Total Drama: Free Agents II

## Cast Photo

**Total Drama: Free Agents II: Battle of the Sexes** is the second season of the Total Drama: Free Agents series.

## Overview

The second season of TDFA took place on the same island as the first. This time, however, there was a theme. For the first time, there was an actual set-in-stone team format (Guys VS Girls), as well as a merge at Week 5.

This season brought 16 brand new contestants, with lots of drama and stories to tell.

### Format

* **Teams**: Unlike last season, TDFAII does actually feature a teams format. The two teams are the Girls and the Boys.
* **Team Swap**: Wesley Shine is swapped to the Girls team after a sudden vote during Week 3.
* **Merge**: During Week Five, the teams merged, and the format returned to the previous "Free Agent" style.
* **Return**: This season contains two returning contestants. Hanako Akiyama returns to the competition at the end of Week 5, and Wesley Shine returns to the competition at the end of Week 8.
* **Voting**: One of the important parts of the game is that the winner of the challenge is immune, but unable to vote.
* **Finale**: The finale of TDFA consists of a jury vote, rather than a challenge. Unlike other shows, however, every previously eliminated contestant is a member of said jury. Each person will vote for one of the finalists, and the one with the most votes is the winner!
	+ This season's finale is a final three, not a final two.

### Twists

* Although this season did not have an official Hell Week, there were still multiple weeks that may be considered one.
	+ During Week 5, the contestants had to vote for a contestant immediately, not knowing what it was for. However, unlike a typical elimination, the contestant with the most votes would be immune. Annabelle Simons was the immunity-recipient.
	+ During Week 6, Hanako Akiyama returned to the competition after winning in a poll against Jay Lastname. The winner of the challenge got to handpick who was immune and who wasn't, being able to target out whoever they wanted. Annabelle Simons won this and Naomi Lee was sent home.
	+ During Week 9, Wesley Shine returned to the competition, taking over the spot of Matteo Rossi. This week would be a double elimination. Because immune contestants can't vote, Payton Rothman and Wesley Shine tried to give up their immunity to Yuunosuke Kyokuhara and Kesh Wade. Unfortunately, this did not work, as the two pairs kept going back and forth until eventually, no one was immune, and Wesley Shine and Iris Wong were eliminated.
* **The Auction**
	+ In the first three seasons, there was an auction held towards the end of the game. During this auction, Week 8, the contestants could bet coins against one another to receive prizes, but many of the items were vague and fully up to luck. In this auction, contestants could win prizes such as money, immunity, votes, clues, or even idols.
		- The items this season were **The Crown**, **The Reversal**, **The Cash**, **The Scroll**, **The Note**, **The Rocks**, **The Karma**, and **The Cabin.**
		- This season, Matteo Rossi won "The Cabin", which was a trip to the loser's lodge where he could swap places with an eliminated contestant, but this would eliminate him. He agreed to it and brought back Wesley Shine.
		- Another key item from the auction was "The Reversal", which was won by Annabelle Simons. The prize physically was just an Uno Reverse card. However, the card granted her power to change all the votes and eliminate whoever she wanted, even after the votes were revealed. With this, she eliminated Hien Khuu.
		- "The Cash" was won by Hien Khuu, who was awarded $100,000.
		- Kesh Wade won "The Karma", which allowed him go on a date with Karma Ryvnge. During this, he could ask him a few questions, while watching Karma eat wings.
* This season contained two sets of immunity idols.
	+ The first two idols were before the merge, where one boy and one girl could find them.
		- Yuunosuke Kyokuhara and Payton Rothman found these. However, neither of them used it.
	+ The next idol could only be found by a singular person overall.
		- After winning a clue from the auction, Payton Rothman found this idol, and did eventually use it, eventually causing the elimination of Hien Khuu.
* This season is the first and only so far to have a three-person-finale. After eliminating Yuunosuke Kyokuhara, the final three immediately went to the finale .

## Trivia

* This is the first and only season to have a Family Visit.
	+ Russell Takeyama brought his mother, Payton Rothman brought her aunt, Kesh Wade brought a friend, Annabelle Simons brought her mother, andYuunosuke Kyokuhara brought eliminated contestant Naomi Lee.

* As stated above, this season is the only one to have a three-person-finale.
	+ The finale also took place on New Year's Eve.

* This season had a recurring joke of contenders being eliminated.
	+ Every week, when the edgic for this season was revealed, the top four contenders to win were also on it. Many contestants who were on it would suffer the "curse" and get eliminated.
		- Naomi Lee, Hien Khuu, Wesley Shine, Phil Armando, Iris Wong, and Russell Takeyama were all eliminated soon after their names had either been on or had appeared on the contenders list.

* This season was the first to feature an all-LGBTQ+ cast.
	+ The one exception to this might be Lexi Cates. However, despite the jokes about her being the one straight contestant, her sexuality is actually Unknown.

## Contestants

 **Winner**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Runner-Up**

 **Jury: Kesh**

 **Jury: Payton**

 **Jury: Kesh**

 **Jury: Payton**

 **Jury: Kesh**

 **Jury: Payton**

 **Jury: Annabelle**

 **Jury: Payton**

 **Jury: Payton**

 **Jury: Kesh**

 **Jury: Payton**

 **Jury: Kesh**

 **Jury: Annabelle**