The Nerve

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Game The Nerve
Creator Sundae Morning
Network Reality TV Games
Date started December 5, 2008
Number of cycles 7


The Nerve is a combination of reality, non-reality, and photoshoot game hosted by Sundae Morning on rtvgames.com. The players sign up as America's Next Top Model contestants, and from there, each season takes a divergent path.

Contents

Host and Dates

Cycle Start Date End Date Host
Cycle 1 December 5, 2008 January 14, 2009 Tyra Banks et al.
Cycle 2 January 16, 2009 February 22, 2009 Bre Scullark
Cycle 3 February 26, 2009 April 26, 2009 Elina Ivanova
Cycle 4 April 27, 2009 June 3, 2009 Shannon Stewart
Cycle 5 June 25, 2009 August 4, 2009 Tahlia Brookins
Cycle 6 August 12, 2009November 26, 2009 Jaeda Young
Cycle 7 February 2, 2010April 4, 2010 Tatiana Dante
Cycle 8 June 30, 2010August 2, 2010 Wholahay Walters

To start the series, the host was mainly Tyra Banks, but changed to match the reality show that was played out during the particular round; Jeff Probst for Survivor, Julie Chen for Big Brother, and Phil Keoghan for The Amazing Race. Since then, in a tradition that has yet to be broken, the host of the cycle is the ANTM model that won the last cycle (the "Nerve Queen").

Format

The format of The Nerve varies wildly depending on the cycle, each of which had its own set of rules, which can be found in the individual pages for each cycle.

Live Challenges

The live challenges are a unique feature of The Nerve series. These require that all or most of the players are online at the same time, and there are one or two challenges per round depending on the cycle and round. Most of the challenges involve rapid posting in the cycle's thread, for which The Nerve has drawn criticism in the form of "spamming".

However, live challenges remain an integral part of the series, and add an element of unpredictability and excitement.

The only cycle without live challenges was Cycle 3 and Cycle 6, a photoshoot combined with strategy game.


Voting

There is some form of voting or decision-making in every cycle. Depending on the round, voting can follow the pattern of Big Brother, in which the players must eliminate one of two nominees, or Survivor, in which voting is a free-for-all except for the immunity winner.

In Cycle 3 and Cycle 6, voting was for the winner of the photo challenge and photoshoot.

In Cycle 5, voting was dispensed with, and instead it was the sole decision of the Model-In-Charge to eliminate or "retahliate" a player.

Confessionals

Throughout the game, the players provide the host with information about their gameplay. At the end, all of these are revealed, which help demystify the process and cause some interesting discussions.

Hidden Tiara

Only present for cycles 1 and 2 so far, the Hidden Tiara was a secret immunity that could be used during an elimination and radically alter the progress of the game. Elina Ivanova was famous for winning both of them in Cycle 2, and using one of them to dramatically blindside Norelle.

In Cycle 7, the Hidden Tiara was a huge theme of the season because it's one of the tools why Wholahay lead herself to victory when she played it (one of them in a form of starfish) in 3 consecutive eliminations.

Jury

In every cycle but Cycle 3, there was some sort of Jury to choose a winner. The jury is the 9th through 3rd place finishers, and this group of 7 players may grill the final two as they choose before casting their vote for the winner.

Cycle Summary

Nerve Contestant Summary
Cycle Winner Runner-up Other Contestants (In Order of Elimination)
Cycle 1 Bre Scullark Katarzyna Dolinska Kathleen DuJour, Chantal Jones, Analeigh Tipton, Lauren Brie Harding, Amanda Swafford, Aimee Wright, Brittany Hatch, CariDee English, Monique Calhoun, Marjorie Conrad, Jade Cole, Fatima Siad, Anya Kop, Ambreal Williams, Renee Alway, Robin Manning
Cycle 2 Elina Ivanova ShaRaun Brown Megg Morales, Eugena Washington, Elyse Sewell, Bianca Golden, Lisa D'Amato, Norelle Van Herk, Kristi Gourmet, Stacy Ann Fequiere, Jayla Rubinelli, Keenyah Hill, Felicia Provost, Rebecca Epley, Natasha Galkina, Amanda Babin, Camille McDonald
Cycle 3 Shannon Stewart Christina Murphy Melrose Bickerstaff, Brittany Brower, Sandra Nyanchoka, Jenascia Chakos, Lluvy Gomez, Nik Pace, Hannah White, Ann Markley, Adrianne Curry, Kimberly Rydzewski, McKey Sullivan, Joanie Dodds, Brooke Staricha
Cycle 4 Tahlia Brookins Kim Stolz Nikeysha Clarke, Kelle Jacob, Sheena Sakai, Clark Gilmer, Eva Pigford, Tiffany Richardson, Aminat Ayinde, Natalie Pack, Samantha Potter, Furonda Brasfield, Yaya DaCosta, Kortnie Coles, Amis Jenkins
Cycle 5 Jaeda Young Dominique Reighard Danielle Evans, Joslyn Pennywell, Allison Harvard, Nicole Borud, Jessica Santiago, Coryn Woitel, Celia Ammerman, Cassie Grisham, Catie Anderson, Lauren Utter, Michelle Babin, Victoria Marshman, Katie Cleary, Jenah Doucette
Cycle 6 Tatiana Dante Cassandra Watson Rae Weisz, Michelle Deighton, Nicole Linkletter, Fo Porter, Kathy Hoxit, Kahlen Rondot, Claire Unabia, Kari Schmidt, Leslie Mancia, Shandi Sullivan, Brittany Markert, Mercedes Scelba-Shorte
Cycle 7 Wholahay Walters Anchal Joseph Xiomara Frans, Ebony Morgan, A.J. Stewart, Erin Wagner, Tessa Carlson, Heather Kuzmich, Jennipher Frost, Noelle Staggers, Cassandra Whitehead, Brandy Rusher, Whitney Cunningham, Brooke Miller, Amber Rives, Mila Bouzinova, Kara Vincent, London Levi
Cycle 8 Gina Choe Raina Hein Nnenna Agba, Gabrielle Knirey, Heather Blumberg, Ren Vokes, Laura Kirkpatrick, Angelea Preston, Isabella Falk, Alasia Ballard, Teyona Anderson, Jennifer An, Marvita Washington, Allison Kuehn, Whitney Thompson

Player Rankings

Rank TN 1 TN 2 TN 3 TN 4 TN 5 TN 6 TN 7 TN 8
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2nd Mariex0x0 Estquer Deirdre Vashhee Fashion myafanatic antmfreak004 CupidStunt
3rd guii antmlover4444 Gongoozler OkashiM FierceIntensions RikkuRules xANTMx cinmantha
4th reneealldeway19 PennyLaneInTheSky cutepongki Fashion cinmantha Luisdcv Turbochikens xymandopex
5th Missez OkashiM Infiniti xymandopex OkashiM xymandopex FierceIntensions RikkuRules
6th wts fierceifyit OkashiM unouwantmeman candy_lohanfan charmedp321 Fashion RiddleBlittle
7th fiqary SaNtErIa RikkuRules RikkuRules RockerTannz cutepongki Pseudoneuro E-Daddy
8th Deirdre TylerNeal kittyangeldiva Missez xymandopex valentino cinmantha prawncrackers
9th PennyLaneInTheSky iloveantm4ever puppy~love nab Nade fierceifyit Meh Xelic
10th xTiFEh yoyoyo1122 Leah Brandongr3 Vashhee RockerTannz xymandopex Fashion
11th dongdongahdong Chantal_Is_Love Estquer antmlover4444 RikkuRules Chaddie wccats nab
12th cutepongki wts Turbulence FierceIntensions chantal4ever ilovejanelle Nade gravity~eyes
13th SaNtErIa 8MissFierce8 Will Jrox11 batfoot303 youllseemeontv Vashhee arlcy
14th rlykewl guii ultimateantagonist96 rlykewl NeW_sTaRt Will Shelton123 Luisdcv
15th 8MissFierce8 GLDN djoleserb Estquer antmlover4444 JustPlainEvil Putrid_Potatoes
16th antmlover4444 Missez Glamazonx RnRModel1
17th Chantal_Is_Love Trent dirrtyER
18th Scarlett RikkuRules
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