The Totem Pole Season 1
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 The Totem Pole Season 1 logo | |
| Hosted by |
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| No. of contestants | 13 |
| Winner | Mason Myrick |
| Runner-ups |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube |
| Original release | Jan. 25, 2019 – March 1, 2019 |
| Additional information | |
| Website | https://www.totempolegame.com/ |
| Season chronology | |
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The Totem Pole 1 was the first season of the original YouTube reality series known as "The Totem Pole." The season featured 13 contestants vying for a shot at winning a prize package sponsored by Savor and Sip in Searcy, Arkansas.
The show started as a live reality game created by Wesley Bryant on Harding University's campus. The game grew in popularity with hundreds of students signing up to play. Wesley gathered a group of students to create the game as a show.
The premiere party was a packed-house with over 130 students in attendance to watch the opening episode as the team shared the show with the campus and YouTube. The show went on to grow on YouTube, with Wesley confirming a second season.
Format[edit]
The Show has 5 Steps
1. The Totem Challenge:
At the beginning of every round, we will play in a game for the top of the totem pole. This player is safe from the elimination AND the vote. The first challenge will have a new shocking twist and will take the game to a whole new level.
2. The Placement:
The top of the totem pole must place all the other players on the totem pole from top to bottom in front of everyone. At the end of the round, whoever is at the bottom of the totem pole is eliminated from the game.
3. The Switch:
Whoever is at the bottom of the totem pole will come up to a bowl and draw a ping pong ball. Every player has a ball in the bowl with their name on it. Whoever is drawn from the bowl is the switch for that round. They must then get back in line and select TWO players to switch positions on the pole. They can NOT switch the top of the totem pole.
4. The Defender:
The player at the bottom of the totem pole has one final chance to save themselves. They will put their game in the hands of someone else. They will pick ONE Defender. This person will go in front of everyone and make a selection:
A) Save the bottom of the totem pole & someone else is eliminated at random
(or)
B) Eliminate the bottom of the totem pole & Take power in the game
No matter what they pick, the Defender is safe from the vote, but they are NOT safe from the random elimination.
5. The Vote:
The surviving players will go inside and have roughly 20 minutes to strategize before the vote. Whichever player receives the most votes will be eliminated from the game. The Top of the totem pole and the Defender are safe from the vote.
Contestants[edit]
The first season of The Totem Pole featured thirteen contestants who attended the same college in Searcy, Arkansas.
| Name | Major | Start | Finish | Result |
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| Mason Myrick | Criminal Justice | Episode 1 | Episode 6 | Winner |
| Allison Slagter | Child Life Specialist | Episode 1 | Episode 6 | Runner-up |
| Emory Rockwell | Public Relations | Episode 1 | Episode 6 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Nick Lee | Biology | Episode 1 | Episode 6 | Eliminated |
| Tim Partlow | Engineering | Episode 1 | Episode 5 | Eliminated |
| Chandler Astin | History | Episode 1 | Episode 5 | Eliminated |
| Kadia Grant | Theatre | Episode 1 | Episode 4 | Eliminated |
| Micah Trent | Physical Therapy | Episode 1 | Episode 4 | Eliminated |
| Jenise Hiles | Mechanical Engineering & Fine Art | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 | Episode 3 | |||
| Garcelle Hodge | Public Relations | Episode 1 | Episode 3 | Eliminated |
| Jackson Eldridge | Accounting/Leadership & Ministry | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Eliminated |
| Lydia Sheets | Social Media Manager | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Eliminated |
| Hannah Hitchcox | E-Commerce Writer | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | Eliminated |
Elimination Chart[edit]
| Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | |||||||||
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| Placement | Vote | Placement | Vote | Placement | Vote | Placement | Vote | Placement | Vote | Placement | Finale | |||
| Top of the Totem Pole |
Nick | Micah | Tim | Nick | Nick | Mason | (none) | |||||||
| Switch | Tim | Allison | Mason | Tim | Mason | Tim | (none) | |||||||
| Switch's Decision |
Garcelle Lydia |
Chandler Emory |
Chandler Nick |
Kadia Micah |
Micah Tim |
Allison Chandler | ||||||||
| Defender | Tim | Kadia | Mason | Chandler | Emory | Mason | ||||||||
| Defender's Choice |
Option A - Save Bottom | Option A - Save Bottom | Option A - Save Bottom | Option A - Save Bottom | Option B - Take Power | Option B - Take Power | ||||||||
| Twist | Heavy Vote | Almost Bottom | Battle | Restart | Voting Power | Steal Immunity | ||||||||
| Mason | #4 | Hannah | #4 | Jackson | #5 | Allison | #2 | #3 | Kadia | #2 | Tim | Top of the Totem Pole |
Winner (Episode 6) | |
| Allison | Immune | Hannah | #2 | Jackson | #3 | Chandler | #6 | Immune | Kadia | Nick | #3 | Runner-up (Episode 6) | ||
| Emory | #7 | Jenise | Jackson | #6 | Kadia | #4 | #4 | Kadia | #3 | Tim | #2 | Third Place (Episode 6) | ||
| Nick | Top of the Totem Pole |
Kadia | #9 | Jackson | Kadia | Top of the Totem Pole |
Kadia | Top of the Totem Pole |
Tim | Eliminated (Episode 6) |
Mason | |||
| Tim | #3 | Hannah | #7 | Mason | Top of the Totem Pole |
Chandler | #5 | Kadia | #4 | Nick | Eliminated (Episode 5) |
Allison | ||
| Chandler | #5 | Jenise | Jackson | Jenise | #3 | #5 | Nominated | Eliminated (Episode 5) |
Mason | |||||
| Kadia | #2 | Jenise | #3 | Jackson | #7 | Jenise | #6 | Nominated | Eliminated (Episode 4) |
Allison | ||||
| Micah | Immune | Hannah | Top of the Totem Pole |
Jackson | #4 | Jenise | Eliminated (Episode 4) |
Mason | ||||||
| Jenise | Immune | Hannah | Eliminated (Episode 1) |
#9 | Micah | Eliminated (Episode 3) |
Emory | |||||||
| Garcelle | Hannah | #5 | Micah | #2 [Bat] | Eliminated (Episode 3) |
Mason | ||||||||
| Jackson | Immune | Hannah | #6 | Mason | Eliminated (Episode 2) |
Mason | ||||||||
| Lydia | Hannah | #10 | Eliminated (Episode 2) |
Mason | ||||||||||
| Hannah | #6 | Jackson | Eliminated (Episode 1) |
Mason | ||||||||||
| Eliminated | None | Hannah 8-3-1-1 vote to eliminate |
Lydia Eliminated by twist |
Jackson 7-3 vote to eliminate |
Jenise Won re-entry into game |
Jenise 3-2-2-1 vote to eliminate |
None | Micah Eliminated by default |
Kadia 5-0 vote to eliminate |
Chandler Eliminated by default |
Tim 3-2 vote to eliminate |
Nick Mason's choice to eliminate |
Emory 1 vote to win |
Allison 2 votes to win |
| Jenise 8-3-1-1 vote to eliminate |
Garcelle Lost battle against Nick |
Mason 7 votes to win | ||||||||||||
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