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[dramatic music]

KEN: 100 players.

$1 million.

- Oh, my gosh.

KEN: Playing 50 seemingly simple games.

There is just one rule.

ALL: Don't finish last!

KEN: Here we go.

Last time on 99 to Beat,

100 players set out to win $1 million.

PERSON: How did he do that?

- Is she okay?

After a head to head with Sarah K.,

Broadway star Tommy said goodbye to his dad, Phil.

[whistle blasts]

Best friends Jim and Tammy parted ways...

- Proud of you.

KEN: And the honeymoon was nearly over

before it began for newlyweds Julian and Aggie.

- Come on, Julian!

KEN: But Julian survived...

- One step closer to $1 million for us.

KEN: And joined the 84 players remaining on 99 to Beat.

[cheering]

♪

Welcome back to 99 to Beat.

This is not a sprint.

Get ready for a million-dollar marathon.

ERIN: Remember, you don't have to finish first.

You don't have to be the best.

- Whatever you do...

ALL: Don't finish last!

[applause]

ANNOUNCER: Players, in this game, you will need

to find a T-shirt with your name on it and put it on.

The last player to be wearing a T-shirt with your name on it

will be eliminated.

[dramatic music]

- It may surprise you

who actually will get in there

and kind of mix it up a little bit.

KEN: Exactly.

I think King David could do that.

KING DAVID: My entire life, I've been the underdog,

but I've always prevailed against the Goliaths,

if you will.

- Lock in, gentlemen.

KING DAVID: And my friends started calling me King David,

and it stuck.

- It is a competition. - Yeah.

- Somebody has to go. - Mm-hmm.

KEN: Jason, he's got a lot of kids,

so this could play to his strengths.

- Seeing that load of clothes gives me flashbacks

because I have seven children, so it looks like that

in our house every day.

KEN: And Michelle, of course, runs her own gym.

She looks ready to go.

- I do think there's some nervous energy.

It's like... - Good point.

- Let's get out there. KEN: Yeah.

MICHELLE: I am not a laundry girl.

I don't do the laundry.

I don't sort it.

My anxiety ramped up as soon as I heard

that that's the challenge.

[heartbeat thumping]

- My heart is pounding.

KEN: 1,000 T-shirts in this room.

The last player to find theirs will be eliminated.

- Oh, my gosh.

[buzzer blares]

How physical is this gonna get?

Oh, my gosh, people just jumping right in the pile.

KEN: It's a yard sale from hell.

[Erin laughs]

ERIN: People are chucking articles of clothing.

DEE: [gasps] Oh, my God.

[squeals]

- Oh, my gosh, we already have somebody that found their name.

KEN: Are you kidding? ERIN: That's insane!

KEN: Wow.

ERIN: Dee found her T-shirt. KEN: Dee found her T-shirt.

ERIN: She was the first one. Wow.

KEN: As impressive as that is,

but it's not about finishing first.

ERIN: There you go.

- One step closer.

That money is mine.

KEN: Here's world-record holder David R.

- He went over, and he grabbed a ton of clothes,

and he just pulled them out.

He's going one by one to see if he can find his name.

Tommy found his. KEN: Tommy found his.

ERIN: Wow.

KEN: Keeping family hopes alive.

His father, Phil, was eliminated last episode.

- I picked up this shirt, the one that says Jared.

I was like, whoo!

KEN: So half the players have found their T-shirts now.

- People are in there shoving, getting their shirts.

It's madness.

KEN: 15 minutes gone.

ERIN: King David showing some frustration there.

KEN: Oh, wow. You're right.

- He needs to get it together here.

KEN: Aggie has found hers.

ERIN: She's looking on, trying to cheer her husband on,

Julian, who's still looking for his.

- There's still time.

Go, Julian.

[indistinct yelling]

ERIN: King David has found his shirt.

- It fits perfectly over his chiseled body.

- Whoo!

- I got a battle scar from this.

I dove into that pile right when they hit

that whistle because I don't wanna waste any second.

- Yeah. - Look at my eye.

- I know. I see.

[dramatic music]

KEN: Oh, this is making me more nervous.

- I--yeah, I know.

- This is like a slow crawl of anxiety for me.

- I have tightness happening.

Tightness occurring.

- Oh, my God.

- This is insane.

KEN: Here's Tori.

She's a serial competition winner, Erin.

There's nothing she hasn't won.

- But she's struggling right here, Ken.

TORI: The pile is gigantic.

And so I'm taking a quick pause,

and I'm thinking to myself, I got this.

A T-shirt is not going to send me home.

ERIN: I feel like I would start going cross-eyed out there.

Where the heck do you look?

- You got it, Julian!

- Whoo!

ERIN: Let me tell you, when these players

are finding their T-shirts, they let out a little scream.

They're so excited.

I wanna yell for them.

It's a lot.

- Oh!

You got it. You're all right.

- Come on!

KEN: Ten players left.

- The final ten. - Final ten.

- Let's go, Julian!

Let's go!

- Aggie, I'm watching her. - Aggie is just--

- She's trying to coach up Julian.

KEN: This is draining.

Julian was close to being eliminated

in the bucket water challenge, and now he's close

to being eliminated on this challenge.

[Erin groans]

- Oh, man.

CARA-MARIA: Pick everything up!

Dakota, if it's not your shirt, chuck it all the way out.

ERIN: The pile is spreading out.

And that's harder to cover all that ground.

- [yelling] - Yes!

Julian found it!

- Yes!

- Put it on, Julian!

Look at Aggie.

Yes! - Whoo!

KEN: Whoever is last...

- Yep. - Hearts are gonna be broken.

- This is, like, impossible.

♪

- It is games like this that can break your spirit.

[cheers]

Dakota found his!

- Yes!

- Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

- [screams]

KEN: Final four!

Final four! ERIN: Wow.

- Jake C., Michelle, Tori, and Jason--

final four.

One of them is going home.

- Green, red, yellow, pink, blue.

- Push, push!

ERIN: They are mentally exhausted.

KEN: Yes.

- Everything's looking the same.

They feel like they've already been in this pile.

And it's like, what the heck am I gonna do?

CONTESTANT: Go, Tori!

KEN: Whoa!

Tori found it!

ERIN: Oh, sweet Tori.

- Oh, my God, my emotions!

CONTESTANT: Keep pushing!

- Three more to go--

Jason, Michelle, and Jake C.

- You got it, Jason.

- I'm finding the same shirts over and over and over,

keep throwing them down.

I just get disoriented and frustrated.

- Come on, Michelle.

- Come on, Michelle.

- I feel like I've been around this whole circle 4,000 times.

- I believe in you!

- You got this! - Let's go!

- Come on, Jake! - Don't stress. Don't stress.

- Are you kidding?

[cheers]

Wow.

Jake C. putting on the shirt.

- I do a lot of hot yoga classes,

and I've never worked this hard.

I'm sweating.

[heartbeat thumping]

- Yellow, green, blue, pink, orange.

Yellow, green--

KEN: It all comes down to Michelle, the gym owner,

and Jason, the father of seven.

- Oh, my God.

ERIN: They are mentally exhausted.

KEN: Yes.

One of them is going home.

CONTESTANT: Come on, Michelle!

- Come on, Jason!

- Oh, my God.

- Look at the square footage of T-shirts.

ERIN: I--it's too much.

CONTESTANT: Keep going.

It's in there.

It's in there.

[dramatic music]

KEN: What?

Moving on. ERIN: Wow.

KEN: Oh, no!

Michelle has found it!

- No!

KEN: Jason is in agony.

Michelle has found it.

- Just like that.

KEN: Jason is eliminated.

[buzzer blares]

Just like that. - Wow.

KEN: Jake and Michelle found their T-shirts,

and Jason is going home.

- Gosh, that was insane.

- It's like finding a needle in a haystack, man.

- I know. Wasn't my day.

- They're actually still trying to help find Jason's T-shirt.

ERIN: Yeah.

- Jason! CONTESTANT: Yeah!

[cheers]

- There we go!

ERIN: Oh, they found it.

- Unfortunately, it's too little, too late.

- And that's it.

That's how it goes.

- Jason, we will miss you.

You battled so hard.

[cheers and applause]

You finished in 84th place.

Your million-dollar dream is over.

[soft music]

- Yeah, Jay Boogie!

- And with Jason leaving, they become the 17th

player to be eliminated.

So the prize now stands at $170,000.

[cheers and applause]

ANNOUNCER: Players, in this game, you must stack

eight hex nuts in a tower using only a chopstick.

The last player to successfully stack their tower

will be eliminated.

ERIN: Ken, for our newlyweds, Aggie and Julian,

it's been a roller coaster ride.

And Julian has just managed to hang on in a few games now.

- I'm gonna spread them all out

and start picking them up like that.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

- One of these days, I'm so scared

they just gonna go like, err!

And it's just a free for all.

I can use a chopstick, yeah.

Bolts and hex nuts, no!

I'm not a handyman.

I'm a barista.

[tense music]

♪

ERIN: How about this? A little bit of meditation.

KEN: It's gonna be hard.

ERIN: A little bit of breath work.

That's kind of like pregame for players

with their headphones on, kind of bobbing their head...

- Oh, I like that. Yes, yes.

- Listening to tunes.

KEN: David R.

ERIN: What's he doing with his hand?

KEN: No, he's just trying to mentally lift the nuts.

My medical opinion, it's probably not gonna work.

Look at Agness, the opera singer, in the back in the red.

- Yeah.

- I'm looking to my left.

I'm looking to my right.

I got some nervous nellies around me.

♪

ERIN: They just came off of that

find your T-shirt challenge.

That was mentally exhausting.

- This is by far the toughest game of 99 to Beat.

- Let's go.

Steady hand.

This is game crunch time.

[buzzer blares]

[buzzer blares]

ERIN: It sounds so easy to say, let's stack eight nuts

on top of each other, but not when there's

a million dollars at stake.

- Nope.

David I'm keeping my eye on.

He holds the most Guinness Book of World Records.

[tense music]

♪

- The nerves got to me.

I'm shaking like crazy.

KEN: David R. is struggling, and now

he's resorting to jumping jacks

to release some of that tension.

That shows you how stressful this game is,

even for a multiple world-record holder.

♪

- [groans]

ERIN: Sweet Beth. - Come on, Beth.

Come on, Beth.

One more, one more.

[both groan]

- My hand is just too shaky.

ERIN: The suspense.

Oh! This is killing me.

You're mentally exhausted. You're mentally exhausted.

And physically, your arms are tired.

Wow, look at the sweat coming off Seth.

King David just threw his chopstick.

He just threw his chopstick and got up.

That would be a penalty in football.

Ken, Sarah S. is so close right here.

Wow, our first person who got through.

♪

- Ref.

Let's get nuts, baby! Yeah!

- Oh, my goodness. - Come on!

- Cole.

KEN: Sarah K.'s got it now.

So we have less than half the players left in the game.

ERIN: Oh, those jumping jacks working for David R.

- Come on!

ERIN: So he's through.

KEN: 17 players left.

It's been 25 minutes so far.

ERIN: Rebekah.

Wow, solid.

- Come on, Bethany.

- Breathe, Jared.

Breathe.

[cheers]

ERIN: Robbie got through.

King David, he did it.

♪

Okay, with the dramatics.

Julian, just look at the sweat coming off his forehead.

Julian is such a competitor.

Julian is through! - Yes!

- Wow!

- Yes!

ERIN: Now he's gonna realize that

Aggie's in the bottom five.

KEN: Jake in the zone.

[cheers and applause]

ERIN: He has one more to go.

Beth!

KEN: Yes!

ERIN: She's pumped.

KEN: 45 minutes gone.

[dramatic music]

[cheers]

- Jake, he got it.

And then there were three--

Agness, Jared, and Aggie.

KEN: It's been 50 minutes.

- You're okay. Focus, focus.

Breathe. Come on.

Breathe.

[heartbeat thumping]

- Oh!

- I felt that in my soul.

Agness, she's got one more.

- Now, who didn't see that coming?

- Jared's mentally cooked.

Aggie's got one more.

One more. - One more. One more. One more.

She's got one more.

- Julian, do I have time?

Julian, do I have time?

- Plenty of time.

Don't worry.

You got plenty of time.

KEN: Man, I'm really rooting for Aggie.

ERIN: Forgotten you're a romantic.

You wanna see her run into the arms...

- I do. - Of Julian.

- I do. - I know you do.

- I do.

- Take your time.

- Ah!

ERIN: Wow.

Jared made it.

- Yes!

Like, yes!

- We got plans.

We got plans.

- I'm just so grateful to still be here.

Literally.

ERIN: That's gonna freak Aggie out a little bit.

So now it's Agness and Aggie, our final two.

- Focus on you. Focus on you.

Hey, you're okay.

You're okay.

- Can I just ask you all to be quiet?

I know you're supporting other people, but for some of us,

sound is sensory.

Thank you.

- Aggie, you're okay.

Focus, focus.

It's okay.

[heartbeat thumping]

ERIN: Agness and Aggie.

One more.

[dramatic music]

♪

[person gasps]

ERIN: Agness and Aggie.

One more.

[tense music]

- [groans]

♪

JULIAN: Hey.

Reset, Aggie.

AGGIE: I'm not getting sad.

I'm getting mad.

And when I get mad, I get determined.

♪

- Yes, she did it! - She did it!

- Yes! Yes!

[cheers and applause]

[buzzer blares]

[triumphant music]

- I'm just--

- Could production bring up a tissue for Ken?

We're losing him.

Aggie, wow.

- [screams]

- You're good.

Let's go. Let's go.

- I'm feeling exhausted, like I just ran the marathon.

But at the end of the day,

I'm very happy that, Julian,

you just guided me through that in the end.

And I'm very proud of myself.

- Agness, you fought so hard,

and you're a winner in our eyes.

[cheers and applause]

You have finished in 83rd place.

Your million-dollar dream is over.

AGNESS: I underestimated how I would feel.

♪ Goodbye

It's hard for me because I actually formed

some really wonderful friendships with some people.

And it was just a matter of, like,

luck, chance, and persistence.

[applause]

- With Agness being the 18th contestant to leave,

the prize now stands at $180,000.

[cheers and applause]

ANNOUNCER: Players, for this game, you will be dividing

yourselves into pairs.

In each pair, one player will throw potatoes,

and one player will attempt to catch them with a fork.

The last two pairs to catch a potato on a fork

will split up, and those four players must

choose a new partner from the safe players

to be their thrower in the final round.

The last player to catch a potato will be eliminated.

- It makes sense, don't you think, to start with someone

you're comfortable with? KEN: Oh, absolutely.

ERIN: Why would you--why would you go away from that?

- I'm curious to see which familiar pairs or families

aren't choosing each other.

ALL: One, two, three, family!

We're the Wagner family.

SARAH: I'm Sarah.

This is my husband, Phillip.

These are some of our children.

I have some of my sisters here and their husbands.

- We're ready to take on not just everyone in here

but all those contestants out there,

to prove why and why I will be coming home with the cash.

I'm a little concerned.

I wanna make sure Preston has a good pick.

KEN: So the Wagners aren't sticking

to purely family pairs.

You got the leftover Wagner hanging out with Jim.

- All right, I'm excited.

- Could this motivate him to beat his other family members?

ERIN: Totally.

JIM: And I really trust his abilities.

We think we're a good match. We think it's gonna work well.

- That's right. - Yeah.

- [laughs]

BETH: As soon as it leaves your hand, I can move around.

- Yep. You sure can.

- I think Beth is a very underrated choice

because she's a cosplayer,

but she is, like, a gym rat.

- Like you. - [laughs]

RONALD: We've been a team in fires for years,

and we're gonna be a team today.

So we're gonna go ahead and try to take this victory

and keep it moving to the next game.

The way I look at it, there's no way

80 people are beating us at this event.

- It's going to be just one minute.

I paired up with him because he's played baseball before.

He loves to catch things, so.

- Well, you know, my family's, like, 75% Irish heritage.

So if I were to go out on potatoes,

it would just be horrible.

And so, you know, there's a lot at stake there.

[tense music]

[buzzer blares]

ERIN: Okay, here we go.

Who's gonna be the first?

- Hey, hey.

- J Blake. - Right away.

- Yes, ma'am, first throw.

JULIAN: Get it higher. - Higher?

ERIN: Aggie and Julian, they're through, did it together.

That must be a massive relief.

- Whoo!

- Preston without his family.

- Jim is where it's at.

He's got it.

- Don't underestimate the old guy.

- Yeah.

- Come on, man.

JAMES: Yeah!

ERIN: Arvind and James have it.

- Arvind and James, they're a cute pair.

This is going faster than I thought.

ERIN: I agree.

This is like quarterback-wide receiver here.

- Too far, baby. Too far.

- Stormm's overthrowing it.

GERALDINE: Get it lower.

Get it lower here. Too far, too far, babe.

I didn't even know what potato was mine because the left one

was flying to the right-- it was just a mess.

Oh, my God. Lighter, babe.

Lighter, lighter. That's--

- Yeah!

KEN: Jackie caught it! ERIN: Jackie and Sarah!

KEN: Wow.

- It really pumps me up and gives me motivation.

And I think that I can conquer anything.

- Whoo!

- Marsha and Michaela have it.

ERIN: Lois and Jared have it.

- Mother and daughter move on.

- Softer. ERIN: Oh, boy.

Now we just have three left, right, Ken?

KEN: Beth and Dee, Stormm and Geraldine,

and Seth and Kara.

ERIN: Wow.

This is crazy.

[dramatic music]

- Yes. - Oh!

- Oh, they got it!

- Wow.

Kara catches the potato.

ERIN: Seth and Kara are through.

- Damn.

ANNOUNCER: Beth, Dee, Geraldine, and Stormm,

you must now play as individuals

and must catch a potato on a fork.

Please choose a thrower from the safe players.

The throwers will remain safe.

The last player to catch a potato on a fork

will be eliminated.

- Would you? Help her out.

She's last. You're safe.

She just needs someone--

- All right, let me practice a couple throws real quick.

- Geraldine, I'm gonna try to get it to you.

- I trust you.

He made me trust him more than I trusted myself.

- Flip it so the prongs are pointed that way.

- I'm not giving up.

I didn't come here to just cry and be nervous.

STORMM: Can you throw to me?

- I'll try.

STORMM: Jim is so genuine.

He was one of the first ones to complete it the first round.

- Stormm, hang in there!

- Stormm, you must now choose your thrower.

- I choose Jim.

- Okay.

- I choose David.

- Here we go.

- I choose Grant.

[cheers and applause]

- I choose Melissa.

[cheers and applause]

I'm not letting a potato beat me.

- Yeah. - [chuckles]

It's so important for me to not lose.

A million dollars would be absolutely insane.

ERIN: See Beth taking deep breaths here.

Stormm looking so focused there.

ANNOUNCER: Beth, Dee, Stormm, Geraldine,

the last player to catch a potato will be eliminated.

- [exhales sharply]

- Keep your eye on that potato, girl.

[buzzer blares]

CONTESTANT: Let's go, Stormm.

CONTESTANT: Come on. You got this.

[dramatic music]

CONTESTANT: Come on, Stormm.

- The pressure these throwers are feeling to keep

these players in the game.

- Melissa, gentler.

- Higher.

Got it!

Oh! Yes!

- David and Geraldine have made it!

- [screams] - Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God, yes!

Oh, my God!

- Beth, win or lose, you just have to

remain calm and focused.

- Keep throwing. Keep throwing.

[cheers and applause]

- Oh, my God.

- Geraldine and Dee have moved on.

Final two, it is Beth and Stormm.

- I don't know what's going on.

I'm telling myself, lock in, eye of the storm,

get to that potato.

BETH: All I can think about is just catching it

and running to my friends.

♪

- Yes!

Stormm!

Wow.

That was a pitch-perfect throw from Jim.

- [sobbing]

[somber music]

KEN: And look at Beth.

She is devastated.

MELISSA: I am. I'm really sorry.

I am so sorry. I tried my best.

I'm so sorry.

- No, it's not your fault at all.

It's just hard admitting defeat.

- You are still a superstar.

CARA-MARIA: Anybody would be in this position crying.

- It could have been anyone.

- I wanted it really bad.

The potatoes were not on my side.

- Screw potatoes.

- I'm gonna go home and mash some freaking potatoes.

CONTESTANT: Yeah.

[dramatic music]

- Beth, we are all so sad to see you go.

[cheers and applause]

You finished in 82nd place,

and your million-dollar dream is over.

♪

- Yes, girl.

Yes.

Yes.

- Beth is the 19th person to be eliminated,

meaning the prize now stands at $190,000.

[cheers and applause]

ANNOUNCER: Players, for this game, you have been randomly

selected into teams of nine.

You will each be given a musical instrument.

Your team members will be given

the same instrument as you.

[xylophone playing]

Blindfolded, you must find the rest of your team

by sound alone.

Once your team is complete, you may remove your blindfold

and go to your team's band area.

There, you must set up your music stands

and play a final note in unison.

The last team to play a note will all be eliminated.

CONTESTANT: I'll pick up a blindfold.

- It's--sound it out--

81 players remaining.

I'm wondering how musical our arm wrestlers are.

- Oh, dude, this is hard.

I thought it was gonna be easy.

- No, no, no, guitar is easy.

- I'm not a musical person,

so I am extremely nervous.

I'm seeing all these instruments.

I don't know what they sound like,

and I'm not very good at hearing.

So this is gonna be a tough one.

SARAH K: I think I have a great advantage because I am

the world's first dog pop star,

who have taught many dogs to play many instruments.

So I am ready.

I'm gonna sniff out those musical instruments

and find my people.

KEN: It literally is like baby birds

making sound to find their mothers.

- This is just gonna be fun.

ALEX: It's gonna be a fun one. JIM: Yeah.

I've always played musical instruments.

I'm a singer.

I've been in many band rooms,

so I feel pretty good about this.

ERIN: So here we go.

Nine teams, nine musical instruments,

and the final nine to play together,

they will all be sent home.

[buzzer blares]

[musical instruments playing]

Wow.

KEN: Oh, wow.

Nine people are about to be eliminated.

This is insanity, guys.

[dramatic music]

ERIN: Ken, this is musical chaos.

They have to somehow find their fellow teammates

with the same instrument.

How do you even do this?

[musical instruments playing]

KEN: Leandra and Joann on the slide whistle team

have somehow found each other.

ERIN: Check out the accordions here.

Four of them have linked up.

Ken, it's so interesting to see the shots of people

that don't have their family.

They're kind of wandering around

like a little lost puppy.

[banging]

KEN: Current frontrunners on the bongo team linking up.

Six of the bongos have now found each other.

They only need three more to complete their team.

Where are those other bongos?

ERIN: Ukuleles are having a hard time.

Julian and Ronald, they cannot find their group.

And they're not alone.

Pete is off by himself with his ukulele.

- Bongos, we're good. JAMES: We're good.

Bongos, good. Bongos, good.

KEN: All nine of the bongos have now found each other,

and they can remove their blindfolds

and head to their bandstand.

- They're the first group,

and now they have to play in unison.

KEN: They have to assemble the music stands

and play together.

- Do you have music?

- Yeah.

KEN: Oh, wow.

Looks like the tambourines have found each other.

ERIN: Tambourines got it. - Don't break anything.

Hey, just pace ourselves.

- Guys, guys, we're this way. We're this way.

- The recorders just found each other.

Okay, they're headed towards the bandstand right now.

- All right, ready? Three, two, one, go!

[bongos banging] [all cheering]

KEN: That's amazing.

The bongos have moved forward.

- Go, go, go, go, go!

- Cymbals have found each other.

- Go, go, go! Come on, guys. - Okay, they're running.

They're looking for their bandstand.

But the tambourines are about to assemble

all of their music stands and play in unison.

CIARA: All right, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

KEN: Tambourines are complete. They finished.

- Tambourine!

- Peter is still--

- Peter is still off, wandering around all alone.

I'm worried about him.

You're not with your family.

[musical instruments playing]

[cheers]

KEN: Cymbals are complete.

[tense music]

The xylophones just found each other!

- Oh, we did it, we did it, we did it, we did it.

- Let's go, let's go.

ERIN: So check out the xylophones,

heading to their music stands.

But it's the ukuleles and the steel pans.

They are struggling to link up.

- Where's Phil at?

- He's in there.

PHIL S: There's just so much going on.

All my sensories are just all over the place.

But I can't use my eyes.

I can't use my voice, trying to fumble through.

I feel like I'm in trouble.

ERIN: They're all jammed in, and that's not the right group.

There's too many people connected.

Well, there are some big names in there--

a Wagner on each team.

CONTESTANT: Oh, it's Preston or Sarah.

CONTESTANT: One of them's going home.

- Oh, no.

Oh, my gosh.

CONTESTANT: Peter needs to--there he is.

He's there. He's there. - Peter, Peter, Peter, Peter.

KEN: But look at poor Adam.

ERIN: The ukuleles are close. They are close.

They're close. KEN: The ukuleles are close.

- Ukuleles are close. Go, go, go!

- Oh, ukuleles.

- Ukuleles, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

CIARA: They got it. They got it.

Julian, they got it.

They got nine.

KEN: Peter the priest completes the ukulele lineup.

- Everybody put a stand together.

KEN: And they are just ahead of the steel pans now.

- We're sprinting to our bandstand.

I realize it's just us and another group,

and we're just scrambling to get our music stands up.

- Adam, Adam is still out of the group.

KEN: Oh, look at Adam. Adam is on his own.

ERIN: Adam is on his own.

KEN: But look.

Like the baby birds, he's trying to be found.

- And they just linked up.

- [laughing] Looks at Adam--

- Ukulele has got to hurry up.

- Go get your blindfolds off. Go, go, go.

- Go, go, go! - Go!

Go!

Go, go!

Get it set up.

ERIN: They've gotta hurry up. They gotta run.

[clattering] Oh, no.

Adam, he dropped his pan.

- Where's your husband at? - Over there!

Julian!

KEN: Julian is in the bottom again

on the ukulele team.

Another make or break moment for the newlyweds.

- Ukuleles having a hard time. - Ukuleles having a hard time.

- Everybody needs to take a breath.

- You need the instruments! You need them. Grab them.

- Pick up the steel pan, Jim. - The instruments.

- The instruments.

ERIN: Oh, no!

KEN: Jim is--look, Jim is not picking up.

They all have to play.

- Shoot, they all do.

- They all have to play.

- Broke off. Let's go.

It's good, it's good, it's good.

It's good, it's good. - Who don't got a stick?

- I don't have-- I don't have my instrument.

- Here, who don't got a stick?

- I don't have my instrument. - Where's my stick?

- Where's my instrument? - This is crazy.

- Ah! Let's go! - I'm telling you!

- I don't have one. - Cole, Cole!

- It's on the floor!

- Where?

CHRIS: The stick's over there!

KEN: The ukuleles are close, and the steel pans

still don't have all their instruments.

Nine people could go home because of a couple

of dropped steel pans.

♪

- Cole, Cole! - It's on the floor!

- Where? CHRIS: The stick's over there!

- Left, left, left.

KEN: The ukuleles are close, and the steel pans

still don't have all their instruments.

Nine people could go home because of a couple

of dropped steel pans.

- Come on.

One, two, three.

KEN: Play it. Play it.

- In unison, ukulele.

- Play in unison. Thumbs up!

Oh, man. Ukuleles did it.

- Ukuleles did it. KEN: Look at Julian.

[buzzer blares]

Steel pans are eliminated.

ERIN: Out.

KEN: Oh, man.

- What happened?

Oh.

- She dropped hers.

That's okay. It's okay.

- We have lost our first member of the Wagner family.

- No!

We are down to 11 Wagners.

- It is disappointing.

It is disappointing.

Yeah, not gonna lie.

- This is quite an upset.

PHIL S: It's heartbreaking.

You form these relationships, and you really

get to bond with people.

And I was probably the weak link today.

- It wasn't meant to be.

I'm proud of every one of these people.

And we've all had a time of our lives that we'll never forget.

- I am gutted right now.

You have Cole.

You have Sarah. You have Phil. ERIN: Phil.

KEN: You have Jim, Adam,

Jeremiah, Lanette, Lizzie, and Lindsey.

ERIN: Oh, man.

- I didn't lose. I got to be here.

Oh, man.

I'm gonna miss you guys. - Buddy.

- Oh, thank you.

Thank you so much.

ERIN: Team Steel Pan, you finished last.

[cheers and applause]

Your million-dollar dream is over.

[cheers and applause]

- Obviously, I'm sad.

I wanted to--

I wanted to keep playing, and I feel like

I had the skills to do it.

I'm really happy that I had the opportunity

to play with them.

[soft music]

♪

- With nine players eliminated,

that prize has just grown by another $90,000

and now stands at $280,000.

[cheers and applause]

ANNOUNCER: Players, in this game,

you need to knock your balloon off its perch

using a rubber band.

The last player with their balloon still on its perch

will be eliminated.

[tense music]

♪

- I don't have as much practice with rubber bands.

I was the good kid in school, so it's nerve-racking.

PETER: This isn't too far, is it?

So I'm happy.

KARA: Got this?

- Yes.

♪

- Here we go.

[buzzer blares]

[dramatic music]

We're underway here with Slingshot Balloon,

a game of skill, accuracy, patience.

KEN: Some players have opted to fire from their forefinger.

Others, like Ronald, are going from the thumb, like an archer.

♪

- I would almost think lunge into it, you know?

- True.

- Really try to put some power behind that band.

- True.

Oh, Cara-Maria hits the target!

They're getting their eyes on the prize out there.

- We already have several people in, done.

KEN: Come on, Leandra. - There you go.

LANCE: There you go. There you go.

KEN: She got in. - Let's go. Come on.

- [laughing] I know, it's stressful!

KEN: Oh, and look at this. This is--

Seth--Seth got in!

Julian is lucky to still be here.

Him and his new wife, Aggie, have had a rough few games.

♪

And he's through!

But it's more anguish for the newlyweds

as Aggie finds herself in the bottom half.

- More with the thumb.

Just aim with your thumb.

- "More with the thumb," Julian's saying

to his wife, Aggie.

"More with the thumb." AGGIE: Ooh!

- But you can only do so much with coaching.

It's on you at the end of the day.

- Tell that to Bill Belichick.

He would tell you to get out of here.

KEN: Marsha and Michaela are both struggling

in this one right now.

24 remaining.

Anna and Preston, the Wagners.

Come on, Anna.

Oh.

Michaela is through.

- I win!

Then, oh, no. Mom?

Mom, I got it. Go.

You can do it. Point the tip of the nail.

KEN: Come on. Cheering on her mom.

MICHAELA: Take your time.

I can't watch her.

- I wanna win for her because she's the one

that brought me here.

- So start going for it

and scoot over, maybe, a little.

- Michaela trying to give her some advice.

Come on, Mom. - Start going for it.

You can do it.

ERIN: Marsha's struggling here.

As this goes on, you're starting to get anxious.

You're starting to get nervous. - Yes.

- You're tired.

You think, how much does that affect your arm strength?

- Got it, Carlene.

- My fingers are hurting.

It's getting tiring. - Look at Jackie. Look.

Look at the fatigue on her face and her arms.

JACKIE: My hands are getting tired.

I'm snapping the rubber bands all over my fingers.

My legs are getting tired.

I'm just exhausted.

- Marsha. MICHAELA: Look at him.

- Make sure your finger is straight.

So when you're doing it, you're doing this.

Your finger is straight in the balloon.

WILL: Lock it under your nail.

- I don't have a nail.

I can't do that.

- Put it on the tip of your index--on your pointer finger.

- Jackie, here, she looks like she's kind of throwing it in.

She's going to the other players for advice,

asking for help from Will.

KEN: And that's the right thing to do.

WILL: That's it. VAL: Let it go. Let it go.

ERIN: Wow! KEN: Whoa.

Nice! - Marsha.

- Marsha!

And perhaps the most dramatic pop of the evening.

- The most dramatic pop you'll see on TV.

- Yes.

Everyone, everyone is rooting--wait.

ERIN: Arvind's through.

KEN: Whoa, Arvind did it!

Look at that.

The second biggest pop of the night next to Marsha.

Final six.

- Straight back, straight back with your left--

with your left arm.

Straight back.

- I'm worried this is the round that Aggie gets eliminated.

Like, Lady Luck can't strike twice.

Peter!

Peter got it.

Peter the priest using divine intervention

to go through the next round.

- Man, that was tight.

KEN: Jackie is spent.

ERIN: She is.

And she's so frustrated.

I feel like Aggie is very close.

- [grunts]

- Oh, right there, right there. Yep, yep.

That's what I wanna see.

KEN: But the fatigue--

you gotta question the stamina mentally.

Her spirit's getting broken.

Whoa! Merna did it!

Wow.

We are down to our final four players--

Aggie... JULIAN: Keep going.

Keep going. KEN: Preston...

CONTESTANT: That's it, man. That's it.

KEN: Anna...

- Anna, you are completely in it.

KEN: And Jackie. - Come on, Jackie.

You got this.

ERIN: So Preston and Anna, both Wagners,

they're not gonna want to lose

another family member today, Ken.

[cheering]

Preston's in. KEN: Whoa!

Preston did it.

- Nice hit. - Good going.

Well done. Well done.

- Nice hit.

KEN: And Anna too!

That's 11 Wagners still in the game.

It's now between Aggie and Jackie.

- Jackie needs a reset.

- I don't have anything to grasp it with.

- It's okay, baby girl.

Listen, it's not over yet.

ERIN: Take a minute, Jackie.

KEN: You're okay, Jackie!

Aggie and Jackie.

ERIN: And Jackie looks like she is just having a meltdown.

KEN: This is heartbreaking.

CONTESTANT: Focus, focus.

♪

KEN: Aggie and Jackie.

ERIN: And Jackie looks like she is just having a meltdown.

KEN: This is heartbreaking.

CONTESTANT: Focus, focus.

[dramatic music]

- Very close.

Again.

- Oh!

- You're right there.

You're right there.

- Come on, come on.

You got it.

- Aggie's made contact.

♪

- Ooh!

JULIAN: You're right there. You're right there.

- I can't! I can't do it!

- Oh, my God!

Aggie did it!

- She did it.

- Aggie fought off elimination twice!

[buzzer blares]

Twice in one day.

Aggie is a survivor.

That was the most dramatic end to 99 to Beat.

The only person that's happier than Aggie is Julian.

But everyone's cheering Jackie.

Look. You can't look.

ERIN: Aw, sweet Jackie.

CONTESTANT: Jackie, Jackie!

JACKIE: I gave it my all,

and I am proud of what I did out there.

And I cannot wait to see who is going to walk away

with that million dollars.

- Everyone is rooting for Jackie.

Everyone's cheering on Jackie.

But Aggie has moved on.

CONTESTANT: You're ahead. - I love you.

- You're a beast.

ERIN: Aw, I love that moment.

KEN: What a day.

CONTESTANT: That was hard. You did really well.

ERIN: Jackie, I'm afraid that you finished in 72nd place.

[cheers and applause]

JACKIE: I love you! Mwah! Mwah!

ERIN: And your million-dollar dream is over.

- Yeah! - Yeah!

[triumphant music]

♪

- 29 players have now been eliminated,

meaning that the prize now stands at $290,000.

[cheers and applause]

♪

Players, well done.

You guys have survived some brutal games.

ERIN: Yeah, and you've all remembered that golden rule.

ALL: Don't finish last!

- We'll see you next time on 99 to Beat.

[cheers and applause]

Next time on 99 to Beat,

our players are chasing their million-dollar dream.

- Whoo!

KEN: King David finds his crown is slipping.

- David, back there, now!

KEN: And family ties are tested.

- You're just jumping up and down.

- I don't know how to shut it.

- Use your feet on it!

- Oh!

- [groans]

KEN: She is crying.

ERIN: Goodness gracious.

KEN: 71 players remain

for $1 million.