I say this as someone who likes both Coral and Robin, but would either of them last a quarter of the way into one of the finals nowadays? Give me a break. Last night's elimination was a joke but the degree of difficulty of challenges now is much higher than what they did (especially Coral). They have scaled them back in some spots...but some of them are rough. I'm not saying the COULDN'T do it, and I would very much like to have both of them back, but you can't just roll out of bed and be successful on these shows now.
I love Coral and Robin but come on now. The challenges nowadays are mor extreme and difficult and they would not be able to do half the crap the new folks do now. Even Mark knows that so how dare he. CT's first elimination was eating milk and cookies for christ sakes. They seem bitter.
Don't even get me started on the finals...
While spinning....you left out a key part. Although the Infernos had the weakest elimination until Snapper and the last one.
The finals are harder now but I don't believe the missions are. The missions thus far this season have been mild at best.
I can't picture Robin and Coral completing half of the "mild" challenges and finales of this current era. Some old vets complained so much about how the challenges have become too much of a sport, too much to prepare for physically, too gnarly and when they tone it down and try to do more silly nostalgic things you're ragging on it.. so what is it? Make up your minds.
I like Coral and Robin but as been said I don't think they would be able to hack it on today's challenges. Even the ones that are scaled down they would have trouble with I think. The Challenges are a far cry from when Those 2 were on the scene.
That said I do like that they eased up on the missions though. They're more fun to watch now IMO. This past episode's mission was great to watch especially the spinning part. I also liked the elimination round too. Throwback to the old days.
I love Coral and Robin but come on now. The challenges nowadays are mor extreme and difficult and they would not be able to do half the crap the new folks do now. Even Mark knows that so how dare he. CT's first elimination was eating milk and cookies for christ sakes. They seem bitter.
not sure why people are saying that robin would get slaughtered in the new challenges. she was on BOTexes and did just fine. obviously benefitted from marks political leverage but held her own in most of the missions.
I disagree with them, I feel like the challenges back on the day were easy/more fun...Now they are more intese compared the final of the G# with the one of the last 5 seasons and it looks like a piece of cake. In my opinion it's to intese.
I do agree that the last elimination was lame they should have made them eat disgusting stuff or hot sause/peppers.
I agree.
I recently watched the Inferno 1 for the first time and shook my head at how they had to do things like play salesman and drive some cars without bumping other cars. And then the whole winning team got cars as prizes. Harder these nuts.
I think we all acknowledge this elimination was garbo, but the finals of these days are nothing short of insane.
not sure why people are saying that robin would get slaughtered in the new challenges. she was on BOTexes and did just fine. obviously benefitted from marks political leverage but held her own in most of the missions.
You're right. I forgot that Robin was on Exes 1. She did fine. Mark too.
not sure why people are saying that robin would get slaughtered in the new challenges. she was on BOTexes and did just fine. obviously benefitted from marks political leverage but held her own in most of the missions.
Isn't she pregnant ? Or am I wrong, I don't really follow robin
I think people tend to undermine Coral's abilites. There wasn't a peep out of her on Gauntlet 3 as far as if the missions were too much to handle & things were different then. I think she would adapt well as long as she trains a bit before coming back on. Mark/Robin of course were on Exes.
not sure why people are saying that robin would get slaughtered in the new challenges. she was on BOTexes and did just fine. obviously benefitted from marks political leverage but held her own in most of the missions.
Isn't she pregnant ? Or am I wrong, I don't really follow robin
When I was following her , she was pregnant...I don't know if she already had the baby, I had to unfollow her. She used to tweet all of her personal bussiness, including fights with her husband and even got in a twitter war with him (No idea if they got divorce).
She is crazy, I feel like this shows did more harm than good to her.
I’m not even Googling it. I don’t have to. I can tell. When I see Gigi Hadidtalking about life as a model on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, I say to myself, “Damn, that chick is a model.” When I see Jenna on The Challenge talking about life as a model, I say to myself, “Poor, poor girl, using the word ‘model’ like that. She doesn’t even know how foolish she looks right now.”
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Diem's Swan Song
This Challenge starts off during same period it ended last episode, with the entire gang heading to the bar (a very secluded one, that features no interaction outside other cast members, because no one wants to be pushed down stairs), but then it takes a turn for the worst once we're back in the house and it's revealed to CT that Diem's been transferred to a hospital.
This situation isn't getting any easier to write about, honestly. If MTV followed their conventional schedule and aired this during the Spring, perhaps it would've been, but with her death still fresh in the minds of everyone -- it sucks to see this going down. I'm watching it and just thinking, it sucks that THIS is the way she's going out. She's nothing less than a champion, and ideally this would've been her Challenge to win. Instead, and ironically, reality rears it's ugly head and the same thing that brought her into the Challenge on Fresh Meat almost ten years ago is sending her out her last Challenge.
I'll be honest, my eyes got misty as hell for the first ten minutes of this show...which felt like it was going on forever, but at the same felt like it was too short for the end of one of the franchise's most popular members. But despite the tubes and stretchers carrying Diem out, her last confessional showed us just how powerful of a woman she was and how even the support of one person can impact a person's life..
"I'm at a point in my life where I want to just live life. I want the white picket fence dream, I want to get married, I want to have kids, and I think for the longest time - I'm not gonna lie - I've been a runaway bride. I've been the girl that's terrified of commitment. But I'm realizing that no matter how organized your ducks are, life can turn on two seconds, so you can't keep on waiting, because if you keep on waiting -- it's gone. But having a partner like CT with me, gives me some sort of weird relief that somebody is in my corner. And that feels comforting."
And in the same breath, as we see Diem's story come to a close, we've reached this incredible point in CT's life where he's become one of the most compassionate people on this show, especially considering his aggressive past. It struck a chord with me when CT pointed out that normally when he's sent home from a show, it's because he socked someone in the face. CT's first show was 12 years ago, his first Challenge was 11 years ago, his first win was two years ago, and he's transformed from this revered beast to this compassionate soul who supports the underdog (ie: Cara Maria, Diem) and has made amends with his worst enemies (Wes, Bananas).
Not sure how this reference will hit on the Vevmo boards, but if you watched Dragon Ball Z -- this is the part where Vegeta sacrifices his own life to save the world from Majin Buu. The pinnacle point where he makes a complete 180 from the heartless villain he was in the past, and actually performs a selfless act for the people he loves. I'd love to hear what CT has to say on this entire thing, maybe he'll make an appearance at the reunion, but I think with his love for Diem he's earned everyone's respect.
Sidebar: I'm wondering how much they cut out of CT's frustration with production. It's clear that production didn't want him to go, and that must've pissed him off to no end (you can actually see it from the last glance he gave to the co-executive producer as she handed him the phone, on speaker). But I'm glad he's toned down, and with the last appearance of Diem this could very well be the last appearance of CT. Johnny
Off and On Challenge aka "MY HAND, MY HAND, MY HAND!"
With that heartbreaking opener, we get right back into the game. It's of course 'Heights and Water Challenge #488, and after being a loyal viewer for all these years, I've been completely desensitized from any excitement this Challenge could possibly bring. We've seen every combination of heights and water possible over the last seven years besides shooting them out of a cannon. With that said, here are a few notes about the Challenge:
Woo! Theresa almost came out this Challenge like Jordan. Theresa manages to get her hand caught up in the spinning mechanism, which must be the equivalent to getting your hand locked in a vise or something because it even sounded like it hurt. Luckily for her, she finished with enough of a good time to earn runner up for The Challenge.....which makes me question how much of a hinderance it actually was.
Zach & Jonna are terrible at this partnering thing, which makes NO SENSE considering they've both done a ton of Challenges at this point. Usually by this time, you get that it's for the money. Jonna doesn't think Zach takes their chances at winning seriously, and Zach tries to plead his case....in the most sarcastic, non-assuring tone ever.
Knight & Jemmye continue to be hilarious. Knight wins line of the night "Jemmye falls off because gravity's a *****, and with thighs like that it's gonna suck you right to the ground."
The two bottom teams are John/Simone and Leroy/Nia, which continues to prove my theory that black people suck at swimming. Literally, all three black people on the show end up dead last. This swimming thing ain't for us man.
Sarah wins!.....and I'm not as excited as I probably should be for them.
Sarah and Jordan wins, which means microwave dinner pizza for two. They decide to make the first "power move" of the game. In a game where Wes and Bananas are both jockeying for positions of power, Sarah decides that she wants to be the secret mastermind to destroy Bananas and Wes. They're like Team Rocket....all they need is a Mewoth.
She promises that Wes is her #1 or #2 in the game, while she promises Bananas that they're going to eliminate Wes' alliance one-by-one.
Bananas drops the line that Sarah has been one of his "most trusted allies" and I'm running through my mental-DVR, and I can't find a single Challenge when he's had her back. Not even one. I think he may have had her back on the original Exes, and I think him having her back was just helping her carry her luggage out the door as she was kicked off the show. This shit is literally going to blow up in someone's face.
The Irresistable Simps vs. The Immovable *********
Sarah and Jordan make a pretty smart move despite it all and vote Adam & Brittany against John & Simone, which means she's chipping away at Wes' rookie alliance after all. But with this elimination, despite who goes home, no one really loses. At this point in the show, there was 20 minutes left before the episode ended, so I was sure something big was going to conclude the episode. Boy, how I was wrong....
The elimination is He Said, She Said and despite the physical thrill of the last two elimination rounds, this one's literally an eating contest where you have to bet if your partner can eat everything on his plate in the alotted time. Of course there must be something gross to eat right? For god sakes, they ate the entire head of a goat one time. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE, THE CHALLENGE IS ALL ABOUT EATING GROSS SHIT FOR MONEY.
Simone makes the dumbest move of the game, forcing Adam to eat seven whole mini-brownies in three minutes, and you could hear the sound of America facepalming themselves in unison. Yucca? I get it. That was a lot to eat in the amount of time, Simone redeemed herself. But the plantains? John's literally sitting there dying saying "They're so dry!". SO THE **** WHAT BRO? THEY'RE PLANTAINS! EAT IT.....and he fails. Get them off my show, seriously.
I don't know if it was clear to anyone else watching this episode, but it was clear to me that John didn't give a damn being there. He didn't bother to help Simone during the Water Challenge. He didn't care about being thrown into elimination. He didn't even care to urgently eat the few pieces of plantains in front of him. BM, never cast him again. He's probably a decent comedian, but as a Challenge he sucks.
Battle of the Ex-iled, The Least Dramatic Elimination Round of All-Time
I always imagine that when the eliminated Challengers see the TV and play the video, there's a part at the end where TJ urges them to rewind the VHS for the next set of losers.
Welcome to the most low-budget version of the Challenge on the internet folks. John and Simone are the newest members to the house, and within seven minutes they dispatch Dustin and Jessica. Pretty easily, actually. Dustin & Jessica are all frantic in their movements, and John's like "Oh yeah, I totally got it, you just move one over." Bang, it's done. Logic is a lost art on this Challenge, and John's not deep enough in the Challenge to throw it out the window completely.
Sarah was very close to him on exes, it was rumored that he threw the second mission because he wanted Sarah to win that one.
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Diem's Swan Song
This Challenge starts off during same period it ended last episode, with the entire gang heading to the bar (a very secluded one, that features no interaction outside other cast members, because no one wants to be pushed down stairs), but then it takes a turn for the worst once we're back in the house and it's revealed to CT that Diem's been transferred to a hospital.
This situation isn't getting any easier to write about, honestly. If MTV followed their conventional schedule and aired this during the Spring, perhaps it would've been, but with her death still fresh in the minds of everyone -- it sucks to see this going down. I'm watching it and just thinking, it sucks that THIS is the way she's going out. She's nothing less than a champion, and ideally this would've been her Challenge to win. Instead, and ironically, reality rears it's ugly head and the same thing that brought her into the Challenge on Fresh Meat almost ten years ago is sending her out her last Challenge.
I'll be honest, my eyes got misty as hell for the first ten minutes of this show...which felt like it was going on forever, but at the same felt like it was too short for the end of one of the franchise's most popular members. But despite the tubes and stretchers carrying Diem out, her last confessional showed us just how powerful of a woman she was and how even the support of one person can impact a person's life..
"I'm at a point in my life where I want to just live life. I want the white picket fence dream, I want to get married, I want to have kids, and I think for the longest time - I'm not gonna lie - I've been a runaway bride. I've been the girl that's terrified of commitment. But I'm realizing that no matter how organized your ducks are, life can turn on two seconds, so you can't keep on waiting, because if you keep on waiting -- it's gone. But having a partner like CT with me, gives me some sort of weird relief that somebody is in my corner. And that feels comforting."
And in the same breath, as we see Diem's story come to a close, we've reached this incredible point in CT's life where he's become one of the most compassionate people on this show, especially considering his aggressive past. It struck a chord with me when CT pointed out that normally when he's sent home from a show, it's because he socked someone in the face. CT's first show was 12 years ago, his first Challenge was 11 years ago, his first win was two years ago, and he's transformed from this revered beast to this compassionate soul who supports the underdog (ie: Cara Maria, Diem) and has made amends with his worst enemies (Wes, Bananas).
Not sure how this reference will hit on the Vevmo boards, but if you watched Dragon Ball Z -- this is the part where Vegeta sacrifices his own life to save the world from Majin Buu. The pinnacle point where he makes a complete 180 from the heartless villain he was in the past, and actually performs a selfless act for the people he loves. I'd love to hear what CT has to say on this entire thing, maybe he'll make an appearance at the reunion, but I think with his love for Diem he's earned everyone's respect.
Sidebar: I'm wondering how much they cut out of CT's frustration with production. It's clear that production didn't want him to go, and that must've pissed him off to no end (you can actually see it from the last glance he gave to the co-executive producer as she handed him the phone, on speaker). But I'm glad he's toned down, and with the last appearance of Diem this could very well be the last appearance of CT. Johnny
Off and On Challenge aka "MY HAND, MY HAND, MY HAND!"
With that heartbreaking opener, we get right back into the game. It's of course 'Heights and Water Challenge #488, and after being a loyal viewer for all these years, I've been completely desensitized from any excitement this Challenge could possibly bring. We've seen every combination of heights and water possible over the last seven years besides shooting them out of a cannon. With that said, here are a few notes about the Challenge:
Woo! Theresa almost came out this Challenge like Jordan. Theresa manages to get her hand caught up in the spinning mechanism, which must be the equivalent to getting your hand locked in a vise or something because it even sounded like it hurt. Luckily for her, she finished with enough of a good time to earn runner up for The Challenge.....which makes me question how much of a hinderance it actually was.
Zach & Jonna are terrible at this partnering thing, which makes NO SENSE considering they've both done a ton of Challenges at this point. Usually by this time, you get that it's for the money. Jonna doesn't think Zach takes their chances at winning seriously, and Zach tries to plead his case....in the most sarcastic, non-assuring tone ever.
Knight & Jemmye continue to be hilarious. Knight wins line of the night "Jemmye falls off because gravity's a *****, and with thighs like that it's gonna suck you right to the ground."
The two bottom teams are John/Simone and Leroy/Nia, which continues to prove my theory that black people suck at swimming. Literally, all three black people on the show end up dead last. This swimming thing ain't for us man.
Sarah wins!.....and I'm not as excited as I probably should be for them.
Sarah and Jordan wins, which means microwave dinner pizza for two. They decide to make the first "power move" of the game. In a game where Wes and Bananas are both jockeying for positions of power, Sarah decides that she wants to be the secret mastermind to destroy Bananas and Wes. They're like Team Rocket....all they need is a Mewoth.
She promises that Wes is her #1 or #2 in the game, while she promises Bananas that they're going to eliminate Wes' alliance one-by-one.
Bananas drops the line that Sarah has been one of his "most trusted allies" and I'm running through my mental-DVR, and I can't find a single Challenge when he's had her back. Not even one. I think he may have had her back on the original Exes, and I think him having her back was just helping her carry her luggage out the door as she was kicked off the show. This shit is literally going to blow up in someone's face.
The Irresistable Simps vs. The Immovable *********
Sarah and Jordan make a pretty smart move despite it all and vote Adam & Brittany against John & Simone, which means she's chipping away at Wes' rookie alliance after all. But with this elimination, despite who goes home, no one really loses. At this point in the show, there was 20 minutes left before the episode ended, so I was sure something big was going to conclude the episode. Boy, how I was wrong....
The elimination is He Said, She Said and despite the physical thrill of the last two elimination rounds, this one's literally an eating contest where you have to bet if your partner can eat everything on his plate in the alotted time. Of course there must be something gross to eat right? For god sakes, they ate the entire head of a goat one time. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE, THE CHALLENGE IS ALL ABOUT EATING GROSS SHIT FOR MONEY.
Simone makes the dumbest move of the game, forcing Adam to eat seven whole mini-brownies in three minutes, and you could hear the sound of America facepalming themselves in unison. Yucca? I get it. That was a lot to eat in the amount of time, Simone redeemed herself. But the plantains? John's literally sitting there dying saying "They're so dry!". SO THE **** WHAT BRO? THEY'RE PLANTAINS! EAT IT.....and he fails. Get them off my show, seriously.
I don't know if it was clear to anyone else watching this episode, but it was clear to me that John didn't give a damn being there. He didn't bother to help Simone during the Water Challenge. He didn't care about being thrown into elimination. He didn't even care to urgently eat the few pieces of plantains in front of him. BM, never cast him again. He's probably a decent comedian, but as a Challenge he sucks.
Battle of the Ex-iled, The Least Dramatic Elimination Round of All-Time
I always imagine that when the eliminated Challengers see the TV and play the video, there's a part at the end where TJ urges them to rewind the VHS for the next set of losers.
Welcome to the most low-budget version of the Challenge on the internet folks. John and Simone are the newest members to the house, and within seven minutes they dispatch Dustin and Jessica. Pretty easily, actually. Dustin & Jessica are all frantic in their movements, and John's like "Oh yeah, I totally got it, you just move one over." Bang, it's done. Logic is a lost art on this Challenge, and John's not deep enough in the Challenge to throw it out the window completely.
Sarah was very close to him on exes, it was rumored that he threw the second mission because he wanted Sarah to win that one.
Bananas and Sarah were friends since they met on the Ruins. Sarah has always had to leave early on challenges with him so he never had a chance to really have her back but they were close. He even helped her train before this challenge.
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Diem's Swan Song
This Challenge starts off during same period it ended last episode, with the entire gang heading to the bar (a very secluded one, that features no interaction outside other cast members, because no one wants to be pushed down stairs), but then it takes a turn for the worst once we're back in the house and it's revealed to CT that Diem's been transferred to a hospital.
This situation isn't getting any easier to write about, honestly. If MTV followed their conventional schedule and aired this during the Spring, perhaps it would've been, but with her death still fresh in the minds of everyone -- it sucks to see this going down. I'm watching it and just thinking, it sucks that THIS is the way she's going out. She's nothing less than a champion, and ideally this would've been her Challenge to win. Instead, and ironically, reality rears it's ugly head and the same thing that brought her into the Challenge on Fresh Meat almost ten years ago is sending her out her last Challenge.
I'll be honest, my eyes got misty as hell for the first ten minutes of this show...which felt like it was going on forever, but at the same felt like it was too short for the end of one of the franchise's most popular members. But despite the tubes and stretchers carrying Diem out, her last confessional showed us just how powerful of a woman she was and how even the support of one person can impact a person's life..
"I'm at a point in my life where I want to just live life. I want the white picket fence dream, I want to get married, I want to have kids, and I think for the longest time - I'm not gonna lie - I've been a runaway bride. I've been the girl that's terrified of commitment. But I'm realizing that no matter how organized your ducks are, life can turn on two seconds, so you can't keep on waiting, because if you keep on waiting -- it's gone. But having a partner like CT with me, gives me some sort of weird relief that somebody is in my corner. And that feels comforting."
And in the same breath, as we see Diem's story come to a close, we've reached this incredible point in CT's life where he's become one of the most compassionate people on this show, especially considering his aggressive past. It struck a chord with me when CT pointed out that normally when he's sent home from a show, it's because he socked someone in the face. CT's first show was 12 years ago, his first Challenge was 11 years ago, his first win was two years ago, and he's transformed from this revered beast to this compassionate soul who supports the underdog (ie: Cara Maria, Diem) and has made amends with his worst enemies (Wes, Bananas).
Not sure how this reference will hit on the Vevmo boards, but if you watched Dragon Ball Z -- this is the part where Vegeta sacrifices his own life to save the world from Majin Buu. The pinnacle point where he makes a complete 180 from the heartless villain he was in the past, and actually performs a selfless act for the people he loves. I'd love to hear what CT has to say on this entire thing, maybe he'll make an appearance at the reunion, but I think with his love for Diem he's earned everyone's respect.
Sidebar: I'm wondering how much they cut out of CT's frustration with production. It's clear that production didn't want him to go, and that must've pissed him off to no end (you can actually see it from the last glance he gave to the co-executive producer as she handed him the phone, on speaker). But I'm glad he's toned down, and with the last appearance of Diem this could very well be the last appearance of CT. Johnny
Off and On Challenge aka "MY HAND, MY HAND, MY HAND!"
With that heartbreaking opener, we get right back into the game. It's of course 'Heights and Water Challenge #488, and after being a loyal viewer for all these years, I've been completely desensitized from any excitement this Challenge could possibly bring. We've seen every combination of heights and water possible over the last seven years besides shooting them out of a cannon. With that said, here are a few notes about the Challenge:
Woo! Theresa almost came out this Challenge like Jordan. Theresa manages to get her hand caught up in the spinning mechanism, which must be the equivalent to getting your hand locked in a vise or something because it even sounded like it hurt. Luckily for her, she finished with enough of a good time to earn runner up for The Challenge.....which makes me question how much of a hinderance it actually was.
Zach & Jonna are terrible at this partnering thing, which makes NO SENSE considering they've both done a ton of Challenges at this point. Usually by this time, you get that it's for the money. Jonna doesn't think Zach takes their chances at winning seriously, and Zach tries to plead his case....in the most sarcastic, non-assuring tone ever.
Knight & Jemmye continue to be hilarious. Knight wins line of the night "Jemmye falls off because gravity's a *****, and with thighs like that it's gonna suck you right to the ground."
The two bottom teams are John/Simone and Leroy/Nia, which continues to prove my theory that black people suck at swimming. Literally, all three black people on the show end up dead last. This swimming thing ain't for us man.
Sarah wins!.....and I'm not as excited as I probably should be for them.
Sarah and Jordan wins, which means microwave dinner pizza for two. They decide to make the first "power move" of the game. In a game where Wes and Bananas are both jockeying for positions of power, Sarah decides that she wants to be the secret mastermind to destroy Bananas and Wes. They're like Team Rocket....all they need is a Mewoth.
She promises that Wes is her #1 or #2 in the game, while she promises Bananas that they're going to eliminate Wes' alliance one-by-one.
Bananas drops the line that Sarah has been one of his "most trusted allies" and I'm running through my mental-DVR, and I can't find a single Challenge when he's had her back. Not even one. I think he may have had her back on the original Exes, and I think him having her back was just helping her carry her luggage out the door as she was kicked off the show. This shit is literally going to blow up in someone's face.
The Irresistable Simps vs. The Immovable *********
Sarah and Jordan make a pretty smart move despite it all and vote Adam & Brittany against John & Simone, which means she's chipping away at Wes' rookie alliance after all. But with this elimination, despite who goes home, no one really loses. At this point in the show, there was 20 minutes left before the episode ended, so I was sure something big was going to conclude the episode. Boy, how I was wrong....
The elimination is He Said, She Said and despite the physical thrill of the last two elimination rounds, this one's literally an eating contest where you have to bet if your partner can eat everything on his plate in the alotted time. Of course there must be something gross to eat right? For god sakes, they ate the entire head of a goat one time. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE, THE CHALLENGE IS ALL ABOUT EATING GROSS SHIT FOR MONEY.
Simone makes the dumbest move of the game, forcing Adam to eat seven whole mini-brownies in three minutes, and you could hear the sound of America facepalming themselves in unison. Yucca? I get it. That was a lot to eat in the amount of time, Simone redeemed herself. But the plantains? John's literally sitting there dying saying "They're so dry!". SO THE **** WHAT BRO? THEY'RE PLANTAINS! EAT IT.....and he fails. Get them off my show, seriously.
I don't know if it was clear to anyone else watching this episode, but it was clear to me that John didn't give a damn being there. He didn't bother to help Simone during the Water Challenge. He didn't care about being thrown into elimination. He didn't even care to urgently eat the few pieces of plantains in front of him. BM, never cast him again. He's probably a decent comedian, but as a Challenge he sucks.
Battle of the Ex-iled, The Least Dramatic Elimination Round of All-Time
I always imagine that when the eliminated Challengers see the TV and play the video, there's a part at the end where TJ urges them to rewind the VHS for the next set of losers.
Welcome to the most low-budget version of the Challenge on the internet folks. John and Simone are the newest members to the house, and within seven minutes they dispatch Dustin and Jessica. Pretty easily, actually. Dustin & Jessica are all frantic in their movements, and John's like "Oh yeah, I totally got it, you just move one over." Bang, it's done. Logic is a lost art on this Challenge, and John's not deep enough in the Challenge to throw it out the window completely.
i have to correct you on the swimming part. on Battle of the Seasons, the worst swimmer was Robb in that sinking boat challenge. Devyn and Alton proved to be good swimmers.
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Diem's Swan Song
This Challenge starts off during same period it ended last episode, with the entire gang heading to the bar (a very secluded one, that features no interaction outside other cast members, because no one wants to be pushed down stairs), but then it takes a turn for the worst once we're back in the house and it's revealed to CT that Diem's been transferred to a hospital.
This situation isn't getting any easier to write about, honestly. If MTV followed their conventional schedule and aired this during the Spring, perhaps it would've been, but with her death still fresh in the minds of everyone -- it sucks to see this going down. I'm watching it and just thinking, it sucks that THIS is the way she's going out. She's nothing less than a champion, and ideally this would've been her Challenge to win. Instead, and ironically, reality rears it's ugly head and the same thing that brought her into the Challenge on Fresh Meat almost ten years ago is sending her out her last Challenge.
I'll be honest, my eyes got misty as hell for the first ten minutes of this show...which felt like it was going on forever, but at the same felt like it was too short for the end of one of the franchise's most popular members. But despite the tubes and stretchers carrying Diem out, her last confessional showed us just how powerful of a woman she was and how even the support of one person can impact a person's life..
"I'm at a point in my life where I want to just live life. I want the white picket fence dream, I want to get married, I want to have kids, and I think for the longest time - I'm not gonna lie - I've been a runaway bride. I've been the girl that's terrified of commitment. But I'm realizing that no matter how organized your ducks are, life can turn on two seconds, so you can't keep on waiting, because if you keep on waiting -- it's gone. But having a partner like CT with me, gives me some sort of weird relief that somebody is in my corner. And that feels comforting."
And in the same breath, as we see Diem's story come to a close, we've reached this incredible point in CT's life where he's become one of the most compassionate people on this show, especially considering his aggressive past. It struck a chord with me when CT pointed out that normally when he's sent home from a show, it's because he socked someone in the face. CT's first show was 12 years ago, his first Challenge was 11 years ago, his first win was two years ago, and he's transformed from this revered beast to this compassionate soul who supports the underdog (ie: Cara Maria, Diem) and has made amends with his worst enemies (Wes, Bananas).
Not sure how this reference will hit on the Vevmo boards, but if you watched Dragon Ball Z -- this is the part where Vegeta sacrifices his own life to save the world from Majin Buu. The pinnacle point where he makes a complete 180 from the heartless villain he was in the past, and actually performs a selfless act for the people he loves. I'd love to hear what CT has to say on this entire thing, maybe he'll make an appearance at the reunion, but I think with his love for Diem he's earned everyone's respect.
Sidebar: I'm wondering how much they cut out of CT's frustration with production. It's clear that production didn't want him to go, and that must've pissed him off to no end (you can actually see it from the last glance he gave to the co-executive producer as she handed him the phone, on speaker). But I'm glad he's toned down, and with the last appearance of Diem this could very well be the last appearance of CT. Johnny
Off and On Challenge aka "MY HAND, MY HAND, MY HAND!"
With that heartbreaking opener, we get right back into the game. It's of course 'Heights and Water Challenge #488, and after being a loyal viewer for all these years, I've been completely desensitized from any excitement this Challenge could possibly bring. We've seen every combination of heights and water possible over the last seven years besides shooting them out of a cannon. With that said, here are a few notes about the Challenge:
Woo! Theresa almost came out this Challenge like Jordan. Theresa manages to get her hand caught up in the spinning mechanism, which must be the equivalent to getting your hand locked in a vise or something because it even sounded like it hurt. Luckily for her, she finished with enough of a good time to earn runner up for The Challenge.....which makes me question how much of a hinderance it actually was.
Zach & Jonna are terrible at this partnering thing, which makes NO SENSE considering they've both done a ton of Challenges at this point. Usually by this time, you get that it's for the money. Jonna doesn't think Zach takes their chances at winning seriously, and Zach tries to plead his case....in the most sarcastic, non-assuring tone ever.
Knight & Jemmye continue to be hilarious. Knight wins line of the night "Jemmye falls off because gravity's a *****, and with thighs like that it's gonna suck you right to the ground."
The two bottom teams are John/Simone and Leroy/Nia, which continues to prove my theory that black people suck at swimming. Literally, all three black people on the show end up dead last. This swimming thing ain't for us man.
Sarah wins!.....and I'm not as excited as I probably should be for them.
Sarah and Jordan wins, which means microwave dinner pizza for two. They decide to make the first "power move" of the game. In a game where Wes and Bananas are both jockeying for positions of power, Sarah decides that she wants to be the secret mastermind to destroy Bananas and Wes. They're like Team Rocket....all they need is a Mewoth.
She promises that Wes is her #1 or #2 in the game, while she promises Bananas that they're going to eliminate Wes' alliance one-by-one.
Bananas drops the line that Sarah has been one of his "most trusted allies" and I'm running through my mental-DVR, and I can't find a single Challenge when he's had her back. Not even one. I think he may have had her back on the original Exes, and I think him having her back was just helping her carry her luggage out the door as she was kicked off the show. This shit is literally going to blow up in someone's face.
The Irresistable Simps vs. The Immovable *********
Sarah and Jordan make a pretty smart move despite it all and vote Adam & Brittany against John & Simone, which means she's chipping away at Wes' rookie alliance after all. But with this elimination, despite who goes home, no one really loses. At this point in the show, there was 20 minutes left before the episode ended, so I was sure something big was going to conclude the episode. Boy, how I was wrong....
The elimination is He Said, She Said and despite the physical thrill of the last two elimination rounds, this one's literally an eating contest where you have to bet if your partner can eat everything on his plate in the alotted time. Of course there must be something gross to eat right? For god sakes, they ate the entire head of a goat one time. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE, THE CHALLENGE IS ALL ABOUT EATING GROSS SHIT FOR MONEY.
Simone makes the dumbest move of the game, forcing Adam to eat seven whole mini-brownies in three minutes, and you could hear the sound of America facepalming themselves in unison. Yucca? I get it. That was a lot to eat in the amount of time, Simone redeemed herself. But the plantains? John's literally sitting there dying saying "They're so dry!". SO THE **** WHAT BRO? THEY'RE PLANTAINS! EAT IT.....and he fails. Get them off my show, seriously.
I don't know if it was clear to anyone else watching this episode, but it was clear to me that John didn't give a damn being there. He didn't bother to help Simone during the Water Challenge. He didn't care about being thrown into elimination. He didn't even care to urgently eat the few pieces of plantains in front of him. BM, never cast him again. He's probably a decent comedian, but as a Challenge he sucks.
Battle of the Ex-iled, The Least Dramatic Elimination Round of All-Time
I always imagine that when the eliminated Challengers see the TV and play the video, there's a part at the end where TJ urges them to rewind the VHS for the next set of losers.
Welcome to the most low-budget version of the Challenge on the internet folks. John and Simone are the newest members to the house, and within seven minutes they dispatch Dustin and Jessica. Pretty easily, actually. Dustin & Jessica are all frantic in their movements, and John's like "Oh yeah, I totally got it, you just move one over." Bang, it's done. Logic is a lost art on this Challenge, and John's not deep enough in the Challenge to throw it out the window completely.
i have to correct you on the swimming part. on Battle of the Seasons, the worst swimmer was Robb in that sinking boat challenge. Devyn and Alton proved to be good swimmers.
Devyn isn't a good swimmer just look at how slow she was on free agents, she just went for the easiest thing on seasons.
So I've just seen the recent Exile and wow. Zito and Jess suck lol this JJ kid is actually pretty funny and came through. Simone will obviously hold him back in any physical/endurance elimination, but this team is a lot more interesting than Zito and Jess.
I really love this idea of having the eliminated teams fight one more time for survival. I think they should do something similar to this in every challenge from now on. This recent Exile elimination type was 100x better than the eating elimination between the AYTO pairs.
If only this Challenge had Darrell/Rachel and Trey/Laura it would have been a lot more exciting. Oh well, I'm really enjoying it so far. I welcome these AYTO kids and I hope to see Dario and Leighton on the next Challenge (maybe Rivals 3? :D)
So I've just seen the recent Exile and wow. Zito and Jess suck lol this JJ kid is actually pretty funny and came through. Simone will obviously hold him back in any physical/endurance elimination, but this team is a lot more interesting than Zito and Jess.
I really love this idea of having the eliminated teams fight one more time for survival. I think they should do something similar to this in every challenge from now on. This recent Exile elimination type was 100x better than the eating elimination between the AYTO pairs.
If only this Challenge had Darrell/Rachel and Trey/Laura it would have been a lot more exciting. Oh well, I'm really enjoying it so far. I welcome these AYTO kids and I hope to see Dario and Leighton on the next Challenge (maybe Rivals 3? :D)
Yay an AYTO fan!
"Are you the one???!? Are you the one?!?!? WE ARE! " - John. That video was hilarious.
I was on yt... theres a couple of episodes on there uploaded, some up to 50k views. A lot of people tuning for youtube as their source than I expected, either fed up with the mtv website, from a diffrent country or couldn't catch it live.
So I've just seen the recent Exile and wow. Zito and Jess suck lol this JJ kid is actually pretty funny and came through. Simone will obviously hold him back in any physical/endurance elimination, but this team is a lot more interesting than Zito and Jess.
I really love this idea of having the eliminated teams fight one more time for survival. I think they should do something similar to this in every challenge from now on. This recent Exile elimination type was 100x better than the eating elimination between the AYTO pairs.
If only this Challenge had Darrell/Rachel and Trey/Laura it would have been a lot more exciting. Oh well, I'm really enjoying it so far. I welcome these AYTO kids and I hope to see Dario and Leighton on the next Challenge (maybe Rivals 3? :D)
With the way fans hate the ayto people these four are probably the only ones getting a call. And these ones suck Simone & Brittany are horrible competitors JJ seems pretty weak he figured out a easy puzzle. Adam is eh he's huge so maybe he'll do well in something physical but idc about him.
So I've just seen the recent Exile and wow. Zito and Jess suck lol this JJ kid is actually pretty funny and came through. Simone will obviously hold him back in any physical/endurance elimination, but this team is a lot more interesting than Zito and Jess.
I really love this idea of having the eliminated teams fight one more time for survival. I think they should do something similar to this in every challenge from now on. This recent Exile elimination type was 100x better than the eating elimination between the AYTO pairs.
If only this Challenge had Darrell/Rachel and Trey/Laura it would have been a lot more exciting. Oh well, I'm really enjoying it so far. I welcome these AYTO kids and I hope to see Dario and Leighton on the next Challenge (maybe Rivals 3? :D)
I was agreeing with everything until you said you wanted to see Layton on a challenge. He was absolutely awful on AYTO 2 to the point where I would rather see the goons, Dustin and Kenny on a challenge again, and btw I can't stand any of those I mentioned.
So I've just seen the recent Exile and wow. Zito and Jess suck lol this JJ kid is actually pretty funny and came through. Simone will obviously hold him back in any physical/endurance elimination, but this team is a lot more interesting than Zito and Jess.
I really love this idea of having the eliminated teams fight one more time for survival. I think they should do something similar to this in every challenge from now on. This recent Exile elimination type was 100x better than the eating elimination between the AYTO pairs.
If only this Challenge had Darrell/Rachel and Trey/Laura it would have been a lot more exciting. Oh well, I'm really enjoying it so far. I welcome these AYTO kids and I hope to see Dario and Leighton on the next Challenge (maybe Rivals 3? :D)
I was agreeing with everything until you said you wanted to see Layton on a challenge. He was absolutely awful on AYTO 2 to the point where I would rather see the goons, Dustin and Kenny on a challenge again, and btw I can't stand any of those I mentioned.
I admit Layton would make an amazing villain. So would Jessica from the Goons. I'd love to see them 2 go on. #SuperUnpopularOpinion
Jess would be nothing w/o her little followers (goon squad). Layton would be interesting to see as well as Ellie. If Jemmyes leaving Ellie needs to replace her.
Jess would be nothing w/o her little followers (goon squad). Layton would be interesting to see as well as Ellie. If Jemmyes leaving Ellie needs to replace her.
Ellie was horrible on the easy ayto challenges, she run 2 minutes on the slide challenge and was dying.She would go home quickly.
I say this as someone who likes both Coral and Robin, but would either of them last a quarter of the way into one of the finals nowadays? Give me a break. Last night's elimination was a joke but the degree of difficulty of challenges now is much higher than what they did (especially Coral). They have scaled them back in some spots...but some of them are rough. I'm not saying the COULDN'T do it, and I would very much like to have both of them back, but you can't just roll out of bed and be successful on these shows now.
I can't picture Robin and Coral completing half of the "mild" challenges and finales of this current era. Some old vets complained so much about how the challenges have become too much of a sport, too much to prepare for physically, too gnarly and when they tone it down and try to do more silly nostalgic things you're ragging on it.. so what is it? Make up your minds.
I like Coral and Robin but as been said I don't think they would be able to hack it on today's challenges. Even the ones that are scaled down they would have trouble with I think. The Challenges are a far cry from when Those 2 were on the scene.
That said I do like that they eased up on the missions though. They're more fun to watch now IMO. This past episode's mission was great to watch especially the spinning part. I also liked the elimination round too. Throwback to the old days.
The old eliminations were never that horrible well expect for most infernos.
LOL. Oh, I think Mark "dares."
not sure why people are saying that robin would get slaughtered in the new challenges. she was on BOTexes and did just fine. obviously benefitted from marks political leverage but held her own in most of the missions.
I agree.
I recently watched the Inferno 1 for the first time and shook my head at how they had to do things like play salesman and drive some cars without bumping other cars. And then the whole winning team got cars as prizes. Harder these nuts.
I think we all acknowledge this elimination was garbo, but the finals of these days are nothing short of insane.
You're right. I forgot that Robin was on Exes 1. She did fine. Mark too.
Isn't she pregnant ? Or am I wrong, I don't really follow robin
I think people tend to undermine Coral's abilites. There wasn't a peep out of her on Gauntlet 3 as far as if the missions were too much to handle & things were different then. I think she would adapt well as long as she trains a bit before coming back on. Mark/Robin of course were on Exes.
When I was following her , she was pregnant...I don't know if she already had the baby, I had to unfollow her. She used to tweet all of her personal bussiness, including fights with her husband and even got in a twitter war with him (No idea if they got divorce).
She is crazy, I feel like this shows did more harm than good to her.
Robin had a daughter about a week or two ago.
Love Grantland:
http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/lowbrow-highlights-the-nightma...
"Dear Jenna on The Challenge: You Aren’t a Model
I’m not even Googling it. I don’t have to. I can tell. When I see Gigi Hadidtalking about life as a model on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, I say to myself, “Damn, that chick is a model.” When I see Jenna on The Challenge talking about life as a model, I say to myself, “Poor, poor girl, using the word ‘model’ like that. She doesn’t even know how foolish she looks right now.”
Right Reasons 1/21/15 | Grantland Channel
Sarah was very close to him on exes, it was rumored that he threw the second mission because he wanted Sarah to win that one.
Bananas and Sarah were friends since they met on the Ruins. Sarah has always had to leave early on challenges with him so he never had a chance to really have her back but they were close. He even helped her train before this challenge.
i have to correct you on the swimming part. on Battle of the Seasons, the worst swimmer was Robb in that sinking boat challenge. Devyn and Alton proved to be good swimmers.
Devyn isn't a good swimmer just look at how slow she was on free agents, she just went for the easiest thing on seasons.
Time to make a serious post for once.
So I've just seen the recent Exile and wow. Zito and Jess suck lol this JJ kid is actually pretty funny and came through. Simone will obviously hold him back in any physical/endurance elimination, but this team is a lot more interesting than Zito and Jess.
I really love this idea of having the eliminated teams fight one more time for survival. I think they should do something similar to this in every challenge from now on. This recent Exile elimination type was 100x better than the eating elimination between the AYTO pairs.
If only this Challenge had Darrell/Rachel and Trey/Laura it would have been a lot more exciting. Oh well, I'm really enjoying it so far. I welcome these AYTO kids and I hope to see Dario and Leighton on the next Challenge (maybe Rivals 3? :D)
Yay an AYTO fan!
"Are you the one???!? Are you the one?!?!? WE ARE! " - John. That video was hilarious.
Just saw the exile. It was sad to see Dustin/Jessica go home but I'll give JJ props for figuring out the puzzle and winning.
That said I do hope they lose in the future.
Jfc do u guys have to quote that longass post? I have never ever scrolled that much.
Or mods pls think about mobile users too
I also do not mind AYTO cast. I think they are more fun than RW rookies.
I was on yt... theres a couple of episodes on there uploaded, some up to 50k views. A lot of people tuning for youtube as their source than I expected, either fed up with the mtv website, from a diffrent country or couldn't catch it live.
With the way fans hate the ayto people these four are probably the only ones getting a call. And these ones suck Simone & Brittany are horrible competitors JJ seems pretty weak he figured out a easy puzzle. Adam is eh he's huge so maybe he'll do well in something physical but idc about him.
I was agreeing with everything until you said you wanted to see Layton on a challenge. He was absolutely awful on AYTO 2 to the point where I would rather see the goons, Dustin and Kenny on a challenge again, and btw I can't stand any of those I mentioned.
I cannot stand Brittany or JJ. They are just so awkward it bugs me.
I admit Layton would make an amazing villain. So would Jessica from the Goons. I'd love to see them 2 go on. #SuperUnpopularOpinion
I love me a good villain, but I can't deal with those two.
Why are people giving credit to anyone for figuring out that puzzle? A three year old could do it....
Jess would be nothing w/o her little followers (goon squad). Layton would be interesting to see as well as Ellie. If Jemmyes leaving Ellie needs to replace her.
Ellie was horrible on the easy ayto challenges, she run 2 minutes on the slide challenge and was dying.She would go home quickly.
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