And The Winner Is...

Plot
The episode opens up with every eliminated contestant, including the recently eliminated Kacvinsky, aboard the jumbo jet to prepare for the jury vote. An intro describes the season. It starts with the team phase, and shows Team Victory dominating challenges, Team Boss's infighting, and a montage of the majority of Team Firecrotch being sent home. Then it switches to the merge, showing all the fighting, betrayal, and fun moments the contestants had together. From Nathan being automatically eliminated in the Tour de Wawanakwa, to Channing being flung off the side of the cruise-liner. From the contestants singing around a Christmas tree, to the scramble to get on stage for New Years.

In a flashback, it reveals Chris had announced that a jury vote would determine the final two, and those two would square off in a challenge to determine the winner of the Ultimate Challenge, a challenge that would require the help of their friends. He announces that the final challenge will be in the deserts of Namibia, Africa. Every eliminated contestant will join one of the two final two members in their quest to win the million dollars, joining the team of the person they support. He announces there will be a twist, but it won't be revealed until after the final two, and the teams are chosen. Anna asks if the contestants eliminated pre-merge get to vote, and Chris announces every single contestant will get to vote on who they think deserves to go into the final two. He announces the merged contestants will have the option to ask one of the finalists a question. The remaining twenty-three contestants having to vote solely based off their gut.

Ten of the merged contestants decide to ask questions, and generally these ten were pretty bitter about their elimination. Catherine, JP, Joseph, Andy, Ashton, Jen, Liz, Ian, Justin and Lizzie all decide to ask questions, with the other merged contestants already having their votes locked in. Catherine asks Caelan why he didn't save her back in Niagara Falls, and Caelan statez that he knew she needed a break from the game after things turned bad with JP. She argues that wasn't his decision to make, but Caelan argues clearly it wasn't just him since she received the majority of votes that episode. He then goes into a speech about how he sincerely did it for her well-being, and while she is skeptical at first, she seems to warm up to the idea, annoying Sydney and Nupur who both see through it.

JP is up next and asks Nupur and Sydney why they are sitting in the final three spot. Nupur states that she is there because she played the game strategically, which Sydney also states. JP says that Kacvinsky, Serena, and others strategized too, so asks why are they sitting with the eliminated contestants. Neither can answer, and Caelan steps in, saying that they were threats. JP argues that Caelan was also a threat, which he agrees with, and states that is the reason he should move on to the final two. JP thinks things through and goes to sit down as Joseph gets up.

Joseph asks Caelan what his motivation was in voting him off, since Caelan would have made a similar move (attempting to sabotage Myra's chances at immunity back in Japan). Caelan states that strategically, sometimes a person must join the band wagon and vote off the "bad guy" at that time. Joseph does not seem pleased with this answer, and returns to his seat. Andy walks up next, and spends the whole time stating why those three shouldn't be in the finals, and why he should. He then proceeds to turn around and sit down, leaving Sydney, Caelan, Nupur and the other contestants in a confused silence.

Ashton is next, telling the three she is completely undecided, and simply asks Sydney to persuade her to vote for her. Sydney says that she had a brilliant strategy, not appear as a threat but make strategic moves in the background. She argues that everyone knew what Caelan was up to a lot of times, because he made his moves so publicly. This left people feeling betrayed after he backstabbed them. In the meantime, she was forming friendships and maintaining alliances that ultimately propelled her to the finals. Ashton smiles, liking her answer, and tells her that she has her vote and goes to sit down.

Jen starts by calling out Caelan for being a liar that he is and apologizes to Caroline for leaving her back in the Amazon. Caroline scoffs, and Jen continues, asking Nupur the same questions Ashton had asked Sydney. Nupur argues that her strategy was very similar to Sydney's, a strategy that was smarter than Caelan's, and says that it should be her and Sydney battling in the final two. She says that while everyone may think she was just another member of the Team Victory alliance, she spent a lot of time making sure it wasn't her on the chopping block. Jen, satisfied with this answer, goes on to congratulate Nupur and Sydney and goes back to sit down.

Liz is next, and asks Caelan if he was sad to see her eliminated. He hesitates, but goes to answer yes. Liz nods, processing the response, and returns to her seat as Ian steps up to ask a question. He argues that Nupur and Sydney didn't do as much as they said, since Ian was also a part of the victory alliance and Nupur steps in saying she helped Kacvinsky decide to rope Ian into it, allowing him to make it as far as he did. He counter argues, saying it clearly didn't do that much since he wasn't sitting in the final three. He asks Caelan why Caelan should win, and Caelan says that he should win because he is the only one that took action since day one. Sydney says that's crap, as he only took action after Grant and Anna got consecutively eliminated. She argues that if Myra and Ruchi had been the first two eliminated she would want to take action as well. Ian sits back to analyze the discussion, and proceeds to his seat.

Justin congratulates them, and asks all three if they could play the game differently, would they. Caelan sucks up and says that he would keep Justin, since he thinks Justin deserved it after getting robbed in the boot camp challenge by Liz. Sydney states that she would have made a better effort to rope Ruchi and Myra into her alliance around the merge, not only because they were friends but it would have been good for their numbers. Nupur states that she wouldn't change a thing, and Justin congratulates her for giving the answer he was looking for- someone who played with no regrets- and tells her she secured his vote.

Finally, Lizzie walks up. She starts with congratulating the three and that she is a little bit flattered she got eliminated for being a threat. Kacvinsky seconds that from the bleachers and Lizzie continues. She asks all three what they would do with the prize money. All three give answers involving charity, which Lizzie likes, but now needs to figure out which one was sincere. After all the questions are up, it is time for the vote. Chris states that they are be voting in the order they got eliminated, so Grant is up first.

Grant (CONF): It's fairly obvious who I'm voting for to make it through

Anna (CONF): I have to vote for Caelan, sorry girls I love you two

A montage of the contestants getting up to vote plays, intertwined with more confessionals.

Bailey (CONF): This is hard, I can't get past my bitterness

Cassy (CONF): Nupur deserves this

Elizabeth (CONF): Sorry Sydney, but I have to go with Nupur

Alli (CONF): Sydney I think you're the only one who played an honest game

Aaron (CONF): Sydney

Brittany (CONF): You're a cutie Caelan, that's why I hope you go through

Marisa (CONF): Sydney obviously deserves this the most

Nicole (CONF): Of course Nupur is going to make it through, hello, she basically played the whole victory alliance

Catherine (CONF): I really think you were looking out for me

Colin (CONF): Gotta be Nupur

Katie (CONF): Sydney has got to get this, I mean she is such a sweetheart

Ashton (CONF): You persuaded me, congratulations

Channing (CONF): Sydney you got this

Nathanael (CONF): I gotta stay true to Team Boss

Jen (CONF): Caelan's a jerk and Sydney did nothing, Nupur is just the best of the worst in my opinion

Justin (CONF): You were confident in how you played, you deserve it, no regrets

Kacvinsky (CONF): No matter how bitter I am voting me off was smart, I vote Sydney

Suddenly, Chris walks out with forty-eight passports, every contestant's vote for who to move on to the final two. Chris begins by telling the contestants the first contestant to move onto the final two, with fifteen votes...

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Chris congratulates him, and a brief flashback of Caelan's exploits on the show follows. It starts with him refusing the cliff dive, then him acting bitter towards his teammates and eventually forming an alliance. It then shows him running from the bulls in Spain, jumping from rock to rock over lava in Hawaii, running through the parks in Disney World, chucking snowballs in the big snowball fight, riding his bike around camp in the Tour de Wawanakwa, completing his challenge on the cruise ship and finally him answering questions in the quiz challenge. Chris then announces the final contestant voted out of The Ultimate Challenge, receiving one less vote than Caelan to move on to the finals is...

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Nupur.

That leaves Sydney and Caelan as the official final two. Everyone hugs Nupur, and she wishes Sydney and Caelan luck going into the finale. Chris then announces that the final challenge will be the most brutal thing the contestants have ever faced and all fifty-one will be facing it together.

Chris then says they will be paying a final tribute, to the final ten contestants that got eliminated. The sad and dramatic music starts to play, while the montage begins with Liz gathering ingredients for her pizza in the cooking challenge, Caroline slap-dancing in the Alps, Emily running in the Survivor themed challenge, Myra swimming around Loch Ness, Ian with Sydney running through Team Air's tunnel, Serena rolling her eyes at Sydney on the train movie set, Justin riding his swamp boat, Lizzie shooting tranquilizer balls in the Serengeti, Kacvinsky cheering after winning the first round of trivia and finally Nupur in a group hug after the jury voted Sydney and Caelan into the final.

Chris says to join the team of which final two member you want to win. The teams are:

For Caelan (24): Alex, Alli, Andy, Anna, Brittany, Camila, Catherine, Channing, David, Evan, Grant, Ian, Jen, John, Joseph, JP, Lizzie, McGrath, Nathan, Nathanael, Riefy, Sam, Serena, Zack

For Sydney (25): Aaron, Ashton, Nupur, Ruchi, Myra, Marisa, Justin, Kacvinsky, Chase, Brandon, Katie, Colin, Elizabeth, Clayton, Cassy, Bailey, Caroline, Rachel, Emily, Liz, Connor, Jacob, Cooper, Kalee, Nicole

He then announces that the final challenge will be a race through the desert. It will start with them skydiving out of the jumbo jet, and then jogging to the first challenge. He then announces the twist. Every challenge, the winner will get to pick two of the loser's teammates to be eliminated from the challenge. On top of that, a contestant may drop out at any time. He ended saying the finalists will want as many teammates with them as they can in the last leg of the challenge, as it will be nearly impossible alone, and much easier with a lot of people. Katie asks how long they will be experiencing this brutal torture, and Chris says it will be three days and two nights. He gives every contestant special gear to change into: a full jump suit and new shoes. The contestants all grab their parachutes, and the countdown begins.

As the clock dramatically drops down from ten to zero, the contestants start to stress, mostly because of the evil grin on Chris's face. Those more recently eliminated, such as Lizzie, Kacvinsky, Nupur and Ian, just rolled their eyes, used to Chris's torture, but some such as Grant, Anna and David had barely experienced this. Suddenly, the countdown reached zero, and all fifty-one challenge contestants ran and jumped over the side to begin the most brutal challenge of the competition.

Sydney and Caelan are the first to land, and both begin a steady jog into the desert along a marked path. Their teammates landed sporadically, Sydney's in Team Victory gold and Caelan's in Team Boss blue, and eventually the contestants are running in a large pack lead by Sydney and Caelan.

Riefy (CONF): Did I want to quit? Yes. But I had to keep going for Caelan

Kacvinsky (CONF): Alright, this is already brutal and we've barely started

After about twenty minutes of running, a few of the contestants are starting to struggle. Nicole, Evan, Cooper and Kalee are in the rear, while runners like Anna, Nupur and Andy are thriving. Finally, after thirty minutes, Sydney and Caelan arrive at the first leg of the challenge. In front of them is a sign, reading that their challenge is to complete a puzzle. In front of them is a tic tac toe board, and in the middle is a pile of nine rocks, each with a number on it. Their goal is to arrange the rocks in the grid so that every row, column and diagonal added up to fifteen.

Both teams begin working hard at the puzzle. So far, none of the contestants have chosen to quit, which is beneficial for both Sydney and Caelan. After about fifteen minutes, Connor is the first to figure out the puzzle, and Sydney's teammates begin to move the rocks. As they are doing so, David figures it out too, but by the time he gets Caelan's his team moving, Sydney's team finishes their puzzle. Sydney chooses to eliminate two of the stronger members of Caelan's team, McGrath and Zack. Both are now out of the challenge, leaving the teams:

For Caelan (22): Alex, Alli, Andy, Anna, Brittany, Camila, Catherine, Channing, David, Evan, Grant, Ian, Jen, John, Joseph, JP, Lizzie, McGrath, Nathan, Nathanael, Riefy, Sam, Serena, Zack

For Sydney (25): Aaron, Ashton, Bailey, Brandon, Caroline, Cassy, Chase, Clayton, Colin, Cooper, Elizabeth, Emily, Connor, Jacob, Justin, Kacvinsky, Kalee, Katie, Liz, Marisa, Myra, Nicole, Nupur, Rachel, Ruchi

McGrath curses and Zack just looked frustrated. There's a flashback to McGrath jumping off the cliff in the first episode, and Zack colliding with Nathan while trying to grab a turkey in the Thanksgiving challenge.

Caelan's team narrowly finishes the puzzle after Sydney, and both teams hop into a fleet of helicopters to fly them to the next part. Once they land, they immediately begin sprinting through the desert. Caelan's team quickly surpasses Sydney's, as Sydney has to wait for stragglers Clayton and Caroline. The two tell her to run on ahead, and that they will catch up. Caelan reaches the second leg first, and begins the challenge. The challenge is to toss five rings that are attached to ropes hanging from a stand onto five stands from behind a line. The twist is, whenever a ring misses, the thrower must take a shot of camel milk.

Caelan starts out confidently, and tells his team that he can't take any camel milk shots due to the possibility of that slowing him down, and says only the people with strong stomachs should. After ten minutes, Caelan's team has two rings on, and Andy and Nathan are getting woozy from the camel milk. Sydney's team finally arrives, with Caroline having caught up and Clayton having quit the challenge. A flashback shows Clayton sitting on the boat with Sam and David, on their way to the competition. Aaron tosses two rings on, as it is one of the quirky things he does with his dad, immediately tying the two teams up. This frustrates Caelan, who still can't manage to get another ring on. Finally, Nathanael shoots one on, as does Channing, making Caelan's team lead 4-2. Kacvinsky and Nupur each ring one on, with Ashton missing and causing her to swig some camel milk. The teams are neck and neck, and Sam manages to get the final ring on, giving Caelan's team the win, and leaving Sydney's team three men down. Caelan eliminates Cooper for his intelligence and Brandon in case the team comes across any climbing challenges, a challenge that Brandon could easily complete. A flashback shows Cooper hurdling in London, and losing to Clayton, and Brandon throwing dodge-balls. The new teams are:

For Caelan (22): Alex, Alli, Andy, Anna, Brittany, Camila, Catherine, Channing, David, Evan, Grant, Ian, Jen, John, Joseph, JP, Lizzie, Nathan, Nathanael, Riefy, Sam, Serena, McGrath, Zack

For Sydney (22): Aaron, Ashton, Bailey, Caroline, Cassy, Chase, Colin, Elizabeth, Emily, Connor, Jacob, Justin, Kacvinsky, Kalee, Katie, Liz, Marisa, Myra, Nicole, Nupur, Rachel, Ruchi. Brandon, Clayton, Cooper

Caelan's team gets in the helicopters and moves on to the third and final leg of the day. Sydney's team finally finishes, and gets in the helicopters ten minutes after Caelan. As usual, once the helicopters touch ground the contestants all make a jolt for the marked path. This time, the stronger runners on Caelan's team are being brought down by the camel milk, including their two strongest runners Anna and Andy. The next challenge is a strength challenge. The team has to carry twenty tires along a one mile stretch, with the first team arriving winning that leg. The sign reads that the sand will make it hard for them, and wishes them luck.

Caelan says everyone will get their own tire, with the exception of Catherine and Riefy, with Catherine helping Jen and Riefy helping Serena (since there are only twenty tires). Sydney has Ashton pair up with Myra, and Kalee team up with Katie, with the remaining eighteen carrying their own tires. Both teams set off at the same time, with Ian and Nathan pulling ahead for Caelan. Suddenly, more of the camel milk hits most of the contestants causing them all to slow down. Nicole decides that she can't go on anymore, and collapses. She quits the challenge, and Sydney tells Kalee to go take Nicole's tire. Another flashback shows Nicole cheering on Team Firecrotch in the western challenge, after being one of the first ones lassoed. It eventually comes down to Serena and Riefy, and Kalee, with all the other contestants having finished. Everyone is cheering really loudly, and Kalee narrowly beats Serena and Riefy. Sydney chooses to boot Riefy and Serena from Caelan's team, with some spite for Serena and but also she figures it's only fair since Riefy and Serena lost the challenge for him. A flashback shows Serena hiding the clue in Myra's bag on the way to Scotland, and Riefy learning that Jacob and Marisa kissed and then getting stuck to a pole back in the Yukon. The new teams are:

For Caelan (20): Alex, Alli, Andy, Anna, Brittany, Camila, Catherine, Channing, David, Evan, Grant, Ian, Jen, John, Joseph, JP, Lizzie, McGrath, Nathan, Nathanael, Riefy , Sam, Serena , Zack

For Sydney (21): Aaron, Ashton, Bailey, Brandon, Caroline, Cassy, Chase, Clayton , Colin, Cooper , Elizabeth, Emily, Connor, Jacob, Justin, Kacvinsky, Kalee, Katie, Liz, Marisa, Myra, Nicole , Nupur, Rachel, Ruchi

The contestants begin along the path again and arrive at the camp site. A sign there reads how both nights in the desert will go. In front of them lie thirty rocks, and two camels that each sport a rope that splits into fifteen segments.. They are far away from the fire and beds of the camp site. The sign reads that for that night, five people get to sleep at a time (six for Sydney's team), with the other fifteen having to stay in the freezing cold, standing on the rock. They have to hold onto the rope, balance on the rock and may not sit down. Anyone who falls off the rock or lets go of the rope is eliminated from the challenge. If Caelan or Sydney do either, then they get a five minute penalty. They will have to rotate who gets to sit by the fire. In the first shift, Caelan and Sydney both decide they need rest, with Sydney taking Myra, Ruchi, Rachel, Colin and Elizabeth. Caelan takes Grant, Anna, Nathan and Andy. The remaining fifteen for each team go stand on their rocks, and as the night progresses, the temperature drops rapidly. It's even more miserable watching the ten sit by the fire and eventually get time to get some shut eye.

The camera pans to the thirty contestants standing on their rocks, holding their leashes and freezing. Kacvinsky and Nupur are jogging in place to try and stay warm, and Brittany is huddled up with Evan and Ian. After the first shift ends, Elizabeth is quick to step off her rock, but doesn't realize her mistake until too late and realizes she is out of the challenge. She apologizes to Sydney, and the contestants for Sydney are sad. The screen shows Elizabeth giggling as she portages the canoe next to Colin in the Grand Canyon. A montage follows of contestants trading places and everyone shivering in the freezing cold of night, emphasizing its brutality. Fortunately for both teams, neither lost another player, and the challenge continues when Chris comes riding in on a four-wheeler that morning. He tells them to start their day, they will have to climb a giant sand dune. He turns and points to a dune that is looming over the contestants. He says that the last team to make it up will have two players booted.

He immediately yells go, and it takes a while for the contestants to break out of their groggy state. As they are trudging up the hill, Aaron is almost at the top when he slips, and on his fall down he manages to wipe out almost every contestant, really lowering morale. Eventually they all manage to make it up, with Sydney's team winning the challenge again after Brittany didn't have will to go up anymore. Sydney chooses to eliminate John and Evan, John for his leadership abilities that he was clearly exemplifying during the challenges, and Evan for constantly being able to maintain a positive attitude. The flashbacks show John failing his challenge in the casino in Vegas, and Evan entertaining his team on the train to Piza throughout the Italy challenge. That left the teams:

For Caelan (18): Alex, Alli, Andy, Anna, Brittany, Camila, Catherine, Channing, David, Evan, Grant, Ian, Jen, John , Joseph, JP, Lizzie, McGrath , Nathan, Nathanael, Riefy , Sam, Serena , Zack

For Sydney (20): Aaron, Ashton, Bailey, Brandon, Caroline, Cassy, Chase, Clayton , Colin, Cooper , Elizabeth , Emily, Connor, Jacob, Justin, Kacvinsky, Kalee, Katie, Liz, Marisa, Myra, Nicole , Nupur, Rachel, Ruchi

They then proceed to jog along the marked trail again, this time, confessional are spurting in between. It first shows Brittany ready to collapse.

Brittany (CONF): I don't even win money from this, I'm out

The scene flashes back to Brittany getting voted off back in Disney world. Then the camera shows Catherine and Alex pushing each other to go forward.

Alex (CONF): This is way too much running

A flashback occurs of Alex making the contestants laugh in the jumbo jet, the day she got eliminated.

Catherine (CONF): I know I have to help Anna and Caelan, but it's just so hard

The scene pans over to Kacvinsky and Liz, who are partially leading the pack for Sydney's group. Kacvinsky trips and collapses, and Liz slowly helps him up.

Kacvinsky (CONF): For Sydney, I just have to keep thinking that

Liz (CONF): This is honestly the most brutal thing I have ever done

A flashback occurs of Liz, Kacvinsky, Nupur, and Ian of when they teamed up back in New York City. It shows them completing the empire state challenge, and laughing when they see a ridiculous person walking by. In the back are Katie, Myra and David. All three are seriously struggling, especially since this is by far the longest run they've had to complete.

Katie (CONF): Did I sign up for all this physical activity? No. Quitting sounds really good right now

The scene shows Katie sprinting to beat the ball dropping in the New Years challenge, and just barely making it.

Myra (CONF): Sydney owes me after this one

Finally the contestants come across the next challenge, which is called Hallucination. The signs gives each group ten words, and says they have to crack a code by finding those ten words on a wall of almost a thousand words in small font while standing a designated distance away. Once they find the word, they have to find the fourth letter of the word next to it. They would then use a decoder to convert the letters into numbers to unlock their grate, which they will need to take with them for the next part of the challenge. Immediately all the contestants run over to the line, and begin squinting to try and read the tiny words on the wall.

Marisa (CONF): All these words literally look the exact same

Sydney (CONF): I've come this far

Caelan (CONF): It just has to be me

Immediately Sydney's team takes the lead, when they find the first four words almost simultaneously. Despite this lead though, Caelan's team manages to make a comeback, and each team has only one word left to find. In the meantime, Camila, David and Grant are trying to crack the code for Caelan, and Connor, Nupur and Colin are trying to crack it for Sydney. Alli spots the word first for Caelan, giving his group the upper hand. This leads to them cracking the lock first, and heading on the path with their grate. Caelan shouts back that Jacob and Justin are out for Sydney, leaving the teams:

For Caelan (18): Alex, Alli, Andy, Anna, Brittany, Camila, Catherine, Channing, David, Evan, Grant, Ian, Jen, John , Joseph, JP, Lizzie, McGrath , Nathan, Nathanael, Riefy , Sam, Serena , Zack

For Sydney (18): Aaron, Ashton, Bailey, Brandon, Caroline, Cassy, Chase, Clayton , Colin, Cooper , Elizabeth , Emily, Connor, Jacob , Justin , Kacvinsky, Kalee, Katie, Liz, Marisa, Myra, Nicole , Nupur, Rachel, Ruchi

A flashback shows the contestants gasping when they learn the killer is Justin and he's back in the game, and Jacob climbing the volcano in Hawaii. Sydney's team cracks the code quickly after Caelan, and yet again jog after them on the path. The day is particularly hot, and the contestants are sweating heavily. For the first time since Clayton, someone drops out after the running portion, as Channing decides she can't go on anymore, leaving Caelan's team a man down again. The flashback for Channing running through the pyramids during Egyptian capture the flag. Despite Caelan's lead, the two teams reach the next challenge at the same time. Their goal is to fill their grate with sand, and carry it to go fill up a sand box. The twist is, the grate lets out sand as you walk, so you have to get there quickly. Once you dump the sand into the sandbox, you run back to the start and fill it up with sand again. Nupur, Kacvinsky and Cassy are designated as the sand carriers, while the others fill up the grate as fast as they can. Jen, Lizzie and Andy are the sand carriers for Caelan. In another tight finish, Kacvinsky, Nupur and Cassy drop off their last crate filling up the sandbox right before Jen, Lizzie and Andy, allowing Sydney to boot Joseph and Jen from Caelan's team for being threats for an intellectual or physical challenge. The camera flashes to Joseph breaking down while in the giant bowl of rice, and Jen leaving Caroline stranded in the Amazon. The current standings are:

For Caelan (15): Alex, Alli, Andy, Anna, Brittany, Camila, Catherine, Channing, David, Evan , Grant, Ian, Jen , John , Joseph , JP, Lizzie, McGrath , Nathan, Nathanael, Riefy , Sam, Serena , Zack

For Sydney (18): Aaron, Ashton, Bailey, Brandon, Caroline, Cassy, Chase, Clayton , Colin, Cooper , Elizabeth , Emily, Connor, Jacob , Justin , Kacvinsky, Kalee, Katie, Liz, Marisa, Myra, Nicole , Nupur, Rachel, Ruchi

Once again the contestants run, and flashbacks of the season occur. One shows of Sydney jumping off the cliff in the first episode, and is followed by one of the dance-off in Hawaii. Another is followed of Kacvinsky and Sydney riding space mountain and of Nupur winning the final immunity challenge.

Once again the contestants reach the campsite, and eat a lot of prepare themselves for another brutal night. This time, the squares are smaller, and Chris announces that only three people may sit out at a time this time. Another montage follows of the miserable state of the camp, and this time the camp gets the best of Brittany and Nathanael for Caelan, and Connor, Bailey and Liz for Sydney. A quicker montage shows Brittany dancing in the bootcamp challenge, Nathanael attempting to stay awake during the Awake-a-thon, Connor running around the Redwood forest with his paintball gun, Bailey splashing in the safe zone after jumping off the cliff and Liz climbing the Sydney bridge.The five quit sporadically throughout the night, allowing them sleep. Watching the eliminated contestants sleep is tempting for everyone else, but the other twenty-six non finalists remain strong.

Sydney (CONF): Holy crap my team is awesome, I don't know if I would have made it this far without them

Caelan (CONF): My team could be better, hello? We're down two players, and that could be the difference between me and one million dollars

When morning rises the contestants physically cheer. Chris asks if they are ready for the last day of the finale, and all of the contestants are. Rachel sarcastically asks if they have to climb another sand dune, to which Chris replies yes. Chris says this time though, it's not an elimination leg, and it's just for fun. The contestants groan, and begin to trek up the hill.

Caroline (CONF): It's so hard that I actually feel like I'm back in the competition

Nupur (CONF): I think a revolt would work, if we all turned on Chris and the camera men, no one would ever know

Once they reach the top, they are relieved to see a helicopter in the distance. They all load in and fly to the next leg of the challenge. After another twenty minutes of jogging, they come across a herd of camels.

Anna (CONF): I wasn't in this game for very long, it's weird to be competing, and it's weird to think how used to this most of these contestants are. Aside from David, Grant, Chase and I, everyone remaining in the finals made it pretty far.

Alex (CONF): So we walk up and there are camels. Camels….more camels.

The sign reads that they must climb onto the camels and ride them to the checkpoint. Last team to arrive has two of their members eliminated.

Ashton (CONF): Better than running

The remaining contestants all load onto their camels, and Caelan's team manages to pull ahead and win the camel race, with most of his team finishes before almost half of Sydney's team had. Caelan chooses Rachel and Cassy as his elimination choices. The flashback shows Rachel catching Bailey trying to form another alliance in the paintball fight, and Cassy running around the castle in Transylvania. This leaves:

For Caelan (13): Alex, Alli, Andy, Anna, Brittany, Camila, Catherine, Channing , David, Evan , Grant, Ian, Jen , John , Joseph , JP, Lizzie, McGrath , Nathan, Nathanael , Riefy , Sam, Serena , Zack

For Sydney (13): Aaron, Ashton, Bailey, Brandon , Caroline, Cassy , Chase, Clayton , Colin, Cooper , Elizabeth , Emily, Connor , Jacob , Justin , Kacvinsky, Kalee, Katie, Liz , Marisa, Myra, Nicole , Nupur, Rachel , Ruchi

With one leg left before the final leg, Sydney and Caelan are desperate for the one up. The next thing they come across is two piles of wooden heads, one for every eliminated contestant. Their goal is to stack the wooden heads on top of each other in order of elimination, all forty-eight contestants. The contestants quickly try to figure it out. A montage of some of the eliminations follows. First Colin getting eliminated in the horror movie challenge, then Nathanael getting booted in the Amazon. It then shows Caroline getting eliminated in the Alps, and Kacvinsky getting eliminated back on Wawanakwa. The final one it shows is Nupur getting eliminated, being the final contestant voted out of the game. Sydney's team flies ahead of Caelan's, and manages to easily pull off the lead, booting Andy and Alli from Caelan's team.

For Caelan (11): Alex, Alli, Andy , Anna, Brittany , Camila, Catherine, Channing , David, Evan , Grant, Ian, Jen , John , Joseph , JP, Lizzie, McGrath , Nathan, Nathanael , Riefy , Sam, Serena , Zack

For Sydney (13): Aaron, Ashton, Bailey, Brandon , Caroline, Cassy , Chase, Clayton , Colin, Cooper , Elizabeth , Emily, Connor , Jacob , Justin , Kacvinsky, Kalee, Katie, Liz , Marisa, Myra, Nicole , Nupur, Rachel , Ruchi

The flashback shows Andy hitting Channing over the side of the cruise ship, and Alli and Nathanael making out in economy class. The contestants surge ahead to the final leg of the race. By this point, everyone is on the verge of collapsing. Another montage intertwined with confessionals follows. First it shows Sydney, Caelan, Colin and Anna leading the pack.

Sydney (CONF): The final leg of the final challenge...wow

Anna (CONF): I wish I had made it farther I this game, this is kind of fun!

There is a flashback to Anna getting caught in Team Victory's pyramid with Catherine, and a series of confessionals showing the contestants stamping Anna's passport.

Colin (CONF): Too cool

The contestants continue on, and as they run along the top of a giant sand dune they have an amazing view of the desert.

In the middle of the pack are Alex, Aaron, Nupur, Kacvinsky and Sam. Behind them are Chase, Caroline, Camila, Ian and Nathan. After a few minutes, the contestants arrived at the final leg of the challenge. Ahead of them is a set of balance beams. At the beginning there are two piles of giant rocks, small enough to carry but big enough to be extremely difficult to carry. At the end of the balance beams is a giant sand dune. At the top of the sand dune are two baskets and two giant flags. The sign reads this is the final challenge, and the winner will win the Ultimate Challenge and one billion dollars. It reads there are twenty-five rocks in each pile and you can only carry one rock at a time. If you fall off the balance beam, you will have to go back to the beginning. First finalist to get all the boulders in the basket, grab their flag, and run to the finish line down the other side of the sand dune will win. Standing at the finish line is Chris, Chef, and all of the eliminated contestants that were out of the challenge.

Suddenly, a horn blows from the other side of the dune. At first everyone seems startled, but they then realize that the challenge began and everyone grabs a rock and heads to the balance beams. Sydney has the upper hand, since in Caelan's group, due to him having only eleven everyone will have to go twice, with three going three times, and in Sydney's with thirteen only some people have to go twice. Immediately, everyone scoops up a rock and begins on the maze of balance beams. Colin pulls ahead, but reaches a dead end, and when he turns around he bumps into Grant and both fall off and are forced to go back to the beginning. Kacvinsky, Nupur, Sydney, Caelan and Lizzie are the first to make it across, ironically they were the final five, and each begin trudging up the hill. After fifteen minutes, every contestant had dropped a single rock in. This left the score thirteen for Sydney, and eleven for Caelan. Ian and Grant quickly get their second rocks across the course and go back, but during their return journey Aaron, Kalee and Caroline score rocks too. The contestants are all pouring sweat and on the verge of collapsing. Despite the lead, Caelan manages to tie up the score when JP, Alex and Catherine all get their rocks in the basket as well. Marisa and Camila get in rocks at the same time, as do Kacvinsky and Sam. This leaves the score eighteen to eighteen. Sydney and Caelan keep eyeing each other, which slows them down.

Sydney (CONF): Forty-nine eliminations

Caelan (CONF): The fiftieth challenge

Sydney (CONF): And it's my time

Caelan (CONF): To win that fucking prize money

Once David and Lizzie each get a rock for Caelan, and Emily and Chase each score for Sydney, the score is neck in neck. The final five for Sydney are Nupur, Colin, Marisa, Ashton and Sydney. The final five for Caelan are Catherine, Grant, JP, Nathan and Caelan. All ten are on the balance beam part. The remaining contestants still in the challenge are standing at the top of the dune waiting for their team. They are cheering loudly for their respective teams. First over the beams is Colin, who makes it up the dune no problem and proceeds to cheer with the other Sydney members. Unfortunately for them, Nathan and JP aren't far behind and pull Caelan ahead. Suddenly though, Marisa pulls an unexpected move and ends up outrunning Grant on the run up the hill, tying it up for Sydney. Grant pops one in leaving Caelan and Catherine the only two on the course. Nupur and Ashton both come up and heave their rocks in, leaving just Sydney to throw her rock in. The exhaustion is gone and now adrenaline is flowing, especially when Caelan falls off the balance beam and has to restart.

As he goes back to the beginning, Catherine throws her rock in as does Sydney. Sydney grabs her giant flag and makes a bolt down the hill, with her team behind her. Everyone is cheering and yelling, and the finalists at the finish line are clapping when Sydney trips and collapses down the hill. She lies at the bottom of the hill motionless, and the other contestants begin to freak out. Chris and Chef look worried about any potential lawsuits, and Sydney begins to groan. In the meantime, Caelan gets his rock in and his team starts down the dune. The exhaustion hits again, and the contestants are beginning to wear out. Sydney manages to slowly pull herself off the ground, and begins for the finish line. Caelan manages to catch up due to Sydney's injuries, but Sydney's adrenaline kicks in again and she keeps pace with him. They are neck and neck, flags in hand, and both make a dive for the finish line. Chris declares a photo finish, and says it's time to get the hell out of the desert.

The scene flashes to the campfire ceremony, and Chris announces that he watched the tape, and the winner of the Ultimate Challenge, outlasting fifty other contestants and surviving fifty challenges, from the deserts of the Sahara to the canals of Venice, from the trailers at the movie set to the rickety cabins of Camp Wawanakwa, this contestant surpassed everyone, and this contestant is...

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Everyone bursts out cheering, and even Caelan is smiling. He congratulates her and gives her a hug, and all the eliminated contestants have one big group hug. They talk about how they can't wait to sleep after that brutal three days. Suddenly music starts playing, and they begin to dance. It's nightfall and the contestants are at Playas des Losers celebrating. Chris hands Sydney the one billion dollar check, and on a giant projection screen is a slideshow of the best moments in the season, including every elimination, whether it be jumping out of the military jumbo jet or walking the Dock of Shame.

For one last time, Chris hands Sydney the final marshmallow, indicating her safety in the game, and the camera pans away to all the contestants laughing and hanging out by the pool in their last night on the Ultimate Challenge.