Welcome to AngieKStan’s The Challenge Cutthroat II! This season’s format will follow similarly to the original cutthroat, while also taking elements from The Challenge: USA format. The game will be played in three teams; these teams will stay the same throughout the entire duration of the season. Every episode there will be a daily challenge where only one team can win. That winning team will select one challenger from either team to automatically be sent into The Gulag. The other teams will hold secret votes where they nominate one of their teammates to face off against the winning team’s nominee. Then, there will be a random draw between the two teams' majority votes and whoever the wheel lands on will face off against the winning team’s nominee in an elimination round.
Upon arrival at their destination in Vienna, Austria, the Challengers were given a phone to play lucky drop. The top 3 scorers would become the team captains who would draft the teams for the season. The top 3 were Fiji, Glitter and Sam. Fiji would be the captain of the Blue team, Glitter would be captain for the Gray team, and Sam would be Captain for the Orange team. Here was the draft order.
BLUE TEAM: Fiji → biancabae → MissChloeKay → Goomybear → Justini → DK → PosterBoy → Pipes
GRAY TEAM: Glitter → hwest14 → Tisha → Miami → jarhead → Amandsings04 → itsamodernlife → JessieKowalski
ORANGE TEAM: Sam → melanie → Cristi → torimarie → CarltonRS → Jaded → Jaxx → Dimitra
With the teams selected we went right into our very first challenge ‘Chop Till You Drop’. In this challenge the players must smash through a series of walls made from different materials to retrieve puzzle pieces. The team to complete their puzzle the fastest would be declared the winners. The Orange Team won the very first challenge, winning safety for the round and the power to select the first player to enter The Gulag. Fiji was chosen by the Orange team, seemingly because most of them were upset that Fiji did not choose them to be on the Blue Team. With one nominee already selected, the losing teams would now have to select their nominee to face Fiji. The Blue team nominated Goomybear and the Gray Team nominated Glitter. All challengers arrived at the Gulag to see which of the nominees would face Fiji. After a random draw Goomybear was selected, meaning the Blue Team would be losing a player.
Fiji eliminated by Goomybear (Balls In)
For the next challenge, the teams played ‘Bridge of Betrayal’. The teams would cross a narrow and unstable bridge above water while carrying weighted bags. If any member of the team fell the entire team would have to reset. The Blue Team finished this challenge the fastest, winning safety and gaining some much-needed morale. Everyone suspected they would pick a member of the Orange team, but instead Amandasings04 was chosen to go directly into elimination. Her drama was becoming too much for the house to handle, and it was only the second episode. The losing teams nominated rookie Miami and Dimitra to face Amanda. At the Gulag it was decided Miami would face off against Amanda, meaning the Gray team would be losing a member.
Miami eliminated by Amandasings04 (Lights Out)
The third challenge was called ‘Cut the Code’. The challengers would have to decode a video showing random images to solve a word puzzle. Blue Team was once again victorious, earning safety for a second week in a row. With their nomination they chose jarhead, who was perceived to be the strongest on the Gray Team. hwest14 and Cristi were chosen as the nominees for the teams. At the Gulag, it was decided Cristi would face off against jarhead. This would be the first elimination of the season where opposing teams would be against one another.
jarhead eliminated by Cristi (Pole Wrestle)
Now that we were well into the season, it was time for a double elimination round. The rules would change slightly here. The winning team would now have to nominate two players to automatically face elimination, one from each opposing team. The challengers played ‘Trim the Fat’, a relay race that required a member of the team to drop out at each checkpoint. The Gray Team were the winning team, earning safety and lots of power. With their power vote they nominated MissChloeKay and CarltonRS. The losing teams would still have to nominate a player from their team to face the nominees as there would be two elimination matchups. PosterBoy was chosen by the Blue Team and torimarie was chosen by the Orange Team.
CarltonRS eliminated by torimarie (Hall Brawl)
MissChloeKay eliminated by PosterBoy (Hall Brawl)
Regular rules were back in effect as the teams would now play their next challenge ‘Deep End Decisions’. All teams will simultaneously dive down deep in the water to unlock chests containing cash amounts. The chests containing higher values would be deeper and harder to reach. The team able to gather the most money was the Gray Team. They chose to automatically send in Goomybear who had become the Pseudo-Captain of the team since FIji’s early exit. DK and Dimitra were chosen as Goomy’s potential opponents. The draw decided it would be Dimitra facing Goomybear, giving us another team vs team elimination challenge.
Dimitra eliminated by Goomybear (Ascender)
The teams were at even numbers for the first time since the beginning of the season which meant this next challenge would be a turning point in the game. The teams would be playing ‘Tied to the Team’ which saw the entire team tethered together to complete an obstacle course. The Orange Team came out on top claiming their second victory. With their nomination they chose to send in Justini, a strong player on the blue team who was well insulated. He likely would never be nominated by his team, so this was the only way to get him in the sand. DK and JesseKowalski were chosen as their team’s nominees, which was very upsetting to them. No matter what happened one of them would be facing off against a close friend in Justini. At the Gulag, it was decided DK would be going against Justini.
DK eliminated by Justini (Tie the Knot)
We were now past the halfway point of the competition, and the teams began to shift their gameplay from who they liked in the house, to who they wanted to run a final with. The next challenge was called ‘Target: Cutthroat’. In this game all challengers would have to test their archery skills to hit targets displaying different point values. The Blue Team was victorious and claimed their third win. With their nomination they chose to send torimarie directly into the Gulag, she had previously already won an elimination, so this felt like a good person to send in. Jaxx and itsamodernlife were nominated by their teams as both had yet to see an elimination this season. At the Gulag it was decided Jaxx would be facing torimarie meaning the Orange Team would be losing their third team member.
It was time for another ‘Double Elimination’ round except this one would be a bit different than the last. Challengers wouldn’t know exactly what this meant until they arrived at The Gulag for now, they had to play the next challenge, ‘Summit Slaughter’. This was a long-distance race up a mountain that would serve as a mini-final, if someone did poorly here, they likely would not make it in the Final Challenge.The Blue Team was once again victorious and chose to nominate JessieKowalski and Cristi to automatically face elimination. Glitter and Sam were both nominated by their teams to go against them. Or so they thought. This elimination round would be different. Four Heavy Hitters from the past arrived at the Gulag to face off against the four nominated players. 3x Champ muribolt, All Stars Winner Nikky, Elimination Queen jadennator1 and Challenge Superfan MaxOra would be the Mercenaries, the matchups would be decided randomly. If a challenger beats a mercenary they remain in the game, but if they lose their time is up in this game.
Cristi eliminated by Nikky (Back Up Off Me)
Mercenary Jadennator1 defeated by Sam (Back Up Off Me)
Mercenary MaxOra defeated by JessieKowalski (Back Up Off Me)
Glitter eliminated by muribolt (Back Up Off Me)
Only two challenges remained before the Final Challenge, meaning the stakes were at an all-time high. No team could afford to lose another teammate. The next challenge was ‘Divide & Conquer’. The teams must split themselves up to complete separate checkpoints, each checkpoint gave away puzzle pieces that would need to be returned to the starting line to then be completed. Orange Team were the winning team and decided to send rookie Biancabae directly into elimination. They figured she was the weakest of her team and wanted to cut down on the Blue Team’s numbers. Justini and hwest14 were selected as their team’s nominees and it was decided at the Gulag that hwest14 would be going into the elimination.
hwest14 eliminated by Biancabae (Die Hard)
For the very last Daily challenge, the teams would play a Cutthroat classic ‘Riot Act’. Players have to knock players from opposing teams off a square dirt platform and into a mud pit, using glass riot shields. Gray Team came out victorious meaning all four remaining had punched their ticket into the Final! They still had to decide one last time who would be facing elimination and Justini was chosen once again. For the final team nominations, Goomybear and Jaded were selected. At the Gulag it was decided Jaded would be facing Justini in the final elimination round of the season.
Justini eliminated by Jaded (Pole Me Over)
The Final Teams were now set.
BLUE TEAM: biancabae Goomybear Pipes & PosterBoy
GRAY TEAM: Amandasings04 itsamodernlife JessieKowalski & Tisha
ORANGE TEAM: Jaded Jaxx melanie & Sam
For the Final Challenge, the teams raced off in ‘THE ALPINE EXECUTION’. A five-part race through the Austrian snow-covered alps that would test all of their abilities. The race would take place over two days. The First checkpoint ‘The Ascent of Sacrifice’ had the teams carrying 200 lbs of gear up the mountain until they reach checkpoint two. The team member carrying the most weight would be given immunity from the mid-Final purge. Those players were biancabae, JessieKowalski and Sam. The next checkpoint was called ‘Cut the Weak’. Teams would now use the weighted puzzle pieces they carried up the mountain to to complete a triangular puzzle, the two teams to complete this the slowest would be forced to vote out a member of their team. Gray Team completed the puzzle first meaning all four would move on. The blue team voted out Pipes feeling they had done the least throughout the season and the orange team voted out Jaxx as he was not a part of the core alliance of the team. The original immunities given away were now no more as we went to the third checkpoint, ‘Frozen Fate’. The challengers would now have to smash through ice to dive into freezing water that contained puzzle pieces for another puzzle. The last team to finish this checkpoint would once again be forced to eliminate a player from their team. The Blue Team finished last and the true colors of PosterBoy and biancabae were shown as they chose to vote off Goomybear. Now at the fourth checkpoint the challengers were let known that there would be no more purges in the final. In this checkpoint ‘The Night of Loyalty’, the remaining challengers would have to stand on a log in front of a small fire and answer sporadic trivia questions throughout the night. If answered correctly, the challengers can rest in a heated-up tent with blankets and other refreshments. Only a few were able to answer correctly and get a good night’s rest before the final checkpoint ‘The Final Cut’ began. This was an all-out sprint to the top of the alps. Gray Team would begin first, followed by the Orange Team and then finally the Blue Team. In the end the headstarts did not matter much at all as it became a much closer footrace than anyone could have anticipated but the winning team was………
THE GRAY TEAM! Congratulations Amandasings04 itsamodernlife JessieKowalski & Tisha you are all AngieKStan’s The Challenge Champions!!!
Second Place Orange Team Jaded melanie & Sam
Third Place Blue Team biancabae & PosterBoy
Hero of the Season: Justini
Villain of the Season: Sam
Player of the Season: Tisha