Did Kam Just Make The Slyest Challenge Move Of All Time?

Two seasons and four elimination rounds into her Challenge career, and Kam of Are You the One? has already physically proven to be a heavy-hitter. Nevertheless in the middle of her sophomore season, she’s gone ahead and added mental mastermind to her resume too.


On this week's Final Reckoning episode — soon after assuring Cara Maria that she had big plans up her sleeve in the scenario she and Kayleigh won the forthcoming mission — Kam sought to shake up the game. And she made good on her word.


In “Dig Deep,” the cast was split into two big teams, with both buried in a nightmare bunker from hell. Each team had to solve a series of puzzles that would ultimately clear the path for escape, and the opening duo that managed to get both players across the finish line could be deemed the ultimate winners.


And, as luck would have it, Kayleigh and Kam managed to squeak by their fellow teammates and claim their first victory of the season.


“It feels wonderful because I think our minds are made up,” Kam told TJ. “[But] it’s a secret.”


also it would stay secret for a little bit while longer. Back at the residence — and apropos of nothing — Kam gathered her cast mates with each other and reported that she recommended to vote either Brad and Kyle or Sylvia and Joss into the coming elimination round, immediately earning ire from both sides. As both teams had been ostensibly segment of Kam’s alliance, the home couldn’t seem to identify what provoked Kam’s switch-up.


“Kam, I don’t know what’s going on in her head, although Kayleigh needs to order this out,” Joss mentioned. “This is below the belt.”


What Kam hadn’t instructed them residence, though, is that she actually had no intention of allowing either team to set foot into Armageddon. By alerting the residence to her fake plan (she’d already sneakily let Sylvia and Kyle — who feigned cluelessness — in on the secret also, she knew she’d send remaining teams scrambling to protect themselves and avoid potentially setting themselves up for a matchup with Joss/Sylvia or Kyle/Brad. She predicted that teams would proceed to pair up and exchange burn votes to keep themselves and their companions safe.


“If every vote cancels out, then only my vote will matter,” Kam mentioned. “This is how you make a power move.”


So who’d be left immediately following the bomb dropped and only Kam and Kayleigh’s Power Vote was counted?


Jozea and Da’Vonne.


And who’d be the only team eligible to battle them, as Kam and Kayleigh were exempt from elimination?


Faith and Angela.


Somehow — although there were a million potential variables — it actually worked. And players suddenly seen a brand-new reason to fear Kam.


“Guess what, Da’Vonne? There’s more than one Geppetto in this house,” Shane, a patron of the dramatic arts, observed. “I’m terrified of Kam. I will not cross her. I'll be straight up straightforward with this bitch, ‘cause she's a force to be reckoned with.”


Sadly for Kam, her plan wouldn’t make it all of the way to completion, as TJ informed the gang that a new pair of Mercenaries — Ashley and Hunter — would take Jozea’s and Da’Vonne’s spots in Armageddon to battle Faith and Angela. Still, it doesn’t make Kam’s successful plotting any much less impressive.


What do you suggest — is Kam’s move the most guileful of all time? How does it rank among Wes’ or Sarah’s most adept mind games? Share your thoughts, and visualize if Kam and Kayleigh can stay on top any time The Challenge returns Tuesday night!