The Butler Games: Allstars

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Lindsey Wootten, Dan Grima, Barnie Varnava, Ryan Frain-Walker, Rachel Brits, Lisa Williams and Iain Gregory

The Butler Games: AllStars is the fifth season of The Butler Games.

This season took place on Saturday 10th November 2018. The premise of the season saw players from the past four seasons battling it out to be crowned the ultimate 'Allstar'. The season took a look back at the players and the moves they made throughout the history of the game, and paid homage to previous contestants and challenges.

The season was won by new player Olly Crawford, with 5 out of 8 votes to win.

## The Players

This season was originally set to feature 15 players, all of which had featured in a previous season. Due to scheduling conflicts a number of players dropped out prior to the games, resulting in only ten players competing. Players who were unable to compete included Rebecca Plaistow, Mandy Hines, Rich Butler, Emma Warburton, Josh Kennerley, Katie Yates, Natalie Norton, Dan Kwok and Rachel Williams. As a result of a number of AllStar drop outs, Olly Crawford and Rachel Brits were invited to compete in the season as newbies - completing a cast of ten players.

Tom LanganIain GregoryLisa WilliamsDan GrimaLindsey WoottenRyan Frain-WalkerOlivia WilliamsRachel BritsBarnie VarnavaOlly Crawford
## The Legacy Twist

This season, players endured the Legacy Twist. Each player had a twist designed after their performances in a previous season of The Butler Games. Upon becoming Head of House and making their nominations, the player would also choose a 'legacy' to unleash upon the game, they were not required to choose their own legacy and could choose any of the 10 available legacies. 5 legacies were unleashed upon the game.

 Olly
 Ryan
 Barnie
 Lindsey

Despite not being in the game, Becca and Mandy both had legacies that could be chosen. This was due to the fact that both players were set to compete until the day of the games.

## Immunity Idols

This season's immunity idols were designed after constellations, following the theme of All-Stars. There were two hidden idols in play, as well as the lifeline immunity idol which could be won.

The first was found by Rachel Brits during the first round, marking the first time a female player has found an immunity idol. The idol was hidden in a cushion in the main room. Rachel was caught finding the idol by a number of players, and quickly passed the idol onto her ally Olly Crawford to try and take the heat away from her. Olly traded the idol with Lindsey Wootten, to secure an alliance between him, Rachel, Lindsey and Lisa.

The second idol was introduced following the use of the first idol. This idol was placed on top of a cupboard in the kitchen area during a break for food. The idol remained there for an entire round, before finally being discovered by Ryan Frain-Walker and Barnie Varnava. As Barnie grabbed the idol first, he claimed the idol for his own.

### The Lifeline Idol

As Olly and Rachel had never competed before, they did not have a Legacy to choose from in the Legacy Twist. Instead, they were given a secret task prior to the game starting.

They were told that in the first two rounds the players would be split into two teams, and the winning team would be required to decide amongst them who would be the Head of House. If Olly and Rachel could convince the All-Stars to allow one of them to become Head of House in those first two rounds, they would win the Lifeline Idol.

## The Competitions

A total of 17 competitions were played across 8 rounds this season. This is the most competitions played in a single season so far. The eighth and final round was a vote between the final two players on who should be crowned the winner.

## The Game

The game consisted of 7 rounds and a final vote.

### Pre-Game

Before the game began, new players Olly and Rachel were given a secret task to complete during the first two rounds. They were informed that players would be split into two teams, and the winning team would be required to decide amongst them who would be the Head of House. If Olly or Rachel could convince the All-Stars to allow one of them to become Head of House in those first two rounds, they would win the Lifeline Immunity Idol.

Also prior to the game, Dan approached Barnie with the idea of forming an alliance - The Runner Ups.

### Round One

To start the round, players were split into two tribes captained by winners Ryan and Lindsey respectively.

 Team Lindsey

Prior to the challenge, Rachel discovered the first hidden immunity idol, hidden inside a cushion on the nomination couch. Not being completely sure of the power of the idol, Rachel did not realise that it may have been in her best interest to keep this secret, and was not subtle about her find. After realising her mistake, she decided to give the idol to Olly, in hope it would take some of the heat of her.

Dan approached Rachel in an attempt to 'butter her up' so she would use the idol to save The Runner Ups. He offered her safety and 'temporary' entry into his alliance, but she informed him that she was no longer in possession of the idol and refused to tell him who she had given it to. He informed her that she had made a 'powerful enemy'.

The players competed in the first tribal challenge, Battleflip Relay, wherein they had to run in relay to flip their cups. Lindsey's team took the lead, but Ryan's team gained significant time when tasked with pulling the stickers back. Tom and Dan were the last players to run, and therefore required to pull the stickers and shout the numbers back over to their team, however both players struggled to get the stickers off to reveal the numbers. Tom attempted to use his teeth to pull the stickers off, whilst Dan cleverly used the spilt liquid on the table to wet the labels and reveal the number on the other side without pulling the stickers off. His team won the challenge and they all agreed that he should be the Head of House.

At the nomination ceremony, Dan decided that it was never too early to make a move and nominated fellow all-stars Lindsey and Iain for elimination. At this stage, Dan also approached Olivia and roped her into The Runner Ups.

As Head of House, Dan was also required to choose a legacy to unleash upon the game. Unfortunately, his own legacy was unavailable to be chosen this round and he instead chose Becca's legacy - The Gift - hoping that her short time in the game would result in an easy twist to handle. Becca's legacy meant that all non-nominated, non immune players would compete in the Give-Wrapped nomination challenge - the challenge which sent Becca out of the game during The Butler Games: Ride or Die. This challenge resulted in a number of punishments being handed out; Olly and Lisa were nominated for elimination, Ryan lost his vote and Tom and Barnie were to be tied together for the remainder of the round. Barnie also won a Veto Ticket, which meant he could trade this in for a place in this round's veto competition - he gave this to Ryan since he was tied to Tom and felt this would hinder his performance.

In the veto competition, Tic Tac Throw, players competed tournament style to get three balls of their colour in a row. The game came down to a match between two nominee's; Olly and Iain, with Olly winning and using the Power of Veto to save himself from elimination. Dan chose Rachel as the replacement nominee.

Prior to the vote, The Runner Ups decided to target new player Rachel, as Dan had already made it clear to her that they were now enemies. However, they were unable to inform alliance member Barnie of this since he was tied to Tom and they were unaware of Tom's allegiances. Olly decided to make a risky move and seconds before the vote took place he gave the immunity idol to Lindsey, in exchange for her loyalty.

*(Nominated: Iain, Lindsey, Rachel and Lisa)*

 Iain
 Olly
 Rachel
 Tom

Prior to the votes being read, Lindsey played an immunity idol and all votes cast against her were void. This caused significant confusion in the game, with most players, including idol finder Rachel, believing that Lindsey had found a second immunity idol.

With 3 out of 9 votes, Iain was the first player eliminated from The Butler Games: Allstars.

### Round Two

In Round Two, players competed in a classic Butler Games challenge: Scrabble Scramble. Each tribe was required to choose one player to be the speller. This player would be sequestered and required to spell a word out of the balls collected by the other tribe members - Lindsey and Lisa were chosen as the spellers.

Both players could only spell a four letter word out of the letters provided, with Lisa spelling 'walk' and Lindsey spelling 'zone', as the former would score the highest in a game of scrabble, Lindsey's team won the challenge. Olly nominated himself to be Head of House, and was backed up by Rachel and Lindsey. He therefore completed his secret mission and received the Lifeline immunity idol.

At the nomination ceremony, Olly nominated Dan and Ryan for elimination, considering them to be the biggest threats from the other tribe. He was also required to choose a Legacy to unleash upon the game, choosing Lindsey's legacy - Let's Join Forces. This meant that all players, except the Head of House would compete in the Plinko Pinball challenge to decide who would become Co-Head of House with Olly. This player would be required to nominate two players of their own for elimination. Rachel won this challenge, gaining the highest score of 100 and subsequently nominated Olivia and Barnie for elimination.

In The Last Knight veto challenge, Dan won the golden power of veto and used it on himself. It was confirmed that had Dan not have won this challenge, he would've likely been eliminated from the game. Olly was faced with a difficult decision, with only Lindsey, Lisa and Tom as replacement nominees. Not wanting to expose his alliance with Lindsey and Lisa, he nominated Lisa as she was on the other tribe. He thought he had the votes to ensure she would not be eliminated from the game.

Prior to the vote, the players appeared to be split into two; with Dan, Ryan, Barnie and Olivia wanting to vote for Lisa, and Lisa, Lindsey, Olly and Rachel wanting to vote for Olivia. Barnie was approached by Lindsey and Olly with the plan to blindside Olivia and vote her out of the game. He had previously promised Lisa that he would not vote for her this season, but was unsure if he could betray his own alliance this early. He has stated that this vote was the hardest he ever had to make during the games.

*(Nominated: Ryan, Barnie, Lisa and Olivia)*

 Lisa
 Olivia
 Rachel
 Ryan

With 5 out of 9 votes, Lisa was blindsided and became the second player eliminated from The Butler Games: Allstars.

### Round Three

The third round begun with the Know It All head of house challenge, which was won by Ryan after just four questions had been asked.

At the nomination ceremony, Ryan nominated newbies Olly and Rachel for elimination, believing that Rachel still had an immunity idol. He was also required to choose a Legacy to unleash upon the game, choosing his own - The Power Round. This gave Ryan the power to choose which players would compete in the veto challenge alongside himself and the two nominees, he chose The Runner Ups; Barnie, Dan and Olivia.

In the Go Nuts! Power of Veto challenge, the players competed to eat a doughnut from a string without using their hands. Olivia took an early lead, being the first player to get the doughnut completely in their mouths. But she struggled to chew, allowing Dan to catch up and ultimately win the Golden Power of Veto.

At the Veto ceremony, Dan decided not to use the Power of Veto keeping both Rachel and Olly on the block. As only two players were eligible for elimination this round, neither nominee voted at the elimination ceremony.

*(Nominated: Olly and Rachel)*

With 6 out of 6 votes, Rachel was the third player eliminated from The Butler Games: Allstars, and first player to be unanimously voted out this season.

### Round Four

In Round Four, players competed in the Baller Move head of house challenge, in which they had to use a straw to move Malteasers from a bowl into the tube of the player they wanted to eliminate. If any player received three Malteasers in their tube they were out of the challenge. The players considered this one of the hardest challenges of the season, with many needing a break following its completion. Lindsey was eliminated first, followed by Tom, Olly, Olivia and Ryan. When only Dan and Barnie remained, Barnie convinced Dan to give up and allow him to win.

At the nomination ceremony, Barnie nominated Tom and Olly for elimination. He was also required to choose a Legacy to unleash upon the game, choosing his own - The Sneaky B. This made it so that a nomination challenge would take place and the winner would nominate a third player for elimination. All players except the two nominees competed in the Face the Ace nomination challenge. Dan and Olivia were the last two players standing, and Olivia once again missed out on the win. Dan nominated Lindsey as the third nominee.

In the Power of Veto challenge, To The Nines, players ended the game with a four-way-tie between Ryan, Barnie, Olly and Tom. In a tiebreaker question, Barnie had the closest answer without going over and won the Golden Power of Veto.

At the veto ceremony, he chose to keep his nominations the same. Dan and Ryan saw this as the right opportunity to eliminate the newbie, Olly, from the game. However, Barnie convinced them that Tom and Lindsey were the bigger threats and convinced the two boys to vote to eliminate Tom from the game, in order to sever his alliance with Olivia and ensure she would not betray them for him. They considered eliminating Lindsey instead, but felt it was better to eliminate Lindsey after the Battleback, given her strong track record of battling back into the game.

The three boys turned to Lindsey with the plan and she agreed to vote with them to save herself. However, she had received information from Juror Lisa regarding the battleback, and knew that this was the last elimination before the competition would take place - she knew that if she was eliminated now, she would at least have a chance to get back into the game...

*(Nominated: Olly, Lindsey and Tom)*

 Dan
 Lindsey
 Tom

With 4 out of 7 votes, including a vote for herself, Lindsey was the fourth player eliminated from The Butler Games: Allstars.

### Round Five

At the start of round five, all jurors were brought back into the game to compete alongside the players in the Dice, Dice, Baby Head of House / Battleback challenge. The juror who outlasted the other jurors would return to the game, and the player/juror who lasted the longest would be crowned the new Head of House.

All the players dropped out of the game before any of Jury, meaning it was guaranteed that whoever re-entered the game would be the Head of House. Iain was the first juror to drop, followed by Rachel and Lisa. Lindsey returned to the game as Head of House and at the nomination ceremony she nominated Barnie and Dan for elimination because 'she hated them both'.

Lindsey was required to unleash the final legacy upon the game, choosing Lisa's legacy - Take a Chance - this meant that the replacement nominee would not be chosen by Lindsey, but instead by random draw.

In the Power of Veto challenge, Mathletics, players raced to answer math questions based on previous seasons. Dan once again won the Power of Veto and removed himself from the block. In the random draw between Olly, Ryan, Olivia and Tom; Ryan was chosen as the replacement nominee.

As only two players were up for elimination, neither nominee casted a vote. Before the votes were read, Barnie played his hidden immunity idol. Ryan was aware of the idol and knew his fate had been sealed from the veto ceremony, but kept this a secret to shock the other players.

*(Nominated: Ryan and Barnie)*

 Lindsey

With only 1 vote cast against him, Ryan was the fifth player eliminated from The Butler Games: Allstars.

### Round Six

At the start of the sixth round, the remaining players were informed that this would be a double elimination round. Players then competed in the Fallen Friends head of house challenge, in which they were asked a question and had to race to find the correct answer amongst playing cards scattered around the playable areas. The answer was always the name of a previously eliminated player. The challenge once again came down to a showdown between Olivia and Dan, but Olivia returned with the final answer the quickest and was crowned the new Head of House.

At the nomination ceremony, Olivia had to nominate three players. This meant that she would no longer be able to sit between both sides of the game and would have to make a decision about whether she wanted to move forward with Tom and Olly or Barnie and Dan. She turned on her original alliance members and nominated Barnie, Dan and Lindsey for elimination.

In the Power of Veto challenge, Hide and Go Veto, jurors returned to find envelopes hidden in the main room by the players. The players who's envelope was found last would be the winner. Lindsey and Olivia hid their envelopes in very similar places, which resulted in only one of them being found as the jurors presumed they had already checked that area. Lindsey won the Golden Power of Veto and used it to save herself from elimination.

Olivia was torn as to who to nominate as the replacement nominee, knowing that the divide between players would result in that player being eliminated. Olly informed her of his hidden immunity idol and she put him up on the block to ensure Barnie and Dan were eliminated from the game.

At the elimination ceremony, Olly played the season's last hidden immunity idol.

*(Nominated: Olly, Barnie and Dan)*

 Olly
 Tom

With 3 out of 6 votes, Barnie was the sixth player eliminated from The Butler Games: Allstars.

As the only eligible player, despite receiving no votes to eliminate, Dan was the seventh player eliminated from The Butler Games: Allstars.

### Round Seven - The Semi Final.

The semi-final began with a 'purge' challenge. This meant that the player who lost would be instantly eliminated from the game.

The players competed in Skittle Rascals, in which they had to put their game into the hands of alumni players who were not involved in this season. The Blood Tribe, from The Butler Games: Blood Vs Water took part in a challenge weeks before the Allstars season took place. The players had to decide which one of the Blood tribe completed the challenge in the fastest time.

 Lindsey
 Olly
 Tom

With the slowest time of 3:24 seconds, Martyn was the slowest out of the chosen players and therefore Lindsey was once again eliminated from The Butler Games: Allstars.

Debs Butler and Katy Evans were also available but were not chosen by any of the players. Ironically, Debs had the fastest time out of the alumni players, with 1 minute and 34 seconds, whilst Katy had the slowest time.

The final three players moved on to the final challenge - The Battleflip - wherein they would compete as individuals with the winner advancing to the final and choosing which player they would like to sit next to in the final, and which player they wanted to eliminate from the game.

Prior to the game, the three finalists decided that they would not compete against each other and instead do each cup together. When the game started, Olivia continued flipping her cups and was in the clear lead until Tom began to shout at her for not waiting as agreed. This put Olivia off and Olly managed to take the win.

In the final vote of the season, Olly voted to eliminate Olivia from the game.

### The Final Vote

Before the final vote, each player was given the opportunity to give a speech to convince the players to vote for them to win. Olly went first and discussed how he had battled his way through the game, despite being a new player who did not know the rules very well. In Tom's speech, he stated that he had not won any challenges and therefore was not responsible for eliminating any of the jurors, he then told them to vote for whoever they wanted.

*(Finalists: Olly and Tom)*

 Lisa
 Barnie
 Olly
 Tom

With 5 out of 8 votes, Olly was crowned the winner of The Butler Games: Allstars.

## The Prize

This season, each player brought a contribution to the prize. Alongside the Butler Games: Allstars winners mug and pineapple, notable prizes included: a fancy gin drinking set, pineapple icetray, a pair of bongos, a book on erotic massage, table-top table tennis, a mystery box containing a pair of Barnie's socks, a scratchcard and a star named after The Butler Games.

Olly, the winner of the season, allowed Barnie to keep his socks and returned the bongos and erotic massage book to Ryan and Olivia respectively.

## Trivia

* This season has the youngest winner, and first winner from the LGBTQ community.
* Interestingly, the four players who were nominated in round one - Iain, Lisa, Rachel and Lindsey - would go on to become the first four players eliminated from the game.
* Has the most competitions out of any season, with 17 competitions played.
* The first season to start in the afternoon, with players arriving from 3pm.
* This season features the smallest amount of new players to date, with only 2 players having never competed before.
* The first season where an immunity idol has been given to another player, despite the player who found it still being in the game.
* The first season where a player was eliminated despite receiving zero votes to eliminate.
* The first season to feature more than one successful immunity idol play.
* The first season to feature a secret mission, issued to players before the game begun.