ESTIMATED READING TIME: 16 Mins.
The year that will soon pass us by of 2020 has been quite a memorable one in the one section of our American society that sees people like you be the stars of their own TV show. But earlier this summer while you were probably busy following the serious business of the last MTV Challenge season of Total Madness, if you happen to be an overall reality TV fan besides just watching this show you might've spotted someone familiar on one of the biggest shows in the non-scripted universe.
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Last week, we saw a second representative of a series airing on a competing traditional TV outlet outside of the ViacomCBS walls be the first rookie to bite the dust on The Challenge: Double Agents. But while it's the manner of which he was sent home that had us talking at night's end, the latest person to make the ride from the Peacock at 30 Rock down to this cable TV icon based in Times Square from is one who, a year ago this summer, provided viewers with a great performance that proved that you can inspire anyone to follow their dreams and become an overnight sensation. And that golden moment Joseph Allen went though is the focus of this edition of Before They Were MTV Stars.
