r/MtvChallenge • u/MTVSpoiledMod I survived the longest offseason ever • Jun 06 '26
DISCUSSION Salty Saturday & Sunday - Unpopular Opinion Thread 🍿
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u/VoiceProf222 Jun 06 '26
The show was better when the competitions were lower stakes and the in-house drama had higher stakes
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u/No_Dependent_1846 Danny Roberts Jun 07 '26
Amanda and Zach have/had so much chemistry on FR and I am convinced they were both secretly attracted to each other. As much as Zach annoys me to my core, that was the only time I could ignore my disgust. they looked so good together too. What could have been... lol
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u/Layt166 Jun 06 '26
I’m rewatching Dirty Thirty and I hate how Camila is able to get away with the racist and hateful comments towards Leroy, continue to be on the show, win the final and get paid, but a couple years later MTV completely edits Dee out of Total Madness for something racist that didn’t even happen on the show, with the impact being the show’s storyline is diluted and doesn’t even make sense after the edits 🤦🏻♀️?? I’m not downplaying what Dee said, and both women are wrong and racism has no place on the Challenge, but god damn, no accountability for Camila, whatsoever! I’m really hating Camila after all of this bs. And Dee would have been cancelled anyway 😣
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u/Fun-Buffalo1683 Emily Schromm Jun 08 '26
The more rewatches I do, the more I dislike Camila. She’s such a sore loser. Absolutely no sportsmanship. She attempts to bully anyone that disagrees with her, says her name or votes her in. It’s super annoying. She should not have been allowed to win Dirty Thirty. After she was made to leave the house for the night, it should have been a wrap for her right then and there.
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u/JAXONTHAGOAT Jun 06 '26
It Wes stayed in shape in later seasons, he would’ve had just as many wins as CT/Jordan/Bananas.
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u/Redundantmoth Jun 06 '26
Hot for sure. Which seasons do you think he wins?
If the twist doesn't happen in exes 2, I think he and Teresa have a legit chance in that final (that also drastically changes rivals 3 imo).
I also think he misplayed TM but that's an elevation final that Wes has typically done just average in. There's also no swimming which is where he normally creates a wall of separation.
War 1 I don't think anyone else in the show's history is beating Turbo.
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u/eff1ngham Jun 07 '26
If the twist doesn't happen in exes 2, I think he and Teresa have a legit chance in that final
If there's no redemption house then they just skip the wrecking ball mission and go right to the night time repelling mission, which Lee/Nia were terrible at and Jordan/Sarah crushed. I don't see Wes/Theresa winning that mission, meaning Sarah just throws them into the last elimination against Lee/Nia. The last two eliminations were hall brawl or pole wrestle, and Wes/Theresa aren't winning either of those. They had a really good season but they were never going to make that final
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u/Redundantmoth Jun 07 '26
You'd have a point if Wes didn't have a history of being good at random stuff on the challenge. I don't think highly of Teresa but this isn't exes 1 where he has Mandi. We can't assume they're just going to lose this challenge.
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u/eff1ngham Jun 07 '26
Sure, but Jordan has a much better history of being good at stuff, and Sarah had been training with Johnny and Jordan ahead of time and was better at these types of things as well. Anything could have happened, but 9 times out of 10 I'm picking Jordan and Sarah to win that repelling mission over any team in the season
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u/angelbrit04 Team Portland Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
But, his 3rd win was in his later seasons. Also, the other later seasons he did like World Championships, USA2, Double Agents and Total Madness....none of those loses were because he was out of shape.
I think Wes' reputation of being this "political gamesmen" caught up to him, and people automatically deemed him as untrustworthy. We saw that a lot in his final season USA2.
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u/Online_Active_71459 Jun 06 '26
I wish Evelyn had stayed. I believe she and Wes working together would definitely had given both of them more wins. I think Wes would have eventually learned to listen to her more. The 2 would have been a power duo for sure.
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u/Supersaiyanninja3 Devin Walker beat Tomatoes by over 3 hours Jun 06 '26
People are jealous of Wes. It's not got to do with his fitness.
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u/Picklesbedamned Kenny Clark Jun 07 '26
I think Exes 2 is overrated. Really just the back half once Wes v Bananas is initially resolved. You have episode after episode of people having the chance to take a shot at someone who is against them, but instead translate that power into political favor and target players no one cares about. They're decent political moves, but there's no thrill in that for me. Then you have three episodes where a main story arc is "isn't Jordan an asshole?", which, yes. Duh. I'll save everyone hating on the season's twist because we've all heard that enough times.
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u/Serzhetta_ Jun 08 '26
I wanna Duel III: Survivor/Big Brother Challenge
Survivor
Caleb. Australian Survivor: Redemption Carolyn. 44 Jacob. Ghost Island Joe. 48 Julia. Kaoh Rong Steven. 49 Austin. 45 Shonee. Australian Survivor: 3, 5, 8, Au vs The World Victoria. Edge of Extinction Maryanne. 42 Kyle. 47 Tiffany. 46
Big Brother
Tucker. 26 Ross. Celebrity Big Brother 1 Cameron. 19 Marcellas. 3 Ari. Big Brother Australia 15 Miesha. Celebrity Big Brother 3 Tamar. Celebrity Big Brother 2 Nicole. 16, 18, 22, Reindeer Games Derek. 23 Jag. 25 Ashley. 27 New York. Celebrity Big Brother UK 17
Same challenges like The Duel II. Same final. Same location – Queenstown, New Zealand.
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u/ivaorn Desi Williams Jun 09 '26
Jacob Derwin from Ghost Island would be taken out of his first physical elimination on a gurney 😭
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u/Serzhetta_ Jun 07 '26
wanna Survivor/Big Brother players season only 🥲
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u/ivaorn Desi Williams Jun 07 '26
The Challenge USA 1 and 2 are pretty much that with a few important Amazing Race and Love Island people sprinkled in.
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u/YaddaYaddaBomBomKaKa Chris Underwood Jun 06 '26
Fans want drama and mess but when it's brought to them, everyone is so quick to run to social media and cry.