The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 15 - "Welcome to Conquest"

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Hello people!

Finally back on time to talk about the latest The Challenge episode and Oh My God, what an episode! Unfortunately, not in a bad way...

This episode was a whole rollercoaster. This was the beginning of the Conquest and it looks like Conquest will be the most interesting part of this season, unlike what we all thought (cause we were all expecting a lot more from the Champs, let's be honest). And Conquest started right with a bang - night challenge, idividual challenges from now on and also from now on the last place will go home automatically, which is something huge! We knew something like that was going to happen because, let's be honest, there are only a few episodes left and there are too many contests and they can't all go to the final so... I guess we should have seen that coming.

Then the actual challenge was really exciting - the first two rounds had Horacio and Kyland in the lead and then Ed 'won' the third round which, ultimately, got him the win because he was the one that did it in less time. It wasn't the best but it could have been worst. Then, the last two places were Moriah and Ravyn and Ravyn ended up being the one to go home. I could take or leave it with either of them and I personally didn't like Ravyn but she was a number for my favourite alliance and, to be honest, Moriah is starting to piss me off. Not only she's up Jay and Michele's ass but also she's not a great competitor. I thought she was better in her first season but now... There are so much better female contests and that's visible in this challenge - because she was almost last. But, that wasn't the worst part about this episode, the worst came next.

TJ revealed that the votes now will happen in a different way. Ed is the only one safe and he will pick someone to be safe as well, then that person he picks will pick another one and so on until there's only three left and those three will go into a secret elimination - oh, and it doesn't matter if it's girl or boy - in the end there will only be one winner and that goes for guys and girls. That twist did spicy things up and ultimately makes the game even more rigged. For example, in this episode Ed stayed true to Jay's alliance (which is just dumb of him, by the way) and followed Jay's plan to leave Nury's for last and make her choose between saving Olivia or Horacio - and that's exactly what happened. Nury's was the last one to pick and she picked Olivia - not only because she's her friend from outside the game but also Horacio told her to pick one of the girls, obviously she went with Olivia. And, in the end, my favourite three went into elimination - Horacio, Kyland and Zara. 

I really had no idea who I wanted to stay because I wanted three of them to stay but I knew I wanted Zara to stay because she's my favourite and she's a girl. Well, she was the one to go home but not withour a fight! She made a bad choice in the order to go into the puzzles but she took it like a champ and she kept going and never gave up. And even TJ said so! To the point that, at the end, he kept praising her and he was also really obvious that he likes Horacio and Kyland and want them both in the final, so let's hope they win the next challenges because we know what's going to happen if they don't.

Lastly I only have two things to say - first James is a b*tch like Zara said and second I don't trust Colleen anymore - she could have changed the game right now and she kept going with the same alliance. I just hope all of them go home and the last six (I supposed there will be six people in the final) are Kyland, Horacio, Olivia, Nurys, Ed and Berna. I don't necessarily like Berna but from all of them she's the one that stayed more true to herself and played with integrity, and as far as Ed goes, he's just dumb for trusting Jay because he's at the bottom of the list and I think eventually he will figure that out. Regardless he's the strongest man after Horacio and Kyland so he's the only one that truly deserves to be at the final (besides Horacio and Kyland, obviously). But I guess that's it from me.

There's a lot to talk about in regards to this episode so tell me everything! What are your thouhgts on Conquest so far? What's your favourite part of them game (Control, Chaos or Conquest)? And what did you think of who went home? Personally I'm devastated that Zara went home and so angry at basically everyone at the house! I can't believe I used to like Jay because now I dispise him... I can't wait for him and Michele to go home.

Anyway... Tell me your thoughts I'll talk to you next week!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 13 & 14 - "El Saboteur" & "Don't Let TJ Decide"

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Hello people!

Yet again another week with two episodes in one post... I'm so sorry about that. It really wasn't my intention but again, time got out of hand and it happened... The good thing is that we have two really exciting episodes to talk about and I'm so stoked!

Neither of the episodes work exactly according to plan but it ended in the best way it could have (considering the situation) and I'm so happy about it.

So, overall, episode 13 was almost the turning point in the season. The daily challenge was somewhat "challenging", there was a ton of drama (healthy drama) and I was on the edge of my seat for most of it. The outcome of the daily challenge wasn't the desired one because the worst Team that could win ended up winning and choosing to send Horacio into elimination, but that started a whole debate on making big moves and sending someone different into elimination (possible elimination) alongside Horacio.

There's a clear division in the house right now and I was so hoping the "underdogs" would finally do something about their situation but... That ended up not happening...

They had the numbers but both Nurys and Colleen were really torn on doing something (aka throwing in Jay) and, at last minute, because she's friends with both Kyland and Jay, Nurys decided to basically burn her vote and therefore, because she did that, Colleen decided to not show all her cards just yet and voted in Kyland, just like "everyone else". I get why they did what they did. Who I don't get why he voted Kyland was James - I mean, he's with Moriah, but he could have gone with Emanuel then?! They would all throw you in in a heartbeat so... Luckily, karma did bite them in the ass in the next episode, which I liked.

Anyway so, both Kyland and Horacio went into possible elimination against Brad which, to be honest, made me relax a little bit because Brad is not the hardest champ to beat. I kind of wanted Horacio to go against Brad because I thought he had a better chance to beat Brad instead of Kyland (obviously I would rather Brad pick chaos though) but Brad picked Kyland. Still, when the elimination started I was shocked! Kyland started moving at a really fast speed and I got my hopes up. And, in the end, Kyland won and I was so happy! This was a good old Challenge elimination! And now Kyland won against both Darrell and Brad. Kyland really snuck on us, didn't he?!

And everything kept going in episode 14...

This episode was the mini-final episode and that's always exciting! We have a glympse at who's actually a threat and it really is Horacio and Zara because their team was always the first up until the last checkpoint where it all came down to math and I guess Horacio's weakness really is Math. And, because of that, every single team got ahead of them and, in the end, it really got down to either Jay's team or Kyland's team and, needless to say who I was rooting for, right?! And the last minutes of that challenge were really nervewrecking because Jay asked for a check and luckily they had it wrong and there it came Kyland's Team and got the win! However, you would thought they would save Horacio... Well, no... It's unfortunate but I understand why Kyland gave up - that meant that with Horacio already going in and with Kyland and James safe, the alliance had to turn on themselves and that would create more drama - and that's exactly what happened!

Somehow they all gave up on putting Jay up for elimination so the choice was between Ed and Emanuel - Jay and his alliance decided that Ed was the biggest wildcard and Kyland decided that Emanuel was Jay's right hand (after Asaf) and decided to go for him and that left them with a stalemate. That was really exciting! They tried a second time to come to an agreement and Ed didn't give up. Corey changed his vote but Ed decided to change it as well so it would still end up on a stalemate. And that's a dangerous game to play - you don't know what TJ would do - but I knew what was coming next! CT!

Obviously it came down to CT to choose who to go against and the first thing that he did was save Horacio so that's already a win! Then he looked at everyone and he mentioned Jay but he said he would spare him which was a bit unfortunate however what he did next was almost as good as picking Jay - he picked Asaf! And we know Asaf is a brother to Jay, to the point that Nurys tried to congratulate Jay for being save and he pushed her away because Asaf was not safe and he was pissed at her. Seriously, I used to like Jay but he's just the worst in this season... 

Anyway, then came the elimination and I wished it was more of a physical one but it was Math again and that's one of CT's strenghts and he got the win! Yes, so excited that he sent home Asaf and that he shook things up in the game!

Conquest begins in the next episode and I'm so excited! Something tells me that more than one people will go home and that will happen in every single episode from now on and I can't wait for things to change because I'm so tired of the same people going into elimination and I'm tired of all my favourite players going home.

Okay, that's it from me. I'm sorry once again for the lack of posts and for joining two episodes in one post. I hope you still like my rants and of course I wanna hear from you - What you thought of Kyland and Brad's elimination? What about CT and Asaf's? Tell me everything and I'll talk to you, hopefully, next week!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge | Season 39 Episodes 11 & 12 - "My Own Worst Frenemy" & "A Legend Returns"

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Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

It's not the best way to start the year because, once again, I'm joining two episodes in one post but I feel like you can understand - it's a time where a lot happens and it's hard to get to everything. On top of that, I actually think joining these two episodes work really well because they have something connecting them - actually, more than one thing. Both episodes focus a lot on Michelle, both episodes have a female elimination and both episodes have the champs loosing... So disappointing.

I know I'm getting ahead of myself but I really need to talk about the things that bothered me about these last two episodes. Overall, they were pretty weak episodes and the only thing that I liked about them was the winning team in this last episodes (episode 12). Apart from that, a lot of annoying things happened.

First of all, people kept nominating the same girls and that's so annoying! I'm so sick of people being afraid of nominating Michelle and, fast forward, thank god Cara Maria picked Chaos and chose Michele to go against her. The downfall was that Michele won and that's going to make her even more full of herself. Also, I was really annoyed that not only Cara Maria lost against Michele in this episode but Laurel lost against Ravyn in the last episode like, what the hell has happened to these Champs?! I know the eliminations weren't the best - they have been pretty lame this season - but c'mon! I expected more from Laurel and I expected even more from Cara Maria. Not that I liked them but I really wanted a change in the game and I'm so sick of the same people rulling this season... It's actually so annoying!

But, there were a few things that I liked about these episodes, such as the challenge in the last episode (episode 11) where they had an eating challenge, and I love those! Not only that but it also involved a bit of Trivia which was the perfect pairing! And, as I said, I liked the winning team of this episode, which were Horacio, Zara, Berna and Ed.

There's not a lot more for me to say, to be honest. I've talked about how tired I am of who's controlling the game and I can't even imagine how Michele will act in the next episode but it looks like things are about to turn. Colleen, Zara, Horacio, Kyland, Ravyn and few others are creating their own alliance and I'm sure things will change in the upcoming episodes. I also think, from the preview, that Corey will be on the winning team for the next challenge and we already know that there's only two guys left - Brad and CT - and we all know that CT will be the last Champ to come this season so on the next episode we'll have Brad and I predict it will be, finally, a physical elimination! Also, I have a wild theory - I predict that in the last episode of Chaos, which is obviously the one with CT, he's going against Jay - either Jay is nominated or CT gets the Chaos and he picks him but CT will face Jay in another elimination and it will be the same elimination they did seasons ago - the knots one. I have a feeling that's going to happen... We'll see. But I guess that's it from me.

I'm sorry for the short rant but there's not much to talk about - I'm mad about the outcome of both episodes and really disappointed in both Champs. Let me know what you thought of both eliminations and who do you think will face CT? Tell me everything and I'll see you next week with another rant!

Love,

Daniela.