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Another one of those shows that take up marquee billing in ViacomCBS' newly expanded resume of fan favorites, MTV's The Challenge, is this week determining the champions of War of the Worlds 2, as the battle is on for Teams USA and UK as they contest the $1 million final. Once again, it is a two-day final split into two parts, and out of respect for those who are cord-cutters and who are preferring to watch both parts back-to-back, we'll be tabling our usual weekly SocialPulse covering that final act for an expanded blog wave next week. Our focus for this week is on the premiere of Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love, and a change in the air as season 3 of Floribama Shore rolls along from the Sunshine State, and we'll have those coming your way this weekend. And yesterday also saw the launch of the countdown to a new season of Siesta Key, as Bachelor Nation's MTV invasion continues in one of their own headed to Florida.
It's not too early to begin to take a look at what's ahead for the fifth major pro sport, as while we have been watching War of the Worlds 2 during this middle & late part of the fall (and in the case of yours truly, taking a few days' break before Halloween for the annual trip to Las Vegas), Season 35 of The Challenge has been filming out of country. And after the jump, we'll have a chance to take a spoiler-free look ahead at what the season may be about, and who has been chosen to contest the proceedings we'll see in the new year. So, grab some tea or hot chocolate and we'll save you a seat around the hotstove.
As a lot of you are perhaps looking forward to getting this current Challenge season done and dusted, as we say Season 35 has been filming over the course of the past month or so over in Prague in the Czech Republic, which was where Cutthroat took place ten years ago next year. Of course, we all know that was where CT's famous Bananas Backpack took place there, and where Brad won his lone Challenge title there in the autumn of 2010. It was earlier in the year in British Columbia, Canada that Cara Maria, Laurel and their Fresh Meat II class got their initiation and went on to a stellar run that still goes along a decade later on this show.
We all know how so many of you fans revolted over the last time that they were given a trilogy in back to back to back seasons... unfortunately, that will likely be the case with Season 35 being part of a trilogy of sorts, but this time it is a global one. The first two seasons were titled War of the Worlds that first saw Americans and global reality alumni team together and then fight it out on their own, followed by Teams USA and Great Britain fighting it out right now for supremacy. We had a popular winner in Turbo earlier this year, and depending upon what happens in the WOTW2 final it will either be confirmation of a dominant season or a giant-killing upset to cap off this exciting decade.
Season 35 will be a different one from the first two, as it will reportedly be an individual season all along the lines of what we had with Vendettas and Invasion, but unlike what we had on Final Reckoning or Dirty 30. If there is some sort of team aspect of sorts, our guess is that it likely will be only a temporary one like what we had with WOTW1. And if the individual rumors are true, then it will have that Duel feel of sorts where it's everyone for themselves and have just themselves to account for... it should feel very much different than what we've had in past seasons for sure. And it's probably the reason why the season's tentative name, per Vevmo of course, is called "Battle for Independence."
And as for the cast, it will once again feature something for everyone from a longtime vet looking for her first title some two decades after we first saw her in Chicago (and when Viacom and CBS were last together), to rookies from Big Brother, and of course everyone in between. But something that might as well be a relief to many is that after what we've seen from her during this time, Cara Maria is taking a break for the first time since Rivals III... so is Paulie. Perhaps it's for trying to recuperate from all the hate they've received during the course of the past few years, or something along the line. But a lot of you will welcome taking a break from them for the early part of the new year. Below, the new cast... and if what has transpired with a couple of them in the past weeks or so is a sign, we should have quite a season 35 headed our way then. Until then, enjoy the WOTW2 final...
WOMEN
● ANEESA (Real World: Chicago)
● ASHLEY M. (Real World: Explosion) WOTW2 FINALIST
● BAYLEIGH (Big Brother 20) ROOKIE
● DEE (Geordie Shore) WOTW2 FINALIST
● JENNA (Real World: Explosion)
● JENNIFER L. (The Amazing Race 29) ROOKIE
● JENNY (Survival of the Fittest)
● KAILAH (Real World: Go Big & Lohan Beach Club)
● KAYCEE (Big Brother 20) ROOKIE
● MATTIE (Party Down South & Floribama Shore)
● MELISSA (Ex On The Beach UK)
● NANY (Real World: Las Vegas 2)
● TORI (Are You The One? 4) WOTW2 FINALIST
● TULA "Big T" (Shipwrecked)
MEN
● ASAF (AYTO4, BB Israel & So You Think You Can Dance) ROOKIE
● BEAR (Shipwrecked, EOTB & Celebrity Big Brother UK)
● CHRIS "Swaggy C" (Big Brother 20) ROOKIE
● CORY (Real World: Explosion & Teen Mom OG)
● CT (Real World: Paris) WOTW2 FINALIST
● FAYSAL "Fessy" (Big Brother 20) ROOKIE
● JAY (Survivor: Millennials vs Gen X) ROOKIE
● JOHNNY BANANAS (Real World:Key West)
● JORDAN (Real World: Portland) WOTW2 FINALIST
● JOSH (Big Brother 19 - Winner)
● KYLE (Geordie Shore)
● NELSON (Are You The One? 3)
● ROGAN (Ex On The Beach UK) WOTW2 FINALIST
● WES (Real World: Austin)
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Again, DCBLOG is tabling over our Pulse of Part 1 of The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 finale, and it'll go to press on here next Friday night to kick off next week's blog wave. But we have the Pulse of last night's Floribama Shore and Ex On The Beach EP's coming your way here this weekend, plus we'll be joining one of this season's singles as she goes for love on a show that brought hilarity to the reality dating genre... among other things we have planned for your enjoyment here this weekend. Be sure to be with us then, and have a great weekend.
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