Last week we saw the Battle of the Exes 2 cast compete in a grueling challenge called Don’t Forget About Me that only half of the cast could finish. Many of the people competing said it was the toughest challenge ever, and it certainly had a few people stressing out. Let’s check out some of the other challenges that were overly difficult. This list does … Continue reading 10 Of The Toughest Challenges Ever
Long-term Challenge fans have seen all of these seasons. Even some of the newer fans have seen them all. Now that Free Agents if rapidly approaching, it seemed like a good idea to rank the past ten seasons. Starting with The Gauntlet 3, these are the seasons that have had hour-long episodes. Also, it was really around this time that the dynamic of The Challenge … Continue reading The Challenge: Past 10 Seasons Ranked
Everyone likes a good GIF, and with the The Real World on hiatus for a week, we need a little entertainment to hold us over. So let me tell you the 10-Step process of dealing with a week without Real World Explosion… in GIF form. Warning: GIFs can load slowly. So if this posts takes a minute to load, well, that’s life. So it’s Wednesday … Continue reading 10 Real World & Challenge Gifs To Hold You Over Until The Real World Returns
A new season of The Challenge and The Real World are definitely in our future, so I wanted to look at just how successful the shows are compared to other shows on MTV. If you read my blog religiously, which I hope you do, you know I post ratings every week. Each week, The Real World/Challenge goes up against powerhouse shows like Duck Dynasty, South … Continue reading How Successful Are The Challenges?
Blizzard Nemo is here! In honor of the snowmageddon that has come our way, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and check out some of the coldest missions to ever be on a challenge! Hands on Saturn (Battle of the Seasons) One of the fun challenges on the original Battle of the Seasons was standing around a car shaped piece of ice and resting … Continue reading Coolest Challenges Ever
In 2012 the RW/RR/Challenge franchise saw some ups and downs. Ultimately these produced some great TV moments, and some terrible ones. Let’s review some of the good, bad and sad things that happened in 2012. THE GOOD Battle of the Exes premiered in January, starting off a successful challenge season. Thirteen pairs of exes reunited in the Dominican Republic to face off against each other. … Continue reading 2012- A Year in a Post
OK, so it has officially been a week since Battle of the Seasons ended, but it is just starting to feel like the season is over. In this post, I’d like to talk about the impact that Battle of the Seasons made on the entire challenge series. Firstly, rookies CAN win. Sure, Battle of the Seasons was about 80% rookies, but team San Diego came in … Continue reading Battle of the Seasons: The End is Here
We have reached the end of another challenge season! As exciting as the final episodes can be, this final did not manage to draw in that many viewers. According to TVByTheNumbers, the final episode was watched by a total of 1.01 million people and scored a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Not too good. I expected better from this season, but hopefully we will … Continue reading Episode 12 Ratings: End of the Line
Usually I post about the week’s top 5 moments, but because this week aired the final episode, there’s only one thing to talk about: THE FINAL! Of course, I found myself rooting for Team Brooklyn to win. Sarah has been in 3 finals now, and lost all three. I would have loved to see her finally win, but unfortunately she was not able to drag … Continue reading Challenge Final Episode: Nice Guys Finish Last
I did this last season with the 3 remaining teams on Battle of the Exes, and now I will do it with the Battle of the Seasons teams. If Team San Diego wins, it will be the first time since the original Battle of the Seasons that the entire winning team was newbies. Frank will be the 4th gay challenge champion, behind Real World Miami’s … Continue reading If…Wins
This week’s episode featured the last challenge and Arena before the final. The cast is now in Namibia and have left Turkey. Let’s check out the best moments from this episode: 5. Sink, Swim, or Fly This week’s challenge featured a huge slide that cast members got launched off of…very similar to Fresh Meat 2’s Airheads. Once launched off of the slide, the cast member … Continue reading Episode 11: 5 Moments Before the Final
With only one real episode left, Battle of the Seasons seems to have taken a turn for the worst. Last week we saw ratings drop below the 1 million mark, and this week we did not see an improvement. Though the ratings remained very close to last week’s, this is still not good. Wednesday’s episode was viewed by 0.96 million people according to TVByTheNumbers. The … Continue reading Episode 11 Ratings: Sinking, Not Swimming
