Double Agents | |
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Season 36 | |
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Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 30 |
Winners |
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Location | Reykjavík, Iceland |
No. of episodes | 21 (including the two-part Reunion special) |
Release | |
Original network | MTV |
Original release | December 9, 2020 – May 5, 2021 |
Season chronology | |
The Challenge: Double Agents is the thirty-sixth season of the MTV reality competition series The Challenge . This season features alumni from The Real World , Road Rules , The Challenge, Are You the One? , Big Brother , Celebrity Big Brother , the Olympics, Love Island UK , The Amazing Race , Survivor , Geordie Shore , Ex on the Beach , Shipwrecked , America's Got Talent , WWE NXT , and Ultimate Beastmaster competing for a share at a $1 million prize. The season premiered on December 9, 2020. A launch special, titled "The Challenge: Double Agents Declassified" aired on December 7, 2020. [1]
Double Agents features a main challenge, a nomination process, and an elimination round. This season had players competing in male-female teams of two, initially selected among themselves at the conclusion of the opening challenge. These teams frequently changed throughout the season due to the nature of the game.
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Episode | Gender | Winners | Crater contestants | Crater game | Crater outcome | ||||||||
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# | Mission | Voted in | Winners' pick | Winner | Eliminated | Infiltrate | Infiltrated team | ||||||
1 | Decryption | Female | Aneesa & Fessy [i] | Ashley & CT | Natalie & Wes | Fire Escape | Natalie | Ashley | ![]() | — | |||
2 | Ice Spy | Male | Aneesa & Fessy | Big T & Joseph | Kyle & Nany | Ring of Spies | Kyle | Joseph | ![]() | Josh & Kam | |||
3 | Road Kill [h] | Male | Kaycee & Leroy | Devin & Nicole | Natalie & Wes | Snapping Point | Devin | Wes | ![]() | Cory & Tori | |||
4 | Drone Control [g] | Male | Devin & Tori | Amber M. & Nelson | Aneesa & Fessy | Hall Brawl | Fessy | Nelson | ![]() | Kaycee & Leroy | |||
5 | Agent Down [f] [e] | Female | Big T & CT | Aneesa & Leroy | Devin & Tori | Asset Destruction | Aneesa | Tori | ![]() | Fessy & Kaycee | |||
6 | Smuggle Run [c] | Female | Jay & Theresa | Ashley & Cory | Kam & Kyle | Dead Ringer | Kam | Ashley | ![]() | — | |||
7 | Aerial Takedown | Male | Kaycee & Leroy | Jay & Theresa [k] | — | Fire Escape | Leroy | Jay | ![]() | — | |||
8 | All Brawl | Male | Kam & Kyle | Amber M. & Mechie | Josh & Nany | Asset Destruction II | Josh | Mechie | ![]() | — | |||
9 | Interrogation | Female | Amber B. & Darrell | Cory & Theresa | Kaycee & Leroy | Snapping Point | Kaycee | Theresa | ![]() | — | |||
10 | Black Sand Ops | Female | Devin & Gabby | Amber M. & Cory | Amber B. & Darrell | Hall Brawl | Amber B. | Amber M. | ![]() | — | |||
11/12 | Air Lift [d] | Male | Big T & CT | Devin & Gabby | Amber B. & Darrell | Dead Ringer | Darrell | Devin | ![]() | — | |||
Josh & Nany | — | CT | Josh | ![]() | Kam & Kyle | ||||||||
12/13 | Survive the Night [b] | Female | Kaycee & Leroy | Cory & Gabby | Kyle & Nany | Ring of Spies | Nany | Gabby | ![]() | Aneesa & Fessy | |||
14 | Undercover | Male | Aneesa & Kyle | Amber B. & Darrell | Big T & Cory | Snapping Point | Cory | Darrell | ![]() | CT & Kam | |||
15 | Spy Dive | Female | Kaycee & Leroy | Big T & CT | Aneesa & Kyle | Fire Escape | Big T | Aneesa | ![]() | — | |||
16 | Global Domination [j] | Female | Kaycee & Leroy | Amber B. & Kyle | Big T & CT | Hall Brawl | Amber B. | Big T | ![]() | Fessy & Nany | |||
17 | Escape the Volcano | Male | Cory & Kam | Amber B. & Fessy | Kyle & Nany | Hall Brawl | Fessy | Kyle [a] | ![]() | Kaycee & Leroy | |||
18/19 | Final Challenge | — | Amber B. & CT | 2nd: Cory & Kam; 3rd: Leroy & Nany; 4th: Fessy & Kaycee |
Contestants | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 [h] | 4 [g] | 5 [e] [f] | 6 [c] | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11/12 [d] | 12/13 [b] | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 [a] | Finale | |
Amber B. | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | SAVE | SAFE | SAVE | EXM | ELIM | SAVE | WINNER |
CT | SAVE | EXM | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | VOL | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | SAVE | EXM | WINNER |
Cory | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | EXM | SAFE | SAVE | SAVE | EXM | SAVE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SECOND |
Kam | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SECOND |
Leroy | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | VOL | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | THIRD |
Nany | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | THIRD |
Fessy | WIN | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | FOURTH |
Kaycee | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | FOURTH |
Kyle | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | WIN | SAVE | SAVE | MED | |
Big T | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | EXM | SAVE | ELIM | OUT | ||
Aneesa | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAVE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | |||
Darrell | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAVE | ELIM | SAFE | OUT | ||||
Gabby | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAVE | OUT | |||||
Nam | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | EXM | MED | |||||
Josh | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
Devin | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | WIN | SAVE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||||
Lolo | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | QUIT | ||||||
Amber M. | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAVE | EXM | OUT | |||||||
Theresa | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAVE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
Mechie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | EXM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
Jay | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||
Ashley | OUT | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Lio | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | QUIT | |||||||||||
Tori | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||||
Natalie | ELIM | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | MED | ||||||||||||
Nelson | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||
Liv | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | MED | |||||||||||||
Wes | SAVE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Nicole | SAFE | SAFE | MED | ||||||||||||||
Joseph | SAFE | OUT |
Players | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Finale | |
Amber B. | Darrell | Rogue | Kyle | Fessy | CT | |||||||||||||
CT | Ashley | Rogue | Big T | Kam | Big T | Rogue | Amber B. | |||||||||||
Cory | Tori | Natalie | Ashley | Rogue | Theresa | Amber M. | Rogue | Gabby | Big T | Kam | ||||||||
Kam | Josh | Kyle | CT | Cory | ||||||||||||||
Leroy | Kaycee | Aneesa | Kaycee | Nany | ||||||||||||||
Nany | Kyle | Josh | Kyle | Fessy | Kyle | Leroy | ||||||||||||
Fessy | Aneesa | Kaycee | Aneesa | Nany | Amber B. | Kaycee | ||||||||||||
Kaycee | Leroy | Fessy | Leroy | Fessy | ||||||||||||||
Kyle | Nany | Kam | Nany | Aneesa | Amber B. | Nany | ||||||||||||
Big T | Joseph | CT | Nam | Rogue | Cory | CT | ||||||||||||
Aneesa | Fessy | Leroy | Fessy | Kyle | ||||||||||||||
Darrell | Amber B. | |||||||||||||||||
Gabby | Lio | Devin | Cory | |||||||||||||||
Nam | Lolo | Big T | ||||||||||||||||
Josh | Kam | Nany | ||||||||||||||||
Devin | Nicole | Tori | Gabby | |||||||||||||||
Lolo | Nam | |||||||||||||||||
Amber M. | Nelson | Mechie | Rogue | Cory | ||||||||||||||
Theresa | Jay | Cory | ||||||||||||||||
Mechie | Liv | Rogue | Amber M. | |||||||||||||||
Jay | Theresa | |||||||||||||||||
Ashley | CT | Cory | ||||||||||||||||
Lio | Gabby | |||||||||||||||||
Tori | Cory | Devin | ||||||||||||||||
Natalie | Wes | Cory | ||||||||||||||||
Nelson | Amber M. | |||||||||||||||||
Liv | Mechie | |||||||||||||||||
Wes | Natalie | |||||||||||||||||
Nicole | Devin | |||||||||||||||||
Joseph | Big T |
Gender | Skull | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
Female | 1 | Natalie | Aneesa | Big T | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 2 | Kyle | ||||||||||||||||||
Male | 3 | Devin | Darrell | Cory | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 4 | Fessy | ||||||||||||||||||
Female | 5 | Kam | ||||||||||||||||||
Male | 6 | Leroy | ||||||||||||||||||
Male | 7 | Josh | CT | |||||||||||||||||
Female | 8 | Kaycee | ||||||||||||||||||
Female | 9 | Amber B. | ||||||||||||||||||
Female | 10 | Nany | ||||||||||||||||||
House Vote | Ashley & CT 22 of 28 votes | Big T & Joseph 17 of 27 votes | Devin & Nicole 19 of 25 votes | Amber M. & Nelson 12 of 23 votes | Aneesa & Leroy 15 of 22 votes | Ashley & Cory 9 of 20 votes | Jay & Theresa 7 of 11 votes [k] | Amber M. & Mechie 10 of 18 votes | Cory & Theresa 14 of 17 votes | Amber M. & Cory 12 of 16 votes | Devin & Gabby 8 of 15 votes | Josh & Nany 5 of 15 votes | Cory & Gabby 9 of 11 votes | Amber B. & Darrell 6 of 10 votes | Big T & CT 8 of 9 votes | Amber B. & Kyle 5 of 8 votes | Amber B. & Fessy 7 of 7 votes |
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Winner's Vote | Natalie & Wes 2 of 2 votes | Kyle & Nany 2 of 2 votes | Natalie & Wes 2 of 2 votes | Aneesa & Fessy 2 of 2 votes | Devin & Tori 2 of 2 votes | Kam & Kyle 2 of 2 votes | Kaycee & Leroy Volunteered | Josh & Nany 2 of 2 votes | Kaycee & Leroy 2 of 2 votes | Amber B. & Darrell 2 of 2 votes | Amber B. & Darrell 2 of 2 votes | Big T & CT Volunteered | Kyle & Nany 2 of 2 votes | Big T & Cory 2 of 2 votes | Aneesa & Kyle 2 of 2 votes | Big T & CT 2 of 2 votes | Kyle & Nany 2 of 2 votes |
Voter | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11/12 | 12/13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
Amber B. | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Aneesa & Leroy | Amber M. & Mechie | Jay & Theresa | Amber M. & Mechie | Kaycee & Leroy | Amber M. & Cory | Devin & Gabby | Cory & Gabby | Kaycee & Leroy | Big T & CT | Fessy & Nany | Amber B. & Fessy | |
CT | Gabby & Lio | Big T & Joseph | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Devin & Tori | Ashley & Cory | Aneesa & Fessy | Cory & Theresa | Josh & Nany | Amber B. & Darrell | Big T & CT | Kyle & Nany | Amber B. & Darrell | Big T & CT | Amber B. & Kyle | Amber B. & Fessy | |
Cory | Ashley & CT | Natalie & Wes | Devin & Nicole | Jay & Theresa | Fessy & Kaycee | Amber M. & Mechie | Jay & Theresa | Amber M. & Mechie | Lolo & Nam | Amber M. & Cory | Devin & Gabby | Cory & Gabby | Big T & Cory | Big T & CT | Amber B. & Kyle | Kyle & Nany | |
Kam | Ashley & CT | Natalie & Wes | Devin & Nicole | Big T & CT | Aneesa & Leroy | Devin & Gabby | Jay & Theresa | Josh & Nany | Cory & Theresa | Amber M. & Cory | Lolo & Nam | Kyle & Nany | Amber B. & Darrell | Big T & CT | Amber B. & Kyle | Kyle & Nany | |
Leroy | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Natalie & Wes | Anessa & Fessy | Aneesa & Leroy | Devin & Gabby | Kaycee & Leroy | Aneesa & Fessy | Cory & Theresa | Amber M. & Cory | Lolo & Nam | Kyle & Nany | Amber B. & Darrell | Aneesa & Kyle | Big T & CT | Amber B. & Fessy | |
Nany | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Aneesa & Leroy | Devin & Gabby | Devin & Gabby | Amber M. & Mechie | Cory & Theresa | Amber M. & Cory | Devin & Gabby | Cory & Gabby | Amber B. & Darrell | Big T & CT | Amber B. & Kyle | Amber B. & Fessy | |
Fessy | Natalie & Wes | Kyle & Nany | Devin & Nicole | Kam & Kyle | Amber M. & Mechie | Kam & Kyle | Amber M. & Mechie | Cory & Theresa | Amber M. & Cory | Devin & Gabby | Cory & Gabby | Amber B. & Darrell | Big T & CT | Amber B. & Kyle | Amber B. & Fessy | ||
Kaycee | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Natalie & Wes | Amber M. & Nelson | Aneesa & Leroy | Ashley & Cory | Kaycee & Leroy | Amber M. & Mechie | Cory & Theresa | Amber M. & Cory | Devin & Gabby | Kyle & Nany | Amber B. & Darrell | Aneesa & Kyle | Big T & CT | Amber B. & Fessy | |
Kyle | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Aneesa & Fessy | Aneesa & Fessy | Aneesa & Leroy | Amber M. & Mechie | Josh & Nany | Cory & Theresa | Josh & Nany | Josh & Nany | Cory & Gabby | Big T & Cory | Aneesa & Kyle | Fessy & Nany | Amber B. & Fessy | ||
Big T | Lolo & Nam | Natalie & Wes | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Devin & Tori | Ashley & Cory | Jay & Theresa | Aneesa & Fessy | Cory & Theresa | Amber M. & Cory | Amber B. & Darrell | Big T & CT | Cory & Gabby | Big T & Cory | Big T & CT | Fessy & Nany | |
Aneesa | Natalie & Wes | Kyle & Nany | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Amber M. & Mechie | Amber M. & Mechie | Jay & Theresa | Amber M. & Mechie | Lolo & Nam | Amber M. & Cory | Devin & Gabby | Cory & Gabby | Big T & Cory | Big T & CT | |||
Darrell | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Devin & Nicole | Aneesa & Fessy | Aneesa & Leroy | Amber M. & Mechie | Amber M. & Mechie | Kaycee & Leroy | Amber M. & Cory | Devin & Gabby | Cory & Gabby | Kaycee & Leroy | |||||
Gabby | Ashley & CT | Natalie & Wes | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Aneesa & Leroy | Ashley & Cory | Jay & Theresa | Aneesa & Fessy | Cory & Theresa | Amber B. & Darrell | Josh & Nany | Cory & Gabby | |||||
Nam | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Cory & Tori | Amber M. & Nelson | Aneesa & Leroy | Ashley & Cory | Aneesa & Fessy | Cory & Theresa | Lolo & Nam | Josh & Nany | |||||||
Josh | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Devin & Nicole | Jay & Theresa | Amber M. & Mechie | Amber M. & Mechie | Amber M. & Mechie | Cory & Theresa | Amber M. & Cory | Devin & Gabby | |||||||
Devin | Gabby & Lio | Big T & Joseph | Cory & Tori | Aneesa & Fessy | Aneesa & Leroy | Ashley & Cory | Aneesa & Fessy | Cory & Theresa | Amber B. & Darrell | Josh & Nany | |||||||
Lolo | Ashley & CT | Kyle & Nany | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Aneesa & Leroy | Ashley & Cory | Devin & Gabby | Amber M. & Mechie | Cory & Theresa | Lolo & Nam | Josh & Nany | ||||||
Amber M. | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Devin & Nicole | Jay & Theresa | Aneesa & Leroy | Ashley & Cory | Jay & Theresa | Aneesa & Fessy | Cory & Theresa | Amber M. & Cory | |||||||
Theresa | Ashley & CT | Gabby & Lio | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Devin & Tori | Kam & Kyle | Devin & Gabby | Amber M. & Mechie | Devin & Gabby | ||||||||
Mechie | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Devin & Nicole | Jay & Theresa | Aneesa & Leroy | Ashley & Cory | Aneesa & Fessy | ||||||||||
Jay | Ashley & CT | Gabby & Lio | Devin & Nicole | Amber M. & Nelson | Devin & Tori | Kam & Kyle | Devin & Gabby | ||||||||||
Ashley | Gabby & Lio | Aneesa & Leroy | Amber M. & Mechie | ||||||||||||||
Lio | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Devin & Nicole | Nany & Josh | Aneesa & Leroy | ||||||||||||
Tori | Ashley & CT | Natalie & Wes | Devin & Nicole | Aneesa & Fessy | Amber M. & Mechie | ||||||||||||
Natalie | Gabby & Lio | Big T & Joseph | Cory & Tori | Amber M. & Nelson | |||||||||||||
Nelson | Ashley & CT | Natalie & Wes | Devin & Nicole | Jay & Theresa | |||||||||||||
Liv | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | Cory & Tori | ||||||||||||||
Wes | Gabby & Lio | Big T & Joseph | Cory & Tori | ||||||||||||||
Nicole | Ashley & CT | Big T & Joseph | |||||||||||||||
Joseph | Ashley & CT | Natalie & Wes |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
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470 | 1 | "License to Killer Kam" | December 9, 2020 | 0.90 [13] |
471 | 2 | "Dive Another Day" | December 16, 2020 | 0.84 [14] |
472 | 3 | "Enemy of the State" | December 23, 2020 | 0.79 [15] |
473 | 4 | "Duplicity" | January 6, 2021 | 0.82 [16] |
474 | 5 | "Skyfall" | January 13, 2021 | 0.77 [17] |
475 | 6 | "From Theresa With Love" | January 20, 2021 | 0.88 [18] |
476 | 7 | "Die Another Jay" | January 27, 2021 | 0.99 [19] |
477 | 8 | "A Muddy Matter" | February 3, 2021 | 0.92 [20] |
478 | 9 | "Lady Vengeance" | February 10, 2021 | 0.97 [21] |
479 | 10 | "A Clockwork Amber" | February 17, 2021 | 0.89 [22] |
480 | 11 | "An Inconvenient Goof" | February 24, 2021 | 0.76 [23] |
481 | 12 | "Tinker, Tailer, Bunny, Spy" | March 3, 2021 | 0.89 [24] |
482 | 13 | "The Spy Who Loved Fessy" | March 10, 2021 | 0.93 [25] |
483 | 14 | "The Best of Enemies" | March 17, 2021 | 0.89 [26] |
484 | 15 | "Never Say Never Again" | March 24, 2021 | 0.96 [27] |
485 | 16 | "A Most Wanted Man" | March 31, 2021 | 0.91 [28] |
486 | 17 | "True Lies" | April 7, 2021 | 0.90 [29] |
487 | 18 | "No Time To Die" | April 14, 2021 | 0.93 [30] |
488 | 19 | "The World Is Not Enough" | April 21, 2021 | 0.99 [31] |
The two-part reunion special aired on April 28 and May 5, 2021, and was hosted by former NFL player Vernon Davis. [32] [33] [34] The cast members who attended the reunion were CT, Nany, Kam, Cory, Leroy, Amber B., Kaycee, Josh, Devin, Tori, Aneesa, Fessy, Jay, Ashley, and Amber M. Big T, Kyle, Nelson, Nam, Gabby and Darrell also appeared via satellite.
Double Agents was filmed in Iceland amid the COVID-19 pandemic, where precautions took place to ensure the safety of the cast and production. Both cast and crew were tested for COVID-19 every three days and were required to undergo quarantine prior to the filming of the season. [35] Preparation for the show took production over ten months (longer than most other seasons) and filming locations were scouted virtually due to international travel restrictions. [36] While the international crew occupied a hotel, hired Icelandic locals would instead return home at the end of the day to maintain a bubble, and were kept separate from the cast through a tiered system represented by colored bands. Showrunner Emer Harkin revealed that production was required to wear PPE and remain six-feet apart from cast members. Harkin also revealed that unlike other seasons, where the cast recreated at local venues between challenges, an on-premise club separate to the house was built as an alternative to maintain the filming bubble. During the nine weeks that the season filmed for, none of the 3,000 conducted COVID-19 tests returned positive. [37]