win had her deciding to save her allies' country faction members and nominating Darcy, Jennifer, and Urijah. Ultimately, Jennifer and Urijah recruited Maisie and they voted out Darcy.

The remaining 11 contestants then played as individuals for the remainder of the game. This also marked the point where medallions would come into play. The former India faction were now controlling the game with alliances with former France Christian and Rebecca as well as Jaida on their side. Jennifer and Urijah were on the opposite side. Dara winning the next Exemption Challenge led to him nominating the opposite pair alongside Maisie. While Jaida was wanting to protect her UK partner, Jasmine and Vachan decided to vote off Maisie as she wasn't working with them. Jonas and Peyton both wanting to keep Jennifer and Urijah led to Maisie becoming the first juror. Urijah winning the next Exemption Challenge saw all three members of India face real danger for the first time. Vachan was ultimately voted out for being a major power player as a result. When Jaida won next, The India/France alliance convinced Jaida to continue targeting Jennifer/Urijah. Jonas saw an opportunity once he found a medallion to earn the trust of a strong player by saving Urijah in the ballot, although this led to Jennifer's elimination. Rebecca winning the next challenge led to outsiders in Jonas, Peyton, and Urijah to be targeted with Urijah being eliminated. When Dara won his second Exemption Challenge, he attempted to continue the target on Jonas and Peyton. Peyton however played a Fire Medallion at the ballot and saved herself. In addition, her and Jonas struck a deal with Christian and Rebecca which led to the four voting out Jasmine. When Dara won Exemption again, he saved himself from getting targeted. He also decided to target France for turning on him last round. Feeling that Rebecca was a potential threat in the final, Jaida voted alongside Jonas and Peyton to eliminate her. Dara winning for the third episode in a row led to Christian being eliminated.

Dara, Jaida, Jonas, and Peyton made the final four and competed in the Final Challenge to earn their place to plead their case to the jury for the win. In the end, Jaida was eliminated and became the final member of the jury. The three finalists plead their case as being underdogs: Dara for saving himself in challenge wins and being under the radar initially, Peyton for being a strong social player and getting to the end after losing her country, and Jonas for playing his way to the end when he was on the chomping block. The jury agreed and praised all three for their games. Ultimately, they felt Dara was a superstar player who dominated and Peyton was a great social player. While Jonas was appreciated as a player, the jury felt Dara and Peyton outshined him. In the end, Dara Singh won in a 5-3-0 vote to win the season.