SHUFFEL! 3: Level Flight

SHUFFEL! 3: Level Flight is the third season of the hit reality show SHUFFEL! It premiered on June 2nd 2006, and ran until September 8th, 2006. The season carries on with the original format of the game. The phrase "Level Flight" stemmed from the season long twist, this season there were five male/male pairs, and five female/female pairs playing the game, and for the pre-aviation portion, passengers were only eligible to nominate players of the opposite sex for elimination. This resulted in a war between genders. Ultimately, post aviation, the male contestants were voted out one by one, leaving us with an all-female final four. The second twist of the season was called the 'Battle Back'. This saw the first five eliminated pairs compete in a face-off style competition, the first eliminated pair battling the next, so on and so forth. Wendy and Jill won the Battle Back, they then went on to make it to the final two, becoming the first pair to do so.

The season was heavily dominated by a strong female cast. A majority female alliance was formed of Wendy, Jill, Luna, Eclipse, and on the outer ring of the alliance was Joanna and Paisley. The six women were met with some hardship along the way, but they ultimately knocked out man after man. Each of them securing a spot in the final eight. Nearing the end, the four core girls cut the teacher pair. Sending Joanna and Paisley home back to back for eighth and seventh. They then managed to eject the last two boy's standing, Blue and Bolin. Securing two pairs in the final four. Wendy and Jill ultimately were able to win the final competitions to secure their spot in the final two. Where, in a controversial final vote, Wendy was crowned the winner and was awarded with the rare $2,000,000 prize, while Jill was awarded $500,000.

## Passengers

**(1st) Wendy Zouleigh****(2nd) Jill Zouleigh****(3rd) Eclipse Aztecha****(4th) Luna Apachi****(5th) Bolin Huang****(6th) Blue Valous****(7th) Paisley Painter****(8th) Joanna Smithers****(9th) Cameron Cartwright****(10th) Lester Hodgekins****(11th) Mike Huang****(12th) Khristian Pierre****(13th/14th) Terran Khole****(13th/14th) Nicholas Sanders****(15th/16th) Rico Garrison****(15th/16th) Rusty Garrison****(17th/18th) Whitney Glass****(17th/18th) Hazel Hodge****(19th/20th) Khloe Kimberly****(19th/20th) Courtney Hellman**

## Game History

### Week 1

Blue / Cameron and Luna / Eclipse won topflight. Right before nominations Jill proposed an alliance with the two native women and they agreed, forming the Golden Girls. The men nominated Whitney / Hazel and Khloe / Courtney. The women nominated Lester / Khristian and Terran / Nicholas. Once the noms were set Wendy decided to add in Joanna and Paisley into the alliance, something she would regret later on. Khloe / Courtney were ejected.

### Week 2

In this week Wendy / Jill and Lester / Khristian. Jill was adamant about Blue and Cameron going home and Wendy agreed. Meanwhile the gays wanted Joanna and Paisley to be ejected. After Blue and Cameron killshot the Golden Girls went to work and saved their alliance members Joanna and Paisley.

### Week 3

Blue / Cameron and Joanna / Paisley won topflight. Blue figured out the girls were working together and nominated Luna / Eclipse and Wendy / Jill. Joana and Paisley attempted to get revenge on the gays but they won killshot. Jill and Wendy campaigned for they safety and they managed to get the votes, sealing Rusty and Rico's fate. During this week Wendy began to flirt with Bolin and he saved her in the vote.

### Week 4

Joanna / Paisley and Lester / Khristian won topflight. The men nominated the other members of Golden Girls while the women targeted Terran / Nicholas. Wendy and Jill won killshot and had a minor confrontation with Lester and Khristian after Lester commented on Wendy's job. The Golden Girls got the men out successfully.

### Week 5

Joanna / Paisley and Blue / Cameron won topflight and the men came for the Golden Girls again. When Lester / Khristian and Luna / Eclipse won killshot Wendy and Jill began to sweat. Jill went to Lester and made a deal with him, promising him everything he wanted to hear if he voted to keep her and he agreed. Meanwhile Wendy made her move on Bolin (thinking he would be ejected) and the two had a sweet first kiss goodbye. After the kiss Bolin went straight to Luna and convinced her that Wendy / Jill were planning to turn on her after making a deal with Lester and Khristian. Shocked, Luna approached Lester who confirmed a deal was made, but didn't say what the deal was. Both nominated pairs were shocked when the vote tied and Wendy and Jill lost the tie.

### Week 6

Bolin and Blue won topflight. With Wendy and Jill back in the game they got into an argument with Luna and Eclipse, knowing one of them flipped. The native girls were able to convince Wendy and Jill that it was Joanna who put it in their heads that Jill and Wendy were gonna flip. The sisters believed the native girls lies and swore they would eventually get revenge on the other female duo. While Blue was targeting the Golden Girls Bolin made a deal with them and got Khristian ejected.

### Week 7

Blue / Paisley won topflight. Blue nominated Wendy and Luna while Paisley nominated Bolin and Mike. The women won killshot and Jill wanted Bolin out because he was a bigger threat. Wendy got very defensive over Bolin and demanded Mike be ejected, and the Golden Girls eventually caved but found it suspicious.

### Week 8

Wendy / Cameron won topflight. The two made a deal to keep each others partners safe which upset Joanna and Paisley. Cameron nominated Joanna and Luna while Wendy targeted Lester. As usual, the Golden Girls got their way and Lester was finally ejected. He made a speech about "mean girls" in the plane before he left.

### Week 9

Eclipse / Joanna won topflight and it seemed like it was going to be a simple week. Joanna nominated Bolin and Jill, which shocked the other Golden Girls. In retaliation Eclipse nominated Paisley next to Cameron. Paisley and Bolin won killshot. Joanna attempted to flip the vote from Cameron onto Jill, with Paisley and Blue voting her out, and were shocked to find out Bolin voted Cameron out. After Cameron was ejected Joanna and Paisley felt like clowns.

### Week 10

Jill and Eclipse won topflight and nominated Blue and Bolin next to Paisley and Joanna. During the killshot Wendy, Luna, and Eclipse tried helping the men from the sidelines and the two men did in fact win killshot. With Joanna and Paisley nominated, Luna, Eclipse, and Jill were rude to them while Wendy was kind (fake). They voted out Joanna for being the bigger threat.

### Week 11

Blue / Luna won topflight. Blue nominated Jill and Wendy while Luna nominated Bolin and Paisley. Once the nominations were set it was obvious what was happening, with Bolin being the only person to eject Wendy. After the vote Wendy yelled at Bolin, calling him "fake" and a "manipulator".

### Week 12

Eclipse won topflight and nominated Jill, Wendy, and Blue. The native girls tried to get Wendy or Jill out, but when Jill won killshot. Jill and Wendy got into a minor argument with the tribal girls but they eventually calmed down and all apologized to each other. In a 2-1 vote Blue was ejected.

### Week 13

Eclipse won topflight and nominated everyone except Luna. Jill and Wendy were nervous about the killshot, knowing they needed to win it. After Jill won the killshot Luna voted Wendy out while Jill voted for Bolin. Wendy and Bolin faced off in the tiebreaker, and after Wendy defeated him, the flirtmance had broken up.

### Week 14

In the final 4 Eclipse won topflight which meant everyone else was nominated. Jill won the killshot and as Wendy and Luna sat in the cargo room, Luna was crying. Jill apologized to Luna before voting to eject her. In the final three Eclipse just barely lost the first flight competition to Jill who obviously ejected her.

The jury was very upset with both Wendy and Jill, feeling like these two women who were ejected doesn't deserve to win. Jill went on about how she's a mastermind who orchestrated every ejection, while Wendy talked about how she was kind to everyone despite always being nominated by them. The jury respected Wendy as a person and voted for her to win in a 6-3 vote.

## Trivia

* This is the first season a pair made final 2
* This is the first season the winner won 2 million dollars