BY DC CUEVA
Without elaborating on it for the sake of the section of our readership who hasn't caught up on it yet, last night saw The Challenge Total Madness crown its champions in a field where all but two of the finalists did not have their roots begin in the show that started this entire MTV Reality story of The Real World. The prospect of having shows from outside the true OG of this entire genre competing for the top prize may not have possible at the start of the last decade, but the expansion of the potential draft pool of the fifth major pro sport began in earnest five years ago.
It was, appropriately enough, on Battle of the Exes 2 that those not cast on RW, Road Rules or who gained admission through the back door as Fresh Meat began to take shape. We here at DCBLOG were there at the start of the journey of MTV's first entry into the current reality dating craze when Are You The One? premiered in 2014, and being one of the many shows that have launched out of the channel's most buzzed about shows. It turned a small place with lasers into where hopes for love can live or die by a "perfect match" message... same goes for a series of beams that can tell a house's fortune of running the table and winning money. And it has given us a number of memorable alumni, from ultimate perfect match Amber & Ethan to many of The Challenge's top names.
Four of the original season 1 cast graduated onto The Challenge and Exes 2 a year after their triumph in the Hawaiian islands: Adam, Brittany, Simone and a comedian from Tampa named John Jacobs. If you happened to have caught season 1, you may remember him as that quirky guy who threw around dollar bills during an argument with a couple girls, and who held the last key to the house taking down the $1 million when they unplugged the love triangle involving him, Puerto Rican Jacy and Brooklynite Scali.
Despite being on that lone Challenge, J.J. has been a staple of this site ever since, from meeting Alex Rodriguez shortly after his retirement announcement from baseball, to him being a reporter catching a gun theft at a Florida fairground right as it was happening, and being a man on the street when the nation was in town for a political convention. It is only part of what those on YouTube get to experience when they subscribe to his very own YT channel, which includes the many stories he's filed for the Tampa News Force, and all of those stand-up routines from Tampa Bay area comedy clubs... including that time where a fight broke out in the audience while he was on stage.
A hidden talent that J.J. seems to have is music, and below are some of the good stuff he's been working on during this lockdown and where the virus madness has been happening outside his door in Florida. Included are his own visual album along the lines of Beyonce's Lemonade, and him auditioning for Hamilton 2 after the release of the Broadway hit's new film on Disney+ earlier this month. And one interested viewer was Brandon of AYTO Season 2 who tweeted yesterday, "Fvck that. This is fvcking good music."
- I AM DC
#DCBLOG
It was, appropriately enough, on Battle of the Exes 2 that those not cast on RW, Road Rules or who gained admission through the back door as Fresh Meat began to take shape. We here at DCBLOG were there at the start of the journey of MTV's first entry into the current reality dating craze when Are You The One? premiered in 2014, and being one of the many shows that have launched out of the channel's most buzzed about shows. It turned a small place with lasers into where hopes for love can live or die by a "perfect match" message... same goes for a series of beams that can tell a house's fortune of running the table and winning money. And it has given us a number of memorable alumni, from ultimate perfect match Amber & Ethan to many of The Challenge's top names.
Despite being on that lone Challenge, J.J. has been a staple of this site ever since, from meeting Alex Rodriguez shortly after his retirement announcement from baseball, to him being a reporter catching a gun theft at a Florida fairground right as it was happening, and being a man on the street when the nation was in town for a political convention. It is only part of what those on YouTube get to experience when they subscribe to his very own YT channel, which includes the many stories he's filed for the Tampa News Force, and all of those stand-up routines from Tampa Bay area comedy clubs... including that time where a fight broke out in the audience while he was on stage.
A hidden talent that J.J. seems to have is music, and below are some of the good stuff he's been working on during this lockdown and where the virus madness has been happening outside his door in Florida. Included are his own visual album along the lines of Beyonce's Lemonade, and him auditioning for Hamilton 2 after the release of the Broadway hit's new film on Disney+ earlier this month. And one interested viewer was Brandon of AYTO Season 2 who tweeted yesterday, "Fvck that. This is fvcking good music."
- I AM DC
#DCBLOG
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