You're watching an extended episode of "The Challenge."
Stay tuned after the episode for the final words
from the eliminated challengers.
♪ MTV. ♪
-(indistinct shouting) -Push!
-Go, go, go! -(yelling)
Let's go!
TJ: For over a quarter of a century...
BANANAS: I'm gonna take the money and run, Teej.
TJ: MTV's The Challenge has revolutionized
competition television.
I will smash his head and eat it.
TJ: An unparalleled battleground for the strongest...
WOMAN: I (bleep) beat bitches up!
-...most clever... -I got you again.
...and fiercest contenders clash
to prove they're the best in the game.
Grab the flag!
But only the privileged few
have risen above the rest to earn
the coveted title of Challenge champion.
We (bleep) did it! We did it!
TJ: I've assembled some of the most determined, ruthless,
up-and-coming contenders from across the universe.
And they all have one thing in common.
None of them have earned the prestigious
title of Challenge champion.
MELISSA: Winning The Challenge
will better my daughter's future.
-CALLUM: I'm here to win it. -HUGHIE: If anyone gets in my way,
they should be (bleep) themselves.
JAY: I'm gonna piss off a lot of people because
I will do anything it takes to win this game.
24 hungry contenders
have spent the night in the Arena, but they have
no idea what's in store.
This ever-evolving game is not only designed to test
their intellect and strength,
but also their social skills.
Loose lips sink ships, know what I'm saying?
TJ: And their ability to adapt to any situation.
(shouting)
OLIVIA: I came here to be a champ,
so if I have to stab you in the back,
I'll do what I need to do.
TJ: Who will rise to the occasion...
-(indistinct shouting) -(horn blares)
...to become the next
Challenge champion
and become part of The Challenge legacy?
(whooping)
One catch.
♪ ♪
To be the best,
they'll have to beat the best.
DARRELL: You think you could beat me?
You better check my résumé.
KAYCEE: That's my money.
DEVIN: I came here to ruin your day.
JORDAN: We are cutthroat. We are not gonna take it easy.
TORI: This is my crown, my Arena.
CARA MARIA: I came into this Arena to cause chaos.
(distorted laughter)
CT: If you want to win this game,
you're gonna have to come through me.
JAY: Let's go!
(overlapping shouting, whooping)
Let's go!
TJ: Let the games begin.
This is The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion.
♪ ♪
COREY: Do you see this mess we made last night?
(screaming, clamoring)
We destroyed everything.
Tomorrow we go to war, but let's have fun tonight.
I have almost made it to a final twice.
I still like my gameplay on The Challenges.
Pretty political.
I make moves people don't expect me to make.
This season,
I need to let these people know
that I'm actually a good competitor.
Big T's story isn't over yet.
No, no, no, no, I'm married.
I'm not playing for myself.
-(shouting) -(laughter)
I'm playing for my son and for my wife.
We've been renting an apartment, struggling.
I promised my son that I'll come back with a W.
And I'm here to take souls for sure.
Winning The Challenge means absolutely everything to me.
My daughter's three now, and what I do now will
better my daughter's future, so if you go
into a challenge with me, I will (bleep) you up.
I'm so sleep-deprived, I'm actually wearing odd socks.
Melly, this is my bed!
I've got mosquito bites.
BIG T: Why aren't you wearing your trousers?
HUGHIE: Uh, because I was in bed!
(sighs)
Fourth season, baby, and I haven't made it halfway yet.
From the last time of The Challenge, I learned to keep
my temper and ego a little bit down.
Sometimes I just need to learn to shut it.
But, you know, being raised by a Latina mom,
that doesn't (bleep) happen. (laughs)
-Well, I have self-control. -I don't.
If you (bleep) me over, I'll ruin your life.
(all shouting, clamoring)
I'm done waiting around for TJ.
-Yeah. -TJ (echoing): Contenders.
TJ.
TJ (echoing): You ready?
(TJ laughing)
Let's go!
What's going on?
(all cheering, clamoring)
What has been happening in here?
An absolute nightmare.
(in slow motion): Nightmare.
We're going insane.
Teej, you're, like, 11 hours too late, brah.
We've been here waiting for you.
I need all of you to come down here, please.
Seeing TJ for the first time is like euphoria.
(angelic choir sings)
This is the season that I've been waiting for.
(cheering, clamoring)
JAY: Bring it on!
HORACIO: Last season was a tough one
ending the way it did with that unfortunate accident.
(gasps)
-OLIVIA: I broke my nose. -TJ: Horacio.
Olivia is unable to continue on in this final.
So you're out.
HORACIO: Knowing we could've possibly won,
it made me feel gutted.
So I'm back for...
Let's get this party started.
I need you to get changed and meet me at the first challenge.
(cheering, clamoring)
MICHELE: My experience on Survivor, I was known
as somebody who really just got along with everybody.
My social game has always been really good.
I love that I have a lot of friends here.
But I have to try to find a way to navigate
the relationships that I have previously and
I think it's gonna be really difficult.
I can't wait for the first challenge of the season
because I came to compete and I came to win.
I hope the theme is individuals.
Please, TJ, let me just fight for myself.
I don't want to trust those people.
CALLUM: My time on The Challenge: UK was kind of, like,
to be honest, it was pretty smooth sailing.
I didn't go into elimination once.
I mean, I didn't win a challenge once, but
hey, you know I made it to the end, right, but this
doesn't feel like The UK Challenge anymore, everyone
looks twice as badass and twice as sexy.
Actually, I've started sweating now thinking about it.
(cheering, clamoring)
TJ: All right, everyone.
I'm TJ Lavin. I'm the host of The Challenge.
I'd like to welcome you all to season 39.
It is going to be epic.
(cheering, clamoring)
Looking around, you all have two things in common.
One, you're not a rookie. Two, none of you can call
-yourself a champion. -Facts.
CIARRAN: The fact that there's no champions on here,
I'm absolutely over the moon. If I win this season,
my mum, you know, doesn't have much money
in the U.K., I can give her some.
And for myself, I, you know,
put my money into Pokémon.
I collect cards. I'm a bit of a nerd.
I'd like to welcome all of you
to Battle for a New Champion.
(cheering, clamoring)
Everyone else here is also not a champion.
That means all of them are just as hungry for this title
as I am and that's definitely gonna bring the competition up.
TJ: Some of you have played, but couldn't
take an elimination win.
TJ: All right, Big T.
It just wasn't your night tonight.
Corey L. and Michele, I really hope we see you in the future.
(indistinct shouting, clamoring)
TJ: Melissa, unfortunately, tonight just wasn't your night.
Some of you have faced injuries that
have forced you out of the game.
-Your time here is done. -Here we go!
TJ: You are not medically cleared to continue.
CONTESTANT: Oh, my God.
Others have made it to the final only to have it
stolen from you right at the end.
While others have only played one season.
Made a name for yourself.
Now you're back for a second chance.
Now, I'm sure you're wondering what you can expect this season.
Well, listen up. You are all worthy contenders.
However, the title of Challenge champion...
is going to one person.
That's right.
Only one person is gonna
be crowned Challenge champion this season.
-Make that be you. -Let's go. -Damn.
Only one that's gonna get that W-- girl, boy, small, big.
It's anyone's season. You never want to underestimate anyone.
Whoever makes it to the end and wins that final
will have deservedly earned the title of champion.
However, this season, nothing will be handed to you.
You have to earn it, and it starts
with your final prize pot.
Now, as of now, the final is worth...
...$300,000.
(crickets chirping)
What?
It's a lot of money, but can I have some more, please?
$300,000.
It's a life-changing money for me, my family, for everyone
I know. I'm here to get the bag
and be the champion of The Challenge.
You will have an opportunity
to get up to half a million dollars.
(cheering, clamoring)
COREY: I know what it felt like being a gay kid playing
sports and I was the only gay kid on my football team.
And I want to show that we're just as good as everybody else.
And hopefully some gay kid watching me is inspired
and can go do whatever the heck he wants to do.
TJ: So are you ready to hear how it goes down?
This season will be divided into three levels.
Control.
During level one, control, I'm gonna give you
the opportunity to earn more money.
Chaos.
During level two, chaos,
you're gonna be fighting to protect that money.
CT: I'm gonna crash this party.
And conquest.
During level three, conquest, you may earn even more.
Each of you must make it through all three levels
in order to become a Challenge champion.
So welcome to control, the first level of the season.
-(thunder crashes) -Oh, my God!
Here we are. It's The Challenge.
(cheering, clamoring)
It seems like whatever's gonna be happening in these next few
challenges, eliminations, it's gonna be in our control.
I do have a lot of experience working as a team.
Working my day-to-day job as an engineer.
It's a lot of teamwork, a lot of coordination,
a lot of moving pieces. I like to say I'm a genius in disguise.
Now in a challenge first, never been done,
you will all be competing together as a team.
-Let's go. -Let's go, baby. Let's go.
-(cheering, clamoring) -Let's get the money!
There's so many big egos in this house and so many leaders,
so I'm not sure how it's going to work because
if everyone's trying to lead, who's going to follow?
TJ: If you're able to assume control and succeed at the challenges,
you will also add money to your final prize pot.
But if you fail, that opportunity to bank
the money, it's gone forever.
You are in total control of how much money
you're gonna be playing for in the final.
Even though only one contender is gonna be able
to call themselves The Challenge champion,
I will, however, be rewarding second and third place.
-Let's get this money, baby. -Let's get it!
TJ: Our first challenge is called
Hole Control.
When I say go, you will race from that starting line
all the way down to that giant hole.
You're gonna jump in and there are a number of poles.
Each pole is individually marked.
When put together properly, will form a nice image.
You want to get all those poles out of the hole,
all the people out of the hole and form the nice image
-in under ten minutes. -(all groaning, clamoring)
TJ: This is a pass or fail challenge!
All right. Get this done in ten minutes,
and earn $50,000 towards that final prize pot.
If you fail, it's gone.
So get it done. Good luck.
Thank you! (whoops)
MORIAH: I know a lot of people say that they have
something to prove or they want
to prove things to other people.
Me, I don't really care.
I know what I'm capable of,
and I'm either gonna do well this season
or I'm gonna be better for the next.
I know who I am and anyone who truly knows me knows who I am.
Okay, so who's gonna be the person
to, like, remind people if they need to, guide people?
-Say, "Okay, you next. You next." Like, okay. -Me.
So you're the... you're the captain.
What we're going to do when we get down to the wall,
we're going to have our three anchors.
Corey, Kyland and I'll be down at the bottom.
With my background in the military,
I did five years as a rifleman,
so we've done these walls many a times,
so if everyone listens, we'll get the job done,
50 grand in the bank. Happy days.
So what we're going to do, get all the girls up first,
just one after the other.
And the down, the guys down? You said that...
The thighs on the shoulders,
and the boys are just going to pull you up.
BERNA: Can I say something?
-Can I say something? -(overlapping chatter)
Yeah, hold on, you guys. Let Olivia talk.
Girls are going to go first and start solving the puzzle.
BERNA: I feel really frustrated
that nobody really listens to me.
It's not that far away from my experience as an acrobat.
It doesn't make sense to only listen to the male side
because the male only know their own
strengths and thoughts.
We have to think about every person as a team,
and this is not what's happening right now.
One, two, three!
I'm feeling great. I'm excited. I'm excited to be here.
Good to be back to help the team get the 50 G's.
Teamwork makes the perfect work.
No. Work team makes the leader team?
Teamwork makes the perfect team.
It isn't? Come on.
TJ: All right!
This is for $50,000.
HORACIO: This is my season.
I got to make it happen.
There is 23 contenders
standing in my way, but I love myself a challenge,
and this time I'm here to win.
You ready?
-Go! -(air horn blows)
♪ ♪
(distorted shouting)
♪ ♪
All right! This is for $50,000.
You ready?
-Go! -(air horn blows)
Go, go, go.
(overlapping shouting)
Watch out, watch out, Jay.
(overlapping chatter, shouting)
KYLAND: Today's challenge is called Hole Control,
and all 24 of us have to work together
as a team
to get into this pit,
gather up these poles that make up a puzzle,
and win $50,000
added to the final Challenge account.
-Get them up, get them up. -Let's go.
(indistinct chatter)
(laughs)
-Stand on my shoulders. -Come on.
(overlapping chatter)
TJ: There it is. There it is, Chauncey.
Nice, Chauncey.
Amber's a champion.
So now it's my time to be one as well.
I'm going to make sure that I get Amber and Sunny a house.
Knowing that everybody here is not a champion,
I feel like everybody's coming into this game
a lot more hungry.
I would love to start off the game strong
to show I'm not playing this season
and to show that I can get this done.
(overlapping shouting)
TJ: Nine minutes left. Let's go.
-Nine minutes! -Let's go!
(overlapping shouting)
ZARA: I've been on teams until I was 16,
so I think I'm a pretty good team player
and we just have to control the situation.
Okay? Try doing that when there's 24 people
screaming in your face.
-(overlapping shouting) -Go, go, go, go, go!
NURYS: These poles,
they may look light. No, they're heavy.
They're like 50 pounds,
and we have to carry
24 of them to build this puzzle.
MICHELE: Asaf! Help, help! Chauncey, come on!
(overlapping shouting)
-It doesn't matter. -Go, go!
BERNA: Everything falls apart.
I tried to say we have to go on the hips
and then on the shoulders
and this is not what's happening right now.
Our team is not a good team for now.
Hey! Chill, chill, chill.
-Let's go. You ready, boys? -Yup.
BERNA: Wait! One by one! Wait.
HUGHIE: Me and Berna were paired together.
We had to climb up a pole.
Hughie, stand!
Take the under one. Don't stress.
HUGHIE: I learned how well we work together
and how much this means to her.
However, Berna has potential
to really rub people up the wrong way.
Oh, God. They're heavy.
Oh, you got eight minutes. Gotta get this thing going.
CHAUNCEY: All right, here, help me pull. Help me pull.
(yelling)
(overlapping shouting)
You're good, you're good.
Grab it, Hughie. Hughie, grab the pole!
-What is that? -I don't know.
This is "A," right?
-What's this? This is the "N." -This is a "C."
-This is the "N." -Okay, good.
MICHELE: I realize we have to spell the word "The Challenge,"
but as we're lifting these heavy poles
and trying to organize
the letters, I'm realizing
I think this is going to be
a little bit harder than we expected.
-You got it. -Come on!
JESSICA: On The Challenge: Australia,
I felt that because I was a small person,
I really had to prove that I was super strong.
And I think I'm little,
but I am a fierce competitor.
KYLAND: Wait, wait.
Just wait, just wait. You're chill.
-You're chill. Hold on. -Relax.
Big T, you get on the ground.
TJ: This is for 50,000! Let's go!
-There we go. Right? -(panting) Yes.
You got six minutes left!
COREY: Step up on his shoulder.
(overlapping shouting)
TJ: 50 grand! Let's go!
Yeah, go, go, go!
HUGHIE: Michele, is that correct?
-MICHELE: Hughie, I cannot... -Take that off.
Take this off!
(overlapping shouting)
-TJ: You've got to go! -JAY: There we go.
There we go, Berna.
♪ Everybody says man, you can't win 'em all ♪
♪ Everybody says just put in some effort, your best shot ♪
♪ Everybody wants to be there ♪
♪ All of us say they're working... ♪
TJ: Five minutes left! Five minutes! Let's go!
♪ But they're working for the clock ♪
♪ Time is running out ♪
TJ: Hurry up!
MICHELE: Help, we need help.
BIG T: Part of an "A."
What do you need me to do?
♪ The time is running out ♪
♪ The fuse is burning up ♪
Let's do it together.
The women are putting the poles into the slots.
These are heavy alone,
just carrying them, so grabbing them
when they're slippery, covered in mud,
is nearly impossible.
Strategy-wise,
not the best.
-Hey! -Someone help her move that.
-Which one? -That one! -Pick it up.
♪ Time is running out ♪
MICHELE: Both of you. All three.
Grab my arms! No, no, no, no, no, no.
(indistinct chatter)
I need you to grab me.
(overlapping shouting)
-Come on! -Hey, grab my arm!
Excuse me, this goes beside you.
(overlapping shouting)
MICHELE: Guys. No, no, not there.
This goes here, this goes here.
There's more and more voices.
I could say this is an "N." I put it in the "N" spot.
It's the "N." Somebody says, wait.
The "N" is already there.
MICHELE: Then they move it.
And so there's a lot of backtracking,
a lot of miscommunication.
Four minutes to get this done!
Hey, everybody. Grab my arm.
Two hands, two hands.
Put your legs...
(overlapping shouting)
Yes, yes, that's... (groans)
Someone hold my waist.
-Ready? -Yup.
You need to be more down than that...
COREY: Ready, guys?
Hey, all of you, hold me right now.
-We got you. -Double hand.
-I got you. I got you. -All right, go.
Three, two, one. Let's go.
Pull, pull, pull!
Okay.
-Come on. -Hey, grab that.
Grab that. Grab that.
-(shouting) -Chauncey, hold me.
JAY: Ciarran is underneath me,
just pulling with all his might.
I'm feeling like I'm getting stretched in Braveheart
where you're just, like, trapped to a horse
and also trapped through your arms
and the horse is just stretching you.
You got three minutes!
$50,000!
Three minutes!
(shouts) Come on!
(overlapping shouting)
(yelling)
(overlapping chatter)
This one, this one, this one.
Okay, got it, I got it, I got it.
(yelling)
ASAF: Come on! We got this!
He's up! (shouts)
Tell Ciarran to climb up me.
Climb! Climb, mother(bleep)!
Come on, come on!
(overlapping shouting)
Grab his hand. Grab his hand.
There you go. There you go.
-Someone help here. -JAY: Hold my leg! Hold my leg!
Hold my leg.
Guys, this is wrong.
Tell me where to move it, I'll move it.
BIG T: Hey, the "A" is wrong, guys.
This one's wrong way around. Switch, switch, switch.
This one and this one.
Ay-yai-yai-yai-yai. This is a disaster.
I'm starting to see this 50K
just slip out of my hands.
(overlapping shouting)
JUJUY: I think making friends
is going to be my strength,
but everyone's, like, talking so fast.
I need to understand.
Please, a little bit.
Hold my leg! Hold my leg!
-Pull him! -(groans)
Someone help Callum!
-Help me! -Help him!
-Help Callum! Help Callum! -Grab him!
-I'm trying! -TJ: Two minutes left!
Two minutes! Got to go!
$50,000!
CIARRAN: If I don't get over this wall
and I've made the team lose
50,000, I am on the chopping block for sure.
-Help me! Help! -Bend your arm.
CIARRAN: I'm holding on for dear life.
And I'm looking at Callum and he's like, "Bro,
trust me. Trust me. Grab me."
But our wet hands are slipping.
TJ: Less than two minutes! Let's go!
Keep going!
-CIARRAN: Help me! -Bend your arm.
-Help! Help! -Grab his arm. Yeah.
Grab that! Grab that!
Yes, keep going!
(shouting)
-Come on, bro. -Come on, come on, come on!
(overlapping chatter)
EMANUEL: We're all out, we're about to win
$50,000.
But you know what?
When we run back to the girls,
it was a chaos.
(overlapping chatter)
No, there's no other letters.
-But there's no other letters. -Stay back.
Stay back. Stay back unless you see something.
One minute left!
Here, watch.
-What? -It's blank.
No, no, not there.
EMANUEL: Where is the plan? Where is the teamwork?
Are we really close to actually
lose $50,000?
TJ: 30 seconds left! 30 seconds left!
Figure it out!
One, two, go!
-TJ: Hurry up! -This has to move over one.
Move this one first. This one first.
This one has to go here, girl.
-I got to move this one. -Help.
-We need help. -Just shove them anywhere.
TJ: Ten seconds!
Put it in.
TJ: Four, three, two, one!
(air horn blows)
We got it!
-KYLAND: Wait, is that right? -ZARA: I don't know.
It's not.
(overlapping chatter)
JAMES: Mate, we've done it perfect.
I'm just proud that we all
(bleep) dug in and got everybody up.
JAMES: Smashed it, we smashed it.
Like, nobody can say (bleep) about what we did.
It was so chaotic.
COREY: Good job, everyone.
TJ: Well, you got out of the hole okay,
but the puzzle was wrong.
This was a pass or fail challenge,
which means you failed.
And you lost $50,000
to add to that final prize pot.
You all want to be champions, right?
Champions take control.
So I'm leaving it in your hands.
NURYS: I'm really disappointed.
I'm a sore loser.
This was $50,000.
How did we lose that? We had one job.
It was just to communicate and work well together.
So head back to your new house
and deliberate on which contender you may want to send
into the elimination. We're going to wait
until we get into the Arena
before we see who's going to be competing.
So every contender standing in front of me
could be facing elimination.
That is not where you want to be.
Now, this is The Challenge,
so we're all here to crown the champion.
However, having fun is very important as well.
So get to know your fellow contenders because
they just may be what ends up
saving you from elimination.
All right, I'll see you at the Arena. Get out of here.
CIARRAN: It's a bit disappointing that
as a team, we lost out on $50,000.
Being the leader, I could have a bit of a target on my back.
BERNA: It's crazy when I think about
how much money we just lost.
But in the game, I deliver,
and Big T or like, also
Melissa, for me, didn't.
♪ ♪
♪ That's what I love ♪
♪ Come on, come on with it ♪
♪ That's fresh ♪
♪ Come on with it ♪
♪ What? Here we go ♪
♪ Something fresh, something new ♪
♪ Get that bread, go on, do it ♪
♪ On a cloud, it's a mood ♪
♪ There you go, there's nothing to it ♪
♪ All that I wanna think about... ♪
(all exclaiming)
♪ I heard everybody go wow ♪
(echoing): ♪ Wow ♪
♪ I love that ♪
RAVYN: This house is popping.
I feel like I'm in a little music video.
Baby, I'm back.
I just got accepted into Columbia University.
I went to go audition for acting,
and now I'm thriving.
And I am so excited.
♪ It's time to get the band back together ♪
♪ We gonna keep it going like forever... ♪
-We got champagne! -(overlapping shouting)
(excited shouting continues)
♪ Turn up, 'cause I'm finna live loud ♪
♪ Heard everybody go "wow" ♪
Ah! We're here!
(screams)
(excited shouting)
-We got a room! -Let's go!
(shouting)
In my room, it's me,
Nurys, Zara and Jujuy.
Zara is such an amazing woman.
Like, she's so sweet, and Jujuy
is exactly the same. She's hilarious.
(indistinct shouting)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
(whooping)
ZARA: I was on The Challenge UK
and I came second but only by 60 seconds, all right?
And then I was on The Challenge World Championship,
and I had an amazing partnership with Wes.
So this is going to be my third time.
And you know what they say about three times.
It's lucky.
If I won this money, I would make a gym.
I do love fitness so much. I'm badass.
I'm going to get you very, very fit.
And I just feel bad
for the other 23 people
knowing that I'm going to win.
MORIAH: I think Berna is
an amazing competitor,
but she is a little bit rough,
and I'm not sure Berna's someone
I would work with or tell anything
that I want people to know.
I know. Honestly...
honestly, I would love to be in this room.
JAY: Toast time.
To the players of the past, thank you for paving the way.
But we're the next generation and we're here to stay.
-Let's go! -(overlapping shouting)
JAY: So (bleep) raise your glasses and drink with me.
JAMES: Let's go!
JAY: And maybe spin the bottle
and make out with Hughie.
(laughter)
JUJUY: Guys, I want to make you something
that we do in Argentina. Go like this.
(sings in Spanish)
Salut!
(all cheering)
(distorted laughter)
BERNA: I'm a little upset about
the room situation because,
I wanted to be in a room with Michele.
I just like to have someone around
who I can trust and talk if I'm emotional,
and I couldn't even choose, really.
No, chill.
-COREY: Hmm? -Chill a little.
In my bedroom, it's Colleen,
Jessica and Ravyn.
I don't want to be mean, really not,
but it's not the way I wanted it.
(crying)
(crying echoes)
♪ ♪
Somebody's going to be a new champ in this house.
-It's crazy. I can't believe it. -MELISSA: Yay.
The new champs. The new champs.
BIG T: So I know we've just arrived at the house,
but what are we thinking voting-wise, you guys?
How do you vote? Do you vote socially?
Do you vote people you don't get along with?
-BIG T: Strong... -Strong competitors?
I don't even know how to vote. I haven't thought about it.
JESSICA: I feel like people subconsciously
see my stature and think that I'm weak,
and I'm getting in my head.
I'm thinking, "Was I weak in the challenge?
Do I look like I'm not helping the team?"
I don't know what's going on. I can't figure it out.
I think some people think
I probably have some mastermind plan
and I really, really don't. Like...
Don't lie to us. Come on. (laughs)
Big T, come on.
This beautiful face. You're not telling the truth.
I don't know anything, you guys.
I am already in an alliance
with Melissa, Jay...
Hmm. Who else? Zaza.
I like to think I'm in alliance with the other UK boys.
Corey, I'm in an alliance with him.
Obviously Hughie. Absolutely adore him.
Basically, this season I'm doing a Wes
and trying to be in an alliance with everyone. (chuckles)
Big T, you're like... Nobody has claimed this about you.
Like, you're coming in, "I promise,
"and I swear on my family's life
I don't have a mastermind plan."
I actually have no mastermind plan. I really don't.
♪ ♪
Okay, so I have a master plan.
I'm plotting against the boys.
That's what my master plan is.
I want there to be a female winner
of this season of The Challenge.
So, I feel like us women
have to work together and make sure
that the boys don't, you know, stir some seeds amongst us
and make us go against each other.
After the challenge, the boys were already blaming
us girls, so I feel like
the boys will probably try to manipulate us
to vote out a girl.
I don't think anyone would put your name in,
but I think because you're so socially accepted,
like, everyone loves you.
That doesn't mean
I can be comfortable. Anything can change.
-You know how the game is. -Yeah.
NURYS: We all got...
We have to stick together and vote one person
together, like us in our alliance.
(bleep) everybody else.
Who do you guys want to send home?
-I say we get a girl. -NURYS: Oh, Berna.
RAVYN: Berna doesn't even seem like...
Berna's just panicking, you know what I mean?
But at the same time, she just talks too much.
She just needs to go home.
MICHELE: I came in here
with a relationship with Berna.
We played a season together. I feel sort of
responsible for taking care of her.
I'm seeing her have a really
hard time blending in.
People that I've played seasons with,
those take my precedent
and that's the way that I'm playing.
OLIVIA: Unfortunately,
I think she needs to send home Melissa.
RAVYN: That's who I'm (bleep) thinking.
OLIVIA: And honestly, if you take away
Big T's crutch,
that weakens her, too.
JAMES: Here he is.
Oh, y'all here.
-Y'all... -What is it, a breakdancing circle?
-Get it, get it, get it. -Yeah, yeah.
JAY: Asaf, my boy.
We were best friends in Total Madness,
but I had to beat his ass in elimination.
-(all screaming) -Good job, guys!
And now Asaf and I
are like this.
He's kind of like
my secret double agent right now.
No one really knows how tight we are.
-My back is killing me. -(laughter)
ASAF: Jay is almost the godfather of my son.
He became a very good friend of mine, um...
Almost like a family member. My son loves him.
JAMES: We just want to run through the, um, the challenge today.
Who didn't carry their weight today?
-All the guys did. -ASAF: All the guys were (bleep) killing it.
Exactly. And so, we're trying to figure out which girl.
JAMES: What's fair is fair.
One of the girls will have to go,
because I feel like the confusion
was up there with the puzzle, it wasn't with the boys.
The boys did their task. We got it done.
Listen, listen. Um...
My dude, we have to think, also...
I don't know, I would've, I would've probably said Melissa,
-to be fair. -COREY: Really?
-CALLUM: Mm-hmm. -I know who they're gonna say.
-JAMES: Who? -W-We all know. Come on.
-Don't act like you don't know. -JAMES: Who? Who do you think?
I think that's what they're going to say.
-CALLUM: Some of them would go... -JAY: Who? Berna?
-JAMES: Berna. -ED: I think she's the easiest one
to pick right now.
CALLUM: That would make sense.
COREY: Berna's strong. She's smart.
She just has to shut up.
ASAF: You don't want to get dirty, but you already playing dirty.
COREY: I'm not playing dirty,
-I'm playing smart. -Ooh.
BERNA: I have the dream to become a champion.
I have the dream to win this money.
So knowing that people thinking about my name
to say in the Arena,
it makes me so emotional.
COREY: All right, let's disperse.
I feel like we're gonna look suspicious if all the men
are always just talking to each other.
HUGHIE: It's a game.
In this house, you know for sure,
people look for, they look for that as a reason
-to put you in, right? -I know. I remember.
HUGHIE: But, you know, from an outsider's perspective...
Stop screaming, Hughie.
I'm not angry with you, and I'm not upset.
But you are really loud.
If you d-don't want to listen to what I'm saying, that's okay.
Also, I'm not gonna argue with you about this,
-but just listen... -BERNA: You do, though.
MICHELE: Hughie is trying to come to you as somebody who,
like, loves you and who wants...
-BERNA: But I just want... -who wants to make sure-- hold on.
-...that if I do something like this... -One sec, babe.
...that's my issue.
I don't know how to change this.
I'm so annoyed by myself.
MICHELE: Berna feels like she's gonna be a target in the nominations.
And that's manifesting in a way that's really, really defensive.
And she's kind of a hothead.
So I don't know how to find the common ground
and make this girl happy right now.
HUGHIE: Do you want me and you to,
like, be together as friends?
And everything I've said, you've been defensive about it,
you've argued about it, you've started crying,
-you're telling me I don't understand. -BERNA: 'Cause you don't.
I-I don't understand.
BERNA: Oh, my God, stop screaming at me.
Stop screaming at me.
HUGHIE: (bleep) not gonna do this now.
I do need to try to save Berna,
because she's not doing herself any favors.
But if I'm completely honest, it's little moments like this
that makes me realize, also,
Hughie, you're here for yourself,
and if Berna wants to keep doing this--
especially night one--
maybe I shouldn't be so obviously
trying to save her, either.
I can't help somebody who doesn't want to be helped.
CALLUM: I am, like, such a giving person.
I just, like, get more out of giving something
to somebody than I do, like, taking it myself,
'cause it's just, like, a nice feeling.
MICHELE: So now what's the situation?
I started speaking to someone.
Uh, we were just speaking for three weeks.
Like, don't get me wrong, it was, it was going good.
Was it, like, "Hey, things are going good,
it's gonna be a committed situation"?
That dictates everything, doesn't it?
CALLUM: Mate, it is really what it is...
MICHELE: Okay, you're stumbling through it.
I'm not gonna lie to you, I don't have anything to
-lie about. -No, no, I know. I know that.
Are you in a relationship or are you not?
I'm not in a relationship, no.
♪ ♪
CALLUM: Michele is a powerhouse. You look at her and you think
she's gonna be Mrs. Goody Two-shoes, but she likes
to party, you know, I love that she lives on the Jersey Shore,
which was quite funny, considering that was like,
one of my favorite TV shows growing up.
In complete honesty, I could have literally said no.
I'll be honest with you, I could have, like, kept it quiet,
but like, I really don't lie at this point in my life.
I'm really hesitant to let somebody in
on an emotional level in this game,
because I need to focus on winning.
But Callum is so funny and so charming.
I mean, how can you not adore him?
Oh, my God. I look into Callum's eyes
and I've fallen.
-(both laugh) -MICHELE: Stop.
♪ ♪
♪ Light it up ♪
♪ Show them your flame to the fire ♪
♪ It's written like your name on a flyer ♪
♪ They want to tame your desire, but you light it up ♪
♪ Now your aim getting higher... ♪
I noticed that you went to bed alone,
-and woke up alone. -CALLUM: Yeah. I know.
-It's nice. -(laughs)
JAY: Callum, I'm very upset,
because sometimes
I want to go talk to Michele, but he's always there.
He's what my mother
would call chicle, because he's just gum
stuck to your shoe that never leaves.
♪ Light it up. ♪
MELISSA: What happened with you last night?
You didn't come to bed for ages.
-What were you doing? -MICHELE: I was with Callum.
We were literally just, like, hanging out, talking.
Into the early hours of the morning?
♪ ♪
We actually enjoy each other's company.
I know it's a wild concept.
BIG T: Do you think this is someone
you want to continue enjoying their company?
MICHELE: Uh, I don't know.
MELISSA: I do think Michele
may be worried about the relationship with Callum,
because in the Challenge house, everyone's sneaky,
so you've got to keep your wits about you.
It's terrifying, letting your guard down.
Sometimes you can't really help that it's headed that direction
anyways until the train's off the tracks, you know?
(laughter)
♪ ♪
(FaceTime ringing)
CALLUM: I didn't lie to Michele when I said that
I had a,
you know, a s-situation-ship happening
before I came into the house.
Hello.
-Do you miss me lots and lots and lots and lots and lots? -Are you getting on...
It's okay. It's very intense.
And I'm just, like, thinking about what you're up to
and stuff, and I'm just like, "I want to go home."
-What I'm up to? -Yeah.
CALLUM: It was never really my intention
for, like, what's happened, you know,
it wasn't my fault.
It was not my fault. You put Michele in the house.
Michele is like...
one of one. (chuckles)
(sighs)
All right, listen, I have to go.
I love you, love you lots and lots and lots and lots.
-WOMAN: Bye. -CALLUM: Really and truly, I do not know
what the hell I am doing.
♪ ♪
Yeah. I really (bleep) myself, to be honest.
(birds chirping)
BERNA: Sometimes when I try to be in a group and I try to do,
to talk with them or something, they listen,
-but they don't really listen. -But they're not listening.
-They look at me, they're like, "Oh, yeah." -I know.
-And then they're, like, just already gone. -Yep.
Even if this person is not maybe so comfortable
to be around sometimes, because she's-- or he's--
going through things, doesn't make this person a bad person.
COLLEEN: As a psychologist, I'm good to understand
the body language, the facial expressions.
Berna is, like, strong, and...
she's a lot, sometimes.
And right now,
she's not able to build a good connection, and that's not good.
BERNA: I just need to focus on the game.
That's why I'm here.
I think people want me to go, and they would be stupid,
because we need strong people in the team.
Maybe... you, um, you close more...
No, no, I just want to share my feeling.
I don't need, like, advice of what I should do or not.
♪ ♪
I will do whatever's for the good of the group.
I want to make as much money as possible for the, for the final.
Yeah? We're all equal here.
It ain't about being men or being women,
we're all equal, we're all contenders.
So everyone's competition, yeah?
Yesterday, the challenge,
we should have smashed that.
The hardest part was getting out of that,
out of that ditch. Yeah?
If I didn't get out the pit,
and if it was because of that
and the thing was done, I'd 100% understand
I'd be going in 'cause I took charge.
It was me, bang, you know what I mean?
But we-- but we didn't. We smashed it and we got out.
It worked. (laughs)
ED: There's clearly a split between the men and women.
The men, we're thinking it probably shouldn't be a guy.
Berna, Big T,
the guys are ready to swing any which way.
So we just need a name. Is it Big T, is it Berna?
ED: If the girls are willing to put in votes for Big T,
if every dude puts in votes for Big-- like,
-boom, that's a definite. -Yeah, done.
Is everyone in this room fine with saying Big T?
-Dude, I'm sweet with... -I'm fine with saying it.
COREY: My fear is,
she's smart, she's a social (bleep) person.
And I think the way she plays is strategically,
politically and socially.
-JAMES: Yeah. -So if she somehow finds out
that she might be the name,
I could see this whole house flipping.
Big T should be the person we nominate.
She's not necessarily the strongest physically,
and I know that she's always up to something.
So the longer she's here,
the bigger of a threat she is socially,
and she could blindside anybody.
♪ ♪
(thunder crashing)
I want to get the guys out,
because I know what guys are like
and they're gonna be trying to run this.
I feel like us girls have to be united
because I truly believe they are gonna pick us off one by one.
OLIVIA: That makes sense, but Jess,
I heard verbatim saying, "I want to get rid of
the strong girls," and that she noticed four strong girls.
That doesn't rub me the right way.
I want to send Jessica in
because word travels fast in this house,
and Kyland heard her say my name.
Wasn't it the guys who said
we're taking charge of this challenge?
They told us the rules.
They were like "No talking over each other."
At the end of the day, it was 'cause of a lack
of communication and bad planning,
and all the preplanning
was absolutely rubbish.
So they should actually also be taking some responsibility,
not just us girls.
I'm so frustrated.
There's a whole other side of the house
filled with men, and we should be targeting them,
not us.
If, this challenge, we get rid of a girl,
it's automatically now gonna be 11 to 12.
They have 12, that if they--
all 12 of them-- come up with a consensus
for a girl, we're automatically gone.
We already lost a number, now it's 11 to 12.
I'll be damned if it's a whole final
with just a bunch of men.
-That'll piss me off. -(thunder crashes)
-(screaming) -BIG T: Oh, my God!
MELISSA: Is it safe sitting by the window?
It's-it's thunder, not lightning.
(thunder crashes)
CALLUM: Right, guys.
We all know why we're here.
Everybody's pretty much spoke at this point.
M-- The boys have all spoken, and obviously, this week,
we kind of feel like...
-JAY: Just say it. Say what you got to say. -(laughter)
NURYS: You think it's-- You want it to be a girl's week.
even though I don't think that's very fair,
because at the end of the day, you men were the ones
that came up with the plan, and if we're gonna be blaming
the girls for not succeeding in the challenge, don't--
you guys should have the blame, 'cause you guys
-were the ones that... -We solely came up with the plan?
That was the men?
-It was the men. -Why did no one speak up and say,
-"I don't agree with the plan"? -Uh, I mean,
I believe all 12 women
can definitely say the consensus--
it was you that talked and you were the one that came up...
-Yeah. -CALLUM: Could any of the girls
come up with, come up with a better plan than what he did?
NURYS: We're not saying that we could have,
but you guys took control,
-and so we just listened to what you guys... -ED: The pit.
He-- There was no better plan than what he had, though.
That's facts.
When we-- the boys
did have a chat, we did say that
if there's going to be another occasion
where we (bleep) up, then we're gonna put our hands up and say,
all right, girls, we understand
-that this one's on us. -So what happens
if we do the next challenge and you guys feel like
the girls (bleep) up again?
Don't (bleep) up.
♪ ♪
Right now, this is do anything
you possibly can to win.
The boys, we smashed it.
So you know, to vote in a guy, let's be honest,
-this (bleep) ain't right. -We didn't win the 50K,
that's all of our faults.
Putting it on the girls,
I just think is unfair.
RAVYN: They are trying to make it about
the women, and to me,
it's just smoke and mirrors to get the guys
out of this elimination, I'm not falling for it.
We are all working as a team right now,
-it only makes sense to decide on the vote... -As a team.
...who is not the best for the team.
JAMES: You tell me who (bleep) up.
Please tell me, as a group, who (bleep) up.
We didn't win the 50K, and that's all of our faults.
JAMES: You tell me who (bleep) up.
Please tell me, as a group,
who (bleep) up.
MICHELE: As somebody who was up there,
what you guys were doing in the pit was like strength.
But what the puzzle is, is communication.
We're all loud, vocalizing things, moving things.
It was so chaotic
that we can't pinpoint where the (bleep) it was.
JAMES: But that's the problem.
Someone should have took charge. One person had to take charge.
The mess-up started in the beginning.
CIARRAN: I said I know how to get over the wall.
I'll get everyone over.
So I took charge and I thought, first challenge,
bit of a big step to do it in front of everyone.
Even though I don't know you,
but you all were happy to listen to me.
We did what we needed to do.
I got everyone over the wall, got myself over
with, like, 40 seconds left, and that was it.
MICHELE: When you lose,
you lose as a team, and these guys need a lesson.
So maybe we go for somebody like Ciarran.
Why not?
BIG T: I've heard my name brought up,
and I wasn't expecting that.
Then again, I don't know many of you guys.
But, like, I am someone who's very loyal in this game,
and those people who I'm loyal to, I expect that loyalty back.
Since you all know that I've been weird,
like energy-wise: negative,
coming across rude and aggressive,
I'm just so sorry.
And I think I will be changing my behavior. I'm just sorry.
HUGHIE: Berna doesn't have a great social game,
but she's an amazing competitor.
Growing up as a Turkish person in Germany,
me growing up in Ireland as a Gypsy person,
we know we had tough childhoods.
And I want her to be able to do this with me.
JESSICA: I have heard my name come up
as the weakest link, so I just would like--
if it's okay with you guys-- to just say a couple things.
I think it's really important
during deliberations to say my piece.
Now is my time to show people who I actually am.
There's people in this house who haven't
got to know me at all yet, and maybe
people will see that I'm a genuine person.
It was a very, uh,
like, upper body strength challenge.
I am small, and if you guys thought
I was weak in that challenge, I apologize.
You know, some challenges I'm not gonna be great at.
I am a small woman, and I know
that that's gonna come into play.
And the thing is, at the end of the day,
and I-I want to make this clear,
I know that I have
a pretty slim chance at being that champ.
However, I'm happy to work with you guys
to get somebody else to that championship
because at the end of the day, that money means nothing to me.
BIG T: Going into the deliberation,
my plan was to unite the women,
but Jessica is just digging herself a hole.
I would like to give back to my mum,
but other than that, I was going to give it to charity anyway.
If you guys want to say my name, I get it, but, like,
I'm happy to work with you guys to get you guys there.
Jessica, just shut up.
Just... (shushes)
JESSICA: It seems like the house is quite divided,
male and female, and we don't know what's happening.
OLIVIA: Jessica, you just put a target right on your face,
which is a huge relief to me,
because she said my name, I want her out.
I just want to stay in the game a little bit longer.
I just don't want to go home first.
♪ ♪
-Yeah. -'Cause if it wasn't for you and your plan,
we'd have been stuck in that pit.
JAMES: As a group, we did our part.
That's why it's frustrating. It's all bollocks.
They're trying to guilt-trip people.
My name's been thrown in. I'm not happy about that.
I definitely believe I've got a target on my back,
-and it's not looking good. -JAMES: As a group, the weakest link
was up the top. Too many of them tried to take charge, right?
Too many of them tried to take charge. They (bleep) it.
Yeah? So, wait, why shouldn't it be us?
Because we all (bleep) done our part.
♪ It's hard to escape ♪
♪ The wounds of the past ♪
♪ Every time I say something real ♪
♪ I want to take it back ♪
♪ Sensitive, I'm peeling back my skin... ♪
BERNA: Because I've been emotional,
my name is floating around for elimination.
I don't want to be in this position right now,
because going into the Arena,
you never know what's going to happen.
♪ You got me raw, raw ♪
♪ So emotional ♪
♪ Raw, raw ♪
♪ Oh, I feel exposed... ♪
MICHELE: I'm freaking nervous. This is gonna set the tone
for how this game is gonna be played.
Is everybody gonna go together
or is it gonna be an absolute (bleep) show?
TJ: All right, everyone,
welcome back to the Arena.
(cheering, applause)
The Arena is where all the elimination rounds
are gonna be taking place on this season
of Battle for a New Champion.
At the last challenge,
you failed, so you lost out on $50,000.
However, you still have $300,000
in your final prize pot.
Keep your heads up, all right?
'Cause there'll be more money up for grabs very soon.
So you got to keep control of your game.
Now, at deliberation, you had to discuss
who you wanted to send into the Arena
and fight for their right to stay in the game.
I wasn't born yesterday, and I know how my aura
and my energy speaks towards people
in this kind of game, so I'm scared.
And now it's time to get your votes.
TJ: At deliberation, you had to discuss
who you wanted to send into the Arena
and fight for their right to stay in the game.
Now it's time to get your votes.
We're gonna start it off with you, Berna.
Who do you vote for?
RAVYN: This really makes the voting a lot trickier
'cause it's super unpredictable.
You could say the wrong thing or show
more loyalty to someone else,
and it could potentially be game over.
I hate this part so much. I'm so sorry.
I'm just, um, saying the name.
It's, uh, Jessica for me.
Sorry, Jessica.
TJ: Callum, how about you?
Because Berna said Jessica, I'm also gonna say Jessica.
Ravyn.
-Jessica. -Kyland.
Unfortunately, tonight,
what makes the most sense is for me to also say Jessica.
-TJ: All right, Emanuel. -EMANUEL: I don't want to say,
but I'm gonna have to say Jessica.
-TJ: Colleen. -I also have to go with Jessica.
-TJ: All right, Zara. -Jessica.
BIG T: I'm not quite sure what's going on.
I wanted a guys' elimination.
-Jessica. -Jessica.
-MORIAH: I'm sorry, Jessica,
-I'm gonna say your name. -JUJUY: Me, too. I'm gonna say Jessica.
-I'm sorry. -TJ: Big T.
I'm gonna say Jessica.
But if Jessica goes into elimination,
ah, I can have a night off.
Champagne, please.
TJ: Jessica,
let's see if we can start a new trend.
You've been very popular tonight.
Who are you voting for?
JESSICA: TJ, this part's
called Control, so I'm gonna vote for myself.
-Wow. -Wow.
TJ: Smart.
Champions are in shape.
TJ: That's true. Ciarran.
CIARRAN: Jessica.
-TJ: Corey. -Jessica.
Horacio.
(clears throat) I'm gonna change it up, TJ.
I'm just gonna go with what I think.
I'm gonna say Big T tonight.
I'm not here to follow anybody.
Jessica, new girl, I've never met her.
Big T, same thing, never met her.
She has more experience on The Challenge,
but I hadn't seen neither one of them perform.
I personally had to go down there
and prove myself five times.
And that five times wasn't enough,
-because I didn't win. -TJ: It's been unanimous:
one vote for Big T, the rest of you for Jessica.
JESSICA: It's so much easier to just say
the same name as everybody else because then nobody needs
to take any responsibility for their vote.
But when I come back,
heads will roll.
TJ: Jessica, 23 votes.
So you are gonna be playing tonight.
Come on down.
(cheering, applause)
Almost unanimous.
-You even voted for yourself. -This section's called Control,
and so, I want to take control of my own fate
and leave it into my own hands and not other people's.
Well, Jessica,
I'm giving you ultimate control.
(others whooping)
Pick any female you want.
(cheering, applause)
Holy (bleep).
Every one of them is on the chopping block.
And you are gonna be going against
whoever you want tonight.
NURYS: I'm kind of scared
'cause Jessica is completely in control of my game right now.
So don't look my way, look that way.
TJ: So, Jessica,
you can send anyone you want home right here, right now.
Who's it gonna be?
JESSICA: I feel like I'm at a little sushi bar.
I'm like, "Who am I gonna choose?"
And I can see them all shaking in their boots.
It's like the ultimate revenge.
Jessica, pick any female you want.
Every one of them is on the chopping block.
♪ ♪
You are gonna be going against whoever you want.
Who's it gonna be?
JESSICA: There were multiple names
that came up during deliberation,
and so, unfortunately,
I'm gonna go with Big T.
BIG T: What is happening?
Am I going into elimination tonight?
JESSICA: Big T, she's just weak and not helping the team,
and that seems like it's the best option for the team.
Big T, come on down.
BIG T: I, actually,
will wear the badge of "Big T is the weakest link"
with honor.
This is what literally fires up my engine
and gives me motivation to keep going.
Big T, how you feeling?
Oh, my God, TJ, I was not expecting to be here
this early in the game, but I'm here.
(laughter)
Got to deal with the situation, and I'm ready, let's go.
All right, so, Jessica and Big T,
tonight, you are playing Fall Out.
To begin, you and your opponent are gonna be locked
in cages suspended high above the Arena.
When I say go,
you will clear out the colored tiles
in the middle of your cage.
Then grab the rope
that is hanging between the two cages.
In the middle of that rope is a hammer.
Grab that hammer,
and smash through the bottom of your cage.
First person to fall out the bottom of their cage
will win tonight's elimination round, stay in the game.
Loser goes home,
and you will be the first eliminated
on Battle for a New Champion.
Good luck. Let's do this.
(cheering, applause)
JESSICA: I am
(bleep) myself.
I am so scared of heights.
I have an actual phobia,
so I'm hoping the adrenaline
will just, like, get me through.
BIG T: People think I'm weak in the house, and...
this season is about proving yourself.
So the thing that's really driving me
is to prove people wrong.
TJ: All right, ladies,
you ready?
-(air horn blows) -Go!
(cheering, applause)
Come on, T!
BIG T: I am using
both my hands to get rid of the tiles
inside of the box and also place my body
in the center of the box
to move as fast as possible.
MELISSA: Come on, T! You're doing it--
-Yes! Yes! Yes! -EMANUEL: Quick, quick!
Quick, quicker! Two hands! Two hands!
ED: Jessica's taking her good old time, you know,
like she's cleaning on Sunday.
This is elimination.
This is life or death. You could be going home right now.
(cheering, applause)
BIG T: There are so many people here
who think I'm the weakest link.
They think that I'm gonna lose.
But I have trained.
I have done everything I can coming into the season,
and now I believe in myself.
EMANUEL: Faster! Faster!
JESSICA: Going home tonight isn't an option.
I'm here to prove to myself how strong I am
and I'm here to do this for my mum.
So I just need to dig deep.
HUGHIE: Come on, T!
Come on. You're doing it!
(cheering)
HUGHIE: Come on, T! Get it!
-(air horn blows) -(cheering, applause)
Yes!
MELISSA: So many people underestimate Big T.
They always seem to think
that she is weaker than what she is.
She is a fighter.
Everybody underestimates her,
and the underdog always comes out on top.
HUGHIE: You don't count out Big T.
JAY: Good job, Jessica.
-Good job. -CHAUNCEY: Good job, Jessica.
-Good job, Jessica. -Good job, Jessica.
TJ: Jessica,
unfortunately, you lost tonight's elimination round,
so this ends your time here on The Challenge.
But I really hope I get to see you play in the future.
-Take care of yourself. -(cheering, applause)
JESSICA (crying): Going home on night one
is probably my worst nightmare.
It's hard not to let the self-doubt creep in,
but I'm really proud that I even made it here,
and I stand by my decision to call out Big T.
That's my fault. I got to take the L.
TJ: Big T, you completely
took control
of this elimination.
There is not one person up there,
man or woman, that could have beat you tonight.
As you can see, anyone can come down here onto the sand.
So take control.
That's the name of the game.
BIG T: I'm concerned about Horacio
putting up my name.
I officially don't find him hot anymore.
And being called down here shows
that I'm actually in a bad position in the house.
So the work really starts now.
No one is safe.
HORACIO: Down one person, 23 people left.
This season has some real athletes...
(yelling)
...some real competitors,
but only one of us will be crowned that winner,
and I'm ready to go to war.
TJ: I'll see you at the next challenge. Get out of here.
(cheering, applause)
ASAF: I was the only one who was fighting for you.
(Melissa screams)
COREY: This entire time,
I've been lying to Big T and Melissa,
I've been using both of you for information.
♪ My revival comes out of the storm ♪
♪ Up from the darkness a hero is born... ♪
-(contestants shouting) -EMANUEL: Don't give up!
TJ: When my countdown hits zero, chaos will ensue.
You will no longer be working together.
-♪ I rise up ♪ -JAY: Chaos.
This is what I love. It's chaos.
NURYS: I felt like I was falling in love with him.
(crying softly)
Love is not meant for me.
It's just not.
MICHELE: Callum.
Are you really lying to me?
♪ I rise up... ♪
TJ: And then, finally, Conquest.
JAMES: This is anyone's game.
TJ: Pile it up. Do whatever you got to do.
(air horn blows)
-ASAF: It feels good to be a winner. -CIARRAN: Yes!
♪ Out of the ashes, we rise ♪
♪ I rise up. ♪
TJ: To be the best,
you got to beat the best.
Oh, (bleep).
CT: You want to win this game,
you're gonna have to go through me.
I called out a savage.
Little did I know she was gonna...
do that in, like, 2.2 seconds.
And I'm really proud of her. There's no bad blood there,
between me and Big T. I think she (bleep) killed it.
Getting to do these amazing eliminations
that I have watched so many times
is just so cool, and this was exactly
why I'm here-- I want to do cool (bleep) like this.
Hearing TJ say that, um, he'd love to see me back
is-is... it means everything to me,
and it's such an honor to-to even be here.
So, um, you know, I'm just trying to soak everything in.
And I'm just, I'm just so grateful.
I'm so grateful to TJ and I'm so grateful
just to have this experience.
The next time you see me on The Challenge,
I'm gonna be fitter, I'm gonna be badder,
I'm gonna be a beast.
And I'm gonna play a lot smarter.
Maybe I'm gonna have to play a dirtier game.
We'll find out.
But you haven't seen the last of me.
I know that I haven't done
the best job this time, but I promise you,
I can be better. I can win this (bleep).
Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org