Rant | You're All Monsters | The Challenge: All Stars Premiere | S01E01 | Paramount Plus
Added 2021-04-01 19:36:01 +0000 UTCIn my 1st Challenge All Stars Rant, I explain why this season feels like an Instant Classic, why this is much better than Challenge 36, & why I prefer Livesavers over Skulls. Enjoy!
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Yayy I’m so excited your reviewing the All Star Season! It was such a good episode. Great rant coach
Jaydah
2021-04-03 11:13:21 +0000 UTCAneesa: 14 challenges, 0 wins, 2 finals (The Gauntlet 2 & The Duel II) * Strengths: Puzzles, good at eliminations for the most part if it’s the right matchup * Weaknesses: Endurance, not knowing when to pick sides * Possible Alliances: Pretty much anyone on the cast. She knows everyone. But her and Trishelle did have beef on Rivals II which led to Trishelle quitting like a coward. Also Beth fears Aneesa * Most Memorable Moment: The infamous Gauntlet 2 speech to Cara Zavaleta where she claimed, “I don’t need a gauntlet, I will cut you with words” * Fun Fact: Teck is the only male and Kendal is the only female that Aneesa has not done a season with prior to this Challenge Arissa: 1 challenge (Battle of the Sexes 2), 0 wins, 1 final * Strengths: None. Probably the lowest tiered player here. Her only saving grace is she may be seen as a layup. It’s how she made the final on Battle of the Sexes 2 * Weaknesses: Everything * Possible Alliances: Her Vegas cast * Most Memorable Moment: She spazzed out once during a mission where she had to walk across a balance beam with Coral screaming at her * Fun Fact: The Vegas cast she is playing with this time is completely different than the ones she was playing with on Battle of the Sexes 2 Beth: 7 challenges, 0 wins, 1 final (Challenge) * Strengths: Very underrated physically, especially in physical eliminations * Weaknesses: The original ‘bitch’ of The Challenge. This woman starts drama by entering a room. She tends to quit when the going gets tough as well (The Inferno II & The Gauntlet 2) * Possible Alliances: Syrus, Nehemiah * Most Memorable Moment: The Duel when she easily should’ve beat Svetlana in Push Over but ripped the flag from the carabiner and was DQ’d * Fun Fact: Oldest woman on the cast, easily Jemmye: 7 challenges, 0 wins, 1 final (Rivals II) * Strengths: Underrated physically. Gets along with most of the women. She’s like this era’s version of Katie * Weaknesses: Bad endurance and sucks at puzzles * Possible Alliances: Jonna, Trishelle, Aneesa, Katie, any Black man (she loves Black men) * Most Memorable Moment: Sending Jenna to the Shadow Realm against Kailah on Dirty 30 * Fun Fact: She has a phobia of ketchup Jisela: 3 challenges, 0 wins, 0 finals * Strengths: Decent social game * Weaknesses: Historically is a bad performer on daily comps. TJ gave her a hard time on The Gauntlet 2 for basically quitting against Ruthie * Possible Alliances: Aneesa, Katie, Ruthie * Most Memorable Moment: She’s the first person we see on Battle of the Seasons (2002), jumping out of a plane * Fun Fact: MTV production really liked her and always called her back for Challenges but she would always decline. Jisela/Veronica were the original female duo before Rachel came along Jonna: 5 challenges, 0 wins, 0 finals * Strengths: Very strong for her size. Her and Jasmine were the last female team eliminated before the final on Rivals * Weaknesses: Seeks attention from men (Zach on BOTS (2012), Jordan on Rivals II) * Possible Alliances: Aneesa, Jemmye * Most Memorable Moment: Her argument with Jasmine on Rivals * Fun Fact: Jonna was originally on the cast for Fresh Meat II but forgot her passport. She was replaced by Evelyn Katie: 9 challenges, 1 win (The Inferno), 2 finals * Strengths: She can surprise you in eliminations if you piss her off enough * Weaknesses: Poor stamina (She infamously was on a treadmill smoking during one of her own eliminations during The Inferno). Probably the most volatile of all the cast members * Possible Alliances: Big Easy, Trishelle (I believe they’re still real-life friends), Jisela, Kendal * Most Memorable Moment: Defying the odds after her own team tried to get her eliminated on The Inferno, but she kept winning. She was the key to solving the puzzle to help them win that final * Fun Fact: Katie was Jisela’s replacement on Road Rules: The Quest when Jisela was voted off KellyAnne: 4 challenges, 0 wins, 1 final (The Ruins) * Strengths: Probably one of the best, in-shape, women on this cast * Weaknesses: Too big of a target. I can see the older ladies sacrificing her early on * Possible Alliances: Kendal, Nehemiah * Most Memorable Moment: Her and Sarah Rice nearly beating the stacked Champions team during The Ruins final * Fun Fact: Used to date Wes Kendal: 1 challenge (The Inferno), 1 win, 1 final * Strengths: Very good physically despite her outward appearance * Weaknesses: May lack the interpersonal connections because she’s been away so long * Possible Alliances: Darrell (RR Campus Crawl castmate), Derrick, Katie * Most Memorable Moment: Her volunteering to go into elimination to save Timmy on The Inferno (and winning) * Fun Fact: Would’ve done more Challenges but got pregnant shortly after The Inferno which changed her life drastically Ruthie: 4 challenges, 0 wins, 1 final (Battle of the Sexes) * Strengths: Heart, tenacity * Weaknesses: Her size has gotten her in trouble in physical eliminations against women bigger than her. Politically she’s bad as well, too afraid to cut throats at times * Possible Alliances: Teck (RW Hawaii castmate), Mark, Aneesa (love/hate relationship so watch out for this), Jisela * Most Memorable Moment: Her entire performance on Battle of the Sexes. It was nice to see her do well after her alcoholism problems from her RW season * Fun Fact: Every season Ruthie has done, Mark and Aneesa have also been on the cast Trishelle: 4 challenges, 0 wins, 1 final (BOTS (2012)) * Strengths: Trishelle is actually pretty athletic, surprisingly * Weaknesses: She tends to rub other women the wrong way. Coral hated her on both The Gauntlet and The Inferno. Sarah Rice had beef with her on BOTS (2012), and she nearly came to blows with Aneesa on Rivals II * Possible Alliances: RW Vegas cast although she doesn’t vibe with Alton well. He voted her into elimination once on The Gauntlet. Katie, Jemmye * Most Memorable Moment: Making the final on BOTS (2012) without Alton’s help * Fun Fact: Feared Coral was going to show up on The Gauntlet 2 so declined, only to find out Coral didn’t do that season because she chose to do another show instead
Whitney McGrew
2021-04-02 04:18:17 +0000 UTCAce: 4 challenges, 0 wins, 1 final (The Inferno 3) * Strengths: Well-liked, won’t cause drama * Weaknesses: Poor politics, bad at eliminations * Possible Alliances: RW Vegas cast (he’s done Challenges with all 3 in the past and ran a final with Alton) * Most Memorable Moment: The Gauntlet 2 when he forgot to put a truck in neutral for a pushing task and was sent to the Shadow Realm by Derrick in the following elimination * Fun Fact: Ace was the 1st eliminated on his 1st season & the 2nd eliminated on his 2nd season. He joked he would be 3rd next time but it didn’t happen Alton: 4 challenges, 1 win (The Gauntlet 2), 3 finals * Strengths: Great climber, strong in eliminations * Weaknesses: Can be polarizing to certain people at times. On Battle of the Seasons (2012) he could not adapt to the new school style well. He basically asked to go into elimination and fell on the sword * Possible Alliances: RW Vegas cast, but watch out for Trishelle, though. They were never really close on their original season and it showed on BOTS (2012) * Most Memorable Moment: Elimination against LT on The Gauntlet when he destroyed him * Fun Fact: He was the only team captain on The Gauntlet 2 to keep his captaincy the entire season Darrell: 10 challenges, 4 wins (The Gauntlet, The Inferno, The Inferno II, Fresh Meat), 4 finals * Strengths: Endurance, swimming, finals beast * Weaknesses: Heights * Possible Alliances: Kendal (Campus Crawl castmate), Derrick, LT, Syrus, Aneesa, Katie * Most Memorable Moment: Beating the brakes off of Brad on The Ruins which cost him his 5th win * Fun Fact: Darrell never touched an elimination round until Fresh Meat Derrick: 10 challenges, 3 wins (The Inferno 3, The Island, The Ruins), 5 finals * Strengths: Heart, tenacity, politics * Weaknesses: Size, quick tempered (although he’s calmed down as he’s gotten older as evidenced when Nelson tried to fight him on Dirty 30) * Possible Alliances: Darrell, Mark, Syrus, Katie, Ruthie * Most Memorable Moment: Easily when he came in as a mercenary on Vendettas and beat Joss * Fun Fact: Derrick’s 1st win came due to CT getting into a fight his 1st night on The Inferno 3 and Derrick being brought in as a CT replacement Eric “Big Easy”: 6 challenges, 0 wins, 1 final (The Gauntlet III) * Strengths: Eliminations where his size can punish his opponent like his Hall Brawl vs. Wes on BOTS (2012) * Weaknesses: Endurance, bad swimmer * Possible Alliances: Katie (His Fresh Meat partner and real-life best friend) * Most Memorable Moment: No brainer here. When Big Easy “died” during the final on The Gauntlet III, costing the stacked Veterans team the victory. It was actually pretty scary. Brad was the only one who cared about his well-being * Fun Fact: He’s the only contestant this season whose original show is from The Challenge itself (Fresh Meat) Laterrian “LT”: 3 challenges, 0 wins, 1 final (Extreme Challenge) * Strengths: Likable (if you ever watched Battle of the Sexes, you can see his personality) * Weaknesses: He’s pretty bad at everything else historically. He was the original Tyrie/Josh Martinez archetype of big guys who sucked at comps and eliminations * Possible Alliances: Anyone from Road Rules including Mark * Most Memorable Moment: Extreme Challenge when he did a courtroom segment with Judge Mills Lane * Fun Fact: LT was apart of the Road Rules team that lost to the Real World team for the 1st time ever on Extreme Challenge Mark: 6 challenges, 2 wins (Challenge & Battle of the Sexes), 4 finals * Strengths: Political but unproblematic (makes Bananas looks like an amateur), strong even at his age now * Weaknesses: Target may be too big. I could see someone on the bottom taking a shot at him at some point * Possible Alliances: Anyone he chooses (For real, he’s that political). But Derrick is definitely at the top of his list * Most Memorable Moment: Tricking Brad into not being a team captain on Battle of the Sexes 2, which led to Brad getting eliminated * Fun Fact: He campaigned hard on social media for this season to happen and is one of the executive producers on this season Nehemiah: 4 challenges, 1 win (The Gauntlet III),1 final * Strengths: Decent in eliminations, pretty good shape even now * Weaknesses: Can be polarizing at times (like Alton) which affects him politically. His Gauntlet III win was helped due to 2 other RW Austin cast members being on the winning team with him * Possible Alliances: Beth, Syrus, Mark * Most Memorable Moment: Hookup with Beth on The Duel * Fun Fact: Nehemiah is the last Black winner the show has had (The Gauntlet III aired in 2008) Syrus: 5 challenges, 1 win (Extreme Challenge), 2 finals * Strengths: Strong, good social game * Weaknesses: Age, he’s one of the older cast members * Possible Alliances: Beth (real life friends), Nehemiah, Darrell, Derrick, LT, Yes * Most Memorable Moment: The time he almost whooped TJ’s ass on The Gauntlet 2 for being disrespectful * Fun Fact: Appeared in Eminem’s “Without Me” video Teck: 1 challenge (Challenge 2000), 0 wins, 1 final * Strengths: Strong social game * Weaknesses: Physically not as strong as some of the guys * Possible Alliances: Ruthie (RW Hawaii castmate), Yes * Most Memorable Moment: He went partying all night before a mission and damn near missed the bus to the next destination * Fun Fact: One of the more recognizable faces from The Real World in the 90’s. He & Ruthie were very popular from their season Yes: 3 challenges, 1 win (Challenge 2000), 1 final * Strengths: Arguably the most likable guy on the cast * Weaknesses: Lack of connections. This is his only Challenge appearance where he will be without Veronica (his RR Semester at Sea partner in crime) * Possible Alliances: Mark, Syrus, Aneesa, Teck, Ruthie * Most Memorable Moment: He and Veronica being eliminated 1st on Battle of the Seasons (2002) because cowards be hating * Fun Fact: Yes’s last Challenge appearance was also Aneesa’s 1st (Battle of the Sexes)
Whitney McGrew
2021-04-02 04:17:11 +0000 UTCthats awesome 🤩 whitney 🔥
bashavusta
2021-04-02 00:49:05 +0000 UTCI thought it would be cool to post some of my thoughts on some of the players for those who may have never seen their seasons, or need a reminder:
Whitney McGrew
2021-04-01 23:54:02 +0000 UTCParamount +
Dave Smith
2021-04-01 20:14:37 +0000 UTCWhere can you watch the show?
Aaron Roy
2021-04-01 19:40:38 +0000 UTC
