re: The Challenge: Final Reckoning season-long Thread

They have a good chance at winning if the elimination is a puzzle but it doesn't look that way. Hunter and Nelson are dumb as rocks. Marie can't do anything physical which it looks like this elimination will be so they should lose.

They definitely take it easier on the women in these eliminations that are physical. I remember one early in the season where Kim was running around all willy nilly while the male could barely go against the weight of the bungee cord.

Hope they can take the upset. What a nothing episode btw. They’d been doing better it felt like.

For a great challenge, especially at the end,you have to have somebody who strikes absolute fear into the opposing teams...either a girl or guy.

Because when the slots get limited, you know there's a monster over there you probably have to go through.

John, while being great at the game, does not put the fear into others. CT does.. Landon did, Emily did, Laurel did, Ev did, etc.

It's the biggest flaw in recent castings. There's no monster. Joss could have been that guy.. But he got his spirit broken by Derrick and now he's paired with Sylvia.

I can’t get over how bed the casting was for this season. We have seriously gotten to a point where Shane is running the game and fricking Sylvia is acting like a bad arse. What in the frick.

This whole season is a shite show.

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I can’t get over how bed the casting was for this season. We have seriously gotten to a point where Shane is running the game and fricking Sylvia is acting like a bad arse. What in the frick.

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Between the casting and people like CT/Jenna/Tori going home early, and then Brad & Kyle getting stuck in redemption house, it's been a shitshow in the main house.

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I can’t get over how bed the casting was for this season. We have seriously gotten to a point where Shane is running the game and fricking Sylvia is acting like a bad arse. What in the frick.

This whole season is a shite show.

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If the casting rumors for next season are correct, it will be worse.

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Likely Final Cast Males:
Ammo Hall (RW: Go Big or Go Home)
Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio (RW: Key West)
Josh Martinez (Big Brother 19)
Kyle Christie (Geordie Shore)
Leroy Garrett (RW: Las Vegas 2011)
Nelson Thomas (AYTO? 3)
Paulie Calafiore (Big Brother 18)
Wes Bergmann (RW: Austin)
Zach Nichols (RW: San Diego 2011)

Females: Aneesa Ferreira (RW: Chicago) Cara Maria Sorbello (Fresh Meat II)
Faith Stowers (Vanderpump Rules)
Jenna Compono (RW: Ex-Plosion)
Kam Williams (AYTO? 5)
Kayleigh Morris (Ex on the Beach UK)
Nany González (RW: Las Vegas 2011)
Natalie Negrotti (Big Brother 18)
Taylor Selfridge (AYTO? 5)

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Filming starts in a week or two, so we should know more. I’m sure there are others, but this is basically the same cast as this past season, just trade CT for Wes.

I read Mark Long got a call. The only way I’d stick around is if John and Wes teamed up Fed-Nadal style and went old school to take out the new guard

Also, it’s rumored the new season could be some type of fresh meat

That's not terrible, assuming the teams aren't completely lopsided like this season.

At least Leroy is back.

I disagree. It’s the same folks over and over. There’s no freshness to it.

Point being their pool is dwindling, which is why they are probably considering a FreshMeat type.

That’s also not the entire cast and it could be outdated. There’s a 150-page speculation thread on Vevmo but I don’t really care enough to look through it

Why do people want to see a strong Bananas alliance?

Wes and John can't even get along on the Champs vs Stars challenges. The two guys who really set off John are Devin and Wes (and he's deathly scared of Abram although he really isn't around anymore). I think the only guys on the show Wes has any animosity towards are the guys from the Ruins Era, and at this point, that is just John.

On reunions and charity shows, he is much more laid back but there is still clear animosity there. He doesn't go personal much of the time, but he has with John, including saying that he is outnumbered on the shows because his friends were banned for the Tonya incident.

The cast is really hard to determine at this point. Looks like 8 men and women are set who have challenge experience and one rookie on the men's side from BB and one woman from AYTO. That makes me think there are going to be 14 more rookies or it will be some Old School/New School thing where Kyle, Paulie, Ammo, Faith, Kayleigh, and Natalie are all considered New School and there will still be familiar names added to the cast.