Following are excerpts from posts during DCBLOG's posts on Real World Bad Blood from fall 2016,
reposted in the interest of readers as a subject from this post is on the next Challenge season.
With a new season of The Challenge to begin in less than ten days from now, we'd thought of taking you back to the last cycle and to last winter when we took a look at one of the many pop culture trends that emerged during a most eventful year. Enjoy this look at the Mannequin Challenge from during Real World Bad Blood, featuring RW alum Jay from Ex-Plosion and, first up, from the new Challenge, AYTO Season 1 original Simone.
SIMONE
from mid-November 2016
The internet has been home to phenomenons that, thanks to the widespread usage of social media we now have these days, have made it bigger than it might be when the web wasn't as big. The past few years, we've seen the Ice Bucket Challenge, the Harlem Shake, Gangnam Style, covers of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," carpoolers performing karaoke and much more. And over the summer, you couldn't go anywhere in town without seeing a youngster and those young at heart use their iPhone or Android to play Pokemon Go and look for Pikachu & friends. The video for Maroon 5's latest single, "Don't Wanna Know" with Kendrick Lamar, brings that game to life in hilarious fashion.
Now, here late in 2016 in the aftermath of turmoil caused by the outcome of a divisive election and presidential campaign, you can add to that the Mannequin Challenge. It's where people decide to literally stop what they do and become frozen in time like mannequins in the hometown mall while a video on one's smartphone is recording the very moment, then be posted in seconds on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat and other social media platforms. It's reported that this phenomenon had its start in Jacksonville, FL when students decided it would be fun to stand still for 30 seconds... And now just about everyone has followed suit since that video was first posted early last month.
Since this craze began in northeast Florida, many pro and college sports teams both in America and overseas have joined in to pause for a moment in a room and have this scene be posted for everyone to see. This includes the world's most famous soccer player, Christiano Ronaldo, and his European champion Portugal team, as well as England's Jamie Vardy, Raheem Sterling and Theo Walcott during their international matches. Even the First Lady got into the act when the Cleveland Cavaliers visited the White House, as well as the U.S. women's gymnastics team on their national victory tour.
Of course, musicians have joined in this Mannequin Challenge, led by Beyoncé and her Destiny's Child sisters Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and Britney Spears and her dancers in celebrating being named Best Resident Performer in the Best in Vegas Awards. Adele, Garth Brooks, the great Paul McCarthy, the casts of Saturday Night Live and Dancing with the Stars, and even Hilary Clinton and friends have made videos of sitting still for a minute and post their moments on their social hubs.
It's the backing musical joint that's been used in the background to most of these videos that has brought Mississippi hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd to prominence. "Black Beatles" is that song that accompanies most of these Mannequin Challenge videos, and the popularity of these videos helped bring to an end the glorious 12-week run of "Closer" by The Chainsmokers and Halsey atop the one-track measure of American music's top of the pops, the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
At this time three years ago, Simone Kelly was filming the first season of Are You The One? and made quite a name for herself there in the islands, and then on Exes 2 and Rivals III. The last time we saw her was in the elimination chamber this past summer in street clothes as partner Thomas (paired up by way of their unseen fight on their first Challenge appearance) and her voluntarily giving up their spot in the jungle due to an illness in his family. With her back to doing radio work and also regaining her Twitter account @SimoneJKelly after it was hacked a year ago, Monie's next stop is scripted TV in filming a pilot for a new drama which hopes to come out in the new year.
Earlier this month, Simone decided to join this latest internet phenomenon and with the help of her friends, they gathered up in their own home theater to film their own Mannequin Challenge video set in the atmosphere of movie night. She also gave love to Team MTV's newest momma-to-be, fellow AYTO alum and Rivals III bronze medalist Cheyenne, in wearing the "#BoyBye" hat from her The RUU clothing line. The result of their work is below.
At this time three years ago, Simone Kelly was filming the first season of Are You The One? and made quite a name for herself there in the islands, and then on Exes 2 and Rivals III. The last time we saw her was in the elimination chamber this past summer in street clothes as partner Thomas (paired up by way of their unseen fight on their first Challenge appearance) and her voluntarily giving up their spot in the jungle due to an illness in his family. With her back to doing radio work and also regaining her Twitter account @SimoneJKelly after it was hacked a year ago, Monie's next stop is scripted TV in filming a pilot for a new drama which hopes to come out in the new year.
Earlier this month, Simone decided to join this latest internet phenomenon and with the help of her friends, they gathered up in their own home theater to film their own Mannequin Challenge video set in the atmosphere of movie night. She also gave love to Team MTV's newest momma-to-be, fellow AYTO alum and Rivals III bronze medalist Cheyenne, in wearing the "#BoyBye" hat from her The RUU clothing line. The result of their work is below.
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JAY
From December 2016
It was at this time three years ago that we were anticipating the new Real World in many ways: new season, new format, new cast and new everything, all taking place in an old city: San Francisco for Real World Ex-Plosion. One of the exes who had to face the music in the Bay Area were a couple from the Big Apple: Jay was that womanizer who had built up a large social media following and had become close with girls at and outside the club where he was an emcee. Jenna was his ex-girlfriend model, who eventually exposed what he did to her while he was in the city. Of course, we know what happened when they got together again on Exes 2...he'd rather not want us to mention what happened in that last act. And we know what's happened to her in her two succeeding finals appearances too.
Since then in the aftermath of what happened in the final, Jay has translated that humble experience into a passion for fitness. He has become a CrossFit athlete and has competed in several Spartan Races... he and my brother in law suddenly have something in common there in the ladder. And as he awaits a chance for redemption, he has been taking part in the past two seasons of the internet game show Sequester, where Jay and contestants like him go onto webcam to take apart in competitions to stave off elimination and have a chance to win prizes voted by viewers. He took part in Season 5 and just recently Season 6, the All-Stars edition.
Just before filming that season, Jay and his family spent his Thanksgiving week not in the cold of New York City but down the coast in good old Florida and at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. He got to see some real life Star Wars, and hung out by the pool in the nice 80* and sunny conditions of the vacation paradise, and even found time to do a a couple live Periscope chats. Jay even gave one of his biggest fans and someone who's supported him from the very beginning - yours truly - a shoutout when he spotted me in the chat room.
During all this, he found time to do his own Mannequin Challenge video being filmed in the Movies portion of Disney's All-Star Resort complex located right next to the Animal Kingdom park of the mega-resort. Many of the most-beloved characters from Disney's great animated films of years past -- Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Rex from the Toy Story movies as well as Donald and Daisy Duck make an appearance in a mannequin challenge that the kids will enjoy. Check it out below.
Just before filming that season, Jay and his family spent his Thanksgiving week not in the cold of New York City but down the coast in good old Florida and at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. He got to see some real life Star Wars, and hung out by the pool in the nice 80* and sunny conditions of the vacation paradise, and even found time to do a a couple live Periscope chats. Jay even gave one of his biggest fans and someone who's supported him from the very beginning - yours truly - a shoutout when he spotted me in the chat room.
During all this, he found time to do his own Mannequin Challenge video being filmed in the Movies portion of Disney's All-Star Resort complex located right next to the Animal Kingdom park of the mega-resort. Many of the most-beloved characters from Disney's great animated films of years past -- Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Rex from the Toy Story movies as well as Donald and Daisy Duck make an appearance in a mannequin challenge that the kids will enjoy. Check it out below.
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