Only One Gets the Crown

Only One Gets the Crown
Episode Information
Season	Battle for a New Champion
Episode No.	19
Air Date	February 21, 2024
Viewers (in millions)	0.51
Episode Chronology
Previous	"The Beginning of the End"

Only One Gets the Crown is the season finale of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion.

Description

A sleepless night, grueling swim and brain-teasing puzzles are all that stand between the final five contenders and their shot at the grand prize and the title of Challenge Champion.

Final Challenge

Elimination

Winners' pick:

Winner	Selection
Emanuel	Nurys

The Draw:

Nominee	Selection	Saved
Nurys	Moriah	Berna	Colleen	Corey

Elimination: Chaos Elimination
Players solve a puzzle which requires them to fit six blocks inside a square box. The first player to do so wins.

Results:

Winner	Eliminated
Nurys	Moriah

Overnight Stage

Players must remove tiles from a box through a mesh screen with small holes. The first three to complete will choose out of three items to comfort them through the night: a blanket, a pillow, and a chair. Players can also sabotage others by adding more tiles to their box. Once complete, players are required to stay up through the whole night until the start of Day 2.

Results:

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Nurys	Emanuel	Berna	Corey	Colleen

Stage 3

Stage: Conquest Challenge
Players will swim to an island where they must complete checkpoints before racing to the finish line. Before completing the first two checkpoints, they must consume a drink made of tuna, beetroot, and mayonnaise. The first player to reach the finish line will be crowned champion of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion and win $250,000.

The final stage will begin with a 2000m swim to an island before arriving to Checkpoint 1.

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Emanuel	Colleen	Corey	Nurys	Berna

Checkpoint 1
Players will race down a 700-foot cliff and then run to the puzzle station where they will solve a tangram. They will start in the order they arrive.

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Emanuel	Colleen	Corey	Nurys	Berna

Checkpoint 2
Players will swim up to a cage, then go underwater to memorize a puzzle key, comprised of the names of past Challenge Champions, under the buoy. They will then have to correctly replicate the key at their puzzle station on shore.

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Emanuel	Corey	Nurys	Colleen	Berna

Checkpoint 3
Players race to complete five stations, in any order, to obtain a flag for each station and return them to the start. Each station is composed of an obstacle and a puzzle or task. After completing all five stations, players can proceed to the finish line. The first to reach the finish line will be crowned Challenge Champion and win $250,000. Second place gets $60,000, and third place receives $30,000.

• Station 1: Players must cross a balance beam and solve a Sudoku puzzle.
• Station 2: Players must scale a wall, count the number of circles and dots in an image, then use the numbers to solve an equation.
• Station 3: Players must climb over three cubes then use a sledgehammer to flatten a barrel so that it fits in a shallow box.
• Station 4: Players must climb over two barriers then solve a puzzle which requires them to rearrange colored discs so that each stack is the same color.
• Station 5: Players must maneuver through a cage covered with ropes. Afterwards, they must use blocks to build three equal stacks on one end of a seesaw-like apparatus, then pull a rope to balance out the apparatus for 10 seconds without toppling their stacks.

Final Results:

Champion	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place
Emanuel	Nurys	Colleen	Corey	Berna

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