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Hello everybody!
Back with a brand new The Challenge rant and what a ride (pun intended)! I don't know if I'm just being really biased but this season is already looking amazing! And it feels like it will have a lot more to offer so I'm excited for the next episodes! Well, needless to say that this episode was really exciting as well!
We started of with a proper introduction to Bananas and Nany (not that they really needed one) and, at the same time, they hinted us at some of the things that were to come. We saw a little of Devin and Tori, a lot of Turbo and bits here and there of Jay, Michelle and some of the other rookies.
Moving on to the daily challenge, we are hit right away with some news - Emmy decided to leave the game, therefore Nam was 'eliminated' as well. That really was a bummer because we all wanted to see more of Nam and it looks like he just can't catch a break! Every single time he comes into The Challenge, he leaves because of his partners... The Challenge really isn't his game.
After that, we see the actual challenge and we start with a bang! Horacio and Olivia are first and they smash it! Then, everyone else after them completely fails, including Turbo, who talked a big game and then... Nothing. There was a montage of everyone that wasn't able to finish the challenge until it was time for Tori and Devin, who obviously were able to. Lastly, it was time for Banany which, even though I'm not a big fan of Nany, it's obviously the team I'm rooting for. Also, obviously they finished the challenge. But, that wasn't the end of it. TJ surprised everyone, once again, and brought a new/old team back - Kaycee and Kenny. Because Nam and Emmy left and I guess Kaycee and Kenny were still around (because the only reason they left was because they tested positive for Covid) they came back. And they also were able to finish the daily challenge. And it actually looked like they were the fasted ones to do it, luckily they weren't - Bananas and Nany were the winners, showing everyone why Bananas is the ultimate champion of The Challenge!
As we should have been expecting from giving Bananas the power, the started stiring the pot right away - but in a smart way, not just to create waves. He saw how the elimination plays out (with the daggers and all that) and his plan was to send in teams that were friends and were working together, that way that would should people where everyone stands and maybe break some alliances. However, one team just had to be put in even though they weren't really part of any alliance - Turbo and Tamara.
Turbo really pissed me off in this episode and he just had it coming. The only person (besides Tamara) that he was friends with in the game was Nany and he also attacked when she genuinely just wanted to talk to him. Obviously he was chosen and everyone knew he would be the one to go straight into elimination. I sort of felt bad for Tamara because she looked like a good person, but she was partnered with Turbo so... The other teams to possibly go into elimination were Jay/Michele, Johnny/Ravyn and Olivia/Horacio. All of them were picked for a reason and, although all of them were a bit mad that they were picked, I feel like everyone knew why. But ultimately, what Bananas wanted was to break that rookie alliance - which he sort of acomplished.
When it got to the actual elimination, obviously Turbo and Tamara were the ones that Nany and Bananas picked and then Jay and Michele got the SAFE dagger, which was the best came scenario for me, to be honest. I'm kind of sad that Jay is not on Bananas side (because, believe it or not, Bananas and Devin are now working together and that makes me happy) but at least he was safe straight away - now he just had to pick who else to save, which was sort of easy, in my opinion - just pick your actual friend, which was what he ended up doing, sending Horacio and Olivia into elimination.
The elimination was pretty simple though - a straight up Memory Game. On top of that, no one wanted Turbo back in the house so, because of that, everyone helped Olivia and Horacio and, needless to say, they won and everyone got what they wanted! Bananas won the first daily challenge he was in, Bananas and Devin are working together, Jay was safe right away and Turbon went home - I couldn't be happier with how everything worked in this episode!
Lastly, they had to end with a bang! They hinted in the beginning of the episode when Tori was talking about her break up with Jordan and... Yes, Jordan showed up right at the end of the episode - alone. We know that he's partnered with Aneesa, which is going to be even more chaotic, having in mind that Aneesa is best friend's with Tori and Jordan is Tori's ex so... It's going to be interesting. Still, him showing up was quite something already and I can't wait for the next episode!
I have a feeling that Bananas will be able to win this season again (also, he's with Nany and I think they're setting up Nany as this season's winner, with everything about her mum) cause he doesn't have a lot of enemies. But overall, I'm digging the season and I like a lot of people (which doesn't happen often) so... Let's see. Let me know what you thought of this episode and what are your predictions and I'll see you in the next one!
Love,
Daniela.
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