Tuesday, February 4, 2020

DC ExtraTime: Team Jogan Takes Las Vegas

Follow-Up to Dancing with the Chippendales
BY DC CUEVA                          
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It was two years ago this winter that The Challenge, and MTV in America in general, was invaded by a group of people who those of us on this side of the Atlantic had no idea about, but who have made quite an impression on our shores. Season 31 of Vendettas expanded the big show's potential field of competitors by quite a bit when those from the United Kingdom first came onto both the show and our airwaves both on the field and in the houses of that season and succeeding ones since then. Those like Kayleigh, Bear, Georgia, Theo and Kyle have made their mark on The Challenge ever since

Perhaps, two of those who have become fan favorites to those of us in America as they were on their multiple series of Ex On The Beach (for which it was introduced to U.S. viewers by their appearance and premiered after Vendettas) have become this series' latest bromance in Joss Mooney and Rogan O'Connor. The former was part of a memorable elimination against Derrick Kosinski on Vendettas and made it to the Final Reckoning final, while the ladder went from being gone in the opening purge in Spain to ultimately become one of the four teammates on Team UK that won War of the Worlds 2 just a few months ago.

Team Jogan is relishing this newfound fame after Rogan's $250,000 payday (or, £192,000 in British currency post-Brexit) for winning that WOTW2 final with Jordan, CT and Dee - not to mention meeting Logan Paul in London when they were there for the reunion and the YouTuber for the press tour for his rematch against KSI. And given his part-time job being a stripper back home in London, it was no surprise that the Chippendales gave him and Joss a call if they could host a weekend of shows in Las Vegas.

It was before Final Reckoning premiered that Joss got to hang out with the famed strip troupe at its permanent home at the Rio Las Vegas off the Strip and donned the famed bow tie & cuff links. And last year, Vinny Guadagnino did an extended, two-stint gig of hosting with the Chippendales that was documented on Jersey Shore including when he struggled to get through the first few shows after suffering in injury in rehearsing.

Below, some of the best from their time in Sin City hosting the Chippendales and the press tour proceeding their gig on the weekend of January 24-25 (yes, the weekend before Kobe Bryant's death), plus their Challenge colleague Josh Martinez joining them in Vegas for Conor McGregor's return to the UFC and that victory over the Cowboy the proceeding their gig. They also got to hang out with Vanderpump Rules OG Scheana on her podcast, as well as Kleber Bambam of the Brazilian version of Big Brother and a friend of Team MTV, Mikey P.



























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