BMN Superfan - episode 8, season 2

With only five contestants left, the competition is getting intense.  "This may have started out as fun, but that fun has been taken out of it," summarizes Adam.  "We are all trying to win it now.  I especially want this because of my love for hunting and fishing, and that essentially is what happens at Camp Paradise."

For the next challenge, they return to the North Carolina State Fairgrounds for something essential to super-fandom: an autograph session.  The contestants pose as stars from the "movies" they made in the last challenge and try to gain the attention of potential fans in whatever way they can.  Adam picks up a guitar and sings about UFOs, Bobbington ditches the comedy-writer gimmick and goes all-out detective, ButtaFly rocks the look with dark sunglasses and a trenchcoat, Tim surrounds his booth with fake trees and butterflies while wearing a medieval knight's outfit, and Deb dresses as a bride - in the same wedding dress she wore when she married some 30 years earlier.  The judging criteria include total number of autographs, quality of displays, and fan comments.

Using their related characters, ButtaFly and Bobbington form an alliance to try to "steal" autographs from their opponents, calling themselves the "Soul Patrol."  "Yeah, like that's original," Adam complains.  Meanwhile, Adam wonders why UFOs aren't spotted anymore: "Maybe aliens think we're such a lost cause they don't want to help us."

The results are somewhat surprising: Despite the presence of the alliance, Adam actually picks up the most autographs and is safe, moving on to the semifinal episode.  ButtaFly and Bobbington then battle in the deliberation room, blaming each other for letting someone else win the challenge.  Meanwhile, Tim also gets a grilling, due to what judge Brandon McLamb calls "a design any third-grader could do.  But this is not third grade, it's a competition show."  Brandon adds, "We can easily go a lot of ways with [the elimination]."

Eventually, the decision is made to send home Bobbington Brandt.  "Not only did your clothes turn off a lot of the fans, all you did was argue against your opponents instead of defending your own place in the game," McLamb explains.  In confessional, the former linebacker admits that "looking back, this was not a good idea."