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Post by MFWalkoff on Aug 28, 2023 0:02:39 GMT
ALERT: Tonight’s episode delayed due to golf for the East & Central time zones. It should begin about 9:36pm ET, 8:36 CT.
A Really Good-Looking Underdog - Things get heated between two rookie players; the competitors brace themselves for host TJ Lavin's favorite challenge of the season, trivia.
The Challenge USA airs Thursdays and Sundays on CBS, and can be streamed at Paramount+ and fuboTV.
Enjoy the show!
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2023 2:57:50 GMT
Another scheduling mess and the show starts 36 minutes late. What happened?
This is the end of the 3 week two episodes dropped on Thursday & Sunday period.
It won't be too bad as we have a new episode this coming Thursday and won't feel the pain until that first episode in September.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2023 2:58:34 GMT
I will say the more Cassidy opens her mouth I am seriously disliking her more and more.
Please SHUT UP.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2023 3:00:54 GMT
Trivia. Good to know I was the only person shouting Ottawa as the capital of Canada.
I can't even go there with William Shakespeare being born in Italy! Red Team you are dumb as bird poop.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2023 3:01:35 GMT
Shocked the heck with the elimination results. Did not expect that at all.
To be honest from the spoilers (horribly edited previews), and the fact that Dusty and Tiffany were feuding and from Wes's vote I was sure, absolutely sure that Tiffany was going into elimination against Michaela and Wes would be saved from going into Elimination.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2023 3:14:24 GMT
As much as it is nice to see fresh faces in the Challenge, and it has been needed for a long time, the lack of personality is a killer. Does all future casting come from Wallpaper Paste Inc? I mean Chris, Tyler, Monte and the others are so bland. The editing it so bland. It makes Dusty having a temper tantrum this episode wake you up.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2023 6:00:09 GMT
Wow, there are 8 women left and 5 are from Survivor (The Secret Garden - Cassidy, Chanelle, Desi, Michelle, Michaela), 2 from Big Brother (Tiffany & Alyssa S) and Tori. The women from Survivor are all beasts.
I sincerely do not want Cassidy to win.
9 men left with only 2 from Survivor (Chris & Sebastian), technically 4 from Big Brother (Josh, Faysal, Monte, and Tyler), with the 3 from MTV (Bananas, Cory, and Wes). It would be interesting to see a final run with no MTV folks. It does look as if this really is Josh and Faysal's best chance to win. But Josh has never been in a final, and Faysal has never finished a final. Well, he has quit finals.
I do hope they have more than 3 pairs in the final, it makes it more fun.
Oh, totally forgot about Cory. He certainly has not made his presence known that much this season. mmmm.....now that Alyssa L is gone I wonder who will do his thinking for him?
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2023 6:15:20 GMT
Season 2 Episode 6 - "A Really Good Looking Underdog" - August 27, 2023 Blue Team Nominations for Elimination - Tiffany & Wes
Bananas: Alyssa S & Wes Cassidy: Tiffany & Wes Chris: Tiffany & Wes Desi: Alyssa S & Wes Faysal: Tiffany & Wes Sebastian: Tiffany & Wes Tori: Tiffany & Wes
Red and Green Team Hopper Votes:
AlyssaS: Michaela
Michaela: Wes
Chanelle: (Josh+Dusty)
Dusty: AlyssaS+Chanelle+Cory+Michele+Monte+Tiffany+Tyler
Hopper Pick: Dusty
I felt bad for Dusty, he was voted for every elimination. Dusty and Luis were the only players from The Amazing Race and first it was Luis and then Dusty, an easy pick for both Big Brother and Survivor. The thing is Dusty and Luis were both smaller then Chris, Sebastian, Monte, Tyler, Faysal, and Josh. They voted him in because they all thought they could beat him. This is a person you want running the final with you. Oh, well. Now that Wes has found a measure of safety on Blue Team the remaining male players have to go against each other.
The thing is the biggest voting block and the biggest alliance is the ladies Secret Garden (Cassidy+Chanelle+Desi+Michaela+Michele). Will they be able to stay strong?
New Blue Team:
Bananas - Challenge
Faysal - Big Brother/Challenge
Sebastian - Survivor Wes - Challenge
Cassidy - Survivor
Desi - Survivor
Tori - Challenge
Largest team. Powerhouse guys and smart. Powerhouse girls and smart.
New Green Team:
Chris - Survivor
Monte - Big Brother
Tyler - Big Brother
Michaela - Survivor
Alyssa S - Big Brother
This is a powerhouse team with Alyssa S being the weakest player. But have any been standouts?
Same ole Red Team:
Josh - Big Brother/Challenge Cory - Challenge Chanelle - Survivor Michele - Survivor Tiffany - Big Brother
Two big dumb guys. No puzzle skills except for Michele. Noticed no one helped her on the Outbox challenge. Yeah, I am looking at you Josh. Michele smart but one of the less physical players and Tiffany. What does Tiffany bring to the table?
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2023 13:25:47 GMT
Challenge USA 1 was 12 episodes with a 90 min premiere episode and episode 11 & 12 dedicated to the final. 28 players and 10 players going to the final.
Challenge USA 2 might be 14 episodes. 24 players.
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Post by Navybelle on Aug 29, 2023 2:56:50 GMT
Wow, there are 8 women left and 5 are from Survivor (The Secret Garden - Cassidy, Chanelle, Desi, Michelle, Michaela), 2 from Big Brother (Tiffany & Alyssa S) and Tori. The women from Survivor are all beasts.
I sincerely do not want Cassidy to win.
9 men left with only 2 from Survivor (Chris & Sebastian), technically 4 from Big Brother (Josh, Faysal, Monte, and Tyler), with the 3 from MTV (Bananas, Cory, and Wes). It would be interesting to see a final run with no MTV folks. It does look as if this really is Josh and Faysal's best chance to win. But Josh has never been in a final, and Faysal has never finished a final. Well, he has quit finals.
I do hope they have more than 3 pairs in the final, it makes it more fun.
Oh, totally forgot about Cory. He certainly has not made his presence known that much this season. mmmm.....now that Alyssa L is gone I wonder who will do his thinking for him?
Thank you for your take on all this! I'm enjoying the show and am interested, but so much of it confuses me and I can't keep up with who's aligned with whom and who voted for which person and why. I agree that it would be cool to see none of the big names from the Challenge make it to the final. It was looking good there for awhile, but now I'm not so sure they can pull it off. I was really surprised that Wes' time in the last challenge was faster!! Dusty seemed to fly through it. |
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Post by Navybelle on Aug 29, 2023 2:59:51 GMT
As much as it is nice to see fresh faces in the Challenge, and it has been needed for a long time, the lack of personality is a killer. Does all future casting come from Wallpaper Paste Inc? I mean Chris, Tyler, Monte and the others are so bland. The editing it so bland. It makes Dusty having a temper tantrum this episode wake you up. I can see that. I do like Tyler (in general), but because he's so laid back, he can be boring, especially on a show like this! The others are being boring too, and the only thing Tiffany offers up is sass. That's all I can think of! |
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 29, 2023 4:37:01 GMT
Wow, there are 8 women left and 5 are from Survivor (The Secret Garden - Cassidy, Chanelle, Desi, Michelle, Michaela), 2 from Big Brother (Tiffany & Alyssa S) and Tori. The women from Survivor are all beasts.
I sincerely do not want Cassidy to win.
9 men left with only 2 from Survivor (Chris & Sebastian), technically 4 from Big Brother (Josh, Faysal, Monte, and Tyler), with the 3 from MTV (Bananas, Cory, and Wes). It would be interesting to see a final run with no MTV folks. It does look as if this really is Josh and Faysal's best chance to win. But Josh has never been in a final, and Faysal has never finished a final. Well, he has quit finals.
I do hope they have more than 3 pairs in the final, it makes it more fun.
Oh, totally forgot about Cory. He certainly has not made his presence known that much this season. mmmm.....now that Alyssa L is gone I wonder who will do his thinking for him?
Thank you for your take on all this! I'm enjoying the show and am interested, but so much of it confuses me and I can't keep up with who's aligned with whom and who voted for which person and why. I agree that it would be cool to see none of the big names from the Challenge make it to the final. It was looking good there for awhile, but now I'm not so sure they can pull it off. I was really surprised that Wes' time in the last challenge was faster!! Dusty seemed to fly through it. I always look at the game in two parts the competition part which includes elimination and the social part.
The daily challenge is easy just pick a team and root for them. Same with elimination.
The confusing part is the social game, the real friendships, and the strategy part.
I have been watching long enough to know many of the vets but I also go on other boards and youtube to find out who is who. That helps.
I also break it down to CBS reality shows vs the Vets.
Or Big Brother vs Survivor vs Amazing Race vs Vets.
Then there are the people who have played with each other on other shows.
When I started watching I just watched and absorbed. The Challenge has really evolved over the years.
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Post by allornothing on Aug 29, 2023 11:25:54 GMT
Still loving this show.
I liked Dusty in AR, but didn't love him in he Challenge. His Challenge fan boy schtick was boring so fine with him going.
Since I don't know ANY of the Challenge vets I am not tired of them and fine seeing them go on.
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Post by var1117 on Aug 30, 2023 0:51:25 GMT
I think I read that Johnny Bananas is going to be on Bachelor in Paradise!!!! Not a good fit for him I don't think.Wrong kind of competition. I think it was a commercial this afternoon. Also one for the Golden bachelor ladies. No faces, just glimpses of the back of heads, shoulders, legs, etc.
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Post by allornothing on Aug 30, 2023 12:00:52 GMT
I think I read that Johnny Bananas is going to be on Bachelor in Paradise!!!! Not a good fit for him I don't think.Wrong kind of competition. I think it was a commercial this afternoon. Also one for the Golden bachelor ladies. No faces, just glimpses of the back of heads, shoulders, legs, etc. Ive seen 1 or 2 bachelors (i went back and looked - season 6 and 7) and 1 or 2 bachelorettes and none recently (the one with brown shortish hair and maybe one other one, lost interest in going back and looking). Its not my favorite and Ive never seen Bachelor in Paradise but maybe ill give it a try. Maybe Ill like it more since hes not such a good fit. I can always stop if its horrible. lol! Ill go look for the forum here for it. . . |
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Post by Bearcata on Sept 6, 2023 6:48:26 GMT
There was a lot of back and forth with fans did Wes really win or did production step in and give him the win or was it very sloppy and heavy handed editing.
Regardless there was a lot of heavy handed editing.
During elimination the way TJ explained the rules was that the person who stayed the longest on the crankshaft won. Now it looked after both players had untied the ropes and assembled the wheel mechanism that Wes had barely stayed on the crankshaft at all vs Dusty's time on the crankshaft.
Let's face it we all knew Wes had lost. The editing was telling us that from the beginning of the episode.
Wes Wins! Huh! How?
Well, after watching the episode again the only way this works per the rules is whomever stays on the crankshaft the longest wins. This only happens if you time the event from the second the players are told go and start to untie the wheel parts. If it took Dusty longer to untie the wheel parts then it did Wes that means Wes was standing on the crankshaft longer then when Dusty was standing on it.
As an elimination this would have worked better if there was an actual clock which we fans could see that timed the event, otherwise it is too easy to suspect cheating or production manipulation. I hate this lack of transparency it does not make the competition look above board.
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