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The Challenge: Battle of the Teams
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Version The Challenge
Season 1
Filming Location Brazil
Season Run May 17, 2014 - June 24, 2014
Episodes 12
Runner(s)-up Jack Estavanik & Katie Cole
Jen Wyatt & Nic Reichert
MJ Torres & Wes Williams
Adam Pemberton & Laure Probst
Teams ██ Team Blackout
██ Team Hurricane
██ Team I Just Blue Myself
██ Team e-LEMON-ators
██ Team Orange Crush
██ Team Red-y To Kick Your Ass
██ Team Sublime
██ Team Royal Rulers
Series Chronology
Next Season 'Survivor: Cape Verde'

The Challenge: Battle of the Teams is the first season of Tumblr: The Challenge.

Team Blackout, consisting of JaeMin Kim and Mario Johnson, won the final challenge earning their spots as the winners of this season. In the end they beat Team Hurricane (Katie & Jack), Team I Just Blue Myself (Jen & Nic), Team e-LEMON-ators (MJ & Wes), and Team Orange Crush (Adam & Laure).

Production

Applications for the season were first released on April 30, 2014. The application was done online. It consisted of general information about the applicants. On Saturday May 17 the cast was revealed and it was announced that the game would start the next night.

The blog for the game is TheChallengeblr and the tag is UpForElimination.

Cast

Contestant Age Location Finish
Adam P S1 Adam Pemberton Silver Stars 17 Arkansas, United States 5th Place
Adam S S1 Adam Seitz Silver Stars 17 New Jersey, United States Episode 2
Ally G S1 Ally Gheesling 17 Manitoba, Canada Episode 8
Amanda S S1 Amanda Sperek 18 Illinois, United States Episode 1
Mandy B S1 Mandy Silva Bronze Stars 20 Massachusetts, United States Episode 3
Cole K S1 Cole Kaminsky 17 Florida, United States Episode 3
Colin B S1 Colin Browne 25 Canada Episode 1
Dan B S1 Dan Brophy 20 Connecticut, United States Episode 10
Dane P S1 Dane Pitts Bronze Stars 16 Minnesota, United States Episode 9
Danny G S1 Danny Gluck 19 Connecticut, United States Episode 8
Emma L S1 Emma Lee 15 Canada Episode 9
Jack E S1 Jack Estavanik Bronze Stars 16 New Jersey, United States Runner Up
Jade C S1 Jade Cassiopeia 15 United States Episode 6
JaeMin K S1 JaeMin Kim Diamond Stars 25 Ohio, United States Winner
Jen W S1 Jen Wyatt Silver Stars 24 United States 3rd Place
Jess C S1 Jess FoaFoa Silver Stars 18 British Colombia, Canada Episode 10
Josh C S1 Josh Calhoun Silver Stars 19 Georgia, United States Episode 6
Joyce S S1 Joyce Scott 21 Texas, United States Episode 5
Justin T S1 Justin Taylor 18 Florida, United States Episode 7
Kaitlyn G S1 Kaitlyn Gebrosky 20 Pennsylvania, United States Episode 3
Katie G S1 Katie Cole Gold Stars 20 New Jersey, United States Runner Up
Katy B S1 Katy Brown 17 Ontario, Canada Episode 7
Mario S S1 Mario Johnson Gold Stars 21 United States Winner
MJ T S1 MJ Torres Bronze Stars 20 Arizona, United States 4th Place
Nic R S1 Nic Reichert Diamond Stars 24 Arizona, United States 3rd Place
Sam B S1 Sam Beyer 16 Illinois, United States Episode 4
Sarah P S1 Sarah Palmer 19 New Jersey, United States Episode 5
Shelby F S1 Shelby Fabulous Bronze Stars 20 Ontario, Canada Episode 5
Staecia K S1 Staecia Kamekona 19 Nevada, United States Episode 4
Taj C S1 Taj Cochrane 23 Pennsylvania, United States Episode 5
Tomika P S1 Laure Probst Bronze Stars 25 Indiana, United States 5th Place
Wes W S1 Wes Williams Bronze Stars 21 California, United States 4th Place

Teams

Team Teammate Finishes Eliminated Place
██ Team Blackout JaeMin & Mario Winners 1st
Jade & Josh Episode 6
██ Team Hurricane Jack & Katie Runner Up 2nd
██ Team I Just Blue Myself Jen & Nic Third Place 3rd
Ally & Danny Episode 8
██ Team e-LEMON-ators MJ & Wes Fourth Place 4th
Dan & Jess Episode 10
Sarah Episode 5
██ Team Orange Crush Adam & Laure 5th Place 5th
Taj & Shelby Episode 5
Kaitlyn Episode 3
██ Team Red-y To Kick Your Ass Dane & Emma Episode 9 6th
Adam S. & Shelby Episode 2
██ Team Sublime Justin & Katy Episode 7 7th
Joyce Episode 5
Sam & Staecia Episode 4
██ Team Royal Rulers Mandy & Cole Episode 3 8th
Amanda & Colin Episode 1

Format

During each Challenge, teams will compete in order to become the Power Team, who will have the ability to place one team of their decision into the Arena. The other couple going into the Arena will be that day's Challenge losers. Once in the Arena, a team must decide one pair to compete, and have the potential to go home with no money. The losing pair in the Arena will go home, and leave their team short two players. Teams can compete with only two players, and have potential to win the game.

Gameplay

Challenge Games

  • Who Are You?: Each of the teams have been assigned by color. It is now your job as a team to come up with a Team Name and Team Flag. After deciding on your name and flag one of your team members will post it to their blog. The team that has the most notes on their post will be the Power Team and the team with the fewest notes will automatically have to send 2 players into the arena.
  • Don't Weigh Me Down:Each person will be given 20 1lb weights. You will give out these weights to the other players. Your options range from giving 1 person all 20 weights to 20 people 1 weight each, you may distribute them to whomever you want. After all the weights have been distributed I will add up the weights for each person on every team and average it per team members. The team with the least amount of weight will be the winner and the team with most weight will be going into the Arena.
  • Drunk Goggles: Below you will find 32 photos of the original 32 players in this game. However, they are altered, some only a little, some severely. It is your job as a team to figure out who is who. I only need one submission per team. You can find everyone’s photos on the wiki. Remember I want the names of the players in this game, not who the actual people are. For each correct answer your team will get a point. The team with the most points will be the Power Team and the team with the least amount of points will automatically have to send 2 of their players into the Arena.
  • Climb Me: Please follow these instructions carefully. The link will bring you a list of walls to chose from. The walls vary in difficulty. Rather than make you all try the same wall, you can chose whichever wall you want. But remember, higher level walls will give you more points.
  • Multitask: This is an automatic elimination! Everyone will compete individually, your teams are no more! The person with the lowest score will automatically be eliminated from the game. If one of you (or many of you) do not post your score then all of them will be eliminated. After the eliminated players are gone the person with the highest score will have a lot of power! They will get to arrange everyone onto the remaining 7 teams. If there are an odd amount of players, then the person not selected for a team will be eliminated.
  • Order Me Up: For this challenge you will be given a video link here. This video is of The Challenge: Cutthroat highlights. Below you will see frames from this video and a number next to them. Your job is to take this frames and put them in order. For example, if the frame labeled with the number, 23, was the first frame to show up in the video then you would put.
  • I'm In Pieces: This Challenge is simple. Everyone complete this Jigsaw Puzzle on the default 78 pice setting. Once you complete it with your best time you will submit it to my blog. The team with the lowest average time will be the winner and the team with the largest time average will be going into the Arena. If you do not submit then your time will be 1 hour.
  • Fire Starter: In this game, your job is to save the earth from a barrage of asteroids. Once you complete it with your best time you will submit it to my blog. The team with the lowest average score will be the winner and the team with the largest score average will be going into the Arena. If you do not submit then your time will be 0.
  • Love Me or Hate Me: You will go to this form and fill out your answers. In the first set of questions you will all answer with your own opinions. In the second set of questions you will answer what you think the majority of players picked. For guessing the majority question correct you will earn one point.
  • In The Dark: The numbered position that you start on will be determined by random.org. None of you will know where you or your fellow houseguests have been placed on the grid. Each player will be making 90 moves during this competition, and must send me all 90 moves (in a numbered list) that they wish to make all at once on Skype (to avoid confusion.) Those moves can include “Up” “Down” “Left” “Right” and “Stay.” Each time two houseguests collide by moving onto the same space (E.G., “Bananas moves up” and “Paula moves left” and they both land on the second row and second column) both of those houseguests will be eliminated. HOWEVER if one houseguest decides to stay still and ANOTHER houseguest walks into them (E.G., “CT stayed still” and “Diem moves right”) ONLY THE PLAYER THAT STAYED STILL will be eliminated from the competition. The walls of the grid wrap around, so if you bump into the leftmost wall you will re-appear on the right side of the grid, same with up and down.

Arena Games

  • Speed Typing: Here is how this Arena Challenge will work, the four of you will all click the Speed Typing link. There you will type in all of the clues that are on the right side into the left side. For each one you type correctly in under 3 minutes you get a point. The pair with the most combined points will win this Elimination Round. In the even of a tie the pair with the lowest combined time will win.
  • Endurance Test:Simply press the right and left arrow keys to stop the bar from disappearing. The longer the bar is, the higher the multiplier for your score is! The pair with the highest combined score will win this Arena. The losing pair will be eliminated from the game. In the event that the totals are tied, the pair who posted both of their scores first will win.
  • Perfect Balance:Rotate and stack shapes, and try to achieve perfect balance in this physics puzzle! Can you master the game’s 80 trials? A and D rotate the shapes. Use the mouse for the rest. And you haven’t completed a trial in Inferno mode if your score there is 0 points. Also note that if your solution to a level doesn’t stabilize quickly, please try to find another way of solving the level. There is guaranteed to be at least one fast solution to every trial. The pair with the highest combined score will win this Arena. The losing pair will be eliminated from the game. In the event that the totals are tied, the pair who posted both of their scores first will win.
  • 2048: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two identical tiles touch, they merge and become the next level of tile. Get a tile to the eleventh level to win.
  • Island Runner: Island Runner is a never ending running game that offers fantastic gameplay and the chance to be able to showcase your distance running skills across a number of unlockable characters that are all looking to score the highest possible score, based on distance and money earned along the way. Can you avoid the gaps?
    • Winner: Canceled
  • Archery:
  • Tetris:
  • Perfect Balance: Rotate and stack shapes, and try to achieve perfect balance in this physics puzzle! Can you master the game’s 80 trials? A and D rotate the shapes. Use the mouse for the rest. And you haven’t completed a trial in Inferno mode if your score there is 0 points. Also note that if your solution to a level doesn’t stabilize quickly, please try to find another way of solving the level. There is guaranteed to be at least one fast solution to every trial. The pair with the highest combined score will win this Arena. The losing pair will be eliminated from the game. In the event that the totals are tied, the pair who posted both of their scores first will win.
  • Winterbells:
  • Filler: The goal of Filler is to fill 2/3 of the screen with filler balls. Press and hold to create a filler ball. It will continue to grow until you release the mouse. If your ball collides with another filler ball, it will stop growing. If your ball collides with a bouncy ball, it will pop.

Final Challenge

Game Summary

Elimination Chart

Episode Power Team Arena Contestants Arena Game Arena Outcome
# Challenge Last-Place Team Winner's Selection Last Place Pair Selected Pair Winning Pair Losing Pair
1 Who Are You? Team Blackout Team Royal Rulers Team Orange Crush Amanda & Colin Jess & Justin Speed Typing Jess & Justin Amanda & Colin
2 Don't Weigh Me Down Team e-LEMON-ators Team Blackout Team Red-y To Kick Your Ass Emma & Mario Adam S & Shelby Endurance Test Emma & Mario Adam S & Shelby
3 Drunk Goggles Team Blackout Team Orange Crush Team Royal Rulers Jess & Taj Mandy & Cole Perfect Balance Jess & Taj Mandy & Cole
4 Climb Me Team Red-y To Kick Your Ass Team Sublime Team e-LEMON-ators Sam & Staecia Katie & Nic 2048 Katie & Nic Sam & Staecia
5 Multitask Mario Team Red-y To Kick Your Ass Team Orange Crush Dane & Emma Adam P & Laure Island Runner Canceled
6 Order Me Up Team Hurricane Team I Just Blue Myself Team Blackout Ally & Danny Josh & Jade Archery Ally & Danny Josh & Jade
7 I'm in Pieces Team Blackout Team e-LEMON-ators Team Sublime Jess & Wess Justin & Katy Tetris Jess & Wes Justin & Katy
8 Fire Starter Team e-LEMON-ators Team I Just Blue Myself Team Blackout Ally & Danny JaeMin & Mario Perfect Balance JaeMin & Mario Ally & Danny
9 Love Me or Hate Me Team e-LEMON-ators Team Red-y To Kick Your Ass Team Blackout Dane & Emma JaeMin & Mario Winterbells JaeMin & Mario Dane & Emma
10 In The Dark Team Blackout Team Hurricane Team e-LEMON-ators Jack & Katie Dan & Jess Filler Jack & Katie Dan & Jess
11 Final Challenge Team Blackout 2nd: Team Hurricane; 3rd: Team I Just Blue Myself; 4th: Team e-LEMON-ators; 5th: Team Orange Crush

Arena Progress

Contestants Challenge
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
JaeMin Kim Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Win Arena Arena Win WINNERS
Mario Johnson Win Arena Win Safe Win Safe Win Arena Arena Win WINNERS
Jack Estavanik Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Win Safe Safe Safe Arena Second
Katie Cole Safe Win Safe Arena Safe Win Safe Safe Safe Arena Second
Jen Wyatt Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Third
Nic Reichert Safe Win Safe Arena Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Third
MJ Torres Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Win Win Safe Fourth
Wes Williams Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Arena Win Win Safe Fourth
Adam Pemberton Win Safe Win Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Fifth
Laure Probst Win Safe Win Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Fifth
Jess Foafoa Arena Safe Arena Safe Safe Safe Arena Win Win Out
Dan Brophy Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Win Win Out
Emma Lee Win Arena Win Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Out
Dane Pitts Safe Win Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Out
Ally Gheesling Safe Safe Safe Win Safe Arena Safe Out
Danny Gluck Safe Safe Safe Win Safe Arena Safe Out
Justin Taylor Arena Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Out
Katy Brown Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Out
Josh Calhoun Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Out
Jade Cassiopeia Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Out
Shelby Fabulous Safe Out1 Safe Safe Out
Joyce Scott Safe Safe Safe Safe Out
Sarah Palmer Safe Win Safe Safe Out
Taj Cochrane Safe Safe Arena Safe Out
Sam Beyer Safe Safe Safe Out
Staecia Kamekona Safe Safe Safe Out
Mandy BillyBob Safe Safe Out
Cole Kaminsky Safe Safe Out
Kaitlyn Gebrosky Safe Safe Quit1
Adam Seitz Safe Out
Amanda Sperek Out
Colin Browne Out

1. For personal reasons, Kaitlyn decided to quit the game. Due to the situation she was replaced with Shelby. Competition

     The contestant's team won the final challenge.
     The contestant's team did not win the final challenge.
     The contestant was a part of the Power Team, and selected a team to compete in the Arena.
     The contestant's team was not selected to go into the Arena.
     The contestant's team was nominated for the Arena, but was not selected to compete.
     The contestant won in the Arena.
     The contestant was eliminated in the Arena.
     The contestant was disqualified from the elimination round.
     The contestant quit.
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