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Season 1 of Fishtank was held from April 18 - May 30, 2023 and livestreamed online in real-time. An edited episodic version was released weekly on the official website from October 9 - December 18, 2023. Eight contestants shared the house while competing in physical challenges, playing a social strategy game, and dealing with direct contact with the audience through TTS and SFX donations.

Josie was declared the winner after defeating runner-up Letty on May 30th 2023. Both finalists were awarded cash prizes as a recognition of their tremendous contributions to the inaugural season and the brand.

Josie and Vance were invited back to work as production staff on Season 2. Letty was invited back to work as production staff on Bitchtank.

Contestants[]

Fish[]

Damiel, Jonathan, Josie, Mauro, Simmons, Sylvia, Vance, and Violetta were the eight contestants on this season.

Image Name Age
(during broadcast)
Gender Place of origin Placement Elimination
Josie
Josie
Martinez
21 Female Arizona, U.S. 1st Winner ($35,000 prize)
Violetta
Violetta
"Letty"
Palmer
23 Female Ontario, Canada 2nd Runner-up ($20,000 prize)
Vance
Vance
Latta
25 Male Auburn, Washington, U.S. 3rd Eliminated on May 25
Sylvia
Sylvia
Dream
23 Female Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. 4th Eliminated on May 18
Damiel
Damiel
Bernaldo
27 Male San Francisco, California, U.S. 5th Eliminated on April 24
Returned on April 26
Quit on May 7
Jonathan
Jonathan
"Jon"
Curtis
24 Male Bend, Oregon, U.S. 6th Eliminated on May 3
Mauro
Mauro
Cano
24 Male New Mexico, U.S. 7th Quit on April 26
Simmons
Simmons
Zhu
29 Male Suzhou, China 8th Ejected on April 26

Freeloaders[]

Image Name Age
(during broadcast)
Gender Place of origin Joined Elimination Days
Simon
Simon ?? Male Austin, Texas, U.S. May 4, 2023 May 13, 2023 Days 17-26
Lance
Lance ?? Male Australia May 6, 2023 May 9, 2023 Days 19-22
Alex and Dontarius
Alex Stein 36 Male Dallas, Texas, U.S. May 7, 2023

May 20, 2023
May 9, 2023

May 22, 2023
Days 19-22

Days 33-35
Chris
Chris ?? Male Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S. May 8, 2023 May 29, 2023 Days 21-42
Chip
Chip ?? Male ??? May 8, 2023 Uncertain Days 21-??
Ella
Ella ?? Female Tennessee, U.S. May 9, 2023 May 10, 2023 Days 22-23
Frankhassle
Frank Hassle 35 Male Abilene, Texas, U.S. May 10, 2023 May 13, 2023 Days 23-26
Betty
Betty ?? Female Alberta, Canada May 16, 2023 May 19, 2023 Days 29-32
Mauro
Mauro
(Eliminated Fish)
24 Male New Mexico, U.S. May 16, 2023 May 20, 2023 Days 29-33
Alex and Dontarius
Dontarius 59 Male Dallas, Texas, U.S. May 20, 2023 May 22, 2023 Days 33-35
Brandon Buckingham
Brandon Buckingham 27 Male Maryland, U.S. May 20, 2023 May 21, 2023 Days 33-34
Jonathan
Jon
(Eliminated Fish)
24 Male Dallas, Texas, U.S. May 22, 2023 May 25, 2023 Days 35-38

Cast Progress[]

Cast Days
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Josie ENTR IN WINNER
Letty ENTR IN SECOND
Chris Not In Tank ENTR IN FINALE
Vance ENTR IN ELIM
Jon ENTR IN ELIM Not In Tank ENTR IN LEFT
Alex Not In Tank ENTR IN Not In Tank IN LEFT
Dontarius Not In Tank ENTR IN LEFT
Brandon Not In Tank ENTR LEFT
Mauro ENTR IN QUIT Not In Tank ENTR IN LEFT
Frank Not In Tank ENTR IN LEFT Not In Tank LEFT
Chip Not In Tank ENTR Not In Tank IN Not In Tank LEFT
Betty Not In Tank ENTR IN LEFT
Sylvia ENTR IN ELIM
Simon Not In Tank ENTR IN LEFT
Ella Not In Tank ENTR LEFT
Lance Not In Tank ENTR IN LEFT
Damiel ENTR IN N.I.T. IN ELIM
Simmons ENTR IN EJCT
Key
     Cast Member was declared the Winner of Fishtank
     Cast Member was declared the Runner-Up of Fishtank
     Cast Member was present for the finale as a freeloader
     Cast Member entered as a Fish
     Cast Member entered as a Freeloader
     Cast Member was in the Fishtank
     Cast Member was eliminated
     Cast Member was a freeloader and left
     Cast Member entered as a freeloader and left the same day
     Cast Member was ejected
     Cast Member quit

Fish Returning After Elimination[]

  • Damiel was eliminated from the game for unspecified reasons on April 24th, not long after viewers caught him using his phone. He returned to the game on April 26. He voluntarily left the house again on May 7.
  • Mauro returned to the Fishtank as a full time Freeloader but ended up quitting again after confrontations with Frank Hassle.
  • Jonathan returned to the house briefly as a freeloader guest.

Edited episodes[]

Note: Dated by their initial release on the website, and then their free release on YouTube. Uncensored and bonus video content is found through the season pass.

  1. "Pilot" - October 9/16, 2023
  2. "Full Potential" - October 16/23, 2023
  3. "Nine Five" - October 23/30, 2023
  4. "Alaska" - October 30/November 6, 2023
  5. "Freeloaders" - November 6/13, 2023
  6. "The Network" - November 13/20, 2023
  7. "Mad Women" - November 27/December 4, 2023[Note 1]
  8. "Axis" - December 4/11, 2023
  9. "Pusher" - December 11/18, 2023
  10. "Cell" - December 18, 2023 (finale)[Note 2]

Controversies[]

  • Viewers of the show looked into Simmons' publication history and discovered a book he wrote on camp counseling, which included "tips" on how to date underage campers. He was removed from the house for the pedophilic writings, with Sam reading from the
  • Mauro quit the show due to Simmons' involvement in the series and the events of the aftermath of his ejection.
  • During the season, there were multiple mentions of a "mole" in the cast. Over time, it was seen that Damiel was allegedly planted into the Fishtank house as this mole to cause drama, and was ineligible to win the grand prize. This has been alluded to by Jet in interviews and speculated due to his friendship with Jet and Sam Hyde, and phone usage while in the house.
  • Frank Hassle defecated and urinated multiple times on people's belongings while in the Fishtank house. He would eventually be removed for it.
  • The edited, ten-episode release of Season 1 faced scrutiny from fans who had watched the series live for excluding several moments in the season, including much of Vance's schizophrenia arc during the disability challenge, as well as complaints of many early episodes lacking context due to the brevity. Although the episodes became longer as they went on, Frank Hassle and Jet Neptune also publicly had a heated exchange over many of Frank's moments being cut out of the series.
  • Jonathan later tweeted several times condemning Fishtank, Sam Hyde, and what the show evolved into by its second season.

Aesthetic, Features, and Interface[]

See Aesthetic, Features, and Interface

Gallery[]

Notes[]

  1. Delayed by one week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
  2. Episode 10 was released simultaneously on both the official Fishtank website and YouTube channel.
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