Country Showdown #7

Last challenge, three out of the six competitors participated. I would tell you who all did, because those three teams who participated are automatically immune, but there was a twist. The first place finisher of the challenge gets an advantage!

3rd place, with 7 of their countries kicked off the bus is...

Team Balkan+! Montenegro, Austria, and Malta managed to stay on the bus. The other seven on the team were kicked off.

Second place, with six of their countries kicked off is...

Team McKenzieFam! Only Argentina and Singapore could stay on the bus. The other six were kicked off.

Finally, the challenge winner, who gets the advantage, with four of their countries getting kicked off is...

Team Nickelz! India, Algeria, and Egypt stayed on the bus, and the other four on the team got kicked off. This means that Team Nickelz gets the advantage.

This also means that Team Astana, Team KiloNova, and Team hi111223 are vulnerable this episode.

Last round, Team KiloNova, Team hi111223, and Team McKenzieFam were at risk. Four countries got eliminated. The first elimination, with TWENTY-ONE votes is...

Belgium. Belgium got dogpiled on, but it was nowhere close to as bad as the Liechtenstein elimination.

The next country eliminated, with TWELVE votes is...

South Korea. It looks like both Koreas are gone now.

The third elimination is...

Nigeria, with SEVEN votes

And the final elimination goes to...

Germany, with FIVE votes

Before I reveal the Eliminations and current teams, I need to show you guys a very important conversation.

Nickelz: Capybarra, I need to speak with you.

Me: Ok.

Nickelz: I would like to use two of my advantages.

Me: Which two?

Nickelz: I would like to use my country steal advantage and my new addition advantage.

Me: Alright, who will you use them on?

Nickelz: I would like to add Poland to my team and steal...

Greece from Team Balkan+.

Me: Alright, you now have a team of nine.

Eliminated countries: (so far)

61. Switzerland

60. California

57: Azerbaijan

57: Israel

57: North Korea

56: Russia

55: Australia

54: United States

53: China

51. Pakistan

51. Democratic Republic of the Congo

50. Finland

49. Japan

48. Liechtenstein

47. Philippines

46. Jordan

45. Armenia

44. Belgium

43. South Korea

42. Nigeria

41. Germany

Team Astana: Qatar and Kazakhstan

Team Balkan+: Cyprus, Serbia, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Austria, Georgia, and Montenegro

Team Nickelz: Turkey, Spain, Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Poland, and India

Team KiloNova: South Africa, Indonesia, Kosovo, Taiwan, Sweden, Vietnam, Thailand, Norway, and Laos

Team hi111223: Ireland, Brazil, Netherlands, and Ukraine

Team McKenzieFam: New Zealand, Argentina, Guyana, Monaco, Mexico, Nepal, and Singapore

Current Rankings:

1st (tie): Team Balkan+ 9/10

1st (tie): Team KiloNova 9/10

1st (tie): Team Nickelz 9/10

4th: Team McKenzieFam 7/10

5th: Team hi111223 4/10

6th: Team Astana 2/10

It looks like Team Balkan+ finally lost a member, and since Nickelz played his advantages, we had a three way tie for first!

This lore will be different. Usually, I put the lore for each individual team. This time, I will include the countries that made it on the bus in the last challenge.

Seat 1: India and Argentina

Seat 15: Algeria and Montenegro

Seat 19: Egypt and Austria

Seat 20: Malta and Singapore

I hope you enjoy!

Argentina: Driver, are we going anywhere?

Bus Driver: Yes, but it could be dangerous, so if you want to back out then you can.

Singapore: Alright! I'm leaving! C'ya y'all!

Algeria: Malta, you should leave too. I don't think you can handle dangerous.

Malta: I CAN TOO!!! I'M STAYING!!!

Austria: I guess I'll leave. I have no idea what I'm getting myself into.

India: Anything to get away from my team for a little bit.

Algeria: I'll leave, so I can go back to Team Nickelz and bully the newbies, Poland and Greece.

Egypt: I'll go with you Algeria.

Bus Driver: It looks like India, Argentina, Montenegro, and Malta are taking the risk!

Argentina: Montenegro is asleep... so he's staying I guess.

Montenegro (Confessional): ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ HONK ZZZZZZZZZZ HONKKKKK ZZZZ

Malta (Confessional): I regret staying. Montenegro's snoring is so loud and uncontrollable.

India (Confessional): Ah, finally. I'm free from my team.

Argentina: (Confessional): I should've left. I'm hungry for some of Mexico's tacos!

Bus Driver: Well, you guys have no idea what you're getting yourselves into... you'll regret staying on this bus.

Argentina: *gulp*

Malta: I don't care! I'm not scared of anything!

India: I don't really care where we're going at this point...

NEXT EPISODE...

Malta: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

India: WHAT IS THAT THING???

Poland: Look team, I know I'm new to Country Showdown, but that doesn't give y'all the excuse to hate me.

Argentina: MONTENEGRO!!! NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SLEEP!!!

Greece (Confessional): I miss my old team... I definitely fit in better there... at least I have Spain and Poland.

TO BE CONTINUED...

This challenge is similar to the previous challenge "A Numbers Game", but it's different. You have to assign each country on your team a number between 1 and 15. 1 has the least point value and 15 has the most. You have to assign FOUR countries on your team a number between 1 and 15. (Unless if you're a team of two, you just have to give each of those countries two individual numbers.)

The Catch:

To get the point value, there can only be ONE country at each number. If one of your countries is the only country per number, then you get the points. The three teams with the most points earn safety.

If there are two or more countries on a number, then those countries don't get a point for the team. This is why there will only be four countries that you're using.

One more catch, if there's five or more countries on a single number, then all those countries on that number are AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATED!!!

Challenge is due on January 18, 2025 by 7:00 PM

Also, I'm running out of challenge ideas, so if anyone has any challenge ideas and wants to share them, then join this group! Non-contestants can join too! Anyone who wants to help with the lore can also help, just let me know!

Team Astana, KiloNova, and hi111223 are at risk this episode.

Participants can vote up to TWELVE times (please do it in the private groups! I want this so the outcome is a surprise.)

Non-Participants can vote up to SIX times in the comments.

The THREE countries with the most votes will be eliminated.

Here are the countries that you can vote for:

Qatar, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Brazil, Netherlands, Ukraine, South Africa, Indonesia, Kosovo, Taiwan, Sweden, Vietnam, Thailand, Norway, and Laos

Voting closes on January 18, 2025 by 7:00 PM