Battle Of The Bloodlines

***Battle of the Bloodlines*** is the 5th season of *The Challenge*. This season features competitors from The Duel, Fresh Meat and Inferno competing with their family members for a share of $350,000. This season was filmed in Turkey and Germany for the final from June to August 2015. It premiered on December 2, 2013 and concluded with the "Battle Of The Bloodlines" reunion on February 17, 2014.

## Description

Twelve players from MTV series will travel to Bodrum, Turkey to join the people who know their toughest strengths, crippling weaknesses, and deepest fears better than anyone -- their own flesh and blood. In this unprecedented format, competitors will battle it out WITH and AGAINST their bloodlines, turning family into foe. This shake-up gets even more twisted when players learn that their fates are combined with their bloodlines’. It’s anyone’s game when family still means everything, because despite strong performances, competitors could still go home if their relatives fall short. With $350,000 on the line and family honor to defend, there will be blood.

## Format

Each team participates in numerous challenges which are followed by an elimination round — "The Pit." The winning team of each challenge earns immunity from entering The Pit, while the last-place finisher is automatically sent to The Pit. One team will be voted into elimination via secret ballot. The challenge winners will not vote. The selected team will be revealed in The Pit. The votes for that team will also be revealed. The selected team will then choose out of those teams who they would want to go against. The challenge winners will decide at The Pit who will go against the last-placing team whether it will be the voted in team or the called out team. The team who wins the elimination round returns to the game and has the opportunity to compete for a share of a $350,000 prize, while the losing team is eliminated from the game.

At the end of the season, three duos will compete in the final challenge.

* **First Place:** $350,000 ($175,000 each)
* **Second Place:** $75,000 ($37,500 each)
* **Third Place:** $25,000 ($12,500 each)

### Twists

* **2 Nominees:** Unlike previous seasons where the Power Team chooses one team to go against the last-place player, the Power Team will pick between two teams to go against the losing team. The nominees is determined by a house vote and whoever the house vote calls out. If the winning team picks them then that team will go into elimination against the last-place players.

## Game summary

### Elimination chart

**Notes:**

* In episode 9, there was only two teams left so they were both automatically nominated to go against Sage & Bennett since they didnt win the daily challenge

### Pit progress

Competition
     The contestant's team won the final challenge.
     The contestant's team lost the final challenge.
     The contestant's team won the mission and was safe.
     The contestant was safe from the Pit.
     The contestant was placed into the Pit and won.
     The contestant was a nominated for the Pit was not chosen to compete in the Pit.
     The contestant's team won the mission and was safe, but their bloodline was placed into the Pit and won.
     The contestant was placed into the Pit and was eliminated.
     The contestant was removed from the competition due to injury.
     The contestant was forced to leave the competition after their teammate was removed due to an injury.