The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 8 - "Shaneless"

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Hello guys!

Here I am, one more week, with a new The Challenge rant.

This episode had quite a few things happening, a lot of drama and, although I don't comment on drama that often, this involved Bananas so... You know I have an opinion on it so, let's get started.

The episode started just like the last one ended - with the mercenaries to go up against Angela and Faith. This was a pretty good elimination because in the beginning, they were neck a neck and actually, Angela and Faith were doing really good and they were ahead of Hunter and Ashley. But then, almost in the end, something happened to Faith (she said it was some type of injury with a finger nail or something) and she just basically gave up, resulting in Hunter and Ashley winning and getting into the game. To be honest, I was rooting for Angela and Faith, no reason really, I guess it was because no one was actually rooting for them and, overall, I don't dislike them. Plus, I don't like Kam and she was the one to send them in so, yeah. They didn't win, like I said, but they did go to the Redemption House, which was something that I wasn't sure about. 

Then, because of that, because they went to the Redemption House, I'm pretty sure that the next episode is going to be another Redemption House elimination or something and, from what we saw in the preview, it seems like it. It's going to be good though, because this episode didn't have the elimination (nor the nominations, for that matter) so it's going to be nice to have nominations, elimination and Redemption House elimination. This way, the next episode can come back to 'normal' and have challenge, nominations and elimination.

Anyway, after the elimination, and after Hunter and Ashley getting into the game, of course something had to happen - Ashley and Kyle hooked up. I swear to god, Kyle can't keep it in his pants! I used to kind of like him but now I'm just over him and I just want him to go home because all those hookups are too much.

After that drama, there was another drama involving Shane and Bananas (and Cara Maria, kind of). Jozea and Da'Vonne also got involved in it mostly after the main challenge.

I have so much to talk about this! Really! I'm going to try and keep it short but I can't promise because I'm too passionate about it.

So, basically Shane decided to sabotage his own team (because we was in the same team as Bananas/Tony and Jozea/Da'Vonne) and made them loose. In my opinion, that was such a dumb move! Okay, he wasn't going to be the MVP, Bananas and Tony were going to be for sure but that way, he could possibly just have two/three votes but now?! If I was in his team, I would vote for him (and if everyone does that, he's going to have, at least, two/three votes, which is basically the same as if he was MVP). I don't know if you understood but my point is just that he was dumb and this is probably going to bite him in the ass. I used to like Shane, but he's getting more and more annoying and...  I don't know. Bananas is my number one so I'm going to be on his side no matter what. (At least, in something like this). 

Well, I don't know if he's going into elimination, because from the preview it looks like it's going to be Kam and Kayleigh and, to be honest, you can't forget that probably everyone is still pissed at her for what she did last time so... She's probably going to elimination and I'm also okay with that. As long as Bananas doesn't go, I'm fine.

Okay, I guess that's pretty much it.

Let me know all your thoughts on this episode. Are you on Shane's side or Bananas' side? Do you agree with what Shane did to his 'team'? Tell me everything, and I'll see you in my next post!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 7 - "Big Little Lies"

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Wow! What was this episode?! I haven't felt this surprised by the challenge in a long time!

I have so much to talk to you about this episode! It was full of twists and turns and, although it didn't have the end of the elimination (like I was expecting) it barely had any drama (like petty drama, I mean) and it was like really enjoyable! So, let's get onto it.

The episode actually started with the elimination that didn't show in the last episode and I thought that was going to be the mercenaries elimination but I was wrong. Nonetheless, it surprised because the Team with most votes were Tori and Derrick. You see, this is what happens when people decide to throw burn votes - they put in people that they didn't want to. Obviously, they were up for elimination and then they had to choose between the people that voted them in - Sylvia and Joss, Angela and Faith, Brad and Kyle. Of course they weren't going to choose Brad and Kyle so, out of the other two, they chose Sylvia and Joss, which I think was a good decision.

The actual elimination was good and a pretty good match, to be honest, but Sylvia and Joss won in the end and Derrick and Tori went to the Redemption House. Everyone was pretty shocked but the truth is, Derrick have been rubbish so, they kind of deserved it.

They didn't focus much on the Redemption House not anything else, to be honest. They showed a bit of Kam talking about her master plan (which I'll get into in a minute) and then they moved pretty quickly to the main challenge.

Once again, it was a good challenge but the outcome wasn't really what I wanted. First, Bananas' team didn't win and second, Tony and Bananas didn't win either and, in the end, as expected, Kam and Kayleigh won, and this is were Kam's master plan is put in action.

I have to give her props though, it was nice, it just didn't end the way she wanted to. Also, she used her plan mainly to save some teams and, if I was her, I would use it to send big names into elimination.

Anyway, so she basically made everyone believe that she was either going to send Kyle and Brad, or Sylvia and Joss but the truth was, she wasn't and she just wanted to protect them. The result, she basically made everyone vote in pairs like, burn votes exchanged like Bananas and Tony voted for Zach and Amanda, and Amanda and Zach voted for Bananas and Tony. And everyone else did the same which ended up with Kam and Kayleigh, with two votes, being able to vote in anyone they wanted.

In the elimination, we then discovered that they wanted to vote in Angela and Faith, which they did and they were going into elimination and they wanted them to go against Jozea and Da'Vonne. And it almost worked but then, the mercenaries showed up. Not only messing Kam's plan but also messing everything because they weren't there to send people home - this time, the mercenaries were there to replace the other team which means, if Ashley and Hunter (which were this week's mercenaries) win against Angela and Faith, they are going to stay in the game. 

Now, my only issue is, are Angela and Faith going to the Redemption House or are they really out of the game? Either way is fine by me, to be honest, I was just wondering.

So, this was an huge episode so I want to know all your thoughts! Did you like Kam's plan? Would you do the same and send in the rookies or send someone else? Let me know!

I guess I'll talk to you next week!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 6 - "A Series of Unfortunate Events"

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Back with a new The Challenge rant.

I have to say, I quite enjoyed this episode! For once, it barely had any drama and we almost got a 'full' episode (with challenge, nominations and elimination). The only part missing was just the elimination and, from the preview for the next episode, it seems like it won't be a big of a deal since we basically already know who's going home. Also, the preview only focused on the actual challenge of the next episode (so we know there's going to be one) and the elimination, which will involve the mercenaries, so we also know that it's going to be a fullish episode (they're probably going to cut the last bits of the elimination but that's fine by me).

Anyway, we've talked enough about the next episode so, let's get into this episode.

Like I said, this one didn't focus much on drama. We got a glimpse of the 'remains' from the Brad/Britini drama, with Brad talking to Britini and learning the truth and then, the only drama throughout the episode was the Cara Maria/Kyle/Faith drama.

We see a bunch of couples going to bed together and you know... and then it just left Cara sad and everything because one of those 'couples' were Kyle and Faith.

Then, we moved on to the weekly challenge and, right in the beginning, Brad and Kyle threw a power move at Cara and Marie and got rid of one of the ropes that was 'needed' for balance in the challenge, which was what f*cked up their game because they were actually playing really well.

The challenge itself was like a mix - there was the first part that I thought was kind of easy, and then the second part was like really difficult so props to everyone who finished it (which was only three teams, one of them being Bananas and Tony, of course) because that seemed pretty difficult.

Unfortunately, Bananas and Tony didn't win, again. Instead, Zach and Amanda won which leaves me with mixed feelings because I like Zach but I hate Amanda.

After that, it was time for nominations and that was actually pretty funny because a lot of people went with a 'burn' vote but the thing is, if all those people voted for the same team, it's not going to be a burn vote so... And then, on top of that, we saw in the preview for next episode that most of the teams were still in the game so it can either be Jozea and Da'Vonne or Brad and Kyle because they're the ones that I can't remember to see on the preview.

I'm curious, though... 

The episode then finished with a little drama between Da'Vonne and Shane which was just hillarious.

Anyway, this are my thoughts on this episode.

It seems like we are back on track with the 'normal' episodes, which makes me happy so, I'm not going to complain. Just keep up with this format and I'll be happy.

Let me know your thoughts and I'll see you next week!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 5 - "Breaking Brad"

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Here I am, one more week, to talk to you about The Challenge.

I should say that I kind of had high expectations for this episode but, in the end, it turned out to me a little 'meh'. The premise that there was going to be a Purge in this episode looked really nice to me but the main focus of the episode was drama (once again) and I'm just tired of it.

Basically everyone had drama in this episode. Not huge things though, but there was some issues between CT and Veronica, the usual between Marie and Cara, things with Kayleigh and Nelson... Like, a lot of issues but not anything major, which I would say, is worse because this way you don't even have anything to be shocked with or anything.

Then, the actual challenge was a little 'meh' as well. The outcome wasn't even that surprising. I mean, I was expecting CT and Veronica to go to the Redemption House, at least, not this early, but I wasn't exactly surprised either because it was pretty clear that Veronica hasn't been doing anything to improve in challenges and in the episode, CT got really pissed at her attitude and ultimately at the fact that they lost and went straight up to the Redemption House. I have faith that they are going to get out of there and get back to the main game though, but if it is something like the last time, it might not even be up to them so... I don't know.

I did like the fact that Tony and Bananas were one of the only two teams who finished the challenge. Unfortunately, Brad and Kyle won (once again). It seems like Bananas and Tony are always getting second place and, although that is also nice, I would like to see them win and be the top team to beat. I still believe they are going to be the ones to win this season so...

I think Kyle has too many issues with a lot of people and that won't be good to his game. But then, Bananas and Tony had to really work things out. We saw a glimpse of that in this episode and I believe things are going to work out well for them so, let's see.

Anyway, this are my thoughts on this episode.

Hopefully next episode will be a 'normal' one with Challenge, Nominations and Elimination.

Let me know what you thought and I'll see you next week with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 4 - "The Affair"

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So here I am, as I promised, with the lasted The Challenge rant.

Just as I suspected, this episode was all about the Redemption House. I'm not even going to ramble about it. I'm going straight to the point.

Of course we had that drama thing that seems like it is the main topic on the show this days but, what really matters is what came out of the Redemption House. Overall, it was quite exciting but there was some things that I disagreed on, such has the way they handled the amount of people that there was in the Redemption House. 

As we suspected, the getting back to the game from the Redemption House involved the double crosses, just like in Dirty 30, but this time, the team to get the double cross would be, not only one of the teams to compete and get a chance to get back in the game, but also the team to choose who they wanted to go against - the remaining teams where going straight home, no chance to fight.

I really didn't like that because they basically just stayed there, in that house, doing nothing to then really go home. At least, they should've had a chance to prove themselves... 

Anyway, also like I said, Natalie and Paulie really did go to the Redemption House so they also competed in that elimination - actually, they were the ones to get the double cross (lucky bastards) and they got the power to choose who to go against - Jozea/Devonne, Jenna/Jemmye or Britini/Chuck. But, another plot twist, they would only let them know in the actual elimination.

Also, everyone else from the main house were called to go to the actual elimination, to see them fight for a way to get back - resulting in them finding out about the Redemption House.

I actually thought they were going to save that for later but maybe they already have more twists so...

Well, the really surprising part of the episode was Natalie and Paulie choosing Devonne and Jozea to go against, because Paulie decided to send straight home Zach and Brad's girlfriends (Jenna and Britini) in a way to get to them. That was really low. And, in the end, it was for nothing really because Paulie and Natalie lost again - which meant they went back to the Redemption House, this time, alone.

But before they went, Paulie had to cause some drama - not only he almost got into a fight with Zach, Brad and Kyle, but also spilled out some lies about Britini sleeping with Chuck in the Redemption House.

It was a big mess and I just want to see what's going to get out of that.

So, next episode we are finally going to have a proper challenge and it seems like they are realizing they still have too many players because it's going to be a Purge so, it's going to be cool.

Let me know all your thoughts and predictions and I'll see you next week!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: Final Reckoning | Season 32 Episode 3 - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"

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I'm back from my holidays!

Just as I told you, just today I was able to watch last week's episode so today there's going to be two new rants, hope you don't mind.

So, let's just jump right into it because this episode was kind of crazy.

First thing I'd like to point out that this episode was only about the elimination and, even though I do get it, they were trying to make a lot of suspense about everything, it just annoys me that we're on episode 3 and basically everyone is still in the house. As I've said many times before, I love the usual 'set up' of the episodes, with some drama but also with a challenge, nominations and elimination.

Anyway, pass that, I gotta say that this was pretty intense. Yes, all the drama was a bit too much, in my opinion, mainly the whole thing between Cara Maria, Kyle and Paulie like, that's some teenager sh*t right there and it's starting to get annoying.

Then, there's also the Chuck and Britini drama in the Redemption House which was small in this episode so it was fine by me.

The main thing in the episode was all the twists and turns, starting with the nominations.

In this season, every team gets to vote but the votes are secret (kind of). They go into a room, just like in the previous season with the 'deliberation' but this time to nominate a team. Then, they only find out who's going into elimination in the elimination day so everyone had to pack their bags and suit up. 

The twists don't end here though. In the elimination day, they find out who got voted, who got the most votes and is going into elimination as well as the teams who voted for them (the ones going into elimination). This week the chosen team was Natalie and Paulie and then they found out who voted for them. Out of the ones that voted for them then they (Natalie and Paulie) had the power to choose who they were going against. They chose Kam and Kayleigh but that backfired because Kam and Kayleigh ended up winning, leaving Natalie and Paulie to go home. We still don't know if they're going to the Redemption House or not so, let's see. All I know is that in the next episode a lot of drama is going to happen so, I'm curious for that. It involves Paulie from what I could see so... Let's see.

Well, I don't have much to had to this rant. Everything's still pretty fresh and I don't have a lot to comment on. The drama that is happening is petty and not much more happened so... Let's see. I can't wait for more challenges though. Next episode is going to be mainly Redemption House, I think. That is also interesting.

Anyway, I'll be back in a few minutes with the new rant!

Love,

Daniela.