The Challenge Ride or Dies

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www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-challenge-nia-moore-medical-condition-prevented-returning.html/

So Nia couldn't compete due to blood clots from vaping.

[copperboom]

Just finished the first part of the final.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}I feel so bad for Olivia! She and Horacio were doing so well. She had some terrible luck!

[pitchslap]

So many things coming out of so many people 🤢🤢

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I just thought it was funny TJ was like "ONE HUNDRED HOURS!!" and the first two were driving to the location

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When they showed Olivia's confessions at the beginning, I kept staring at the weird slit between her eyebrows like if I had missed something all season or not. Then when they quickly changed angles for the shot thing, I knew something was coming and had to look away. Allllllll that draining blood then her whole bruised face 😬😬😬😬

[imapenguin]

Olivia was on the official Challenge podcast today with Tori and Aneesa and I really am a fan of hers. I can’t wait for both her and Horacio to get another chance. The worst luck—so terrible 😢

[Pizzaslut]

I love Olivia and Horacio. She’s my new fave I think. I hope Tori and Devin win. Devin is such a champ for drinking all of the smoothies lol.

[madlizmom]

Aneesa’s ankle does not look good.

Jordan is being an asshole to Aneesa.

Nany is not going to make it if she’s already saying her knee hurts.

That spaghetti challenge was…. something.

I think Devin and Tori might have this in the bag.

[imapenguin]

This episode could have been an email 😆

[oreobitsy]

I couldn’t tell if the zig zag on Aneesa’s ankle was a tattoo or a funky discoloration from her bruise.

I hate that the lead in the earlier day doesn’t translate to more advantage for the first team.

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Feb 9, 2023 20:54:38 GMT -6 imapenguin said:

This episode could have been an email 😆

😆😆

When it stopped, I was like "wait... that it??"

[Pizzaslut]

Nany is a crazy beast when it comes to eating, lol.

Jordan seemed like a much better partner the second day. I felt bad for Aneesa. It's like he already assumed she would quit and she hasn't yet.

Tori and Devin seemed to have such a lead and I wonder how that eating challenge affects the game. TJ said that Nany and Bananas are now in the lead so I assume total time does not count. I can't believe they are only half way through it all.

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I would love if they stopped zooooooming in on all the puking. I understand they're going to do it but showing SO much of it and all the noises...

[oreobitsy]

I honestly don’t know what the typical viewer demographic is for the Challenge. I don’t feel like a complete outlier but don’t appreciate the barf. They must be including it because people like it?

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screenrant.com/the-challenge-jordan-wiseley-argued-production-safety-risks/

I may not like him but I agree with him.

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www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-challenge-aneesa-james-appearance.html/

This talks more about why Aneesa and Jordan got paired up. The producers wanted Jordan back in the house against Tori and since his partner wasn't medically cleared and no one knew Aneesas partner, her partner got told to go.

[madlizmom]

That’s the first final I’ve enjoyed watching in a while. I thought they did a good job of mixing up the physical and mental parts so that it didn’t lean heavily towards one person or team. I really would’ve liked to have seen Olivia and Horacio finish it though - I wonder how they would’ve done after seeing all the parts they missed out on.

[Pizzaslut]

I loved that they have Horacio and Olivia come back to watch. It was nice seeing Bananas get emotional about Nany he usually is not very serious. It was nice seeing how they all were happy for each other and got along. Jordan was so proud of Tori.

[kellykapow]

I did not like this final format. Nothing really mattered until the last 2 eliminations. Devin and Tori killed almost every part, and they still could have easily lost it all over one elimination. There should be points or use total time.

I'd also prefer a grueling 1 day final without stopping than this "100 hour" with super long breaks between each leg. Other than the injuries they got (which were mostly flukes), this seemed fairly easy compared to so many other finals. I probably could have walked it in 100 hours. 🤪

[kellykapow]

I'm really happy with the winners though.

[imapenguin]

I kind of liked the elimination format at the very end of the final. But the 100 hours was an over sell—they were sleeping for at least 30 of them. Tori said that last part was almost 6 hours though, so that would be fun to have at the end of a regular final with the running and the puzzles.

[Pizzaslut]

There was also one point, I think in the 2nd episode, before they got to eating, where they must've been moving for over 4 or 5 hours. They took off from one station and then the clocked dropped by a lot and then they showed up to eat the pasta. IIRC.

I also think I would've liked to see a 2 day final where they had to take turns staying up all night or something. I really enjoyed the season overall and I think the reunion is at least two parts.

[madlizmom]

Watched the first part of the reunion. My only takeaways were that Nurys needs to find a dress that actually fits, Nany looks like she’s had some work done to her face, and I’m really tired of the crisscross underboob showing shirts. Hopefully the next part is more interesting.

[Pizzaslut]

Feb 24, 2023 2:10:02 GMT -6 madlizmom said:

Watched the first part of the reunion. My only takeaways were that Nurys needs to find a dress that actually fits, Nany looks like she’s had some work done to her face, and I’m really tired of the crisscross underboob showing shirts. Hopefully the next part is more interesting.

There was definitely a lot of boobage. Lol.

[Pizzaslut]

I agree with Nurys when Raven was trying to shame her for hooking up with three guys but Nurys also annoys me because I felt she was jumping in unnecessarily. Also, I liked that Jordan apologized, he seemed sincere and really did seem sorry. Lastly, I still don't like Laurel.

[imapenguin]

Feb 24, 2023 10:24:26 GMT -6 Pizzaslut said:

I agree with Nurys when Raven was trying to shame her for hooking up with three guys but Nurys also annoys me because I felt she was jumping in unnecessarily. Also, I liked that Jordan apologized, he seemed sincere and really did seem sorry. Lastly, I still don't like Laurel.

I feel like Laurel takes a lot of joy in being mean.

ETA, I’ve also been a Michele fan since her first season of Survivor, so I’m predisposed to take her side anyway.

[lolacachia]

Nany needs to cool it on the plastic surgery. She is overinflating her lips to compensate for her giant white veneers and it’s becoming comical.

Tori’s boob situation looks idiotic.

[roselab]

I am a long-time lurker who has been reading this and the blinds thread for a while who finally registered just to comment on how much I hated Tori's shirt/dress/boob situation. How is it possible that she thought that looked good?

[imapenguin]

This week’s reunion episode is worth tuning in to just for Turbo’s video message. 😂

[imapenguin]

Amber also talks about getting an autism diagnosis. It kind of clears up a lot of things about why people have found her disingenuous because she was sort of mimicking or mirroring them trying to fit in but that’s not who she really is so in a way it wasn’t genuine. And they picked up on that but she didn’t have that info about herself to figure out why.