RECAP: After three straight losses, the hosts began to show their older ages and slowed way down to be beaten at long last. Using his intense, yet very skewed knowledge of Survivor to his advantage, Jeff made an alliance with Alex (the intellectual), Chris (the relationship destroyer), Drew (the scapegoat), Gordon (the strong chef) and Phil (the adventurer). He completely disregards Julie, showing his blatant sexism towards finding females useless, but decides to target Pat first due to his old age and uselessness in the game. Julie, annoyed by Jeff disregarding her, takes pity on those outside his inner circle and forms a bond with Pat, Ryan and Tom. Julie is able to win over Gordon, who has a soft spot for females, and eventually rope in Drew as well. Since she did value Jeff's knowledge of Survivor, Julie decided to target the irritating Chris Harrison instead. At tribal council, Chris realized he would not be getting a rose that night, and was blindsided out of the game.
A tribe swap soon followed, creating two even teams of eight and mixing up hosts and players. Interestingly, Elissa and Rachel were randomly chosen to be on the same team, as were Katherine and Natalie.
20th - Lindzi Cox (The Bachelor, Season 16)
19th - Barbie Marshall (Hell's Kitchen, Season 10)
18th - Elise Wims (Hell's Kitchen, Season 9)
17th - Chris Harrison (The Bachelor)
---------Tribe Switch---------
Team #1:
Alex Trebek (Jeopardy)
Drew Carey (The Price Is Right)
Elissa Slater (Big Brother, Season 15)
Pat Sajak (Wheel Of Fortune)
Rachel Reilly (Big Brother, Season 12 & 13)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Tierra LiCausi (The Bachelor, Season 17)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars)
Team #2:
Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen)
Jane Bright (Survivor Nicaragua)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)
Julie Chen (Big Brother)
Katherine "Kat" Chang (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Natalie "Nat" Strand (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
Russell Hantz (Survivor Samoa, Heroes Vs. Villains, Redemption Island)
After the first challenge following the swap, Team #2 won their second in a row, thanks to the new added strength of Gordon, Jeff, Julie and Phil helping out. This means that the new swapped Team #1 loses and must vote someone out. Both pre-merge idols are still in play. Vote out someone from Team #1.
RECAP: With his long history of losing, Russell suffered yet another loss at the hands of the tribe of hosts. Most of the females on his tribe began to get irritable with constantly losing, but since Russell was ironically the only male on the tribe (to counter Julie being the only female on the hosts tribe), they knew they couldn't get rid of him. Instead, everyone debated on getting rid of either Tierra or Elise due to their volatile and rather obnoxious attitudes. Despite several girls saying that they really shouldn't get rid of Elise due to the fact she was the only one from Hell's Kitchen still remaining and would be useful for cooking them meals, Russell, as per usual, couldn't see reason and wanted her gone. So, since he's Russell, he got his way and Elise was voted out, following fellow Hell's Kitchen player Barbie.
20th - Lindzi Cox (The Bachelor, Season 16)
19th - Barbie Marshall (Hell's Kitchen, Season 10)
18th - Elise Wims (Hell's Kitchen, Season 9)
Team #1 (Hosts):
Alex Trebek (Jeopardy)
Chris Harrison (The Bachelor)
Drew Carey (The Price Is Right)
Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)
Julie Chen (Big Brother)
Pat Sajak (Wheel Of Fortune)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars)
Team #2 (Players):
Elissa Slater (Big Brother, Season 15)
Jane Bright (Survivor Nicaragua)
Katherine "Kat" Chang (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Natalie "Nat" Strand (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Rachel Reilly (Big Brother, Season 12 & 13)
Russell Hantz (Survivor Samoa, Heroes Vs. Villains, Redemption Island)
Tierra LiCausi (The Bachelor, Season 17)
Finally, after numerous accidental mistakes by the hosts tribe, Team #2 gets a much-needed win to end their losing streak. Two idols are still in play. For the first time, it's time to vote out a famous host. Vote off someone from Team #1 (Hosts).
RECAP: Again, despite the hosts being vastly older than most of the players, they continued to show their fortitude out in the elements. As always, Russell had to deal with constantly losing challenges, so he continued to work over basically every single female on the team. With his first target going without a hitch, he decided to go after Barbie next, due to the fact she remained one of the few females to still have a mind of their own and didn't fully trust him. Of course, regardless of how it happened, Russell got the votes he needed and the talented chef from Hell's Kitchen was voted out at the next tribal council.
20th - Lindzi Cox (The Bachelor, Season 16)
19th - Barbie Marshall (Hell's Kitchen, Season 10)
Team #1 (Hosts):
Alex Trebek (Jeopardy)
Chris Harrison (The Bachelor)
Drew Carey (The Price Is Right)
Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)
Julie Chen (Big Brother)
Pat Sajak (Wheel Of Fortune)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars)
Team #2 (Players):
Elise Wims (Hell's Kitchen, Season 9)
Elissa Slater (Big Brother, Season 15)
Jane Bright (Survivor Nicaragua)
Katherine "Kat" Chang (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Natalie "Nat" Strand (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Rachel Reilly (Big Brother, Season 12 & 13)
Russell Hantz (Survivor Samoa, Heroes Vs. Villains, Redemption Island)
Tierra LiCausi (The Bachelor, Season 17)
With the first challenge being physical and the second one being an obstacle course, it was time for a mind challenge. Still, that didn't stop the tribe of hosts, along with their intelligent players in Alex, Jeff, Julie and Phil from once again dominating and sending the tribe of players to their third straight loss. Two idols are still in play. Please vote off, yet again, someone from Team #2 (Players).
RECAP: With the hosts of all the famous TV shows getting a hard-earned opening win over the players, they proved they knew a thing or two about playing Survivor themselves. Russell was having a field day, due to the fact his team was filled with nine other ladies, and began to manipulate all of them as per usual. Lindzi, upset about Russell being mean to her and having flashbacks to being rejected by Ben on The Bachelor, tried to form an alliance with fellow Bachelor player Tierra to start a rebellion. However, Tierra reported Lindzi to Russell, and naturally he was none to pleased, since no one ever went against him and lived to tell about it. Easy to say, Lindzi was 'not given a rose that night' and was voted out of the game.
20th - Lindzi Cox (The Bachelor, Season 16)
Team #1 (Hosts):
Alex Trebek (Jeopardy)
Chris Harrison (The Bachelor)
Drew Carey (The Price Is Right)
Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)
Julie Chen (Big Brother)
Pat Sajak (Wheel Of Fortune)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars)
Team #2 (Players):
Barbie Marshall (Hell's Kitchen, Season 10)
Elise Wims (Hell's Kitchen, Season 9)
Elissa Slater (Big Brother, Season 15)
Jane Bright (Survivor Nicaragua)
Katherine "Kat" Chang (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Natalie "Nat" Strand (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Rachel Reilly (Big Brother, Season 12 & 13)
Russell Hantz (Survivor Samoa, Heroes Vs. Villains, Redemption Island)
Tierra LiCausi (The Bachelor, Season 17)
Despite the fact that most of the hosts were double the age of most of the players, they once again pulled out an immunity win over their counterparts. Two idols are still in play. Please vote out someone from Team #2 (Players).
I'm keeping the title because it just fits. Sure, it might not ALWAYS involve Total Drama players or Survivor players, but the words just make for a nice title, don't you think? Anyway, this season, it's hosts versus players! That's right. The hosts of certain reality or competition series on television will be competing on one team, against a combination of Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, Hell's Kitchen, and Bachelor players! Ten hosts, ten players (two from each aforementioned series, since you can't really have one from EACH series), but only one survivor! And YOU get to decide who. Here are the teams, along with what series they are from. Please note that because there are simply not that many female hosts (at least not that many who are well-known or have been in their job a long time), it was only fair to have even out the genders on both sides:
Team #1 (Hosts):
Alex Trebek (Jeopardy)
Chris Harrison (The Bachelor)
Drew Carey (The Price Is Right)
Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)
Julie Chen (Big Brother)
Pat Sajak (Wheel Of Fortune)
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars)
Team #2 (Players):
Barbie Marshall (Hell's Kitchen, Season 10)
Elise Wims (Hell's Kitchen, Season 9)
Elissa Slater (Big Brother, Season 15)
Jane Bright (Survivor Nicaragua)
Katherine "Kat" Chang (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Lindzi Cox (The Bachelor, Season 16)
Natalie "Nat" Strand (The Amazing Race, Season 17)
Rachel Reilly (Big Brother, Season 12 & 13)
Russell Hantz (Survivor Samoa, Heroes Vs. Villains, Redemption Island)
Tierra LiCausi (The Bachelor, Season 17)
Each tribe has an immunity idol that is found by one person. Right out of the gates, the hosts show their true grit and pull off a the first win of the season. Vote off someone from Team #2 (Players). Also let me know if you wish to be tagged.
CONCLUSION: With a rather lax jury, save for Jo and her bitterness, the finalists all were grilled before voting. Heather, despite being the goddess she is, was scrutinized for allowing Noah to make all the big moves instead of her, not winning a single immunity challenge, and not getting any idols when she's supposed to be very skilled at the game. Lindsay, despite being well-liked, was viewed as incredibly stupid and got incredibly lucky to get to the end, mostly by riding on the coattails of others. Noah, easily labeled the intelligent mastermind, was praised for his game-play, finding two idols, and always being on top of the vote, but was also viewed as being a jackass with a cocky attitude that rubbed some people the wrong way. The voting would happen as such:
Jo - NOAH (Hates all three of them, but hated Heather most and found Lindsay to be an idiot)
Twila - LINDSAY (Loved her spunky, cheerful attitude and respected her game-play most)
Rob - NOAH (Respects his game more than he respected Heather's or Lindsay's)
Brick - LINDSAY (Felt betrayed by all of them, but liked Lindsay the most and found her cute)
Dawn - LINDSAY (Thinks that Lindsay's aura is uplifting and sweet and felt she earned it)
Jenna - NOAH (Had no respect for Lindsay being an insult to women, and hated Heather)
Colby - NOAH (Ultimately voted for who he felt played the best game, personal feelings aside)
In a 4-3-0 vote, NOAH WINS TOTAL DRAMA SURVIVOR CROSSOVER: SEASON 1!
NOTE: Noah had the most votes regardless, but it felt more natural to actually say on the jury who voted for who. Even though two people from Tengaged voted for Heather, ultimately Lindsay and Noah blew her away so it was deduced that Heather would receive no votes from the jury of seven. Stay tuned for season 2!
