DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - The Finale

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BY DC CUEVA                        

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Welcome back... if you love reality TV and romance, this winter has been a treat. You've likely had some rosé in being glued to Peter Weber's drama on The Bachelor including last night's pre-reunion, while two MTV alumni in TRL alum Vanessa Minillo & her 98 Degrees husband Nick Lachey (of Newlyweds fame) have made Netflix viewers go crazy over Love Is Blind. And as the weather gets warmer this month, we are now headed for the conclusion of the fourth season of Ex On The Beach in America, and a special winter version of the summer series at the Peak of Love.

Previously in Queenstown, New Zealand, the end of season activities began with the one sign that the end is near: the sight of a lie detector. We got to see who was telling the truth which awaited all of the singles and the remaining exes and it no doubt caused everyone to be on edge. There were surprise outcomes that may bring to an end a budding relationship with Staten Islander's own Challenge star and a Real World ex, as well as getting down to the nitty gritty of other connections. But as far as one couple is concerned, they are not worried about it at all: they have eyes on bigger things to come.

Being rooted in The Challenge on here, and last year there were three instances where winners of a final got to enjoy love's biggest moment: Tony and Jordan got down on one knee & popped out a ring to propose to their girlfriends (in the ladder's case, to AYTO alum Tori), and CT getting married. That offers the context for our last week at the Peak, where the lovebirds of the Chalet will finally have their moment. But before that, there's other business to take care of in which couples will leave with their Ex, Next or go alone, and the Truth Ceremony results may play a role in some of their choices.

After the jump, the final SocialPulse of the 2019-20 winter cycle as we bring you the last week at the Peak of Love on Ex On The Beach. Thanks for joining us...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - Truth Week

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BY DC CUEVA                        

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Welcome back... and we congratulate those of you who've stayed up all night across the pond seeing a changing of the guard in boxing as Manchester's Tyson Fury has just regained a share of the world heavyweight championship tonight knocking out American Deontay Wilder, joining fellow Brit Anthony Joshua in holding the belts in that division. This will be of great news to the section of the MTV Reality family who've made great strides the past two years: the British... they've done it on The Challenge, and now on the show that with that franchise's help brought over here in Ex On The Beach.

The fourth American season of Ex, Peak of Love, is approaching the end of its winter down under in New Zealand where Georgia and Callum have become the golden couple of the chalet. And last week saw the season's last ex arrive in the winter resort town of Queenstown in Allie's other Temptation Island ex, Cameron, sliding down the mountain. We also saw the last Hot Date get handed out in Marlon and La Demi deepening their up & down relationship by going for a ride in the sea. And we saw Adore find herself in the drama as well too.

As we return to the Peak, this week sees the third appearance of what's now become an end-of-season ritual to ask the question: Who is telling the truth? The Sauna of Secrets will evolve into the Truth Booth this week as, instead of which couples are confirmed perfect matches, a lie detector will await each of the singles and the exes who are still here with us, and no doubt this will cause everyone to lose their minds. And the results may wreck the best laid plans for that one British couple who are looking to do what no EOTB couple has ever done: seal things with a ring.

We'll have the answers to that here ahead as all the action, reaction and interaction from week 12 by the Peek. And we'll also have more on the passing this past week of the host of the UK version of the show that one of the singles comes to us from, Love Island. Join us after the break...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "Breaking Winter Balls"

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BY DC CUEVA                        

■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Hello again and welcome back... love season has wrapped up as far as the calendar is concerned with Valentine's Day last week, and The Bachelor is heading towards decision day with Peter's hometown visits. And Love, MTV Style is also headed towards its conclusion for the time being as we're heading towards wrapping up the winter season of Ex On The Beach in America.

Last week at the Peak of Love, Adore found herself in a rough spot inside the Sauna of Secrets as it opened up for her to meet her ex Trenton, and he wasn't the only one to arrive as Tyranny's only ex of the season, E'mari, came coming down the mountain. And there were fireworks at the winter's last Ice Ceremony when things unraveled for La Demi when Callum got into her face.

As we return to New Zealand, the last ex of the season will arrive before one final winter ball and the end-of-season test of who's telling the truth. This also means, one last Hot Date will be handed out which will see one budding couple head out to sea and where tensions will flare and someone may be brokenhearted. And the one who's been entertaining the Drag Race fandom will have a big choice.

After the jump, the Pulse of Week 10 of Ex On The Peak, plus Valentine's Day for Team MTV, and more baby news as one who knows what it's like to to go through this over in Britain is now about to become a new dad. Thanks for joining us as we wrap up your Tuesday night here...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "Adore-able Mess"

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BY DC CUEVA                        

■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Hello and welcome to Hump Day, and the one week all year where those who are into love look forward to more than any other: Valentine's Day is coming up Friday. And whether you are in love or not - and as you're planning to buy roses and chocolates for the one you love, there's no steamy romantic reality television franchise than Ex On The Beach, and winter rolls along at the Peak of Love in New Zealand.

Previously, the one who's a good friend of new Grammy winner JoJo, Jemmye, got to stir the pot for the last Fire Date of the season when Tyranny was not chosen for the date when new ex Paris was chosen over her to join Sam on a date that brought them to some bungee jumping. Meanwhile, the romance of Georgia & Callum hit another snag when his ex came by, and the Lord of the Rings was given tribute for the party.

As we return to the Chalet, the winter down under is reaching towards its conclusion but there's a lot to be had. The representative of the show whose host helmed Saturday Night Live last weekend may find herself in a precarious spot as the Sauna of Secrets opens up once again, while this week's Ex arrival may cause a welcome distraction to one of the residents. And the attitude another single has towards her Ex may lead to fireworks in the winter's last Ice Ceremony.

After the jump, the Pulse of Ex On The Beach along with more baby news and the Super Bowl, plus a bowling trick shot from a stripper who's now $250,000 richer. Thanks for joining us...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "Don't Say Soulmate"

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Welcome back... we have had quite a Sunday with Shakira & Jennifer Lopez bringing some Latin sizzle to an exciting Super Bowl which the Chiefs won over the Niners tonight in Miami. And if you're still up at this hour - and probably you don't have work tomorrow simply you're just calling in after all of that, we've got something good to share you here as we now bring you the Pulse of Ex On The Beach, American style.

This fourth season of the U.S. version of this program is taking place at a ski resort in New Zealand known as the Peak of Love, and last week was Ice Week at the Chalet where, a tie took place at the biweekly Cut elimination ceremony, and not one but two exes were shown the door. A former football player who we saw on The Challenge years back, Marlon, saw his ex Todd come into the house, making things complicated with him & La Demi. And two guests awaited Georgia & Callum in the Sauna of Secrets: their moms from back home in Britain to offer advice on their relationship.

As we return to the Peak this week, a week of partying and dating awaits: a house bash celebrating one of the biggest films to be filmed in this part of the world, Lord of the Rings, will go down. The Fire Date will see someone new in our latest ex entries make one of the residents of Chalet EOTB decide to take a page out of left field for who he picks to go on the getaway date. And that may also cause another twist to the otherwise fairy tale romance brewing among our golden couple.

All the action, reaction and interaction of Week 9 from the Peak is ahead... but after the break, Team MTV takes time to remember Kobe Bryant, along with the Grammys, a trip to Nashville and hanging out with the Chippendales. Thanks for joining us...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - Mums, Zeus & Kissing Sisters

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BY DC CUEVA                        

■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

And welcome... all of us across the world are continuing to grieve together with a broken heart after the sudden & tragic death of Kobe Bryant as we process the events of last Sunday. His family, widow Vanessa and everyone in the Laker and NBA communities are in their thoughts, and there will be a post devoted to Kobe to come later. But for now, if you can take your mind off of that for a bit, we'll be able to proceed with the business at hand of resuming covering MTV Reality on here.

Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love rolls along with all the drama taking place in the winter wonderland of Queenstown, New Zealand, and last week saw the spotlight on Naked Brothers Band alum and a single from last year's relaunch of Temptation Island, Allie, as her ex Carlos showed up on the Peak to turn the battle for her heart into a juicy one with her next, Niall. Meanwhile, Nicole and Sydney scored the latest getaway date, but waiting for her at the jacuzzi on that date was the Real World & Challenge alum's second ex of the winter, Ashley C. from Real World Ex-Plosion.

Also there, Marlon & La Demi began to struggle to find out where they are in their relationship, but as we return to the Chalet he may find himself in a precarious spot when he may have a second ex of the season come by. It is also Ice week in the house, which means the exes are on the cut line... and it also means a visit to the Sauna of Secrets for someone in the Chalet. And there, the couple who have grown the closest here may have the most unexpected of guests coming their way... which means we have to get used to how the Brits pronounce their favorite lady in their loves.

After the break, all the action, reaction and interaction of Week 8 of Ex On The Beach winter style, plus Team MTV gets together with a pair of EOTB alumni as they celebrate a new baby. Thanks for taking time out from what's been a tough time for all of us to have you here.

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "Ex-Cuzzi"

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Welcome back... we've just witnessed the return of the king in Conor McGregor in 40 satisfying seconds in the first UFC pay-per-view card of the 2020's in Sin City, all in the company of Team #Jogan and the crazies from Ireland who are rejoicing & chanting in the casinos on the Strip. And depending upon where you are right now, we got a good nightcap for those out east & an appetizer for our west coast friends to what's been quite a Saturday in MTV land as we bring you now the Pulse of Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love.

Last week, the sign in every season of the U.S. version of this global franchise that we are halfway through this journey came when the singles were the ones who found themselves walking on eggshells as the exes took control for their midseason ice ceremony and who they would cut, and they sent home the house's lone Bachelor Nation representative, Daniel, back to the Great White North. We also got more into the relationship of Allie and Niall, and Ryan stepped into the spotlight when his beautiful ex came down the mountain.

And after going on that date with the first of the two reps from Love Island UK (which returned this past week to tellies in the UK and where Callum's original show Ibiza Weekender premieres its new series this weekend), this week the spotlight turns to the lady who made her national TV debut as a girlfriend of a Naked Brother, who may find herself with another candidate to win over her - just a year after her return engagement in living rooms everywhere. And while Marlon & La Demi struggle to find out where they are in their relationship, a Fire Date awaits one couple and, as it was a month ago, no one seems to escape their past.

After the jump: a trip into the Ex-Cuzzi awaits as we bring you the 'Pulse of Week 7 of Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love, plus we'll join an Are You The One alum turned Challenge queen as she gets to celebrate her new addition with a ring on it. Thanks for joining us this Saturday night...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "SOS, Save Our Singles"

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BY DC CUEVA                        

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Hello again and welcome back... this week, our hearts are feeling heavy as we join with the broader MTV community to mourn the tragic death this week of Are You The One alum Alexis Eddy. Again, we'll be offering our own farewell to her later on here, but again we proceed with the business of covering the week's episodes, as we now head to Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love in New Zealand.

Last week, the international phenomenon that has taken Britain and the world by storm, Love Island, took center stage for the first of what will be two times in the overall scheme of things on EOTB, as an alum of that show will be on new series of the UK version coming this months overseas. Georgia of the 2018 UK series had her relationship with a man whose original show Ibiza Weekender returns to UK screens also this month, Callum, get tested when Sam from her season in the villa came by as her second ex to join fellow Islander Niall, who in turn scored the getaway Fire date with Allie.

Those who've been rolling with Ex USA from the start know that we're at the halfway point of the season once the roles get reversed for just a temporary but lasting part of the season. That will be the case here this week as the Sauna of Secrets will be opened to all of the Exes for the always tense week where they are in charge of which Single they want to send home for the week's Ice Ceremony. Meanwhile, the on-again/off-again relationship of a Naked Brothers' girlfriend and a single from Love Island will once again find itself on shaky ground, while the spotlight will finally turns to that singer who's been performing in the background.

After the break, the Pulse of Singles Cut week on Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love, plus we'll get down with the most notorious ex of Season 2 and her adorable daughter, and we'll join our resident Canadian for a birthday south of the border with some of his Bachelor friends and a member of last year's Big Brother season. Thanks for joining us...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "The Bird Has Landed"

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Hello there to those in web land, and in case we've not spoken yet some 100+ hours into this new decade, a very Happy New Year to all of you out there. It's the first weekend of 2020, and as we all dread what's being called "Blue Monday" in the first day of work & school after our Christmas & winter holiday break, there is good news. In the world of MTV Reality, two places will be the focus this winter: Florida with Floribama Shore and Siesta Key (for which we got to preview it earlier), and New Zealand where a winter break for lovers is taking place: Ex On The Beach - Peak of Love.

Last week on Boxing Day in much of the world & the day after Christmas everywhere else was a memorable night that saw entrances for two past Challengers into our Thursday night entertainment. In the case of the winterfest, five-season alum Jemmye arrived onto the Peak as Marlon's ex, and they had to settle what happened the night of being ghosted that, before she flew down here, she deleted all evidence of that night. And Nicole and her Challenger ex took center stage - this time at the Ice vote: Laurel walking out during the ceremony and eventually getting voted off herself.

Those of you who love reality dating TV have no doubt heard about the global phenomenon Love Island, which begins a new series in the UK next week and debuted in America this past year. This week, Georgia finds herself in the heart of the chalet's weekly soap opera when her & Callum's relationship get its first test when an Ex she's been dreading emerges into the Chalet. Meanwhile, tensions are flaring up for the latest love interest of our resident makeup & social influencer... just as a date in bed & on horseback awaits two lovebirds in the latest in the battle for that other British ex.

All the action, reaction and interaction is ahead in, what is, our first SocialPulse diary of the 2020's, and we'll also have a visit from that lovable snowman from Frozen. But after the jump, we'll be joining Team MTV as they ring in the new year and new decade. Thank you for joining us...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "Boo Year's Eve"

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BY DC CUEVA                        

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Well, here we are: 2019's last weekend, and the final two installments of the DCBLOG SocialPulse of the 2010's... it makes us want to pinch ourselves saying that. Back in the first week of February, we had the perfect storm: a redemption season of The Challenge with War of the Worlds, the Floribama Shore cast's last dance in Panama City Beach, and two notable entrances: Kailah to Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club, and Angela to Season 2 of Ex On The Beach. And this week, another pair of epic entrances with those familiar to Challenge and MTV Reality fans as we mark the final week of our episode coverage of this explosive decade.

First, Ex On The Beach has been delighting us with its first winter-themed season in the five years of the global franchise as we get to cuddle with our loved ones during Cuffing Season at the Peak of Love. And last week, we had our second Fire Week - this show's take on AYTO's Getaway Date and the summertime Crush week, and the two Brits to come over from the UK to the American EOTB went on a lunch date... but Callum & Georgia's date was crashed by her ex from her 2018 series of Love Island UK, Niall. Marlon got heated in the chalet a bit during our first party of the winter, a UFO-themed extravegenza inspired by Storm Area 51 this past summer in the Las Vegas desert.

This week, it's our second Ice week, and the winter version of the summer Cut ceremony where one ex will have their time cut short a month into operations at the Peak - and things may get heated there among the most notable couple of our interest to this site. Two singles will find themselves fighting over that ex from an island overseas. But for the week's Ex entrant, you have to rewind a bit to the start of this very decade when she was packing to go what would be her home, and the Sauna of Secrets will await her and her ex over a mystery that brought them here... just as the house gets to celebrate New Year's Eve -- check that, "Boo Year's Eve."

All the action, reaction, and interaction of Week 4 of Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love awaits you here after the break. But first, love and the holidays are in the air as a pair of Challenge sweethearts decide it's time for them to officially become each other's perfect match right in time for Christmas. Thanks for joining us...

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "De Niall Is Not Just an Ex"

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BY DC CUEVA                        

■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Welcome back... as we speak to you here on this Saturday, December 21st - the home nation of our newest female Challenge champ, Australia is experiencing the longest day of the year as attention down under is on the oppressive heatwave that's triggered immense wildfires in most of the country as the firefighting efforts rage on. On the opposite end of the spectrum, in the Northern Hemisphere this day is the winter solstice - the longest night of the year just four days before Christmas... and in that spirit, Ex On The Beach's winter-themed Peak of Love season is in full swing.

The Peak opened for business at the start of the month and saw a girl rested from her Challenge upset loss in elimination, Laurel, turn her attention to dealing with her ex, Nicole. And last week, they were given the first passes up the stairs in Chalet EOTB to what is known in the summer version of this show as the Shack of Secrets, but here is the Sauna of Secrets. There, the news was spilled to them of the firefighter's affair with Allie to begin this winter and that will only complicate things with her and them the rest of the way. Oh, there was the first elimination week of the winter in Ice Week where Callum's ex was the first to get the boot, and Daniel's ex Sydney came in from Vancouver and they had a most interesting backyard date.

This week, the alternating order of operations sees Fire Week go back into the offerings for one of the singles to go on the getaway Hot Date, and for that British chap that may represent more time for him & our resident Islander to get to know each other... but even here, no one is exempt from getting a surprise in Ex land, even with our shift up to the mountains. The resident Real Worlder is catching the attention of multiple exes and one of them is definitely not happy about it as another ex comes into the Chalet. And we also have the first installment of what is always an anticipated part of every Ex On The Beach season: the house party... and for the first one of this winter, think of one of the big things that happened in this year of 2019.

After the jump, the 'Pulse of Week 3 of Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love... plus more on two sets of MTV lovebirds having a baby and an engagement ring. Thanks for joining us...

Who Are These Newbies? - Ex On The Beach Peak of Love: The Brits

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♥ GEORGIA STEEL - Love Island UK 🇬🇧

This year, Love Island became a true global TV phenomenon when CBS debuted the series in the U.S. over the summer and joined reality powerhouses Big Brother, Survivor and Amazing Race in its roster. In Britain, the original iteration of this franchise gave us War of the Worlds finalists Georgia Harrison & Theo Campbell and a rookie on WOTW2, Idris Virgo. Next on its docket is its first series to air during the British winter next month when South Africa hosts Love Island 5 during the heat of their summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and one of its most successful alumni (and Idris' fellow Islander from that summer of 2018) is its first representative to go from Islander to going onto the Beach, no less the first one from overseas to come to America and its own EOTB.
   Georgia Steel grew up in Thirsk, a small neighborhood in North Yorkshire in the Northwest of England, where she balanced studies of entering the acting world at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London with working as a waitress at the Chelsea location of UK nightclub brand Popworld. She was in a three-year relationship starting at age 15 until going to college in the capital became too much to handle a long-distance affair. Georgia described herself as being a "party animal" who calls her bottom her "best asset" along with her natural lips and eyes, and she's used her Instagram to best show off her outfits of the day both by the pool and before a club night.
   When it comes to relationships, Georgia's ideal date night would be of going out for a drink and then heading to the club... and after having a bad date at a seafood restaurant she will want to make sure to check that menu of the kind of food she and him would like. But she's also one who doesn't like guys who are cringy: "Cringy really turns me off. I like someone who's real and treats me like a lady. I also like someone who is manly, protective and fun. It’s good if they have a bit of banter about them." But most importantly, Georgia touts loyalty as her best attribute, something that she had to deal with after her biological dad, British horse racing jockey Rodney Lappin, divorced from her mom when she was age 4, and she told The Sun that her parents' separation had an impact on how she handles both her love life and herself.

   It was in drama school that, according to her mom Sharon, that she was begged by the teachers themselves to audition for Love Island in which, "It's a good stepping stone for Georgia, It's the best opportunity." And her daughter was chosen for Series 4 of Love Island UK in summer 2018, but she arrived in the Balearic Islands and the famed villa later than the first set of singles who came to Spain, as the first two newbies during the summer's first week and one of four to have gone to college. And she looked to reverse fortunes after dating someone well known but it's best to keep it all inside: "I went on a date with someone famous – but a girl doesn’t tell her secrets. He was quite into me. But I let that go. All I'll say is they had famous relatives. I'm very out there but when it comes to my private life I’m quite reserved."

   Once she moved in on Day 4, a public vote saw one of her two exes this winter, Niall Aslam of Coventry in the West Midlands, go on a date with Georgia and they stayed together in the first re-coupling ceremony until he quit the following week. She then coupled with Londoner and eventual 3rd place finisher Josh Denzel in Week 2 before he got close to a makeup artist & eventual final partner Kazimir Crossley. That helped bring together Georgia with her other EOTB ex, Sam Bird from Norwich in East Anglia, and they went on dates with other islanders (including one week involving that aforementioned Idris) the following two weeks. When Week 7 came along, Georgia and Sam were apart in the villa and were thrown a twist of not being allowed to pick each other in that week's recoupling... but when they did not choose other islanders both Georgia & Sam were dumped two weeks from the end, and it was the start to their magical but later doomed relationship - more on that when he comes to New Zealand.

Who Are These Newbies? - Ex On The Beach Peak of Love: Bachelor & Botched

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♥ DANIEL MAGUIRE - The Bachelorette & Bachelor in Paradise 🇨🇦

In the MTV lens, Canada has given us plenty of good stuff from across the border: 2-time Challenge champ (and 1/3 of JEK) Evan Starkman, Are You The One? funnyman turned YouTube chef Zak Longo of Season 3, and the foursome who popularized the bucket list in the cast of 2010 series The Buried Life. A competitor on last season's War of the Worlds, Torontoian Shaleen Sutherland, was the lone Canadian in Africa, but she's far from being the most well-known Canadian suitor in the entire Bachelor Nation that spans almost 40 total seasons in America and many more overseas.
   Another Challenger from earlier this year, Chase McNary, was on the first EOTB season two years after JoJo Fletcher rejected him on the last getaway date of her Bachelorette season... so did "Bad" Chad Johnson on Ex 2 the season after and the fireworks he brought to his time going for roses. Their Bachelorette season also included Siesta Key's biggest newcomer Robby Hayes (by way of his fling with queen Juliette Porter), the one who won JoJo's heart Jordan Rodgers (for whom he & her host Paramount Network's Battle of the Fittest Couples), and the third Bachelorette to get chosen for Ex On The Beach.. and who like his predecessors also went for love on Bachelor in Paradise.
   From the same region where Laurel, Cara Maria and the Fresh Meat 2 class got their initiation, Daniel Maguire grew up north of Vancouver in Lions Bay, British Columbia to eventually become a model, personal trainer and bodybuilder with a psychology degree. In his original bio, he named "honesty, experienced and friendly" as his best attributes and doesn't see himself as a romantic, though he make up for it in having "good manners and do little things which a girl would love," which includes being a good cook. Daniel is also humbled by two life-changing events: ten years ago, his dad was paralyzed in a mountain bike crash, followed four years later by his son getting into a near fatal motorcycle dust-up of his own. That experience told him to do what he can to live life to its fullest, including enjoying everything B.C. has to offer, and having spent three years living & traveling overseas including trips to Africa, South America and Asia - and who on the move again out of country as this EOTB season begins airing back home in North America.
   In deciding to jump at the chance to experience something new, fun and to fall in love, Daniel made quite an impression on Bachelor Nation almost from when he moved into the Villa De La Vina that summer of 2016. It all started when he entered the house in a dark outfit, then proceeded to strip it all off and jump into the pool, making for an awkward but most entertaining start to his Bachelorette campaign. Of course, who can forget the bromance Daniel had with Chad in him being Bad Chad's only ally in the Villa... but that all dissipated when a mention of a ruthless dictator in front of the resident pot stirrer hastened their demise as fast as any Bachelor romance (or to put it in MTV words, what happened to Gus & Jeremiah last week on Floribama Shore). And when JoJo sent Daniel on his way out in Week 4, he did not leave quietly - both visually and verbally.

Who Are These Newbies? - Ex On The Beach Peak of Love: The Singers

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♥ ADORE DELANO/DANNY NORIEGA - RuPaul's Drag Race and American Idol 🏳️‍🌈

For a show that has brought us big name stars since it began here, unlike the first three seasons of EOTB USA, at first Peak of Love may have no clear headliner with prior ties to MTV as a way to bring their fans over to this new experiment, ala Cory, Farrah or Aubrey. But considering the roots of our first subject and her big following - as well as premiere week coinciding with Viacom & CBS' re-merger, it was an easy call to lead off this season's introductory posts than with someone who became a huge star on a show that's become an icon to those in the LGBTQ+ community - one which has the Pride flag wave on AYTO and The Bachelor in addition to EOTB.
   Daniel Noriega grew up east of Los Angeles in Azusa, CA and while he was in elementary school he came out at 12 years old, the same time that he began to write music as a solace to where he grew up in a largely Hispanic community. As someone who loved to sing and dance and who had a fandom for Britney and Chris Brown, Danny represents one of the dozens of success stories of those who have achieved greater fame because of their exposure on American Idol, and he auditioned twice: in 2007, the then 18-year-old went on Season 6 (Jordin Sparks' season), where he sang in front of the iconic trio of Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul & Simon Cowell, and made it to Round 2 in Hollywood but got cut. But he earned a second chance the following year on Season 7, where as the last person to audition in front of the originals down in San Diego, Danny performed Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary" and his flamboyant & lively persona struck a chord with them.
   Him getting another chance to impress Randy, Paula & Simon was more than good enough for Danny to advance again to Tinseltown, but not before his clapback at Simon became viral and landed him on E!'s The Soup. This time, he cleared the second hurdle to the shortlist of fifty singers who made to the last day of Hollywood Week, and the judges gave him a ticket to Phase 3 and performing under the bright lights of the small stage before the live shows. He performed Elvis' "Jailhouse Rock," among others, to survive the following two weeks of the semifinal section of each Idol season, before making it to the Top 16 - and a weak performance of an 80's song proved to be the difference in him placing in Week 3's bottom two, missing a spot of joining winner David Cook, runner-up David Archleta and the rest of that year's Top 12. But as a consolation prize, he appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show and performed on Rosie O'Donnell's cruise ship.

Who Are These Newbies? - Ex On The Beach Peak of Love: The Singles

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It's a few days before it officially begins with its December solstice on Saturday, but winter has arrived in the world of MTV Reality. The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 is now history, and now three shows take over the focus of MTV fans everywhere to delight us during the coldest time of year, two of which each have their third seasons take place within driving distance of each other in Central Florida: Floribama Shore in St. Pete Beach, and Siesta Key in nearby Sarasota as Bachelor Nation's Robby Hayes comes to town. And for a touch of winter, Ex On The Beach is taking its hot mess to the slopes and the Peak of Love - the first true global season of this MTV guilty pleasure, as those from America, Britain and Canada take up residency in a New Zealand chalet by the snow.

Ever since we began covering MTV Reality back some six years ago, a tradition we have has been to help answer a burning question viewers have whenever we start a new season of Ex On The Beach or The Challenge: "Who Are These Newbies?" We've always have had an answer to this question so you, this website's visitors, can get to know each non-MTV reality personality who comes onto the beach (or in this case, the snow), and every Challenge rookie and returning competitor, by making sure we give them the proper welcome, treatment and respect they rightfully deserve. And while it's hard to keep count, those we've profiled on here in these posts number in the three figures, and there will be much more to come once the next season of The Challenge comes our way in the new year.

Historically, any Ex On The Beach season often casts those ordinary people chosen in the usual fashion of a casting call like what we've seen those who started on Real World, AYTO or any other MTV show before going onto a Challenge later on. But inspired by the celeb-reality shows of years past, Ex USA began a trend of reality stars from in and outside the MTV landscape being featured on the beach, which has inspired celebrity versions for the next seasons of the British and Brazilian versions of this series this coming winter overseas - adding to the occasional reality vet in previous UK series such as Geordie Shore (their own Jersey Shore). And for this season's class of singles, the cast once again features something for everyone in the reality world - Robby's old show, RuPaul's Drag Race and beyond - who've joined those familiar to MTV fans in Nicole of The Challenge, Marlon of The Real World, Tyranny of AYTO, and a few others from in and outside this community for this winter's escape.

So once again, we at DCBLOG are here to answer that question, "Who Are These Newbies?" ... this time it's for Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love. And after the jump, we'll be meeting them - starting with the one single with the biggest social media following and continuing the progressive trend of the LGBT community being represented on reality dating television.

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - "Caught Red Velvet Handed"

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Hello and welcome on into a Sunday Funday in our DCBLOG world... as this post goes to the printing press here, winter is settling into most of the country as we are now officially into the Twelve Day of Christmas. And you know winter arrives when the MTV attention shifts to Florida to join those snowbirds from up north, and this year when reality stars get snowed in for a winter version of Ex On The Beach.

Last week, the slopes at the Peak of Love opened for the first Ex On The Beach season anywhere on earth to not be held in a sun-baked locale when three MTV'ers - Nicole, Marlon and Tyranny - joined those from outside the MTV community in New Zealand. The purpose of the show remains the same in seeing if the singles' exes can be their next, all during the heart of Cuffing Season... and it didn't take long for the two British singles - Georgia and Callum - to be the first two people to hook up in the chalet. And it also didn't take long before Nicole's Challenger ex became the first ex to pop up in the snow shortly after the shock of that elimination loss that cost her a WOTW2 finals spot.

This week, the focus of the house shifts to the first elimination week of the winter, as the words change around a bit in the house in which an Ex will be ice'd out of the chalet. The place we've come to know from the summer shares get a name change this time around, as the Shack becomes the Sauna of Secrets, and those who will be headed there will find themselves in a heat-rising situation - most especially for one who's been doing some two timing here. And for the man who knows about living in a winter climate this time of year, our resident Canadian makes a somewhat awkward play to look for love when he's found no luck when it comes to roses.

After the jump, the Pulse of Week 2 of Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love, plus an update on a couple who made love during this summer's headline-making season of Are You The One. Welcome on in.

DC SocialPulse: Ex On The Beach Peak of Love - The Premiere

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Summer is the hottest time of the year and when the heat is on... nothing can beat the sun and the sand. But what happens when we are in the merriest time of all... when the feeling of Christmas and the holidays that fall during this time, then it's the most magical. That is, except if you're one of those ten singles who have been chosen for the newest season of the wildest romantic reality show of them all, Ex On The Beach. And winter is here... as we at DCBLOG now brings you our Pulse of the fourth season of the American version of this global phenomenon.

It wasn't the long ago that the "Ultimate Relations-XXX Show" was in Malibu for its third season of bringing together MTV Reality favorites with those from outside the channel for an summer of fun in the sun and a vacation from hell to go alongside with it. There was a love triangle involving the lady at the heart of MTV's next rebooted show in Aubrey O'Day being at the heart of it, while Devin and his puppeteer ways returned to where it began for him in a quest for love. We also had a boy band wannabe and a rapper's ex dealing with many of their old flings, a telenovela, and some twins too.

This time, the focus shifts from the sandy beaches of Southern California where it's summer all year long, to a resort town in the Southern Hemisphere, and a cooler climate than any of the other seasons worldwide of Ex On The Beach has ever been to: Queenstown, New Zealand. Once again, another set of ten reality stars will come to this winter wonderland for the winter-based spinoff of the EOTB franchise, but the premise remains the same: can they find their Next to hang out with for the annual rite of winter known as cuffing season. They have no idea that their Exes will be making the trek down the slopes to join them... and whoever are the first to crash the singles' winter break will no doubt cause trouble, while connections will be made & broken right there in the chalet.

After the jump, DCBLOG brings you all the action, reaction and interaction of the two-hour premiere of Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love, featuring posts from the cast, fans and reality alumni from social media as it aired on Thursday, December 5th, and specially curated for this site as a public service... and that includes a Bad Girl performing a Christmas carol (!). We're glad you're with us.

MTV Reality: Welcome to Ex On The Beach - Peak of Love

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For those who are part of the media world's newest power, this is a big week if you're working for Viacom and CBS. Today, after thirteen years as separate entities but who have had plenty of history going back decades, the two companies merge once again into one company as they close their transaction and certify their second marriage in the digital age. And it comes during a big week for the new ViacomCBS: tonight sees The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 kick off its $1 million final in Thailand, while yesterday Jersey Shore marked its tenth anniversary, and next week will mark ten years since Teen Mom premiered. The CBS Evening News has just moved to its new Washington newsroom, and this weekend the Eye will air an AFC Championship rematch & the series finale of Madam Secretary. And then, there's this...

If you can feel it in the air, and judge by the sights of it in your local mall or grocer, then we're now officially into the holiday season after having celebrated the year's only annually scheduled four-day weekend. That meant quality time with family and friends, thinking of how thankful we are this time of year, buying those first Christmas presents and everything that relates to the start of this magical time of year on the long Thanksgiving weekend. And if you're fortunate, then you got to not only celebrate but also enjoy the snow, which means winter has arrived a little early in America, Europe and the Northern Hemisphere. And, it also means that the time of year that social world likes to call, "cuffing season," is now well and truly underway with the cold now settling in outside.

If you haven't noticed it by now, then it's hard to know why TV viewers on this side of the Atlantic have now realized how wild the MTV series Ex On The Beach is. It began in the spring of 2014 in the United Kingdom, loosely inspired by the twist given to Cory Wharton and the cast of his very first show, the San Francisco Ex-Plosion that rocked The Real World. EOTB has shocked viewers not only in America and Britain, but also in a bakers' dozen other countries outside of the two most prominent English-speaking nations in the world... one of the most unique formats in reality TV.

Given the launchpad of being co-launched in the U.S. by both The Challenge and Jersey Shore, the first three seasons of the American version of this global phenomenon has seen plenty go down in both Hawaii and in Malibu. Cory met Taylor Selfridge on Season 1 and they made news last month in her now being pregnant to his second child, while Angela Babicz deal with a basketball dunker ex and met a boyfriend that recently brought their dirty laundry to Dr. Phil. And just this summer & fall, Season 3 brought a Challengers, AYTO alumni, a Big Brother showmance, a girl group/reality star and a pair of twins under one roof.

Now for a worldwide franchise that always hosts its seasons in the summer and its many castmates basking in the sun, something different will be taking place this time around: while the drama will still be as white-hot, the setting will be in quite the polar opposite - quite literally. As those in America and Europe shiver and those in Australia mark the start of summer, the attention turns from the beach to a different locale of a ski resort as Ex On The Beach hosts its first-ever winter-themed season, Peak of Love. The conditions outside may have changed, but the temperatures inside will only heat up as the explosive drama we expect will unfold during the coldest of the four seasons.

Once again, an all-star cast of reality TV's finest will grace our screens as they find out if their ex is their next, as two past Challenge finalists & Real World alumni and a lady who lived through ultimate AYTO heartache with past EOTB alumni, will join two LGBT icons, a former Naked Brothers' girlfriend, a pop singer, a Canadian bachelor, a British Love Islander and an Ibiza party boy as they move for this first truly international season of this global sensation. And this doesn't account for those exes who will crash their party, with those who lived with them on exotic islands, in Challenge houses and beyond will offer the latest chapter in a show that's truly one of a kind.

So, grab a winter coat, some hot chocolate, put on some winter boots and welcome on in as, after the jump, DCBLOG takes our first look at Ex On The Beach: Peak of Love.