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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, March 13, 2023 - 3:25 am 
Thanks Legal. This is absolutely ridiculous that this season needs instructions... LOL
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Monday, March 13, 2023 - 11:51 am
On the podcast Jonna said that Justine said she picked Bananas because she grew up watching The Challenge...since she was young lol. The girls (Aneesa and Da'Vonne and Jonna) were cracking up. Annesa said, how do you say to someone you are old without saying, you are old.
Jonna says they are all wary that at some point they are going to change teams again. So all the Legends are staying careful not to step on anyone's toes. I was thinking the exact same thing. I wouldn't be surprised if they got to pick every week in order of how they place. That would make sense.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Friday, March 17, 2023 - 9:22 am
Did anyone else watch this week? I thought it was a boring episode except for the competition. But if you like lots of back stories and repetitive scheming and complaining (KellyAnne), you might like it. 
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Friday, March 17, 2023 - 8:47 pm
I loved Ben's tip about hiding a full place setting of dishes so he could have a clean dish to eat off. But he "hide" it in the kitchen cabinet lol. Interesting that they are too lazy to look in the cabinet for dishes? I thought for sure he was going to put them on TOP ledge of the cabinet.
Nellie was making me laugh with how he kept stopping Jujuy and not using momentum to swing her during Tether Brawl. Comments were, we need to take him to a playground
Was a little surprised Jonna went out of her eat to placate KellyAnn and say she wanted to work with her...only to turn around and put her in elimination. Especially without giving her a heads up. There will be some drama that comes from this.
I like that they have new games for challenges. Also that the gross smoothies were vegan, for I think, the first time.
All the while Wes is just grinning like a Cheshire Cat trying to stay out of everything. It's nice to see Tori and Jordan back in a good place. I hope they get back together someday
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 17, 2023 - 9:37 pm
I'm not sure I am going to be able to stick with this show if they keep it moving at this pace. The show was maybe 6 minutes of one competition, and the rest was petty back stories.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 12:42 am
The Challenge is very much about social strategy and relationships as much as physical. Maybe even more mental than physical. The Legends know that. That's why CT, Bananas, Wes do so well and Fessy, for example,(who is a beast) not so much.
I think in The Challenges on Paramount as opposed to MTV much of the audience is new. So maybe they feel they have to give background stories so that people understand the dynamics of the long rivalries and relationships that play a part in the strategy and storyline?
They did devote more time than usual to the Jonna, KellyAnne drama. I am assuming it plays a part in what is to come in the next episodes.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 5:08 am
Last night I watched this week's episode and I absolutely hated it. They devoted 30 minutes to "who was going into the arena" - then the arena and a little of the aftermath. A friend of mine who watches the show was like AYFKM with this B.S. They can't possibly do this every week or it will take 4-6 months to air the series.
My friend is also of the opinion that they played a "little fast and loose" as to who is an MVP and who isn't (We're looking at you Ben).
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 10:12 am
I found the episode pretty boring also, but since my laptop battery was dying, it was probably a good thing since I FF'd thru a lot of it.
Hopefully future episodes will be back to the two comps per episode. This one was way too repetitive.
And Ben WAS funny!
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 12:07 pm
I don't mind the back story. Because it represents whats actually happening. Then I'm not sitting there saying, what the heck happened? Why did so and so do that to so and so. I have context. Just imagine all the crap we DON'T see lol. For that matter, in all reality shows... That's why I love the feeds in Big Brother. We see what's actually happening. Well, except when something's going on in one room and they switch all the cameras to somebody that is sleeping.....
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 12:22 pm
Back stories are fine, but it was Kellyanne, Kellyanne, Kellyanne, and almost the same convo over and over .... that was my take.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 1:02 pm
No I agree on the KellyAnne deluge. But I'm assuming they have a reason. Maybe they wanted us to be as fed up with the drama as the cast is? Lol
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 2:04 pm
All these years of watching the Challenge…I never have seen an episode that heavy with the leading to elimination. Totally not normal format.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 4:42 pm
Yeah, that's why I'm thinking there might be a reason...or they had no other content for the drama section lol
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 10:24 pm
I'll probably give it another episode, maybe two, but I bet that episode lost them a lot of viewers.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 12:22 am
Juju if you like all competition and no back story etc...try Physical:100 on Netflix. Its a South Korean reality competition.
One hundred contestants in top physical shape compete in a series of gruelling challenges to claim the honour -- and cash reward -- as the last one standing.
It's all physical challenges and very little story. Most of the contestants know OF each other because they are all famous athletes
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 4:29 pm
Season 2 of Challenge USA is starting to film soon...if the rumors of who they cast are true...disappointed
"There are also rumors swirling that the pay offered for the show is creating issues as far as casting goes, with some individuals “getting too big for their britches"
So that might be part of the problem. I don't think people want to practically themselves for less than a certain amount. I can understand
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 8:44 pm
Thanks, SinceBB1. I am that one person in the USA who does not have Netflix, also don't have MTV or HBO or any other of the add-on subscription television channels, so that's why I don't follow a lot of the other threads here. Sometimes a show will get released on a different non-pay network, and I will watch back-seasons then.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 9:07 pm
You are definitely not the only one lol...
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, March 20, 2023 - 12:46 pm
I agree that this episode really dragged! It seemed like it took them two eps to get through the usual 1 ep material. I hope they speed things along next time.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, March 20, 2023 - 2:20 pm
I am the only person in the Gulf South region that doesn't have Netflix. I have free Prime through my Amazon account, and free HBOMax because I have HBO via my Cox Cable. The only streaming service I actually pay for is Paramount+.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Monday, March 20, 2023 - 3:17 pm
I never had any streaming services until covid. Because all the network shows had paused filming, there was nothing on that I wanted to watch. That's when I got hooked on all the various streaming services. There were multiple seasons of multiple shows that I could just binge watch. Now I really appreciate the original shows they have
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, March 20, 2023 - 4:14 pm
I've been a netflix member since it first launched as a DVD mailing service. Netflix for life!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2023 - 4:32 pm
No Netflix for me!
I just have cable and HBO and Showtime/TMC and Paramount Plus during BB US season. Apparently I get HBO Max with HBO.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 20, 2023 - 4:33 pm
I got hooked on Zoom during COVID, and still had lots of shows I could and did watch.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 1:40 am
Janelle posted that she had been in the process of appearing on The Challenge USA but it didn't work out. She had too much going on with multiple businesses and family to be away that long. Understandable
In all honesty, I don't think The Challenge is the right show for her at this point. It would be too physically challenging for her. She is not familiar with most of the players. She didn't know who Tori is. She hasn't watched any of the series in many years. Even AllStars 1 where the cast was a little older would have been arduous.
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