DC SocialPulse: Floribama Shore - Brownies, Backyard Hops, a Breakup and Buggy Rides

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Tonight, reality TV fans will have be in for an early Christmas: in a few hours from now, we will crown a twenty-third Big Brother winner who will also double as the U.S. show's very first African-American champion after a dream summer for the alliance known as The Cookout. That comes a week after things returned to normal at midweek with the much-celebrated return of Survivor... and there's also The Challenge and The Masked Singer too. But as we prepare for a busy Wednesday night ahead, we have some much-needed fun to this middle part of the week coming from Floribama Shore.

After the unexpected ending to their trip to Western America earlier this year, the Bam have made their return... this time, Aimee, Candace, Codi, Gus, Kirk, Jeremiah and Nilsa returned to somewhat familiar settings: the present situation prevents them from returning to Florida, but being in Athens, Georgia near where most of them call home makes up for being away from the beach. And it was as if things picked up right where they left off from Arizona: plenty of fun ensuing with most of the group... it's only with the Perry playboy's arrival on a motorcycle that rattled some nerves considering what went down in Montana... not to mention the impending arrival of our first Floribama baby.

But then again, when you have many pets rolling around the house -- a pig, goats and a dog to be exact, then this will be quite the animal house. And as we return to Athens, the roommates will get used to something the other places t(hey've lived lacked: a big backyard and plenty in their surroundings with a lake, a pool and plenty of fun. We'll also get deep into what has happened to one of them in regards to a perfect relationship on the outside, but one that is more complicated on the inside. And what is enjoying a day in the South without going for a ride in a high-speed race in a cart --- and where else can you have the luxury of having some homemade brownies?

After the break, DCBLOG's MTV SocialPulse brings you Week 2 of our autumn in Floribama Shore... but if you are also anxious for some Love MTV Style, make sure to stay with us afterwards where we will let you in on who you will be getting to see when Ex On The Beach returns. Thanks for joining us...

DC ExtraTime: It's a Vegas Fight Night on Raiders Opening Night

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In a few short years, a city that had long been sitting on the sidelines has emerged into the big time as the new hub of American sports, although it had already forged a reputation for the world's fight capital. Las Vegas, Nevada's place of being in the desert and as the epicenter of American gambling has long placed it on the outs for major sports outside of boxing, UFC, college sports and events ranging from rodeos to auto racing. But changing attitudes regarding one of its biggest draws -- sports betting, along with Southern Nevada being among the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in America and it being a top tourist destination, saw the flood-gates open to Sin City to finally join the big time.

Four years ago next month, the Golden Knights became the first major pro sports franchise to call Vegas home when they took to the ice as the National Hockey League's thirty-first franchise, but it couldn't come at a more poignant time. An emotional home opener on October 10, 2017 came ten days after the deadly massacre at the Route 91 music festival just less than a mile from T-Mobile Arena, and that highly-charged night marked the beginning of a historic inaugural season that saw the Knights make the Stanley Cup Final in their first try. And the Golden Knights have become consistent contenders for hockey's holy grail ever since, making the playoffs in each of their first four seasons in the NHL.

While the pride of Canadian sport has been continuing its growth in the U.S. thanks to both the NHL's expansion in the last three decades and as a cornerstone of the Winter Olympics, ice hockey is trumped by the popularity of the National Football League. There's no denying the tremendous power of the most-popular sport in the world's most-coveted sporting & entertainment market... but until recently the NFL had somewhat different feelings about legal betting on its games -- after all, you wouldn't go to a casino on autumn Sundays seeing fans huddled around TV sets to watch every game like we do in our living rooms. But two things changed everything for the better.

DC SocialPulse - The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies - Getting Shook in the Cage

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We welcome you back on this first Saturday of fall 2021, and as we are getting used to the sights of autumn taking over our neighborhoods, things are just starting to get a tidy bit serious in the world of the MTV Challenge as Spies, Lies & Allies has just run into its first bit of turbulence.

Last night on a Backtracked installment of our Challenge episode coverage, we brought you the agents embarking on a spin-o-rama as they rode atop rally cars for the true thrill of being movie stunt people. After Emmanuel & Kaycee took the win, things got wild: Emy dropped her single "Alien" to the patrons of Club Challenge, Kay and Nany had a dinner date, and Josh & Esther got it on. But then, things turned a bit out of control: a promising alliance that had already got down the toilet turned a bit more sour: something a bit unusual but familiar to Challenge Nation spurred some ill will.

There, the second installment of Pizza-Gate went down when, while the agents had those boxes of Italian pie, sauce & toppings, Cory & Tori decided to stir the pot and fuel the flames of disconnect that had broken apart the bond of Amber, Fessy & Josh... and leading to a fight with the ladder two. And as we return to Croatia, things have gotten out of hand and it may lead to huge consequences that could shake up the game as it is right now. Her fellow defending champ is also finding himself at a crossroads in regards to his partner, just as last week's star figure is plotting plans of her own before a twist on a classic elimination greets them at the Lair.

After the jump, DCBLOG brings you the second half of this DCBLOG Challenge SocialPulse doubleheader -- and you didn't have to wait seven days for that. Thanks for joining us again...

DC SocialPulse - The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies - "Alien"

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We have reached the last weekend of September, which means that we're about three-quarters' of a way through this year... but we're also into the first weekend of fall/autumn -- just don't say to us out west as our summer vibes just keep on going here. But it does mean that a change of seasons is taking place in reality land... and MTV's The Challenge just keeps on going with Spies, Lies & Allies.

If you have been following the season, then you know that this has been dominated by the vet alliance as they've been controlling things in Croatia in picking off as many of the rookies as they can. And last time we were in this house, the challengers maneuvered their way through a minefield of obstacles that turned out to be their toughest daily so far... and its grueling nature saw Aneesa get medevac'd by a separated shoulder as CT & Berna took Agency status. And Logan was the top rookie of week 5 by way of taking down Gabo in the Lair and winning over Big T. in the house beforehand.

And as we reach just about the one-third pole of our stay in Croatia, maybe it's just about time that the agents be taken for a ride... and as Week 6 takes shape they will find themselves going for a spin to solve a puzzle and will leave them feeling dizzy once they get off a spinning automobile. But the real action takes place in the house itself, where both a secret hookup and a candlelight date become the talk of the town. That is, until something a bit unusual but familiar to the fandom goes down after hours: a stolen pizza and simmering tension among a broken alliance turns into something much more.

After the break, DCBLOG brings you the first half of a weekend Challenge SocialPulse doubleheader as we bring you the action, reaction & interaction of Episode 6 of Spies, Lies & Allies and a few other things. And after all that, we'll have a first look at a holiday stocking-stuffer: building blocks featuring one of Challenge Nation's biggest alumni. And welcome to the weekend...

DC SocialPulse: Floribama Shore - The Season 4 Fall Premiere

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Wherever you are this last official weekend of summer, fall is in the air as we near the autumn equinox that comes this week. But for those of you who are just not ready to let go of those summer vibes, you are in for a treat as MTV has been providing us some comfort food for those who love the endless summer: for those who love the drama it's Siesta Key, and for those who love the fun it's Floribama Shore... and with us still to cover the last act of the former of this first summer of normal in 24 months, the ladder now takes the baton again to headline our Thirsty Thursdays.

Earlier this year, Season 4 brought the Bam to a place they've never gone before: a place outside of Florida, which forced Aimee, Candace, Codi, Gus, Kirk, Jeremiah and Nilsa to fly to Montana and then down to Arizona. But the drama bug also made the plane ride out west: the simmering tension of the former bromance cast a shadow over their trip, along with the Perry playboy's infamous escape in the cold. But not everything was dramatic: there was the joy that Nilsa had when she found out that she's about to welcome the very first Floribama baby... and you can't but help seeing them have so much fun. But while in Lake Havasu, reality set in at spring's end: some of the production crew returned positive tests, and the group entered quarantine before getting shots of a different kind became the rage.

But deep down inside, they knew this season didn't have to end that way... and it's with that in mind that we rejoin the Bam in a whole new locale, but a bit close to home: Athens, Georgia is where the party's at this fall. Given what we saw earlier this year, there is always the worry that drama may once dampen the normally cheery mood in the house, and it is when they hear the sound of the cover model's motorcycle that may spell disaster once again. It may even be quite an adventure just driving over to this college town on the outskirts on Atlanta, most especially when it's a long drive from Alabama. But then again, fun will await when they arrive... and that includes several new additions to the Bam -- and that doesn't include that aforementioned baby Nilsa is about to welcome into her world with her own Gus.

After the break, MTV Reality television's endless summer of Floridian fun continues as DCBLOG brings you the SocialPulse of the Season 4 fall premiere of Floribama Shore, as we once again bring you all the raw Twitter episode action, reaction and interaction as the episodes air to begin our weekend. And welcome back to paradise -- or this case, welcome to the Animal House in the heart of the Peach State.

DC ExtraTime: Surviving Hurricane Ida

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It's safe to say that things about this fall season of The Challenge have been a bit unusual to say the least... but we will save that discussion on here for another day. But good thing that there's other seasons of this show that we can relieve if you are one of those who forges over a few dollars to watch them on Paramount+ or watches them for free on its Pluto TV channel.

It was seven years ago at this time in the autumn that Season 30 of The Real World was filming... and as it was the previous season in San Francisco and then later with its returns to Las Vegas and Seattle that it would be anything but the ordinary "seven strangers" format. One good thing that came out of the "Skeletons" season in Chicago was that got to introduce us to Tony Raines: the Louisianan falling in love with one of the roommates there would eventually bring him into something that's become old hat the past few years: becoming a dad much earlier than he expected and before most of those of the show he would join afterwards would join him later on in that occupation.

And it was a much documented career that Tony had on The Challenge post-Real World: it began with him getting into it with his brother Shane just after he cheated on his baby mama in the bathroom and before a bad spill that forced him from Battle of the Bloodlines. After early exits on Rivals III (a non-physical fight with his partner), Invasion of The Champions (first to lose in the elimination after the merge with the champs) and Dirty 30 (a surprise loss to Amo in elimination), and we could have looked at another also-ran... but the Redemption House proved to be a blessing in disguise: #TonyTime won his way back to make the semifinals there, executed a move on Bananas on Vendettas and made a deep run on Final Reckoning, along with winning Champs vs. Stars and a proposal with his girlfriend Alyssa.

But this past month saw something so life-changing happen to him, it once again reiterated that there are few things that are bigger than television, and also proves why that despite all the dysfunction that frequently takes place within that community that Challenge Nation is indeed a family. One thing that can bring them all together: a devastating disaster.

DC SocialPulse - The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies - "Good Vibes & Gladiator"

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 On the meteorological front, this is the official last weekend of summer 2021... but fall is already in the air when it comes to things we're used to this time of year: football returning, the leaves starting to come down from the sky in some places of our country, and in TV land the big premieres waiting for us. And we are a month into Season 37 of MTV's The Challenge, as Spies, Lies & Allies enters month #2.

When we last left the nation of Croatia on here, one person was on the mind of everyone: the one who came in to replace Lauren in Week 2 as the season's other replacement, but yet finding herself at the bottom of the totem pole in her own alliance despite the fact that she came in as part of the winning duo on Double Agents. But after what happened in the week 4 lair, it's very much clear that Amber is the real deal, winning that with Hughie over Corey in a heated battle among the two male LGBT rookies of this class, all after a mission that saw things get testy with Kyle and Devin.

As the second month of this season begins, the agents will find themselves playing in the mud as they have to maneuver through a "Mindfield" of obstacles in having to utilize both their brains and brawn with agency seats up for grabs, but it may claim one of the players before the final horn blows. Two rookies may find themselves in a precarious spot of whether to make the season's first power move during a season that's seen those like them have to play with being the minority party in the house, while one other rookie may be looking for something much more.

We will have all the action, reaction and interaction to Episode 5 of Spies, Lies & Allies just ahead on here... but first after the jump, two big events to Team MTV and tragedy comes to another member of our Challenge family. Thanks for joining us...

MTV Reality WRAP: Siesta Key - "We Can All Use a Little Empathy"

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In a perfect world if you don't have to worry about a single thing in this imperfect world, then you would probably enjoying walking the beachy sands in Florida. It perhaps may not the case in these times, but through the magic of TV you are able to as, this week DCBLOG is turning our focus to covering summer coming to an end in Siesta Key as Season 4 reaches its sunset on their summer.

Due to several things -- Challenge blog coverage, precious family time and binge-watching the Tokyo Olympics, it's been some time since we were last in the Sarasota suburb on here. But when we last left the crew back in late July, Juliette had finally emerged from public hiding after the chaos of the last night of their Caribbean trip where she slapped Kelsey and left the West Indies with Sam the morning after. After getting the time to compose herself and meeting with a mental health worker, the queen finally got a chance to get in contact with her one-time roommate to apologize, just as the model was welcoming her boyfriend to town with a third roommate: a pet gecko along with a Range Rover.

Now, as we return to town, there's another party for the crew to celebrate: the one who has an engagement ring on her fingers (and as it turns out, a lot more to that) gets to blow out the birthday cake -- and there's a lot more for the rest of the crew to devour around the party bonfire. And after the break, it's the penultimate week of summer of Season 4 of Siesta Key on this DCBLOG MTV WRAP.