Ben McDonnell
The Barrel Racer
WHERE THEY STANDEP 4
His crypt clue pointed straight at Katie and he is openly one of the Faithful's investigators now. Visibility is a double-edged sword here.
THIS WEEK'S SUSPICION INDEX
Gave up the gold for the clue with Michael. The clue was real. Where it pointed was not
SEASON JOURNEY
total pts
Nobody writes their name
Hauls the gold carts past the Death Parade
DRAFT PROFILE
Number 12 of 22 on our preseason board, in tier B alongside 5 other players.
That is a bet on how many points Ben is worth to a fantasy roster, which is not the same bet as who wins. Points come from missions, shields, surviving the Round Table and calling a Traitor correctly, so a loud player who gets banished in episode six can outscore a quiet one who reaches the end.
Ranked before the premiere, from the cast announcement and nothing else. Nobody involved has seen a frame of the season.
BEFORE THEY PLAYEDWanted the cloak
Ben asked for the cloak before filming. That is appetite, not an assignment: casting decides, and plenty who campaign for it spend the season Faithful. What it does tell you is that Ben arrived willing to lie, which is the harder half to fake, and that a Faithful Ben is a player whose instincts point the wrong way at every Round Table.
What they told the cameras before filming, not a spoiler and not a prediction. Casting decides who wears the cloak.
IN THE CASTLE
A shared age, home state or trade is the first shortcut a Round Table reaches for.
- At 34, the only player in the castle that age, and above the cast median of 33. The full cast runs from 23 to 65.
- One of two players from Texas.
Kim Daily - Sixteen of the twenty-two said before filming that they wanted the cloak. These are the other fifteen.
Arisa Thomas
Clyde Moser
Jay Vinnedge
Joe Vanella
Katie FitesKim Daily
Kriste Lewis
Logan Smith
Michael Foote
Niyyah Hayes
Shane Beatty
Sherry Kuehl
Tomica Adams
Victor Vollbrechthausen
Xavier Scruggs
Counted from the twenty-two announced players, not from anything that has happened. The season has not started.
FUN FACTS
Traded real prize-pot gold for a clue with Michael that pointed straight at Katie's secret recruitment.
MomentEP 3
BIO
A barrel racer from Granbury, Texas, self-declared social butterfly, and by his own description "a 6'3" Sasquatch" who expects to be an asset to both sides. He packed an early 2000s iPod loaded with every Hannah Montana song, which tells you roughly everything about the energy he is bringing to a castle full of strangers. Rodeo is an individual sport judged in seconds, so nerve is not the question.
Ben McDonnell
The Barrel Racer
"A barrel racer from Granbury, Texas, self-declared social butterfly, and by his own description "a 6'3" Sasquatch" who expects to be an asset to both sides. He packed an early 2000s iPod loaded with every Hannah Montana song, which tells you roughly everything about the energy he is bringing to a castle full of strangers. Rodeo is an individual sport judged in seconds, so nerve is not the question."
PLAYER INFO
WHERE THEY STANDEP 4
His crypt clue pointed straight at Katie and he is openly one of the Faithful's investigators now. Visibility is a double-edged sword here.
THIS WEEK'S SUSPICION INDEX
Gave up the gold for the clue with Michael. The clue was real. Where it pointed was not
SEASON JOURNEY
total pts
Nobody writes their name
Hauls the gold carts past the Death Parade
DRAFT PROFILE
Number 12 of 22 on our preseason board, in tier B alongside 5 other players.
That is a bet on how many points Ben is worth to a fantasy roster, which is not the same bet as who wins. Points come from missions, shields, surviving the Round Table and calling a Traitor correctly, so a loud player who gets banished in episode six can outscore a quiet one who reaches the end.
Ranked before the premiere, from the cast announcement and nothing else. Nobody involved has seen a frame of the season.
BEFORE THEY PLAYEDWanted the cloak
Ben asked for the cloak before filming. That is appetite, not an assignment: casting decides, and plenty who campaign for it spend the season Faithful. What it does tell you is that Ben arrived willing to lie, which is the harder half to fake, and that a Faithful Ben is a player whose instincts point the wrong way at every Round Table.
What they told the cameras before filming, not a spoiler and not a prediction. Casting decides who wears the cloak.
IN THE CASTLE
A shared age, home state or trade is the first shortcut a Round Table reaches for.
- At 34, the only player in the castle that age, and above the cast median of 33. The full cast runs from 23 to 65.
- One of two players from Texas.Kim Daily
- Sixteen of the twenty-two said before filming that they wanted the cloak. These are the other fifteen.Arisa ThomasClyde MoserJay VinnedgeJoe VanellaKatie FitesKim DailyKriste LewisLogan SmithMichael FooteNiyyah HayesShane BeattySherry KuehlTomica AdamsVictor VollbrechthausenXavier Scruggs
Counted from the twenty-two announced players, not from anything that has happened. The season has not started.
FUN FACTS
Traded real prize-pot gold for a clue with Michael that pointed straight at Katie's secret recruitment.
MomentEP 3