Country Showdown #17 (with JPT and CM)

I will now reveal the results of the previous round, with the winner being on the left and the loser being on the right.

A total of five people filled out the form.

Denmark beat Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5-0)

Bahamas beat Albania (3-2)

Iceland beat Norway (4-1)

Croatia beat Taiwan (3-2)

New Zealand beat Liechtenstein (4-1) This was the battle of the fan favorites, but they had to face each other in the third round. Apologies to the people rooting for this to be the final two.

Finland beat Spain (3-2)

Switzerland beat Colombia (3-2)

Australia beat Italy (4-1)

Poland beat Uruguay (4-1)

United States beat Mexico (3-2)

Singapore beat Ukraine (4-1)

Greece beat Egypt (5-0)

Madagascar beat Dominican Republic (5-0)

France beat Cuba (5-0)

Luxembourg beat Ethiopia (3-2)

Netherlands beat Hungary (5-0)

South Korea beat Portugal (3-2)

Israel beat Philippines (3-2)

United Kingdom beat Papua New Guinea (4-1)

Kazakhstan beat Indonesia (3-2)

Argentina beat Kosovo (4-1)

Sweden beat Brazil (3-2)

Canada beat Japan (3-2)

Germany beat Thailand and Vatican City (3-2-0)

This means that Madagascar is the only African country left in the competition.

I will put the link to the form at the end of the blog.

Twenty-four countries remain...

For this challenge, I will have to remove everyone from the private groups of others. You can reinvite them once this challenge is over. However, due to the events of the twist, Gekko and Duke will be in the groups still, but they are not allowed to say anything about who has the trust ball, or else the mysterious twist will no longer apply to them.

For this challenge, one person will be randomly selected to hold the trust ball. That person will give the ball to someone. That person will give the trust ball to someone else. This process continues until there is one person remaining, and that person will be eliminated from the game.

There are some twists though. If you get the trust ball, you have to make your decision in your private group, and you are allowed to lie to others about who you are saving.

If you have the trust ball and you fail to make a decision in twenty-four hours, the trust ball will explode, and you will be eliminated from the game altogether, and the trust ball process will end.

I will notify you in your private group if you get the trust ball, so don't worry about not seeing the notification.

I recommend that you use this to eliminate a possible Traitor, but you can have your own strategies..

The wheel will randomly select someone to earn the trust ball first and that person is..

Sorry, you have to figure that out yourself.

Good luck, and don't trust the wrong people!

Last challenge was a gamble, meaning that countries had to choose a number between one and ten, and they would get that much points. However, if another person chooses the same number then that's the amount of points they lose.

Teams Nickelz and hi111223 did not participate in the challenge, so they will be at risk along with one other team.

Three heats were chosen, and here they are!

Heat 1:

Malta (Balkan)

South Africa (Kilo)

Guyana (MKF)

Heat 2:

Georgia (Balkan)

Indonesia (Kilo)

Singapore (MKF)

Heat 3:

Montenegro (Balkan)

Sweden (Kilo)

Northern Cyprus (MKF)

Let's start with the first heat!

Malta (7)

South Africa (10)

Guyana (10)

South Africa and Guyana both chose ten, so ten points are subtracted from each of their total amounts.

Balkan+: 7

KiloNova: -10

McKenzieFam: -10

Now onto the second heat!

Georgia (7)

Indonesia (10)

Singapore (4)

Nobody chose the same amount, so nobody loses points!

Balkan+: 14

KiloNova: 0

McKenzieFam: -6

Now onto the third and final heat!

Montenegro (7)

Sweden (10)

Northern Cyprus (4)

Final Results:

1st. (SAFE) Balkan+ - 21 points

2nd. (SAFE) KiloNova - 10 points

3rd. (AT RISK) McKenzieFam - -2 points

4th (tie). (AT RISK) Nickelz - N/A

4th (tie). (AT RISK) hi111223 - N/A

This means that Teams Balkan+ and KiloNova are safe, and Team Balkan+ gets an advantage for winning the challenge.

Teams McKenzieFam, Nickelz, and hi111223 will be at risk this episode.

Only four countries were at risk last episode. Those countries were New Zealand, India, Egypt, and Azerbaijan.

If I call your name, you are safe.

New Zealand

India

This leaves Azerbaijan and Egypt, and the final country safe is...

Azerbaijan.

This means that Egypt is eliminated with twelve votes.

Egypt: WHAT?? DON'T YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT PYRAMIDS?

India: No, not really.

Azerbaijan: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT SHOULD'VE BEEN INDIA!

India: Oh please...

Eliminated countries: (so far)

63. Switzerland

62. California

60: Israel

60: North Korea

59: Russia

58: Australia

57: United States

56: China

54. Pakistan

54. Democratic Republic of the Congo

53. Finland

52. Japan

51. Liechtenstein

50. Philippines

49. Jordan

48. Armenia

47. Belgium

46. South Korea

45. Nigeria

44. Germany

43. Kosovo

42. Norway

41. Qatar

Team Astana Eliminated

40. Netherlands

39. Brazil

38. Bulgaria

37. Cyprus

36. Ukraine

35. Mexico

34. Ireland

Halfway point!

31. Algeria

31. Guyana

31. Turkey

28. Greece

28. Spain

28. Monaco

26. Italy

25. Serbia

25. United Arab Emirates

23. Nepal

23. Austria

21. Taiwan

21. Poland

18. Palestine

18. Romania

18. Thailand

17. Egypt

We're down to the final sixteen!

Current Teams:

Team Balkan+: Saudi Arabia, Malta, Georgia, and Montenegro

Team Nickelz: Azerbaijan and India

Team KiloNova: South Africa, Indonesia, Sweden, Vietnam, Kazakhstan and Laos

Team hi111223: New Zealand

Team McKenzieFam: Guyana, Northern Cyprus, and Singapore

Current Rankings:

1st: Team KiloNova 6/10

2nd: Team Balkan+ 4/10

3rd: Team McKenzieFam 3/10

4th: Team Nickelz 2/10

5th: Team hi111223 1/10

6th: Team Astana (Eliminated)

Teams are running low on members... I can see some teams getting eliminated in the next few episodes, but anything can happen...

Team Balkan+: Georgia, Malta, Montenegro, and Saudi Arabia

Georgia: Wow... there's only two members left on Team Nickelz.

Malta: I know... I didn't expect that.

Saudi Arabia: Me neither, but I don't really care. I'm still here, unlike my friends.

Montenegro: Yeah, less competition for us though.

Malta: WAIT... MONTENEGRO SAID A WHOLE SENTENCE WITHOUT FALLING ASLEEP!

Saudi Arabia: Wow... this just proves how crazy Montenegro is!

Georgia: He's not crazy... he's just always sleepy.

Saudi Arabia: I think I know why...

Georgia and Malta: WHY?

Saudi Arabia: It's because Serbia makes him be her personal servant, so she tires him out. He was still worn out, and he seems to be well rested now that Serbia's been gone for a while.

Montenegro: You figured it out! Serbia made me swear to not tell anyone, but I didn't tell you. You just found out!

Saudi Arabia: I knew I was smart.

Team Nickelz: Azerbaijan and India

Azerbaijan: India, we made it to the final two members of the team despite all that hard work!

India: The thing is, I've been here ever since day one, and you joined mid-game.

Azerbaijan: I was trying to be positive...

India: Positivity doesn't exist in this game, only backstabbing and lies.

Azerbaijan: Really?

Team KiloNova: South Africa, Indonesia, Sweden, Vietnam, Kazakhstan and Laos

South Africa (Confessional): A war broke out... it's me, Sweden, and Kazakhstan vs Indonesia, Vietnam, and Laos. We had a war earlier in this game, over China. Now it's over Taiwan. What is wrong with us?

Kazakhstan (Confessional): I'm disappointed to know that I missed the China war, but the Taiwan war is fun!

Vietnam (Confessional): What is up with Kazakhstan? He's obsessing over how fun this Taiwan war is, like a three-year-old obsessing over toys.

Sweden: So uh... truce?

Kazakhstan: NO!

South Africa: Sure, this war is messing our team up completely.

Indonesia: No way, Taiwan intentionally hurt me, so this war will end with one side being completely eliminated.

South Africa: To be fair, you caused him to do it.

Laos: Taiwan has anger issues. He shouldn't have done that.

Sweden (Confessional): Yeah, we'll never resolve this. Team KiloNova peace is too much to ask for.

Team hi111223: New Zealand

New Zealand (Confessional): I consider myself a person who does well around others, and I've been on a team by myself for six episodes. I don't like being alone, and I am starting to get bored. However, I'm here to win, so I need to suck it up.

Team McKenzieFam: Singapore, Guyana, and Northern Cyprus

Singapore: Guyana, Northern Cyprus was talking trash about you.

Guyana: Oh really... good to know.

Singapore (Confessional): I need to start playing this game, so I lied to Guyana that Northern Cyprus brought up a conversation to smack-talk him, even though I started it. I want to try to be as evil as Liechtenstein... wait never mind. Liechtenstein was so sweet and innocent, so I'll say uh.. California, who was NOT sweet and innocent.

Guyana (Confessional): I know that Singapore was lying straight to my face! I overheard HIM bring up the topic and he's accusing Northern Cyprus! Game on Singapore, game on.

This challenge is an interesting one, and it requires working with other teams.

For this challenge, you must pick a country that is currently in this game.

If you and another person guess the same country, then both teams have safety.

If three people guess the same country, then all three are safe.

HOWEVER, there is a twist. If two or more people pick the same country, then that country is eliminated from the game, so choose wisely.

If nobody guesses the same country, then random wheel will decide who earns safety.

I recommend that you collaborate with others for this challenge!

Please make your decision before FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, BY 6:00 PM CST!

For this vote, teams Nickelz, hi111223, and McKenzieFam are at risk.

Here are the countries you can vote for.

Azerbaijan

India

New Zealand

Guyana

Northern Cyprus

Singapore

You can cast up to TWELVE votes, and you can put up to EIGHT votes on the same country.

The TWO countries with the most votes will be eliminated.

Voting closes on FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, AT 6:00 PM CST!

Finally, the Country Madness form. Here it is!