Team Draft

The Team Draft is a twist featured on Reality Showdown. At the start of the season, fresh rookie players compete in an obstacle course or challenge and are ranked and partnered with alumni players.

Reality Showdown
Upon arrival to location TJ introduced sixteen Veteran players to a group of eighteen Prospects that had been camping in the desert. Pointing out the uneven number of players between the sides, TJ announced that the first challenge would be a Purge Challenge where the last place male and female Prospects would be eliminated. He also revealed that the Veterans and Prospects would all be competing in the challenge and given a rank based on their finish. During the Team Draft TJ shocked the players by stating that the Prospects would be selecting a Veteran partner of the opposite gender.