The Challenge Instagram: S1 (War Of The Worlds)

War Of The Worlds is the first season of The Challenge, hosted on instagram by host Wayson, @realityregrets, who takes on the screen name as TJ Lavin. This season follows a handful of casual instagram no ones posing as multiple reality tv icons in a war themed game for the prize of 500k. The season was filmed in Swakopmund, Namibia.

Description
The Challenge: War Of The Worlds emerges as the kickoff to the @realityregrets MTV The Challenge franchise, being the first of many custom formatted seasons to come.

Format
Each week, a daily challenge will occur, and there will be two winners. They will be safe for the week, and they also must choose one additional person to be safe, that group will be formed and will be known as the “Troop”. Then, the Troop will nominate four people for elimination. Everyone will then vote between the four and the two with the most votes will be going into elimination. At the elimination area, or the “War Zone”, those who were chosen for elimination will battle it out. BUT, this is where the “Gun Slot” decision comes in. The Troop must decide who is going to be the Gun Slot. The Gun Slot is someone who can be swapped out of elimination. If anyone wants to swap them out and volunteer themselves into elimination in their place, they can. If they lose, theyʻre out. But if they win, they receive a “Troop Badge”. A Troop Badge is a pass that sends you straight into the Troop. This disbands the Troopʻs decision to give someone a spot on the Troop, and instead you will take that spot. A Troop Badge can be used at any of the next three rounds after you receive it, and cannot be used any time after. This will repeat until there are just six players remaining, this is when the final will take place. A final daily will occur, and the top two will bring one final person, and they will form the Troop. Everyone else will then go into elimination where two people will be eliminated. Then, the final will occur, and the person to complete the final will win The Challenge: War Of The Worlds!

Twists

 * Troop: Following every challenge, the top two performing players plus one other player of their choice will be declared The Troop. The Troop must nominate four players for possible elimination.
 * Gun Slot and Troop Badge: The Gun Slot decision is a decision where The Troop must decide which of the two elimination competitors to place into possible replacement, or the Gun Slot. Any player who is not on The Troop or already competing in elimination may replace the player who was placed into the Gun Slotʻs place into elimination. If this player who replaced themselves into elimination succeeds and wins the elimination round, they will receive a Troop Badge, which is a pass onto one of the next three Troopʻs, disbanning The Troop of that roundʻs choice to bring along a player onto the Troop whereas they will take that spot. Although, once you use it, it is now useless, and you must then earn another one to do this sequence again.

Elimination chart
Notes:


 * Ex. = Indicates that a player was brought onto the Troop by the challenge winners.
 * Ex. = Indicates that a player used their Troop Badge for that round, earning themselves a spot onto that Troop.
 * * = Indicates that there was a tie at the house vote, whereas the Troop came to a decision to break the tie.


 * Nany quit her elimination midway against Jonna, as she believed the elimination was unfair after she came to find out that she did not score when she did not capitalize a certain sign, although I had specified that capitalization counts. Jonna won the elimination by default.

War Zone progress

 * Competition
 * The contestant finished the Final Challenge and won.
 * The contestant finished the Final Challenge and lost.
 * The contestant won the challenge and was part of the Troop.
 * The contestant was chosen to accompany the challenge winners and was part of the Troop.
 * The contestant used a Troop Badge and was part of the Troop.
 * The contestant was not selected for the elimination round.
 * The contestant was nominated by the Troop for the house vote but not selected for the elimination round.
 * The contestant was nominated by the Troop for the house vote, was selected for the elimination round, but was replaced by another contestant in the Gun Slot.
 * The contestant won the elimination round.
 * The contestant replaced another contestant in the elimination round, won and received a Troop Badge.
 * The contestant lost the elimination round and was eliminated.
 * The contestant replaced another contestant in the elimination round, lost and was eliminated.
 * The contestant was on the Troop, replaced another contestant in the elimination round, lost and was eliminated.
 * The contestant was eliminated at the challenge.

Voting progress
Note: Votes cast by the Troop are in bold.

Note: Votes cast by the nominees are in italic.

Note: Spaces left blank indicates that the player chose not to vote on that round.