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Saturday, April 25, 2020

DC ExtraTime: An Expose of The Challenge Final Reckoning

BY DC CUEVA                        
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

As we have written here before, you might say 2019 on The Challenge was a year of redemption. For a lot of us, just getting to see Jordan and CT win their third titles and Turbo, Dee and Rogan join them in the winners circle made us a bit more satisfied once the two installments of War of the Worlds came to an end just four months ago. Maybe those ladder three coming to us from outside the United States helped to bring some newfound blood to a show that's been around longer than most other MTV show on the schedule has helped to rejuvenate things, and it's certainly made the current season of Total Madness something you and us, and everyone else, enjoyable right now.

But coming into last winter's first installment of WOTW, there was a lot of fans like us feeling concerned about the state of where this show we love was heading. It took for what we saw in the last leg of the so-called "trilogy" to really take a deep dive into all of this: Final Reckoning in the summer of 2018 was supposed to be the season that settled things once & for all for everyone who came to South Africa... instead, what happened there became a season that, for a lot of you out there, was one that was hard to take in so many ways.

By the time Season 32 came to an end two years ago, those like you at home were calling it "the worst Challenge season ever," though fellow blogger Allan Aguirre has it #2 on his list of the ten worst behind only The Island. But then again, it introduced us to fan favorite Da'Vonne, an eventual Ex On The Beach couple Angela & Nelson starting to develop their relationship, and solidified Ashley as a true power player. And of course, this was the season that began the relationship that's divided us all in Challenge Nation: Paulie & Cara Maria. But it is what happened with most everything else there that had everyone questioning their loyalty to this franchise.

Prior to Episode 4 of Total Madness this past Wednesday, Twitter user Brian, @xSuicidalPanda, took the opportunity to provide a scathing Twitter thread offering his thoughts on everything that was wrong with Final Reckoning. Unlike the last time we featured one of these (in this case, it was a hater of Johnny Bananas exposing his bad behavior), this one involves an entire season, and it does sum up the thoughts a lot of you had of that season from the opening purge up until Ashley's steal. And as we did two years ago, we won't offer our own thoughts and comments in the tweets embedded below and let Brian speak on behalf.

Sunday, December 9, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - The Reunion Part 2

*** Advisory: DC SocialPulse contains adult language, objectionable content & spoilers for some readers. Viewer Discretion is Advised. Due to its length, take frequent eye breaks if you're reading this top to bottom. ***

BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Welcome back... on Sunday, July 8th, we published our preview post of The Challenge: Final Reckoning with our usual selection of brief capsules of the teams, what to expect from the season and more... now 154 days later here in Sunday, December 9th - almost five months to the day of that and on the 14th anniversary of this blogger's biggest fandom moment of meeting Linkin Park, DCBLOG brings the curtain down on our coverage of Season 32 of the fifth major pro sport and, in turn, the summer & fall portion of our MTV Reality coverage here.

The Reunion of this season is on - and while there's the usual drama and explosive fireworks that now define these end-of-season get-together's, there's more to come with our cast and host Dolph Ziggler, stepping in for The Miz. Last week, our friends and enemies got to dissect the shocking moment of the finale of Ashley stealing Hunter's money, the alliances of the LL's and the TYB's crumbling after they aligned to take over the game, and the various beefs that emerged during this long season.

The most notable of all of these is that of Bananas and Devin, and this week sees more of their staredown from what could have been a notorious pairing had it not been for the ladder flying back home to tend to the death of his late father. Also, Britni drops in to discuss what happened with her and Brad, discussion of the boss move by Kam and birthday girl Sylvia, and #TeamCaraMariE and Paulie. And when you think that this season has been full of drama, it all concludes on a high with one proposal you gotta see.

After the jump, the Pulse of Part 2 of the Final Reckoning reunion, along with the juicy scoop of a Challenge super-fan being exposed. Enjoy it, folks...

Friday, December 7, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - The Reunion Part 1 (Backtracked)

*** Advisory: DC SocialPulse contains adult language, objectionable content & spoilers for some readers. Viewer Discretion is Advised. Due to its length, take frequent eye breaks if you're reading this top to bottom. ***

BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

It is the first Friday of the last month of the year, and wherever you are this weekend the holiday spirit is certainly in the air. It's something that's very much welcome for all of you who follow the fifth major sport, as we have reached the final stage of our view of all things MTV Challenge in 2018 and the end of the summer & fall cycle of our journey Inside MTV Reality of this, DCBLOG's fifth year going around this beat here. And regardless of how you feel about this long season finally being over, the characters we've seen and the drama & competition that's taken place, it's certainly been a hell of a ride.
   So much has happened over the course of the length of a full NFL season -- twenty-two weeks in all from when this began in July up to now here in the early part of the holidays in parallel with the Kickoff game in September all the way to Super Bowl Sunday in February -- that we really don't need to recap much of this season or what happened previously as we usually make mention of in opening salvos like this one which begin each of the SocialPulse episode diaries, but you can agree that what happened at the end of the finale is certainly into the discussion of the most memorable moments of this site's incredible journey of over 800 posts on MTV matters.
   With what happened with Ashley and Hunter winning Season 32 and her stealing the entire $1 million purse still fresh in everyone's mind, them and most of the cast who made it past the halfway point in South Africa are all rested up and ready to dish out everything that went down this season for yet another two-part reunion special. From the biggest backstabs and blow-ups to hookups, secrets and beyond, the cast will rehash all that took place this season... and with The Miz on assignment shooting his next movie, WWE wrestler Dolph Ziggler steps in as host. And the good thing about all this: we already know who's the champ... it's the drama with the entire cast that will take center stage.

After the jump, it's the Pulse of Part 1 of The Challenge Final Reckoning Reunion, along with Thanksgiving for the MTV family... glad you're with us tonight as we bring the curtain down on 2018 in The Challenge on DCBLOG. And welcome to the weekend, folks.

Friday, November 23, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - The $1 Million Grand Finale (MEGA)

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from all of us here at DCBLOG, and we have reached the climax of the summer/fall cycle of 2018 in MTV Reality. Five months ago in the summer heat, we began with the first half of Season 2 of Floribama Shore, and a month later came this year's season of Are You The One?. During this ride, we have thought of the former as the appetizer in it leading off our weekly wave of posts when the weather was warmer outside, and the ladder as the dessert and the last show to be covered each week as well as being the co-feature of the past half-year.
   In between those two, the season's main course has been the final leg of a year-plus long trilogy that brought old faces and new from throughout the show's history and from around the reality world to South Africa. The theme of Season 32 of The Challenge continued in the premise of what we've seen on regular seasons of this show since that hate and high stakes drama sells: Dirty 30 began it in South America, Vendettas continued it in Spain with plenty of new blood, and then came Final Reckoning. And this season has had it all, even it can take extending the season a bit to bring on the drama.
   Last week, it was the semifinals: the last regular challenge of the season before the final challenge, and the final elimination that would set the field of those who would go for the $1 million. And for the first time, it was trivia that would be contested for a second time in a regular season... and it saw Joss & Sylvia claim that automatic ticket to the final. It came down to that last trip to Armageddon which saw a man who knew this feeling well of carrying momentum from there to the winners' circle, Bananas, finally lose a last elimination when Paulie & Natalie took down him & Tony, though it's what happened with behind-the-scenes revelations afterwards that had everyone talking.
   This week is the finale, and Team SOSS and the Big Brother duo are joined in this final by two teams with a former titlist in both of them: defending champ Cara Maria joined by Marie as she looks to go back-to-back, and Ashley M. - Invasion winnter and her dysfunctional partner Hunter. The finalists were thrown for a loop just before this began when TJ Lavin revealed to them that this would be a timed final, and whoever is the top finisher among the two teammates would have a familiar overtone: either share the $1 million or steal it all leaving their partner without any money. And these four teams will compete in one more grueling examination to determine who is #1, and don't be surprised by the end of this that you will be completely shocked by how it ends.

We'll have all the action, reaction and interaction of the final saga of the 17-month long journey that ends in South Africa, as well as its aftermath. And afterwards on ExtraTime, we'll have a visit from a man who was one of those WildBoyz getting to meet another member of Team MTV: this time, it's that comedian guy.
   Settle in as we offer you this MEGA 'Pulse of the $1 Million Grand Finale of The Challenge: Final Reckoning coming up after the jump. We're so glad you're with us tonight.

Sunday, November 18, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - The Semifinal

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

As you wrap up your Sunday full of football, wrestling and getting a headstart on the Thanksgiving preparations and your holiday shopping, it's hard to think that we are now heading towards the conclusion of Season 32 of The Challenge... and soon enough, the ultimate Final Reckoning will be at hand as the final dash for $1 million goes down in South Africa. First things first comes the last daily challenge before the final, and one more elimination to determine the final four. This is why we refer to this week as the Semifinal of this season.
   This business end of this season began last week when the doors of the Redemption House were locked up as the residents of that villa battled one more time to regain their spot in the game. In an elimination doubleheader, a season-long feud saw Bananas & Tony get the best of Shane & Nelson, while Killa Kam added to her glorious elimination record. However, she & Kayleigh couldn't keep the momentum going after that win in a grueling endurance challenge in the South African countryside and they were eliminated as the last place team, while Joss & Sylvia took the win.
   They, #Banony, Paulie & Natalie, Ashley & Hunter and Cara Maria & Marie will this week find themselves on the edge, as the final challenge looms and one more set of a daily challenge and an elimination will take place... in the same week of all things. Alliances will dissolve into the desert as a SECOND trivia challenge will test everyone's brains and nerves ahead of the final exam. For a budding romance who we saw get sealed with a tattoo earlier this fall, the flirtation for a champ and an upstate becomes something a bit more. And to add to what's been a wild season to say the least, a big twist in regards to the final is revealed... and if your memories are fresh about that hot August night, you'll know what we mean.

After the jump, it's the Pulse of the penultimate week of The Challenge Final Reckoning, followed by a trip to the Strategy Room for our evaluation of the final four and our predictions of who we feel will win. And thanks for staying up with us this weekend...

Saturday, November 10, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - "It's Always Sunny in South Africa"

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Hey there, it's an extended holiday weekend in honor of our troops, and here in November the year in MTV Reality is fast approaching its conclusion as two of the shows we cover wall to wall that began in the heat of the summer will soon wrap up this close to the holidays. In the case of The Challenge Final Reckoning, the day of decision is now approaching, but before that goes down there's some business to take of in South Africa in thinning out the field before the marathon for the cash commences.
   Regardless of what you might say about the current crop of female Challengers, they have been holding their own these days, and last week saw Sylvia up her elimination mark to 5-1 when she & Joss knocked off Bananas & Tony in a game of torture and puzzles. Meanwhile, trivia made its return to The Challenge as once again the players' brains were tested, and as what we'll be the case for the week's main focus, Paulie and Natalie offered proof that momentum is everyone's friend in them winning their second straight daily challenge.
   As for Shane & Nelson, they finished last in that Purge challenge and this week they and the rest of the residents of the Redemption House will have one last shot to win their way back into the game and to go for $1 million, through both one more serving of the Double Cross and a doubleheader of elimination battles - and a final reckoning may come to a season-long feud between two teams. Then comes the next-to-last regular challenge before the final, where once again it serves as a Purge: whoever finishes last will see their run end two weeks short.

After the jump, the Pulse of The Challenge Final Reckoning, along with an avid college football fan getting his hair shaved off. We're glad to have you here with us.

Friday, November 2, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - "Scandal"

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Hey there, welcome to the weekend and after Halloween at midweek - to the month of November... boy, does time fly? Well, things are getting towards the end on The Challenge Final Reckoning as with the number of teams in both the main and redemption houses are now only a handful down in South Africa with the final challenge still to come.
   With only a few teams left in the game itself, often tensions will boil over with money at stake, and last week was no exception. A night of debauchery ensued not with the girls as is often the case, but with the guys. And just as it was on Floribama Shore, it was small things that turned big: leftover pasta led Cory to go all in on Tony, and it cost him and Devin their spot in the game, but not before the feud between Big D and Bananas raged on with a low blow by the champ.
   Sometimes momentum is everyone's friend in The Challenge house as well as on AYTO, and after that win in elimination Paulie & Natalie gained power team status in the always fun game of trivia... and this week, they hold the power vote to see who goes into an elimination that can best be described as pure torture. Meanwhile, rumors and gossip spurs on one team when they find themselves as the house target, while the latest Purge challenge will help determine who is able to handle the stretch run that awaits.

Ahead, the Pulse of Week 17 of The Challenge Final Reckoning, along with Team MTV celebrating Halloween and the one reason why Cory is still on our TV's... we're glad you're with us.


Sunday, October 28, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - A Fight, Leftovers & Trivia

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Hey there, hope you're enjoying this last weekend of October and hope you're fully recovered from last night's festive Halloween festivities - and for our friends down in Key West, FL, the annual Fantasy Fest. For us here, we're getting down to the nitty gritty of the fall cycle of 2018 in MTV Reality, and The Challenge Final Reckoning is making its way towards awarding $1 Million.
   Last week, our defending champion, Cara Maria, and the breakout star of this season, Marie, decided to go all in when they were sent into elimination, opting to face off against Shane & Nelson to avoid a trip to Redemption. And in a game of trying to find your way through a maze, the guys beat the girls... but that was just the beginning to the story: #CaraMariE found themselves in the Double Cross and in a Redemption challenge where they won their way back into the game as did Paulie & Natalie when they hit the jackpot in a life-sized game of bingo.
   Whenever the number of players or teams dwindles in the main house as it is now, the emotional toll will usually ramp up as the final challenge and the jackpot looms, and this week is no different. A night of debauchery in and outside the house will find the house in a state of chaos as the tensions that have developed between players finally boils over... and just as it is on Floribama Shore, it comes from an unexpected source. And it's that time of season again where TJ Lavin goes from a host to a mad scientist... which means only one thing: Trivia takes over The Challenge.

After the jump, all the action, reaction and interaction of Episode 16 of Final Reckoning, along with Cheyenne & her boyfriend possibly splitting up on Teen Mom OG. We're glad you're with us...

Sunday, October 21, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - "Wheel of Fortune"

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Hello there, hope you had an amazing weekend after the chaos of the sports weekend that was: big day in the NFL, LeBron's Staples debut marred by THAT fight, the Dodgers and Red Sox setting up their date in the World Series, upsets aplenty in college football, and golfer Brooks Koepka becoming world #1. Speaking of competition, The Challenge Final Reckoning is gliding along as it heads towards the stage identifying those able enough to handle the $1 million test that awaits them.
   Last week in South Africa, the end result of the most recent elimination battle saw the Lavender Ladies and the Young Bucks become reunited again by way of Cory and Devin joining the house, and almost instantly they set their sights on taking down the odd men out in the main house, Bananas and Tony. They were then faced with a tall task of running up an elevator shaft, solving a puzzle and scaling down the building like Spider-Man. In the end, it was Team Banony who took the win and set off fireworks with the main alliance, headlined by Sylvia laying a headbutt on Marie.
   When they were given the most votes from the house, her and Cara took a cue from what we had a few weeks ago in opting to go for a big opponent in elimination, and this week they face off against that pair who decided to take a big gamble: Shane & Nelson. Whoever loses that battle heads into the Redemption House, where a stacked field awaits them there as they encounter the Double Cross for a chance to return to the game. And there, a twisted plan may backfire in one team's face, while the results of what goes down in a double trip to Armageddon may have a ripple effect.

After the jump, the Pulse of The Challenge as this twisted game gets even more twisted, along with the cast taping the reunion, Tony getting engaged and the return of The Real World. And thanks for staying patient with us... settle in as we go Inside MTV Reality at DCBLOG.

Friday, October 12, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - "Lavender Is the New Black"

*** Advisory: DC SocialPulse contains adult language, objectionable content & spoilers for some readers. Viewer Discretion is Advised. Due to its length, take frequent eye breaks if you're reading this top to bottom. ***

BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Well, hello there friends, we've arrived at the weekend. And after what's been an eventful week of sorts, we bring you all in to this week's ride Inside MTV Reality with DCBLOG, and to a week that's seen a midseason finale in Florida, a nighttime party under the stars in Hawaii and Cory spilling the beans to Cheyenne on Teen Mom... the former two are forthcoming here. But we begin this week's episode coverage with Week 14 of The Challenge: Final Reckoning where as the number of teams are diminishing, the drama only intensifies.
   Last week, the focus of the house was on the Lavender Ladies and on two-third's of the Young Bucks, and it was Ashley, Amanda, Sylvia, Shane, Nelson and Hunter, among others, who led the charge of a plot to try and send Bananas into elimination. Eyes were fixed, no less, on the Pop-Off Queen and her turbulent partner Zach... and no even the two, who were power team, could come up with a decisive pick of who to pick. And it was them who volunteered themselves in along with Da'Vonne & Jozea, who then saw our next pair of Mercenaries, Devin and Cory, invade just 24 hours after the ladder added Teen Mom to his illustrious MTV list... and they beat both to join the game.
   Bananas was, no less, a key figure of last week's drama and this week, he comes into the week's challenge on the other end of the full Lavender Ladies and Young Bucks alliance that again has their eyes set on him and Tony. The teams in the main house have another tall task ahead of them having to run up an elevator shaft, figure out a puzzle, and propel themselves down the building, while redemption awaits an impending double cross. And it's what happens afterwards that sees the loyalty of the alliances get tested... which includes a move by one of world football's most prominent figures and something the previous power team could not do.

We'll have all of the action, reaction and interaction ahead for you here on The Pulse of The Challenge. And welcome to the weekend... we're glad you're with us.

DC SocialPulse Extra: Before Final Reckoning Episode 13

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Hey there folks, glad to have you here as we have arrived at the weekend. That only means one thing: DCBLOG and our view of the week that was Inside MTV Reality. This week sees the midseason finale of Floribama Shore, a possible make-up on The Challenge, and the traditional nighttime party on Are You The One, and secrets revealed on Teen Mom OG.
   We'll have the ladder of that covered here in this Pulse Extra here before our episode coverage commences here in a few hours. Until then, indulge yourself in not just that but also the in-between interactions for Team Challenge as we head into Episode 14 which we'll have here tomorrow night. Plus, prayers for a Challenge veteran and a look at an alum of Champs vs. Stars as she kicked off the biggest night in UFC history... all that is ahead.

Sunday, October 7, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - "The People vs Johnny Bananas"

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Well, hey there folks... are you fully recovered from a most eventful Saturday? We hope you are after we got to witness both in Las Vegas and in our nation's capital. And after a day's delay here we are at DCBLOG with the SocialPulse of The Challenge Final Reckoning... and by looking at how long it's been since it began just after the 4th of July and we're now into the serious business of the season, with the final and the $1 million to soon come over the horizon.
   Last week in South Africa, we all thought we had the moment of the season in elimination - but before that, Hunter hurled an insult of mentioning Ashley's family when she had her latest meltdown in the house, which may further deepen their team divide. As for that moment in Armageddon, Shane & Nelson made a bold power move when they opted against having an easy opponent by doubling down and choosing Brad & Kyle and winning handily. And in the week's challenge, the teams dealt with having to unlock themselves from a cage and running all the way to complete a puzzle, while that cage also had the answers to them.
   At night's end, it was Zach & Amanda who won their fourth daily challenge, and it looked on paper that they would be in the driver's seat to be in the final despite their disunity. But, as the saying goes "anything can happen," and this week they find themselves in the hardest spot of all: give in and work together or potentially face consequences as costly as any we might possibly see. That includes a joint plot by two resident cliques to get rid of this show's biggest name... and it leads to the most shocking battle in elimination of this regular season. And for the second time in twenty-four hours, the man who we pegged to have a big 2018 decides to crash the bash.

All the action, reaction and interaction from this week's episode is ahead for all of you just catching up or just wanting to relive it again while you watch it back over again... and you won't believe how everyone reacts to what might be the biggest shock so far this season. And on the day after many of you got to go out to see someone tie the knot near where you live, after the diary ExtraTime will trek to Music City USA as three Real World alums mark one of their own getting married.
   All of that is ahead on the Pulse of The Challenge 32. We're sorry we made you wait an extra day for it to come, but welcome on in... it's great to have you with us this Sunday Funday.

Friday, October 5, 2018

DC SocialPulse Extra: Before Final Reckoning Episode 12, and Teen Mom

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Nice Friday to all of you... the weekend is here, and that also means that our MTV Reality episode coverage is ahead here at DCBLOG. For starters, this week has seen one man take over the spotlight in the grand scheme of things... his name is Cory.
   Coming up, we'll have the reaction to him, baby mama Cheyenne and their kid Ryder crossing over into newfound territory in Teen Mom OG, along with a brief overview and thoughts on the Trifecta joining the mamas. Plus, the in-between interaction from The Challenge Final Reckoning before our episode diary covering Week 13 is posted tomorrow. See you after the jump...

Saturday, September 29, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - "Unhappy Days"

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Happy Saturday night friends, and while we're enjoying this last weekend of September, things are getting serious for real down in South Africa, as The Challenge Final Reckoning is past the halfway point. And as the past has shown over the years, this is the time where we will figure out who the contenders and the pretenders are, and it's where the house will get both stir crazy and get serious.
   Last week, we saw the former take place when we saw two throwdowns take place in both the main house and in redemption. In the former, Cara and the Lavender Ladies got into it with Amanda leading the charge. Upon her and Kam taking last in the latest Purge, Kayleigh got into a blow-up with Natalie after the Brit outed the Big Brother alum on social media. But there was a competition to go along with it: the teams ascended hundreds of feet above to combine heights with high stakes.
   In the end, only Tony and the new host of 1st Look TV, Johnny Bananas, completed that tough course, and this week they hold the power vote in the hands... but it's what happens at Armageddon that will cause a ripple effect both in the main house and in Redemption. Meanwhile, one player finds themselves shook when an insult that might be considered unforgivable further divides them. And the teams will get locked up but will also find themselves puzzled by the week's challenge.

We'll have all the action, reaction and interaction from this week's episode coming up, along with the aftermath as a member of one of those teams speaks out. That's all ahead... we're glad you're with us.

Friday, September 28, 2018

DC SocialPulse Extra: Before Final Reckoning EP12 & AYTO7 EP9

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BY DC CUEVA                      
■ @DC408DXTR  @ IG/YT/SC/TB

Happy Friday friends... after what we have been through in the past week and especially the past couple days, we're finally at the weekend. All the action, reaction and interaction from this week's episodes of The Challenge and Are You The One? comes up here tomorrow & Sunday, respectively. But before that, why not enjoy and check out the in-between interactions of Team MTV before this week's episodes.
   Included in this pre-diary: Cory and Cheyenne joining the Teen Mom family when they and Bristol Palin were introduced in this week's "Meet the Moms" special, and the controversy that's emerged with the Challenge Throwdown events. Because of the sensitive nature of the two, comments have been turned off.

Saturday, September 22, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - Out of Control & Over the Edge

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BY DC CUEVA                      
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As we now turn the page in the four seasons calendar to autumn, things may start to cool outside, but things are certainly warming up as DCBLOG brings you in to the delicious stuff in MTV Reality this last official week & day of summer. And this week, if things haven't gotten serious yet on The Challenge: Final Reckoning, then now is the time that things are getting a bit heated as the last rites of t-shirts & shorts weather take place here this Saturday night.
   Last week in South Africa, Da'Vonne & Jozea were just recovering from an elimination defeat when they were given new life via the Double Cross, and it enabled them to send home everyone in Redemption (including Tori, Angela and co.), and gained a rematch with Paulie & Natalie... and it ended with the same end result: a SECOND trip back to the main house. Then, they joined the rest of the players still in the $1 million hunt as they took on a hybrid of going bagging above water with a good old-fashioned eating competition.
   In the end, Ashley & Hunter took out the win over pre-challenge favorites Bananas & Tony, and by the end of that contest, we'll find out who joins Paul & Nat in Redemption. But also this week, tension will begin to boil over between the defending champion and the Lavender Ladies, which will leave our favorite Staten Islander in between a rock and a hard place. And if things can get any more testy for the competitors, it does: a challenge taking place hundreds of feet above ground where trust must be rebuilt... on a bridge of ropes as dicey as a game worth $1 million.

All the action, reaction and interaction from this week's 11th episode is straight ahead for you here, along with plenty of jabbing taking place after what we saw this week. And while there are fans like you bemoaning that your favorite show isn't getting the kind of golden love it deserves, there's something to be proud of for an MTV alum who now has a coveted spot being part of a "fabulous" group... afterwards on ExtraTime, it's an Emmy with Karamo Brown and his Queer Eye buddies, and find out why he's lucky to be here for his big moment.

All of that is ahead on the Pulse of The Challenge. Welcome on in... glad to have you with us.

Saturday, September 15, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - "Redemption House Of Cards"

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Hey there everyone, hope you all are enjoying your Saturday night... we've just seen Canelo Alverez hand Gennady "GGG" Golovkin his first career loss in their much-hyped rematch in Vegas tonight, along with Texas manhandling USC in Austin. And as we're recovering from yesterday's knockout by Eminem over Machine Gun Kelly, we're now into the juicy stuff as far as The Challenge: Final Reckoning goes, as we're about to reach midway through the season.
   Last week, the main house found themselves on edge when everyone except previous week's power team, Amanda & Zach, were up for elimination... but once again, the art of burning a vote as a throwaway came back to haunt the teams: a three-way tie saw Da'Vonne & Jozea get voted in by Thor & the Pop-Off Queen, and they choose Kam & Kayleigh to go in. Both teams then endured what, so far, is the toughest elimination battle of this summer: both teams found themselves tortured but Kam & Kay won sending the BB duo back to Redemption.
   There, the Double Cross awaited Redemption, but in the end it went to Da'Vonne & Jozea, and this week they get an instant opportunity to regain their spot in the house.... again. Meanwhile, one guy who had plenty of moments in Hawaii gets an opportunity to utilize his skills of politicking to head back to the main house. And no Challenge season is complete without an eating challenge... and while a man who now finds himself in some baby drama has certainly thrived in those, this time there are stakes added to it this time around: whoever finishes last goes to Redemption.

All the action, reaction and interaction from an episode titled, "Redemption House of Cards" is ahead here, along with the debut of the midseason tease at night's end. And after the diary, we'll have a tribute to Mac Miller, as a friend of our shares her experience of meeting the now-departed rap star.
   More Redemption madness, eating disgusting food, and remembering Mac Miller... it's all ahead on the Pulse of The Challenge: Final Reckoning. We're glad you're with us.

DC SocialPulse Extra: Before Final Reckoning Week 10

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Happy Saturday to all of you... last night - or earlier this morning, DCBLOG offered our view of this week's intense and emotional episode of Floribama Shore, which sets the mood for what we have ahead here. Tonight, we'll have the Pulse of this week's Challenge Final Reckoning as the field finally gets cut down by way of munchies and pyramids, among other things planned for today & tomorrow.
   Until then, indulge yourself in the pre-episode buzz from this past week, which also sees Mac Miller, Cory & Cheyenne's historic Teen Mom invasion, CT's big day, Tony's baby drama and the 18th anniversary of 9/11.

Saturday, September 8, 2018

DC SocialPulse: The Challenge Final Reckoning - "Bro-ing Pains"

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Glad to have you here with us at DCBLOG on this late Saturday night at we roll along on this week's look Inside MTV Reality. And in what's been an eventful week with one of the Trifecta's most beloved families about to take their talents to Teen Mom, things are getting a bit serious now on The Challenge: Final Reckoning in South Africa.
   Last week, that sign came from out of the dark, when TJ Lavin brought on the season's first pair of Mercenaries, Ashley & Hunter, and not only did they win, they took over the spot of the losing pair in their elimination, Angela & Faith, in the main house. But things were ramped up a bit in both houses when Faith finds out that Kyle turned his attention to Ashley, and most especially when Shane decided to play dirty and rig a rugby-themed challenge for his team to lose, and it caused a lot of anger among his side.
   At night's end, Amanda & Zach became this season's first three-time challenge winners by way of vote, and this week they get to sit back & relax, as well as cast a power vote, to what goes down this week. The whole house is up for the cut and a trip to Redemption as unlikely competitors form an alliance and the dreaded burn votes cause things to get out of hand in Armageddon. And it's in the elimination chamber that the season's toughest do or die battle takes place in the cold... and when you have a water tank involved, one thing is guaranteed: torture.

We'll have all the action, reaction and interaction to Episode 9 for you here ahead, along with Team MTV enjoying Eminem's Kamikaze and enjoying the last weekend of summer. All of that's ahead - and thanks for staying up for us here tonight... settle in for this late night SocialPulse After Dark.


Thursday, September 6, 2018

DC ExtraTime: Big Brother/The Challenge Meets RuPaul

Excerpt from coverage of The Challenge: Final Reckoning - Week 1

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Without a doubt, the ones who made the biggest noise last were were the Big Brother contingent: Paulie continuing the ride he's enjoyed since he moved into the Ex On The Beach house... and then there's Jozea and Da'Vonne after they got eliminated in the opening Purge. With Jozea making the jump from Big Brother to Champs vs. Stars to now The Challenge itself now sees him join a tradition forged in this franchise.

Season 10 cast of RuPaul's Drag Race
MTV and Viacom have had a truly proud relationship with the LGBT community with its most notable person being the late Pedro Zamora of The Real World San Francisco. So many other people of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer orientation have graced both the RW/Challenge franchise and other series too, and there's a channel dedicated to them in LOGO TV. And by far, its most successful show is RuPaul's Drag Race, which recently completed its landmark 10th season and moved last year to VH1 to reach a broader audience than what it could being stuck in a digital tier.

Drag Race went on the air in 2009 with the iconic drag queen in a unique triple role as not only its host, but also mentor to the cast and head judge in determining their fates each week. The series has helped to bring to mainstream TV each week the art of dressing up in drag, with the usual reality competition standard of weekly challenges and eliminations, plus a walk on the runway and a lip-sync battle. Though many reality fans feel Survivor is far and away better, Drag Race has long been the award voter's favorite in having just netted twelve Emmy nominations, and judging by their Twitter interaction two avid viewers of Drag Race is MTV podcast host Ali Lasher and 3-time Challenge competitor Derek Chavez of Real World Cancun.

Twitter @jossie_flores
Season 10 this spring saw fourteen contestants try to join that club of those who have won this title, and a few weeks ago the season finale took place in front of a live audience in Los Angeles during Pride Month. Brooklyn resident Aquaria (whose actual identity is Giovanni Palandrani), was voted ahead of Eureka O'Hara and Kameron Michaels to be crowned winner of Drag Race after she was a constant top performer all season, and even made a vendetta in Bebe Rexha after some ill will took place backstage at the VH1 Trailblazer Honors.

And those who watched that season finale -- which aired on the same night of June 28th as the season finales of both Jersey Shore Family Vacation and Ex On The Beach -- spotted two familiar people in the audience watching the finale take place: Jozea and Da'Vonne were invited to represent The Challenge in the auditorium on finale night and watch Aquaria being given her crown. Their looks in the photo we have here might captured the same reactions we have in our living rooms to everything that went on last week

Da'Vonne captioned on Instagram @davonnedianne_, "That time when @jozeaofficial called me and said “Get up, Get Dressed, I’m taking you to @rupaulsdragrace finale” 😩❤️🏆." And Jozea added @jozeaofficial, "ME and @davonnedianne_ on @RuPaulsDragRace #RPDR10 finale !! #RPDRfinale 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻!!! @WorldOfWonder it was a amazing!!! @ChallengeMTV #TheChallenge32 supporting our @viacom family ❤️✊#thechallenge #teamaquaria."








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