So, who won?
Afterlast weeksent Dee and Nelson packing, it’s officially time for the final to begin.
And Cory is reading a letter left for him from Nelson.
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Lots of emotions happening in the bunker.
There is no second place.
The first checkpoint begins immediately, with players strapping on ski equipment and skiing to a pile of logs.
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It’s a race, and if you don’t finish, you don’t move on.
TJ also makes a cryptic remark about how they reward winners onThe Challenge, so you want to win.
TJ never makes a cryptic comment without it meaning something big.
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The horn sounds and we’re off.
Fessy is the first to reach the log pile but everyone is struggling with the knee-deep snow.
Who would have thought!
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He’s also not sweating the snowy terrain at all, unlike everyone else (especially Rogan).
That’s going to cost them a lot of time.
Pretty soon almost everyone is doing Cory’s strategy and walking while holding skis.
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Cory eventually overtakes Bananas and becomes the first place male.
But Fessy starts his fire first.
Cory gets his fire second, and Bananas gets his third.
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Kaycee finally starts her fire (and yells, “Where the marshmallows at!")
just as Rogan finally collects his logs.
Back at the bottom, Bayleigh and Kyle finish collecting their logs.
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Kyle is the last male to light his fire and move on; then Bayleigh does as well.
Melissa, in last place, lights her fire immediately and moves on.
TJ takes an ATV to the checkpoint finish line as Cory crosses it, solidifying his first-place lead.
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Even TJ sounds surprised!
Fessy crosses second, with Jenny first for the females.
Melissa finally crosses the finish way after everyone else, but she completes the first checkpoint.
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And then TJ drops a bomb!
Two players will be eliminated, and Cory and Jenny are safe.
And that journey is up a sheer, snow-covered cliff with only a cable to hold on to.
The group makes it to the compound just as the sun sets, completing checkpoint two.
As TJ calls forward the players going into elimination, Melissa shocks everyone by announcing she’s quitting.
It’s worth noting that Melissa didn’t know she was pregnant at the time of filming.
But Kaycee gets the easy “win” and stays in the game.
They start on opposite sides of the snowy field and race to hit the bell hanging in the center.
The first player to ring the bell twice wins and stays in the game.
They scramble in the center, but Bananas rings the bell first.
Rogan knows he lost, and the two hug it out as Rogan is eliminated.
That means they get to head up to the warm compound and get a cozy night of rest.
That’s going to mean the world to them on day two of the final.
It’s so great to see longtime rivals put aside their history this season.
There’s been a lot of growth with a lot of vets.
That’s going to be brutal.
Even Bananas says that Cory basically saved his fate in this final.
And Kyle and Bayleigh… LOL.
They never really mattered if there’s only one top male and female winner.
She gets taken away by the medic and is officially out of the game.
The four top winners head into the warm compound and are elated to see beds with pillows and blankets.
And they laugh at how they can see Fessy and Kyle standing miserably by the fire through the window.
After six hours, they’re finally allowed to go inside.
The next morning, everyone suits back up and sees that it’s starting to blizzard.
It’s simple: whoever crosses the finish line first wins.
And the Tribunal, a.k.a.
Cory and Jenny, get a minute head start.
Then the elimination winners, Bananas and Kaycee, get a minute head start after that.
Then Fessy and Kyle get to start, a full two minutes after the first place guy.
Kaycee struggles with her equation and Jenny gets hers open first.
Kaycee has to go back down and read the full equation again while Kyle gets his.
Cory asks Kyle what the answer is, as if Kyle will tell him!
Kyle just says, “Sorry Cory, man,” and continues on.
Cory finally gets it.
Pretty soon, Cory overtakes Fessy, putting Fessy in last place for the males.
And then Jenny reaches TJ, who tells her to touch the red skull.
By touching the red skull, Jenny finishes first, not just for the women but also overall.
The final shot of the season is Bananas shouting, “Curses be damned!”
at the finish line on top of the mountain.
Bananas is lucky this season played out with the toptwowinners.
And with that, theMadnessis over!
