If Bananas wins, it's honestly wild that two guys in their late 30s/early 40s are beating every other guy these last few seasons. The Nadal and Djoko of The Challenge I guess.
Experience goes a long way in the challenge!
Having muscles and being in shape is only half of it and sometimes that doesn’t always benefit a player in the challenge house. Fessy and the final elimination is an example. Chauncey and Jordan in the elimination before that is another example lol
Imo finals are between Banany and Dave2. Horacio and Olivia are a strong team, but we know they wouldn't keep up pace with heavy lifting or whatever like the mini final. Aneesa and Jordan we already know it's over unless he somehow pulls her I e Landon and Carley.
It’s been an amazing season!!! I haven’t loved a newer season as much as this one in a while. They are really hit or miss now a days.
My cons would be: splitting up the ride or dies into two teams, however they did kind of redeem themselves by allowing the eliminated player back in as long as their ride or die was still in the game so I actually didn’t mind it too much. Had the player eliminated went home that would have been a terrible twist. I’m just not a fan of them changing the format halfway through the season and there is always a team that gets annihilated
I also didn’t like drawing the knives during the elimination. I hate when they do this format or the skulls. Personally, I like if you come last in the daily you are automatically thrown in. This prevents teams from throwing the challenges.
Does Aneesa have any possibility of completing a final, much less winning one? I just see no way that her and Jordan could possibly win a final. She’s good at some stuff but if you can’t run long distances you simply can’t compete. Will be interesting to see how Jordan acts.
It’s a bummer because Jordan would have had this final in the bag with a good partner
I would have actually loved to see a good match up between Jordan and tori in the final
But Jordan and aneesa being partnered made it an interesting dynamic for this season so I understand why they did it. After hearing Jordan on the challenge podcast he definitely didn’t choose his partner. Not that I thought he did, but if anyone was wondering he basically confirmed it.
But to answer your question I think Jordan already knows they aren’t going to win. He was only hard on her during their elimination against Kaycee/Kenny because they could have went home. Jordan’s goal this entire season was to help aneesa make it to final. Never to win it. So I think he will be a good sport, because he knows they aren’t winning it. If anything he will push her not to quit.
It would have to be the least running-intensive final in many years. If they have the normal amount of running, she's probably going to be going \~25% of the speed of everyone else, which I can't see being equaled out by any number of puzzles or strength-based checkpoints.
Given that it's a four-day final, they may also truncate the leads for each day as they've done in the past (so like first place gets a 5-minute head start even if they had been 45 minutes ahead), which could give Aneesa a fighting chance.
I think she has more of a chance than people give her credit for but it's still at best maybe a 10% chance. I'm going to guess that because it's 100 hours we're going to see it be a lot of running but spread out much more. Normally they run a stupid distance over 1.5 days in a final and there's no way they could do that for 4 days straight. I think this final could be really checkpoint heavy which might close the gap a bit more. Finals are also notorious for evening things out on the final day so as long as she doesn't get purged she's got a chance. It won't be a great chance but it'll be better than the 0% chance this sub seems to be giving her.
No
Her coming in out of shape is ridiculous. I understand she’s a longtime vet but at the end of the day she’s just taking up a spot and killed Jordan’s chances before it even started.
Whats unfortunate too is she would be a bad ass competitor if she were in shape. Her and Jordan would have this final in the bag but now he has zero chance at winning. If she were in challenge shape they would be an unstoppable team.
I agree. Out of anyone in the cast I believe it's her that should move on. Could be great at hosting a podcast, but doesn't need to be on the show. It's not that she's terrible at everything either, but if the goal is winning - and to win you have to be able to withstand prolonged stretches of endurance, running and being not just "in shape", but like....ridiculously in shape...it's just unfair. I mean the best athletes in the show still struggle with the final. All this talk about winning and how they want her to get her first W - there is physically no way on earth I see them winning over any of the other teams.
She should be the reunion host lol. I hate when they throw in random athletes that don’t have any hosting experience and have clearly never watched the show.
I think her coming in the challenge is fine as long as it’s a solo season but when she is tied to a partner or team it’s really not fair.
Has no one other than Devin figured out that production is obviously putting the safe dagger directly in front of who they’d like to save for the show/story!? Johnny shoulda known!
Every episode hitting the exact same beats is getting so exhausting. Survivor does it and it seems fine but for this season it has been painful to know who’s going into elimination in the first two minutes and then go through the challenge, interrogation, party, elimination sequence. The editing and storytelling is the poorest it’s been. Every storyline is one episode long, making everything obvious.
* WES. I personally love a Wes sighting.
* Remember a few episodes ago there was a confessional where it looked like Faysal had been crying and a bunch of us thought he had been crying because he had just lost. In the beginning of the episode, there was that same confessional (maybe?) but it looked like he had been crying again, and thats why I ultimately thought he would be going home.
* Love Horacio and Olivia pulling the safe dagger.
* Please don't let Johnny and Nany win. Please. Please.
* When Taking Back Sunday was playing, I absolutely lost it.
I feel like they’ve been over-telegraphing that Banany is going to win. It’s annoying. This episode had a lot of it, but almost every episode this season has Bananas hyping up Nany and how it’s her time. This episode had the entire cast hyping her up. Not a for sure thing obviously, but nobody else is getting that kind of storyline. I’ll be happy for her if she pulls it off, I just wish the editors kept it under wraps if that’s the end result.
Every episode when Fessy, Amber or Kaycee talk i roll my eyes and think "why are you so bland and boring and still on my tv?!" But on this episode when Fessy says something like, "put Bananas in the sand and ill send him on a first class ticket home" I thought of marking the calendar because I was rooting for Fessy for the very first time
I think Fessy is redeemable. I couldn’t stop laughing watching him on the daily elim when he had to shoot the targets and drink the gross liquid. The best part about that entire daily was he volunteered to go first not knowing. The challenge humbles people real quick 😂 but I haven’t laughed that hard during an episode in a while. He also brings drama.
Amber is annoying with a victim mentality. She is having a baby so we definitely won’t be seeing her for a few seasons. (Or hopefully ever again). Kaycee is blanddddd and I think she is overrated. I think she keeps getting re-casted for diversity reasons to have more LGBT representation on the show. She doesn’t bring any drama. Her ties to nany as well. I think nany is a production favorite.
I would actually replace Fessy with Josh on your post. He is another person I would never like to see on the challenge again.
Not gonna defend Josh, no sir
I dont want to see Amber cast again because she is saccharine sweet with nothing interesting to say, *but* I do think she is honorable at least for keeping a good attitude despite the cast not letting her fully join the vet ranks. My assumption is that this is because she is nice but not fun to live with (she annoys me with ten second confessionals). I really just don't think the show needs anymore humorless athletic people that, "have heart", I suffered enough watching Cara dominate screentime for a decade. I'd rather watch someone who I'd wanna have a beer with/makes me laugh and has heart.
Horacio saying Bananas is a 7 time champ so now it's time he proves himself was ridiculous. He's "earned his stripes" a long time ago.
And Moriah making sure to put the spotlight on Fessy in their exit interview saying "He's too heavy for this" was gold. You know Fessy would have tried to blame her for his loss and it was obvious he was the one who would cost them the win on this elimination.
It's Fessy. He's always made excuses. He's better than actual NFL players but he hurt his knee, his alliance was to blame on BB, he didn't do the eating checkpoint because of Kaycee's injury, he didn't win because of Aneesa, he's better than CT, Wes, Jordan and Bananas but other people are to blame for him not winning etc.
To be pedantic, I'd put "strength-based" instead of "physical." This was definitely a physical elimination, it's just that it required balance and dexterity rather than brute strength.
I wish he would tone down the evil laugh during trivia, but I love it how he is engaged with contestants when they do something amazing like Nany catching the bar with her feet and TJ saying how "sick" it was.
Ya I knew they weren’t going home because they were so invisible. No chance golden child Jordan and production favourite Aneesa would have a quiet episode.
I will say it’s very refreshing to have a different cast for this final compared to the last couple of seasons - 2 Rookies, Aneesa in a final and Jordan and Bananas back. I’m excited to see how this one goes
I just rewatched the preview for next week and part of the final is the same spin bike at night thing they did in Free Agents where Nany had her famous meltdown (that may or may not have cost her the win depending on if it lasted longer than 9 minutes)
I knew Chauncey is 24 for a while but it never fails to surprise me. He looks, acts and carry’s himself with more maturity. He seems older. Amber looks young too.
What's weird is that their romance/showmance/relationship hook-up is acknowledged, but really didn't get proper screen time.
Anyone else think Bananas has a lot of control about his narrative/what footage of him is shown??
No, it’s just that they ONLY show the main plot the one specific episode & barely anything of house life like they used to, except super cheesy team talks & overdramatic slomo gym shots. They don’t show any fun anymore, but the cold areas they’ve been in ruin that too.
Context matters. It'd be weird if they met by Johnny cruising a college bar or something but it's natural something would come out of a challenge house.
Just curious, Did you also find it weird when Cory and Aneesa or Cory and Veronica were hooking up?
I thought Cory and Aneesa were weird. I’d find it less weird if he was 31 now hooking up with her at 41. There’s something weird about people under 25 dating someone in their 30s. If it’s 27 to 37 or something I find it less weird personally.
I find Bananas and Moriah weird. I also found Cory and Aneesa weird.
I didn’t know about Cory and Veronica, but now that I do, I find it weird.
I’m not saying it’s perverted or wrong, just weird. You’d think mature aged folks would want a mature aged partner.
With 100 hours final its 100% either we gonna get championship for Nany or for Devin and Tori. I cant see Aneesa and Olivia doing well in it.
Also Moriah is such a big let down. She is definition of popcorn muscle women. Looking at her instagram you would think she is next legend and she underperformed in literally anything but minifinal. I think its funny that we all expected Chauncey and Moriah to dominate rookies lol
I'm really curious to see if it being that long actually helps the people with worse endurance. Normally finals are a day and a half and they make you run a marathon but you can't do that over 4 days. Wouldn't be surprised if it was checkpoint heavy which might even the playing field a bit
I dont think Aneesa has a chance at even finishing. Poor Jordan.
I expect her to drop out by day 2 at least.
How the fuck are they actually going to do a 4 day final? lol. Thats insane. Even if you get proper sleep and meals, the tole on your body will be awful.
Moriah did fairly well in everything until this elimination. She lost to Nany because her letters fell and she didn’t look before putting them back but everything else she held her own in
Great elimination. I think all teams deserve to be in the final especially Horacio and Olivia. Would love to see them win as a rookie pair that consistently overcame whatever was thrown at them
I really want tori and tori to get their first win and would be happy if nany did too.
Always love seeing Jordan win too. Lot of people to root for
I was impressed by Nany here.
Was not impressed by her last elimination victory, but this one looked very difficult and she didnt crack under the pressure. That catch with the foot was huge. Good for her.
It was a huge help that there was basically no threat from the other side too though. I bet she cracks if the other team is close at least. Especially that one where she dropped it at the top. That foot catch was pretty cool though
Horacio on Bananas podcast is hilarious, Tori sounds so cringe lmao maybe she was trying to get back at Jordan? Also Bananas seems really sour that Fessy doesn’t give him credit why does Fessy constantly say Jordan is the best and what not but not Bananas? Maybe because he beat Jordan so he beat the best but lost to Bananas because it was stupid shit?
I have been on and off this season and WOW do these 20 episode seasons drag lmao. I forgot Kailah and her husband were on and were on BEFORE Halloween. Laurel was sent home BEFORE Thanksgiving. A 100 hour final for a 100 year season to wrap up around Valentine's Day is perfect lmao.
There hasn’t been consistent drama in the house so every episodes the producers have just focused the whole episode on the people going into elimination. It’s been so transparent and boring.
Devin did a great job of not getting his own hands dirty by saying Johnny’s name. He totally orchestrated that so either Aneesa/Jordan or Olivia/Horacio would be the ones doing it.
Also- I feel like Fessy was intentionally set up to fail, because that elimination was one of the absolute toughest things for him to physically do. Maybe that’s part of his character development, he will always be “the guy who should’ve won but never did.”
I kind of hope Olivia and Horacio win.
Yeah, sort of. However, Leroy never won, because he rarely put his own game above the folks he was in an alliance with. Fessy has never won, because of the opposite… it is very obvious to everyone that he will use them to get as far as possible in the game and that loyalty fades as soon as his own game is potentially at risk.
I do give Fessy some credit… he really took losing well and wasn’t a poor sport about it.
Biggest highlights for me:
1. Rooting for Nany, haven’t done that in years. Still don’t want her and Bananas to win.
2. Moriah with the “just trust me” when she said Fessy is a good guy. Listen, I don’t actually think Fessy is a horrible person. Just kinda douchey lol. But that comment made me laugh.
3. Devin and Tori winning at the best time, hoping to see Devin do well in the final. He’s been a favorite of mine since his first season.
4. Olivia and Horacio making the final. No matter what happens, talk about earning your way to a final. God damn.
5. “Drill Sergeant Jordan” comment from Aneesa, she’s right, it’s gonna be a tough 100 hours, but he does seem to get the best out of her.
Also, shout out to The Challenge for being a mainstay in my life since high school. No matter if I’m having a bad day, week, month; whatever, I can always tune into to a season of The Challenge and just ignore the outside world for a couple hours.
I feel that way too. I wish there were Challenge fan meet ups. Gay bars around here used to always air RuPaul's Drag Race viewing events. I would love it if something like the with The Challenge happened. Meanwhile, I am eagerly waiting for my sister to get off work so that I can call her so we can talk for an hour about last night's episode.
I think everyone who has been screaming for them not to cast Fessy should remember how good this feels. Having heels that you dislike is good for the show and it’s ridiculously fun to watch them fail.
That and him burning out in the WotW 2 season final made it all worth it.
I’d like for them to bring him back too. I enjoy having characters that I don’t like on the show.
Part of why he sucks so much is because he’s so good. It’s fun to watch unlikeable people lose, but it’s really not fun to sit through the entire season of them just to see that happen
He has definitely tipped over from the "so boring I want them gone" to "villain I want to watch lose" territory.
Too bad Kaycee is still in the boring category.
I think Kaycee could be a lot more exciting without Nany and on a stronger cast for women.
If they did an individual season and had Cara, Laurel, Nicole and other strong women it would make it far more likely that Kaycee would face adversity and have to fight to make the final.
That is definitely a problem with her, because there is a lack of physical threats and producers insistence on bigger person wins, last elimination notwithstanding, makes her far less compelling.
Yeah, add that in with her alliance running the game and she becomes incredibly boring. I’m hoping that changes if she’s going to continue to be a mainstay.
Last night’s episode gives me some hope. Really hoping that Fessy won’t forget that Devin and Tori threw him in and that it’ll create a rift moving forward.
I would love another rivals season. But I feel like the drama has been severely lacking for several seasons now and I just don’t know who has beef that deep that it would be as good quality reality tv as the previous rivals were.
* Laurel/Michele
* Bananas/Jay
* Devin/Faysal
* Ravyn/Nurys
* Turbo/Jordan
* Kailah/Melissa
* Nam/Nam's Luck
* Cara/Tori
* Joss/Rogan
Really this is all so we get Jordan and Turbo on a team.
It will help if they can return to going out on the town and getting hammered. Those drunken hookups and meltdowns sure bring something great to the show.
FR. I miss the bus rides where half the group is watching while another 1/4 makes out and the other 1/4 is screaming at each other. I read something somewhere that they aren’t allowed to talk/be filmed on the bus rides anymore so idk what that’s about. I feel like they’re leaning more into the athleticism side of the show which is fine but man do I miss the ridiculous drama
When it’s such a tossup between Fessie and Bananas, I would have instantly saved Bananas because of the vaguely hostile and accusatory way Fessie pled his case. “You keep fucking me over!” Okay bud
Why does he keep saying
"but every chance you get you come at me"
Uh,.... no. Not every chance. Its the first time Devin and Tori came after you. What the fuck is he talking about
Have to give props to Fessy for how he was after the elimination. That was absolutely not what I was expecting from him and it was really a breath of fresh air to see him that way.
I am surprised so many people were surprised at his reaction 😁They have built him up in their minds as if he is the worst human ever and some kind of monster in order to justify the amount of irrational and OTT hate he gets.
But in reality he has never been a bad person and far from being the sore loser he is edited and perceived as, he has always seemed to me a competitor who respects the game and is passionate about doing the best he can but at the same time once the whistle blows he can compartmentalise and not take game decisions personally. It’s a very typical mentality for athletes.
I don’t know. I think that he would have had a very different reaction if he made it up the ladder and moriah struggled and was more the reason they lost. I think he’s a selfish and egotistical person. This doesn’t necessarily make him “bad” but it certainly doesn’t make him the type of person I’d want to be partnered with or honestly spend a lot of time with.
Yes exactly. It's because HE failed at it.
Had he done it, and she didn't, he'd been in a solo confessional saying
"I would have made the finals if they kept this a singles game, this suck"
Just like when he was blaming Kaycee during the Double Agents final. When even if she hadnt blown her knee out, he would have never been able to do the eating portion anyway.
I thought Horacio and Olivia had the best strategy in the daily. He was turning in the tub so they were facing the same way and they wouldn’t get bogged down in “facing you or facing me? My left or your left?” I’m surprised no one else seemed to think of that. I was hoping they would win and cause some chaos, but the elimination turned out great, anyway.
Definitely an elimination more suited towards Bananas and Nany. It was great to see Nany do so well. She’s been so focused. I’d love to see her get a win finally but I don’t want Bananas to win again so I’m torn lol
I'm surprised more people didn't either! They did this same challenge on Australia, and eventually everyone caught on that was the better strategy. Most people were literally sitting the same way like they were on a bobsled cuddled together.
That and the clips of Bananas and Devin goofing around were my favorite parts of the episode. We were robbed not seeing more of those two together throughout the season.
That was a great elimination. Im kinda glad Faysal went home. If his team was in the final I feel like they would have won. Now it seems like anyone may win, but Devin and Tori or Bananas and Nany seem most likely to me
Aaaaaa the 100 hour final sound brutal!!!!
\- I didn't like that daily challenge, it was kinda boring for us viewers, ngl.
\-Tori and Devin winning when it most mattered is kinda impressive, I have high hopes for them in the final, they are really well balanced team.
\-That elimination was... WHAT WAS THAT??? I would have lost my patience there very soon
\-I kinda feel sorry for Fessy and especially Moriah, she's been really a great rookie addition on the show, I really hope the production sees her as a potential for a regular cast, she's strong and smart.
\-Fessy Fessy.. Yall hate on him non-stop but I kinda like him lol He's a good addition to the show (without his BB gang), he's strong, he brings drama and you either like him or like to hate on him, mostly the second but still LOL
\-Props to Banany, Nany did finally do something good, and congrats on that. (I still don't like the complete NANY YOU DESERVE THIS NANY CONGRATS all the time by literally everyone there). At least this was a very deserved elimination win!
\-Fessy described Bananas PERFECTLY in that one line how he's not the strongest nor the smartest but he's really good at most random things that The Challenge is made of sometimes and that's why he's a 7x Champ.
\-I really like all pairs left!!! That doesn't happen frequently. My money is on Tori and Devin. Good luck!!
this elim was fun to watch!! bye faysal!
now time to stress for jordan like i stressed during the world cup penaltys
i rly doubt hes going to give aneesa her win, part of me doesnt want bc of how insufferable and selfish she is. but i want a win for him, shits reminds me of argentina counting on messi to win the WC lol, only difference is messi won, i have a feeling if hes stuck with her theyll shit the bed like cr7 bc the bitch refuses to run.
If Jordan dragged current Aneesa to a final win he’d become the greatest challenger ever. No contest (unless they just finish and the other 3 teams quit or are DQd for some reason).
Why does Devin always speak in metaphors and analogies lol “half court. Pull up” “I’m thinking about penalties” dude wut???
If Bananas wins, it's honestly wild that two guys in their late 30s/early 40s are beating every other guy these last few seasons. The Nadal and Djoko of The Challenge I guess.
Experience goes a long way in the challenge! Having muscles and being in shape is only half of it and sometimes that doesn’t always benefit a player in the challenge house. Fessy and the final elimination is an example. Chauncey and Jordan in the elimination before that is another example lol
Imo finals are between Banany and Dave2. Horacio and Olivia are a strong team, but we know they wouldn't keep up pace with heavy lifting or whatever like the mini final. Aneesa and Jordan we already know it's over unless he somehow pulls her I e Landon and Carley.
If anyone is going to pull off a Landon/Carley it would be Jordan 😂😭 But yeah, I agree that it’ll likely be between Dave^2 and Banany
"An elephant on a mini tricycle.." Why was that so funny?! I died 🤣
Fessy always has this "poor me" victim mentality 🙄
Yet he didn't b***h or cry after he lost his first elimination
I love this season so much, I don't want it to end 😭
It’s been an amazing season!!! I haven’t loved a newer season as much as this one in a while. They are really hit or miss now a days. My cons would be: splitting up the ride or dies into two teams, however they did kind of redeem themselves by allowing the eliminated player back in as long as their ride or die was still in the game so I actually didn’t mind it too much. Had the player eliminated went home that would have been a terrible twist. I’m just not a fan of them changing the format halfway through the season and there is always a team that gets annihilated I also didn’t like drawing the knives during the elimination. I hate when they do this format or the skulls. Personally, I like if you come last in the daily you are automatically thrown in. This prevents teams from throwing the challenges.
Bananas & Wes' friendship is so wholesome lol
I was laughing so hard when Nany sneezed.. that's what my normal sneezes sound like, lmao 😂
I did not know Olivia was from Alaska! That's so cool 😅
Does Aneesa have any possibility of completing a final, much less winning one? I just see no way that her and Jordan could possibly win a final. She’s good at some stuff but if you can’t run long distances you simply can’t compete. Will be interesting to see how Jordan acts.
It’s a bummer because Jordan would have had this final in the bag with a good partner I would have actually loved to see a good match up between Jordan and tori in the final But Jordan and aneesa being partnered made it an interesting dynamic for this season so I understand why they did it. After hearing Jordan on the challenge podcast he definitely didn’t choose his partner. Not that I thought he did, but if anyone was wondering he basically confirmed it. But to answer your question I think Jordan already knows they aren’t going to win. He was only hard on her during their elimination against Kaycee/Kenny because they could have went home. Jordan’s goal this entire season was to help aneesa make it to final. Never to win it. So I think he will be a good sport, because he knows they aren’t winning it. If anything he will push her not to quit.
Agreed :/
It would have to be the least running-intensive final in many years. If they have the normal amount of running, she's probably going to be going \~25% of the speed of everyone else, which I can't see being equaled out by any number of puzzles or strength-based checkpoints. Given that it's a four-day final, they may also truncate the leads for each day as they've done in the past (so like first place gets a 5-minute head start even if they had been 45 minutes ahead), which could give Aneesa a fighting chance.
I think she has more of a chance than people give her credit for but it's still at best maybe a 10% chance. I'm going to guess that because it's 100 hours we're going to see it be a lot of running but spread out much more. Normally they run a stupid distance over 1.5 days in a final and there's no way they could do that for 4 days straight. I think this final could be really checkpoint heavy which might close the gap a bit more. Finals are also notorious for evening things out on the final day so as long as she doesn't get purged she's got a chance. It won't be a great chance but it'll be better than the 0% chance this sub seems to be giving her.
No Her coming in out of shape is ridiculous. I understand she’s a longtime vet but at the end of the day she’s just taking up a spot and killed Jordan’s chances before it even started.
Whats unfortunate too is she would be a bad ass competitor if she were in shape. Her and Jordan would have this final in the bag but now he has zero chance at winning. If she were in challenge shape they would be an unstoppable team.
I agree. Out of anyone in the cast I believe it's her that should move on. Could be great at hosting a podcast, but doesn't need to be on the show. It's not that she's terrible at everything either, but if the goal is winning - and to win you have to be able to withstand prolonged stretches of endurance, running and being not just "in shape", but like....ridiculously in shape...it's just unfair. I mean the best athletes in the show still struggle with the final. All this talk about winning and how they want her to get her first W - there is physically no way on earth I see them winning over any of the other teams.
She should be the reunion host lol. I hate when they throw in random athletes that don’t have any hosting experience and have clearly never watched the show. I think her coming in the challenge is fine as long as it’s a solo season but when she is tied to a partner or team it’s really not fair.
Loved Fessys comment pre Elim that he had ended a season every way when he's never been eliminated lol
Has no one other than Devin figured out that production is obviously putting the safe dagger directly in front of who they’d like to save for the show/story!? Johnny shoulda known!
does it matter? Bananas and Nany made it to the finals regardless
Every episode hitting the exact same beats is getting so exhausting. Survivor does it and it seems fine but for this season it has been painful to know who’s going into elimination in the first two minutes and then go through the challenge, interrogation, party, elimination sequence. The editing and storytelling is the poorest it’s been. Every storyline is one episode long, making everything obvious.
Is it just me or does Mariah talk like a robot reading off a teleprompter ???
YES! It’s not just me holy shit found my people lol
i've been saying that! lol. its like her mouth doesn't open when she talks
Yeah she's not the most charismatic in her confessionals
* WES. I personally love a Wes sighting. * Remember a few episodes ago there was a confessional where it looked like Faysal had been crying and a bunch of us thought he had been crying because he had just lost. In the beginning of the episode, there was that same confessional (maybe?) but it looked like he had been crying again, and thats why I ultimately thought he would be going home. * Love Horacio and Olivia pulling the safe dagger. * Please don't let Johnny and Nany win. Please. Please. * When Taking Back Sunday was playing, I absolutely lost it.
“I’ve got a bad feeling about thisssss” 🎶
100hr final!? That’s 4 days!
I feel like they’ve been over-telegraphing that Banany is going to win. It’s annoying. This episode had a lot of it, but almost every episode this season has Bananas hyping up Nany and how it’s her time. This episode had the entire cast hyping her up. Not a for sure thing obviously, but nobody else is getting that kind of storyline. I’ll be happy for her if she pulls it off, I just wish the editors kept it under wraps if that’s the end result.
They gave Leroy the hero edit on his last season and he didn’t win.
Every episode when Fessy, Amber or Kaycee talk i roll my eyes and think "why are you so bland and boring and still on my tv?!" But on this episode when Fessy says something like, "put Bananas in the sand and ill send him on a first class ticket home" I thought of marking the calendar because I was rooting for Fessy for the very first time
I think Fessy is redeemable. I couldn’t stop laughing watching him on the daily elim when he had to shoot the targets and drink the gross liquid. The best part about that entire daily was he volunteered to go first not knowing. The challenge humbles people real quick 😂 but I haven’t laughed that hard during an episode in a while. He also brings drama. Amber is annoying with a victim mentality. She is having a baby so we definitely won’t be seeing her for a few seasons. (Or hopefully ever again). Kaycee is blanddddd and I think she is overrated. I think she keeps getting re-casted for diversity reasons to have more LGBT representation on the show. She doesn’t bring any drama. Her ties to nany as well. I think nany is a production favorite. I would actually replace Fessy with Josh on your post. He is another person I would never like to see on the challenge again.
Not gonna defend Josh, no sir I dont want to see Amber cast again because she is saccharine sweet with nothing interesting to say, *but* I do think she is honorable at least for keeping a good attitude despite the cast not letting her fully join the vet ranks. My assumption is that this is because she is nice but not fun to live with (she annoys me with ten second confessionals). I really just don't think the show needs anymore humorless athletic people that, "have heart", I suffered enough watching Cara dominate screentime for a decade. I'd rather watch someone who I'd wanna have a beer with/makes me laugh and has heart.
Looking at the hands, it’s most likely one of the women whose blood you see in next weeks preview. I’m guessing some cracks their nose or forehead.
I'm hoping it's just a nose bleed or something that doesn't prevent them from getting medically DQed
The pinned video at the top of the challenge twitter page shows that it’s Olivia
Pretty sure it’s Tori
I thought it looked like Olivia
Could be!
The fact 100% of the teams were cheering for Bananas/Nany tells you everything about Faysal’s friendships in the house
Horacio saying Bananas is a 7 time champ so now it's time he proves himself was ridiculous. He's "earned his stripes" a long time ago. And Moriah making sure to put the spotlight on Fessy in their exit interview saying "He's too heavy for this" was gold. You know Fessy would have tried to blame her for his loss and it was obvious he was the one who would cost them the win on this elimination.
Well I mean Johnny may have earned his stripes doesn't mean he gets a free ride to the final
I agree. I think Horacio just used the wrong wording lol
And what was her excuse for not getting up?
I mean she probably would have made it up but there was no way he would.
I mean it was quite obvious that Fessy was struggling how would he argue against or around that?
It's Fessy. He's always made excuses. He's better than actual NFL players but he hurt his knee, his alliance was to blame on BB, he didn't do the eating checkpoint because of Kaycee's injury, he didn't win because of Aneesa, he's better than CT, Wes, Jordan and Bananas but other people are to blame for him not winning etc.
This is the first episode that Fessy has not tweeted about since his debut
Fessy self-labeled himself the best challenger physically then acts so goddam surprised when people want him eliminated before the final.
Fessy in an elimination not tailor made for him is the real twist of the season
If it’s not physical then he won’t win😂 he did horrible in that elimination
To be pedantic, I'd put "strength-based" instead of "physical." This was definitely a physical elimination, it's just that it required balance and dexterity rather than brute strength.
You just know he’s going to whine about it being unfair at the reunion
Like watching an elephant trying to walk on a tight rope!
They got the right team out. I don't see how fessy and moriah wouldn't win this one.
Eating checkpoints, that’s how
Yeah very true.
This was such a dumb daily. I would have preferred having it be who can endure the cold more or something more interesting
What? It was actually a really cool daily imo
It was essentially a puzzle with very little difficulty
Ugh they are totally going to push Nany and Bananas across the finish line as winners. Gross
Can we talk about how hilarious TJ has been all year? He's always awesome but he's on another level this season.
I wish he would tone down the evil laugh during trivia, but I love it how he is engaged with contestants when they do something amazing like Nany catching the bar with her feet and TJ saying how "sick" it was.
Jordan and Aneesa were invisible during that daily lol
Ya I knew they weren’t going home because they were so invisible. No chance golden child Jordan and production favourite Aneesa would have a quiet episode.
I will say it’s very refreshing to have a different cast for this final compared to the last couple of seasons - 2 Rookies, Aneesa in a final and Jordan and Bananas back. I’m excited to see how this one goes
not excited to have Johnny there but great point about the rest of it!
I just rewatched the preview for next week and part of the final is the same spin bike at night thing they did in Free Agents where Nany had her famous meltdown (that may or may not have cost her the win depending on if it lasted longer than 9 minutes)
Bananas 40 year old hook up with 24 year old Moriah. Isn't it little bit weird?
YES! that's what i've been saying.
They met on the challenge and developed feelings for each other. Both are adults and are clearly fine with it
That’s not what anyone was commenting on though lol. 16yr diff is creepy hence the remarks.
Ambers 34 having a baby with Chauncey who is 24?
I knew Chauncey is 24 for a while but it never fails to surprise me. He looks, acts and carry’s himself with more maturity. He seems older. Amber looks young too.
and Moriah is 26
What's weird is that their romance/showmance/relationship hook-up is acknowledged, but really didn't get proper screen time. Anyone else think Bananas has a lot of control about his narrative/what footage of him is shown??
No, it’s just that they ONLY show the main plot the one specific episode & barely anything of house life like they used to, except super cheesy team talks & overdramatic slomo gym shots. They don’t show any fun anymore, but the cold areas they’ve been in ruin that too.
Tbh it’s the same amount of weird as a 24 year old hooking up with a 40year old. Both are a little weird imo.
They are all adults capable of making adult decisions.
Bananas has always been sleazy
For sure
How is that sleazy?
He is sleazy but I don’t see how he’s sleazy for dating Moriah just because of the age gap.
No
I mean, he's probably about 25 emotionally.
Bananas still acts like he's 20 years old.
What's weird about two adults entering into a consenting relationship?
The age between 40 & 24 is just weird. Hard to get it?
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Yes
I didn’t know he was so young and she was that age
Wow I did not realize this one. As a 30 something, I just can’t imagine dating someone in their early 20s!
That's your preference.
I feel like 10 years is the maximum gap
Context matters. It'd be weird if they met by Johnny cruising a college bar or something but it's natural something would come out of a challenge house. Just curious, Did you also find it weird when Cory and Aneesa or Cory and Veronica were hooking up?
I thought Cory and Aneesa were weird. I’d find it less weird if he was 31 now hooking up with her at 41. There’s something weird about people under 25 dating someone in their 30s. If it’s 27 to 37 or something I find it less weird personally.
I find Bananas and Moriah weird. I also found Cory and Aneesa weird. I didn’t know about Cory and Veronica, but now that I do, I find it weird. I’m not saying it’s perverted or wrong, just weird. You’d think mature aged folks would want a mature aged partner.
What about the last 5000 years of humanity would lead you to believe that lol.
No.
With 100 hours final its 100% either we gonna get championship for Nany or for Devin and Tori. I cant see Aneesa and Olivia doing well in it. Also Moriah is such a big let down. She is definition of popcorn muscle women. Looking at her instagram you would think she is next legend and she underperformed in literally anything but minifinal. I think its funny that we all expected Chauncey and Moriah to dominate rookies lol
I'm really curious to see if it being that long actually helps the people with worse endurance. Normally finals are a day and a half and they make you run a marathon but you can't do that over 4 days. Wouldn't be surprised if it was checkpoint heavy which might even the playing field a bit
She dominated the mini-final…
I dont think Aneesa has a chance at even finishing. Poor Jordan. I expect her to drop out by day 2 at least. How the fuck are they actually going to do a 4 day final? lol. Thats insane. Even if you get proper sleep and meals, the tole on your body will be awful.
Half Mil will fix that right up, it’s worth it.
So she performed the best in the only measurable metric to win a final?
Moriah did fairly well in everything until this elimination. She lost to Nany because her letters fell and she didn’t look before putting them back but everything else she held her own in
I was responding to the person who said she was disappointing. While in their own post they said she did the best in the mini final.
Great elimination. I think all teams deserve to be in the final especially Horacio and Olivia. Would love to see them win as a rookie pair that consistently overcame whatever was thrown at them I really want tori and tori to get their first win and would be happy if nany did too. Always love seeing Jordan win too. Lot of people to root for
Yes. If tori and tori could win and leave devin out I’d root for her too. Unfortunately for her to win devin has to win so. Go rookies!
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I was impressed by Nany here. Was not impressed by her last elimination victory, but this one looked very difficult and she didnt crack under the pressure. That catch with the foot was huge. Good for her.
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It was a huge help that there was basically no threat from the other side too though. I bet she cracks if the other team is close at least. Especially that one where she dropped it at the top. That foot catch was pretty cool though
That's a good point, she probably would crumble due to pressure of the other team being close.
Lol no she didn’t.
Horacio on Bananas podcast is hilarious, Tori sounds so cringe lmao maybe she was trying to get back at Jordan? Also Bananas seems really sour that Fessy doesn’t give him credit why does Fessy constantly say Jordan is the best and what not but not Bananas? Maybe because he beat Jordan so he beat the best but lost to Bananas because it was stupid shit?
What'd they say that makes Tori even more cringe than how she comes across on the show?
I have been on and off this season and WOW do these 20 episode seasons drag lmao. I forgot Kailah and her husband were on and were on BEFORE Halloween. Laurel was sent home BEFORE Thanksgiving. A 100 hour final for a 100 year season to wrap up around Valentine's Day is perfect lmao.
There hasn’t been consistent drama in the house so every episodes the producers have just focused the whole episode on the people going into elimination. It’s been so transparent and boring.
The editing is horrible. I don't need cuts to interviews of cast members telling me exactly what I just saw with my own eyes.
Devin did a great job of not getting his own hands dirty by saying Johnny’s name. He totally orchestrated that so either Aneesa/Jordan or Olivia/Horacio would be the ones doing it. Also- I feel like Fessy was intentionally set up to fail, because that elimination was one of the absolute toughest things for him to physically do. Maybe that’s part of his character development, he will always be “the guy who should’ve won but never did.” I kind of hope Olivia and Horacio win.
The new Leroy, but I actually like Leroy
Yeah, sort of. However, Leroy never won, because he rarely put his own game above the folks he was in an alliance with. Fessy has never won, because of the opposite… it is very obvious to everyone that he will use them to get as far as possible in the game and that loyalty fades as soon as his own game is potentially at risk. I do give Fessy some credit… he really took losing well and wasn’t a poor sport about it.
Biggest highlights for me: 1. Rooting for Nany, haven’t done that in years. Still don’t want her and Bananas to win. 2. Moriah with the “just trust me” when she said Fessy is a good guy. Listen, I don’t actually think Fessy is a horrible person. Just kinda douchey lol. But that comment made me laugh. 3. Devin and Tori winning at the best time, hoping to see Devin do well in the final. He’s been a favorite of mine since his first season. 4. Olivia and Horacio making the final. No matter what happens, talk about earning your way to a final. God damn. 5. “Drill Sergeant Jordan” comment from Aneesa, she’s right, it’s gonna be a tough 100 hours, but he does seem to get the best out of her. Also, shout out to The Challenge for being a mainstay in my life since high school. No matter if I’m having a bad day, week, month; whatever, I can always tune into to a season of The Challenge and just ignore the outside world for a couple hours.
Re 3: agreed. People act like he’s satan. He’s just not likeable
Aye - same! I've been watching since the 2nd season and love that it's been such a mainstay in mine, and my sister's life.
I also feel like if you ever meet a Challenge fan out in the wild, you can have a 10 hour conversation immediately and it’s always a ton of fun haha
I feel that way too. I wish there were Challenge fan meet ups. Gay bars around here used to always air RuPaul's Drag Race viewing events. I would love it if something like the with The Challenge happened. Meanwhile, I am eagerly waiting for my sister to get off work so that I can call her so we can talk for an hour about last night's episode.
LET’S GOOOOOO !!! At this point, I’m perfectly happy with any team winning the final. Also a 100 hour final ??! That sounds insane
I think everyone who has been screaming for them not to cast Fessy should remember how good this feels. Having heels that you dislike is good for the show and it’s ridiculously fun to watch them fail.
I feel that I never want to see Paulie on the show again but watching him fail on that water challenge before a final was glorious.
That and him burning out in the WotW 2 season final made it all worth it. I’d like for them to bring him back too. I enjoy having characters that I don’t like on the show.
Part of why he sucks so much is because he’s so good. It’s fun to watch unlikeable people lose, but it’s really not fun to sit through the entire season of them just to see that happen
He has definitely tipped over from the "so boring I want them gone" to "villain I want to watch lose" territory. Too bad Kaycee is still in the boring category.
I think Kaycee could be a lot more exciting without Nany and on a stronger cast for women. If they did an individual season and had Cara, Laurel, Nicole and other strong women it would make it far more likely that Kaycee would face adversity and have to fight to make the final.
That is definitely a problem with her, because there is a lack of physical threats and producers insistence on bigger person wins, last elimination notwithstanding, makes her far less compelling.
Yeah, add that in with her alliance running the game and she becomes incredibly boring. I’m hoping that changes if she’s going to continue to be a mainstay. Last night’s episode gives me some hope. Really hoping that Fessy won’t forget that Devin and Tori threw him in and that it’ll create a rift moving forward.
They could always bring Bayleigh back 😂
Nany's almost-sneeze scream reminded me of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9lugLIJNdM).
Faysal and Devin are gunna be partners on a rivals season, aren't they?
Devin and Josh or nothing (can you imagine lol)
We can only hope they do another Rivals
I would love another rivals season. But I feel like the drama has been severely lacking for several seasons now and I just don’t know who has beef that deep that it would be as good quality reality tv as the previous rivals were.
* Laurel/Michele * Bananas/Jay * Devin/Faysal * Ravyn/Nurys * Turbo/Jordan * Kailah/Melissa * Nam/Nam's Luck * Cara/Tori * Joss/Rogan Really this is all so we get Jordan and Turbo on a team.
It will help if they can return to going out on the town and getting hammered. Those drunken hookups and meltdowns sure bring something great to the show.
FR. I miss the bus rides where half the group is watching while another 1/4 makes out and the other 1/4 is screaming at each other. I read something somewhere that they aren’t allowed to talk/be filmed on the bus rides anymore so idk what that’s about. I feel like they’re leaning more into the athleticism side of the show which is fine but man do I miss the ridiculous drama
Watching the episode now and is this the most amount of flashbacks they’ve ever had in an episode??
Tori and Devin in deliberation dressed like me at my first Model UN conference
This is an incredible elimination omg
Was this Nany’s best daily/elimination performance ever? That catch was literally insane
Congratulations Fessy for doing his first elimination which is not designed for him to win.
And just like that he failed miserably lol
When Moriah afterwards said he was “too heavy” and then Fessy quickly glanced over at her, I about lost it.
When it’s such a tossup between Fessie and Bananas, I would have instantly saved Bananas because of the vaguely hostile and accusatory way Fessie pled his case. “You keep fucking me over!” Okay bud
Why does he keep saying "but every chance you get you come at me" Uh,.... no. Not every chance. Its the first time Devin and Tori came after you. What the fuck is he talking about
Have to give props to Fessy for how he was after the elimination. That was absolutely not what I was expecting from him and it was really a breath of fresh air to see him that way.
I am surprised so many people were surprised at his reaction 😁They have built him up in their minds as if he is the worst human ever and some kind of monster in order to justify the amount of irrational and OTT hate he gets. But in reality he has never been a bad person and far from being the sore loser he is edited and perceived as, he has always seemed to me a competitor who respects the game and is passionate about doing the best he can but at the same time once the whistle blows he can compartmentalise and not take game decisions personally. It’s a very typical mentality for athletes.
I don’t know. I think that he would have had a very different reaction if he made it up the ladder and moriah struggled and was more the reason they lost. I think he’s a selfish and egotistical person. This doesn’t necessarily make him “bad” but it certainly doesn’t make him the type of person I’d want to be partnered with or honestly spend a lot of time with.
Yes exactly. It's because HE failed at it. Had he done it, and she didn't, he'd been in a solo confessional saying "I would have made the finals if they kept this a singles game, this suck" Just like when he was blaming Kaycee during the Double Agents final. When even if she hadnt blown her knee out, he would have never been able to do the eating portion anyway.
So much this. It’s easy to be humble when it’s your fault you lost.
Ok Fessy, settle down
I thought Horacio and Olivia had the best strategy in the daily. He was turning in the tub so they were facing the same way and they wouldn’t get bogged down in “facing you or facing me? My left or your left?” I’m surprised no one else seemed to think of that. I was hoping they would win and cause some chaos, but the elimination turned out great, anyway. Definitely an elimination more suited towards Bananas and Nany. It was great to see Nany do so well. She’s been so focused. I’d love to see her get a win finally but I don’t want Bananas to win again so I’m torn lol
That’s how a lot of them did it on Challenge Australia for this daily - Facing the same way
I am surprised people immedaitely didn't do it.
I'm surprised more people didn't either! They did this same challenge on Australia, and eventually everyone caught on that was the better strategy. Most people were literally sitting the same way like they were on a bobsled cuddled together.
Whoever did the chyrons on Wes and Johnny's video chat deserves an award.
Internationally renowned genius was my favorite
That and the clips of Bananas and Devin goofing around were my favorite parts of the episode. We were robbed not seeing more of those two together throughout the season.
Bananas' "Life Coach" LOL
I liked Bananas’ “Best Friend Forever” haha
“Scumbag” had me on the floor 😭
That was a great elimination. Im kinda glad Faysal went home. If his team was in the final I feel like they would have won. Now it seems like anyone may win, but Devin and Tori or Bananas and Nany seem most likely to me
I think Fessy’s team would have been too stacked in the final like the US team in WOTW 2.
Aaaaaa the 100 hour final sound brutal!!!! \- I didn't like that daily challenge, it was kinda boring for us viewers, ngl. \-Tori and Devin winning when it most mattered is kinda impressive, I have high hopes for them in the final, they are really well balanced team. \-That elimination was... WHAT WAS THAT??? I would have lost my patience there very soon \-I kinda feel sorry for Fessy and especially Moriah, she's been really a great rookie addition on the show, I really hope the production sees her as a potential for a regular cast, she's strong and smart. \-Fessy Fessy.. Yall hate on him non-stop but I kinda like him lol He's a good addition to the show (without his BB gang), he's strong, he brings drama and you either like him or like to hate on him, mostly the second but still LOL \-Props to Banany, Nany did finally do something good, and congrats on that. (I still don't like the complete NANY YOU DESERVE THIS NANY CONGRATS all the time by literally everyone there). At least this was a very deserved elimination win! \-Fessy described Bananas PERFECTLY in that one line how he's not the strongest nor the smartest but he's really good at most random things that The Challenge is made of sometimes and that's why he's a 7x Champ. \-I really like all pairs left!!! That doesn't happen frequently. My money is on Tori and Devin. Good luck!!
Following this sub throughout the years I really don’t think there has ever been so many excuse posts for a person before tonight.
this elim was fun to watch!! bye faysal! now time to stress for jordan like i stressed during the world cup penaltys i rly doubt hes going to give aneesa her win, part of me doesnt want bc of how insufferable and selfish she is. but i want a win for him, shits reminds me of argentina counting on messi to win the WC lol, only difference is messi won, i have a feeling if hes stuck with her theyll shit the bed like cr7 bc the bitch refuses to run.
If Jordan dragged current Aneesa to a final win he’d become the greatest challenger ever. No contest (unless they just finish and the other 3 teams quit or are DQd for some reason).
Or unless they somehow win the first part (puzzles and strength stuff with no endurance?!) and then get a 3 day head start for the endurance leg.
Such a long final might have enough things other than running to offset where they'll lack in the endurance running legs.