Aaron2005

Yep you still need to watch that entire season and most of season 2 since you only saw the first 3-4 episodes lol

Jordan/Paulie are good so all we can do is just hope they mess up somewhere along the way lol

ETA: Tonight's Episode

Wow, this final is BRUTAL. All that running/walking and checkpoints and they still have another day to go. 50 miles is insane

Poor Georgia I like her and she had a great run this season overall. Would like to see her on another season. Bummed Mattie quit but she did the best she could. I like her as well and wouldn't mind her returning. This final was just crazy. Was she shown smoking cigarettes this season? I don't remember.

It's great that Wes wants to win and have a child with his wife. Lol at him saying he wants his child to compete in season 92 of the challenge

The top 3 are Theo, Turbo and Wes so far and I think they'll remain the top 3 for the rest of the final. So they're the tribunal and will have to vote someone in. It's still unclear how that'll work. If they vote for Hunter, the only non-tribunal male, then what happens next? Does he have to choose Ninja or CM and we'll have an opposite sex elimination? We'll have to wait and see

I'm worried that CM not taking the IV fluids will lead to her having to DQ like Georgia did, but we'll see.

Next week: We find out how the tribunal works and we get the rest of this final. Wes or Turbo FTW!

Jamie

This final is TOO brutal! I don't want to watch them die! I wonder what the temperature is. If it's really hot, that's so not okay in my opinion. I guess this is better than a really easy final though, the last couple have been weak.

I'm not hating on Mattie, because I really think she is ADORABLE, but at Challenge Mania Live, Wes was adamant that Mattie is the best female the show has ever seen, and I'm not sure why. Nany argued back that Laurel is better, and Wes still said Mattie was better because she cares more. Again, I like Mattie a lot, and hope to see her back, but I don't think she proved to be the best female this season, lol. She couldn't make the rope jump last week, and she quit the final before Ninja and Cara.

Turbo on the other hand (who Wes said is the best guy this show has ever seen) I do agree with. He has the mentality to win this. My money is on him. Although it comes off as straight up adorable when he tells his body that it won't win, and that his body has to listen to him.. he has the exact right idea! Hunter won't win cause he's a complainer, lol.

But right now we have Theo & Wes a bit ahead of Turbo!

As far as the tribunal, TJ said that they have to pick 1 person to possibly be eliminated. Are we assuming that 1 person then picks an opponent and they have an elimination? I hope not. They all worked too hard for it to come down to that! Plus, we're already down 2 people!!
I think they'll choose Ninja, because she's in 4th place. They'll use that as their excuse, choosing the person closest to their times. It's the easy choice. The second easy choice is Hunter, I guess, since he's in last and he's a male. I think it'll be Ninja though.

I'm rooting for Wes to take 1st, and Turbo to take 2nd. 3rd to Cara or Theo. However, my money is on Turbo taking 1st.

Aaron2005

This seasons winner is getting gypped. Only 750K for first? Ashley walked away with 1 million dollars last season after coming into the game late and competing in a much easier final. This season winner should get $2 million.

True. maybe if she didn't smoke she would've done better like TJ said lol. Like Ninja I could see her getting far based on her size. Other girls wouldn't want to face her in an elimination round.

Ninja makes sense. Everyone is looking out for themselves and doing what will benefit them most. So far the final has been 100% individual, which is something CM has been asking for awhile. Lets see if it continues to be that way in the second half

Jamie

You're right. Ashley getting $1million will forever be insane. This winner deserves that prize.

Aaron2005

TJ has been saying for several months that this final was no joke. He wasn't kidding.

Next week we get the season finale and the week after we get a 2 hour reunion special. They're combing both parts and airing it in one night instead of doing the usual part 1/part 2 in back to back weeks. Do you think you'll be able to stay up and watch the whole thing lol?

Jamie

As long as it's entertaining I will!

Aaron2005

Cool. I'm kind of glad they're airing it all in one night

ETA: The US cast members on season 34 will depart to Thailand this Monday, May 20th. The international people will travel there the next day, May 21st

Alexa

Thanks for the title.

The final part 1 was BRUTAL. BRUTAL. I cant even run 1 mile let alone 6... FOUR TIMES! And having to do it in the heat and with that sand? i dont blame Georgia and Mattie at all for giving up. I dont think i could ever just give up, but it'd be dead last and way way behind.

It would be smarter do all the challenges first wouldnt it? so that you wouldnt have to wait on anyone to finish theirs. I also thought they timed out way too easy. I know the running was super hard but they should have done less miles/running and made them actually complete the challenges before moving on. Because instead of the challenges really having too much focus its all on the running portion really? So if you are a good runner then this part is in your favor.

Cara not wanting the IV was so weird and annoying! She is seriously such a baby. I hope that it DQs her lol.

I too think they should pick Natalie because she is in 4th but they might pick hunter if they are worried its an eating challenge. Does the person picked get to choose whoever they want out of the bottom 2 or out of anyone?

Jamie

^ Hunter was the only one that had to wait, but yeah, that worked to his disadvantage definitely. Ninja had an okay strategy doing more than one puzzle at a time.

It's unclear! We don't know. It would've been better if Georgia & Mattie hadn't quit lol cause there would be more people to choose from!

Challenge 34 - I heard Cara, Tori, Paulie, Bananas are all confirmed...

ETA:

On Twitter, here's who is "confirmed":

Cara
Georgia
Bananas
Jordan
Josh
Kyle
Nany
Paulie
Theo
Tori

I'm slightly surprised by Josh. Wasn't sure he made enough impact on his first season to come back. He's cool though.

Alexa

Yeah what would happen if hunter had quit too? Cara and Natalie would be forced to go against each other? What if 4 people quit lol. Maybe they were planning to get rid of more people anyway so them quitting helped?

Theo has a whole hour advantage on Wes? Ugh I have a feeling he will win if there is more running.

I don’t want Pauli’s and Cara again

Aaron2005

It'll be interesting to watch it all play out for sure

Yeah those are the names I heard as well. We'll know soon enough. The US people travel today, most likely late tonight. We may have two Georgia's on this one: Georgia H (the one on this season) and Georgia S, a new girl we don't know.

Speaking of Georgia H, her podcast with Derrick is up. I'll be listening soon

Jamie

Yeah. I think they should've maybe eliminated the tribunal after they saw how the first day turned out (with two people quitting).

Also maybe the elimination will be a puzzle, to equalize in case it's girl vs guy. Hunter would lose to either of them.

I'm not happy Cara/Paulie/Kyle are all on 34. I was hoping Paulie or Kyle wouldn't be. I figured Cara would be.

Aaron2005

True. Hunter even said that puzzles are even bigger rival to him than Bananas/Ashley are lol

Yeah I'd really like a break from the annual CM/Paulie/Kyle storyline but I know we're not getting that. It's getting old

Jamie

Looks like Bear, Kam, & the new Georgia (also from Love Island... weird, two blond Georgia's from the same show lol) are all "confirmed"

Aaron2005

Bear supposedly has a crush on this new Georgia as well and was trying to get with her in the past. He's got a thing for Georgia's I guess lol. With both of them there, things could get messy and I'm not looking forward to it lol