It was three years ago this winter & spring that MTV's The Challenge as we knew it shook things up a bit, as the draft list of prospective competitors expanded exponentially. What began with the addition of four Are You The One? originals to Battle of the Exes 2 and other alumni of love in the Truth Booth coming onto Bloodlines, Rivals III, Invasion of the Champions and Dirty 30 would lead up to just about every reality show participant being eligible to go into battle along Bananas, Cara Maria and others.
This month's launch of Paramount+ serves as the kingpin to the second corporate marriage of Viacom and CBS, but where the roots of their re-merger were planted when The Challenge invited along past houseguests from Big Brother to the show when Natalie Negrotti and Victor Arroyo (who will tie the knot soon enough with Season 18 champ Nicole Franzel) competed on Vendettas. MTV's other entry into romantic reality television bliss, Ex On The Beach, began the road to its American arrival when Joss Mooney, Rogan O'Connor, Melissa Reeves and Kayleigh Morris of the UK version, also suited up in Spain with three of them eventually making a final and the second becoming a champ.
Kyle is still in the running for the $1 million, which translates in British pounds to just over £722,000 as the United Kingdom goes about life outside of the European Union. But you could say that, though he has just those two finals appearances and winning almost £15,000, he is already a winner just past the halfway point of Double Agents. That's because of the following announcement he made on Instagram last week...
