Duke Silver

Dislike Bananas all you want (it's probably justified, IMO), but at least the guy brings something to the show. The lame fucks, especially most of the newer generations, are pre-packaged Ken & Barbie dolls just floating along for a check. This isn't some high-browed content I'm watching. It's "reality" tv FFS; entertain me or GTFO, hahaha!

I continue to be puzzled by the character Amanda plays on The Challenge, and why she's even there. My gf's sister loves her though, so what do I know?

Coming into the 2 part finale, Savannah was my pick with a bullet. Buuuut, something seems amiss. That 6-week layoff (with wedding engagement to boot) seems to have taken away her edge. She kinda shit talked on the low, and I liked it. She seems way to happy now, LOL. Wouldn't be the only time a competitor might be happier in life, but worse off "on the field of play" once off the field happiness is attained, LMAO.

I'm cool with Kenzie winning. I initially liked Maria, but more exposure to her made me turn on a dime. Liz is cray; the end. Ben was a total non-factor to me until he won the final challenge. FWIW, I think out of the final 4, Charlie "deserved" the win the most based on the actual game. Kenzie won for outside-the-game reasons, afaic, and you know what? That's cool too, because final argument is part of the game, and she got enough of the jury on board.

For my musical tastes, Abi had my favorite voice. I'm just not into country or gospel. I have basically stopped watching these music shows because it seems to have gone all country all the time (but maybe I'm out of the loop on this observation a/c the aforementioned lack of watching; I've haphazardly followed this season of AI via Youtube clips/reviews). That said, I totally get the critique that Abi was inconsistent. FWIW, I really liked her vocals on "Hello" and "Bring me to Life", but yeah...on the more upbeat stuff especially, the staging/movement was not super organic to me. I'm fairly confident I'll never hear of any of these singers again given recent history of these shows' contestants post-show careers, even more so, again, because I'm not into country or gospel. Someone like Will could wind up big on the country scene, perhaps.

I immediately thought of this:

^^ that is the final 3 this season deserves.

I dislike Q as a Survivor personality....strongly. That said, he didn't owe Liz a fucking thing. Her thinking he did, after driving to vote him out at the previous TC, shows how delusional she is (a trait shared by way too many in this cast). I thought this was a "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" kind of show? I'm a little surprised by the chatter that Q did something wrong by not picking her. It's not his job to look after someone who volunteered for a show she knowingly signed-up for while being allergic to everything under the sun (well, other than crappy microwaved fast food, that is).

Jaylin was the best hip-hop person they could land this season? Kinda weak, IMO...YMMV most definitely. Piling on here, but I dislike this new...whatever the hell this is. I miss partnerships, though admittedly, from a pure competition standpoint, those could be problematic based on the pairing. That said, the "unfairness of it all !!!" was part of the entertainment. Watching a superlative dancer overcome a bad pairing was energizing.

What fresh hell was that bullshit? Hunter, my man....you are a dope. I mean, come on! Why in hell would you tell anyone about your idol. Play it at TC! Maybe have some damn control. You're nervous AF, teetering on paranoid; you have salvation literally in your pocket, and....you leave with it in said pocket. GTFOH...yikes. Bunch of morons in this cast. I also get that one has to be a a bit narcissistic to be on one of these shows, but the delusions of grandeur! My god! Venus and Liz think every move is their move; Q might literally be insane; Ben assumes he'll start winning challenges when Hunter is out; zero evidence of that to date. Speaking of him....Q remains, and he is at Bhanu levels of yuck for me, so like some others, I will struggle to consume the rest of this season.

This season proves to me that, much like the rest of American film and TV, the on-screen talent should be pulled from the U.K. and Australia. Fuck...this cast suuuuuuucks. Well, tbf, I guess I don't hate a few of them, but man, the bad ones are so fugging bad. Bhanu vs. Q in the cage match of Survivor Suck. We'd all lose having to watch that. I can't even bother to gather my thoughts beyond that. It's not worth the effort for this shit show.

I think I'm a little in love.

^^ Same. Venus comes across as a bit abrasive, but I can at times as well, and some of the best people in my life are assertive/abrasive.

It sure feels like Maria is a good position going to the merge: she seems to have Charlie on side (who is tight with Ben); Tim thinks she is his #1 based on his manly man convo w/ the other alpha males during the journey, thus, maybe a tie-in w/ Q+Tiff and Hunter+Tevin. I'm glad I actually like her.... I still don't understand what Jem thought she was gaining with the beware advantage wild goose chase. Oh well, doesn't matter as she goes home with an idol in her pocket.

If Bhanu wasn't gone after this ep, I seriously would've stopped watching. I honestly think Hunter has made a mistake showing how much of a challenge monster he is; I think he should've sandbagged a bit. YMMV. But yeah...he's gone once the merge happens; too much of a "threat" I presume, in the eyes of the weaker players. Curious to see if Jem's wild goose chase comes back to bite her. I wonder if at some point she's wondering "uhhh, maybe I shouldn't have done that. No real upside."