Escape the Night season 3

Escape the Night
Season 3
Promotional poster for season three.
No. of contestants	10
Winners	Joey Graceffa Matthew Patrick Nikita Dragun
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	YouTube Red
Original release	June 21 (2018-06-21) – August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 2 Next → Season 4

The third season of Escape the Night premiered on June 21, 2018, through YouTube Red. The third season showcased a total of nine guests invited to do a seance with The Savant and required them to act and dress as various personas from the Late 70s. Once there, isolated from the outside world and tasked with surviving the night and escaping the historical era.

Cast and characters

Main characters

Guests from the third season of Escape the Night and their backgrounds

Guest	Role	Outcome
Joey Graceffa	The Savant	Escaped (Episode 10)
Matthew Patrick	The Detective
Nikita Dragun	The Troublemaker
Manny Mua	The Record Producer	Dead (Episode 9)
Rosanna Pansino	The Jet-Setter	Dead (Episode 8)
Safiya Nygaard	The Investigative Reporter	Dead (Episode 7)
Colleen Ballinger	The Disco Dancer	Dead (Episode 6)
Teala Dunn	The Super Spy	Dead (Episode 4)
Roi Fabito	The Daredevil	Dead (Episode 3)
JC Caylen	The Hippie	Dead (Episode 2)

Recurring Characters

• Jack O'Conner as Mortimer. The son of Mayor Janet and an inhabitant of the town of Everlock. He allied himself with the YouTubers before he was corrupted by the Psychedelic Swirl. As a result of his corruption, Mortimer betrayed the group by using the Carnival Artifacts they had collected to free The Carnival Master and was killed by him in return.
• Shontae Saldana as Calliope. She was a member of the Society Against Evil and an inhabitant of the town of Everlock after she locked the town in time. She allied herself with the YouTubers in their quest to defeat the Carnival Master. Calliope was killed by the Carnival Master after he was freed by Mortimer.
• Micah Fitzgerald as The Carnival Master. The main antagonist of Season 3 of Escape the Night.

Minor Characters

• Amy Johnston as Jael. A member of the Society Against Evil.
• Chris Wu as Ryu. A member of the Society Against Evil.
• Janet Wilson as Mayor Janet. She is the Mayor of Everlock and the mother of Mortimer. She was thrown off the balcony by a killer clown.
• Alejandra Cejudo as the Killer Clown Leader. The clown who welcomed the guests to Everlock and killed JC.
• Siri Miller as Cindy/The Snakewoman. One of The Carnival Master's guardians of the 8 artifacts. She guarded the Serpent's Eyes.
• Alexander Ward as Benjamin (The Man with No Name). The third guardian sent by the Carnival Master.
• Dean Jacobs (human form) and Brandon White (demon form) as The Strong Man. The fourth of The Carnival Master's guardians of the 8 artifacts.
• Donnabella Mortel as Veronica. She was The Strong Man's girlfriend.
• Roy Johnson and Sammy The Dwarf as The Twin Dolls.
• Dan Aho as Willie. One of the Carnival Master's guardians. He has four heads that represent joy, anger, sadness, and fear respectively.
• Aylya Marzolf as Sandra. One of the three witches, who were the Carnival Master's guardians.
• Jamie VanDyke as Belle. One of the three witches, who were the Carnival Master's guardians.
• Kaley Hatfield as Debra. One of the three witches, who were the Carnival Master's guardians.
• Denis Sheperd as Sam. He was Maria's brother and one of the three citizens of Everlock whose curse must be broken in order to cleanse the Wickerman Doll.
• Mary-Jessica Pitts and Linda Wolfe as Maria. She is one of the three citizens that was cursed by the witches who's curse must be broken in order to cleanse the Wickerman Doll. She is also the younger sister of Sam.
• Clark Moore as Nolan. He is one of the three citizens that was cursed by the witches who's curse must be broken in order to cleanse the Wickerman Doll. He is cursed to look like a pig.
• Alexander Ward as Demon Dog. One of two guardians of the eighth artifact. He is the pet of the Carnival Master's daughter, Lucy.
• Taylor Nicolette as Lucy. The Carnival Master's daughter, who once killed someone to earn her father's respect. Her pet and partner is the Demon Dog.

Guest progress

Legend:

  Guest escaped the third season of Escape the Night.

  Guest was voted into a challenge and won.

  Guest was selected as a partner for a challenge competitor and won, saving their partner.

  Guest was selected as a partner for a challenge competitor and lost, causing their partner to die.

  Guest was voted into a challenge and remained safe.

  Guest was declared safe from the challenge.

  Guest was declared to be revived from the Harp of Lazarus.

  Guest wasn't voted into a challenge but died.

  Guest was not voted into a challenge but instead voted to die.

  Guest was voted into a challenge and died.

  Guest was immune and unable to be voted into the challenge.

Escape The Night season 3 voting history

	1[1]	2[2]	3[3]	4[4]	5[5]	6[6]	7[7]	8[8]	9[9]	10[10]
Voted Players	(None)	JC Teala	Nikita Roi	Teala Rosanna	Manny Matthew	(None)	Manny Nikita	Joey Manny Matthew Rosanna	Manny Nikita	(None)
Challenge Winner(s)		Teala	Nikita	Rosanna	Manny		Nikita	Joey Manny Matthew	Nikita
Eliminated		JC	Roi	Teala	Matthew	Colleen	Safiya	Rosanna	Manny
Joey	No vote	Teala	Teala	Teala	Matthew	Colleen	Safe	Won	Joey	Escaped
Matthew		JC	Nikita	Teala	Joey		Revived	Won	Nikita
Nikita		Teala	Rosanna	Teala	Matthew	Colleen	Won	Safe	Nikita
Manny		Roi	Colleen	Matthew	Matthew	Colleen	Safe	Won	Manny
Rosanna		JC	Nikita	Teala	Manny	Colleen	Manny	Lost
Safiya		Roi	Teala	Teala	Manny	Colleen	Nikita
Colleen		Teala	Teala	Matthew	Joey	Rosanna
Teala		Roi	Nikita	Rosanna
Roi		Rosanna	Teala
JC		Rosanna

Challenges

Legend:

  The guest was eliminated but was never voted for a challenge.

  The guest was eliminated after their first time being voted for a challenge.

  The guest was eliminated after their second time being voted for a challenge.

  The guest was eliminated after their fourth time being voted for a challenge.

Episode	Guest(s)			Challenge	Eliminated	Cause of Death
2	JC Caylen	vs.	Teala Dunn	Two guests that were voted into the final death challenge must choose a partner to go through the four challenges of the killer clowns, whilst the voted guests are tied up to wheels.	JC Caylen	Stabbed to death by knives thrown by the killer clowns.
3	Roi Fabito	vs.	Nikita Dragun	Along with the guest which toppled over the tower in the Serpent’s game, another guest must be voted in to search the innards of a serpent and complete their mosaic to claim its heart - cleansing the artefact.	Roi Fabito	Poisoned and bitten by the Snake Woman.
4	Rosanna Pansino	vs.	Teala Dunn	They were tasked with finding the letters of their assigned color, in order to find out the name of the ‘Man with No Name’ in order to retrieve the Blood Gem - used to cleanse the artefact.	Teala Dunn	Strangled to death by Benjamin.
5	Manny Mua	vs.	Matthew Patrick	Two men had to be voted in to compete to become the next ‘Strong Man’ and retrieve the holy band of leather to cleanse the artefact.	Matthew Patrick	Beaten to death by the Strong Man.
6	Colleen Ballinger			Discovering the Maiden of Madness, the group must vote for one person to be killed in the Maiden of Madness to cleanse the artefact.	Colleen Ballinger	Trapped and impaled inside the Maiden of Madness.
7	Manny Mua	vs.	Nikita Dragun	The winners of the funhouse must vote two of the captured guests to go into the funhouse one last time. Unbeknownst to them, the guest which voted for the winner of the death challenge will be killed.	Safiya Nygaard	Stabbed in the guts with a fishhook by Willy.
8	Joey Graceffa vs. Manny Mua vs. Matthew Patrick vs. Rosanna Pansino			All guests cursed by the witches throughout the episode must go through the Witches’ tangled skein to retrieve the amulet of youth - with the final guest to pass, becoming the sacrifice to the witches.	Rosanna Pansino	Stabbed to death by the three witches.
9	Manny Mua	vs.	Nikita Dragun	Two voted guests must beat Lucy in her own game and retrieve the key in the pool of popcorn in order to free themselves from their straight jacket and find the box which holds ‘salvation’ - a pink gun, which the winner can choose to kill themselves or the other competing guest.	Manny Mua	Shot to death by Nikita.

Episodes

Season 3 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
21	1	"The Clowns Here Kill Part 1"	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
22	2	"The Clowns Here Kill Part 2"	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
23	3	"Venomous Affections"	June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)
24	4	"The Man With No Name"	July 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)
25	5	"Strong Like A Demon"	July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11)
26	6	"Twin Dolls"	July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)
27	7	"Funhouse"	July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)
28	8	"Wicked Witches"	August 1, 2018 (2018-08-01)
29	9	"Control Issues"	August 8, 2018 (2018-08-08)
30	10	"The Carnival Master"	August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
Shorty Awards	2018	Best Web Series	Escape the Night (season 3)	Won	[11]
Streamy Awards	2018	Best Comedy Series	Escape the Night (season 3)	Nominated	[12]
		Best Costume Design	Olivia Hines	Won
		Best Ensemble Cast	Escape the Night (season 3)	Nominated
		Show of the Year	Escape the Night (season 3)	Nominated

References

1. "The Clowns Here Kill Part 1". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 1. June 22, 2018. YouTube Red.
2. "The Clowns Here Kill Part 2". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 2. June 22, 2018. YouTube Red.
3. "Venomous Affections". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 3. June 28, 2018. YouTube Red.
4. "The Man with No Name". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 4. July 5, 2018. YouTube Red.
5. "Strong Like a Demon". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 5. July 12, 2018. YouTube Red.
6. "Twin Dolls". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 6. July 19, 2018. YouTube Red.
7. "Funhouse". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 7. July 26, 2018. YouTube Red.
8. "Wicked Witches". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 8. August 2, 2018. YouTube Red.
9. "Control Issues". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 9. August 9, 2018. YouTube Red.
10. "The Carnival Master". Escape the Night. Season 3. Episode 10. August 16, 2018. YouTube Red.
11. Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 16, 2018). "Shorty Awards Nominees: Tiffany Haddish, Lena Waithe Among Those Recognized For Social Media Excellence". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
12. Schaffstall, Katherine (October 22, 2018). "Streamy Awards 2018: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 8, 2023.