The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 10 - "Coming For The Crown"

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(I know, no need to remind me of the rant for the last The Flash episode).

Back with a new and last The Challenge: All Stars episode so let's get to it!

This time around I was indeed right about some stuff - just not the overnight challenge.

That's right, there was no overnight challenge, which was kind of a bummer because I love those! However, we did get a one-on-one fight before the day was over and that was fun. It was pretty quick the whole thing because the matches were really unbalanced, but I was pretty happy with the outcome - with both Jonna and Mark wining their matches (alongside with Brad and Nia).

Moving on to the next day (because nothing really major happened overnight) we were hit with an elimination!

That's right, TJ let them know who was in the lead in terms of points - which were Jonna and Nia for the girls and Nehemiah and Wes for the guys - and then, who had the least amount of points had to face eachother and only one guy and girl would keep going (the other one was going home).

Obviously I was rooting for Mark and KellyAnne. Unfortunately, both lost, which was really such a  bummer. I was okay with Brad winning but honestly Kailah is just so lucky! Somehow she figured out the "puzzle" and won - even though she had no idea of what she was doing! It's really not fair but... yeah... That's life...

So, after KellyAnne and Mark left, they went on with the final and, from that point on, it was individual and no more points - who got to the yacht where the money was would win - which is sort of bittersweet because, in a way, it makes sense that the first to finish the race wins but at the same time it's way more exciting with the points, but okay...

First checkpoint was, right away, the best - eating challenge, where everyone strugled. Then, a puzzle and, lastly, another sort of puzzle that was honestly so nerve wracking.

Well, in the end, Wes won, which was pretty obvious, I think we all thought he was going to win, AND JONNA WON! I'm actually really happy because not only she grew so much but also everyone sort of thought she only won last time because of MJ and that's not true! So I'm really happy that she won!

And that's basically it guys! The end of another season but we have The Challenge: USA airing right now so... Expect rants for that one as well. Until then...

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 9 - "Cheater! Cheater!"

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Okay, so I was wrong about a lot of things in my predictions for this episode so let's not waste any time and let's get into it.

I guess we should start with the biggest elephant in the room - no, Derrick didn't win againt Nehemiah and I was so wrong about that. You know why I believed Derrick was going to win, but I guess the way they edited the preview was really misleading and I fell for it. Also, maybe it was just wishful thinking because I do like Derrick more. Unfortunately, he lost and Nehemiah stayed. I also thought this was going to be a "Best out of 3" situation but no - it was one and done, which I think wasn't really fair but okay...

Next thing that I was wrong was the girls elimination - it didn't even happen! I don't know why I never saw that coming because I knew this episode was going to be the final and obviously the girls were outnumbered so it made sense. But again, maybe I never thought about it because I just really wanted to see Kailah and KellyAnne fighting in a Pole Wrestle. Again, didn't happen and not only I was but Kailah also was really mad that they never got around to actually fight!

The good thing about this elimination though was that they had a challenge right then and there with everyone, and it was a really interesting one that was about memory but also about moments in previous eliminations on The Challenge (in previous seasons) so that was nice - I always like when they ask about the actual show. The outcome wasn't really major - no one went home but the order they finished this challenge made up the order that they would start the final so... I guess that is still pretty important.

And now you ask - What about the stars? Well, that we found out right in the beginning of the final.

Turns out who had more stars had a 5 points advantage in the final because yes, this final is made of points you get for each place you are when you get to a checkpoint. And then there's like a 'face off' in this checkpoints and you also get points if you win the 'face off'. But, back to the stars... That meant only one guy and one girl got 5 points right away and, because Nehemiah won all of Derrick's points, he had the most points and, therefore, he got the 5 points. As for the girls it was Jonna who got them, which was pretty huge for her because she also had another advantage being the first one to win the previous challenge and getting an head start on the final (I hope all of that made sense).

I can't get really into specifics when it comes to the final because there's a lot to it but I have a feeling Nia is going to win. I don't know why because she's not even in the lead, but they focused a lot on her in this episode so... I have that feeling (but I was wrong about all my predictions last time so take my predictions with a grain of salt).

As for the boys, the only one that I genuinly like is Mark so obviously I'm rooting for him. Unfortunately, he isn't doing very well and I guess we all suspect who's going to win - Wes. Yes, he's annoying, but the truth is, he is indeed really good at most things and he does really well in finals and he's being great in this one so, as much as it pains me to say it, I think Wes is going to win...

Well, all I know is that I don't want Kailah to win nor Nehemiah... Everyone else, as much as I don't love them, I think they're fine and they're good competitors. And, just a quick opinion on the actual final - I think they have a little bit of everything and I'm excited for what's to come. So far we had endurence, memory, strategy, water stuff, and from the preview we will also get food challenges, which are my favourites, and also an overnight challenge, which I also really enjoy so... So far, I'm enjoying this final! Let's just hope it ends well (aka how I want it to end). 

So, post all of that, let me know your thoughts on this episode - where your predictions right? Did you think Nehemiah was going to win? What are your thoughts on the final so far? Let me know everything and I'll see you pretty soon with The Flash season finale rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 8 - "Going Bananas"

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Back with another week of rants and I'm starting with the new episode of The Challenge: All Stars.

I was pretty stoked about this one because I had a few theories about what was going to happen in this episode so I was really curious to see if I got anything right. Unfortunately, the only thing that I got right was the fact that someone was going home and it wasn't Nia like he made it look like.

Well, I guess I should just start with that because that was, honestly, one of the first things that happened in the episode. Right before the weekly challenge, TJ asked Veronica about her foot (because she injuried it last episode) and Veronica made it look like it wasn't much but, turns out, she broke her toe and, because of that, she had to go home. Needless to say, I wasn't mad at all! Actually, this is karma! Remember the Treehouse?! Well, first Jemmye and Tina had to leave, then Nia sent Sylvia home and last episode Jonna sent Roni home. And now, Veronica is medically disqualified which only leaves Kailah. I guess karma really is a b*tch.

But anyway, let's move on and talk about the weekly challenge. There were no Sabotages this time but, because Veronica left, that meant the girl that won the challenge would get her star. The actual challenge wasn't much - a memory game - but only two guys and two girls were able to get everything right, so it all came to time. For the boys it was between Derrick and Mark so, either way, I would be happy, but my favourite out of the two did win, which was Mark. When it comes to the girls it was between KellyAnne and Jonna and, although KellyAnne did get it right faster, she also made it the wrong way which meant, ultimately, she got it wrong and so Jonna won - which was also my preference. It's amazing how the winners of the last elimination won the weekly challenge - that just means that they are indeed great competitors.

Moving on to the Authority, I was certain that, for the boys, Derrick was going to be safe but, turns out, you really have to think about all the possibilities and, the truth is, any of the other boys (Wes, Nehemiah and Brad) were going to choose to go against Derrick if Mark chose any of them so, ultimately, Mark decided to give the power of choosing who to go against to Derrick and sent him to elimination.

The girls pick was easier - all the girls wanted to be the ones to choose but I think, in the end, Jonna made the right choice in picking Kailah - again, there goes the Treehouse.

All of this leads us to the elimination where things got interesting but also where we were left with a cliffhanger.

This last elimination is none other that a good old Pole Wrestle and I think both players were smart when it came to choosing their oponents. So Kailah picked KellyAnne, which was the obvious choice, and Derrick went with Nehemiah. Everyone wanted Wes, so they would have a rematch of what happened years ago, but Derrick was smart and didn't pick him, which I was happy about. And that's about it. We saw a little bit of the beginning of the guys round but then they ended the episode and left us on a cliffhanger. I kind of get it though - there's two episodes left and they don't have enough of the final the fill in two episode so they had to add an extra elimination in the beginning of the next one. However, they still showed a preview for the next episode (where we see a little bit of the final) and in that we can year Derrick's voice right at the end of the preview so... I'm sorry to spoil the elimination for you (it would the shocking if I was wrong and Nehemiah wins).

And that's it guys. I guess the only thing left to mention is Bananas' little cameo when Wes went to talk to him on Skype - it was a really funny moment and it made me really miss Bananas on The Challenge (good thing he's going to be on Season 38). 

Post that, let me know your thoughts on the episode and what are your predictions for the elimination - who's going to win? Is it really Derrick? Let me know everything and I'll talk to you soon with that The Flash rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 7 - "Let's Make A Deal"

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Back with a brand new The Challenge: All Stars rant and this one was super surprising!

First of all, I had completely forgotten that this week's challenge was Trivia and, unlike the contestants, this is one of my favourite challenges so just that got me so excited! On top of that, basically every single step up until the end was so unexpected! I guess I should have suspected because a lot of the people that won or went into elimination were really prominent in the beginning of the episode, but I just didn't pay that much attention I guess. Also, we moved on pretty quickly to the actual challenge - Trivia - so I guess I'm going to get to that as well.

This Trivia challenge was played in two rounds - girls and guys - in order to get the two people that make The Authority. I wasn't a huge fan of how the girls round went though... Veronica got a strike right away from KellyAnne's sabotage, which I liked and, having in mind the outcome, I guess it was a good move on KellyAnne's part although, that did create a target on her back - not that it really mattered that much because she always had one so... Anyway... It came down to either Ronni, Kailah and Veronica - the remaining members of the Treehouse - but, in the end, Veronica won (it also showed that she's more on Kailah's side than Ronnie because she gave her the last strike).

When it comes to the guys round, Brad used his sabotage on himself, which was unexpected and not really a smart move but okay... Wes was also kind of dumb because he got one answer wrong on purpose so he didn't have to choose someone to strike first which, ultimately, got him out sooner because he got all the other answers wrong... Lastly, it came down to either Mark or Derrick and Derrick won which I'm okay with... Plust, it has super wholesome how he won and how happy he was that he won Trivia.

Fast-forward to the deliberation, I was super surprised that they went with Jonna and Jordan! For the girls, I thought the obvious choice was KellyAnne - they have a vendetta against her (don't really know why) and she is indeed a strong competitor, but I guess she sort of made a deal with Veronica so... And for the guys the easy way was to pick Nehemiah, but even if you didn't pick Nehemiah, I don't think Jordan was the smartest choice! Jordan is super unpredictable and Derrick was trying to protect Mark so... That didn't really work out that well because, next surprise - Jordan picks Mark to go against in the elimination!

I swear, this episode was such a rollercoaster! Jordan picks Mark and Jonna picks Ronni which I thought she was going to go with Kailah but I guess Ronni was a smart choice because Jonna did win very easily, I might add. Most of this challenge was a puzzle and Jonna nailed - she was so good! You can't really say the same for the boys though...

This time I was sort of torn. I'm not a huge fan of Jordan but he has been less annoying and they all were trying to send him home so I sort of was rooting for him but, ultimately, I was rooting for Mark more because I just really like him! And this looked like sort of a good elimination for Mark because it has about strengh and Jordan did have a disadvantage because of his hand, but then the puzzle part was what really mattered and they took ages - way longer than Jonna - but in the end Mark won and I'm really happy with the overall outcome of this episode!

Trivia + both my favourites staying = me happy! As for the next episode, we are getting really close to the final (only 3 episodes left) and, from the preview, it looks like the last two players of the next challenge will go home - they make it look like it's Nia, but I think they're tricking us. It might be her, but I don't think so... Then, I predict that we will still have an elimination and the last two episodes will be the final...

Let me know your predictions for the last 3 episodes, as well as your thoughts on the outcome of this episode and I'll talk to you soon!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 6 - "Revenge Of The All Stars"

 

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As promised, here I am with the brand new The Challenge: All Stars rant (later than usual, but before the new one comes out) and I have quite a few thoughts on this episode so... Let's get to it!

This whole episode was defined by the rivalry between Sylvia and KellyAnne and, honestly?! I'm so happy with the outcome! 

The Treehouse thing has been something that has been bothering me this season - I don't know if I just don't like these type of alliances or if I just don't like the members of this one in particular but it was really getting on my nerves! On top of that, they have all been so mean to the OG players - Kendal and KellyAnne - and in this particular one Sylvia has been out to get KellyAnne that the whole chain of events was such a huge Karma moment!

First of all, against all odds, KellyAnne won the daily challenge. Right away that was a huge blow to the Treehouse game. And, unlike last time, KellyAnne didn't really think too much on her choice to go into elimination - Sylvia was out for her so she picked her to go into elimination! And, because we're on that, the winner for the guys was Brad which was, indeed, a little bit annoying and yes... He went with MJ as his choice to go into elimination, which was also annoying.

Fast forward to the elimination, after seeing what it was (puzzle), Sylvia decided to go against Nia and MJ decided to go against Derrick. Well, for the girls it was so obvious that I was rooting for Nia and it was such a huge moment when the she won so easily and sent Sylvia home! That's karma! 

As for the boys, I like both of them but, because they were out to get MJ, I guess I was rooting for MJ. Unfortunately, he lost and so I didn't get my way on the guys round but I'm not super mad at that. The only thing that matters is that Sylvia went home - still, she trash talked KellyAnne and that looked so bad on her! I honestly think she has no idea how the things she said made her look so bad! 

And well, I guess I don't have a lot more to say. Next episode is the last one with an Authority, so that's going to be interesting. I also can't wait to see what does stars mean... That's going to be interesting!

But yeah... Let me know your thoughts on this episode and I know - I still have a The Flash rant to post. Working on that next! Until then...

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 5 - "More Than Friends?"

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I know, I still owe you a The Flash rant but there's no new episode this week and I just watched this one and I really need to talk about it! Not that major things happened, but it was an interesting episode.

Well, I guess I should start with the big twist that they hinted at in the preview... Well, it was indeed a twist, but it wasn't major. It was just the fact that, from now on, the Authority will be only the two winners of the daily challenge which, was to be expected.

Moving on to the actual weekly challenge, it was an interesting one but there was something really annoying that happened - not only the girls, but also the boys, made some sort of pack and created a strategy to take down certain players and decided to winner right away... That was so annoying and made the challenge less exciting. And well, in the end, Mark won for the boys and Sylvia won for the girls.

Then, it was pretty obvious who they were going to target however, they went on a different direction that was sort of surprising to me. Because now they only choose who goes in and then who goes picks their opponents (which is a nice touch, I guess), this sort of became one of those cases were people will start asking to go in because they want to be able to choose who they go against, and that's eaxctly what happened here. Jonna asked to go because she wanted to be her to pick Beth (they sort of had a beef in this episode) and Wes sort of asked to go as well but because if they went with MJ, he was going to pick Brad and Brad felt like he got the short end of the stick in the deal that they make in the weekly challenge so, Wes being the good friend that he is, he decided to go in to save Brad. I was actually pretty surprised with this decision, as well as with who Wes picked to go against - Yes. 

Yes and Wes have been having some sort of beef throughout this season, but I thought Wes was too smart to go against Yes. Well, I guess it played well for him because, unfortunatelly, in the end, Wes won and Yes was sent home. 

As for the girls, Jonna did pick Beth, just like she said and well... Beth gave up during the elimination. That really sat wrong with me. I get it, she was mad that people were helping Jonna, shouting her what to do, but that has always happened. I always felt like that shouldn't happen, but they never made a rule against it so... She should've just kept going... It's not Jonna's fault that no one was rooting for Beth... Well, needless to say that Beth went home and that left Jonna with her stars, which leave her with a few now. 

Next week's episode doesn't look really promising but, it looks like all the other girls will do something about the Treehouse and it's about damn time! And that's all I have to say about it.

Let me know what you thought of this episode and what are your predictions for the next one and I'll talk to you soon (with that The Flash rant).

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 4 Episode 4 - "She's Back!"

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Back with a new The Challenge: All Stars rant and, this one, wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be.

First of, that person that came in wasn't that big of a player (at least, not to me), the actual weekly challenge, although with some excitement, not as epic and I intended and lastly, the outcome of the elimination wasn't what I wanted so... Not a bad episode by any means, but as good as I thought it was going to be. Anyway, let's get into all those events - starting with the person that arrived.

So, the girl that came to fill in either Jemmye or Tina, was Beth. I only know Beth from one of the last All Stars seasons - I didn't see any of her original seasons on The Challenge - and from what I remember from her, I think she's a little bit annoying and isn't that great of a competitor so... I didn't really see her as a threat when she arrived. I guess I underestimated her because, fast forward to the elimination, she won against Kendal - who I believe is an amazing competitor (just not great at the political game).

As far the weekly challenge goes, it was funny to see Darrell not being able to compete because of his fear for heights, hence going straight into elimination, just like Beth - who also wasn't able to compete. As for everyone else, I was pretty happy with the Authority - Mark, Jonna, MJ, Brad, Kailah and Veronica. I'm not a big fan of either Kailah nor Veronica, but having Mark, Jonna and MJ in the Authority was enough for me. And their picks to go against Darrell and Beth were Jordan and Kendal, which I wasn't mad at either.

Lastly, the elimination... As I mentioned ealier, Beth did win against Kendal, which wasn't my desired outcome, and neither it was for the men round - which ended with Jordan winning. It was a bit furstrating actually because Darrell was winning, but then he started feeling a lot of pain on his legs and had to quit. And actually the medical team had to get there and send him to the hospital for how injured he was. But I guess it wasn't that bad - at least, that's what TJ said.

And that's it from me. The preview for the next episode doesn't looks so exciting but we'll see... They do say that there's a twist to the game so... Again, we'll see. I actually have no idea what this twist could be... Maybe turn it into a pairs game?! Or teams?! I seriously don't know but I'm curious.

With all of that said, let me know your thoughts on this episode and what do you think is the twist for the next one! I'll talk to you tomorrow with another rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 3 - "Treehouse of Horror"

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Here I am with a brand new The Challenge rant and this was an exciting one!

For once a lot of stuff happened in terms of people leaving, but also both the weekly challenge and the elimination were pretty exciting and sort of physical! Oh, and the preview for next week - can't wait to talk about that! But first, let's talk about this episode.

As I said, a lot of stuff happened with people leaving the show. First of, Tina left after the weekly challenge because she was injured, and then Jemmye left because something was wrong with her dad and she decided to leave. This was huge not only because it was two players leaving but also because, as the name of the episode sugests, this episode was a lot focused on the "Treehouse Alliance" - which was made of Tina, Jemmye, Kailah, Sylvia, Veronica and Derrick - and with Tina and Jemmye leaving, the alliance was slowly loosing members. On top of that, Veronica was the last place out of the girls in the daily challenge which meant that there was a possibility of them loosing another member.

In terms of the actual daily challenge, first of, I need to talk about the sabotages. There was this whole thing in the preview last week about Kendal wanting to sabotage a guy and... yes, she indeed sabotaged a guy - MJ! That really came out of nowhere and, not only because of that but also, made MJ loose the daily and go into elimination (alongside Veronica). As for who Yes decided to sabotage - it was pretty obvious, it was Wes.

Anyway, in the end The Authority was made of Brad, Derrick Jonna, Jordan, Kailah and Sylvia which... is sort of bittersweet. I don't really know how I feel about all this younger players running this new season. It's almost like Kendal said in the episode... This used to be a happy house where everyone was friends with eachother and this season there's a lot of drama and strategy. That does make for a better and more interesting season but... I don't know... I sort of liked the vibe of The Challenge: All Stars and how it felt different from the main season of The Challenge.

But back to the game... It's time for the Authority to pick two people to go against MJ and Veronica and, having in mind that there's three members of the Treehouse in the Authority, they basically ran this show, picking Kendal and Syrus. Choosing Syrus was interesting though because it was down that being the one that MJ wanted to go against but also because no one wanted to do what Wes wanted (which was to send in Yes) - which is funny to me.

As for the elimination... Well, yet again, there was no female elimination. Considering that two people had already left, they decided to not do it and, on top of that, we see in the preview that they will bring in another player so... I'm curious to see who it is. Luckily, there was a male elimination and it was a really close one. Of course I was rooting for MJ and he did win in the end but Syrus almost beat him and, as much as I think Syrus is a nice guy, I like MJ better and I'm happy that he's still in the competition. I would really like to see him and Jonna win again - that would be awesome!

And that's basically it. As I said, the preview showed that they're bringing a new female player and the first person that came to my mind was Laurel but... I don't know... I would love to see Jamie Chung back in the challenge though... She's a big actress now so I don't know if that would be possible but it would be awesome! Also, the preview showed a really cool weekly challenge and they said it's a pretty banger elimination with two big dogs and a match that we've been waiting for so... Maybe it's Wes and Jordan?! Who knows, but it looks like it's going to be an epic episode and I'm excited!

Anyway, let me know all your thoughts and predictions - who do you think is the girl that is coming in? Who do you think it's in that elimination? Tell me everything and I'll see you pretty soon with another rant!

Love,

Daniela

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 2 - "You've Been Sabotaged!"

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Okay, now we're talking about!

This is what I meant in my last rant when I said that I needed more and that last episode was anticlimatic. This one was able to be exciting without focusing too much on drama.

We did start though, right away, with Wes stiring the pot. Sylvia and him had to sabotage someone and, although Sylvia had some sort of "reason" why she chose Kellyanne (she was on the top 3 last challenge), Wes went purely with his strategy and sort of "vengence" - he picked Jordan. The funny thing about all of this is that it ended up backfiring.

I don't like Jordan either, so it's not like I'm happy with this outcome but I love a good karma moment because, even with the sabotage, Jordan ended up in the top 3. He didn't win, Yes did, but still - that's such a karma moment.

The actual challenge was also a fun one and, although Tina ended up disqualified, she gave us one of the funniest moments on The Challenge.

Anyway, as for the other winners The Authority was made of Kendal, Jonna, Kailah, Brad and Yes and Jordan as I mentioned before. And the guy that went straight to elimination was Laterrian.

Now, onto the Elimination... The Authority picked Melinda to go against Tina, which created drama right away, and chose Mark to go against Laterrian - which was super unexpected.

What was also sort of unexpected was that Melinda ended up not playing and just gave Tina the win because of an injury. Luckily, the guys round made up for it!

It was such an insane challenge - one of those that they have rope on their backs and have to get to a button and this challenges usually last HOURS, which was exactly what happened here. Mark had the lead, which I was happy about that, but Laterrian made a sudden move at the end that made me doubt Mark's win. He did win at the end (Mark) and I'm super happy with this outcome!

As for the next episode, the only interesting thing that was shown in the preview was that Kendal might pick a guy to sabotage, which is an interesting choice! The weekly challenge also seems cool (physical) so... I'm excited!

So, let me know your thoughts on this episode, as well as this season premiere as a whole (both episodes) and I'll see you tomorrow with a The Flash rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 3 Episode 1 - "An All Star is Born"

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That's right! The Challenge is back and in double dose because they released two episodes today. However, to make it easier for everyone, I'm going to make two separate posts - this being the first one.

This time around they had an actual "theme" for the cast - everyone in this season has been to a final. That's exciting but I'm afraid this may turn into the "normal" season of The Challenge. Not only they brought back a lot of younger players (they didn't have a ton of people to choose from) but they brought Wes back and, although that is exciting to "stir the pot" and mess with the game a little, it also breaks what The Challenge: All Stars has been so far. Not that this episode showed that, to be honest.

I found this episode pretty tamed and not really exciting. I'm not going to get into every single detail but the week's challenge was okay, but everyone played way too nice with eachother (and it wasn't a physical one), and the same happened in the elimination.

I guess the craziest thing that happened was Wes being the winner alongside Sylvia. Not only it's so annoying that Wes won but I was genuinely surprised that Sylvia won as well. I didn't even remember that she went to a final! Anyway... With that they were both save but I guess all the other four were as well because "The Authority" - composed by the first three places of both men and women (Wes, MJ, Yes, Sylvia, Veronica and Kellyanne) - were the ones to pick who was going into elimination against the bottom two (in this case Syrus and Cynthia). The only real advantage that the winners have is that they can sabotage any player in the next challenge, which is going to be interesting how that goes.

Fastforward to the elimination... The Authority picked Tyler and Tina, the ones that were last after the bottom two and things did pick up a bit, with Veronica being friends with Tina and still sending her into elimination, but that was pretty much it.

In both men and women's rounds they were too nice with eachother and, having in mind that the elimination was a "Crawl Brawl"... It was pretty underwhelming. In the end Tina won and Syrus won, which is a shame that Tyler went home because he always is the life of the party.

I guess the last interesting thing is that the winners of the elimination get a star and that will be good in the long run - as TJ said "the more stars you have, the better" so we'll see what that means.

There's still a lot of things to discover so let's hope the next episode picks up.

That's it from me for now. I'll see you in a bit with Episode 2!

Love,

Daniela

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 10 - "It Takes Two"

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Last episode of Season 2 of All Stars and I gotta go straight to the point - I'm really happy with how it all ended!

I started out this season not really liking a lot of people, and most of the people that I sort of liked left right in the beginning of the season. And with all of the King's Palace stuff, there wasn't much that grabbed me this season... But MJ and Jonna kind of changed my mind. Over the season, seeing them as people, as well as competitors and working together, I grew really found of them and I'm really happy that they won!

Some people said that this was all made for them to win, that it didn't make sense the whole Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Final and, I gotta say, it is indeed weird, but it has happened before and well... I just wanted them both to win so I can't complain. I'm just happy that two of the best people this season won and I'm really proud of Jonna because she almost did it last season and I really felt like this was her season and it really was! So yeah, I'm just happy with the outcome! But now, that I've told you how happy I am, let's get to the beginning of the episode and go through the whole Final.

This final had everything that I wanted, really. It started out right with a bang - not only them starting the final right after the elimination, but it also started with one of those sleep depriving challenges, which are some of my favourites and it has been a while since they have done one of those.

After that, we move to Phase 1 - they have to run, get to a Nucleous, where they have to pick between three paths aka three games. They do have to do all of them and only get to the next phase the Top 3 (aka the last team goes home). These three games were quite difficult - not only they were difficult on a physical level but also on a mental level because most of them had something to do with memory (one of them was actually a memory game). 

MJ and Jonna did get lucky in this Phase 1 because they only made it to the next level because Ayanna and Teck gave up. They were pretty tied (even though I think MJ and Jonna would have won anyways) but Ayanna just felt like she couldn't keep going so they were DQed and so Jonna/MJ, Darrell/Janelle and Nehemiah/Melinda moved to Phase 2.

Phase 2 started out, once again, with another of my favourite challenges - an eating one! Again, it has been a while since they have done one of those (even in the main series) so it was amazing to see it again. Then, after finishing eating some awful things (to be honest, it didn't look that bad) they had to run to a math problem, solve it and get the answer to a safe where they had their money.

And again, in the end, it was pretty tied between MJ/Jonna and Darrell/Janelle, and all because both teams didn't read the rules. But I guess Jonna just was faster to realize it and she and MJ opened the safe and then ran to the airplane where TJ was waiting for them! I do have to say that, in this last bit, I thought the teams could still try to outrun each other, but I guess not...

In the end, as I said, I can't complain! My favourite team won and I truly believe they deserved it - both of them! Yes, they didn't go to any elimination and maybe that was all made for them to win but, at least, you can say that they were a strong team and they deserved that win.

Anyway, the episode actually ends with a teaser with TJ for the next season so... I guess they're already filming? I don't know, I just know that I'm excited!

Now, let me know your thoughts on this final and if you liked the winners (if not, who did you want to win?) and I guess now it will take some time for me to post a new rant so... Until next post!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 9 - "Break Stuff"

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Hello everybody!

It's that time again - The Challenge: All Stars! This episode follows almost the same result as the previous one. However, what I really wanted ended up happening and, even though the ideal situation didn't happen, the outcome of it all was good so... I'm happy with this episode!

Besides all that, we got some great challenges and great elimination so, let's talk about those!

This episode moved pretty quickly, which I'm not mad about. We saw a little bit of why everyone wanted to make it into the final in the beginning of the episode, but soon it moved to the daily challenge. In theory, this wasn't a hard challenge - untie some knocks, get some keys, and put a 'relic' in an altar - all on top of some moving trucks. The thing about this challenge though was that it was a timed event and they only had 5 minutes to untie those knots and, if they are anything like myself, it's hard and I would take ages to complete the challenge. Well, apparently, they aren't better than me, to be honest, because only one team completed it - the only team that we didn't want to win - Melinda and Nehemiah. Not only that meant that they would save Teck and Ayanna but also meant that everyone from the other alliance was nominated. I mean, that ended up happening because Brad and Jodi were disqualified. 

It was actually pretty funny to be honest, the reason why they were disqualified. Basically they didn't listen to the rules properly and Brad just Hulk shamashed all those boxes instead of untying the knots. Jodi didn't do much better either but she eventually realized that you were supposed to do that. Still, that meant that they were going straight into elimination and, with Nehemiah and Melinda winning, it was obvious that MJ/Jonna and Darrell/Janelle were nominated. And that's why they went through that bit really quickly.

Then, as for the actual decision, it was up to only Teck and Ayanna to decide and, obviously, and I totally agree with Darrell here, they made it a tie so it was up to Nehemiah and Melinda to make that decision. Thankfully, they went with the smarter choice and also the one that I wanted - Darrell and Janelle. Not only I'm rooting for MJ and Jonna but also, if you think about it, Darrell has won almost every season he has been in so it's way smarter to throw him into elimination, against another strong team, so you send, at least, one strong team home. Regardless, when it came to the actual elimination, I was rooting for Darrell and Janelle.

And, in terms of elimination, that was another really cool elimination, with them breaking stuff, sending it through two holes and, in the end, it was up to the weight. Also, really nice that each team couldn't see each other, which I think is better to just keep your head in the game and not worry about how the other team is doing.

Well, in the end, the difference wasn't big but Darrell and Janelle did end up winning and I'm really happy with that! It's what I said - not the ideal situation, with Nehemiah winning, but the end result was good with MJ and Jonna safe and Darrell winning the elimination.

To end it all, of course TJ had to drop a plot twist - the elimination started right then and there! No waiting a few days, nothing! Poor Darrell and Janelle that are exhausted... 

But that's it for this episode. Next one is the actual final and I guess you already know who I want to win so let me know who do you want to win and I'll see you in my next post!

Love,

Daniela

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 8 - "(You Drive Me) Crazy"

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Hello everyone!

Back with one more The Challenge: All Stars rant and we're so close to the final! Unfortunately, the outcome of this episode wasn't the desired one - at least, not for me.

The episode actually started out great! I mean, they recapped the whole thing from the previous one that I still think it's so unfair, but once they moved to the actual challenge, I was pretty invested!!

This week's challenge was a mini final, and those are always exciting! I was even more excited because they highlighted Jonna and MJ a lot, and we already know what that means - it either means that they're going into elimination or that they win, and this time I had a feeling they were going to do good in that challenge and I was right! I was really happy that Jonna and MJ won! Not only they are part of the alliance that I like but they're also the least problematic out of the teams from that alliance. Also, they sort of are the underdogs of that alliance and that have never won (at least, I'm pretty sure Jonna haven't). On top of that, a team from the King's Palace alliance were the loosing team so everything was going the right way. It was Jasmine and Laterrian though, and Jasmine is friends with Jonna but... Oh well... I was still rooting for them in the elimination though...

After that, the nominations were pretty easy, with MJ and Jonna picking the remaining two teams of the King's Palace (even though they almost nominated Jodi and Brad) and then the house picked Nehemiah and Melinda, which was the team that I also wanted to go in. Again, Nehemiah is the head of the alliance, so it made sense for him to go, but also I felt like Jasmine could beat Melinda and maybe not Ayanna so... That was my thinking. However, the elimination was in pairs and it had nothing physical in it so... Maybe Ayanna and Teck were a better choice because, unfortunately, Laterrian and Jasmine lost.

It was really bittersweet because it's another team from the King's Palace to go home but, on the other hand, Nehemiah and Melinda got the life-shield, which means that they're going straight to the final no matter what.

Honestly, there's not a lot of teams that I really like left. I do like Jodi and I wouldn't be mad if Jodi and Brad won, same goes for Darrell and Janelle, but to be honest, I think the team that I really want to win is Jonna and MJ so... Let's hope everything works out well.

But that's it guys. Let me know your thoughts on the episode and who do you want to see win in the final and I'll talk to you in 2022. Happy New Year's Eve tomorrow!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 7 - "Save the Palace"

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Hello people!!

I know, I know... Late as usual, but it's the holidays so I think you understand. Also, to be honest, I'm not that mad that I only watched this now because this episode was really lame and just not fair at all!

Actually, the episode started out pretty great. Now the competition was starting in terms of the new rules but it quickly became obvious what was going to happen and, to be honest, just went downhill with it's events.

The daily challenge was pretty cool, with them hanging on a monster truck and grabbing flags. However, I think they should have done it with points instead of just the number of flags you get. They had red, blue and green flags so they should've had points for each color and that would make it so much more interesting and mysterious as well. But no, and so in the end, Jodi and Brad won, which I was happy about and the last pair was Jasmine and Laterrian, but because they had the life-shield, they were safe and so the next on the line were Teck and Ayanna, so they went straight into elimination. 

This whole thing is turning into two teams, with two different alliances, and luckily my favorite one - the one with Brad and Darrell and Jonna - had an advantage here and, even though Nehemiah and Brad are friends outside the game, they are in different alliances here so Brad and Jodi nominated Nehemiah and Melissa, and Cohutta and Casey, just because they had to but they had the numbers to vote in Nehemiah and Melissa. However, they weren't counting with something... Plot twist - Casey finds out she's pregnant! Still, things play out as usual, and the house does vote in Nehemiah and Melissa but, when they get to the lair, they are faces with another plot twist!

Here is the thing that pisses me off the most about this episode - there was no elimination and both teams that were going in stayed in the game. Still, one team went home - Casey and Cohutta. I totally get Casey going home, but Cohutta?! It's so unfair! They should have had a male only elimination, just like they had in the previous episode, and then woman without a partner would be paired with Cohutta. But no - TJ said that they were a team so they were going home as a team. Super unfair!

And that was it, to be honest. Not only there was no elimination but someone that didn't deserve it went home... But let me know your thoughts on this whole thing - I would love to know your take on this 'elimination'.

Until then, happy holidays!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 6 - "A Whole New World"

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Hello!

Coming a little later than usual but yesterday was my birthday and, although I did watch the challenge episode (the main series), I didn't have the time to write. But, because I watched this one today, I decided to start with this one!

Finally they gave us a good episode! With good set up, a pretty good daily challenge and an amazing elimination! And, on top of that, TJ presented us with a twist!

So the daily challenge was a swimming one, with a puzzle, and it was in pairs. Everyone had a pretty good partner, to be honest, but someone had to lose - Tyler and Jasmine. I was kind of bummed because I liked both of them. As for the winners, it was Brad and Jodi - I like Jodi and I think she's strong. But that's not just it - there comes the twist. From now on, the game will be played in pairs and the pairs will be the ones they chose for this challenge. And as for the life-shield, the ones that have it now can save but only teams, not individuals, and that's when the alliances start thinking on a way to save themselves (Brad's alliance, in this case) and, of course, they throw in the people with this life-shields so they can't vote later. And in the end, they settle for Kendal/Laterrian and MJ/Jonna.

As for the votes, it works how they wanted to when the house picks Kendal/Laterrian. However, Kendal had an injury and, as they get into the Arena, we find out that Kendal had to leave and so Jasmine won't be playing and she's safe.

So it's just a guys elimination - Laterrian vs Tyler - and it's a good old Pole Wrestle. And oh boy, it was intense! Tyler really tried and endured a lot, but Laterrian won in the end and so him and Jasmine are now a pair and both have a life-shield (as a team).

And that's it for today! It was a pretty good episode and, for the first time this season, I'm actually pretty excited about the All Stars spin-off.

Let me know what you thought of the episode and who's your favorite pair right now and I'll talk to you soon.

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 5 - "Old Tina Can't Come to the Phone"

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Hello everyone!

So, one more The Challenge rant but, this time, the All Stars season.

Well, I maintain my opinion - the main series is better than this one. Maybe it's the fact that I'm not that attached to this players but I just know that I get way more invested in the main show. However, I do have to agree on something - the daily challenges here are way more interesting. But, on the flip side, the eliminations are crap! Not only people don't really try that hard (like it happened in this episode) but also they're just too easy and end pretty quickly. The eliminations on the main season are harder and more physical and, let's be honest, that is the main reason why we watch the show. But I'm over with my rant - let's talk about specifics.

As per usual, we get a bit of a backstory of a few people before the daily challenge, and this time we learned about Melinda and her miscarriage. Of course this was a set up for what was to come.

We also saw a bit more of those two alliances and what they were planning for the daily challenge.

In terms of the actual challenge, this was an individual one, which is what I prefer, and it actually looked pretty hard. To the point where Casey just gave up and Melinda had to quit because she wasn't feeling well. And because of that, I have a few thoughts. 1) I felt really bad for Melinda because she couldn't really do much and she ended up losing and going straight into elimination. And 2) Casey should have been the one going straight to elimination because she simply quit! And the worst part is that she wasn't even the house vote either! Don't get me wrong, I actually like Casey, but she gave up so she should have been the one down there. Instead, it was Melinda against Tina (for the girls).

As for the guys, Steve was disqualified because he didn't follow the rules, so he went straight into elimination and, in the end, after Darrell and Jodi (the winners of the challenge) picked their four nominees (Toni, Casey, Teck and Tyler) the house chose Teck to go against Steve. And, just like that, Nehemiah's alliance was basically all going against each-other.

When it comes to the elimination itself, there's something that bothered me.

The guys round was actually pretty good and even ended up being a bit physical when it didn't need to be and, in the end, Teck won which, I guess I was happy with. I wasn't necessarily rooting for any of them, but because Teck is the skinny dude, I tend to be rooting a little bit for the underdog and, in this case, it was Teck, so I guess I'm happy with the result. I'm also happy with the girls' result, but that was just a joke. Tina didn't even try and, although she had a fair explanation for why she didn't do it, I just hate when people don't play the game. I get it, you were become someone you didn't want to become but c'mon! You knew what you were getting yourself into when you accepted to go to the show! Also, you could have just faked it and give the win to Melinda anyway without just standing still in the middle of the arena. Anyway, that's just my opinion...

In the end, I guess I was happy with the results but again, this elimination was pretty meh and not exciting at all. Still waiting for a physical and exciting elimination.

But that's it from me. Let me know what are your thoughts on this season - do you prefer this one to the main one? Why or why not? Tell me everything and I'll see you in my next post!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 4 - "New Divide"

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Hey!

One more rant of The Challenge, but now, the All Stars seasons!

Well, I remain the same. I still think the main season of The Challenge is better than this one although this one had a Trivia challenge which I really enjoyed!

Actually, the daily challenge was the best part about this episode. Not just because of the Trivia aspect but also how they dealt with it. First of, it was guys round and a girls round, which is way better than having Teams. Here, the winner of each is safe and picks four people to then nominate, and the first ones to fall off the building are the ones going straight into elimination. In this case, Katie didn't even tr to do the challenge so she was the one girl straight into elimination. As for the guys, all of them played and the first one for fall was Brad. So Brad and Katie went straight into elimination and the winners were Casey and Steve. I wasn't familiar with Casey but seeing the footage of her in the past not doing the challenge because she was afraid of heights and now she winning, I was really happy for her. As for Katie, she got a lot of sh*t for not even trying which, I get it, but also she knew she was going straight into elimination and she was okay with it so... I guess that's fine?! It's not as fun for the viewers but I didn't really have a problem with it, to be honest.

Then, there was a huge plan between Casey and Steve and some other people (such as Nehemiah and Laterrian) to throw in Derrick. Basically they decided to choose Jodi and Cohutta so they would use their life-shield on themselves and then they could choose Derrick and they weren't able to do anything about it. As much as I like Derrick and I didn't want him to go into elimination, I gotta say that it was a smart move. And in terms of the girls, because they wanted to make sure that Derrick had the most votes, they went with Kendall, which was the only girl that Katie didn't want. Steve kind of f*cked up there... In the end, it was between Kendall, Ayanna, Tyler and Derrick and... They got what they wanted - Derrick and Ayanna.

So it was Brad against Derrick and Ayanna against Katie, and I was definitely rooting for Derrick and Katie. The elimination itself wasn't great, to be honest. It was better than the last one, but still not as exciting as the eliminations in the main series, and that's my take on both seasons. This series has better daily challenges and the main series has better eliminations. But anyway... It was pretty tied, in both rounds, but in the end Ayanna and Brad won, which was exactly what I didn't want. Not that I disliked them, I just liked the other two more... 

But I guess that's it. The next episode looks like it will have some injuries and, as per usual, the daily challenge looks really cool so... Let's see what it brings, as well as what is the elimination. In the meantime, let me know your thoughts on this episode, who where you rooting for in the elimination and which series do you prefer? This one or the main one? Tell me everything and I'll see you in my next post!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 3 - "Firestarter"

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Hey!

Yes, this time I was able to watch the new episode of All Stars on the day it comes out and so, obviously, I'm here to talk about it!

After last week's episode (and the previous one as well), I got my hopes high for this episode and... I guess I was really let down.

One thing that they got right was having challenge - nominations - elimination in this episode and just that already makes me happy. But because this episodes are 45 minutes and not an hour, like the main season, everything feels kind of rushed. Not that I mind that, I like an episode without much drama, but there was something missing in this episode. It wasn't the daily challenge though, because that one was really cool and it must have been pretty hard. However, they did set up to let us know that the Black Team would win because the main players were all there. Still, the other team had a fair chance and, as per usual, I was rooting for the underdogs but... No, they didn't win. 

Because this was a teams challenge, just like last season, they had to nominate two captains (guy and girl) and if the team wins they are save and pick four players to choose for elimination but, if the team looses, the go automatically into elimination, and this is where they make the Shield thing more clear.

So Ayanna is one of the captains of the loosing team so, because she had the Shield, she was safe and she picked someone else - Sophia - which was set up by an argument that they had previously in the episode. With that, Sophia and Ryan went straight to elimination and the two winning captains - Darrell and Tina - picked Cohutta, Jonna, Jodi and Teck. But again, Nehemiah had a Shield and he decided to use it on Teck and save him, so they exchange him for MJ. This created some drama because Darrell had said that he wasn't going to put in anyone from his room but then he picked three people from his room (it was because of Tina though, but still).

As for the house, they went with what Sophia and Ryan wanted, pretty much, and Jodi and Cohutta were the ones to go against them. And now it's where the episode gets really sh*tty - the elimination.

This elimination was so disappointing! It was a game of tic, tic, tac (is that the name? that's not the name we have for it here in Portugal so I don't know) and that was so awful to watch! It's not exciting and it just ended pretty quickly because they made some mistakes that made them loose - Ryan and Sophia.

I was kinda sad because I was rooting for Ryan, but I also like Cohutta so I'm not too mad... I just liked Ryan a little bit more. As for the girls, I like Jodi and I think she's strong without getting annoying (as of now, at least) so I was happy that she won.

And that was it, that was this episode. It was pretty disappointing and it would've really benefited from 15 more minutes but okay... Next one looks fun because it's Trivia, and you know I love the Trivia episodes! So that should be a good one!

But let me know what you thought of this episode and who were you rooting for. Also, let me know your thoughts on the whole Ayanna/Sophia drama because that escalated quickly. But that's it! I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 2 - "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye"

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Hello people!

Finally! Yes, for some reason, this week it was super hard to find episode 2 of the new season of All Stars but I finally found a link (hit me up on twitter if you happen to need one) and so I'm here to talk about it.

This episode was the continuation of the last one and I'm a bit bitter about not having everything in one episode but, with the amount of stuff that happened in this episode, I guess I kind of get it.

What an emotional episode! Starting out with who they wanted to pick and ending with that elimination! And thank god they showed everything about the nominations and whatnot because I was super confused. But basically the two winners pick four people (two guys and two girls) and then, the rest of the house, pick the one girl and the one guy. So, Derrick and Jodi when to Nehemiah and Ayanna asking who they wanted, but Ayanna didn't give them any names and Nehemiah gave them two, but one of them was a good friend of Derrick - Ryan - so he didn't go for him. They did pick his other choice - Derek - and that's when things get emotional.

Their picks where Derek, Steve, Leah and Casey and, in the end, the house picked Derek and Leah. They had a party and then the episode hits us with something really deep. Before getting to the challenge, Derek got a phone call telling him that his little sister had killed herself and that just hits everyone - them in the house as well as the viewers. It's something so heavy and really makes us think, as well as root for Derek because we just feel really sorry for him. And when they get down into the elimination, we actually get our hopes up. It's guys vs guys and girls vs girls, no teams, and Nehemiah is doing pretty great, but suddenly Derek gets going and, in the end, it's really neck-a-neck. Nehemiah does end up winning, which is kinda sad, but we are just really happy and proud of Derek for giving his all.

When it comes to the girls, oh boy! Ayanna killed it!! She was even better than Nehemiah - it looked like those things were light as a feather... It was really impressive! And, to make the episode even more emotional, after Ayanna won, she went and helped Leah to finish the first round just to make her feel better and make her feel like she was a strong woman! It's amazing the camaraderie in this season! At least, as of now...

To finish it off, TJ told them that, because they won the elimination, they won a Shield, which means that they can save themselves from nominations or can save a friend but then can't vote on the Selection. I'm still a little bit confused by this but I guess I'll find out what it means in the next episode.

But that's it from me right now. Let me know what you thought of this emotional episode and I'll see you in my next rant.

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge: All Stars | Season 2 Episode 1 - "One More Time"

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Hello everyone and Here's to a new All Stars season!

I gotta be honest with you though - I'm not that excited about this new season as I am for the main season. I know, that might be a controversial opinion because all I see is people excited about having these OGs back but... The truth is, I didn't grow up with this contestants. I can say that I'm kind of more into the New School era, even though I started watching The Challenge on Season 25 - Free Agents so... it has been more than 10 seasons. I did watch a few of the older ones such as Cutthroat but, basically, I'm missing 20 seasons of the challenge and so, because of that, I don't have the attachment to these players that most people do. With saying that, there's also a few other things that did not make me excited about this episode.

First of all, the actual challenge. I know that they weren't supposed to do it that way but they did and, because of that, the challenge looked way too easy. Also, I know that these are older people so maybe they have to make easier challenges but I don't think that's fair so... This daily challenge was disappointing.

Then, there's the elimination - which didn't happen. We didn't even get into the nominations part and that really annoyed me! I hate when the episodes don't follow the formula - challenge, nominations, elimination. And again, I get that they had to introduce all the contestants but they could've done a 1 hour episode instead of a 40 minutes one or they could've premiere two episodes. Tons of shows do that now - a two episodes premiere - so they could've done that here because, the way they did it, just left me really disappointed.

And apart from that, I don't think there's anything more to say. I liked the winning pair - Derrick and Jodi. I like that there's more people that I like/know this season than in the previous one, although now I know a lot of the ones that were in Season 1 as well. But that's it. There wasn't any drama and they didn't even get to the nominations so there's not a lot to predict. Also, I didn't understand the whole voting system so... I'm going to have to wait for the next episode to really figure out how this whole thing works.

But yeah, let me know what you thought of this season premiere and if you're liking this more than the actual main season and let me know, as of now, who are you rooting for. I don't have a lot of people that I really like, but I guess I'm rooting for Derrick, Darrell, Cohutta and Jonna. I need to see more of everyone else to get me invested.

I guess that's it and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.