Everything we know about the remaining contestants after episode 8
424 - Courtney: she is a freelance photographer. She was saved by Bethany in the train game in episode 7 after Bethany eliminated Akira, Akira’s best friend Colton, and herself as a “mystery contestant”. She was in house 8 in the million dollar game in episode 8 and took $3,682 of the remaining $11,046
453 - Michael: he is a Grammy award winner. He was with Deano in the cube challenge in episode 3. He won the push-up challenge and dead hang challenge in the physical games of episode 6. He was in house 2 in the million dollar game in episode 8 and took $223,000 of the remaining $900,000
566 - JC: He is an LGBTQ+ fertility advocate, he was critical of Deano’s decision to bring Jaz on the train track with him in the trolley problem game in episode 7. He was in house 3 in the million dollar game in episode 8 and took $650,000 of the remaining $677,000. After taking that money, he was criticized by the top 10. He mentioned he was roughly $530,000 in debt and he took that money to support his family, a lot of contestants weren’t supportive of his decision, with Jeff coming up to him the next day when JC and Michael were chatting, asking about “remorse or rationalizations”. After that conversation JC brought the group together to bring up the plotting scheme of him, Jeff, Patrick and Gage to try and make it to the end of Beast Games
817 - Queen: she is an airline customer service agent, was saved by T’wana in the trolley problem game in episode 7. She was also critical of Deano’s decision to bring Jaz on the track with him. She was in house 10 of the million dollar game in episode 8 and took the remaining $3,682 left to her by the other competitors. She was told in the group meeting by JC that Patrick, Jeff, and Gage were plotting to eliminate her first when given the opportunity
830 - T’wana: she is a wrestler, turned down $1,000,000 in episode 2/3. Saved JC and Queen in the trolley problem game in episode 7, eliminating Deano and Jaz. She was very upset with Deano in his decision to bring Jaz with him on the tracks, and was visibly upset with having to eliminate Jaz. She was elected as the person to take house 1 in the million dollar game in episode 8. She took $100,000 of the $1,000,000.
831 - Jeff: the devoted dad, there for his 7 year old son Lucas who was a brain disease called Creatine Transporter Deficiancy. He has been working with Patrick, JC and Gage on a way to make it to the end. He was in house 6 of the million dollar game in episode 8 and took $7,272 of the remaining $22,000. He walked up to JC and Michael after the game and directly talked to JC about his decision on taking the money, bringing up how critical he was of Deano in his decision in episode 7 and comparing the choices that were made. Telling JC that it was a “shitty thing to do”. He was brought up by JC as part of the plotting team to take everyone out to the end of Beast Games.
930 - Patrick: he is a sales broker, and has been working with mainly Jeff as well as JC and Gage on a way to make it to the end of the games. He was mentioned as a potential person to go up during the trolley problem game during episode 7 but refused the offer as others went up. He was in house 5 of the million dollar game in episode 8 and took $0 of the remaining $22,000. He was brought up by JC as part of the plotting group and (at least in the episode) said nothing back to JC’s claims that he was a part of the plot against everyone else
937 - Emma: she is a receptionist. She beat her best friend Corynn in the mental game spelling Counselor in episode 6, eliminating Corynn and moving her on. She was very emotional in the trolley problem game. Agreeing with JC and Queen’s claims about Deano. In episode 8 in the million dollar game, she had house 4 and took $5,000 of the remaining $27,000. She was visibly upset at the fact that very little money was left over and lost trust in JC, who she said earlier in the episode she trusted the most. She was told in the group meeting that Patrick, Jeff, and Gage wanted to take her as far into the end as they could before eliminating her
947 - Yesenia: she is a medical assistant, she lost her best friend Jesica in the trolley problem game in episode 7 to Akira. She supported T’wana the most in her decision of saving Queen and JC over Deano and Jaz. In episode 8 in the million dollar game she was in house 9 and took $3,682 of the remaining $7,364.
974 - Gage: he is an Ambulance EMT. He has been working with JC, Patrick and Jeff on reaching the end of the beast games together. He won a 50/50 coin flip in episode 3 to move on from the cube challenge. In episode 8 in the million dollar game he was in house 7 and took $3,862 of the remaining $14,728
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