Sauna Showdown: Rules Explanation

[COMMERCIAL BREAK]

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[CONTESTANT POV]

Nina and Giovanna, already feeling thoroughly exposed from their undressing scenarios, are beckoned into the sauna. Their respective crew members are instructed to place their bikinis in the towel bin until the round ends.

Melissa does so without problem, though not before causing Nina to blush by loudly reading the label of the size of her bikini bottoms and making a jab about how "a big girl needs bigger clothes than these" in front of everyone.

Michael is about to follow suit before seeing that he's suddenly empty-handed. Gio snatched the wetsuit from behind him and snuck over to the wardrobe specialist, Lisa.

Gio whispers, "Please, I'm begging you, Lisa, to fix it before Mic- before everyone can see it! I can get you dirt on anyone you want, so please!"

Lisa examined the wetsuit, noticing that it was more "wet" than "suit" because of the stain on the bottom, and giggled heartily. The French woman deduces who caused this mess but is not one to betray a secret.

She whispers, "Oui, mademoiselle Giovanna. I, too, am from the city of love, and I think it's healthy for you to embrace your desires~". Lisa skips away like a fairy godmother to see if she has enough thread to cover the ass-shaped tear in the wetsuit, leaving a speechless, red-faced Giovanna.

[CAMERA PANS AROUND THE SAUNA]

As the blushing girls enter, a familiar, flirty voice booms through the microphone. "Welcome...to...the Sauna Showdown~!"

It's a work of art by Melissa with different wooden colors for each plank. There's a bench in the center, with a division separated by the blue and pink colors for the tribes. At the ends of each bench is a small black stove filled with grey stones. Three walls feature see-through glass, with the back wall having two doors behind each side of the bench. These doors lead to the snow room, the only place the contestants can't see, but the ceiling-mounted cameras can. There are hidden heatproof cameras since the normal film crew can't be in the piping-hot saunas.

[CEILING CAMERA AT DOWNWARD ANGLE]

Nina and Gio look upward, across from their bench. A ceiling-mounted camera shows the back of Jezebel's head looking down at Nina and Gio as the girls look up at her. The downward angle captures a substantial amount of all three women's cleavage under their towels.

Jez demonstrates her sauna experience by sitting on a much hotter, higher bench, dressed in only a towel. "Well, I felt it was only fair that I share your burden of only wearing a towel in here, so here I am in all my glory!" she proclaims, pretending to be sympathetic but loving the attention her body gets.

"Did you girls do your morning stretches?" Jez asks casually while lying sideways like a supermodel. "Being flexible helps out in the bedroom~!" she continues as she stretches her tanned leg upward. Gravity miraculously keeps her towel from exposing her pussy. The girls groan at Jez's thinly veiled shamelessness. Michael averts his eyes from his boss while blushing at her sexual innuendo.

"You've already read about the general rules of this game, so I'm going to describe what kind of 'challenges' I have in store for you today~! If you look over at the wall right behind you..." Jez motions to a wall-mounted TV above her bench. The TV suddenly turns on, and an energetic voice emits, "High energy! Move that body!"

[CONFESSIONAL: HANA]

Hana snort-laughs and asks, "Did you guys seriously get the rights to put Wii Fit Trainer in charge of this challenge?" She pauses, looking deep in thought, before saying, "Honestly? I'd Smash. Wait, are you guys still recording me!?"

[CEILING CAMERA AT DOWNWARD ANGLE]

Jez continues, "Every five minutes you're sweating it out in here, this TV will come on, and the 'Trainer' will prompt you girls to stand up". In front of the milky-skinned Trainer appears a 10-second countdown, the type seen before old movies.

"By the end of those 10 seconds, if you are standing, then you have accepted the challenge. But if you stubbornly stay sitting on your derriere, then..." Jez motions to Melissa, holding a small bowl of cold water. Melissa nods before pouring some water near a stove next to Jez.

Melissa feels the intense heat coming from the stove and instantly apologizes, "Shit, I went too overboard! Are you okay, Jez?" The hot rocks on the stove take in the cold water, paradoxically causing steam and humidity around Jez's side of the room to substantially increase, fogging Michael's glasses.

"Yee-owch!" Jez screams, nearly leaping out of her towel like a cartoon, the camera catching her breasts almost popping out. "Hot, hot, hot!" she says angrily, jumping off her bench and dropping her mic, her hand over her butt where the worst of the heat reached.

Jez starts rolling around on the floor as if she were on fire before realizing how childish she looks and stands up. "You better not film my ass while I take a dip!" she says to the film crew before rushing into the snow room for a skinny dip. A few crew members look saddened to lose that juicy footage as they shut the room's cameras off.

"Mel, you're in charge of explaining the rest as payment for this blunder!" She tosses her towel back into the room as the frosty door slams shut, confirming that the hostess is, in fact, in her birthday suit in the room right in front of the entire cast and crew.

Melissa picks up Jez's mic. "Uh, sorry about that, folks. I'll definitely get chewed out later". She sighs before continuing, "Where were we? Ah, right. If you decline the Trainer's challenge, your side of the bench will be increased by 20 degrees for the remaining 5 minutes until the next prompt appears. But, uh, I promise it won't be as hot as it was for Jez".

Over the sound of Melissa's voice, everyone can hear the sound of a big splash in the snow room, and Jez's muffled voice saying "Ahhh! That's better~!"

Melissa, relieved to hear Jez is okay yet embarrassed by how loudly she's talking, raises her voice to try to cover for her boss. "ON THE OTHER HAND, if you take the challenge..."

The TV comes back alive, showing an animation of the Wii Fit Trainer's down taunt, a pose where she is nearly doing the splits while touching her toes. Nina and Gio's faces turn pale at the prospect of having to be in such a precarious position while keeping their towels on.

Melissa laughs at one of the most difficult poses being chosen. "...Hehe, then you'll be doing one of these randomly generated poses for 1 full minute. You won't know what the Trainer wants you to do until you accept. Luckily, the pose you're seeing will never repeated."

She looks over to see the other constestants' faces (and boobs) pressed against the steamy glass windows. "None of you participating in the future rounds will be getting any hints by watching this round. Your challenges will be completely different."