BBC’s The Rap Game has made another shocking twist which sees Krept, Konan and DJ Target completely re-shuffle the leader board.
The unexpected move sent shockwaves through the competition leaving the contestants visibly horrified.
The shock twist unfolded during the pivotal ranking segment of the episode where each week the contestants will await feedback on their performances.
Every episode the host assess the week’s lyrical battles, studio sessions and stage presence.
The stakes were high following a never seen before challenge as all seven contestants took to Leeds festival to perform a track that featured all of the artists.
Previously speaking to The Sun about the new challenge, DJ Target revealed: “There is a moment where the guys, for the first time ever we take them to one of the major UK festivals, and they perform on stage as one of the challenges and that, like for me, I had goosebumps at the time because it was like, we’ve never done it before and they absolutely smashed it.”
All seven contestants ended up impressing the judges leading to a difficult ranking scenario.
“Going into the final week we’ve done something we’ve never done on The Rap Game.” DJ Target began.
“The Leeds Festival performances were a tight call and split our decision.
“But after a second look at the footage and seeing how the artists worked the crowd, we decided to change up the rankings.” host Krept added.
While both the top two and bottom two remained unchanged it was the middle rankings that resulted in a major switch around.
Contestant Only Zizou ended up at number five dropping down two places and CBliminal and Cam Keddy moved up the ranking to 4th and 3rd place.
The judging trio defended their controversial decision by emphasising the importance of stage presence in the challenge.
“We had to look at yesterday’s crowd responses and maybe you just didn’t quite shine as much as some of the guys who were ahead of you.”
Newly appointed 3rd place contestant Cam Keddy, said: “So that was a flipping plot twist but it benefited me and I’m back on the podium, stakes are high for this one, Its all or nothing.”
As the contestants prepare for their next challenge they’ll have to prove that they can handle the pressure in a bid to reclaim their spots on the leader board.
“These are the last official rankings and there’s only two challenges left before the final. So artists need to pattern up and show us just how hungry they are to make it here.” Krept added.
