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Post by Bearcata on Feb 26, 2023 2:33:20 GMT
Note: £100,000 is 119,464.90 in United States Dollars
Dropped on Paramount + in the USA on February 25, 2023
Cast:
Male contestants:
Tristan Phipps - Made in Chelsea 16
Nathan Henry - Geordie Shore 10
Callum Izzard - Ibiza Weekender 7
AJ Pritchard - Strictly Come Dancing 14
Ashley McKenzie - Celebrity Big Brother 10
Marcel Somerville - Love Island 3
Curtis Pritchard - Love Island 5
James Lock - The Only Way Is Essex 7
Female contestants:
Kaz Crossley - Love Island 4
Zara Zoffany - The Royal World
Courtney Veale - Below Deck Mediterranean 7
Arabella Chi - Love Island 5
Ella Wise - The Only Way Is Essex 24
Danni Menzies - A Place in the Sun
Kaz Kamwi - Love Island 7
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace - Big Brother 7
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 26, 2023 2:36:56 GMT
Season 1 Episode 1 - "Welcome to The Challenge" Jan 17, 2023 or 20 February 2023 depending on the channel
The players come in and one by one we get introduced. Again like the Aussies the Brits come across with a lot of personality, many are in the 30's.
James stood out as the most arrogant and immediately trying to form an alliance with some of the other men, has a brutal strategy of eliminating the weakest first.
The first daily was brutal in the way both the men and women attacked each other. The flagship Challengers would be shocked.
James really hurt himself landing in the water, he has fractured both his orbital bones but they let him continue in the game.
The knots in the elimination game of Knots So Fast were so childish, but the pair that worked together the best won.
Then the host introduced the algorithm and pairs were upset.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 26, 2023 4:39:25 GMT
Season 1 Episode 2 - "Work Smarter Not Harder" - Jan 18, 2023 or 21 February 2023
Curtis was partnered with Kaz and she had absolutely no cardio and he carried her at points. Unfortunately they also had bad memories. Even last week's winner Ashley was having memory issues and many players are realizing this is not simply a physical game. Nathan this week's winner actually played it smart and he and his partner Ella were able to memorize a lot each time and didn't have to make that many runs.
There is a 4 male alliance vs the two Brothers alliance.
Nathan decided to stick with his alliance and picked AJ to go into the elimination against his brother Curtis.
The Pato Brawl was brutal for both the men and women. The camera was very good and with the editing you felt as if you were in the Arena with the players.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 26, 2023 6:51:11 GMT
Season 1 Episode 3 - "The Long Kiss, Goodnight" - January 19, 2023 or 22 February 2023
I think Ashley is so focused on getting out AJ that he really is not looking at the long game. It would be so funny if Tristan or AJ win and two teams from Ashley's alliance of four goes into elimination.
It looks as if the women really do not have any say in who goes in. Too bad.
So glad that Tristan was helping AJ in the elimination. Bad on Collum trying to mess up the number of Spice Girls.
Love it that none of the guys are trashing the girls during the challenges when they have issues keeping up. All the men have been good partners so far.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 26, 2023 15:52:43 GMT
Season 1 Episode 4 - "Eye for an Eye" - January 20, 2023 or 23 February 2023
The majority of the players are treating The Challenge as a game and not letting it interfere with their friendships. Maybe it is because they are older and have established careers vs college age kids coming in just wanting views on their social media. The competition is fierce, there can be drama in the house, there are clashes of personality, but there can be sportsmanship.
It is very annoying to see Nathan try to bully Kaz C to keeping him safe. Arabella was also pressuring Kaz C to keep her safe to the point it was easy for AJ & Kaz C to send them into elimination.
It is refreshing to see teams coming out of elimination not threatening revenge on the team that sent them in.
It is funny though that the person who had the biggest alliance, was the fiercest in making sure he or his team would win is eliminated right before the final.
The other difference between the women on the UK and Australia Challenges vs the American shows is that the American really try to ooze sex with their makeup and clothing, fake boobs, botox, and fillers like there are constantly putting on a show and you don't see that on the UK and Aussie women.
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Post by sunnydayz on Feb 26, 2023 15:53:26 GMT
Season 1 Episode 1 - "Welcome to The Challenge" Jan 17, 2023 or 20 February 2023 depending on the channel The players come in and one by one we get introduced. Again like the Aussies the Brits come across with a lot of personality, many are in the 30's. James stood out as the most arrogant and immediately trying to form an alliance with some of the other men, has a brutal strategy of eliminating the weakest first. The first daily was brutal in the way both the men and women attacked each other. The flagship Challengers would be shocked. James really hurt himself landing in the water, he has fractured both his orbital bones but they let him continue in the game. The knots in the elimination game of Knots So Fast were so childish, but the pair that worked together the best won. Then the host introduced the algorithm and pairs were upset. I was really surprised they let James continue given his injury. |
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 26, 2023 16:01:57 GMT
Season 1 Episode 1 - "Welcome to The Challenge" Jan 17, 2023 or 20 February 2023 depending on the channel The players come in and one by one we get introduced. Again like the Aussies the Brits come across with a lot of personality, many are in the 30's. James stood out as the most arrogant and immediately trying to form an alliance with some of the other men, has a brutal strategy of eliminating the weakest first. The first daily was brutal in the way both the men and women attacked each other. The flagship Challengers would be shocked. James really hurt himself landing in the water, he has fractured both his orbital bones but they let him continue in the game. The knots in the elimination game of Knots So Fast were so childish, but the pair that worked together the best won. Then the host introduced the algorithm and pairs were upset. I was really surprised they let James continue given his injury. It looked NASTY. |
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 26, 2023 17:56:37 GMT
Season 1 Episode 5 - "The End of The Challenge as we Know It" - January 22, 2023 or 24 February 2023
I do wish that all four teams would have been allowed to the entire final, it makes it more exciting as far as I am concerned.
LUV'ED that it was a timed event and each person got timed per checkpoint. This so eliminates not bothering if you get first place really or finish last as it did not mean anything regarding your placement in the game; for example the season 38 final. Makes me wonder if production did that on purpose knowing Aneesa would be walking instead of running all the way?
LUV IT that all three females has faster times then the second and third place males.
Teams after last elimination in episode 4.
1. Tristan +Kaz C
2. Callum + Zara
3. AJ + Arabella
4. Nathan + Courtney
Checkpoint 1. Bike Ride
1. Tristan +Kaz C = 1:58:50
2. Callum + Zara = 2:00:35
3. AJ + Arabella = 2:03:02
4. Nathan + Courtney = 2:18:02
Checkpoint 2. River + Puzzle
1. Tristan +Kaz C = 1:08:00
2. Nathan + Courtney = 1:35:54
3. Callum + Zara = 1:36:29
4. AJ + Arabella = 1:54:03
Subtotal:
1. Tristan +Kaz C = 3:05:50
2. Callum + Zara = 3:37:04
3. Nathan + Courtney = 3:52:14
4. AJ + Arabella = 3:57:05
AJ + Arabelle are eliminated and the final continues with the remaining three teams.
Amazing how the two most prominent players Ashley gets eliminated right before the final and AJ get eliminated in the first stage of the finale.
Teams Change:
1. Tristan + Courtney
2. Callum + Kaz C
3. Nathan + Zara
Checkpoint 3. Sled and Puzzle
1. Tristan + Courtney =1:29:08
2. Nathan + Zara = 1:38:18
3. Callum + Kaz C = 2:02:06
Subtotal:
1. Kaz C = 5:07:56
2. Zara = 5:15:20
3. Courtney = 5:21:22
1. Tristan = 4:34:58
2. Nathan = 5:30:30
3. Collum = 5:39:10
Team Change:
1. Tristan + Zara
2. Collum + Courtney
3. Nathan + Kaz C
Checkpoint 4. Tyres and Car Push
1. Tristan + Zara = 40:57
2. Nathan + Kaz C = 47:22
3. Collum + Courtney = 49:59
Total:
1. Kaz C = 5:55:18
2. Zara = 5:56:17
3. Courtney = 6:11:21
1. Tristan = 5:15:55
2. Nathan = 6:17:52
3. Collum = 6:29:04
Tristan and Kaz C as winners of The Challenge UK are going to The Challenge Global competition.
Nathan and Zara as MVPs are also going to The Challenge Global competition.
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Post by sunnydayz on Feb 26, 2023 23:09:31 GMT
The U.S. contestants could learn a thing or two about how to work as team from these guys. There were a lot of teammates encouraging their partners in positive ways throughout all the episodes.
I would have liked to see all four teams in the final, as well. Definitely more fun and more exciting to watch.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 27, 2023 3:19:11 GMT
The U.S. contestants could learn a thing or two about how to work as team from these guys. There were a lot of teammates encouraging their partners in positive ways throughout all the episodes. I would have liked to see all four teams in the final, as well. Definitely more fun and more exciting to watch. It is quite refreshing to see male partners understand that being nice to their female partners results in a better performance for them overall. Yelling "you stupid bitch if you lose me my money I am coming after you and your family" are not encouraging words yet for some reason the American men do not understand that, then they are shocked when the female partner brutally betrays them when she has the chance and takes all the prize money. |
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 28, 2023 16:53:48 GMT
Note: Looks as if The Challenge 38, Australia, and UK were filmed back to back and during the filming of UK the Queen died and a third of the cast went back home and also explains why it was only 5 episodes.
Located in Pilar, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the challengers spent their time in the Quintaesencia Hotel & Spa. The accommodation comes complete with an indoor and outdoor pool, spa, gym and indoor bar.
USA - filmed March to April 2022
38 - filmed May to July 2022
Australia - filmed Aug to Sept 2022 ?? this is a quess
UK - filmed Sept to October 2022 - Queen died September 8 2022 - this is quess
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