[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for The Challenge Season 41 Episode 9, “Does Anyone Want to Confess?”]
T.J. Lavin hates when The Problem contestants stop, and apparently, he hates after they cheat much more. Wednesday’s (September 24) episode of Vets and New Threats noticed the longtime host take the unprecedented step of scrapping all the outcomes of the day’s mini-final, which was purported to be fairly consequential to the lock-in choice course of. Why? Properly, among the gamers apparently cheated by throwing away their greens as an alternative of consuming them. (We’ve got to solely think about the eyeroll of each OG Problem alum who needed to scarf down chilly cow testicles and dwell bugs.) After that, the everlasting choice went by means of, and a few pairs walked away pleased, whereas others completely didn’t.
The efficiency factors for the person gamers have been:
Ladies
Michaela Bradshaw: 38
Olivia Kaiser: 33
Sydney Segal: 32
Aneesa Ferreira: 30
Adrienne Naylor: 28
America Lopez: 22
Aviv Melmed: 22
Nany Gonzales: 16
Dee Valladares: 14
Tay Wilcoxson: 14
Ashley Mitchell: 13
Jonna Mannion: 2
Males
Will Gagnon: 33
Yeremi Hykel: 33
Cedric Hodges: 30
Turabi “Turbo” Çamkıran: 25
Justin Hinsley: 25
Leo Dionicio: 24
Chris “CT” Tamburello: 23
Jake Cornish: 15
Derrick Kosinski: 13
Gabe Wai: 13
Leroy Garrett: 9
Theo Campbell: 6
The episode started with CT getting a lukewarm welcome again into the home after his elimination win, because the rookie ladies strategized about who they’d need to select as their companions — and why it was Turbo for completely all of them.
The vet ladies, alternatively, determined to start out tearing one another down, starting with Ashley body-shaming Aneesa. Citing “athletics,” she poked enjoyable at Aneesa for daring to suppose she may truly win the season, and when Aneesa got here in to make her say it to her face, Ashley’s liquid braveness kicked in. Ashley known as Aneesa “delusional” and stated even she didn’t suppose she may beat this 12 months’s crop of rookies, and shortly, all of it erupted right into a screaming match wherein Ashley threatened, “I don’t care how massive you’re, I’ll knock you out, b***h.” In return, Aneesa defended her proper to consider in herself, known as Ashley trash, and walked away.
The mini-final, known as “Damaged Desires,” noticed the gamers working up a 6-mile switchback path that included an enormous climb and 5 checkpoints, together with a math equation, an consuming portion, a puzzle tower, a brainteaser with chains, and a recreation of hangman — all along with the foot race, in fact. The winner of this was supposed to get absolutely the first choose of the lock-in choice, however that each one modified when different gamers observed a bunch of peppers and onions scattered on the bottom.
After T.J. known as folks out for dishonest and introduced the choice to toss the day by day outcomes, a lot of the gamers have been able to brush it off and benefit from the formal eating expertise they got here residence to — match with white linens, pink roses, and champagne, no much less. CT invited the rookies to discuss their first Problem expertise; Derrick provided a cheerful toast to the brand new “crop” that’ll take over; and everybody was content material to eat, drink, and be merry … besides Will, who stood to select first if the outcomes have been counted and determined to dampen the temper with some premature nay-saying.
Others on the desk predicted this is able to rub his showmance associate, Nany, the incorrect approach, and lo, immediately she didn’t need to be teammates with him anymore. As a substitute, she went to Justin to recommend they work collectively, whereas CT pitched himself to Tay, Leroy made a cope with America, and everybody else with any energy appeared to settle in with their desired companions — besides Gabe, who felt extra he’d be caught with Jonna, and Derrick, who didn’t perceive why Dee pretended to be jazzed about pairing with him when it’s “a wedding made in hell.”
Now, the everlasting groups are: Michaela and Cedric; Yeremi and Aviv; Olivia and Will; Sydney and Turbo; Aneesa and Jake; Adrienne and Theo; Justin and Nany; Leo and Ashley; CT and Tay; America and Leroy; Dee and Derrick; and Gabe and Jonna.
After the ultimate choice, T.J. introduced that future eliminations will likely be paired. Nevertheless, within the look-ahead footage, he requested if anybody needed to stake a declare on another person’s associate, so perhaps these pairings aren’t so everlasting in any case?
The Problem, Wednesdays, 8/7c, MTV