The Challenge (MTV Series, formerly Real World vs. Road Rules) TV Show • Page 71

I have to tip my hat to Yeremi and Olivia, I didn’t think they had a shot at winning when they dropped to 4th after Connect 4. I thought there was a chance they could get 2nd because I had no faith in Theo’s team and Mickela’s ankle could give her trouble but the way it was edited it made it seen like Turbo and Sydney were out of sight the whole time. Would be interesting to hear just how far ahead Turbo was and what happened.

I’m glad Theo didn’t win, he was shady all season from cheating during challenges and screwing people over and there’s no way he didn’t screw with Cedric’s rope.

Overall it was a pretty good season though.

 

Half way done with Bananas’ podcast with Sydney, it doesn’t sound like she’s eager to come back.

 

good, wasnt a fan of her. Im about half way through the pod too.

 

Haven't listened to the pod yet but the general feeling has been Sydney not sure about ebe returning while this was airing. I get it, to have the season she's had to lose it all at someone else's expenses that's gotta jade some kinda way. If it was a singles game it'd be different. But she's actually got a successful job outside of reality TV she's a lawyer so she doesn't NEED the show.....but I really DO hope we see her again. She really was like the female version of Wes.

Now into the reunion! It's weird being in downtime with absolutely nothing in the pipeline. Usually we'd have All Stars to look forward to but nothing. A new season of AS is coming I guess just with the merger everything has been in a standstill. 42 filming is in a couple months, now that the merger is done we may start to hear casting news and maybe even hear more about moving to Paramount+ proper.

 

Sydney said she just didn’t like the people together in such close living quarters (she liked them individually but not grouped together as they were too clicky), she didn’t like being away for a quarter of the year and she a bad experience with Turbo. He was basically emotionally abusive towards her in not wanting her to call home or talk to anyone but him. Whenever she wasn’t with him she was constantly looking over her shoulder to see if he was spying on her and the only times she felt at ease was when he was doing his interviews because it gave her freedom to talk to Yeremi for at least an hour or when he was tanning.

 

honestly, im good with a longer break. Challenge fans got spoiled the last 5 years with so many seasons and spin offs, it got over saturated. Challenge seasons didn't feel so special.

 

I'm glad she went into the Turbo stuff because editing didn't show it yet people were catching on with cast comments on social media. Well for the show length, remember they're looking to cut down to only 5 weeks lol so she may be happier with that? Re: the clicky stuff.....well that's part of the game. Some of the people have known each other for years, some come from similar shows etc. I'm glad she had fellow survivor players though and was able to get in with them... But the social aspect on this show just comes from experience and doing it more b

You're not wrong lol, the past 5 years have seen some old faces coming back that it's been great to see. I just don't want to get to a point where they don't even want to come back for All Stars.

The show must go on! Lol.

 

She admitted it would be hard for the producers to show the abuse going on because it wouldn’t make for an interesting storyline because he never exploded on her or anything crazy like that but I am glad she’s calling him out. She also didn’t go to production about it because she felt like they couldn’t really do anything and if they talked to Turbo about it it might make it even worse so she knew the partnership had an expiration date on it and decided to just suck it up.

I finished the podcast and she did explain her reasoning behind not staking a claim on Yeremi (basically Turbo is better with puzzles and eating challenges and she was worried that Yeremi would have held her back on those if they were part of the final). She said Turbo can to sit down and rest 2 or 3 times and that’s how Olivia and Yeremi were able to catch them. She kept telling Turbo not to stop that they should just walk slower but Turbo would tell her she’s being negative and he would just sit down.

 

She's right, we did see Turbo kill those puzzles and I really don't think Yeremi would have been better then him. I think I saw somewhere that they ended up finishing only 7 minutes after Yeremi/Olivia.......yeah that amount of time is definitely on Turbo for stripping instead of just slowing down.

 

The official Challenge podcast from MTV has been cancelled after 250 episodes...I think this is a sign of things to come. As I said before I don't anticipate any cancelling of the show, we're definitely getting 42....I just don't think it's gonna be on MTV.

 

Reunion seemed very lackluster. I cant remember the last time a reunion was good. Bananas said the 41 reunion was bonkers, I just didnt see it. Get ready for a Challenge drought until probably mid to end of summer. Im honestly ready for it. Market has been over saturated with Challenge for past 5 years. Doesnt seem as special. If they do move the show to Paramount+, I'm a big enough fan to pay for it.

Also, Turbo's jokes are terrible. Pulling out a microphone and cards. Add on top of that his treatment of people, dude should never be invited back.

 

People are alluding to the fact that Turbo may just be acting for the TV, like a wannabe Bananas and it's so......bad lol. Easily the worst part of a boring reunion.

I miss The S@#$ They Should've Shown, that was always fun to see funny stuff, hookups, bloopers, etc.

Paramount got a humongous library already too, only missing seasons 1-9 and 33-35....no idea why *these* aren't there.

 

I can listen to Bananas and Wes talk about The Challenge all day. It’s always good listening when Wes is on Bananas’ Podcast.

 

I'm a fan of both, I really enjoy Bananas' podcast as it is but his convos with OGs like Wes are always enjoyable. The two of them, their history, their understanding of the game, I always love hearing them talk about the past and also dissect the latest episode and going ons.

 

Departures for 42 are starting to trickle in, there's like 12 out of 34 names I'm already seeing.

Also S3 it House of Villains is next week, it'll be starring our very own Hurricane Smashley.

 

Excited for both shows. Cant stand Smashley though as of lately. Always looking for attention on social media, throwing people under the bus for who they voted for (president, not elimination.)

 

Survivor representation is stacked so far. Sheesh.

 

Going to one of my best friend’s wedding next weekend, gonna get to meet her new boss Evelyn Smith. Cant wait to give my goat her flowers

 

That's fucking awesome.

 

Underwood the champ is back!
Nelly T is back!
Keanu was a fucking BEAST his season of Big Brother, I expect a strong showing from him. Plus he's got an ego lol.
Sydney is back!
Nuryssss
Lette was also a very strong competitor her season of Deal or No deal Island, she was in the WWE for a bit minute she's gonna be someone to watch out for most definitely.

 

Uhhh I dont think I can deal with hearing Michele for another season. Is she still with Devin?

 

Will be interesting to see if Bananas will be targeted right away again, it seems like he’s on good terms with mostly everyone except Nurys, Izzy, Adrienne, Cara and Cory.

 

Lol. Yeah they're still together, thank God they're not both on this season. It will be interesting to see her gameplay this season as she's now more vet than CBS noob and with the influx of actual fresh meat, how she allies with the vets.

I thought I heard be was cool with Izzy, he just likes to tease her lol. He politics enough off show that he'll have friends....it's the new new people I'm curious about.

 

Bananas IS the Challenge. It's so true. A season without him is not nearly as entertaining. Love the guy and will always root for him.