Dan: Previously on Relative Race... Devin: Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Sean: We just need to make it into Day 10, and then we'll really turn the fire on.

So, we're gonna get this.

Dan: All four teams fought with two strikes to survive elimination.

- Oh my gosh, how do you run in these things?

Joseph: Turn here.

Anthony: Okay.

- Ridiculous!

Dan: Teams met their final relatives.

- Aunt Shelleye!

- Aunt Shelleye!

- Oh, hi!

Woman 1: We are cousins on your father's side.

Dan: And Joe and Anthony finally met their mother.

Woman 2: Hello, boys.

I'm your mother.

- Hi, Mom!

Woman 2: [laughs] - Hi!

Dan: But in the end, the twins received their final strike.

Your journey on Relative Race ends tonight.

Anthony: This experience has been utterly incredible.

- To see Team Blue go home on Day 9 was just really hard for all of us.

Elizabeth: We developed such a connection with Joe and Anthony, and the fact that they came on this show, living in a homeless shelter, it's so inspiring.

But to know that that's what they're going home to, it's just hard to accept.

- And being on this journey with them and having that connection, um, made me feel even more compassion towards them.

Dan: The surviving teams prepare for the final competition and a shot at $50,000.

[phone dings] - Text message.

- 105.

- Another coordinate?

Both: Colorado?

- We're either gonna win it now, or we're going home crying.

And I'm not going home crying.

♪ Dan: DNA tells us who we are and where we came from.

Following their own DNA, four teams are racing.

Sean: Come on.

Elizabeth: Let's go, let's go.

- Aahhh!

Dan: To win $50,000.

Magen: Yes!

Dan: And to find their family.

[knocking] Singers: ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh.

♪ [dramatic music] ♪ [hawk cry] ♪ Dan: After nine days of a journey unlike any other, Relative Race has brought us here, to the great outdoors, where our three surviving teams will face off one final time.

And it's this badge of honor that will determine who walks away with $50,000 and who heads home empty-handed.

Welcome to this final day of Relative Race.

♪ Elizabeth: I can't believe we're here.

Ten days ago, I had no idea what to expect or that it would be this life-changing.

Kacey: I didn't know anything about my biological family.

Nothing.

But now, I have all the answers.

I met two amazing brothers.

Who are you related to?

- Uh, Kacey, I'm actually your brother.

- [laughs] Oh!

[laughs] I met my sister, Robin.

Robin: I really wanted to know my sister.

Kacey: And I found my mother, Rachel.

My life is changed forever.

Monika: Finding family means everything to me, and now I've met my biological sisters.

- Uh, I'm your sister.

- I knew it when you walked out!

A brother that shares so much in common with me, and my mother, Robin.

- Meeting you was my dream.

Monika: Thank you.

- Dreams come true.

Monika: It's been such an incredible journey.

Elizabeth: I knew nothing about my father, but now I have two amazing sisters.

- I'm Angelica.

- Oh!

- Hi!

Angelica: How are you, baby sister?

Elizabeth: I met my brother, J.J., who loves me so much, and I found my birth dad, Jerome.

And they've all accepted me with love and open arms.

- [crying] Hi!

♪ So, yeah, there's a lot on the line today, but the greatest part about being here is that no matter what happens, we're already winners on this race because we all found family.

♪ Dan: Welcome teams.

You've all made it to Day 10.

When you started this adventure nine days ago, you were given the task of trekking all across the country using little more than a wilderness GPS and paper maps.

Using those items has led you right here, to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Throughout the years, millions migrated West, hoping for a better way of life, and some even settled right here, including the Cheley family, who founded this very camp.

At 8,000 feet in elevation and surrounded by unforgiving forest, this outdoor adventure location has challenged hardy souls for over 100 years.

And today, it will challenge each of you.

So welcome, teams, to Day 10, here at Cheley Colorado Camps.

[cheering] Sean: Let's do this!

♪ Dan: Today, this camp will test your mental and your physical capabilities.

The team that comes out on top will hike away with $50,000.

So, teams, are you ready to take on the epic outdoors?

Teams: Yes!

Magen: Absolutely.

Dan: Good, because today's competition all comes down to these, badges.

And today, these badges will determine our winning team.

Now, it's important to note that throughout each day of the race, we gave a first place prize.

Well, little did you know that those daily wins would earn you a badge.

And so, Team Green, you start with four badges; Team Black, you have one; and Team Red, you'll start the day with two badges.

So, here's how today's competition is gonna work.

Our camp has been outfitted with four wilderness survivor challenges, where you'll compete head-to-head to earn a badge.

Each challenge will have a main objective, and the winning team will be awarded a badge who accomplishes that challenge first.

However, you need to be careful how you accomplish each challenge, and that's because each challenge is also outfitted with a series of performance badges.

While the main objective badge will be explained to you in advance, the performance badges will only be revealed to you at the end of the day.

Only then will you discover what these performance goals were, and only then will the performance badges be awarded.

This means it's up to you to perform well throughout each challenge, or else it could cost you $50,000.

Sean: There are going to be an undisclosed amount of secondary badges that you can get for performance.

- And so, even if we don't do amazing at any challenges, there could be other badges that come into play.

Dan: You wanna know what your first challenge is?

Teams: Yes.

Dan: Right here.

Can You Hack It?

In front of you are three logs that need to be cut to size.

Your challenge is to work as a team in order to cut through two sections of the log.

The first section must be cut with an axe, while the second section must be cut with a two-person saw.

Once completed, you must put your logs into the fire pit and assemble your cooking tripod.

The fastest team to do this will earn the Can You Hack It?

badge.

There are also two performance badges up for grabs in this challenge, so I encourage you to act skillfully as you make your cuts.

So, are you ready?

Teams: Yes.

Dan: Good, because your first challenge starts in three, two, one, go!

♪ Elizabeth: All right, you got this, babe.

[whack] Yes, baby!

Sean: [slow motion grunt] [whack] Monika: It's heavy.

[whack] - This was the first time we went into a challenge side-by-side with the other teams.

Sean: I put my eye on the other teams briefly, just to get an idea of where they were at.

Kacey: But we can't worry about what they're doing.

[whacking] Monika: Okay, that's five, Magen.

- Okay, give me goggles, give me goggles.

- They're only given a limited number of chops, and then they have to switch off.

Devin: Ahh!

Let's go, go quick, let's go!

[whack] Monika: Try and hit my spots.

Elizabeth: Rotate it this way a little bit.

- Our goal was to steadily rotate the log around so that we could break the other points from different angles of cutting through the log.

[whack] Sean: Yep, good, good, that was good.

Keep going.

- Oh, wow.

Kacey is going hard.

- Three!

Four!

Five!

I gotta give it all I got, so each time I'd hit it, I'd scream to kinda pump up my energy and get myself going.

Go, go, go!

[whack] Elizabeth: I had to keep an eye on Team Black, because Sean's a big guy, Kacey's very competitive too, so our race is probably going to be tightest with them.

Magen: Neither of us have ever swung an axe before, so we're not exactly sure what we're doing, but we're finding our groove.

[whacking] - One.

Two!

Yes!

Yes!

Devin: Let's go!

Dan: Team Red is through their log, so one section of the log has been hacked through.

Now they work as a team to saw through the second section of this log.

- I expected Team Black to be right near us, and so that's why I was so motivated to at least get us off to a good start.

- [grunt] Kacey: Come on, babe.

Good.

Good, good, good.

- Team Black has cut through the log and starting the sawing together now.

Sean: Ultimately, I think we communicated pretty well.

I think we got it done.

- Ready?

Stroke to me, ready?

Devin: Hold on, let me see something.

Start this way.

Long-ways, okay?

Liz: Yep, you got it.

We realized it was a challenge to get the groove started with the saw.

- The saw definitely was a little bit wobbly, 'cause it would get caught on the bark really easily and just kinda start hopping around.

Kacey: Yeah.

Elizabeth: No, no, no.

We can go back and forth now, I'm telling you.

Just don't dig into it.

[whack] Monika: I kind of expected Red or Black to get through first.

They do have some strong men, and we've never done this before.

Devin: Good.

Kacey: Now lean, hold down-- Sean: I'm trying.

[sawing] Devin: Once we got the groove going for the saw, it finally started sawing smoothly back and forth.

Sean: We are neck in neck with Team Red now.

Magen: We've gotta stay motivated.

Our hands are blistering and bleeding, we're exhausted, we can see the other teams are ahead of us.

We haven't given up once this season, and we're not gonna start now.

Devin: Good job, good job!

Elizabeth: Almost there, I see it.

Devin: Boom.

Elizabeth: Let's go.

Dan: Okay, Team Red has sawn through their log, and now it's about setting up the tripod pot.

[whacking] Elizabeth: Bucket.

[clink] Done.

Yes!

Whoo!

- Team Red has officially finished the Can You Hack It?

challenge.

But the other two teams need to continue, because there are two performance badges on the line as well.

- Team Red finishing first was definitely a little bit frustrating.

It stung a little bit.

[sawing] - Those are great chops, Mon.

Great chops, babe.

Dan: Team Black is so close.

[crack] - Aaahhh!

Kacey: That works.

It was pretty much cut through, and Sean just goes in there like a Hulk and just goes, "Rrraahhh!"

Just like, rips it apart.

It was the greatest thing I think I've ever seen in my whole life.

Sean: [heavy breathing] Dan: Team Black has the logs, they have the tripod, and they've set the pot.

Team Black, you have also completed the Can You Hack It?

challenge.

Sean: A little frustrated we didn't pull that one off, but Dan had mentioned that there are some other badges to be gotten for doing things right, and I think our actual technique was cutting through with the axe.

I'm hoping maybe that will get us some sort of a, you know, skill merit badge, or something.

[whack] Elizabeth: Let's go, Green!

Magen: [grunt] - Yes, yes!

Magen: Come on!

Devin: You're almost there!

Rotate-- rotate it to the other side.

Magen: Red Team finishes and Black is shortly behind, and we're committed to finishing this first part of the log.

I think we need to prove it to ourselves and everyone else that we can hang tough with the guys.

Devin: Let's go.

Elizabeth: Come on, woo!

- Let's go!

- One more!

Devin: Team Green, let's go!

Dan: Oh, man.

That's it!

Nice job, Team Green.

Devin: Good job, guys!

Dan: Nice job, Team Green.

Elizabeth: Good job, Green!

Magen: To have never swung an axe before to chop through that wood, that log felt pretty good.

[sigh] It's exhausting to not place first.

- But we still have more badges than the other teams going into the next challenge.

Dan: Congratulations to Team Red.

You're the winner of the Can You Hack It?

badge.

Remember, teams, that there were also two performance badges on the line, which will be revealed at the end of the day.

Elizabeth: It felt awesome!

It felt awesome to start off the day with a win, a win like that.

Devin: Yeah.

Elizabeth: But there's still those performances badges out there, so we're not sure exactly how they're gonna swing or what those badges represent.

- Get ready for our second challenge, ♪ Backpack It Up.

[birds chirping] ♪ Dan: The second challenge in today's competition is... Backpack It Up.

The first part of the challenge is to pack, tie, or clip a canvas full of camping equipment onto a backpack, then hike to the campground and claim a campsite.

Finally, teams must assemble their tent and gear to match the sample campsite provided.

The first team to do so will be awarded the Backpack It Up badge.

However, this challenge also has two additional performance badges on the line.

And to pick those up, teams will need to focus on their speed and overall assembly.

Each team will be given 30 minutes to complete this challenge.

Ready, teams?

Elizabeth: Yes.

Dan: Backpack It Up starts in three, two, one.

Go!

Elizabeth: Gotta get it open.

Monika: Get the thing.

Elizabeth: I gotta find the top of this thing, too.

♪ Devin: We get started and there's just tons of weird stuff in front of us to pack up.

Elizabeth: Yeah, like a frying pan, a first aid kit, a kettle, and even a welcome mat?

♪ Sean: First thing we did, Kacey went and rolled up the welcome mat 'cause that was gonna be one of the most awkward pieces to get.

And then we literally just start shoving everything else in the backpack.

Monika: Okay, yep.

Magen: Drop things in.

- Team Green has used the welcome mat as a frame inside of their backpack.

That, that may be really smart.

- Strategy's always to be organized.

Elizabeth: Yeah, yup.

♪ Sean: I loaded Kacey up 'cause it wasn't gonna fit on my back no matter how hard we tried.

- Yep.

- And we were off.

Kacey: Here we go.

Watch.

Sean: Ah, shoot.

Here, put the backpack down.

In spite of the fact that we addressed the welcome mat being probably one of the most awkward pieces, tried to get it in there.

And almost as soon as we took off, thing flopped back out.

So we had to stop real quick, gather the welcome mat back up, and I just crammed it down in there as hard as I could.

- Yep.

- And it worked!

Monika: Okay.

Magen: Balance.

Careful of your steps.

Dan: Boy, Monika looks like one of those Sherpas that's headed to the top of Mount Everest.

Monika: Is it, is the thing... Dan: She's moving slowly and carefully.

Wow, Team Red seems very confident.

Look, they're actually jogging down the trail.

Elizabeth: Come on, we can pass them.

Dan: All three teams are off.

We need to make sure they all get in place and put their campsite together quickly, but correctly.

Sean: Okay.

'Kay, you're good.

- All right.

- Drop it.

Kacey: I was not surprised that we were the first ones to take off.

But I was very surprised to see that by the time that we were almost to the campsite, the other two teams were just taking off.

Sean: You get everything accounted for, and then as soon as you've done that, go check out the tent and then you can come back and help me.

Devin: [muttering] It's fine, it's fine.

Elizabeth: Come on, baby.

Devin: [muttering] It's fine, it's fine.

Elizabeth: Get to the second campsite, come on, baby.

We cruised by Team Green to get to the next-best campsite.

♪ Magen: 'Kay.

Dan: Team Black got here first.

They have the site closest to the mock camp tent.

They seem to have the advantage, but anything can happen in these final few moments.

Magen: Okay.

Sean: What goes on the bottom?

Magen: All right.

- There was a tent that's already been set up, all with lights and everything, all ready to go, and we have to mimic it perfectly.

- Replicate.

Well this looks like it actually has a bed!

So that must be this thing.

Sean: Kacey goes and checks out the tent.

She comes back and we realize, we're like, there was a cot in the tent that we had to assemble as well.

Elizabeth: Is there instructions, babe?

There were instructions for the bed.

Are there instructions for the tent?

Devin: I don't see instructions, yet.

This challenge was packing, uh, campground packing, something I can honestly say I have never done in my life.

- Sean and Kacey, you guys do much camping?

Sean: Not really.

Kacey: My brother, Mitch, does though!

Too bad I can't phone home.

Dan: Where's your brother when you need him?

Sean: I know, right?

[groan] Magen: Kick your stuff out of the way, we're gonna lose stuff under the tent.

We cannot be disorganized right now.

This isn't a stake-able tent.

This is actually an insert tent.

So you take the silver thing from the pole and put it into the pole.

I'm sure there's much more technical words to be used here, but we're workin' with it.

Sean: These stakes are just the worst!

I think the hardest part of the setup was the stakes weren't wantin' to take really well, so I was like, "We're gonna slam these things to China; we're not messing around with this anymore."

♪ [whacking] [rustling] ♪ - I think we're good?

- I think we're good.

- Team Black is calling for an official inspection.

Stand by.

[tense music] - You're killin' me, Smalls.

Sean: He's being thorough.

Kacey: I know.

♪ - Congratulations, Team Black.

You have finished the Backpack It Up.

You have set up your site the exact same as this site.

I would proudly go camping with you anyday.

- Awesome!

Dan: Good job.

- I feel fantastic!

I--oh, my gosh.

Like, we learned how to set up a tent with my brother Mitch at his house, and um, yeah.

Sean: Attention to detail, I think saved the day for us.

- Oh, yes.

♪ Devin: Do you see a bar that has a clicker?

- You take the kids out camping ever?

Elizabeth: No.

Camping's not really a-- - It's not a thing for ya.

- No.

- I've never been camping ever.

- I don't know how we attach these.

Devin: Like this?

- I don't know, yeah, yeah, use your muscles.

[grunting] Oh, my nails are getting destroyed.

- I don't think anybody's laughing at this point.

Devin: Not looking forward to going camping, never ever liked the idea of camping.

The idea of paying to go sleep outside is something that I always thought was very weird.

If we ever do anything like this, it'll be in an RV.

Dan: You guys have less than two minutes.

Magen: I'm gonna hold this open.

Just shove the cot in there, okay?

Elizabeth: I need this string tighter, babe.

- [muffled] Okay, I'll come back and do that.

Elizabeth: Okay.

♪ Dan: Three, two, one!

Time.

And with that, our time is up.

We've timed out on this challenge.

Teams Green and Red, you did not complete this challenge.

Devin: Never pitched a camping tent in my life.

I do not feel bad about how we did... - Your effort.

- under the pressure of this race.

- We were happy just to have a roof at this... We would've slept in that tent!

Devin: And frankly, I was just trying to make sure we did as best as we could to get as close to the model as possible.

Dan: Congratulations to Team Black, who earned the Backpack It Up badge.

Now teams, remember there were two performance badges on the line within this challenge.

We will reveal who won those badges later on today.

Now it's time to move on to our next challenge, Let Loose.

[wind blowing] ♪ Today's third challenge will test our teams' archery skills in... Let Loose.

All of the teams will fire arrows at the same target at the same time.

As soon as somebody hits the yellow bullseye, teams will move on to the next target.

Once a bullseye has been hit on all three targets, the teams with the most bullseyes will win the Let Loose badge.

There are also three performance badges for this challenge based on the teams' overall accuracy.

Well the skies have opened up and we have a light drizzle.

But you have to ignore that and focus on the task at hand, which is this target.

♪ Are you ready to Let Loose?

All: Yeah!

Dan: All right.

Choose your arrow.

♪ Three, two, one!

Let Loose!

[twanging] [whacking] Sean: Almost.

Kacey: Almost, Sean.

Sean: Almost.

Kacey: You're, like, on the border.

On the first draw actually, Sean almost hit the target.

It was, like, right on the line.

- Some of you did better than others.

Choose your arrows!

♪ Three, two, one!

♪ Fire!

[twanging] [whacking] Devin: [sigh] It didn't even come off.

Elizabeth: [groan] Bro, we're not doin' so hot.

Devin: How many times have you seen one of those old movies where they pull it back and let it fly?

[laughing] Dan: No one has hit the bullseye.

Team Red, you better focus.

Elizabeth: Yeah.

- We're both on the board.

We're even closer the second time.

So whatever corrections we're making, they're working.

Dan: Draw!

Three, two, one!

Let Loose!

[twanging] Elizabeth: Green, woo!

Dan: Team Green!

You have the first bullseye!

- Yes!

Monika: Right in the bullseye.

- Bullseye.

This puts us back in the game.

You are amazing!

You can do this!

You got this!

- Good job, guys.

Sean: Good job, guys, you got it, you got it!

Elizabeth: Nice job.

- Teams, it's time to move on.

Devin: Second target, further back, we've got all the practice shots out, and we're focused.

Dan: You are now ten feet further back from the target.

Teams, choose your arrows.

♪ In three, two, one.

Fire!

[twanging] ♪ Elizabeth: We're in the target, though!

Yes!

Devin: Close, close, close, close, close.

It was raining, it was windy.

You know, the coolest part about that for me was I actually put my hood on like I was Robin Hood.

Dan: Let Loose!

Kacey: I'm, like, shooting it down.

I need to shoot it a little bit higher.

- It was a little bit stressful at first, but we got the, got the hang of it.

- Fire!

[whacking] Magen: [sigh] Monika: You gotta reevaluate 'cause I don't think you're hitting the board.

Magen: Neither of us have ever shot a bow and arrow, but we've watched a lot of Hunger Games.

Let's do this.

[twangs] [thumps] [whooshes] [kiss] [whacking] [twangs and light thumps] [thud] Dan: Let Loose!

[twangs] [resounding thud] Elizabeth: Yes!

Devin: Go, Katniss!

Sean: Got it!

Devin: Let's go, Katniss!

Dan: Team Red has nailed it!

That is a bullseye to remember.

- Yes!

I was so pumped because after missing the first target entirely, I nailed the best bullseye of the day.

Devin: And I mean, dead on.

- Yeah, it was awesome.

- That was awesome.

Dan: The question is, who will pick up that third bullseye, as you move ten feet further back.

♪ Team Green, you picked up that first bullseye.

Team Red, you bounced back and you got the second bullseye.

It all comes down to this.

Choose your arrows for this final target.

♪ Draw!

In three, two, one.

Let Loose!

[twangs] Dan: Wow.

Team Green.

You were so close.

- You've got this.

We're tied with Red.

We have to stay focused and stay communicating.

That's our best shot at this thing.

Sean: This is hard.

This is a lot harder now.

- Fire!

[thumps] ♪ [twangs] [light thumps] - Fire!

Devin: [sigh] Dan: Let Loose!

[twangs] [light thumps] Dan: Three, two, one, fire!

[twangs] [dramatic whoosh] [tense music] [whack] Monika: Oh, oh!

Dan: We have a bullseye, we have a bullseye!

Monika: [cheering] Magen: Yes!

♪ I've got this girl on my team, and this girl is on fire.

Monika: I had to run towards the target, confirm that that arrow was green, and once it was, I was so happy.

Magen: Yes!

Yes!

Monika: [tearful gasp] Magen: Bullseye right in the center.

Devin: Wait, wait, there's two?

There's two!

Elizabeth: At the bottom!

- We have two bullseyes!

We have two bullseyes, Team Red and Team Green!

- I am grateful I hit the bullseye, because if I didn't hit it on that very draw, they would've got it and we wouldn't've, and we would've lost the challenge.

- We would've lost the challenge.

Devin: We hit a bullseye, we hit a bullseye, let's go.

Elizabeth: Oh, good job, girls.

[cymbal roll] - Team Green, Team Red, you both picked up two bullseyes, and you have both won this challenge.

But, keep in mind, for all the teams, there are also three performance badges waiting to be awarded at the end of the night.

And that means, with one final challenge remaining, this is still anyone's game.

And in that final challenge, don't look down, because the final challenge is Vertigo.

♪ Dan: Well, teams, it all comes down to this.

One final challenge on the most difficult activity to be found here at Cheley Colorado Camps.

This is the high ropes course challenge: Vertigo.

This challenge will test your fear of heights and mess with your sense of balance as you tackle this ropes course, consisting of over 20 terrifying obstacles at over 30 feet in the air.

So... how you feelin' right about now?

Elizabeth: Pretty good.

Sean: Let's get this done, feelin' good!

Dan: Confident?

Monika: Yep.

Elizabeth: I got really excited when we first walked up and saw this high ropes challenge because to me, it looked like a lot of fun.

Devin: This is game day, and I played football, and on game day, you get your mind right, you get your body right, and ya execute.

Dan: I wouldn't blame you if you feel a little intimidation, so... would you like some help?

All: Sure.

- Yeah.

Help's good.

Magen: Dan asks if we'd like some help.

I'm hoping it's a jetpack to propel me to the top of the ropes course.

Dan: Well, you're in luck... because I have a surprise for you.

Turn around and take a look.

- [screams excitedly] All: [exclamations of excitement] Kacey: Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!

All: [exclamations of excitement] - Yes!

It was my brother, JJ, that I found on Day 5 of the race!

I couldn't believe it.

JJ: Surprising my sister Elizabeth was really exciting.

Uh, she had no idea I was here, she, as soon as she turned around, I saw her eyes just light up, and gave me a big hug.

Kacey: [crying] Oh my gosh!

Sean: Oh my gosh!

Kacey: [sobbing] And I turn around, and there is my brother, Mitch!

I was like, "Aah!"

So happy to have him with us.

Mitch: Really, I was at a loss for words.

They couldn't believe they were seein' me again so quickly.

Monika: [sobbing] Kyle: Good to see ya.

How are you feelin'?

Monika: [sobbing] When I turned around and saw my brother Kyle?

It was perfect!

Magen: And Kyle is a great guy to have in our corner.

Dan: Oh, yeah.

Well guys, what a welcome surprise.

- Yes!

Dan: Your family is here to help you every step of the way in this challenge, and isn't that what family's all about?

Sean: Yes.

Mitch: Yes, sir.

Dan: All right.

Here is how this challenge is gonna work.

Throughout the course, we've placed foam balls with various point values.

One contestant from each team will climb to reach the balls.

Grab a ball and toss it to your teammate below.

The ball must be caught in your teammate's net for the points to count.

Each team will be given 30 minutes to collect as many points as possible.

Your relatives have binoculars.

They will hopefully direct you to the largest point value balls.

And, one more thing, each team must also attempt the Leap of Faith.

This 30 foot climb leads to a narrow platform.

One contestant must leap to a dangling trapeze bar with a 100 point ball attached to it.

Hopefully, they will secure it and toss it to their teammate.

At the end of 30 minutes, the team with the most points wins the Vertigo badge.

Three performance badges will also be revealed and awarded at the end of the day.

So, teams.

Are you ready?

All: [assenting] Dan: Great, because Vertigo starts for all of you in three, two, one... ♪ Dan: Go!

Kacey: All right, go, go, go, go, go!

♪ Devin: When Dan said go, my brother-in-law, JJ let me know that the pole behind me had large point value balls on it, so that's where we went first.

JJ: There are 50's up here, that's a hard one, and then there's-- Devin: 50's on the cable you mean?

JJ: Yeah, on the cable right here.

There's 50's.

Kacey: Go, go, go, go, go, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it.

'Kay, here we go!

Sean: Our strategy was to try and hit the elements that have the most balls on it.

Mitch: So you wanna go all the way across this.

Kacey: Yep.

Mitch: This way.

Sean: But we figured, little bit more quantity, over quality, hopefully that'll pay off in the long run.

Monika: Scope it out, Kyle.

Scope out over there.

Magen: Monika is doin' a great job.

Lots of communication, which is definitely her strength, and she keeps me talking.

Monika: There's a ball to your right up here.

Grab it first, like, grab the ball if you can.

- Babe, babe, babe, focus, focus, focus, focus.

Kacey: Where do you want me?

All right, wait, wait.

Monika: Hold on.

Magen: Monika, I can't hold on.

Monika: Hold on.

Yes.

Devin: Three, two, one.

Elizabeth: [sighs in relief] JJ: Let's go.

Kacey: 'Kay, where are you at?

Wait, wait, ready?

Three, two, one, drop.

[gasps] Dang it!

All right, all right.

It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.

Monika: Okay, don't put any more balls down right now.

Magen: What's really cool is she was the first to the bucket with any points.

Dan: Team Green is depositing their first three balls into their bucket.

Kacey: All right, babe.

You got it, honey?

Woo, woo, whew.

Stressin' me out, okay.

Sean: As soon as I got up there, I was focused entirely on what my hands and my feet were doing, and trying to keep my ear only to what Mitch and Kacey were saying.

Mitch: Right, 'bout where you are, come, come closer.

Right there.

Elizabeth: Yeah, take a breath if you need it.

Let me know-- Devin: Give me a second, give me a second, It was pretty high.

I mean, I wasn't gonna chicken out, like, I wanted to give it my best shot.

Monika: Where are you go-- what you doin', Mags?

Magen: Monika, I don't think I can get up.

I can't get up, Monika.

Monika: Where, where can... - Okay, ball.

Elizabeth: Okay, wait.

Devin: Ball coming at you, ready?

♪ - Two, one.

Babe!

Mitch: Come a little bit, yep.

Oh, oh, oh, yeah.

Good job!

Kacey: Yes, ah!

My tennis skills came into play there!

Magen: [breathing heavily] I think we greatly underestimated that we really gave it our all in the opening challenge [exhales] chopping wood, and... our arms are already spent, our wrists are spent.

Devin: [breathing rhyhmically] Kacey: Where do you want me?

Devin: 'Kay, you ready?

Mitch: Go out in front.

Kacey: Hang on, hang on, hang on.

- Comin' on the right side.

Elizabeth: Okay.

Devin: You ready?

Elizabeth: I think.

Devin: You got it?

Elizabeth: I hope!

Sean: Good?

Kacey: Yes!

Mitch: Yes.

Devin: Nice job!

Elizabeth: Thank you.

[heavy exhale] Okay, we got it.

Magen: [heavy breathing] Really?

[frantically] Monika, I can't!

I'm coming down!

I wanna go do Leap of Faith right now.

My body just wouldn't move.

I had to get down, but this is a problem.

We lost out on points, so now, our best strategy is to head immediately to the Leap of Faith.

♪ I cannot catch a breath.

Monika: I know, but we have to, 'cause there's no other option.

Take one huge, deep breath.

Magen: The Leap of Faith is basically a straight climb to a narrow platform.

From there, you have to leap to a trapeze bar about 10 feet away.

If I can just jump to that bar, we could pick up a hundred-point ball that other teams would miss out on.

Monika: [whispered] 'Kay.

Kyle: GO MAGEN, GO MONIKA!

Dan: Kacey's depositing their first balls into their basket.

Kacey: One.

JJ: I'd come up this way and shoot out that way.

45 right here.

Monika: Yes, good job.

There's a ball right here.

Hold on, where are you puttin' your hand?

'Kay, perfect.

Elizabeth: That was a big one.

Dan: Liz and Kacey, when they came over, they dumped those balls, and they looked over at Team Green almost wondering, what is going on?

- Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Team Green go for the Leap of Faith.

Elizabeth: So Green beat us up there.

Monika: Where you goin'?

Magen: I can see it.

My arms are dead from axe chopping!

Monika: I know.

You got it, you got it.

Climb up that way.

- Hoo-wee!

Sean: I'm gonna kick it off, okay?

Kacey: Kick it off?!

[low bass note] Elizabeth: Woo!

Magen: I can't, Monika, I can't!

Monika: You can, you can.

Just try one more time.

Magen: [desperately] I can't do this!

I'm so... [exhales heavily] ...out of breath!

- Just try one more.

Mitch: Oh, got it!

Kacey: Oh, yes!

Mitch: Good catch!

Magen: I can't breathe up here!

Monika: Magen, take a deep breath, you're panicking.

Just take a deep breath.

Devin: [exhales] Elizabeth: You almost got it, baby!

Devin: [exhales] Hold on.

Elizabeth: Okay, oh, good job, babe!

Devin: Okay, okay.

- That's the 75 ball.

Good job.

Kacey: Good, Sean, good!

Mitch: Two more, you're almost there.

Elizabeth: Come on, babe!

Devin: Okay, okay.

BABE!

NICE!

Hoo-wee!

Elizabeth: Oh my gosh.

Magen: I have no arms left!

Monika: You can do it!

Magen: [panicked] Monika, I can't!

Monika: Just go one more up!

Magen: I can't!

[screams] [scream repeats] ♪ Kacey: I did notice one high-pitched squeal at one point with Team Green.

I don't think it worked out for them too well, I kinda just looked and said, oh, cool, it's open now.

Magen: [breathless] Can't, Monika.

Coming down from the Leap of Faith, I am literally getting sick from the altitude sickness.

[gags] [groans] Monika: You okay?

Magen: We only got one shot at the Leap of Faith, and I blew it, but I physically can't even move my arms.

[coughs] Monika: Do you wanna switch with me?

Magen: My arms have nothing.

Monika: 'Kay, come on, let's walk.

Magen: Switch!

We wanna switch!

Now!

[electric guitar riff] Kacey: Oh, Team Green's done, let's go on this one.

Let's do this, here we go.

Dan: Team Black, they've headed up to the Leap of Faith to take that out of the equation for the other teams.

Kacey: All right, get your shoutin' voice on, brother!

Mitch: Nobody's got those big ones up there.

Kacey: Choosing the Leap of Faith, Team Green did get some of the balls, but the platform on top still had a ball, and then, the bar still had a ball.

Kyle: The high points are up over there.

Monika: I mean, the hardest one, we're already behind.

Devin: One, two... Elizabeth: Yep.

Devin: ...three.

Elizabeth: [relieved sighs] Kacey: 'Kay, here we go.

Kyle: You can do it, Monika!

Magen: Monika, you got this.

Kacey: Take your time.

I am in no rush.

Is there one on the platform?

Monika: Got it.

Kyle: Good job, girls, good job!

Magen: Good.

Devin: All right, last one!

Oh, get it!

Both: [whoop] Devin: That wasn't planned, but it was still great!

Kacey: Where's it at?

Oh, okay.

Yes, awesome!

Okay.

Sean: This pillar starts wobblin', and at that point, I felt like I was like, surfing, like, in the middle of a hurricane because I was just rollin' and wobblin' all over the place, and I was like, how, this thing's never gonna stop, how am I gonna jump?

Kacey: You got this, big, strong legs!

Kacey: Woo!

OH, BUT I CAUGHT IT WITH MY HAND!

Dan: Kacey, Sean, no good.

It has to go in the net.

My natural reaction was to put out my left hand, and that hundred-point ball went directly into my hand, so it didn't count.

Mitch: Good catch, Kacey.

Kacey: DANG IT!

Ugh!

Dan: Teams, you have 10 minutes!

10 minutes left!

Kyle: There you go, there you go!

Magen: Yes!

Kyle: Yes.

Sean: Get it, get it, get it!

Kacey: [yelps] Elizabeth: Maybe if you just knock it?

This was a very physically demanding challenge, and it takes a lot of mental focus to not misstep.

Kacey: Oh, your GoPro fell off.

Sean: This was a hard challenge.

Elizabeth: So baby, I-- Devin: Babe, hold on a second.

Wait 'til I get to the top.

- I am so proud of us.

I don't think we dropped one ball, I don't think we missed one ball, and those are wins that we are gonna have to lean on today.

♪ Monika: [screams] Dan: Teams, you have five minutes left!

Five minutes!

Devin: We dropped off our last balls and knew that the last obstacle for us was going to be the Leap of Faith.

Elizabeth: You've got it, baby.

Realized very quickly that it's different from the other pole that Team Black got to use.

Devin's pole did not have a platform, it was essentially a utility pole, and he had to climb it and somehow get his footing.

I just, I, I respected it and just let him go to work.

Dan: One minute, guys, sixty seconds!

Keep going, keep pushing!

- You gotta be kidding me.

Elizabeth: You can do it, babe!

Devin: I can't even stand on this!

Elizabeth: Well, I know-- Devin: I would've much rather done that one.

Elizabeth: I know, but it's not an option.

You can do it.

You, there you go.

Take a beat.

Devin: Okay, okay.

Whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Elizabeth: Okay, but if you lean back-- Devin: [shushes] Baby please, stop talking, please.

Elizabeth: Okay.

Devin: One... Elizabeth: Are you gonna try to grab the ball-- Devin: Baby, stop talking!

Two... THREE!

[yells] [laughs] Whew!

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, so I jump, I tried for the ball, and then missed completely.

I had done my best.

Dan: Three, two, one, that's it, guys!

Breathe easy, that's it.

Great effort!

[dramatic music] Sean: We're done.

You know, we gave it our all, and we did the best we could, and that's all we can do here.

Dan: We've tallied the points, it's official.

Team Green, you picked up 185 points.

Good job.

Magen: Proud of you.

Dan: Team Black... your tally... 500 points.

Elizabeth: Wow.

- Team Red, your tally... was 675 points.

And so, Team Red picks up the most point badge for Vertigo.

Elizabeth: It was a relief, it feels good to have another badge under our belt, I'm very anxious to see what all the performance badges are going to be, but at least we know for sure that we got a badge out of this challenge.

Dan: And so now, all that's left is to find out who won all of the performance badges.

Let's head on over to the fire pit for the final tally.

[epic orchestral music] Dan: Wow, what a day.

We started this all at sunrise, and here we are now at sunset, and what an adventure this has been.

Monika: It was really beautiful, it was an epic ending to this awesome journey.

Dan: There were four challenges, and there were four known badges that you could earn.

Keep in mind, those badges have been added to your banners, to the badges that you earned for finishing in first place throughout the race.

And that means, Team Green, you have five badges on your banner.

Team Red, you also now have five badges, and Team Black, you've gotta come from behind with two badges.

So it all comes down to those performance badges, pre-determined key elements within each challenge, and with 10 performance badges on the line, this is still anyone's race to win.

Sean: We're standing there, and they had all the performance badges all on display so we could start kinda trying to figure out, oh, so what were we actually supposed to be doing?

Dan: The first challenge of the day was Can You Hack It?

Elizabeth: Yes!

Devin: [screams] Dan: And the first performance badge goes to the team that used the fewest amount of axe swings to get through the log, and there was only one team that was able to do that with less than 100 swings...

Team Red.

Devin: I knew that I had crushed that badge, and so, we were just able to take in the moment, and it was really powerful.

Dan: Once you were able to hack through that log with the axe, you had to attack it with the saw, and the second performance badge goes to the team that was able to saw through that log in the quickest time.

Finishing in 3 minutes and 35 seconds and picking up the performance badge for quickest saw cut, congratulations to Team Black.

Both: [gasp] Kacey: Yes!

Dan: You can add that to your banner.

Sean: Lo and behold, to our surprise honestly, we won it!

And we were really, really excited about that.

Dan: And so, we move to our second challenge of the day, Backpack It Up.

Sean: Oh, oh!

Dan: Congratulations, Team Black!

Team Black, wow.

You ripped through that, but... were you able to pack up your bag faster than anybody else?

That is the first performance badge, and that performance badge goes to...

Team Black.

[applause] Dan: Add that to your banner.

Kacey: We are so excited at this point because we know that we have stomped our competition.

Dan: And the second performance badge goes to the team that was able to set up their tent faster than anyone else.

Sean: The second performance badge is the fastest tent set up, which we knocked that one out of the park, too, because we were the only ones that actually set up the tent.

[laughs] Dan: Team Black, you picked up the badge for fastest tent set up.

Devin: That was great.

[laughter] Sean: I mean, at this point, we're only one badge off of Team Red, and we're tied with Team Green, we're like, we're back in this.

- Once Dan announced that Team Black essentially swept the performance badges from that, I thought, well maybe it could go either way.

Dan: And so, two challenges down, two more to go.

Our third challenge of the day was Let Loose.

♪ Team Green and Team Red both picked up the badge for Let Loose, but what about those three performance badges?

Performance badges awarded to the team that picked up the most points on each individual target.

In the first target, Team Green, you picked up 200 points and have won the performance badge.

Magen: We got the most points on the first target.

It was a huge moment for us, we're finally catching back up to Red.

Dan: The winner of the performance badge for the second target picked up 195 points.

And that award goes to...

Team Red.

Elizabeth: It really started to get really tight, and I think at that moment, there was a lot of feelings of butterflies, um, happening all at the same time.

Dan: In that third target, there were a lot of arrows, and there were a lot of points scored.

One team placed 295 points on that target...

Team Red, once again.

Sean: We don't feel very good about this challenge.

We didn't take away any of the win, but, going into Vertigo, we're, we're feelin' strong again because we had a really good run of it, we're thinkin' we've gotta have picked up at least one or two of these performance badges, so, you know, this, this final challenge is very clearly going to be the determination of who wins this, this Relative Race.

Dan: And so, it all comes down to the final challenge of the day, the most difficult challenge: Vertigo.

Magen: Okay, I got ya.

Sean: Get it, get it, get it!

Kacey: [yelps] Devin: [screams] [laughs] Dan: Team Red, you now have eight badges.

Team Green, you have six.

Team Black, you have five.

And so that means, Team Red, if you pick up a single performance badge, it is mathematically impossible for Team Green or Team Black to beat you.

Well I can tell you this, two of the performance badges were picked up by Team Black.

You earned the awards in Leap of Faith, where you touched the bar, and also the performance badge for highest ball collected, but so did Team Red.

You touched the bar, you picked up highest ball, and you picked up more balls than anyone, and so that means that you have won all of the performance badges, you have found your family, you have scored better than your competition, and on this day, you've picked up more badges, which means, Team Red, you are the winners of Season 7 of Relative Race!

You are our champions!

♪ Elizabeth: [sobbing softly] All that emotion started to come out.

I started breathing heavy out of excitement and joy and gratitude and exhaustion from all of the days culminating into this point, it just, it really overwhelmed me.

Dan: It is my pleasure, Team Red, to award you with this check for $50,000.

Come and get it.

Monika: I am really happy for Liz and Devin, I think they deserve it.

Sean: We already won the race.

- Like, money's money, but family is forever.

- This whole experience is, is, honestly it's indescribable.

Devin: Look at how much our family has grown, you know, we took a Leap of Faith, and it paid off.

Elizabeth: Ah!

Yes!

Devin: Good job, baby.

Elizabeth: Yes!

Devin: Good job, baby.

Elizabeth: Oh, man, that's awesome!

♪ Devin: After Liz and I finished Relative Race and were heading home, it really hit us that Team Blue, Joe and Anthony, were goin' back to a homeless shelter in Minneapolis.

Elizabeth: We developed such a connection with Joe and Anthony, and the fact that they came on this show, living in a homeless shelter, they made it this far, it's so inspiring, but to know that that's what they're going home to, it's just hard to accept.

Devin: And yet, all of their biological family that they met on the show lived in Florida.

So we got to work.

Joseph: After the race, we really wanted to connect with our birth family.

Devin contacted us and helped us get connected so that we could move down to Florida.

Devin: So, on Day 10, I started talkin' to a lot of the other teams, and, we knew we really wanted to do something special for Team Blue, so the first thing that we did is we talked to them about doin' a GoFundMe page so that we could help them raise a little bit of money to be able to get planes and down payments and things of that nature.

Anthony: When Devin called, I was very moved at that point because I had no idea how Joseph and I were even gonna get to Florida.

- I figured the best way to get them situated in Florida was to connect them to our church's campus that we have in Sanford.

- I got a call from Devin Dobson about two young men that was moving here to Florida, and, um, he just began to tell me the story, and it began to touch my heart regarding the, the young men, and I was eager and so ready and willing to help.

Joseph: Having the congregation and the church just embrace us when Anthony and I arrived was very comforting.

♪ Devin: Well, Anthony and Joseph, uh, really, really excited on behalf of Greater Shiloh Church, really had the community come together, help you get your first home.

Elizbeth: Congratulations!

Welcome home!

Devin: Go ahead and open it up!

It felt really good to be able to hand them the keys to their own apartment.

This is definitely a step in the right direction.

♪ Joseph: Oh, wow!

Devin: Yeah!

So you both have your own room.

Anthony: Gosh.

Walking into an apartment that was ours, that...

I can't even describe to you how amazing that felt.

I, it, it was just something that I had been dreaming for and hoping for, and it was incredible.

Devin: So you can see you got plenty of space.

Joseph: Oh, nice!

Anthony: This is so big.

It's like twice the size of my room at the mission.

Joseph: Yeah, it is!

[laughing] Anthony: It was awesome.

Devin: We just wanted to make sure that you could be close to family and you, you know, you have a home here.

Anthony: Hey man, we sure appreciate you.

Devin: Aw, man, it's love.

Elizabeth: We're really thrilled that they are able to get out of their situation at the homeless shelter, that they're able to live closer to family, that they're able to put down roots with their family and their loved ones that they've met from the race so that they can really start to thrive versus just, you know, get by.

♪ Joseph: Anthony and I started this journey looking for our biological family, but what we found was even greater than that.

We found uh, uh, a family that is so much bigger, you know, than what we even anticipated, what we could've even imagined.

Magen: We are so happy for you guys.

We are so excited for you.

Sean: That's real great to hear you guys already got jobs so you guys can start supportin' yourselves and, you know, functionin' completely independently now.

Anthony: Man, it, much love, like, from us to y'all, like, everybody.

Thank you.

Joseph: Yeah.

♪ We're just so blessed, so grateful, and, and, so joyful because now, we not only have our, our biological family, who we thought we'd never get the opportunity to meet, but... we also have a home, and, and... [exhales] yeah.

Anthony: That means somethin' to us.

Joseph: It sure does.

Anthony: [laughs] ♪