In the first few episode of Final Reckoning, we have seen two rookie girls (Faith and Angela), latch onto male competitors in order to advance themselves in the game. Faith is hooking up with Kyle, which has paid dividends already as Kyle and Brad’s power vote kept them out of the first elimination. Kyle is a powerful social player with a strong partner and by hooking up with him, Faith is winning in the bedroom and the game. Meanwhile, Angela is hooking up with Bananas. It would’ve been a great move in 2011–2016, but it is not such a great move in this modern era of Challenges, where Bananas simply does not have the same clout or respect from his fellow cast members that he used to. Watching him get beat again and again has diminished his presence. With a significant lacking of allies, he could simply paint a bigger target on Angela.

Polidicking can turn out good or bad. Last season, Britni had a big target due to her very obvious relationship with Brad. Then again, Kyle and Cara Maria had a mutually beneficial relationship on Vendettas that helped them finish 1st and 3rd, respectively. For this article, I decided to look at the 10 best Polidicking seasons in Challenge history.

The focus was be finding players who made it much farther than expected or succeeded a decent amount due to their hookups on the show. I will not include couples like Frank and Jillian because they each went through three eliminations. CT’s hookups with Mandi and Laurel on Rivals 1 meant little as the mob was already against him. While they succeeded physically, they failed at Polidicking. I am also not including legitimate relationships that were ongoing entering the season, no boyfriend-girlfriend type deals. Thus, Brad and Tori are absent. Also, Polidicking can be accidental.

10th Kyle Christie — Vendettas