User:Pikalin38/Fictional Ben and Toad's Contest 8

Season 8 of Ben and Toad's Contest will start on February 6, 2016. 84 contestants will participate with a 31-week airing. Notable events that will happen include Euro 2016, the 2016 Indy 500: The 100th Anniversary and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2016 IndyCar season
The season will be extended to BATC season 9, BATC fans said.

Schedule
Germany: Can we move Fontana from June to maybe... October, September, March or November? To avoid all this hot weather in June? (Lee Sang-Hwa after finishing 23rd at MAVTV 500). Fontana should be the ending instead of Boston, German fans said; but BATC suggested the ending to be in California, either Sonoma, Fontana or Laguna Seca. The Germans decided to keep St Petersburg as the opener and the last race to be after Boston; the venue for the season 8 BATC finals. The experienced Germany IndyCar squad will have Birdo and Yoshi again named to the squad for the fourth consecutive IndyCar season. Lee Sang-Hwa and Nicolien Sauerbreij will also be named for the Germany squad driving for Will Power. Germany's national team will not have Helio Castroneves named for the first time since the 2012 season.

Czech Republic: Cancel the NOLA race and also cancel Barber Motorsports Park for the 2016 season. The Czech squad, mostly containing of Ueli Kestenholz and Garbine Muguruza, will say Fontana as the season ending in September. The team captain Ueli Kestenholz, turning 41 on May 10, has confirmed to cheer for Charlie Kimball; the driver they had been cheering since the season in 2011.

Italy: Move the Grand Prix of NOLA to March as it was inclement weather last year, and move Detroit to July for some better weather. Italia liked Germany's predicted schedule, as St Petersburg is the opener for the fifth consecutive year. Italy and Russia will drive together full time for the first time since the 2013 season.

Russia: Have all the IndyCar rounds stay in the United States. We want no Toronto round. Confirmed before the death of Bianchi, Italy and Russia will drive together full time for the first time since the 2013 season. Russia, along with Poland, cannot qualify for May 10 birthdays if host nation Honduras qualifies. Russia suggested postponing the Grand Prix of St Pete from March 20 to March 21 for inclement weather.

Honduras: We're 41 on the 10th of May that year. And if we can qualify for Today's Birthdays May 10 we can play Germany, whose driver is Will Power in 2016. Honduras would like St Petersburg as their opener and Fontana should be moved to better weather, Germany said. Honduras is set to race IndyCar full time for the first time since 2013.

Sweden: The Swedes confirmed that St Petersburg is cancelled for 2016 as less money was the reason. No Sepang PLEASE, Germany! But if Germany decided to keep the St Pete race, that was the reason why Phoenix will not return in 2016.

Colombia: The IndyCar points leader after Fontana suggested postponing the Grand Prix of Indianapolis to May 15. Colombia will enter the Indianapolis 500 as the defending champion. During the Women's World Cup final, Colombia decided to have the opener not Phoenix, but... St Petersburg again!

Indy 500
The defending champions are Colombia, who won the Indy 500 in 2015. This will be the first Indy 500 without Justin Wilson as he died in August 2015.

Germany is the defending champion for the 2016 Pit Stop Challenge. The Germans will not defend their title with Helio Castroneves as Honduras chose him instead. The Germans will instead participate for Will Power.

2016

 * No Cleveland.....


 * The BATC announced that the race at NOLA will be moved to Switzerland.
 * St Pete is moved back two weeks from March 27 to March 13, to clash with the Italy-Russia birthday round.
 * Germany will move Auto Club original date to Sweden, because Auto Club's not returning to the 2016 IndyCar season. Germany will also not be present for the NASCAR race there in 2016; replaced by Estonia.
 * Auto Club Speedway won't come back in 2016 due to poor sales and not finding a date.
 * Toronto is moved to July back in 2016, before the 2016 Summer Olympics; this time becoming a doubleheader instead of a single race; but BATC said it's single header instead.
 * AS NOLA is not returning to the 2016 schedule, BATC suggested having comebacks of other NASCAR ovals.
 * Sonoma will happen two days before Juan Pablo Montoya's 41st birthday.
 * The Germany national IndyCar team announced that the race in Mexico will be cancelled.
 * Road America's BACK!!!!!!!!!
 * The return of Phoenix is known to be on April 2, 2016.
 * Due to Justin Wilson's death, Germany reported a no-return to Miami International Speedway.
 * The Netherlands suggested having Sonoma and not Boston as the 2016 season finale. Might be on BATC season 9 early weeks.
 * Sonoma will be the 2016 season finale.
 * If IndyCar doesn't have a race on the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, the Netherlands will accept a wildcard for the event.
 * The BATC event in Italy will replace the race scheduled to be held in Mexico.
 * After the NASCAR Chase race was postponed, Bulgaria suggested postponing St Pete to March 14.
 * Season 1 contestant Helio Castroneves cried after Mexico wasn't on the 2016 schedule. After that, Honduras won 2-0 against 2016 IndyCar underdogs Bulgaria.
 * For the first time since the 2010 FIFA World Cup, there isn't Milwaukee Mile on the schedule.
 * Without Milwaukee, Marshtomp, Combusken and Grovyle are set to enter the IndyCar Series season for the first time since 2012.
 * Serbia, Poland, South Korea and Japan will host the Indy 500 qualifying on May 22 since Aleshin and Djokovic will turn 29 and Ohno will turn 34.
 * The 2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis will be hosted by Netherlands (Emmitt Smith), Scotland (Andy Murray) and India (Maneesh Gupta). This will be the first GP of Indy not to be hosted by Germany.
 * France will host Firestone 600 through Iowa Speedway, due to the UEFA Euro being held there.
 * Mid Ohio will be hosted by Belarus and Turkey as Azarenka turns 27 that day.
 * The Open Test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 8 will be hosted by Honduras, because Helio Castroneves turns 41 on Tuesday.
 * Colombia hosts the IndyCar finale due to Montoya's birthday being two days after the finale.

Host countries:


 * March 13: 🇮🇹/🇷🇺
 * April 2: 🇪🇸
 * April 17: 🇫🇷
 * April 24: 🇧🇬
 * May 8 (Open Test):
 * May 14: //🇮🇳
 * May 29:


 * June 4: 🇪🇸
 * June 5: 🇪🇸
 * June 11: 🇫🇷
 * June 26: 🇫🇷
 * July 10: 🇫🇷
 * July 17: 🇨🇦


 * July 31: 🇧🇾/🇹🇷
 * August 21: 🇧🇷
 * September 4: 🇺🇸
 * September 18: 🇨🇴

Drivers participating

 * will have to participate with a different driver as their usual one died. In 2016, Switzerland chose Max Chilton.
 * James Hinchcliffe will return from injury.
 * The season six champion, Juan Pablo Montoya, will continue his racing career.
 * Bulgaria returns to the series for the first time since replacing Honduras at St Pete in 2009; the team was in legal trouble and was about to lose against the Swedish team.
 * Despite the Euro 2016 failure, Netherlands returns to full time racing for the first time since Honduras/Paraguay were eliminated from DWTS season 15 in week 3.
 * Denmark returns for the first time in motorsports since Jiroemon Kimura's death.
 * Sweden returns to full time for the first time since 2012.
 * Honduras returns for the first time since 2013.
 * Poland returns to full time racing for the first time since Portugal/Paraguay (Helio Castroneves) won DWTS season 5. The Rolex 24 2016 pole-sitters chose Aleshin as their driver since it borders Russia.
 * After the Turkey national football team qualified for Euro 2016, Turkey returns to full time IndyCar racing for the first time since 2013.
 * Serbia will drive full time for the first time since 2013.
 * For the first time since 2008, Belgium will race full time after the Belgium national football team topped the FIFA Rankings as of November 2015.
 * All Eeveelutions expect Sylveon return to playing for Romania for the first time since 2013.
 * The wildcard entrants for all of the 16 races will be the Netherlands and Greece, because both sides made the 2014 World Cup round of 16 but failed to qualify for Euro 2016. Surprisingly, one of the Kalos starters, Froakie, is in the Dutch team.
 * Serbia is also entering all 16 races as a wildcard despite failing to qualify for Euro 2012, 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016.
 * Gabby Chaves loses his seat at Bryan Herta Autosport.
 * Stefano Coletti leaves the series to the European Le Mans Series - in which Aleshin raced last year.

24 Hours of Le Mans
The Netherlands, who failed to qualify for Euro 2016, will accept a wildcard into the event. Iceland and Albania will compete if either Will Power, Helio Castroneves or Juan Montoya are entered.

All 24 Euro 2016 qualified countries are scheduled to participate. Floatzel returns for the first time since the 2010 FIFA World Cup while Buizel will return for the first time since Euro 2012.

Mudkip qualifies if: Since Scott Dixon and Bourdais are entered, BATC will see Mudkip at the event. There is a 100% chance that BATC gives tickets to all 42 BATC season 1 contestants.
 * Helio Castroneves (HON) is entered.
 * Will Power (AUS/GER) is entered.
 * Scott Dixon (UKR)  is entered.
 * Sebastien Bourdais (BIH) is in the race.

Contestants
With the age restricted to 14, contestants had to be born in 2001 or earlier in order to participate. 42 contestants are scheduled to participate; and have at least two contestants from the host country of the 2016 Summer Olympics that have not competed on the show yet; a couple contestants represented Brazil between season one and season seven. There will be at least 20 DWTS contestants on the American version that have not competed on BATC yet, but it was announced after the death of Justin Wilson at the age of 37. Due to Juan Montoya not competing at the 2016 Rolex 24, it was shortened from 84 to 42 contestants (which is the same number of BATC season 1 contestants).

Eugenie Bouchard will not compete in season 8, as her ranking was slipped from seventh to out of the top 40 in 2015. Other tennis players scheduled to not compete are Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta. Irina Begu is scheduled to not compete either. 2015 IndyCar rookies Gabby Chaves and Stefano Coletti aren't scheduled to compete either. Following SJAM's exams, the Guptas were announced to be contestants.

Despite losing in the votes to be a DWTS season 15 contestant to Sabrina Bryan, Kressley is scheduled to compete in season 8.

User:Pikalin38/Fictional Ben and Toad's Contest 9 will air at Sonoma on September 17, 2016.

Week 1: Opening Ceremony

 * Air date: February 6, 2016
 * Task Scope: For the sixth consecutive season, the opening ceremony will be hosted by a different country in a season. In season 8, Romania will host it.
 * Winning team: Poison
 * Cause of win: The women discussed about Will Power for sports cars with the season 1 contestants. As the list went through, they had suggested him for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans. Because of IndyCar not clashing, Salamence's guys are allowed to travel to the event.
 * Losing team: Steel
 * Cause of loss: The men didn't discuss very well, and chose Dragonite to be off the Phoenix IndyCar testing list.
 * Fired: Rubens Barrichello - for not participating in Romania and sent off the Stock Car Brasil list.
 * Notes:
 * Multiple contestants died before the season 8 ceremony, so all of them will be held in funerals, including Justin Wilson. This also includes David Bowie, who died on the weekend of the Roar Before the Rolex 24.
 * BATC reported that season 1 chose to participate in the opening ceremony in Romania, then fly to Phoenix for their testing the day after the results show.
 * Due to Pokemon's 20th anniversary, teams had to be one of the 18 Pokemon types.

Week 2

 * Air date: February 13, 2016
 * Task Scope: Teams will travel to Italy instead of Mexico to pursue BATC a season 1 dialog.
 * Winning team: Poison
 * Losing team: Steel
 * Fired: Maneesh Gupta - for not receiving the format BATC season 8 was given. He was instead given the season 7 format.
 * Notes:
 * Due to the task for the weekend, season 1 decided to stay in the USA for IndyCar testing.
 * All 42 season 1 contestants all got the "What type is Volcarona?" question wrong. They all guessed Bug/Dark.

Week 3: Daytona 500

 * Air date: February 20, 2016
 * Task Scope: BATC will head to Daytona for preparations for the 500. Season 1 decided to participate in Phoenix instead.
 * Winning team: Poison
 * Cause of win: All of them decided to play at Indianapolis. The women were quiet, as the season 1 side were entirely there.
 * Losing team: Steel
 * Cause of loss: For the third consecutive week, the men were struggling to win a task. They didn't do well, as they all decided to go to the Daytona 500 automatically instead of seeing the Pennzoil livery run by the Honduras national team.
 * Fired: Jon Lovitz - for not doing well in the Daytona 500 with his country.
 * Notes:
 * Honduras announced a livery for the 2016 Indy 500.
 * Skiddo changed the title from "Yelio Submarine" to "Larvesta Submarine". This was because Skiddo wants to name it from the "Helio Castroneves' Submarine" to the "Pokemon Submarine".
 * This was the third consecutive BATC task the men failed to win.

Week 4: Phoenix Test and Arm Melter 25

 * Air date: February 27, 2016
 * Task Scope: BATC will head to Phoenix for the 2016 Phoenix IndyCar Open. Season ones all opted not to participate at Arm Melter 25 expect Iran's Allen Ford. Ford will be representing a different country since Iran is banned from the event. Can Steel finally win a task, but Poison won that week....
 * Winning team: Poison
 * Cause of win: The women discussed with the majority of season 1 contestants at Phoenix International Raceway.
 * Losing team: Steel
 * Cause of loss: The men struggled again with the majority of students (including Tancos, Mohamed, and Marshall) suffering injuries in Phoenix.
 * Fired: Adam Tancos - for not doing well in Phoenix; and mainly struggling with injuries and mechanical problems.
 * Notes:
 * All BATC season 1 42 contestants expect Allen Ford declined to participate in Arm Melter 25. Everyone expect Allen Ford will attend the Phoenix Open.
 * Due to Pokémon celebrating it's 20th anniversary, BATC officials banned all released Pokemon in Shuffle (including the Snivy, Oshawott, Piplup, Turtwig lines and Metagross) from attending.
 * Season 2 was banned from Arm Melter 25 for the death of David Bowie.
 * Mikhail Aleshin will not be participating due to his visa and will be replaced by Gabby Chaves.
 * Additionally, Season 1 fans were sad about the doubles winning streak of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza.
 * Pokemon Sun and Moon will be in Generation VII.

Week 5: 118th Birthday, Prayers for Feek and Crowe

 * Air date: March 5, 2016
 * Task Scope: Teams will be in St. Petersburg, Florida for the dead Misao Okawa's 118th birthday. The teams will also pray for Martin Crowe, who died Thursday. During the weekend, teams decided to pray for Joey Feek.
 * Winning team: Steel
 * Cause of win: The men did well with the prayers for Feek and Crowe. Decided to go to the southern part of Florida for more evaluation, the men finally won a BATC task.
 * Losing team: Poison
 * Cause of loss: The women struggled. The team couldn't find where the men where and were lapped by the men many times in the event.
 * Fired: Cho Nin Aye - for not doing all of her work BATC had given her. It was mostly math work because she was part of Pamela Gupta's Grade nine Locally Developed Math class. BATC gave her a Canada jersey instead of what she wanted, a Colombian jersey.
 * Notes:
 * The season 4 cast decided to change the title to "Pray for Juan Pablo Montoya. September 20, 1975 - March 4, 2016".
 * One of the prayers for BATC, Feek was born 11 days before Montoya.

Week 6: St Pete Week

 * Air date: March 12, 2016
 * Task Scope: Teams will head to St Petersburg, Florida for the first race of the 2016 IndyCar Series season. All 8 seasons will be attending the event, including season 1's Allen Ford. BATC decided to do the Empower Learning Strategies event at the race for those who are born after Belinda Bencic.
 * Winning team: Poison
 * Cause of win: The women handled well with Power's illness. They had decided to gave the season 1 cast a prayer for Power, who was battling an ear infection. After that, the women told the season 1s that Power did not have a concussion.
 * Losing team: Steel
 * Cause of loss: They caused a crash on lap 46 with Marshall crashing his fellow SJAM member Maneesh Gupta, who was already eliminated from the show.
 * Fired: Cameron Marshall - for failing all of his Empower. He didn't pass the first round of qualifying of the race either with his school squad. Marshall decided to send Larvesta a Hungarian submarine instead of the Hitachi Submarine the season 1s own.
 * Notes:
 * Honduras, with a squad containing Pokemon, will enter IndyCars for the first time since 2013.
 * BATC decided to ban every contestant (including Sharapova) from the BNP Paribas Open.
 * This is one of the scheduled races out of three for Team Peru, for Indy Lights champion Spencer Pigot.
 * This will be Poland's second race back from Aleshin's IndyCar crash in season four's finale.
 * This will be the first race back for Helio Castroneves and Honduras' IndyCar team after a near-death report at the Race of the Stars.
 * Salamence reported that season 1 contestants (expect Allen Ford) aren't allowed to travel to any other location than the IndyCar location.
 * The field will include two BATC champions, Simon Pagenaud and Juan Pablo Montoya, both of Team Penske.
 * BATC fans complained about the Sharapova drug abuse.
 * Wildcard entrants Netherlands, Serbia and Greece will also compete in St. Petersburg.
 * Season 1 had almost decided to go to the BNP Paribas Open over St. Petersburg for the weekend.
 * Will Power is ill, so Oriol Servia will drive for him in the last practice.
 * Juan Pablo Montoya, the defending race winner, spun in the tires in turn 7 in the last practice, so therefore season 1 gets the point.
 * Juan Pablo Montoya won the race.
 * Had Will Power start, Gilles Marini would have been on and Magearna out.

Week 7: 2016 Math Open at Indian Wells

 * Air date: March 19, 2016
 * Task Scope: BATC season 1 will do some math at Indian Wells while watching both finals.
 * Winning team: Steel
 * Cause of win: The men did well with the season 1 contestants with the math. They had estimated that Will Power should have competed at the Indian Wells Math tournament had he start at St. Pete.
 * Losing team: Poison
 * Cause of loss: They struggled, as most of the members of the women expect Chonlada struggled in the challenge. Most of them had early exits.
 * Fired: Teliana Pereira - for falling at Indian Wells this early.
 * Notes:
 * BATC announced that the 2016 Swiss Open will be held from December 12-25. It will contain a 128-singles men/women's main singles draw with the Pokemon tournament included.
 * It will be the same from the Grand Slams of Tennis. There will be 32 seeds and no byes in the first round. Instead all contestants will play first round.
 * The women's final will be December 24.
 * The men's final will be December 25.
 * There will be a doubles draw, same with the Grand Slams.
 * Qualifying will be held from December 5-9.
 * The singles and Pokemon draws will be held December 11 at 18:30 CST.
 * Cameron Marshall, Cho Nin Aye, Christeena Hill, Rhea Bergeron, Faisal Mohammed and Adam Tancos will not enter due to their age restriction; meaning that they can only play BATC tournaments in Canada and the IndyCar series.
 * In order to participate, players had to be born before the 2000 Olympics in Australia, which was part of the OFC.

Week 8

 * Air date: March 26, 2016
 * Task Scope: Due to IndyCar's off weekend, season 1 had decided to play at the Miami Open and the other six seasons had decided to play at the Richmond track.
 * Winning team: Poison
 * Cause of win: The women had discussed with the season 1s about which one they can go: Miami Open final or IndyCar race at Phoenix. The women chose Miami Open final; but the season 1s decided to put Phoenix for them.
 * Losing team: Steel
 * Cause of loss: The men didn't care with the 42 season 1 contestants. They all chose NASCAR instead of IndyCar.
 * Fired: Thomaz Bellucci - for not doing the right thing; he chose to travel to Phoenix instead of playing the the ATP Tour.
 * Notes:
 * BATC announced that all 42 season 1 contestants will attend Phoenix.
 * BATC announced a new tour event in Slovakia, which is called the Slovakia Open, which will start in 2017, in April.

Week 9: Phoenix Grand Prix and Misao Okawa's Anniversary

 * Air date: April 2, 2016
 * Task Scope: BATC will travel to Phoenix International Raceway. BATC will also announce the "One Year Without Misao Okawa" at the event since April 1 has track activity.
 * Winning team: Steel
 * Cause of win: The men celebrated Dixon's win.
 * Losing team: Poison
 * Cause of loss: They disliked the record-breaking lap by Honduras. They also liked the Carlos Munoz crash.
 * Fired: Christeena Hill - for talking about the Flat tires of Castroneves/Montoya that caused sending offs.
 * Notes:
 * Season 1 decided to skip the Miami Open final because of a scheduling conflict; they have IndyCar track activity.
 * This will be first oval race of the season.
 * Honduras won the pole, their first since 2013 and their first since 2012 with Castroneves.
 * Due to the spin by Munoz in qualifying, Magearna has been ruled out and either Zekrom or Apolo Ohno will come in.

Week 10

 * Air date: April 9, 2016
 * Task Scope: BATC season 1 will be sent somewhere else in the USA, while the other seasons will stay in the USA to focus on the funeral of speed skater Noh Jin-Kyu.
 * Winning team: Steel
 * Cause of win: The men did well, as they had a picture of Noh in the BATC Funeral Service that will take place in Long Beach next weekend.
 * Losing team: Poison
 * Cause of loss: The women asked season 1 if they can go to Monte Carlo for the final. The season 1's said "Everyone's not going. We all have Long Beach.".
 * Fired: Rhea Bergeron - for not doing her work and not doing the right stuff with her fellow SJAM students
 * Notes:
 * Apolo Anton Ohno would have participated if:
 * Helio Castroneves didn't get the tire problem and instead finished top 10 at Phoenix.
 * Noh Jin-Kyu not die.
 * But due to Rossi's spin in the final laps, Apolo Anton Ohno was given a berth.

Week 11: Long Beach

 * Air date: April 16, 2016
 * Task Scope: BATC heads to Long Beach for the third race. If neither Hélio Castroneves nor Juan Pablo Montoya rebound from their Phoenix problem, then BATC will not give them an automatic berth to the Swiss Open. Since Honduras won the pole, there is a qualifying berth for them.
 * Winning team: No team
 * Cause of loss: IndyCar had issues with the live timing and scoring for qualifying.
 * Fired: No contestant - because there were issues with the Race Control saying that the race is 50 laps. Sometimes it was 80 laps.
 * Notes:
 * Reshiram will be in due to Novak Djokovic's loss to Vesely at Monte Carlo. Due to this, Romania get an automatic qualifying berth for the 2016 Swiss Open.
 * BATC announced the sending off of Pamela Anderson two days prior to the first practice. She was replaced by Reshiram in the race.
 * Neither Heliolisk nor Helioptile will attend the event due to visa problems.
 * But due to Caroline Wozniacki's injury, Heliolisk attended the race and eventually played Helio Castroneves in the first and second round of qualifying.
 * Honduras' team won back-to-back poles the first time this season.
 * This was Hélio Castroneves' first back-to-back poles since Barber and Long Beach last year representing Germany.
 * In qualifying round 2, Croatia originally qualified over Honduras for the Fast Six, but due to issues; they were eventually eliminated.
 * Neither Ueli Kestenholz nor Sceptile qualified for round 2 of Long Beach qualifying; this marked the first time 2015 that this happened.
 * This was caution-free for the first time since season 2 at Mid Ohio in the late weeks.
 * With France, Denmark, Ukraine, Honduras, and Colombia already booking Swiss Open tickets, Japan qualified.
 * The podium (Pagenaud, Dixon and Castroneves) was the same from the race's starting three.
 * Every time Race Control had issues Volcarona had to battle Pokemon that resist the Serb.

Week 12: Barber and 2016 Indianapolis 500 Voting

 * Air date: April 23, 2016
 * Task Scope: Since Sven Kramer and Kelly Clarkson's birthdays are this weekend, both countries host qualifying. The 2016 Indianapolis 500 Voting will involve a 128-match format, with the tournament lasting from April 18 until May 23; which is Spain's 40th birthday. The seeds will be top 32 in the BATC rankings (men or women) of April 3, 2016.
 * Winning team: Poison
 * Cause of win:
 * Losing team: Steel
 * Cause of loss:
 * Fired: Faisal Mohammed - for not pacing up with the other SJAM students.
 * Notes:
 * Season 1 decided to skip the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final.
 * Season 1 also decided to skip every tennis final until the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
 * Had Montoya qualify for round 2 of qualifying, Dratini would have been eliminated from Round 2.
 * Had Honduras qualify for round 3 of qualifying, Apolo Anton Ohno would have been eliminated from round 3; but since Honduras were out in round 2, Ohno got that spot.
 * France won the pole.

Week 13: Season 1/Season 6 Country Switch

 * Air date: April 30, 2016
 * Task Scope: The seasons will be in a different place than Boston.