are the first to be eliminated. The guys then prepare to compete for their right to stay and the episode ends... First Elimination The guys take the right to stay challenge and Marshall Kathedar, Thomas "Tom" Maden, and Brandon Anderson are the next ones to go, leaving the other 14 newcomers as official Endurance players. After spending the night together, the players talk about who they want as their partner, with most of the girls, except for Alex Reid, distrusting Monroe Gierl. The contestants then compete in the partner selection game, where a catapult hurls a numbered ball (balls numbered 1-14) at the player and they have to catch it, because lower the numbered ball, the better the chances they have of getting the partner they want. Demian Martinez gets the #1 ball, Lindi the #2 ball, Reece the #3 ball, Antonio Iannicelli the #4 ball, Chris Vanderweir the #5 ball, Bryanah Bascon the #6 ball, Willa Zhou gets the #7 ball, and Nicole Clark gets the #8 ball before the episode ends. Pick Your Partner The partner selection challenge continues as the players compete for the perfect partner. Bjorn Leu, gets the #9 ball, Alex gets the #10 ball, Sarah Baker gets the #11 ball, Rachel Lofton gets the #12 ball, Monroe gets the #13 ball, and Kareem Nugent gets the #14 ball. Then they get to choose their team color; Kareem chooses blue, Monroe chooses yellow, Rachel chooses red, Sarah chooses purple, and Alex and Bjorn become the Green Team. Then J.D. announces a twist that allows the lower numbered contestants to bump another player to a different color to get the partner they want. Afterwards, the selection process continues, as Nicole chooses orange as her team color, Willa joins Kareem on the Blue Team, Bryanah and Chris form the Gray Team, Antonio replaces Kareem as Willa's partner; Kareem then partners with Nicole, forming the Orange Team, Reese joins Sarah and forms the Purple Team, Lindi replaces Bryanah as Chris' partner (leaving everyone in complete shock), causing Bryanah to be partnered with Monroe and form Yellow Team, and Demian replaces Kareem as Nicole's partner, causing Kareem to be partner with Rachel and form the Red Team. Later, J.D. gives the teams their starting pyramid pieces: Teamwork for Yellow, Commitment for Blue, Trust for Red, Knowledge for Gray, Leadership for Orange, Discipline for Purple, and Heart for Green. J.D.