A Word From The Editor
BY DC CUEVA
BY DC CUEVA
First, our SocialPulse diaries have served as the classified record of all the social play-by-play to every episode of The Challenge and Real World since Rivals II and the entire run of Are You The One?, plus Season 1 of Stranded with a Million Dollars and the two spin-offs we've had this spring. When you add up all the episodes and reunions from those 18 seasons we have covered wire-to-wire on this site, it amounts to over 210 episodes, 150+ hours of television, and hundreds of thousands of tweets from castmates and fans compiled into more than half of the posts we have done on the Trifecta.
The second and other singular element to how DCBLOG covers the most dynamic and exciting shows of a genre MTV pioneered 25 years ago is something that this site has owned since we began covering this world towards the end of the last non-twist Real World season in summer 2013. And it has to do with something I thrive on: the great talent I have for original writing, a passion for being able to tell great stories, and translating a fandom I have for this world into being able to offer a unique look at the people and the stories of the Trifecta. And this brings us to another passion that I have.
Being someone who watches a lot of sports television outside the MTV world, I draw on inspiration from the former to help devise the formula for which this site has developed and followed to bring you our distinctive look inside the Trifecta each week. At the beginning of the last cycle last fall, we defined a few words that can best describe this site to the average fan who would like to get more than just the usual episode recap or fantasy scoring to see where their favorite Challenge players are.
For 17 days every two years, there's just about one thing on my mind: the Olympic Games. It's far and away my favorite sports event and the one event I look forward to most in the athletic world. It embodies the passion I have for the entire sports panorama, not just of the NBA, NFL, baseball and the other handful of sports Americans follow at the expense of fairly unknown sports in this country. Along with offering the largest audiences the best seat in the house to the moments that enthrall the world, coverage of the Olympics is handled a bit differently than your usual sports broadcast. More than half of the viewership comprises of women, and because they aren't as big of sports fans as are men, there's more of a focus on the people than on the competition because of one innovation.
When the network covered the eventful and historic 1972 Munich Olympics 45 years ago, ABC Sports executive producer and sports television icon Roone Arledge created an innovation called Up Close and Personal. Those are 2-3 minute feature profiles of Olympic athletes that air during the Games, and which add an extra dimension to the viewer's perception of these hard working athletes who labor in obscurity and only get recognized when the world is watching. It has become a staple of Olympic TV coverage, helping introduce audiences to relatively unknown athletes from Team USA and around the world, before they become overnight sensations in winning medals on the world stage.
According to Brice Weisman, who produced these features during ABC's 25-year Olympic run, "The overall philosophy of 'Up Close and Personal' is to get to know the athletes as human beings, to try and find out what makes them so special. The desire, ambition, dedication and also the unique humanness which is the character of the athletes is what we're after." This echoed the sentiments of his boss Arledge: "Our philosophy has been to focus on the people within sport, who they are, what they are like, and whey they have devoted so much of their lives to the pursuit of excellence."
Led by a protege of Roone's, Dick Ebersol, and its talented and dedicated people who I greatly admire, NBC has since taken the mantle of America's Olympic network and has continued that tradition of storytelling into becoming a core element of their sports coverage, not just the Olympics. Longtime NBC producer (and now EP of FOX's World Cup coverage) David Neal adds, "Storytelling is our mantra… it's what we do. Storytelling is the way we make our connection between the viewers and the athletes. We look to make that vital human connection so a viewer at home cares about an athlete that maybe they have never heard of competing in a sport, that maybe they are not too familiar with so that they have an interest in how these athletes fare."
The NBC Features Unit comprises of producers, editors, camera crews and the like, who focus on Olympic athletes, both U.S. and foreign, and are tasked with how to best tell their stories when Games time arrives. They also receive plenty of help from a team of Olympic researchers -- regarded as the most coveted entry-level job in sports television -- who travel to World Championship, World Cup and Grand Prix events around the world to watch both the marquee names and those on the rise like NFL scouts. Then comes having to shoot footage, record interviews, gather info and all else in between before those features air during those 17 days in front of millions of viewers every two years in what is seen as the gold-standard of American sports television.
This approach to bringing a human-interest aspect into this event-driven genre, along with portraits of the Games' host city and nation and the Olympics' broad history, helped spark the current trend of high-quality storytelling in sports media. Elements of "Up Close and Personal" can be seen at not just the Peacock, but also feature features on studio shows and during major events, videos and long-form articles on the many digital sites, reality-based docu-series such as Hard Knocks, and long-form documentaries led by ESPN's 30 for 30 series and for many years by HBO.
And it's that form of sports television that helped to inspire what I call DC ExtraTime. These are the stories and vignettes that appear after all the related episode coverage in this site's weekly Trifecta posts, and often being presented on their own posts as well as at DC@TUMBLR. The name itself takes a cue from the soccer term for what fans of U.S. sports call overtime to the 30 minutes added on to matches in the knockout stages of major soccer tournaments should it end level after 90 minutes.
For the first instance, their real-life stories and experiences spans the human panorama covering just about everything that you can instantly relate to. There was that time recently when a Chicagoan destined for fall Sundays on the gridiron having his dreams shattered by a crime he didn't commit done in by the cousin he used to be close with, and led to ill will and punches when they met up. There's also the harshness of a life of being a college student having to live homeless as experienced recently with Preston from Back to New Orleans. And there have been countless number of times we have shared with you the joy of these people welcoming babies, getting married and their entries into the true real world.
There's no other reality TV franchise with such a deep history than the Trifecta and countless number of memorable moments and people, some of which we have looked back on here. There was that time when the cast of Real World Cancun were given a golden chance to work Spring Break and party with an up & coming EDM duo, LMFAO, who would go on to bigger fame themselves. CJ from that cast also took part in the moment where I become a fan of The Challenge in a memorable elimination duel with eventual Challenge champ Zach. We had a chance to look back at the game-changing season of Real World Las Vegas, the best season ever of The Challenge in Rivals I, and the aftermaths of two notable Real World house fights as well. There was also the time where a punk pop band from Jacksonville were playing in the middle of a hotel room while fellow Challengers were smashing things all around them. And we've been able to catch up with many of the alums who have entertained us throughout the run of this ecosystem.
There have been, yes, the low moments that these people have experienced. Five years after the night that nearly changed it all for him, we looked back at the crash Challenge host TJ Lavin suffered in his very last BMX competition, and the long recovery process that followed that would've meant that someone had to fill in, but him recovering to host Rivals added more to that great season. There was what happened in the final of The Gauntlet III, where an overweight Eric "Big Easy" collapsed in the final, cost his veteran team a certain victory and woke him up to change his habits. We also looked at when Real World alums Nany on Back to Las Vegas and Jay on Ex-Plosion went through the most traumatic days of their lives: learning about the death of a family member while they were filming their seasons, most especially the ladder in a year that also saw two people he hung out with also pass away as well. That feeling of grief also extended to Briana from AYTO Season 2 when she opened up about her suffering the misfortune of a miscarriage.
And sometimes, it's fans like you who are featured in these posts who are affected in one way or another by these shows. It's there where this is no greater and deeper story that this site takes great pride in than the intimate portrait of a friendship of the man who won six Challenges and a girl who battled the biggest battle of her life the same month the most notable Challenger ever was battling for her life. In light of what happened eleven months ago on that mountaintop, it would've been easy for those who've been fans of Johnny Bananas to pull their support following the most controversial moment in Challenge history and solidify his title as this show's dirtiest and winningest player. But being able to share with you last year him meeting his #1 fan, Kasey Harvey, brought you a different side to him and offered a look at her battle with cancer and the spirit of Diem Brown that brought them together and forged a lifelong bond.
In its Wikipedia page, the definition of storytelling reads, "Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, often with improvisation, theatrics, or embellishment. ... a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and instilling moral values."
The second and other singular element to how DCBLOG covers the most dynamic and exciting shows of a genre MTV pioneered 25 years ago is something that this site has owned since we began covering this world towards the end of the last non-twist Real World season in summer 2013. And it has to do with something I thrive on: the great talent I have for original writing, a passion for being able to tell great stories, and translating a fandom I have for this world into being able to offer a unique look at the people and the stories of the Trifecta. And this brings us to another passion that I have.
Being someone who watches a lot of sports television outside the MTV world, I draw on inspiration from the former to help devise the formula for which this site has developed and followed to bring you our distinctive look inside the Trifecta each week. At the beginning of the last cycle last fall, we defined a few words that can best describe this site to the average fan who would like to get more than just the usual episode recap or fantasy scoring to see where their favorite Challenge players are.
For 17 days every two years, there's just about one thing on my mind: the Olympic Games. It's far and away my favorite sports event and the one event I look forward to most in the athletic world. It embodies the passion I have for the entire sports panorama, not just of the NBA, NFL, baseball and the other handful of sports Americans follow at the expense of fairly unknown sports in this country. Along with offering the largest audiences the best seat in the house to the moments that enthrall the world, coverage of the Olympics is handled a bit differently than your usual sports broadcast. More than half of the viewership comprises of women, and because they aren't as big of sports fans as are men, there's more of a focus on the people than on the competition because of one innovation.
When the network covered the eventful and historic 1972 Munich Olympics 45 years ago, ABC Sports executive producer and sports television icon Roone Arledge created an innovation called Up Close and Personal. Those are 2-3 minute feature profiles of Olympic athletes that air during the Games, and which add an extra dimension to the viewer's perception of these hard working athletes who labor in obscurity and only get recognized when the world is watching. It has become a staple of Olympic TV coverage, helping introduce audiences to relatively unknown athletes from Team USA and around the world, before they become overnight sensations in winning medals on the world stage.
According to Brice Weisman, who produced these features during ABC's 25-year Olympic run, "The overall philosophy of 'Up Close and Personal' is to get to know the athletes as human beings, to try and find out what makes them so special. The desire, ambition, dedication and also the unique humanness which is the character of the athletes is what we're after." This echoed the sentiments of his boss Arledge: "Our philosophy has been to focus on the people within sport, who they are, what they are like, and whey they have devoted so much of their lives to the pursuit of excellence."
Led by a protege of Roone's, Dick Ebersol, and its talented and dedicated people who I greatly admire, NBC has since taken the mantle of America's Olympic network and has continued that tradition of storytelling into becoming a core element of their sports coverage, not just the Olympics. Longtime NBC producer (and now EP of FOX's World Cup coverage) David Neal adds, "Storytelling is our mantra… it's what we do. Storytelling is the way we make our connection between the viewers and the athletes. We look to make that vital human connection so a viewer at home cares about an athlete that maybe they have never heard of competing in a sport, that maybe they are not too familiar with so that they have an interest in how these athletes fare."
The NBC Features Unit comprises of producers, editors, camera crews and the like, who focus on Olympic athletes, both U.S. and foreign, and are tasked with how to best tell their stories when Games time arrives. They also receive plenty of help from a team of Olympic researchers -- regarded as the most coveted entry-level job in sports television -- who travel to World Championship, World Cup and Grand Prix events around the world to watch both the marquee names and those on the rise like NFL scouts. Then comes having to shoot footage, record interviews, gather info and all else in between before those features air during those 17 days in front of millions of viewers every two years in what is seen as the gold-standard of American sports television.
This approach to bringing a human-interest aspect into this event-driven genre, along with portraits of the Games' host city and nation and the Olympics' broad history, helped spark the current trend of high-quality storytelling in sports media. Elements of "Up Close and Personal" can be seen at not just the Peacock, but also feature features on studio shows and during major events, videos and long-form articles on the many digital sites, reality-based docu-series such as Hard Knocks, and long-form documentaries led by ESPN's 30 for 30 series and for many years by HBO.
And it's that form of sports television that helped to inspire what I call DC ExtraTime. These are the stories and vignettes that appear after all the related episode coverage in this site's weekly Trifecta posts, and often being presented on their own posts as well as at DC@TUMBLR. The name itself takes a cue from the soccer term for what fans of U.S. sports call overtime to the 30 minutes added on to matches in the knockout stages of major soccer tournaments should it end level after 90 minutes.
Thanks to having watched hundreds of hours of Olympic action over the years, I have a fascination with those stories on the athletes that compete during the fortnight. And in the case of the MTV world, there are a lot of stories out there among the many castmates who've appeared on these shows in the past and in the current tense, and it's our job to not only bring you not just weekly episode coverage but also bring you a look at these people as well... all in that Up Close and Personal style.
When I was in the beginning phase of covering the MTV world for this site, I did a few side stories before season 24 of The Challenge. But as began to cover Rivals II and then in the first full cycle the next year, I was thinking of ways to how I can differentiate how I do things around here. Towards the end of Exes 2, doing three dedicated ExtraTime stories on Wes, Nany and Jay drove me to eventually make storytelling a key element to DCBLOG's MTV coverage. And thanks to now stretching out the week's coverage into multiple posts, it affords me the chance to do multiple stories each week.
When I was in the beginning phase of covering the MTV world for this site, I did a few side stories before season 24 of The Challenge. But as began to cover Rivals II and then in the first full cycle the next year, I was thinking of ways to how I can differentiate how I do things around here. Towards the end of Exes 2, doing three dedicated ExtraTime stories on Wes, Nany and Jay drove me to eventually make storytelling a key element to DCBLOG's MTV coverage. And thanks to now stretching out the week's coverage into multiple posts, it affords me the chance to do multiple stories each week.
We always like to think of ourselves as a supplement to the other sites that cover this world with recaps, interviews with cast members, fantasy scoring, power rankings and endless amounts of discussion and opinions. Here, we allow you to go beyond those to bring you a unique look at the three shows, its people and their stories. And as we always say in the "Who Are These Newbies?" bits that we do before a Challenge, we have a philosophy that you should not meet a new competitor for the first time before the premiere. There in those posts, we offer capsules on new - or in some cases, returning - competitors for the sake of those hardcore fans used to the veterans, and new viewers to those coming back after some time away. ExtraTime affords us a chance to further that goal and telling you more about these people.
As everyone knows, those who are picked to go on these shows are a very select handful carefully chosen by the casting department for many reasons. In the case of The Challenge, from all the tweets you might see from fans on your Twitter app, the casting choices can be a bit subjective and they might wonder why one person was chosen over another. And recently there's the question of why a show not produced by its production company, Bunim-Murray Productions, decided to make a call to an alum of theirs to invite alums of a dating show produced crosstown at fellow reality pioneer Lighthearted Entertainment onto their show after getting some advice from a close friend of mine.
That's where we come in to help everyone out to get to know these people on here. Here, we offer to give everyone the proper respect and recognition they rightfully deserve and making sure that there is no distinction between both the veterans and the rookies. And we make every effort to try and look for stories on each cast member where available with the goal in a Challenge season to have every competitor covered in some way. It's with this in mind that we have done bits on just about half of the entire active population of the Trifecta roll call as well as those from seasons gone by.
ExtraTime gives us a chance to help introduce these people to all of you by looking for those stories that provide a better understanding of them and this world through this prism. The roll call of my Twitter list of Challenge and Real World alums number in at nearly 250, and it doesn't number in all of the 103 AYTO cast members or the 10 we saw in Fiji. It would be impossible to bring you every possible story on everyone in these shows, and there's the sound judgement of choosing which have some more substance to it, and being respectful of them as well. But the idea is simple: give reason for those who watch something to think about and someone to cheer for or against.
These ExtraTime bits are chosen by a simple process, ranging from their own real-life stories that people like you can easily relate to, and memorable moments from their past seasons, to the passions they have when they're not on camera, and most especially - the vignettes that links them to the pop culture of the moment or the events of the day. Them having all the social media platforms we have today makes it better in being able to share with you their experiences and what they're into.
These ExtraTime bits are chosen by a simple process, ranging from their own real-life stories that people like you can easily relate to, and memorable moments from their past seasons, to the passions they have when they're not on camera, and most especially - the vignettes that links them to the pop culture of the moment or the events of the day. Them having all the social media platforms we have today makes it better in being able to share with you their experiences and what they're into.
For the first instance, their real-life stories and experiences spans the human panorama covering just about everything that you can instantly relate to. There was that time recently when a Chicagoan destined for fall Sundays on the gridiron having his dreams shattered by a crime he didn't commit done in by the cousin he used to be close with, and led to ill will and punches when they met up. There's also the harshness of a life of being a college student having to live homeless as experienced recently with Preston from Back to New Orleans. And there have been countless number of times we have shared with you the joy of these people welcoming babies, getting married and their entries into the true real world.
There's no other reality TV franchise with such a deep history than the Trifecta and countless number of memorable moments and people, some of which we have looked back on here. There was that time when the cast of Real World Cancun were given a golden chance to work Spring Break and party with an up & coming EDM duo, LMFAO, who would go on to bigger fame themselves. CJ from that cast also took part in the moment where I become a fan of The Challenge in a memorable elimination duel with eventual Challenge champ Zach. We had a chance to look back at the game-changing season of Real World Las Vegas, the best season ever of The Challenge in Rivals I, and the aftermaths of two notable Real World house fights as well. There was also the time where a punk pop band from Jacksonville were playing in the middle of a hotel room while fellow Challengers were smashing things all around them. And we've been able to catch up with many of the alums who have entertained us throughout the run of this ecosystem.
There have been, yes, the low moments that these people have experienced. Five years after the night that nearly changed it all for him, we looked back at the crash Challenge host TJ Lavin suffered in his very last BMX competition, and the long recovery process that followed that would've meant that someone had to fill in, but him recovering to host Rivals added more to that great season. There was what happened in the final of The Gauntlet III, where an overweight Eric "Big Easy" collapsed in the final, cost his veteran team a certain victory and woke him up to change his habits. We also looked at when Real World alums Nany on Back to Las Vegas and Jay on Ex-Plosion went through the most traumatic days of their lives: learning about the death of a family member while they were filming their seasons, most especially the ladder in a year that also saw two people he hung out with also pass away as well. That feeling of grief also extended to Briana from AYTO Season 2 when she opened up about her suffering the misfortune of a miscarriage.
The words "Real World" always are made the more important whenever a social issue or a relatable event takes place on the reality TV original. That's also translated into real life outside the cameras, and we have focused on that too. Last summer, when 49 young innocent souls were killed, we went down to Orlando where J.D. from RW Brooklyn went to where that shooting took place, the Pulse nightclub in the town he once called home. The same week, a man on this new Challenge and a proud gay man, Ammo, found an opportunity to demand change to this country's gun laws and gave those who squandered a chance to make everyone safer by calling America's congressmen out by name. And this came after we saw him travel from Vegas to his Salt Lake City hometown to finally say enough to America's most controversial church for their unjust mistreatment of LGBT people.
So many times, we have linked what's been happening in the pop culture of what's happening in the now to the people of this franchise. This includes the photos we've showed you of the many people of this franchise being able to spend time with many of the most well-known people of our time from all walks of life, from a man with a sense of style meeting the one who just became President, to another who's also had to put up with a lot of hate leading to this Challenge hanging out with sports' richest man ahead of the ultimate money fight. There was when a forgotten Real Worlder got to tour with the one they call The Material Girl, the AYTO alum who nurtured her musical talent on the same stage as Fifth Harmony, and when two girls with a lot in common, including being part of Team AYTO, being asked by a YouTube star to become Disney princesses for a day.
So many times, we have linked what's been happening in the pop culture of what's happening in the now to the people of this franchise. This includes the photos we've showed you of the many people of this franchise being able to spend time with many of the most well-known people of our time from all walks of life, from a man with a sense of style meeting the one who just became President, to another who's also had to put up with a lot of hate leading to this Challenge hanging out with sports' richest man ahead of the ultimate money fight. There was when a forgotten Real Worlder got to tour with the one they call The Material Girl, the AYTO alum who nurtured her musical talent on the same stage as Fifth Harmony, and when two girls with a lot in common, including being part of Team AYTO, being asked by a YouTube star to become Disney princesses for a day.
There's the passions these people have when they're not on our airwaves. You saw early on here a look at the thing that separates a man with ginger hair from another with a snowboarder girlfriend: a job as an entrepreneur who conducts local versions of Shark Tank. Fairly often, we have featured YouTube videos that have afforded you a chance to see the lighter side of these people, ranging from one whose occupation is of being resident prankster to those in the streets surrounding the campus he went to college in Tobacco Road, to three girls from New England representing all three shows of this crown deciding to scream at the top of their lungs as a champion is scaring them around town. And just last week, we showcased a versatile talent adept at dancing, modeling, music, making friends with the present queen of pop and going halfway around the world to surprise his biggest fan.
And sometimes, it's fans like you who are featured in these posts who are affected in one way or another by these shows. It's there where this is no greater and deeper story that this site takes great pride in than the intimate portrait of a friendship of the man who won six Challenges and a girl who battled the biggest battle of her life the same month the most notable Challenger ever was battling for her life. In light of what happened eleven months ago on that mountaintop, it would've been easy for those who've been fans of Johnny Bananas to pull their support following the most controversial moment in Challenge history and solidify his title as this show's dirtiest and winningest player. But being able to share with you last year him meeting his #1 fan, Kasey Harvey, brought you a different side to him and offered a look at her battle with cancer and the spirit of Diem Brown that brought them together and forged a lifelong bond.
Bananas & Kasey aren't alone: we've also shared with you other stories of ordinary people being touched by the people of this world: there's that girl from Canada's Maritimes being inspired by the volunteer work the Back to New Orleans cast did in their season to travel to that city to help in the city's post-Katrina recovery. Early on, there's the Real World fanatic who stalked the cast of the D.C. season in her hometown and would later become a nationally-known pop radio DJ. And there's that homeless man on the streets of Atlanta seemingly on the last legs of his life after losing virtually everything and catching the AIDS virus… only for an unlikely source in Nia from RW Portland finding him on Easter and giving him a whole new lease on life.
The reaction I have received to my posts on here from the MTV community, such as a few included below, is the same that I have received from those of you who have read my posts: the castmates, like you the fans, appreciate what I do in being able to tell these stories and provide a better understanding of them beyond the screen.
● JOHNNY BANANAS/Challenge champ: "Thank you for this"
● KASEY HARVEY: "This is an awesome article @dc408dxtr"
● ARISSA/RW Las Vegas: "thanks for the trip down memory lane!! :-)"
● TREY/RW St. Thomas: "Well written DC. Good job, and thanks for watching"
● SARAH GREYSON/Challenge champ: "Thank you so much for the sweet write-up! Nuts to think that was nearly 15 years ago!"
● TYLER/RW Key West: "Those were the days! Checked out ur blog. Good stuff."
● BRIANA/AYTO Season 2: "Wow! That was so touching. I am just filled with so many feelings right now. Thank you DC. You are appreciated."
● ASAF/AYTO Season 4: "Big S/O FO @dc408dxtr for trying to understand my weirdness. For sure u can understand that I luv what I do & have luv in my heart. Much love."
● GIANNA/AYTO Season 5: "Aww such a cute read! Thanks for tagging me in this, pleasant surprise!"
● CODY/Stranded Season 1: "Awesome stuff!"
In its Wikipedia page, the definition of storytelling reads, "Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, often with improvisation, theatrics, or embellishment. ... a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and instilling moral values."
Sometimes, the best stories that come out of The Challenge/Real World franchise and Are You The One?, or other shows for that matter, are the ones you don't see or even hear about. Behind all the hookups, the big time drama, the thrilling action and the particulars related to TV's most exciting reality ecosystem are these stories of heart, history, humor and humanity. You might go to other sites for the same things, but here we let you go beyond with all of these great stories.
There are few things on earth as powerful as great storytelling, and I rely on the experience I have of writing to translate the fandom I have for all things MTV to that passion for sharing stories that entertain and enlighten, and sometimes make you want to take a moment and think. There's no other television franchise out there that can be well suited to both the extensive coverage it gets from all of these sites, and the fascinating subculture that exists throughout this unique form of entertainment.
And if you think that we've run out of stories after telling you so many of them the past four years... think again. There are still a lot of stories out there among all of these great people, and it's our job at DCBLOG to find them and bring it to you here each week as part of our Trifecta posts. In fact, there are some really good ExtraTime stories that I'm already working on as I speak, and will be looking forward to sharing them when this cycle begins next week.
Stay tuned, the next great story is out there, because sometimes the best stories are the ones behind the story.
In a few days, DCBLOG will begin a new cycle of the MTV Trifecta with our preview of The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30, with a look at what to expect, the cast of thirty who've been chosen to go for the show's first-ever $1 million prize pool, and our traditional introduction to the season's first-time contestants. Then, Andrew Kirk and I will discuss this new Challenge as part of our 2017 Midyear Reality Debrief as we will also review the first half of the year in reality TV. Make sure to tweet your Challenge questions to #AskDCBLOG and the both of us may answer it in that two-part post which will be up next weekend as we count down to the new season in South America.
And make sure to follow DCBLOG for all of your Trifecta coverage with our ExtraTime stories (which you can also check out at DC@TUMBLR), plus our exclusive SocialPulse play-by-play diaries and everything related to these shows as well. Our posts begin over the weekend to allow those who have a cable or satellite subscription and those who just watch these shows via over-the-top methods time to watch the episodes, then join us here for this site's high-quality content. Make sure to also share these links so that more & more of your fellow MTV fans check out this site and introduce them to the great coverage DCBLOG offers.
Until we talk again in a day or so, thanks for reading and here's to a new Challenge.
- I AM DC
Stay tuned, the next great story is out there, because sometimes the best stories are the ones behind the story.
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In a few days, DCBLOG will begin a new cycle of the MTV Trifecta with our preview of The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30, with a look at what to expect, the cast of thirty who've been chosen to go for the show's first-ever $1 million prize pool, and our traditional introduction to the season's first-time contestants. Then, Andrew Kirk and I will discuss this new Challenge as part of our 2017 Midyear Reality Debrief as we will also review the first half of the year in reality TV. Make sure to tweet your Challenge questions to #AskDCBLOG and the both of us may answer it in that two-part post which will be up next weekend as we count down to the new season in South America.
And make sure to follow DCBLOG for all of your Trifecta coverage with our ExtraTime stories (which you can also check out at DC@TUMBLR), plus our exclusive SocialPulse play-by-play diaries and everything related to these shows as well. Our posts begin over the weekend to allow those who have a cable or satellite subscription and those who just watch these shows via over-the-top methods time to watch the episodes, then join us here for this site's high-quality content. Make sure to also share these links so that more & more of your fellow MTV fans check out this site and introduce them to the great coverage DCBLOG offers.
Until we talk again in a day or so, thanks for reading and here's to a new Challenge.
- I AM DC
