ImpinAintEasy

For the love of all things holy, will Fessy ever see an elimination that isn’t heavily strength based? I don’t know if it’s just pure luck or the producers tailor the eliminations to favor certain players or what. But this is beyond fortuitous for all 4 of his eliminations to be eliminations where nobody could beat him(CT might have had a chance in pole wrestle). I still think the Jordan-Tori stuff seems a bit staged. I do laugh whenever Tori is upset, though, especially since she seems to be the person who campaigned for Smashley to be kicked off last season and still not be allowed to return, even though Josh, the person who would be offended by what Ashley said, didn’t want either of those things to happen. I’m not liking how Banany seem to be skating to the final. In general, I hope the Final isn’t pairs, because then the contenders are all people I don’t want to see win(Banany,Fessy, and Tori). Olivia/Horacio and Chauncey are unknowns. Aneesa ain’t winning a final. And Kenny/Kaycee would be the most invisible winners ever.

The elimination was good and both women really fought hard. Amber at this point is probably 2nd behind Kaycee physically/athletically for the women. I don’t know why all of the men wouldn’t want to work with her every season. Tired of the Jordan and Tori drama. It feels a bit contrived. This hasn’t been an impressive season from Jordan. Granted, he’s been with a terrible partner and now team, but he failed individually the last 2 dailies. At least the trivia challenge didn’t involve players giving others strikes. The game was won or lost on their own merits. I can’t believe how easy the questions were and how many were missed. Also, it just reinforced how stupid the season’s concept is. The vast majority of the teams were not actually “ride or die”. I’m ready for the game to switch up. Moriah’s team has no shot if they couldn’t win trivia.

Oh great, so nobody is eliminated. What was the point? Another twist just for the hell of it? The daily could have been good if the teams weren’t so lopsided. Although, we found another potential weakness for Jordan. He isn’t that big, and while he overcame size differences vs Darrell and Josh in the past, he wasn’t able to against Chauncey. That had to bruise his ego a bit. I just can’t with Kenny. He should never have been on this show. And judging by his lack of screen time this season, the producers know that. I hope these dailies are designed fairly and not just to reward strength, but I doubt they will be.

Not going to speak on any physical appeal towards him. Don’t really care. Yes he’s a jerk. Yes he’s probably not that sincere in this newfound reform. But the dude is one of the 3 best male competitors in the history of the show. That’s the appeal.

I love team formats. Too bad I have a feeling this is going to be like Bloodlines where one partner goes into elimination and if they lose, the other partner is eliminated too. Which is unfair. The show needs to go back to the last place team in a daily challenge automatically goes into elimination. There are zero stakes to most of the dailies. Case in point, Banany lounging around joking while in dead last. And while I’m fixing the show, go back to the reliable formats and branding(Duel/Rivals/Exes/Fresh Meat/Battle Of Shows). Why the hell did Fessy get to pick back-to-back males? I don’t think it will matter, because there will probably be another shake up, but if these are the teams till the end, it seems like BS.

I thought Jay and Michelle were the favorites to win the whole thing. It’s a shame, I do think they’d crush a final. A lot of the drama leaves with them. The peanut gallery helped decide another elimination and the vets look like they are going to win out again. I think this season is a dud and I’m not sure what could save it. If they stick to the pairs, I only see three possible winners(Devin/Tori,Johnny/Nany, and Olivia/Horacio). I suppose if Nurys is good with puzzles and can handle the eating portion, she could allow Nelson to strictly focus on the physical stuff. I hate to say it, but this looks like Banany’s game to lose.

Nelson is the dumbest person to ever be a regular on this show. What does it say that Jay/Michelle and Nelson/Nurys have won 3 straight challenges and somehow sent home 2 rookie pairs? How did Banany escape that without being sent down automatically? Sad to see Darrell go. I’ve wanted him to get another win in this higher payout era. He came so close in the first 2 All-Stars. I just don’t think it’s in the cards unless they do another team season. It will be interesting to see if Dollar Tree Wes will be vulnerable now that people are on to him. Yet, Banany and Amber/Chauncey may be the only teams who would send him and Tori in. So I have to give him some props for finding a way to never be nominated for elimination. I think Tori and him are top 3 favorites to win a final, along with Michelle/Jay and Horacio/Olivia. That is if the producers don’t pull some shenanigans to get Banany a win.

In a final I agree. Jordan has no chance paired with Aneesa. But in a non-grip related elimination, I’ll take Jordan and Aneesa over every team there. Agree to disagree about him being lumped in with the likes of Nany and Aneesa with the whining. I enjoy him as a competitor but I can’t disagree that he can be a douchebag.

They did this with Fresh Meat 1 & 2 and War Of The Worlds. It is the absolute best format at introducing rookies.

There’s a difference between Jordan trying to intimidate/get under Jay’s skin and Nany whining like she always does because she’s afraid of going in. I don’t understand why Jordan is being lumped in with the whiny vets. Do people really think Jordan is afraid of going in? I’m disappointed to see Laurel leave early again. She doesn’t appear that often and I find her endlessly entertaining. I’m not sure she’ll do many more of these. She could probably clean up on All-Stars. I think Jay and Michelle are probably the best team and the favorites in a final, but are probably in trouble if Jordan and Aneesa stay in the game long enough. I’ve seen this vengeful Jordan edit before in WOTW 2. Ask Paulie and Cara how that went.

To be somewhat fair to Laurel, she rarely throws the first verbal volley, but damn it will she escalate things and go for the absolute jugular once she joins the fray.

Kaycee continues to be the most boring contestant ever. Consistently at the bottom of the cast in confessionals each season. Why does she get call backs? Just because she’s a good competitor? Jenny is a tank and beat all of the men in a final and hasn’t returned since. Maybe it’s just because Kaycee is always available. Whatever it is, she brings zero entertainment.

I love Terminator Laurel so much. When they cut to her staring silently at Michelle as she babbled on and on it was hilarious. Michelle the social game genius with an all-time clusterfuck of a performance in this episode. Reminding me yet again that Aubrey was screwed on the season of ‘Survivor’ that Michelle won. Jay and her dug themselves such a giant hole now. Good luck getting Johnny to have your back. I’m gonna miss Kim and Colleen. Hopefully they get another shot. They were good natured and good competitors. I hope there’s a twist that frees Jordan,Laurel, and Darrell from their anchors as partners.

Okay, I’m not going to badmouth the rookies this week. Kim and Colleen are adorable. So is Horacio. I can’t believe only 2 or 3 teams thought to have the male jump. They didn’t even have to remain holding on once their partner jumped, so the strength wasn’t that important. Had the show not made a big deal of it, I wouldn’t have known Nelson hadn’t won a daily in forever. Good for him. All of the people hooking up(or trying to, in Laurel’s case) set to the tune of ‘Love Shack’ was funny. It’s nice to have more light hearted stuff like that as opposed to the politicking and arguing every once in a while.

That’s terrible news. Absolute show-wrecker. Cavill was the show for me, and this is coming from a person who read the books and played the video games before watching the show. Cavill was the perfect Geralt and there are very few actors who could pull off the role. You have to wonder if deciding to film seasons 4 and 5 back to back forced this. If so, it’s a gigantic blunder.

Still not feeling this cast. Horacio and Olivia at least are strong competitors. Not much in the way of personality, though. Why were so many of last year’s rookies not included in this cast? There were a handful that were pretty interesting. I continue to advocate for casting more British people. I’m not sure any of the Brits cast have lacked personality. My interest in Jordan is strictly as a competitor. Being paired with Aneesa removes that interest, because he has zero chance in a final. This seems like a cakewalk for the vets, now. Which, okay. Don’t care about the rookies. I’m probably rooting for Jay/Michelle, but Johnny hates Jay, so they’ll be sent into elimination a lot.

They did have Jordan face Fessy in pole wrestle. I consider Jordan arguably the best P4P challenger ever(him or Landon), and he was sent to the slaughter in an unwinnable elimination. Now, he’s not the star that Johnny or CT is, but I’d like to think he is considered more important than Fessy by the producers.

I don’t like Turbo, but it continues to be such bullshit when the gallery helps out during eliminations. How is Horacio on reality TV being as shy as he is? Dude was tongue tied while talking to Laurel, who was clearly into him. It’s a bit endearing. Yay for Jordan being in the game. Boo for boring Kaycee being back. Still not feeling these rookies. Haven’t spotted much of a personality from any of them. This cast appears to be a major dud.

I’m one of the sickos that thought Hughie and his fake ass were hilarious, especially when he was paired with Smashley. It’s unfortunate that he is probably banned for stupid comments made on Twitter. This is the first challenge without Kyle since he debuted, and I miss him already. I hope Georgia and Theo are eventually let back on the show. I know Georgia posed in blackface once, but she seems more like an Emily than Camilla. She’s been contrite and it seems more like ignorance and stupidity than hate. And Theo wants to come back. Is his eye really that big of a liability? That group of Brits that debuted on WOTW was the best group of rookies in ages. Obviously Bear is a no go and is in Kenny levels of banned. But I’d like to see the rest come back.

Thank god for the incoming vets, because otherwise this would be the weakest cast ever. It’s unfortunate how all of the top players seem to be saddled with poor partners. If the pairs stay together, Jay and Michelle seem like they could be favorites. Too bad Kaycee gets to come back. Most boring prominent player ever. Fessy isn’t far behind, but at least it’s funny to watch him fail. Turbo is so annoying. What a baby. My hope for this season is for Jordan to eliminate both Turbo and Fessy.

I don’t plan on watching these, but these lists are pretty ridiculous. In what universe are Kam and Aneesa considered GOATs and Landon,Ev,Jordan, and Veronica aren’t?

I was sure Josh was getting a winner’s edit, or at the very least a finalist’s edit. But leave it to Josh to crumble under pressure. He’s just simply uncoordinated. Watching him run in the training montage even looked awkward. I’m rooting for Kyle to win. I like Kyle, always have. Sure, I can do without his Corey impression with his ‘doing it for my baby’, but he is funny and an underrated competitor.

Apparently Ashley outed Josh or simply called him gay or accused him of being gay in an argument. Supposedly she didn’t use a slur. Who really knows? I hope she’s not banned, but I don’t know for sure what went down. She doesn’t strike me as being homophobic. But it’s not like we know these people. Her being gone makes the game less interesting and more predictable. Sapphire was a really formidable team for a final.

I want to like Priscilla but her being a big time anti-vaxxer is disappointing. I’m sure plenty of these people are the same(Cory has said he’s not allowed to attend the reunion because he’s not vaccinated), but it’s hard to root for someone who not only chooses not to get vaccinated, but spreads misinformation about it online. For all the hate Ashley receives, she seems like one of the most responsible and level headed people outside of the show.

Love the changes! Love having 3 teams and getting to choose who you go into elimination against! I wish they did this from the start. Devin has become the star of the show for me. And the change in format, if the final is a team final, makes it extremely possible for him to win. I was rooting for Ashley, as I always do. She had the better strategy, and once the others started helping her with the memory portion it was over. I don’t like that that’s allowed to happen. I think Ashley would have won anyway. The show needs to outlaw people who aren’t involved in the eliminations from giving advice. The Ruby team is so bad. If any of their players win an elimination you know they are leaving. You know Kyle and Cory have their eyes on Josh’s spot. Speaking of Josh, the poor guy is going to be the number one pick to go up against if he’s ever available to go down into elimination.