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.

The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 10 - "Feeling Used"

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Hello people!

The last few days have been crazy so, as per usual, I'm a bit late with this rant. However, I'm still posting this before the new episode comes out so... Better than the previous posts. Anyway, I guess I should just go into the episode and talk about how boring and exciting it was at the same time.

First of all, all the lead up to the elimination was pretty boring and predictable. I was wrong though about which Champ would come this episode, but I was still right about it being a guy. That made everything way more predictable, to be honest. The lead up to the daily challenge was mostly about Kyland and James (as if we didn't know already that they were at the bottom of everyone's list) and guess what?! They were both on the loosing Team and Kyland was straight away the choice of the winning Team. Which, if you really think about it, didn't make any sense! Horacio started with getting every one of them to say one name that they would not pick and no one said Corey's name as the person they want to keep safe so... Why not just pick Corey?! Seriously, going to Kyland made no sense but that just showed Kyland who he can trust (only Horacio and Zara). Then, as far as the actual daily challenge goes, it was pretty boring and, although I was rooting for the Orange Team (the one that ended up winning), I also despise a lot of the people in that Team. And, as much as it pains me to say, Jay is really going down on my list of my favourites. I really dislike what he's been doing this season and, as much as I want to say it's all due to Michele, I know it's Jay as well. So, at this point, the only people that I like are Kyland, Zara, Horacio and maybe Colleen. I like a good underdog.

Moving on to the Nominations, everything was up in the air but, at the same time, the choice was really obvious - James. They made it look like a lot of them were torn between James and Ed because Ed hasn't been talking game with anyone and then Ed started campaining to vote for Corey (which I'm all for) but, at the end of the day, basically all of them went with James who, believe it or not, I'm starting to like. He's not one of my favourites or anything but the guy is a genuine guy and isn't doing any of that politicking bullsh*t and I appreciate that about him. Plus, as I said, I like a good underdog and I just want all of them to team up and start gunning for Jay and Michele.

So, it was Kyland and James in the sand to possibly go in against... Darrell. I wish Darrell would have picked the Chaos in the draw but he got Kyland's name and thank god it wasn't a physical challenge. I know everyone wants to see physical challenges (I do too) but because I really wanted Kyland to win, I was really happy with the elimination. And I was even happier with the ending because Kyland won and not only he won against a Champ but he also showed everyone what he's capable of and I can't wait for him to go after Jay (which I'm pretty sure he will).

The episode ended with TJ telling them to gear up because they were going straight into a challenge and it looked like it was an eating challenge and I can't wait! They also showed CT in the preview but I doubt CT will appear in the next episode. There's still four champs left to show up and I think it will be a girls elimination next so maybe Laurel?! I'm pretty sure they'll leave Cara Maria and CT for last. I would love to see a double elimination though.

But I guess that's it from me. Next episode will air in about 24 hours so, in the meantime, let me know what you thought of this episode and who do you think will be the champ to show up next and I'll see soon (hopefully) with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge | Season 39 Episodes 8 & 9 - "Struggling to Hold It Together" & "A Banana Split"

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Hello people!

Here I am with another double The Challenge rant and, while the last episodes were great with Big T winning and then Devin winning... Well, these two weren't so great.

First of all, the way episode 8 started got me really scared. I knew, as I said at the end of last week's rant, that Kaycee was going to be the Champ, so I knew it would be a female elimination (it could be a double elimination tho) and Zara was featured a lot in the beginning of the episode. But I guess this time they tricked me. Zara was not up for elimination because, fast forward, her Team won the daily challenge.

The week's challenge was one of those where they had to lock an put nots and stuff in front of a place and after 30 minutes, the teams would switch and they had to undo what the other team did. Well, Jay obviously had experience in the matter and he won against CT in this same challenge so he thought he had it in the bag. On the other side we had Kyland who also thought he would be really good because he had also done the same challenge. Well, clearly one had more experience (aka Jay) but, on Kyland's defense, they all went straight to the chains and someone had to give up and, in this case, Kyland's team gave up on the chain and was basically that (along with some other poor choices) that cost them the challenge.

With this outcome, things didn't look good for Melissa and Big T against and guess what?! Melissa was the one picked by the winning team and Big T was the one picked by the rest of her own team. That didn't mean the rest were safe because Kaycee could always take out "Chaos" in the draw but, unfortunately, that didn't happen. She took out Big T's name and, in that moment, I felt really bad for Big T. I really wanted her to win but I knew the chances were slim.

The elimination was a good old pole wrestle and you can figure out what happened next. Big T did put up a good fight but Kaycee ended up winning and I'm sad for Big T and pissed at everyone else!

As far as the latest episode goes (episode 9) it was extremely boring! Everything about this episode annoyed me so much and I hated how everything turned out. The only thing that I liked was Zara being safe from elimination again, but even that was super unfair, because she was in the three people team and, on top of that, the people she was teamed with - Ravyn and Asaf - are the worst! Seriously, I hate Ravyn. And it's not even that she's a bad person, she's just so annoying, so lame, and her game is the worst! Seriously, everyone left is so annoying and all the players that I was rooting for keep going home. Last week it was Big T and now, spoiler alert, Melissa! So unfair! Not only they were the most entertaining but they were also the best players! The only ones left that are Champ material are Zara, Horacio and Oliva. And even Olivia has become a bit annoying with teaming up with the US. I'm so sick of them rulling the Season. Colleen should have gotten all the "lay ups" and Team up. They have to stop being afraid of the US Team! Because, once they're done with the UK, who's next? Colleen, Ravyn, Asaf... They are next so why not Team up? And now, with this whole thing with Melissa going home, I really want Kyland to go far in the game and go against the US! I love Kyland and Horacio's alliance because truly, they are the only two players left with integrity.

And I guess there's not a lot more to talk about when it comes to this episode. The daily was kind of unfair, Melissa being picked again was a joke, them not doing anything about the US alliance is also a joke and Melissa loosing made me so mad! Only rooting for Kyland and Zara right now. Even Jay has become a bit annoying, all thanks to Michele who, at this point, I just can't stand! Let's hope the next Champ makes up for everything (who I believe will be CT). Until then, let me know your thoughts on both these episode and I'm sorry for doing two episodes in one post again!

Love,

Daniela

The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 6 & 7 - "The Big Mistake" & "So Flip Floppy"

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Hello everyone!

So, I told you that this next post would take a bit longer because I was going away on holiday and well... Turns out, when I got back home, a new episode was just about to come out so I guess I just figured the best way to do it was to talk about both episodes 6 and 7 in the same post, I hope you don't mind.

I kind of wished I was able to talk about them seperately because both of them were really exciting! So let's not waste any time and get to it!

Episode 6, as the name suggests, was all about Big T! Honestly, I don't know why everyone was targeting Melissa and Big T, I mean... I know they are both each others number ones but they're just two! What can the both of them do alone?! (in terms of voting and stuff) Seriously, I don't know, but this whole episode revolved around getting both of them up for elimination, to the point where in the daily challenge, the two teams that they were not part of, basically 'team up' in order to just not have them win! Even their own team (which had Jay in it) was sabotaging themselves so they could put Melissa and Big T up for elimination... I just think that's so dumb... Anyway... They got what they wanted and their team lost so, right away, even though Kyland was in the winning Team, they went with Melissa (he was obviously outnumbered) and then, for the house vote, as much as Melissa really tried to get the house to vote for someone else (either Ravyn or Nurys) the house voted Big T... It was expected but I had hope they could turn the voted around.

Well, at the end of the day, and with how everything turned out to be, I'm glad they did what they did because Big T gave them a show! 

This episode's mercenary was Kaz which, to be fair, and although she did win two challenges, she's not really a champ... I'm sorry Kaz but you haven't been around enough to be considered a Champ. To the point that, she did go against Big T and guess what?! Big T won! So that only proves my point! Kaz won two challenges yes but one of them was by seconds (Zara deserved the win, to be fair) and the second one was alongside with Jordan so... Anyway... What matters in the end is that the house wanted Melissa and Big T out so much that, at the end of the day, both of them stayed! You go Big T!

As far as episode 7 goes... That one was way more exciting!

Although they didn't know at the beginning, it was a male elimination day (as you would assume, to be honest) and there were a few people that stood out right in the beginning of the episode - Horacio, Callum and Emanuel. And you know what that means, right?! I was afraid that it meant Horacio was going into elimination because it's obvious that everyone knows he's a big competition, but I'm glad I was wrong - instead, his Team (alongside with Big T and Kyland) won and so they had to choose a guy to go into elimination, which they chose Emanuel. I like Emanuel but I was fine with their choice. Then, came the big drama of the episode.

No one was really talking about who was going to be the house vote, there was no big name but Corey was the only name that was floating around. For multiple reasons, to be honest, but because he had been talking to Big T and Melissa and being sort of part of their alliance, I wasn't really into him going into elimination... Well, that is when his true colors came out! Basically he straight up said in nominations that he has been lying to Big T all this time and that he wasn't part of their alliance and he was using that in order to get information to his true alliance - the US alliance - which is so shady because 1) there were conversations with Big T about her sexuality and stuff and that's just something you don't mess with and 2) he never said anything to the US alliance so... No one knew and it was only himself who decided to do that. Well, I'm happy that, in the end, he was nominated anyway because, now more than never, no one can really trust him, right?! I'm just sad that he didn't got what he deserved... Still, we got an hell of a show!

So, mercenary of the week?! Devin! And I can't believe how my love for Devin has changed over the years! I used to despise him and now I completely love him and was so happy to see him in this episode! I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to beat Corey (because, let's be real, I was really hoping Devin would go against Corey to send him home) but, of course, it had to be Devin to take out the third option in the Draw and guess what?! That meant Devin was the one to pick who he wanted to go against out of every guy! Everyone apart from Horacio and Kyland because they own the daily so they were safe. And if we know one thing about Devin is that, just like Bananas, he likes to stir the pot and, of course, he chose someone else! Big T did tell him to pick Corey but Devin wants to create drama and so he went with Michele's boo - Calum. That was seriously unexpected but truly, we should have seen that coming because Calum was really prominent in the beginning of the episode. 

Honestly, it was a really tight race and, for the first time this season, I was rooting for the mercenary, and thankfully Devin won! 

This really shook the house and I can't wait to see how this will afect the next episodes. From the preview, it looks like it will the Kaycee the mercenary and it also looked like there will be yet another fight between Melissa and Nurys and I'm team Melissa all the way so I hope I get to see Nurys in the sand going against Kaycee. Kaycee is a wild card so, depending on who she's going against, she has a big chance of winning but we'll see. If it is against Nurys I hope she wins, if it is against Melissa or Big T or Zara (which are my favourite girls) I hope she looses. Anyway, we don't really know if it is Kaycee either but it's what it looked like to me.

Anyway, let me know what you thought of these two episodes - were you rooting for Big T in episode 6? Or are you team US alliance? What are your thoughts on what Corey did? And how do you feel about Devin? Did he grow on you like he did with me? Tell me everything in the comments and I'll see you next week with a new episode!

Love,

Daniela

The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 5 - "Countdown to Chaos"

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Ugh! Unfortunately I'm going to start this one on a bad note because I'm honestly so annoyed with this episode! Seriously, everything that could go wrong went wrong and, even though that made for a really exciting and thrilling episode, at the end of the day, the outcome is what matters the most and the outcome of this episode was just awful!

I don't know about you but, this season, there are a few people that I don't like but there are also a few people that I completely love - and one of those people is Ciarran. Ciarran, Zara and Jay are probably my favourites this season and I was gutted to see two of them do pretty bad and one of them going home. 

I'm just going to take the cat out of the bag (is that how the saying goes?) and say it - yes, Ciarran was sent home. And, to me, the worst part of it all is that he was sent home by Jordan of all people. But honestely, I saw that coming. There were a lot of talk in this episode not only about Ciarran but also about the fact that they suspected (Jay did) that the vets could come into play as mercenaries or something and Ciarran mentioned that he didn't know who Jordan was. Well, I guess, at the end of the day, that beat him the ass. If he knew who Jordan was he would have known about his mental games and would have been more prepared. But the thing is, he was expecting to go against Asaf and then they switched everything with The Draw because yes, The Draw is back. It's actually a lot! This Chaos section introduced a ton of different things and I guess I'm going the other way around and starting with the last things but yes, The Draw is back and, in this case, it's the Champ that does The Draw, and in there are three names - the person voted by the winning pair/team/person, the one voted by the house and someone/something else that we don't know what it is yet (but I'm eager to find out what it is!). In this case Ciarran was the one voted by the house and Asaf was the one voted by the winning pair - and there comes the second thing that annoyed me about this episode - the winning pair was Corey and Ravyn *eye roll*.

As I said, there aren't a lot of people that I don't like in this season but Ravyn is one of those people that I really don't like and I just can't wait for her to go home. Unfortunately, this wasn't it but with this new twist of the Champs, if she ever goes into elimination, I'm sure she'll be sent home. But, as far as the actual daily challenge goes, it was a pretty interesting one, and one that not a lot of people were good at, which was surprising and well, the outcome of it all you already know...

I guess the only things left for me to mention are the fact that, from now on, they don't win any more money and that each week the challenge will play in a different way - this time they were paired together but sometimes they could be put into teams or sometimes it can be an individual challenge so... Chaos. Oh and, not only Jordan sent Ciarran home but also, in doing that, he got 10,000 $ out of their final prize so now they have less tham 300K as their prize, and if they keep loosing eliminations they'll be out of money which make the game more interesting. Now they have to think about sending into elimination strong people in order to keep their prize money. However, that means not sending anyone home and so having more competition. It really is an interesting touch to this game. We'll see how things will play out.

Next episode I'm sure it will be a girls elimination so, as of now, I only want Zara to stay in the game. I would love to see her beat someone like Cara Maria or Laurel but I would rather keep her in the house and her having a better chance at winning this season because let's be honest - someone who's strong deserves to win this season, we can't have a lay up win this season and become a challenge champion, that just doens't sit right. Let's hope someone like Zara or Horacio or even Ed wins this season, someone that you can see has all the atributes of a Challenge Champion.

Anyway, these are my raw thoughts on this episode - thrilling, yes, but so damn annoying! And I'm actually so sad that one of my favourites (if not my favourite) went home... But yeah, let me know what you thought of this episode and what is your opinion on all the new rules to this second part of the gam? Tell me everything in the comments and well, next rant will come a bit later because I'll be travelling so I'm already warning. Okay, I'll talk to you then!

Love,

Daniela

The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 3 & 4 - "It's a Matter of Semantics " & "I'm Coming Out"

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Sorry I took a bit longer but last week two episodes came out and I had to watch them both before posting my thoughts - and that took a bit longer than I thought it would. Anyway so, because I watched the episodes in two seperate occasions, I don't remember very well episode 3 so I might not touch in some things but let's get to it.

Overall, I would say both of these episodes were kind of lackluster. Granted, I saw spoilers for both of them but both eliminations were kind of meh and, most of all, they didn't end the way I wanted - mainly the one in episode 3. However, what did happen was that they won money in both daily challenges! Wow!!!

The challenge in episode 3 was kind of an easy one so I had more hopes of them succeding, but the one in episode 4... Honestly, I really didn't think they would get all the money. Swimming and doing puzzles in 15 minutes?! Seemed impossible... But they did it and I'm happy about that.

What I'm not happy about is with the outcome of episode 3. Ravyn was finally called out for her bullsh*t and she freaking picked Jujuy to go against and honestly I really thought Jujuy could pull this one out but, unfortunately, Ravyn won and we'll have to deal with her another week...

And as far as the elimination in episode 4 goes... The same didn't happen because I wasn't exactly rooting for anyone in particular (Hughie or Kyland) - on one hand I like Kyland more as a person but I would love for Hughie to show them that he's not that weak so I would be happy with either of them winning. Kyland ended up winning which made me sad for Hughie but okay...

What I'm kinda mad about is the fact that Team UK sucks at voting - instead of all of them voting for one person, they burn votes on each other, afraid to piss off someone, and that always ends up with them loosing their numbers over and over again.

Anyway... Next episode Chaos begins and that's when the good stuff will start! I'm really curious to see how these eliminations will go - will they still pick someone? Is that someone who picks which champ to go against? Do they only pick someone after knowing which champ it is? I'm really curious to get the answers to all of these questions! But, it looks like Jordan will be the Champ in the next episode (as far as the guys go) but I didn't catch who the girl was so, we'll see.

And that's it for these two episodes. Let me know your thoughts on both of them and who were you rooting for in both eliminations. I'll talk to you later.

Love,

Daniela.

The Challenge | Season 39 Episode 2 - "Two Lungs, One Heart, Can't Lose"

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Episode 2 of Season 39 of The Challenge and... I'm not impressed. This looked like it would be an interesting daily challenge (and it was!) but, spoiler alert, they f*cked it up again.

I guess I'll just jump straight into it and talk about the daily - It was kind of hard, I'll give them that, but with the right strategy I believe they would be able to pull it off.  Unfortunately, too many people wanted to take the ropes and be the leader that it ended just falling apart (literally). The only upside was that, for each ball that they got in, they would get some money so they ended up getting 6.000 dollars more, but not the 50K they would get it they finished the challenge.

Then, after that, came the drama of the nominations/deliberations.

Basically the two guys that didn't do their parts in the daily challenge were Hughie and Chauncey, which, for some reason, they just agreed it would be a guys elimination day. It does make sense after last week, but no one disagreed with that, there wasn't even a conversation about that but okay... 

Anyway... So everyone was split between Hughie and Chauncey and basically there are two teams now . US VS UK - so the US wanted to vote Hughie (sort of) and the UK just didn't. At the same time, the US were the ones to talk about Chauncey and, honestly, it was just a big mess that ended up being even bigger when Chauncey started talking during deliberation. He really did dig a hole for himself and the only thing that "sort of" saved him, was Ravyn putting into the Brits heads that Chauncey could only pick fromt he people who voted him in, which ended up being bullsh*t. It would be a cool twist, but no! So, at the end of the day, Chauncey was indeed the one to go into elimination and he chose to go against James because both him and Ciarran burned their votes.

I gotta say, I was half-half when it comes to who I was rooting for in that elimination. I was sort of rooting for Chauncey just because I think he's a good guy, but I was okay either way (him staying or leaving) and well... In the end James won and Chauncey went home to Amber and his daughter.

This episode was a little lackluster but, there's only 5 days 'till "Chaos" starts (aka the vets come into play) which I would say in about 3 episodes they will appear, and, from the preview, it looks like there will be a big fight and I miss a good argument/fight so I'm excited for that. Oh, and I don't think they'll get the money next week either so... But we'll see.

Let me know what you thought of this episode - of the whole drama, the whole situation with Hughie and Chauncey and do you think they'll get the money next week? Tell me everything and I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.