Season 3

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The third season of competitive reality show The Totem Pole which premiered on September 15, 2019. The show featured twelve new contestants, alongside two returning players. The show was hosted by Wesley Bryant. This season had an overarching theme of "baggage" whether personal and/or literal.

Joshua Calhoun defeated Shane Kenaston and Sabrina Nelson with a vote of 5-2-0.

Format
Each round is divided into five distinct phases.


 * The Totem Challenge: All players compete in a challenge to win immunity from elimination for that given round.
 * The Placement: The winner of the Totem Challenge will then publicly determine the Totem Pole order. The bottom five would be vulnerable at the vote.
 * The Switch: The players will vote for one player to become The Switch. That player will swap two players order on the Totem Pole (with the exception of the Totem Challenge winner) from the first elimination onward, the two most recently eliminated players determine The Switch without knowledge of the current Totem Pole.
 * The Defender: The player ranked at the bottom of the Totem Pole (post-switch) must select one player to become their Defender. The Defender is offered two options; choosing Safety awards the bottom of the Totem Pole immunity from elimination, whilst Power eliminates the bottom of the Totem Pole but doing so releases a twist to the remaining players. The decision of the Defender for this season is made away from the remaining players and announced afterwards by the host, Wesley.
 * The Vote: All remaining players (post-Defender) are given a finite amount of time to vote one player from the bottom five of the Totem Pole out of the game.

Twists

 * Returning Players: Kadia from Season 1 and Jase from Season 2 return to play with the new competitors.
 * Baggage: Four players each have a pre-existing, though conflicted, relationship. Connor and Nicole routinely target one another in online games whilst Jackie and Luke were once close friends.
 * Battleback: Nicole, Asher, Derrick, and Jada competed in a series of elimination-style competitions to return to the game.

Defender Twists
The Defender this season made their choice away from the remaining players with the decision announced by Wesley shortly