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- 100 ordinary people...

[dramatic music]

- [screams]

- Took part in seemingly simple games...

♪

Oh, my god! - The heck?

- For a chance to win a life-changing amount of money.

- Come on!

[buzzer blares]

- 94 players have been eliminated.

Now only six remain.

And tonight

one will walk away with $1 million.

- Ronald.

- I'm close to retirement.

It would be nice to give back

and help the people that have helped me,

fire department, my family.

It's a million dollars, and I want to win the money.

- Leandra.

- The last couple years have been extremely hard.

I feel like I've lost myself.

I need to get my life back on track,

and a million dollars would enable me to do that.

I have to get into game mode and just go.

- Peter.

- I didn't get into ministry for the money,

so winning the million-dollar prize

would be a huge blessing to my family,

my church, my community.

I came here to win a million dollars, so let's go.

- Jennifer.

- My parents sacrificed so much for me

and I wanna win it, because I really wouldn't be here

without them, and I wanted to give back somehow.

- Carlene.

- I'm here to show that my vitiligo doesn't stop me

from being who I am and to show that

whatever you want to do, you can do it.

- Miranda.

- I'm from Florida, and we had a hurricane.

I lost everything.

And I'm here to help others.

That's why it is very important

for me not to go home.

I really just wanna help others.

I feel empty if I don't.

- Welcome to the finale of "99 to Beat,"

where tonight, one of you will be walking away

with $1 million.

- Whoo! - Let's go!

- 'Cause we started with 100 and now, we are at 6.

- Whoo!

- You have a million dollars

waiting for somebody in this room.

And, Ken, I'm gonna let you say this one more time, baby.

- Thank you, Erin Andrews.

You don't have to be the first.

You don't have to be the best.

Whatever you do...

all: Don't finish last!

- Come on, baby. Let's go.

[cheers and applause]

- Players, you each have a square of carpet

covered in 6 pounds of confetti

that you must remove with a paintbrush.

The last player with a clear carpet will be eliminated.

- Bring it.

- It's the finale, and you're playing for a million dollars.

How's your stress level?

- High.

The tension is the most palpable it's ever been.

This is anybody's game. - Yeah.

- It's all designed to make a mess

while you're trying to clean the mess.

- Uh-huh.

- I was not expecting a paintbrush.

I thought they would have gave us a little broom.

It is so important to me not to leave,

because I still have a lot to show about me

and tell my story.

♪

Oh, thank god!

Growing up with vitiligo

and being different from everyone else,

I had to believe in myself

and tell myself that I could do whatever it is that I wanna do.

I wanna be that advocate for anyone who needs it.

I still have to inspire others.

You got this, girl!

But I honestly want to give back to my parents.

They've done so much for me.

Family is very important.

It's a million dollars on the line,

and I need to get this money.

- You ever sweep carpet? - Yeah.

- At least they didn't give us a toothbrush.

It looks like a hard paintbrush, not a soft one.

[dramatic music]

My parents raised us as kind of survivalists,

preparing us for the world, even hurricanes.

I have a hurricane charity foundation.

I'm helping people sandbag.

I'm taking care of older people.

Got it!

There's so much on the line for me.

Yes! - Yeah, there we go.

- I'm here to win money to take care of other people

that cannot take care of themselves.

[sobs] It's horrible.

♪

[buzzer blares]

- And we're off.

Pretty simple.

Players have to sweep the confetti, get the rug clean.

You're only allowed to use a brush.

♪

6 1/2 pounds of confetti on each carpet.

- I don't even know where you find that much confetti.

A Taylor Swift concert? - Yes.

♪

Look at Jennifer. - She's a gamer.

- She's a gamer.

There's an element of precision there.

- The smaller bits of confetti were an absolute nightmare.

It was just about focusing and pushing through.

- Ronald is behind.

- He's gotta have a method here, Ken.

- I'm hoping.

Miranda is making it messy again.

- I have a strategy for it.

I'm an exterminator,

so I'm always killing the smallest things.

I'm going to fan all of it off,

and then I'm going to get in there intricately.

- See, look what happens.

When you start brushing it, it goes everywhere.

- Look, Ronald's doing amazing!

- I say nothing. I say nothing.

My man's got a method.

- Every time I see confetti, it's just a big poof of it,

so I actually turn my brush sideways, move it like snow.

- Peter's a little bit behind. Small pieces.

- They're the hard ones, Ken,

because they keep moving back on.

- I'm getting frustrated.

And this is one of the first times

in the games where, like, it got in my head.

I think I discovered bits of my soul on my hands and knees.

♪

- This might be it for Ronald. Look at that.

Is it clean, Ref?

- No. - No!

- He found something.

Ref is inspecting Leandra's carpet.

♪

- So he finds something,

but he doesn't tell 'em where it is.

These officials are being hard.

♪

Ronald may have this.

♪

[both shout]

- Ronald made it through first. - OK, Ronald!

♪

- This game is frustrating to everyone.

- Oh, yeah.

- Get it away from the edges.

- This is what you have to do for $1 million.

Jennifer's asking to be evaluated.

- Thumbs-up or thumbs-down? Because it's taking time.

- They are being so meticulous,

even OCDs like me are like, come on.

- Thank you.

- Jennifer is through. - Wow!

- Oh, my god.

Ronald and Jennifer have made it through.

- This is insanity.

- There's only six of us,

so by the time you hear one person out,

the second person out, I'm starting to get very scared.

- It's literally embedded.

Like, if I use tweezers, like, what am I supposed to do?

- Are we talking whole pieces of confetti?

Or are we talking about, like, slivers?

- Less talking, more scrubbing.

♪

- Can someone tell me something?

- Thank you.

- [gasps] Leandra made it through, the third person.

Three left.

Right now, it is between Peter, Miranda, and Carlene.

- I really wish I knew what you were looking at.

- I've never seen Peter so frustrated.

- No.

- There's stuff touching it on that side.

- Yeah, stuff touching in this corner.

- I think I may have gotten it.

- Has he done it to keep his million-dollar dream alive?

- Oh, man. - Peter has made it through.

I've never seen Peter this exhausted.

- In my church, if you're gonna have confetti at your wedding,

you're gonna clean it all up, because I'm not doing it.

- Peter, Ronald, Leandra, and Jennifer, they have made it.

Miranda or Carlene will be going home.

- I'm literally trying to get every little speck off.

The stakes are high, a million dollars.

I can't let glitter send me home.

- Miranda's being inspected right now.

Down. Thumbs-down.

♪

Carlene's following suit.

♪

- Carlene is so frustrated right now.

- And I don't blame her.

- I do see there's a speck left.

I'm trying to use the tip of the brush to get it off.

- Like if you paint, like if you try to scrape--

- Got it, got it.

- She's asking the ref to inspect it.

- You tell me.

- This is crazy. They're being inspected--

- They're both being inspected at the same time.

[dramatic music]

- God.

[dramatic music]

- This is crazy. They're being inspected--

- They're both being inspected at the same time.

♪

- God.

Thumbs-down to Carlene.

♪

- [screams] - Wow.

- Miranda has gone through. Carlene is eliminated.

- Wow. - Miranda barely makes through.

This was the toughest competition yet.

[somber music]

- [sobbing] - And Carlene is devastated.

- I pushed through so much for this game.

- You want everyone to give you some space?

- Yes, please. [sobbing]

I'm very disappointed, because I wanted to give

this money to my family.

For it to just crumble all away in a matter of seconds...

[sighs] It's really, really hard.

[sobbing]

[dramatic music]

- Carlene, a great friend to many in this competition,

you showed incredible spirit throughout.

You finished in sixth place

and your million-dollar dream is over.

- Love you. - Love you.

- Well done. I'm proud of you

- Love you. - Love you.

- I love you guys. - Thank you.

- Carlene. - Love you guys.

[applause] - Yeah, Carlene.

- Love you! - Love you guys!

- Carlene is the 95th player to be eliminated,

meaning that the prize now stands at $950,000.

- Boom. - Whoo.

- Come on.

- Almost there.

[suspenseful music]

[feedback screeches]

- Players, at your desk, you will be presented

with your own cube puzzle to solve.

The last player to solve their puzzle will be eliminated.

♪

- Only one way to construct this puzzle.

- This is intriguing as hell.

- It's gonna to look, like, like this and like that and--

- Right, right, right. - Actually--

- It's like "Tetris" pieces. Yeah, yeah.

♪

For me, getting to the finals

means I've made my family proud.

Pop-pop!

My wife, Kristin, and I,

we've got four biological children.

We've got older foster daughter.

She's 27 now and has her own little girl.

And then we've got a 15-year-old foster son.

♪

In my family's life, there's definitely been times where

we're praying for daily bread in a serious and real way.

Ahh!

To win a million dollars,

I don't work in those sums of money.

It's security for our community, those around us.

Come on, baby!

I'm really close to that prize money.

Whoo! Yeah, you betcha.

I know that I've got as good a chance as anybody to win it.

- Main thing is just stay calm, think it through.

- Yeah.

[dramatic music]

- I've been a fireman for 30 years.

I'm focused on let me get this together so we can represent,

make sure guys know, hey, you know,

Detroit firemen are here, go all the way.

- Yes! Yes!

- At my job, you don't do anything for the awards

or the accolades, you do it to help people.

You find a child,

you find an adult, you bring them out of fire.

You have so many emotions going through your mind.

This game is no different.

You're thinking about your family,

what this money would do with your life.

I mean, it's a million dollars.

Ref? Ref?

I wanna be the one.

- What is the key to this, do you think?

- This feels like math, but this is art.

Very serious. - Write that down on a T-shirt.

[dramatic music]

[buzzer blares]

- It's a puzzle of cubes.

The last person to finish the puzzle goes home.

Miranda, Ronald, Leandra, Jennifer, and Peter.

♪

- Ref. - What?

- Wow.

- Oh, my gosh.

He was so fast.

♪

Whoa. - Whoa.

- Peter.

- It was crazy. It was, like, out-of-body.

My brain and my hands just put it together.

♪

- This may not be Ronald's strength right now.

- It's OK. It's OK.

- Peter. Peter, help.

- Just don't panic, and you'll find it.

- Oh.

- Ref? - Oh, my god.

- Jennifer. - Jennifer?

[tense music]

♪

Jennifer is through.

- Good girl, Jennifer.

- Peter and Jennifer are moving to the next round.

- Well done. Well done, well done.

- Leandra, Miranda, and Ronald are left.

Look at Miranda. This is not her strong suit.

- I'm putting it in a square, but I have a hole in here,

so I have to find that missing hole.

I have to just take one piece out, stay focused.

I have a goal, and I'm gonna meet it.

♪

- Ref. - Leandra is done.

♪

Leandra makes it through.

- Oh, my gosh.

- It is Ronald or Miranda going home.

♪

- He had it. I think he had it.

- Close, but no cigar.

- This-- this piece has to go somewhere.

- It's this damn yellow piece.

I gotta find it a home.

[dramatic music]

- They've been playing for 27 minutes now.

I can feel the tension from here.

- You get a little anxious looking at like,

why isn't this thing going together?

I need to speed up a little bit, or this could be it.

♪

- She's got it, she's got it, she's got it.

She's got it. - Ah.

It's connecting for me until I get to a cube.

And then there's, like, a missing hole.

Why can't I figure this out?

- I think he's gonna get it. I think he's gonna get it.

- Ref.

- Ronald is done.

- Oh.

♪

- Ronald has moved on through. - Wow.

- Miranda is eliminated.

- Wow. - This...

- Oh, Miranda. - Was heartbreaking.

- I still have to try to find it.

- There's something more to Miranda.

She's so multifaceted, truly, truly a special person.

Look at her now.

She's still trying to solve it. - Yeah.

- Because she just never gives up.

[somber music]

- I was so close to a million dollars.

It breaks my heart, because I could have

helped many people with that.

[sobs]

- I'm shocked.

I didn't think she was gonna go home.

- The show will miss her on many levels.

- I have to work harder and keep the faith

so I can help others.

♪

[dramatic music]

- Miranda, you're a fierce competitor.

- Whoo! Miranda!

- Tough, tenacious, yet with such a warm heart.

You finished in fifth place

and your million-dollar dream is over.

- Yeah! Top that, baby.

- Go, Miranda!

[uplifting music]

- Miranda is the 96th player to be eliminated,

meaning now that the prize stands at

$960,000.

- Yo. - Whoo.

♪

[suspenseful music]

- Players, from a ball pit,

you must find each letter of the alphabet

and display them on golf tees in alphabetical order.

The last player to have a complete set

in the correct order will be eliminated.

♪

- Does M come before N?

- L, M, N, O, P. - L, M--

L, M, O.

- L, M, N, O, P.

Leandra is definitely the most stressed out.

- She's literally asking the alphabet.

♪

- The last couple of years have been extremely hard for me.

and especially this year.

[somber music]

I just came out of a long-term relationship.

We were actually engaged.

And so when that ended, I felt like my whole world

just came crashing down.

And it really took a toll on me.

Like, I lost who I was.

And so coming into this competition,

my only goal was to have fun with my family, which I did.

What I didn't expect is actually gain the confidence

that I needed and that I wanted to move forward.

Winning a million dollars would mean a completely

fresh start to leverage my life in the right direction.

[suspenseful music]

How do you feel?

- I feel OK. I feel good.

Try just don't get into your head, you know?

- Yeah. - It's just fun.

- Yeah.

- Jennifer seems to have this under control, Erin.

- I'm a Twitch streamer

and I have about 20,000 followers online.

I have felt like an underdog most of my life.

Back in high school,

I was kind of last picked in sports.

Ref.

I'm really here to prove to myself first

and to also everyone else don't underestimate me.

No. No, no.

When I win the million dollars,

I absolutely want to give my parents something big.

They've provided so much for me

and I'm going to pay it forward to them

and make sure they have the most comfortable

and loving life as they've given me.

See you in the safe zone. - Yep.

- It's for a million dollars, life-changing money for anyone.

It would be abnormal not to be nervous at this point.

- It's gonna be tough.

I think you just gotta stay focused

and remember your nursery rhymes.

♪

[buzzer blares]

- And we are off. Alphabet Golf.

In that ball pit, there are letters of the alphabet.

You have to put it on the golf tees in alphabetical order.

♪

10,000 balls in the ball pit. Crazy.

- You have to put them carefully on these golf tees

because you could lose all of them as they start to stack up.

- Yeah.

- Ronald's having a hard time with one of his.

- Oh, my gosh, you're right.

♪

Leandra and Jennifer are in the lead.

Leandra's--is it said M-O?

'Cause I think it's M-N-O-P.

- It's hard to remember the alphabet

under pressure with a million dollars on the line.

[dramatic music]

- One of the biggest challenges I'm feeling right now is,

I keep picking up letters

that are already on my golf tees.

I check the letters already there.

Oh, man, let's go back and keep finding letters.

♪

- No! No. - Oh, no.

The balls are falling off.

♪

- That's put Peter way behind in the game.

- That just underscores how tense this is.

Jennifer has her last one.

- Wow. - Oh, my god.

- Ref.

♪

- If successful, Jennifer has moved on to the final three.

[dramatic music]

- Good job, girl. - Yes.

Jennifer has moved on to the final three.

Incredible. Incredible.

♪

Peter looks like he's one ball away.

Leandra is two balls away.

Ronald is at least five or six balls away.

- Remember, it's harder to find these balls

as you're trying to look for that last one or two.

♪

- Ronald--ooh.

He just found a silver ball just like that.

♪

- Hey, yo, ref. - Peter's asking for ref.

♪

Peter has moved on

joining Jennifer for the final two games.

Ronald or Leandra is going home.

♪

- You guys got this.

- Leandra has one ball away from moving to the next round,

which would mean Ronald, our beloved frontrunner,

would be eliminated.

- Yes, Ronald still needs four balls to be safe.

- I could not find the A for the life of me.

And I looked, and Ronald had his A,

so I knew there was one A in the entire ball pit.

Now I'm like, OK, we gotta find faster.

♪

- It looks like Leandra found the final one.

- Ref. - Calling for ref.

- But has Leandra remembered her alphabet correctly

and got them in the right order?

♪

- Oh, god.

- It looks like Leandra found the final one.

- But has she remembered her alphabet correctly

and got them in the right order?

- Ref. - Calling for ref.

Is this the moment that Ronald is eliminated?

[suspenseful music]

Oh, no. Oh, no.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

She got the order of the balls wrong.

- It should be K-L-M, not L-K-M.

- When I get the thumbs-down,

I'm like, what the heck did I do wrong?

So I start straightening them out.

- Come on, Leandra. Nice and calm, nice and cool.

- My hands are already shaky, so I'm really trying

to calm down my nerves, take deep breaths in.

- Leandra is having problems here.

- I'm just stressed right now.

But ultimately, the goal is to win that million dollars

and to change my life.

- Oh, no. - No.

- Oh, my god.

- This provides a huge opportunity for Ronald.

- Ronald, there is still time.

- Seven balls fell down. Ronald could catch up now.

Ooh. He just found a silver ball.

- Come on, Ronald. - Go, go, go.

- Go.

- I need to hurry up, stay focused.

How many times are you going to be

competing for a million dollars?

There's something I can use to supplement my income

so I can retire and make a better life.

- Ronald has three balls left.

This is monumental.

- This is so close. - This is so close.

- It's like, where the heck are the letters?

- This is agonizing. - Ah.

- Can Leandra recover on time?

[dramatic music]

If this is correct, Ronald is eliminated.

- Yeah.

- There we go.

- Leandra moves on. Ronald is eliminated.

- Aw.

He could not find these balls.

How many did he have left, Ken? - Three.

- Oh, man. So gracious.

- There is no one that is as classy in defeat as Ronald.

Perhaps the most beloved,

most respected player on "99 to Beat."

- Oh, my word.

It's disappointing, you know.

I came to win a million dollars,

but it's "99 to Beat,"

and I was one of the ones that got beat.

But hey, that's life.

I'm proud of what I've done here

and how I represented the city of Detroit.

♪

- Ronald.

[applause] - Whoo! Ronald!

- You brought the calm, the class, dignity,

and leadership, and we will all miss you.

You finished in fourth place

and your million-dollar dream is over.

- Yeah, Ronald. - Yeah, Ron.

♪

- Love you, Ronald. - Love you Ronald.

- Ronald! all: Ronald! Ronald! Ronald!

Ronald! - Whoo!

- Yeah, bro.

- Ronald is the 97th player to be eliminated,

meaning that the prize now stands

at $970,000.

- Whoo! - Whoo!

[suspenseful music]

[feedback screeches]

- Players, 24 cans are set on podiums,

8 for each player.

Using the hanging ball,

you must knock down your own cans.

The first two players to knock down all their cans

will be through to the million-dollar final.

- We'll be all right.

- Well, two of us will be all right.

[chuckles]

♪

- OK, here we go.

First, they've got to draw numbers to decide

what order they're gonna play in.

- Jennifer picking first.

- Jennifer goes first. - She's not rattled by much.

- Leandra goes third.

So by the powers of deduction, Peter is going second.

Leandra, Peter, or Jennifer is going home.

[dramatic music]

[buzzer blares]

- OK, so Jennifer goes first, Ken.

[dramatic music]

24 cans, 8 cans a player.

- She's going for the orange can.

- Oh. - Missed.

Peter's going for the green one.

- Oh, yeah.

- Oh, so close. - Oh, almost there.

Wonder if there's an advantage for Leandra

seeing kind of how hard that Jennifer and Peter were

with the release of it.

- Excellent point.

♪

- [gasps]

- Oh, I thought that was about to be knocked out.

She was so close. - So did I.

It almost, like, jumped over it.

- Yeah.

- I'm just nervous on the figuring out process.

I know it's gonna be a learning curve.

- She's good at math.

Let's see if she figured out this problem here.

♪

[both groan]

Oh, this is harder than we thought.

- It is. It's really hard.

Peter's turn. - Green.

- This game is going to test my accuracy.

It's going to test my ability

to make effective adjustments if it's going wrong

and not lose my head.

♪

- That looked good.

Oh. - Yay.

There you go, Peter.

- Peter knocked off the first can.

♪

She's far away there.

♪

Her hand slipped there.

♪

Whoa. - Whoa.

Second can.

- Look at what he's doing and try to emulate it.

♪

- Oh, my god. That was really close, though.

- Jennifer has seen what Peter has done.

- Oh, bummer.

Just off the mark right now.

♪

Whoa! Third in a row.

Five cans away... - Yeah.

- From being in the final game--

- That has to feel good.

- --of "99 to Beat" to play for a million dollars.

- It's go time, Leandra.

- She must knock over this can.

- I cannot miss any more of these

if I want to catch up to Peter.

You gotta get your head locked in.

You gotta figure it out and you just have to do it.

No more excuses.

- So Peter has knocked three cans over.

Jennifer and Leandra are yet to score.

- Ooh, she knocked it off. - Ooh, she got it.

- Wow. Jennifer has no cans.

She must knock over this can.

[dramatic music]

Oh, my goodness!

- Good job. Wow.

- Jennifer knocks off her first can.

Both Jennifer and Leandra are seven cans away

from being in the final game.

♪

both: Whoa.

- This guy, he can't be stopped.

- Peter having a Steph Curry-like game.

♪

Whoa! Leandra on a roll.

Second can, six cans away from the final game.

♪

This one to level up with Leandra.

Oh, wow! - Good job.

- Two cans down, tied with Leandra.

♪

Are you kidding me?

- Icy. Icy.

- I am dialed in, and I am locked on the prize.

There's no room for error. There's only three of us.

Only two of us are making it through.

♪

- And she gets it.

Five cans away from being in the final game

for a million dollars.

- She's applying the pressure.

- The pressure is on Jennifer right now.

♪

Unsuccessful.

- I'm feeling really nervous right now.

Something's not clicking for me.

And I know it isn't-- I'm just doing something wrong.

- Oh, no.

Yes. - Oh, my god.

Six cans down, two cans to go.

♪

Oh, my god. - Got it.

- Wow. - Four cans, four to go.

- Pressure is really on Jennifer here.

- All the pressure is on Jennifer right now.

- Come on, girl.

♪

- Oh, wow. - Yeah.

- Three cans down. - Gives her some life.

- Five cans away, catching up to Leandra.

♪

- Come on. Whoa.

- Peter has seven.

- One can away from playing in the final game

for $1 million.

If she makes this,

this could really break Jennifer's spirit.

And she does.

Wow. This is a must-make.

♪

- Ooh.

Jennifer not finding her form.

Peter could be the first finalist in the final game,

is one can away.

[heart pounding]

Come on.

Oh.

- Skimmed it.

- Leandra.

Wow.

Jennifer needs this.

- Oh, I thought she had it.

- Peter just needs to hurry up and win this.

[tense music]

♪

- And Peter does it. - Yep. Wow.

- The first finalist to the final game

to play for $1 million.

- The can falls over.

Glory to God.

I want to be so excited right now.

Let's take all that energy

and channel that into this last and final $1 million game.

- And then there were two.

♪

Wow, one can away from being in the final game

to play for a million dollars for Leandra.

- This is now a crucial swing for Jennifer.

♪

- Oh, Jen.

- Leandra has one more can left.

I'm thinking this might be it for me.

- If Leandra gets this, she will join Peter

in the final game to play for $1 million.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Oh, she got it. - Leandra does it.

Leandra goes to the final game to play Peter for $1 million.

Jennifer is eliminated.

- You guys are awesome. - Wow.

- Be proud of yourself. You did really well.

- I'm feeling emotional, because I really wanted

to give back to my parents.

- Love you, girl.

- These aren't just sad tears that

I'm out of the competition, but these are also happy

and proud tears for myself.

[suspenseful music]

♪

- Jennifer, you shared with us how proud you are of yourself

for how much you've grown as a person.

And we are so proud of you, too.

I'm afraid that you finished in third place

and your million-dollar dream is over.

- Good job, Jennifer. - Yeah, Jen.

- Jennifer is the 98th player to be eliminated,

meaning that the prize now stands at $980,000.

- Whoo! - Come on. Let's go.

- Here we go. This is it.

- Peter or Leandra is going to walk away with $1 million.

- It's insane. - Don't let up, all right?

- One of these players is going to be a millionaire.

♪

- It all comes to this.

Final game, two players left,

and one will walk away with $1 million.

- We made it. We made it. - Yes!

- For the final time, it's Leandra and Peter.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

- Well done. - Peter is an amazing guy.

- You are locked and loaded. You got this, baby.

Come on. - He is adaptable.

He is fierce.

- Yeah, Jennifer! - He is compassionate.

- Man, Alex, you played us tight.

Leandra's obviously got that martial arts background.

- Swoop it up.

- She's skillful.

- Oh!

- She's very resilient.

[all cheering]

She's tough.

- Put the lid on!

- And that's a fact.

- This year has been incredibly hard.

I've dealt with heartbreak, loss of self-confidence.

Winning the million dollars

would completely give me a fresh start.

It would open doors and new chapters.

It would be endless possibilities

and independence.

And so I'm gonna fight for that.

♪

- If I win $1 million,

my life is different.

It'd be a security for my family.

There's so much rejoicing with that.

I'm ready to rejoice.

I'm ready to win.

[suspenseful music]

[feedback screeches]

- Players, you both have

one last opponent between you and $1 million.

In this game, you must use what you have learned

on your "99 to Beat" journey.

Stage one:

you both have a block of ice with a single hex nut inside.

Defrost the nut using your body heat alone

and take it to stage two.

Stack eight nuts on top of a gold domino.

Complete the tower and it's on to stage three,

one final domino run.

♪

For the last time, and for $1 million,

don't finish last.

- This is our Super Bowl right now.

If you break it down game by game...

- Do it.

- Blow the whistle with the ice,

Leandra, like, finished way ahead of Peter.

Nut stackers, Peter finished way ahead of Leandra.

- OK.

- Domino run, that's a team game.

So it's really difficult to assess

who would be better than who.

So I honestly think it's a dead heat.

♪

[buzzer blares]

And they are off.

Final game, Peter, Leandra.

Winner gets $1 million.

They are melting the ice right now, Peter on his belly,

Leandra on her thigh.

- I'm just gonna put as much pressure as I can on my legs

to try and beat Peter to the nut stacking challenge,

because I know he may be a little bit faster at that.

- My mind is calm, but my body is shaking and it's cold.

It's uncomfortable,

but I didn't come here to be comfortable,

I came to win a million dollars.

♪

- She can feel it. It's right there.

- Incredible. Oh, my god, I see it.

♪

- [gasps]

Nut came out. - She got it out.

- Thumbs-up. - Wow.

- Well done, Leandra.

- Leandra goes to nut stacker right now.

She has finished that ice in record time,

and she's got the momentum right now.

♪

Peter was 12 minutes faster than Leandra on nut stacker,

so he can make up some time.

♪

- Peter's got the nut. He's got the nut.

- Peter has the nut. - I like this.

He's calming himself. He's wiping his hands down.

And here he goes.

[suspenseful music]

- His hands could be numb. - Oh, good point.

- I see the shaking right now.

I never saw it shake before.

♪

But look at Leandra. They're tied.

It's a virtual dead heat.

♪

OK, Peter is now in the lead.

♪

- [groans]

♪

Oh, no, Leandra. This could cost her.

♪

Peter has five, but Leandra's quickly catching up.

She's at three right now.

♪

- It's so close. Peter just has to stay steady.

♪

- [gasps] - It fell down.

♪

- Wow, Leandra is peaking at the right time.

- Peter has so much to do now.

- Don't freak out. Just keep playing the game.

- Leandra needs one more.

Come on.

- It's a million dollars.

♪

This is it.

♪

both: Oh!

- This is the last one.

She needs to go to dominos.

[dramatic music]

- Wow.

- She has moved on.

Peter is still at stack nuts.

♪

- [gasps]

- His hand is shaking quite visibly compared to Leandra's.

- Oh, my gosh. - He did not see this coming.

- He got it.

both: Oh!

♪

This is the biggest upset in the making.

Can Leandra, the last of the Wagners,

pull off the upset of a lifetime?

♪

- You don't have to be the strongest.

You don't have to be the best.

Yeah, it doesn't matter your age.

And she is certainly showing that right now.

♪

This is Peter's last nut. - This is Peter's last one.

Can Peter pull it off?

♪

OK. - Go.

- Now Peter starts his dominos,

but Leandra has a sizable lead.

I--I-- - Her hands are shaking now.

- Now her hands are shaking right now.

- He's in her sight. - He's right there.

- She sees he's right there and it's like--

- Well said.

- --I know I have this.

I had a sizable lead.

Now I gotta get this before he gets any momentum.

This is awesome. This is what you wanna see.

These are like two heavyweight fighters just duking it out.

It really is all about stamina.

- And remember, Ken, these players

are one push away from winning $1 million.

- Leandra literally is so close.

She has one or two more left.

Incredible.

- She has time to size it up, make sure it's all perfect.

I think she should take that time.

- Agreed.

She's doing exactly what you suggested.

She's taking her time.

And she is ready.

♪

Oh, no. - Oh, my god.

- Oh, my god.

Eight or nine dominos away from winning $1 million.

Leandra came up short.

It was so close, yet so far.

I thought it was all but certain.

Everything has changed in the blink of an eye.

Peter has a sizable lead.

And now she has to catch all the way up.

♪

- Is he gonna try this, Ken?

- He's gonna try it.

We'll see if it works. - Whoa.

[tense music]

♪

- No, it doesn't.

This could be costly for Peter. - That gives her a breath.

♪

- The pressure is on Peter.

- Peter's still picking up his pieces.

Shows you just how much ground he has to make up.

- Leandra is close for a second try.

- She should give it one more look.

She has the time.

- I agree, but Peter's not giving up.

♪

- She's still checking.

♪

And now she's turned her back on him, Ken.

- Peter has really found his form and found his pace.

He's catching up. - Oh, my god.

She has no idea he's this close.

- Oh, my god.

She needs to stop checking and push soon.

She needs to push soon.

Peter's gonna get it.

- Oh, my god. What is happening?

- Peter has pushed.

But look how fast Leandra is running.

Leandra pushing seconds behind Peter.

Can't watch.

♪

- Peter won! - Oh, my gosh.

- $1 million!

A stunning upset!

Peter won $1 million!

Leandra is eliminated by seconds.

Leandra had it in the bag, but Peter pushed quicker.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Peter is the "99 to Beat" champion.

- No! Oh, my gosh.

Are you kidding me?

I was beat.

Every leg, I was beat.

♪

- What the hell just happened?

Why did I turn my back?

I was in my zone. I thought I had time.

I was so, so close. I'm devastated.

Like, I hope I can get over this,

but this is something

I am gonna beat myself up for a while.

♪

- Both players, in my eyes, are true champions.

But Peter is going home with $1 million on "99 to Beat."

- Wow. I'm speechless, Ken.

- Oh, my gosh.

Got it.

You played your game. You played well.

Be proud of yourself.

- Ohh. - Congratulations.

Congratulations. - I'm sorry.

- Congratulations to Peter, our million-dollar winner.

And also congratulations to Leandra.

She is equally worthy, but only one person could win.

Thank you for watching "99 to Beat."

See you again soon.

♪

- The golden rule is don't finish last.

I didn't finish last 50 times.

And I beat 99 other people.

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