Pulse Last Stand Season 2

Pulse Last Stand Season 2 is the second season of the online competition series Pulse Last Stand. It began on April 18, 2020 and the season finale was held on July 11, 2020. Like the first season,

This season has 18 cast members and 5 permanent judges. The winner of this season is Fearless.

Casting
Due to the high number of interests, the season had to start with a casting round in which 27 contestants had to send one of their favorite songs, and only 18 with the highest score would get into the official cast.

Willapted got the highest score and became the first member of the cast, quickly followed by Slippery, District, BB, Matt, Fearless, Carrie, Samosaurus, Adrian C., Surfboardt, Violet, Charmander, Eidde, GV, and Nick Perkins. With only 3 spots left, the 12 contestants whose names hadn't been called wait anxiously. In the end, Born, Shruggie, and Zach were called as the last three members of the cast. The 18 cast members of this season are: The 5 regular judges for this season are:

Round 1 - Time For The Divas
For this round, contestants had to send a song by a pop diva, The contestants were also told there was gonna be a double elimination.

Zach, who sneaked in at the last place on casting round, redeemed himself by getting the highest score, and winning the round. District was trailing behind Zach with just .3 points separating them, almost securing a win in his bag. On the other hand, Carrie, GV, and Matt landed in the bottom three. Matt survived with Gates tanking Carrie's pick. GV, who sent a song that got almost universal criticism by the judges, had no chance from the start.


 * First Call-Out: Zach
 * Hall of Fame entry: Lauryn Hill - "Ex-Factor"
 * Bottom Three: Carrie, GV, & Matt
 * Eliminated; Carrie & GV

Round 2 - Time For The Divos
For this round, contestants had to send a song by a famous pop male artist,

Charmander had their turn at the top of the pack this round, leading ahead of everyone by almost 5 points. Nick Perkins and Samosaurus landed in the bottom two. Despite getting a score lower than a 5 from Sambalada and Gates, Nick Perkins survived while Samosaurus was sent packing due to the judges' mostly lackluster response for his pick.


 * First Call-Out: Charmander
 * Hall of Fame Entry: Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
 * Bottom Two: Nick Perkins & Samosaurus
 * Eliminated: Samosaurus

Round 3 - Harmony In Two
For this round, contestants had to send a duet song.

Violet truly shined with their pick and secured the win by impressing almost every judges and Matt got the second best score. District took a hard stumble after solid performances in the first two rounds and Eidde struggled to find a song, in fact, he had to change song 3 times for either not fitting the theme or sending too late. Both landed in the bottom two but it was Eidde who was sent home.


 * First Call-Out: Violet
 * Hall of Fame entry: Charli XCX & Christine & Tha Queens - "Gone"
 * Bottom Two: District & Eidde
 * Eliminated: Eidde

Round 4 - The One That Started It All
For this round, contestants had to send an artist's debut single.

Fearless impressed every judges with his pick and was declared the winner of the round. Willapted had to trail behind as the runner-up, making it the third time he was part of the top 2 in five rounds. Born also stood out and was called third. Nick Perkins struggled to show an improvement as he landed in the bottom two for the second time, but it was BB who ultimately got eliminated for his poor song choice, despite his strong past performances.


 * First Call-Out: Fearless
 * Hall of Fame entry: Kanye West - "Through The Wire"
 * Bottom Two: BB & Nick Perkins
 * Eliminated: BB

Round 5 - Netflix & Chill
For this round, contestants had to send either a movie or tv show soundtrack. Crap was invited as a guest judge.

Charmander, District, and Matt stood out above the rest but it was Matt who was declared the winner for this round. District and Charmander took up the other top 3 spots with just .5 points under Matt's scores. Surfboardt and Violet sank to the bottom of the pack. Both of them had shown significant improvement from the first round but this time, they got screwed by poor song choice. In the end, Violet was spared and Surfboardt was eliminated.


 * First Call-Out: Matt
 * Hall of Fame entry: Public Enemy - "Fight The Power"
 * Bottom Two: Surfboardt & Violet
 * Eliminated: Surfboardt

Round 6 - Where In The World
For this round, contestants had to send a song in which there was a location on its title.

The judges were pretty underwhelmed by the overall choices. Only Born, Matt, and Willapted managed to impress the judges, with Willapted beating Matt by almost 3 points. The others received mostly mixed reviews. The ones with the most flat response were Charmander and Shruggie who landed in the bottom two together. Charmander was given another chance and Shruggie was sent home.


 * First Call-Out: Willapted
 * Hall of Fame entry: Lana Del Rey - "Venice Bitch"
 * Bottom Two: Charmander & Shruggie
 * Eliminated: Shruggie

Round 7 - Pride 2020
For this round, contestants had to send a song by an LGBTQ+ artist.

Every contestants had a vast improvement from the previous round. This round had the closest top 5 of the whole season so far in terms of points. Matt was declared the winner of the round, making it his third consecutive top 2 finish. He was followed by Nick Perkins, Zach, Willapted, and Fearless, in that order. Only .5 points separated Matt from Fearless at fifth place. Slippery and Violet landed in the bottom two. Violet was first declared safe, eliminating Slippery, but it was soon revealed that this was a non-elimination round and Slippery was given a second chance.


 * First Call-Out: Matt
 * Hall of Fame Entry: BROCKHAMPTON - "BOOGIE"
 * Bottom Two: Slippery & Violet
 * Eliminated (but saved): Slippery

Round 8 - Dance In Euro
For this round, contestants had to send a Eurodance song. Disco was invited to be a guest judge.

Matt was the only one who got a universal praise for his choice and he got his third win of the season. Fearless and Violet also did well but had to suffer from being tanked by one of the judges, Gates for Fearless and Mayman for Violet. As a punishment for finishing last in the previous round, Slippery received a .3 points penalty for every score he received. With the penalty added to his mediocre score this round, Slippery landed in the bottom two again. However, Willapted was the one who got the boot for sending the weakest track of the round, despite being one of the clear frontrunners thus far.


 * First Call-Out: Matt
 * Hall of Fame Entry: Alice Deejay - "Better Off Alone"
 * Bottom Two: Slippery & Willapted
 * Eliminated: Willapted

Round 9 - Nashville Legends
For this round, contestants had to send a song by a Country Music Hall of Fame inductees. Mayman was unable to judge this round, ladyafan and Tim were invited to guest judge.

Fearless continued to impress the judges, but once again, he was blocked by Matt who sent what would be the highest-scoring song of the season. This also marked Matt's fourth win of the season, tying Trilogy from Season 1 for the most wins during a single season. Slippery got in the bottom two for the third consecutive time along with District who only managed to impress a small portion of the judging panel. Slippery survived once again to everyone's surprise and District was sent packing.
 * First Call-Out: Matt


 * Hall of Fame Entry: Patsy Cline - "Crazy"


 * Bottom Two: District & Slippery


 * Eliminated: District

Round 10 - Cardibophobia
For this round, contestants had to send a song by a female rapper. Jtd and Shooter were invited to be guest judges.

For the first time in this season, there were no average scores below an 8. Fearless finally snatched his second win after two rounds of being blocked from the top spot. Underdogs, Nick Perkins and Slippery were called next. Born, Matt, and Charmander followed after. After Charmander's name was called, Sambalada announced that this was a pre-determined double elimination round. Adrian C., Violet, and Zach were the bottom three. Adrian C. for his very slow improvement throughout the competition, Violet for being inconsistent with the judges, and Zach for his slowly slipping performances. Violet's name was called and they were through to the next round. Adrian C. and Zach were eliminated.
 * First Call-Out: Fearless


 * Hall of Fame Entry: Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)


 * Bottom Three: Adrian C., Violet, & Zach


 * Eliminated: Adrian C. & Zach