Solitary 3.0 Returns with New Twist & Tortures

Solitary is back for version 3.0 to torture and "experiment" with 10 new victims. On Solitary 3.0 contestants are placed into separate pods, alone and without any knowledge of who their competitors are. Tonight the third season began with a new twist, two people start per pod with one being removed before the game even officially begins. The show has a range of characters with one being a strange man who built his own pod... preparing for the show. As the contestants entered the pod they found themselves with a partner. All were a bit shocked by their non-empty pod but were told they would soon be entering solitary alone and this would be the last human interaction they have before they leave the game. RobRob, the crazy fan guy, tried all the treatments ever on the show and obviously is ready for the game. He seems a bit psycho and will surely be a force to reckon with.

As the players got to know their partners, they were told they had to compete to stay in the game. The weakest would not enter Solitary but rather leave the game before the game even begins. Each of the 10 players were told that Solitary was worse then the road to hell as they had to earn their right to stay. In order to pass the first test they had to ally with the person in their pod, running laps around a rock covered path. The three teams who completed the most laps in thirty minutes would fill in six of the pods while the two remaining teams would fight to stay. All started off well, running around the path.... well all but the yellow pod who walked most the way. After the first round Val let them all know that their first laps, with shoes, was just round one. They then had to take off their shoes for round two and all set off to run around the rocks again. All complained this time around but socks had to be removed for the final round. Nobody was excited for this one but pushed through the pain just to start the game. When all rounds were said and done the pink, brown and green pods were the winners and guaranteed themselves a spot in the nine pods. Yellow and orange were the last two teams and had to race individually for the right to stay.

The two pods then faced off against each other with both on the rocks. The team that completed the most laps would win a stay in Solitary and both started running. With two on the course at once it was harder then before and most stumbled their way through the rocks. With the fourth round over it was either Orange or Yellow staying but it was first time to give the early winners their last few minutes with their team mate. While some turned on their partners others hugged and left. With those splitting up it was time for the results of the next solitary victims and Orange won it out. One of the players from yellow would be the first to go but first the eight contestants entered their new home. Both from yellow then entered the red pod for their task to stay. The pod was filled with locks and had to simply unlock eight locks to stay. Thing was, Val would be giving them the combinations one by one, meaning it was all about lock. After she had seven locks chained to her arm, Jen became the first person to quit before the game even began. She didn't actually HAVE to quit, just lose the challenge but in the end the pain was too much for Jen, giving her partner the ninth spot in the game.

With all the players now set it was time to "rename" the players. No this isn't like Flavor of Love, they were receiving a number and had to discover their own numbers by ripping the walls off... literally. All were happy with their numbers, some too happy. 4 was obsessed with being number 4 simply because his whole life has been to love the number 4. You guessed it, this is RobRob, the crazy super fan. Then it was time for everyone to learn some info about their fellow competitors. It was somewhat vague and selected info and allowed others to make fun of people they don't even know. Pod 8's husband died in jail yet some still decided to make fun of it. Just shows how pointless some of the show is but still, the rest is fun. Before the first treatment even began the guests started to freak out from boredom. Some rapped, others moaned and some just talked to themselves in the mirror. They weren't given food, sleep or anything to do for God knows how long and I'm sure some were waiting for the first treatment to begin.

As some fell asleep on the floor a buzzer sounded, keeping them up for sure. With over 24 hours without sleep or "real" food it was time for some feeding. Ass bars for their first meal in solitary and it tastes, supposedly, just like the name. As they ate it was time to turn up the heat, pushing them to their limits and testing for the weak. While some were close to the edge, all were somewhat breaking but luckily Val gave them all a personal item to keep them occupied in the downtime. Sad thing is, most wanted to quit already which proves disheartening for the rest of the game. Pod 2 said he wanted to quit as he is out of his environment and uncomfortable so Val gave him a call from home!?!?!? Um why does he get one and nobody else? It's strange they would give one of the players a call so early but hey if they want a guy to stay apparently they'll do anything. He talked to his dad and he wanted to stay, thanks to Val and her giving in to the pod members. Seems like Val does have a hear for her players though and gave Pod 1 a call to her daughter, whose birthday was that day. Not sure how some need the phone calls so early, or if Val will give these out all season, but seems Val may have gotten soft over the extended season break.

With over 36 hours without sleep it was time for Val's first treatment. The team who completed the most revolutions in the initial challenge did not have to compete in the treatment and moved on in the game. RobRob and his buddy from the initial Pink pod were safe and crazy guy got a bit more crazy. Everyone else then started their next torture task which was rather simple. They had to simply sit on a stool without getting up or touching the floor. The first to remove themselves from the stool would be removing them self from the game. After everyone passed the stool seat it was time for their next seat, a bike seat. Nobody liked the bike seat too much but not enough press the red button. Everyone survived the bike seat as well and time for a bowling ball. Not sure exactly how you can sit on a bowling ball, or how it would feel, but I'm sure its not a good feeling. Somehow they all pulled through with that one and the next round proved even harder: a four inch octagon. Its the shape of Val and many felt weird sitting on her "face". Now if you thought the bowling ball was painful, this one was sure enough much worse as humans cannot generally support their weight on their butts. Val knows this obviously and that's the whole point of the task.

Three of the players: Pod 3, odd 6 and Pod 9 were shown struggling in pain and it was obvious they wouldn't last much longer. All three pushed the red button within seconds of each other and it was time for one of them to leave. The first to push the button and quit was 6 aka Trizz, sending him home and out of his Solitary pod. He went on the show to tell the world to "stop burying themselves on circuit boards" which is funny considering the show he is on all revolves around technology. With 6 out of the game the others had no clue, meaning they continued their "treatment". Who will leave next time? We'll have to turn in next Saturday to find out as Solitary 3.0 continues following one of their best episodes in all three seasons.