The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines

Battle of the Bloodlines
Season Information
Season No.	27
Location	Bodrum, Turkey Berlin, Germany
Original Release	December 2, 2015 – February 17, 2016
No. of Episodes	16 (including reunion and two specials)
Host	TJ Lavin
Prize Money	$350,000
Winners	Cara Maria Sorbello Jamie Banks
Cast
Season Chronology
Previous	Battle of the Exes II
Next	Rivals III
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Battle of the Bloodlines is the 27th season of The Challenge. It premiered on December 2, 2015 and concluded with the "S#!t They Should Have Shown" special on February 17, 2016.

Description

Fourteen players from MTV series will travel to Bodrum, Turkey to join the people who know their toughest strengths, crippling weaknesses, and deepest fears better than anyone -- their own flesh and blood. In this unprecedented format, competitors will battle it out WITH and AGAINST their bloodlines, turning family into foe. This shake-up gets even more twisted when players learn that their fates are combined with their bloodlines’. It’s anyone’s game when family still means everything, because despite strong performances, competitors could still go home if their relatives fall short. With $350,000 on the line and family honor to defend, there will be blood.

Cast

Teams Alumni Bloodline Finish Cara Maria Sorbello Fresh Meat II Jamie Banks Cousin Winners in Family Matters Cory Wharton RW: Ex-Plosion Mitch Reid Cousin Runners-Up in Family Matters Jenna Compono RW: Ex-Plosion Brianna Julig Cousin Third Place in Family Matters Aneesa Ferreira RW: Chicago Rianna Polin Cousin Eliminated in Tear Down This Wall Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio RW: Key West Vince Gliatta Cousin Eliminated in Out for Blood Abram Boise RR: South Pacific Mike Boise Brother Eliminated in Blood Versus Love KellyAnne Judd RW: Sydney Anthony Cuomo Cousin Eliminated in Blood Is Thicker Than Mud Thomas Buell RW: Ex-Plosion Stephen Buell Twin Brother Eliminated in Blood Brothers Nany González RW: Las Vegas (2011) Nicole Ramos Cousin Eliminated in Dirty Little Secret Dario Medrano AYTO? 2 Raphy Medrano Twin Brother Eliminated in A House Divided Tony Raines RW: Skeletons Shane Raines Brother Medically Removed in #Corneesa Camila Nakagawa Spring Break Challenge Larissa Nakagawa Sister Eliminated in #Corneesa Leroy Garrett RW: Las Vegas (2011) Candice Fowler Cousin Medically Removed in #Corneesa Cohutta Grindstaff RW: Sydney Jill Tuttle Cousin Eliminated in Bad Blood Christina LeBlanc AYTO? 2 Emily Reese Stepsister Eliminated in There Will Be Blood

Format

Each team participates in numerous challenges which are followed by an elimination round — "The Pit." The winning team of each challenge earns immunity from entering The Pit, while the last-place finisher is automatically sent to The Pit. The winning team also earns the right of choosing the team that will face the last-place finisher in The Pit. There is, however, a condition in which if a same-gender team is automatically sent to The Pit, the winning team is required to send a team that has at least one player of the matching gender to compete in The Pit. The team who wins the elimination round returns to the game and has the opportunity to compete for a share of a $350,000 prize, while the losing team is eliminated from the game.

Host T. J. Lavin initially did not reveal any twists to the gameplay, however, beginning in Episode 3, a twist to the game occurred when players were forced to compete against their bloodlines. From then on, the two teams would compete against each other so that the winning team of a challenge was safe from elimination and could nominate one player from the losing team for "The Pit." The losing team is also required to nominate one of their players for "The Pit." Whichever player wins the elimination round returns to the game while the other is sent home along with their bloodline from the opposing team.

In Episode 10, the families were brought back together and competed as pairs for the remainder of the season.

Money for finalists is split as follows:

• First Place: $250,000 ($125,000 each)
• Second Place: $75,000 ($37,500 each)
• Third Place: $25,000 ($12,500 each)

Twists

• Red vs Blue: A Red and Blue Team were formed, chosen by Cara Maria and Jamie respectively, and were picked by alternating between the alumni and bloodline players so that the initial pairings were divided. Players fate in the game remained the same. The losing player of the elimination and their bloodline on the opposite team will be eliminated. The twist ended in Episode 10 and the game returned to its original format.

Game summary

Elimination chart

Episode		Gender	Challenge winners		Pit contestants								Pit game	Pit outcome
#	Challenge				Last-place team		Winners' selection		Last-place player		Selected player			Winner		Loser		Eliminated
1	Water Battle	Female		Cohutta & Jill		Jenna & Brianna		Christina & Emily		Jenna		Christina	End Of My Rope		Jenna		Christina		Christina & Emily
2	Family Dinner	Male		Cara Maria & Jamie		Cohutta & Jill		Thomas & Stephen		Cohutta		Thomas	Squaring Off		Thomas		Cohutta		Cohutta & Jill
	Challenge	Gender	Winners		N/A				Losers' pick		Winners' pick		Pit game	Winner		Loser		Eliminated
3/4	Meet Me Halfway	Female		Red Team						Larissa		Jenna	Door Slammer		Jenna		Larissa		Camila & Larissa
4/5	Air To The Throne	Male		Red Team						Raphy		Mitch	My Way or the Highway		Mitch		Raphy		Dario & Raphy
6	Family Connection	Female		Red Team						KellyAnne		Nany	Ring My Bell		KellyAnne		Nany		Nany & Nicole
7	Hand Me Down	Male		Red Team						Mike		Stephen	Home Wrecker		Mike		Stephen		Thomas & Stephen
8	Too Clingy	Female		Red Team						Jenna		KellyAnne	Spun Out		Jenna		KellyAnne		KellyAnne & Anthony
9	Air Pockets	Male		Red Team						Mike		Jamie	Hand it Over		Jamie		Mike	Abram & Mike
	Challenge	Gender	Winners		Last-place team		Winners' selection		Last-place player		Selected player		Pit game	Winner		Loser		Eliminated
10	Weight for Me	N/A		Cory & Mitch		Cara Maria & Jamie		Bananas & Vince	N/A				Through Thick and Thin		Cara Maria & Jamie		Bananas & Vince		Bananas & Vince
11	Truck Crossing	Female		Cory & Mitch		Aneesa & Rianna		Cara Maria & Jamie		Aneesa		Cara Maria	Mine Not Yours		Cara Maria		Aneesa		Aneesa & Rianna
12/13	Final Challenge	N/A		Cara Maria & Jamie	2nd place: Cory & Mitch; 3rd place: Jenna & Brianna

Notes:

• Candice initially suffered a busted lip at the "Meet Me Halfway" challenge in Episode 3, and when she returned to the house, she revealed that she also suffered a fractured toe. Prior to the third Pit elimination at the beginning of Episode 4, host T. J. Lavin delivered the news that Candice was medically unable to continue competing. Leroy was sent home as the result of being Candice's bloodline.
• Tony was sent to the hospital after he initially thought he suffered a back injury during the "Meet Me Halfway" challenge. When he returned to the house, he declined additional medical attention when producers and fellow contestants noticed that he appeared pale. As the cast and crew were headed to the third Pit elimination at the end of Episode 3, Tony fainted, and was rushed back to the hospital, where his bloodline Shane was summoned to be by Tony's side. Prior to the "Air To The Throne" challenge in Episode 4, T.J. Lavin announced that Tony & Shane were removed from the competition, with Abram and his brother Mike being brought into the competition as replacement players. It was later revealed during the aftershow that Tony suffered a ruptured spleen as well as internal bleeding, and underwent emergency surgery.
• Jamie and Mike were selected for The Pit in Episode 9. However, instead of facing each other, each player was met with a shocking twist when CT and Zach were brought into the game. Following a coin flip by T.J., each player was set up to face either CT or Zach in the "Hand it Over" pit elimination, in an endurance competition.

Pit progress

Alumni	Episodes
	1		2	3/4		4/5	6	7	8	9	10		11	Finale
Cara Maria		SAFE	WIN		WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN		PIT	PIT	WINNER
Cory		SAFE	SAFE		WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN		WIN	WIN	SECOND
Jenna		PIT	SAFE		PIT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	PIT	SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	THIRD
Aneesa		SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	OUT
Bananas		SAFE	SAFE		WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN		OUT
Abram						WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	OUT
KellyAnne		SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	PIT	SAFE	OUT
Thomas		SAFE	PIT		WIN	WIN	WIN	OUT
Nany		SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Dario		SAFE	SAFE		WIN	OUT
Tony		SAFE	SAFE		WIN	OUT
Camila		SAFE	SAFE		OUT
Leroy		SAFE	SAFE		DQ
Cohutta		WIN	OUT
Christina		OUT

Bloodlines	Episodes
	1		2	3/4		4/5	6	7	8	9	10		11	Finale
Jamie		SAFE	WIN		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	PIT		PIT	SAFE	WINNER
Mitch		SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	PIT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE		WIN	WIN	SECOND
Brianna		SAFE	SAFE		WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN		SAFE	SAFE	THIRD
Rianna		SAFE	SAFE		WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN		SAFE	OUT
Vince		SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE		OUT
Mike						SAFE	SAFE	PIT	SAFE	OUT
Anthony		SAFE	SAFE		WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	OUT
Stephen		SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Nicole		SAFE	SAFE		WIN	WIN	OUT
Raphy		SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	OUT
Shane		SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	DQ
Larissa		SAFE	SAFE		OUT
Candice		SAFE	SAFE		OUT
Jill		WIN	OUT
Emily		OUT

Competition

     The contestant's team won the final challenge.

     The contestant's team lost the final challenge.

     The contestant's team won the mission and was safe.

     The contestant was safe from the Pit.

     The contestant was placed into the Pit and won.

     The contestant was placed into the Pit, and their bloodline won.

     The contestant's team won the mission and was safe, but their bloodline was placed into the Pit and won.

     The contestant was placed into the Pit and was eliminated.

     The contestant wasn't part of the elimination round, but got sent home due to their bloodline's loss.

     The contestant's team won the mission and was safe, but their bloodline was placed into the Pit and lost.

     The contestant was removed from the competition due to injury.

     The contestant was forced to leave the competition after their teammate was removed due to an injury.

Episode guide

Episode		Air date	Viewers (in millions)
1	"There Will Be Blood"	December 2, 2015	0.55
2	"Bad Blood"	December 9, 2015	0.56
3	"Camilanator: Judgement Day"	December 16, 2015	0.68
4	"#Corneesa"	December 23, 2015	0.69
5	"A House Divided"	December 30, 2015	0.84
6	"Dirty Little Secret"	December 30, 2015	0.79
7	"Blood Brothers"	January 6, 2016	0.76
8	"Blood Is Thicker Than Mud"	January 13, 2016	0.88
9	"Blood Versus Love"	January 20, 2016	0.93
10	"Out for Blood"	January 27, 2016	0.72
11	"Tear Down This Wall"	February 3, 2016	0.79
12	"True Blood"	February 10, 2016	0.73
13	"Family Matters"	February 17, 2016	0.88