The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 18 - "The Beginning Of The End"

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Hey everyone!

This is the second to last episode of the season (excluding the Reunion) and we've started the final! However, this final played slightly in a different way. Following the structure of the season, this final was divided into Control, Chaos and Conquest, and in this first episode we saw the Control part and most of Chaos. And, also following this format, in between sections, we have eliminations and this is where this episode reached it's peak! It happened pretty early in the episode, I must say, but after the Control portion, where they had to all work together to complete this challenge otherwise they would loose more money - which ended up happening - they had to pick someone to go into elimination and, because Corey was the one who basically made them loose the money, they chose Corey. But then, Corey had to pick someone to go against and he picked Jay and, needless to say, things finally worked out and Jay was finally sent home!

I can't believe I'm happy Jay went home. I started this season with Jay being one of the few that I liked and ended with me being so mad at him and just hoping he would go home - which finally happened in this episode. I don't particularly like Corey either (I don't like any of the remaining players beside Nurys) but between them I just wanted Jay to get what he deserved after being awful all season.

Anyway, so Jay went home and after that Chaos started.

In this portion of the final they would be paired and they would have five stations and not only they would have to do the 'challenge' in each station but also run to that station. It was actually pretty thrilling and also impressive! I was really surprised with a few of the contests, more specifically Emanuel, he finished first in all stations apart from the last one, and I also really liked the dynamic between Nurys and Corey in the first station. After that Nurys kept finishing second or third and only the last one she finished first. Nurys really is the only one that I care about but, unfortunately, it's not looking that great for her.

Emanuel ended up having the best time and because of that not only he was the only one safe from the next elimination but he would also pick who's going into elimination. From the preview and because of everything that happened during the season, I'm 90% sure he will pick Nurys and I also predict that Nurys will pick Moriah to go against. The preview for the next episode did give away a lot because we see not only Emanuel but also Corey, Colleen and Berna doing challenges that they didn't do in this episode so either Moriah and Nurys go against each other or one of them goes against a Champ, which would be cool, to be honest. But my money is on Nurys going against Moriah and I don't know if it's just me wishing this would happen but I have faith that Nurys will pull it off. I trully want her to win! But regardless, she's already the queen of this season!

And I guess that's it from me for this episode. All in all, it was a great episode and even though I don't particularly want any of them to win (besides Nurys) it was really thrilling to see them compete and for the first time I have no idea who's going to win the whole thing. It's been looking like Emanuel might be the one but I can't say it for sure because Nurys and Corey are looking really strong as well (also Moriah, to be honest). So, let the best man/woman win (but truly, I hope it's Nurys).

Don't forget to let me know your thoughts and predictions for the Season Finale and I'll talk to you then!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 17 - "Feel the Bern"

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Back for another The Challenge episode and... what to say... It was honestly more of the same. Same people being safe, same people going into elimination and same people saying the same lies. This whole season really has been a roller coaster and, in a way, it has been one of the worst seasons, if you think about who's left and how they don't deserve to be in the final, but at the same time it has been a great season because I've been feeling a lot of emotions towards it! It sucks that you don't like (almost) any of the players left, but the truth is, this season has given me so many emotions and so many thoughts and has changed my mind of so many people that it can't be one of the worst ones. Heck, it might be one of the most intense lately, so I have to give props to the season for that. And, even though it was a lot of the same, something did happen that made this episode a lot better - Michele finally went home!

To be honest, I predicted it. In my last post I said that I was almost 100% sure that Michele was the first one to go into the water. The challenge played a little differently but the end result was the same - Michele went home and that is enough for me! And, as if that wasn't enough (fastforwarding a bit) Olivia and James went home as well. James I could take or leave, but Olivia, after what she did last episode, she totally deserved it. Yes, in this episode she was sorry and she apologized and she and Nurys were sort of okay again but still, it was karma and it was even better because Nurys was the one to send her home. If this wasn't karma, I don't know what is.

And well, there's not a lot more to talk about to be honest. Berna won the daily challenge which she did deserve it but her train of thought on who to save... I just don't like it. I get she wanted to save Colleen and Emmanuel but the others... I mean, Jay was sort of with her but she was also at the bottom of his list alongside Colleen so... These people just are really dumb and want to keep not only strong players but also those who aren't that loyal to them around, which just don't make sense. Plus, even though Olivia, Moriah and the other girls didn't really deserve it, the all girls final made sense because they all had better chances to win but... Oh well, I guess that's not going to happen anymore because, even though TJ didn't say it, we got a sneak peak of TJ appearing in the middle of the night and the preview is also about the final so... The next episode will be the beginning of the final and there's only one thing that I want - for Nurys to win the whole thing! Not only she's the only one that deserves it but she's also the one that beat Kyland and Horacio and James and Olivia so she has to win the whole thing! None of the others are worthy of that final and I'm sure a lot of them will either give up or get injured (from the preview it looks like Berna will get injured). 

But that's pretty much it from me. It was more of the same but Michele went home and Nurys is still in it to win it so, let's go Nurys! Let me know what you thought of this episode and who are you rooting for in the final? Tell me everything and I'll see you next week - for the final!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 16 - "Family Knows Best"

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Back on time because, honestly, I just really had to talk about this episode.

This season of The Challenge is going from bad to worst. I mean, the episode was really thrilling and got a really strong reaction out of me, and that's always the intent, but c'mon! Are we really playing this game?! This whole game has been so unfair and I know everyone feels the same about this season - I would even go as far as saying that even production is shocked at the outcome of all of this. Well, we know that TJ didn't agree at all with the actions and with the outcome of this episode - apart from Nurys, of course. And let's just get straight to the point - Nurys was the 'sole survivor' in this elimination. It's really bittersweet because on one hand it's so unfair to both Kyland and Horacio but at the same time it's amazing how she was able to beat not only two man but also the two top contenders of this season. Just wow! And since we're on that (talking about top contenders) can we talk about Ed?! Like Ed loosing the daily challenge and going home right away was so shocking! And again, he was the only one from the other group that I sort of liked and that I thought was worthy of going to the final so, at this point, only Nurys deserves to go to that final and to win.

I'm so sad at all the events that took place in this episode. Horacio and Kyland going home, Jay winning the daily challenge (that was the worst), Ed going home as well and, actually, the worst was Olivia betraying Nurys like that! Just last episode Nurys saved Olivia over Horacio and Kyland and now Olivia chooses Moriah over Nurys?! In what world is that even plausible?! I mean, we know that it was all a plan made my Michele but it doesn't make sense and I just lost all faith in Olivia. I don't trust her at all and I hope karma bites her in the ass and she's the next one to go home. However, from the preview for next week, it looks like Michele might be the one to go in the daily challenge?! I don't know, but it was what it looked like to me and, honestly, I really hope that ends up happening because without Michele, Jay isn't anyones number one and I just want them both (along with Olivia) to go home.

None of the people that are left in the game are worth of going to the final, only Nurys really, so I hope that she wins and, well, if I have to pick someone, maybe Colleen, Berna, Emmanuel and James are the ones to go into the final with her. Not that they deserve it to be honest, all of them have done questionable things (apart from Emmanuel, I would say) but they are the less of two evils so... I'll go with them. I just want Michele, Jay, Olivia and Moriah to go home - they are manipulative, fake friends and, most of all, not worthy contenders of the final.

Ugh, I'm so pissed at this season! Every good contestant has gone home and I just want all of them to fail and not finish the final because, let's be honest, a lot of them will go to the final and I don't think they should so... I just hope they can't finish it. Anyway, let me know your thoughts on this episode (and the season as a whole) and who are you rooting for at this point? Who do you want to see in the final? Tell me everything and I'll see you next week with an episode that I hope changes the course of the game!

Love,

Daniela.