[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for The Challenge, Season 41 Episode 7, “At Least Someone’s Getting Laid!”]
Let’s get this out of the best way first: Sure, the title of this episode is reflective of the truth that The Problem home turned hookup central for a pair of gamers: Nany González, who was popping out of a really critical relationship, and Will Gagnon, who was the sadboy who punched a wall at the start of the season over Dee Valladares hooking up with Johnny Bananas. Sure, the cameras captured a copious quantity of the motion and shared it with audiences. And sure, everybody talked about it and made crude jokes, with the events concerned laughing as a lot as anybody.
It’s typical Problem trend to have a number of sultry showmances all through the season — some that final, and a few that, like this one, apparently, are simply purely bodily and momentary.
Transferring on! The day by day problem was the present’s first-ever grand prix-style episode, match with go-karts and a collection of puzzles that the gamers needed to take turns making an attempt to unravel. Known as “Drive Me Loopy,” the sport had 13 stations with one automotive and 4 stacked puzzles. One member of the pair needed to drive laps, and the opposite had to determine the puzzle, they usually took turns till it was performed. Chris “C.T.” Tamburello initially struggled with the automotive due to his measurement — “I really feel like Bowser,” he joked at his personal expense — however with Aneesa Ferreira at his aspect, the 2 managed to turn into true contenders within the problem. They got here this near ending first, however that honor went to Nany and her accomplice, Leo Dionici. The day’s dropping pair was Tay Wilcoxson and Yeremi Hykel.
Nany and Leo had to decide on who to avoid wasting from the jury vote for the world — with Tay mechanically getting in, because it was a girls’s elimination day — and she or he picked her latest BFF Ashley Mitchell with out a lot incident.
The jury then had to decide on who to ship in towards Tay, and whereas others like Jonna Mannion and Dee additionally got here into the combination, the vote finally went to Izzy Fairthorne (who was partnered with Will).
Within the area, titled “Decide It Up Once more,” Tay and Izzy needed to shoot hoops and construct towers whereas their ball went by an enormous gameboard, catching the ball earlier than it bought right through to the bottom. Izzy struggled dearly with it, thanks partially to the truth that her platform was already leaning, however Tay caught with it and emerged victorious. With that, Izzy went residence, Will turned the automated hangnail, and new groups have been chosen.
Within the choice, the next new groups have been made: Nany and Cedric Hodges; Leo and Olivia Kaiser; Aneesa and Jake Cornish; C.T. and Michaela Bradshaw; America Lopez and Gabe Wai; Derek Chavez and Aviv Melmed; Justin Hinson and Ashley; Sydney Segal and Yeremi; Jonna and Turabi “Turbo” Çamkıran; Dee and Theo Campbell; Leroy Garrett and Tay.
Then got here some actual pleasure: Host T.J. Lavin lastly, lastly revealed what the factors the gamers have been amassing all season shall be good for. Whoever has probably the most factors will get their first choose for his or her teammate for the remainder of the season, he revealed. The one limitation is that they’ll have the identical standards because the prior picks: “Reverse stripe, reverse gender,” he mentioned. He nonetheless didn’t reveal when precisely this ultra-selection ceremony will happen, however no less than we now know what that tallyboard has in retailer for the remaining contestants.
The Problem, Wednesdays, 8/7c, MTV