The Challenge: Cutthroat has one more twist baked into its format: The “mutiny” twist.
This occurs when teams want to change their captains, and we haven’t seen it come into play yet. But certain conditions must be in place for a mutiny to occur:
1. The vote must be unanimous (omitting the current captain)
2. The team only has two mutiny opportunities
3. The replacement captain must be new to the captain role.
So, to pull off the move, many conditions must align. This isn’t like the staking-a-claim twist on Vets & New Threats where one person could go rogue and cause some drama. Instead, the mutiny has to be a team decision. Which kind of makes sense, because the captain has a lot of power.
Will we ever see a mutiny happen? I think it’s likely, but it probably won’t be a shocking twist.
On episode 6, Nelson discussed staging a mutiny. It wasn’t because he felt he deserved to be captain; rather, it wasbecause there are so few people on his team. Because Josh is the captain, and he’s immune from The Arena while in the role, Nelson is the only male eligible for elimination if the Blue Team loses (and they do that a lot).
If a mutiny is successfully staged on Cutthroat, it will probably be so one person isn’t routinely screwed over by the format. It won’t be a dramatic power shift. More likely, it’ll be a harmonious team decision.
From the looks of this, the mutiny twist will fall into the category of underwhelming Challenge twists. In fact, it could be counterproductive.
Depending on when TJ reveals that team captains will have control over splitting the final prize, teammates might want tostage a mutiny to ensure they have a fair captain. In the end, that person splits the money with their team — depriving the show of a big moment where someone steals all the prize money.
Of course, this hasn’t happened yet, but it’s hard to imagine a scenario where the mutiny twist causes drama rather than reduces it.
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