You're watching an extended episode of "The Challenge."
Stay tuned after the episode for the final words
from the eliminated challengers.
♪ MTV. ♪
(TJ cackles)
JAY: We're the next generation and we're here to stay.
-EMANUEL: Let's go! -TJ: 24 contenders.
None of you can call yourself a champion... yet.
HORACIO: Only one of us will be crowned that winner.
-TJ: Go! -(air horn blows)
-Come on! -TJ: In this phase,
you'll be working together as a team
to raise your final prize pot to a half a million dollars.
(air horn blows)
This was a pass or fail challenge.
You failed.
NURYS: $50,000. How did we lose that?
TJ: When my countdown hits zero, chaos will ensue.
(clock ticking)
♪ Watch this, how we get it done ♪
♪ Go get it, go get it... ♪
BIG T: I'm home.
-Yeah, Big T! -(whooping)
(cheering)
Big T is coming back in the house,
and I feel so relieved, so proud.
I'm just glad that she showed everyone
she could win, and I never,
ever doubted her.
-(metal clanging) -MELISSA: Speech!
CALLUM: Congratulations, Big T,
-you smashed it tonight. -(cheering)
MICHELE: Cheers to you,
an asset to our team.
BIG T: What needs to happen on this next challenge
is to make sure that one of the boys goes down into elimination
because we do not want it to be another girls' day,
and we need more money!
Starting a season like this, I needed it.
HORACIO: I do feel
that I have put a target on my back voting for Big T.
A lot of people saw her as a weak competitor,
but she definitely proved herself,
and now every action has a reaction.
(insects chirping)
JAY: At the end of the day...
...I'm working with you.
-I'm looking out for you. -Yeah.
We're good. Absolutely. Absolutely.
-United States team has to (bleep) stay united. -Yeah.
We have to. Absolutely.
JAY: This season,
there is a fifty-fifty split
of U.S. contenders and international contenders.
But at this moment, they don't know
that there's kind of a "U.S. alliance" right now.
For me, personally, I am working with Asaf, my brother,
Corey, Ed, Kyland,
Horacio, Moriah, Olivia,
Nurys and Michele.
But I also know that Berna, Colleen
and Emanuel are on my side.
I'm at the center of this-- I'm like
the eye of the storm of this hurricane.
I'm just keeping Chauncey at bay right now.
My main goal is to hold out
on getting my hands dirty for as long as possible.
CHAUNCEY: Everybody knows why I'm here, and that's for my kid.
I'm not here for fun, I'm here to get to the final
-because I have (bleep) to do for my family. -Cool.
CHAUNCEY: I feel like there's pressure with the fact
that my partner Amber is a past champion.
However, for me, there's a bigger purpose,
and that is my child Sunny Fox.
She was born recently.
I'm here to get the money.
I'm here to take it home to my family.
Right now, it seems like I have a lot
of alliances with everybody from the U.S.
So, I'm just trying to ride with them.
But with Jay, I don't know.
I feel like there's something off with him.
Listen, we're all gonna...
-Unite. -We're riding together.
If you protect my back,
I'm gonna protect your back.
We'll work up the ranks with each other,
go as far as we can.
-If there's a crack in us... -We're done.
(seagulls screeching)
HUGHIE: Out of all the people in this house, I swear to God,
I'm so magnetic to you because I-I feel like
you obviously grew up in, like, a small-town environment.
You have the nicest energy.
-I was raised as a tomboy, like-- -In Alaska?
-Like, a small town? -Yeah. Yeah.
Growing up, it was, like, you know,
slacks, overalls, like, hair tight in a bun.
Like, no makeup. Like, go, like, get the eggs out
-of the chicken coop in the morning. -Wow, yeah, yeah.
And I just grew up very, like, one way,
and I always fantasized about
being, like, the girl that I wanted to be.
Just, like, I never got to express myself.
I get that. Like, remember I told you, like,
I come from, like, a traveler Gypsy background?
We lived so communal.
You learn how to cook, clean, sell things,
fix things, make things, take care of animals.
Like, all our culture is a means of survival
because travelers were pushed onto the outskirts of society
by the Irish government.
Coming from an Irish traveler Gypsy background,
I grew up feeling like an alien my entire life.
I didn't really even grow up living in a house.
I grew up living in a caravan, chalets,
living in a communal way
where, you know, family is everything.
But I didn't feel like I was like
other traveler and Gypsy people.
I was gay. Growing up, like, I just felt so different.
But that experience gives me a lot of confidence
when it comes to, you know,
being able to co-live with people
and coexist and, you know, to work hard
and have self-belief that I think other people
in this house just aren't used to having.
I have so much respect for my parents and my grandparents
and everything they came from because I know
the hard life that they had in my country.
I was so yearning to, like, see the world
and discover who I am as an individual.
OLIVIA: Like, I want to have kids soon, but I don't want to
have kids until I'm, like, a healthy person
in my mind, you know? I want to be a good mom.
HUGHIE: You'd be the most amazing mom.
-Okay. I love you. -I love you, too.
I love you, too. And I want to come to Alaska.
OLIVIA: I know. You have to.
(insects chirping)
-Do you like strong hands? -Yeah.
That's not too rough?
Or do you just like it rough?
(both laugh)
Kyland is the complete opposite of me.
He's very quiet. He's really, really sweet.
He's very attractive.
He gives good massages, too.
KYLAND: You got some nice eyes.
You were talking about me? To who?
KYLAND: I just finished watching Total Madness
literally the week before we came here.
Definitely developed a little bit of-of a star crush
on Melissa. And now she's here in person,
and she's even more gorgeous
than she was on my TV when I was just watching.
She's just so sweet.
-Come in. -All right, all right.
(birds chirping)
HORACIO: The only two things I can control
is my attitude and how hard I work.
RAVYN: There's a lot of big-headed egos around here
that like to take control.
MORIAH: I feel in total control of my destiny right now.
So, hopefully, we can win this challenge and make more money.
♪ ♪
(seagulls screeching)
TJ: Welcome to your second challenge.
Now, you all have two things in common.
You're not rookies and you're not champions. Yet.
As we speak, you are sitting with $300,000
in the final prize pot.
Let's make that baby grow today, all right?
-Let's do it. -Yeah. -For sure.
Today, you have a chance to bump that $50,000.
And that's very important since you already lost
$50,000 at the first challenge.
Keep that in mind while you are playing today
Ball Control.
Out there floating in the water are going to be 23 balls.
Each ball has your name on it.
Your goal today is to put those balls
into that chute at the very top of that platform.
To begin, you're going to form a human ladder
on each of those two ropes hanging off the platform
by clipping yourselves into the carabiners on the rope.
I'm in, let's go.
TJ: You will then transfer all the balls
onto the top of the platform and then put them into the chute.
Here's the catch.
Each ball can only be put into the chute
by the person with their name on the ball.
Now, every ball is worth $2,000.
That equals up to $46,000.
However, if you get all 23 balls in 23 minutes,
I'll give you 50 grand.
JAMES: In the UK, I'm quite well known.
I come from a show called The Only Way Is Essex.
I'm a household name.
The last time I attempted The Challenge,
I let myself down.
So, I want that prize pot to be
as much as it possibly can be.
I'm here to win the money.
This season, one contender is leaving a champion.
So, get it done.
Right, so I'm going to get up, I'm going to clip in,
my feet are going to go on his shoulders.
Shoulder to shoulder, feet to feet.
Then you've got an easy legs and arms
to climb all the way up the side.
NURYS: Ciarran is taking charge again.
But last time we let the guys decide
and it didn't really work out so well.
So, this time around,
I'm a bit nervous because
it's another $50,000 on the line.
CIARRAN: The strongest climbers are going to have to be
at the bottom, obviously, yeah?
MICHELE: I'm not sure that that's necessarily true.
It doesn't matter size,
because if that rope is going to be swinging,
we need a heavy anchor at the bottom
to stabilize that.
Yeah, but if the heavy guys can't climb it--
No, but every guy is strong to stand.
MICHELE: No, I know, but I'm just saying.
Can we take a vote of one or two?
ASAF: So, can we bring everything from the--
No, no, no, no. That's important.
-JAY: You guys. You guys. -Yo, Jay.
One at a time again. This is a good point.
CIARRAN: I like to take a leadership role,
especially when with this rope, I know what I'm doing,
but nobody wants to listen.
-Yo. -Wait. -Hold on.
-What do you think? -Great idea.
JAY: There's too many people talking at once.
CALLUM: When everyone's screaming,
we have zero control
and zero chance of getting any money.
CIARRAN: Fair play, lads.
If it messes up, it's on you.
I'm going to wrap up what we've all decided.
Five people are going to go collect
the balls and bring them back.
We're going to use both ladders.
The strongest people are going to be
at the bottom of the ladder because they have
the easiest time to climb.
I do not have any faith in this group pulling this off.
Right now, I just want to keep myself away from elimination
and hopefully other people mess up.
$50,000. Let's hear it. One, two, three.
ALL: 50,000!
JAMES: I just feel like as much as we've tried
to make a strategy, it's going to be chaos.
It's like we have an "ish" plan
and we know kind of what's going on, but not really.
OLIVIA: I'm definitely not wanting to settle
for anything less than 50K.
We cannot leave today empty-handed.
Let's get some money, team. Let's get some money.
-Yes, sir! -All 23 balls, $50,000. Ready?
Let's go!
-Go. -(air horn blows)
-KYLAND: 50 G's! -(cheering)
All right. All 23 balls, $50,000.
-Go. -(air horn blows)
-Yeah! -Hey!
Ow!
ED: For today's challenge, we got to build
human ladders to get each and every
single person all the way to the top of that platform,
where they must put their ball
with their name into the chute.
Two grand for every ball. $46,000.
If we get all 23 balls, we get a smooth 50 grand.
I'm here to change my family's life.
TJ: I like it, I like it.
Today's strategy, we're going to split up the task.
We're going to have Ed, Zara,
Melissa, Michele and Colleen
go grab the balls, bring them over.
There's going to be nine to make one ladder.
Nine of us will be heading to the other ladder
to make the other one.
My role will be
to be the anchor for my side.
Simple as that.
(whistling)
-You got to get in. You got it, bro? -Yeah.
-ASAF: You in? -HORACIO: Yeah.
-I can't go as far as you. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Hold on. You good? -Yeah. -One second.
I'm in. I'm in. Let's go.
JAY: Watch out, watch out.
I've already constructed the exact lineup
that I want on my side.
Callum, me, Olivia, James.
If you don't place the people correctly,
you're not going to freaking create this ladder.
MICHELE: How are we doing?
We're good, we're good.
This is going to work, actually.
Oh, that's my ball.
Hi, honey. How are you, honey? Mwah.
Wait, wait, wait.
She can't feel anything.
JAY: Yep, use me, use me.
-Jay, no, no, no. -CALLUM: On his shoulders.
-On his shoulders. -JAY: On my shoulders.
(grunting)
-There's no way. -JAY: Come on.
-You got it. -OLIVIA: There, now.
-JAY: Go? -Yes.
JAY: Shoulders, James. Use any of us.
Go, go, James.
OLIVIA: James!
Oh, my God. Of course I would have
the biggest guy in the house climbing on my body.
That man is literally the Hulk.
(growling)
OLIVIA: If James was ever on top of me,
this is not the way I pictured it.
(squeals)
Oh, (bleep), you're really heavy, bro.
EMANUEL: Olivia is a beast.
(grunting)
And I'm feeling so bad for her.
Oh, my God.
This is going to be a (bleep) show.
(overlapping grunting and shouting)
Go up, go up.
Get, get up.
-Nurys, are you clipped? -No.
(overlapping shouting)
All right. It's okay. It's okay.
Yep. Yep, yep.
(shouting)
Last season as a rookie, I was told, like,
don't talk too much, don't say too much.
Go with my alliances.
So, I didn't really have my own game.
Now, it's the time for me to show who I am
and how I play this game, by myself.
-I cannot. -Ah! Come on!
KYLAND: Nurys, even though she's strong,
she's not going to be able
to hold the weight of guys
like Corey or Hughie or any of the other big guys
we have coming up our ladder.
So she needs to drop right now.
(overlapping shouting)
It's okay. We just got to adjust.
Wait, wait, wait!
Shoulders get you higher.
James, don't let him go.
TJ: Nice, Emanuel. Nice, Ravyn.
Guys, we're doing good. We're doing good.
CIARRAN: You're not clipped in.
Emanuel is like a little monkey.
I don't even think he touched me at all.
It's really impressive.
MICHELE: Come on, let's pick it up a little bit.
(shouting)
Hold on, hold on.
-(shouting) -RAVYN: Step on my leg.
Horacio! (shouting)
RAVYN: Hold his head.
-HORACIO: I'm drowning over here, bro. -RAVYN: Yes, I'm here.
-HORACIO: I'm drowning over here. -You have to hold his head.
HORACIO: I'm doing my best to keep my head up,
but I'm drinking salt water, and it's disgusting.
(groaning)
CIARRAN: Horacio being our team captain,
not looking very good.
Should have let me take the lead, bro.
We ain't getting nowhere today.
-Who's next? Who's next? -I'm next.
James, tell me when she clips.
JAMES: Yes.
(shouting)
I am.
You got 18 minutes left! Let's go!
(groaning)
(bleep)
(groaning)
Chauncey, use my shoulders.
There we go.
-You got it? -Don't kick me in the face.
TJ: There you go.
-BERNA: Exactly. -Are you on? Are you on?
And then, Moriah, step on my shoulders.
Yep. Find it, find it.
(grunting)
JAMES: Are you on?
-Are you clipped? -No!
CHAUNCEY: I'm not clipped.
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
Oh, my God, he's gonna fall on me. Guys.
CHAUNCEY: I can't get it.
MICHELE: Olivia, Ravyn, Jujuy,
they're all locked in,
but Chauncey can't clip in.
Dude, like, you're a big, buff guy.
You should be able to climb up this ladder, no problem.
-Who is that? -Chauncey.
JAY: Despite Chauncey being in my alliance,
bro, you're kind of making your bed right now.
Dumb (bleep).
-Oh, my God. Oh. -Wait. Who's climbing?
Hughie or Corey?
All right, you got 13 minutes left!
13 minutes.
-Let's go, Hughie. -I'm pushing my legs up Corey.
I have no (bleep) leverage.
I can't move!
This human ladder is impossible to build.
Hughie's butt is just there,
and we're trying to push him up.
(laughs)
Kim Kardashian, move aside, because Hughie is in town.
Hughie, you can grab here, too.
HUGHIE: The part I'm finding very difficult
is not actually the climbing part.
It's nothing to do with my strength.
It's more to do with how to kind of
navigate people's bodies.
I'm trying my best.
There you go. There you go!
(overlapping shouting)
Let's go, Ed. Let's go. You got this.
Use his shoulder. Yeah, there you go.
-Let's go, Moriah. -You got eight minutes! Eight minutes!
You got it, Moriah. You got it.
There you go, there you go.
You got it. Clip that thing, Moriah.
Stand on my head if you have to.
ZARA: Our side is not actually doing too badly.
I'm just treading water,
keeping the balls in the circle.
Everyone seems to be getting up.
-Hold on. -I'll help push it.
Hold on. I can't.
Can you climb up and do the next one with your arms or no?
-Probably not. -Okay.
We're (bleep).
ZARA: I look over to the side
and it's not looking too great for them.
Hey, hey, let's have Nurys pop down.
Hop off. You drop back.
I'm gonna push you, ready? One, two, three.
Next. All right, somebody big.
No, we need somebody big.
ASAF: On my side, our strategy
is deteriorating right now
because my rope sucks.
This is so hard.
-BIG T: I can't reach. -COREY: She can't reach it.
Is there someone taller?
ASAF: And I see $50,000
flush in with the waves of the sea.
-TJ: Let's go! -Colleen's coming up.
ED: Colleen is looking strong.
She has no fear at all.
Our ladder's complete on our side.
We got all nine of us on there,
but the time crunch is real.
We got to get moving if we're going to get
even one of these balls to the top.
Hey, hey, everybody relax.
-Balls, balls, balls. Balls. -There we go.
TJ: All right, go, go, go.
Well done.
Faster, guys. Faster.
COREY: Go up. Step on my shoulder.
TJ: Every ball counts! $2,000! Let's go.
Four minutes, guys. Four minutes.
-Figure it out! -ED: Hey, wait.
We'll climb the other ladder.
We can start climbing the other ladder.
TJ: There you go. There you go, Michele. Find your ball.
ED: All of us can climb that ladder, probably faster.
Oh, (bleep).
Hey, hey, hey. Listen. Listen to me.
Big T, Big T, go climb the other one.
-I'm scared. -Let him go.
-TJ: Help her out. -Can you grab her?
Okay, we'll start dropping down. Start dropping.
Come on, Melissa. You've got it.
TJ: Go, Melissa, go!
Pull me.
-Don't pull me on. -CIARRAN: Let's go, Melissa.
It's like all the blood drains from my body,
and I'm like... (gasps)
"If I fall now, I could die."
I'm absolutely petrified.
TJ: You got to go, get her up!
Melissa, this is for $2,000. Hurry up!
You've got this. You've got this.
Ten seconds. You got to go!
You got to go. Get her up!
Pull me.
Let's go, Melissa!
-(air horn blows) -(buzzes)
MELISSA: I need to come down.
-Oh, (bleep). -Are you (bleep) kidding?
-What happened? -We suck!
Never. No chance. Never.
We only got $6,000.
(laughing): That's so bad.
Now, we have to see who is going to the elimination.
So, maybe he could be the nomination.
All right, contenders.
What's with the long faces?
-We're losers. -We lost.
HUGHIE: I'm proud of everyone.
I think they all tried, and I tried my best.
Corey, what happened?
I just think it's harder than we thought.
We tried our best to adapt and take control,
but unfortunately, we weren't able to.
TJ: Well, I was cheering you on as loud as I could.
I really want you to win,
especially on this level of "Control."
It's very important.
All right, now, it wasn't all bad.
You got $6,000 in that final prize pot.
At least you bumped it up a little bit.
So, since it was a girls' elimination,
we hope it will be a guys' elimination,
but we don't know it yet.
I don't want to see people
try to point their fingers towards Hughie.
I am his friend,
and I will try to protect him
in every way.
Now, head back to the house and deliberate
on which contender you may want to see in the Arena.
I'll get your answer when we get there.
As far as our plan, I feel like the strategy
was decent enough that we could have
got the job done if we had
more strength as a whole.
Problem isn't people not doing their best.
The problem is not everyone's best is the same,
and that's costing us money. So, yeah,
right now, we need this team to get stronger.
HUGHIE: It was kind of a positive day for me.
I got to climb all over all the guys
that I wanted to do.
Like, let's take the positives.
You would've climbed on them anyway.
I'm trying to take the positives.
Look, if one of us fails, it's best
that most of us failed.
At least then we can all just feel like failures.
At this point, moving forward, at least in this room,
because these are strong competitors,
like, are we looking at liability that's more likely
a girl or a guy at this stage?
It's definitely a guy.
KYLAND: I'm indifferent to whether or not
we send a guy or a girl home right now.
Like, I'm all for liabilities
and kind of coming together
and just deciding who that is.
Who's a liability for you guys?
I feel like there's some tension in the house
because I didn't clip in.
I'm hoping that people understand
that there's other mistakes being made
throughout the whole team
and that it wasn't just my fault.
I think that at this stage, I get it.
Everyone here is pretty badass, but I still
feel like we have, like, some potentially
not as strong looking, like, links.
On our side specifically,
the only two that we really had trouble with
was Hughie and Big T.
Hughie was definitely one of the people
who came up short
and couldn't get himself clipped in,
so he's identified himself as a weak link.
We need to build and continue with a strong team.
So, what's been the word? I've been in my room showering.
Um, on the side that y'all were on,
sounds like Chauncey was a liability.
-Truly. -And then on our side...
-MICHELE: We had Hughie. -We had...
Hughie was the only person
who was not able to get up the ladder at all.
Chauncey is with us, right?
So we're like-- oh, th-thank you.
Yeah, see, we're all kind of like...
NURYS: But this is good leverage 'cause
we can just be like, "Okay,
"if we 100% guarantee
"that we manipulate the house to say Hughie,
"you better (bleep) have our backs
when you have to have our back 'cause..."
If we did that, can we trust Chauncey, though?
NURYS: Chauncey's with us, so it's like
we kind of have to have his back.
But also I don't know.
I still feel like I can't trust him.
COREY: The house has seemed to decide
that it's going to be
between Hughie and Chauncey to be the vote.
I feel like Hughie and I have made
a lot of growth in our relationship
with each other as friends.
If I say Hughie's name,
all of that goes away.
And is Hughie gonna call me down into the Arena?
-NURYS: Thank you. -COREY: I agree.
Hughie will be more straightforward.
JAY: Well, then that's good because then Chauncey's going home.
Basically, the name that we're all saying
essentially then has all of the power
to come back and choose
any which one of us.
I'm always nervous that if
you burn somebody, then you're going to get burned back.
The pro of voting Chauncey is
that we pretty much know he'll vote Hughie.
The con is that if we vote him,
he'll probably beat Hughie, come back in the game,
and be mad at all of us.
JAY: Obviously, I don't want to say Chauncey's name
because he's part of our U.S. alliance.
I don't really want to go back on my word.
I'm in a messy spot right now.
♪ ♪
HUGHIE: If you met the right person, would you be in a relationship?
Yeah, but it's hard to meet the right person.
People always got hidden agendas.
I wouldn't just, like, care to be with somebody now
unless they meant something to me.
James looks like this big tough guy,
but he has a really soft inside,
and I genuinely love being around him.
I love when we have our banter and he jokes.
I don't have to follow the path of what other people
think gay men is like.
-JAMES: Well, look... -Or men is like.
I can just be me and do my thing
and I can still be a dad
and have a healthy relationship.
-JAMES: You're a dad? -I'm not a dad.
-But I will be one day. -Oh. Okay.
I want to be a dad.
I was gonna say, God help that kid.
-No. -(laughs)
JAMES: Hughie brings a massive
social game to the house, you know?
He's a big character like myself.
Keeps everyone upbeat. He certainly keeps me upbeat.
You know, he keeps me sane.
JAMES: Worst-case scenario, another five years,
if I've not met the woman in my dreams,
me and you will get together.
Um...
JAMES: Where's this conversation going, mate?
I don't know. Look, I got to shower.
-Excuse me. -JAMES: All right, you get in the shower. No pressure.
Maybe Hughie and James is going to be
the next Challenge couple. Who knows?
Watch out, Michele and Callum.
♪ A new direction affecting the state of your mind... ♪
-Girl! -♪ Running around like chickens with no head ♪
♪ In circles they go, looking like Charles Dickens ♪
♪ I mean dead, the tale was told ♪
♪ So, one, two, three, four, follow me ♪
♪ To the beat of my drum... ♪
EMANUEL: I just want to have fun.
Dancing, enjoying my time here.
We get to play. We get to strategize.
Everyone is going to have fun. We needed one of these.
♪ We don't go outside, we stay in and pretend ♪
♪ That we're in the club... ♪
I play this game so hard
and I put so much emotion into it.
I'm realizing that this game feels a lot lighter
and I think the reason for that is Callum.
I tend to keep my guard up nowadays
because I've just been burned so much in the past,
but I'm realizing
that maybe I'm doing myself
a little bit of a disservice by keeping people
at an arm's length.
-It's made me sweat. Now it's made me sweat. -I can feel you.
-Feel that. -No, I feel it.
No, relax.
Sorry.
Honestly, out of all the players today, like,
you were not the worst
and you're definitely not the weakest.
Like, we got to put every challenge in perspective.
They're saying U.S. needs to stick together.
So, if I hear that, then I should be fine
'cause I know for a fact
that if anybody from us messed up,
I'm not saying their name.
Yeah, I know.
I know who we're trying to target.
-Yeah. -That's that.
RAVYN: So my question is,
do you have anyone
on your side right now?
Like, do you have any friends?
I think I have a few people, but you never really know.
I would like to think that a majority
of the problems came from the other side of the rope,
even though Chauncey did fall off of it.
I'm just going to try to be there for him
as a friend and help him
figure out how he can get out of this.
HUGHIE: Look, I'm not scared of elimination.
I'll go into it,
but I would like to avoid.
But do you think there's any chance I can avoid altogether?
I'm going to be 100% real with you.
I don't think there's a chance that any of us can avoid it.
Hughie is a wild card and he's a big boy.
I don't think anyone should be underestimated in this house,
and, uh, he could probably call down anyone.
The person that goes down chooses.
Like, every single one of the men right now
are preparing themselves for tomorrow.
-COREY: Yeah. -HUGHIE: Yeah.
BERNA: I want to believe that Jay
is telling the truth,
but I don't know.
In Europe, word means word,
and I don't know what's in America, the word and loyalty.
I think they don't know about loyalty at all.
I hope he's not playing us. That's what I hope.
JAY: If your name comes up
and it was a toss-up between you and someone
or you and someone and someone...
I'd probably rather just say me.
JAY: And you want to go in?
-With, like... -JAY: Then I would say,
number one, it does put the game,
the game that's on the floor, in your hands.
HUGHIE: It's so stupid to throw yourself in,
but if-if I know for sure
I'm getting picked, then it's clever.
I'm just trying to think in my head,
"Is all these guys telling me this
"because they genuinely think
"it will help me, or are some of the guys telling me this
because it's better me than them?"
I mean, is it not kind of a stupid move
to ever put yourself into elimination?
It's better to be thrown in and see your game and choose
than it is to be non-thrown in and get chosen.
ALL: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey!
ALL: Kiss, kiss, kiss,
-kiss, kiss! -(laughing): Oh, my God.
Kiss, kiss!
Kiss, kiss, kiss!
Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!
MICHELE: He's not doing it.
I feel bad for Melissa.
Ugh, I hate moments like this.
ALL: Kiss her!
MORIAH: Kyland!
I don't like the pressure.
Kyland! Kyland, kiss her right now.
You know you want to. I know you have.
What?
MELISSA: It's humiliating. It's embarrassing.
Why would you not want to kiss me?
I'm just going to leave this situation.
And I don't want to be with him right now.
-KYLAND: Melissa, come back. -MELISSA: No, Kyland, because it's embarrassing for me.
-What's the point of me having this conversation? -That's embarrassing.
Do you know how many guys out there
would actually (bleep) die to kiss me?
That's amazing. Now, it's not a lack of desire...
It's not even about kissing,
-it's about how you're making me feel. -Exactly, so...
And you're not making me feel good,
you're making me feel (bleep) about myself.
It's so hard being a mom
and being away from your child, especially when
you are the sole parent, whereas with Kyland,
he's like the comfort blanket for an escape from the game.
I am not here to waste time.
So it is confusing and it's making me feel like
I'm chasing him,
which I'd never do. (laughs)
I liked you when we first started.
-(mutters) -And, like, well, no, but you're not
because that was embarrassing as (bleep).
MELISSA: Do you know how embarrassing that was for me up there?
We're dancing and then everyone's like,
"Aw, look, they like each other. Kiss."
-And you're saying to me... -BIG T: You wouldn't kiss her.
MELISSA: Why wouldn't you kiss me?
KYLAND: That has nothing to do with, like, me not liking you
or caring about you or anything like that.
I literally process information differently
-than everyone else. -MELISSA: H-How?
We've talked about, like, the autism and everything.
You've never told me about autism.
You've never told me you have autism.
Okay, then that makes sense, then.
After Big Brother, I ended up getting an autism diagnosis.
Autism spectrum disorder.
I'm not a super PDA person.
Like, I don't really kiss people in public.
Whether it's autism-related
or just some sort of social anxiety or whatever.
I always want to be up front with communication,
especially when talking to a woman,
especially when talking to someone who's a mom.
That would have never crossed my mind--
that that could be embarrassing--
-because I think differently. -Really embarrassing.
I hear that, and I don't want you to feel that way.
Please, I don't want you to feel that way.
I would never let you be embarrassed.
I'll fix it.
You'll see.
MORIAH: Let's go!
MAN: Whoo!
(indistinct chatter)
KYLAND: I care about Melissa as a person.
And I want to make sure that she at least understands
that I'm not doing anything to hurt her,
to make her feel rejected. And, you know,
I do love a good cuddle, so... yeah. (chuckles)
I think you could call in
Ciarran or James or me.
Hmm?
Yeah.
Yeah, I do like Kyland. He's really sweet.
But he's so involved
in the game emotionally.
It's like he's so focused
and set on one goal.
He won't stray from that goal.
KYLAND: But actually that is smart of Hughie.
You're right, because a lot of people would call him down.
Hmm?
Me, too.
I don't care what your game plan is. I just need an escape.
I need, like, some cuddles.
I just need a bit of fun and excitement.
Something other than the game.
-Perfect. -(laughing)
Olivia would definitely have to be my number one
number one because she's also,
like, my best friend outside of here.
She's someone that I talk to every single day.
I trust her wholeheartedly and vice versa.
You know, reaching out for whatever, 'cause she ran
to Chauncey and said that me and you
were throwing his name around.
So it's like you're not obviously getting the job done.
The fact that your name even came up,
it just doesn't make sense for you to be voted.
So I'm gonna make sure I do my part, you know?
CHAUNCEY: Yeah.
She's just so messy.
I really can't stand her.
I would love
to have Ravyn's back, honestly, because
I believe the 38 Ride or Die girls
should be sticking together no matter what.
But Ravyn is the only person trying to fight for Chauncey
right now, and if she were smart, she would stick
with your alliance even if you have to make some hard choices.
I'm at the point where I'm like, "Oh, no wonder I really...
"No, my intuition was right when I didn't like you last year
"because you're (bleep) annoying and you're desperate.
Like, I guess I was right."
OLIVIA: As Ravyn scrambles
to try to save Chauncey,
her cards are getting all laid out and everyone's seeing it.
Ravyn just keeps proving to be a problem.
What?
-More women. -(laughs)
-How you feeling? -I don't feel too bad. You?
I feel all right, mate.
-I don't feel like I'm going anywhere... -Yeah.
...anytime soon.
CIARRAN: I was born in the UK in Manchester.
And moved all the way across the pond to Australia.
Being English and there's more English people in here,
I'm just more inclined naturally to move towards them.
Not that it's much of an alliance at the moment.
But, you know, I'm with them and it's working well so far.
-Yeah. -You know?
There's a couple of people from your side, but
the name that pops up is-is Hughie.
And Hughie's a good friend to me and you.
-Yeah, he is. -I really like Hughie. He's rooming with us.
I've got a lot of time for him.
It's not just, it's not just the fact
that we're here to do task tasks
and the challenges are tough,
but he keeps me sane.
The whole game is stressful,
but this is The Challenge. It isn't easy.
If everyone could do it, then
it wouldn't be called The Challenge, would it?
(laughs)
(both laughing)
Welcome to my office, everybody.
-JAY: Are we in trouble? -No, but I am.
(laughter)
Right now I feel like my back is against the wall.
I just wanted to clear my name so I could avoid the elimination
and hopefully get this game
turned around onto somebody else.
So I want you guys to know from the bottom of my heart
that I'm riding with you guys.
So I have a question. If, for some reason,
we're not enough to keep you out then,
if you... if you're in the Arena,
are you choosing someone from...?
No, I'm not.
And if-- I'm not choosing nobody from the U.S.
Because if I send someone home,
that's losing one of our numbers.
'Cause I'm gonna throw this out there-- um, honestly
I was like, "Chauncey might pick me just because
-of how the beginning," and I was like, "Bro..." -CHAUNCEY: No.
I would never pick you, I would never pick you.
JAY: When deliberation comes,
Chauncey, you'd better pick your words perfectly because
you're on the chopping block, bro, from all of us.
But for right now I do need to make sure
that we kind of dwindle the international numbers just
in case, and whatever problems that we have on the U.S. side,
let's just try to bond and stick together
for a while and then we can cut each other's heads off.
Hughie already,
he's talking like he's in.
He might pick you to a game that you don't like.
We could give you the control
-so that you see the game. -CHAUNCEY: Absolutely.
And you choose what the (bleep) is going on.
And then you choose which international
that you don't like and we hook you up with the control.
Personally I feel like I'll have more firepower
if someone call me down. You say your name
going down, chances are you're going home.
That call down is just gonna give me
the extra edge personally.
And now I'm pissed.
I don't give a (bleep) what game is down there, but I'm
going to make sure that I'm doing whatever
the hell I can to come back.
Who's gonna throw the first orange?
Right, guys.
Uh, I'm not gonna blow any sugar on this.
I've heard Hughie's name and Chauncey's name.
Do you want to take the bull by its balls?
HUGHIE: Right? Look, I can't even sit
and listen to this bull(bleep) anymore.
Licking everyone's backsides.
Is this gonna be a guys' elimination?
Is that what this-- all been agreed, right?
'Cause I don't give a flying hell about elimination.
I'll go against anyone here in the elimination.
I came here for a reason-- to do that.
I didn't come to sunbathe at the pool.
Didn't come on holidays. Not arsed about that.
It's about the fact that when people are telling me
they're gonna vote you in and they're going by this,
you know, stereotype of who's the weakest,
I'm then gonna just be a man about it and stand up and say,
"Look, if that's the case, like, let's address it
and talk about it."
People continually--
and I'm sick and tired of it--
thinks I'm a weak competitor.
I'm not a weak competitor.
When my back's against the wall, I can fight.
What about loyalty?
I'm not going around from one person
to the other because I stuck to my promises.
'Cause I'm not scared and I want to do well.
I don't care about no one.
If I have a problem, I say it to you.
CALLUM: Absolutely brilliant.
Best speech ever. I felt like I was right
in Braveheart or Spartan 3,000.
"Two lungs, one heart, 24 teeth.
I'm a man and I came here to fight for my place."
You may have just saved yourself
there, sir.
Hughie, I do have to say, though, we see you
as a competitor.
No one's the weakest link.
Everybody here is a freaking animal.
I've played this game with a few people from last season.
And I just want to ask you guys all a question.
Starting with you, Horacio.
Have I ever done you wrong?
Um, I mean, if you want me to be completely honest,
you did say my name once when you told me you wouldn't say it.
-TJ: Chauncey. -I'm gonna have to say Horacio.
-(laughter) -That backfired, didn't it?
That's not a good smile.
COLLEEN: Oh, Chauncey.
Chauncey, Chauncey, sometimes it's better to say nothing.
In this game you have to think smart.
There's a reason why I'm under the radar.
-No, no, listen, he's telling the truth... -I'm being honest.
That's why I went for him first,
'cause I knew he was gonna say that.
HORACIO: Yeah?
CHAUNCEY: Michele, have I ever done you wrong?
Yes.
MORIAH: You need
to shut up.
You need to stop talking to everyone.
The hole that you're digging right now is
way deeper than the hole we saw in the first challenge.
-I have done you wrong? When? -MICHELE: Yes.
When?
-Have I ever done you wrong, Michele? -Yes.
All the (bleep) that went down last season
when me and Jay had protected
-you and Amber for two eliminations in a row. -CHAUNCEY: Yeah. Absolutely.
And you said, "I don't associate with Jay
-and Michele's decisions at all." -Yeah.
And we protected you more than anyone.
Chauncey must have thought that this was gonna go
a different direction, right?
I wasn't really trying
to sabotage him.
But when you ask a direct question,
I'm gonna give you a direct answer.
JAY: Yeah, I completely stand by that.
And then also this season,
you admitted to me that you said...
-That I didn't trust you? -...that you didn't trust me.
CHAUNCEY: In the very beginning, I did.
I was like, "Jay?" I was like, "I don't trust him."
-This was before we got in the house. -Okay.
CHAUNCEY: I'm very shocked
with what people have to say about me.
I knew at least Horacio, I said his name in the past.
I didn't think it was that bad.
But Jay and Michele?
Very surprised.
-And then Olivia? -I mean, having my people,
you know, especially Horacio, like,
doing him wrong, you did me wrong.
CHAUNCEY: Okay, understandable.
That's all I wanted to ask, I mean.
NURYS: Chauncey's trying his hardest
to make himself look
like he's loyal, but if you really think about it,
he's done a lot to make us all feel like he's not trustworthy.
He's trying,
it's just not working.
I don't know who to pick because he keeps me sane.
He's annoying, but he keeps me (bleep) sane.
I feel I've built a relationship with everyone here,
so it makes it too difficult
to do what we done the last time.
I'm literally leaving this deliberation with no idea
-who I'm gonna vote for. -Same.
(indistinct chatter)
...I will go with, like,
what y'all want, ultimately, but to be honest with you,
Chauncey has screwed me over.
And Hughie has never.
Loyalty to me means everything.
He's just, it's just, like, thing after thing.
But if that's gonna (bleep) our alliance over,
there's a bigger picture.
It makes more sense if I'm thinking
about the team and getting money
for the team, I'm choosing right now
that I would have more loyalty to Chauncey than Hughie.
OLIVIA: Let's look at it.
We're looking at the weakest players, too.
Which is really powerful to have on your side.
And, also, I'm sorry,
but I actually think Chauncey probably is the weakest.
-Yeah. -Also, I don't trust him, obviously.
If you're a snake to the people that you're closest with,
-who can you trust? -Literally.
RAVYN: Now my team really wants to vote in Chauncey, and...
I am not feeling too hot with where I stand with them.
I definitely think I'm towards
the bottom of their priority list.
And that does not make me feel good at all.
MORIAH: Do you guys want to risk taking
-a number out right now? -RAVYN: Yeah.
Like, do we want to keep someone and say, like, "You owe me?"
I'm sorry, but if you screw my people over,
you're on my (bleep) list.
People are nervous
that we're getting rid of Chauncey 'cause he's a "number."
If someone is gonna be
on your side and stab you in the back,
that's not a number. Like, we need to be logical here.
CIARRAN: If it comes to me, and they go, "Your name's up,"
I'll be, "Sweet, no problem."
-Yeah. -Like, I'm fine, I'm fine with it.
If you're gonna put me in, no issue.
RAVYN: Ciarran is not usually the type
of person I would go for, but
Ciarran does like me and he's a great competitor, so
it could be really good for my game
because I don't know where I stand with the other girls.
And I want to work with people that will support me.
I guess. Yeah. Chauncey, I mean, Chauncey's never
done me wrong. He has been disloyal to other people
that, I guess, you know, like, he owed loyalty to?
All, all of us have to be ready
-to go down no matter what. -Yeah. -Yeah.
'Cause he's going to pick-- he could pick any, any one of us.
We don't know what's gonna happen next.
Anybody can pick anybody to go down.
I don't want to say Chauncey's name,
but right now I feel like I'm pinned against the wall.
I believe the chances of Chauncey calling me out
are definitely high,
so I have to be very,
very prepared and mentally clocked in.
Another thing to think about is, what if you can only
call down from the people who voted for you?
Last time Jessica got to pick from all 12 girls
'cause all 12 girls-- or 11 girls-- said her name.
It could be that you can only
pick from the people who said your name.
ED: Ravyn, what are you doing?
Who are you working with here? Your Team USA alliance
is thrown out the window with this dumb idea.
Ravyn, eyes are on you now.
Why is she like this? She literally just left here.
If all the UK people just vote for themselves
and Chauncey can only pick from people who voted him
and it's just American guys,
we need to have some sort of plan about that.
-It might be, though. -JAY: It might be. -CHAUNCEY: At that point,
if she's doing that, why not...?
♪ Death by a thousand little cuts... ♪
JAY: If the UK boys are burning on themselves
and the only people that say Chauncey
are Americans, then he might have
to call down an American boy.
And then we lose one of our alliance members.
So, do the American guys start
burn-voting as well?
♪ Setting fires to every bridge... ♪
We're a mess of a disaster right now.
♪ What you did ♪
♪ When it all goes wrong, maybe it's right... ♪
CIARRAN: If Chauncey gets voted in,
he's definitely picking someone from Team UK.
So that leaves myself, Callum, and James.
We didn't think it was a divide in the house.
But now it seems to be Team America versus Team UK.
♪ Try to forgive, but can't forget ♪
♪ All of the words you said, a dagger to the head... ♪
JAMES: I can't decide
which way to go. Chauncey, Hughie. Chauncey, Hughie.
CALLUM: Hughie. Chauncey.
Burn. Burn. Hughie. Chauncey.
I'm gonna vote for Chauncey tonight.
Potentially, maybe Hughie.
I don't know.
♪ A dagger to the head ♪
♪ It's time to fold, hard letting go ♪
♪ Of all the words you said ♪
♪ A dagger to the head ♪
♪ Try to forgive, but can't forget ♪
♪ All of the words you said ♪
♪ A dagger to the head ♪
♪ A dagger to the head. ♪
TJ: All right, everyone.
Welcome back to the Arena.
You had to discuss which contender you wanted to send in
to fight for their right to stay in the game.
Now I need to get your votes.
Michele, start with you.
Uh, there's been a lot of chaos going on today...
...that made us really all pretty uneasy,
and I have to go with Chauncey.
TJ: All right. Ciarran.
I'm gonna play it safe and I'm going for James.
I've heard Chauncey said,
"You know, he's gonna pick Team UK,
blah, blah, blah." End of the day, I say James.
-What a dog. -(whistles)
It's the burn vote, really, isn't it?
It's to keep our asses safe.
Is it gonna work? Who knows?
-All right, Kyland. -For me, it's gonna be Hughie.
KYLAND: If we're committed to keeping
our team strong as a whole,
I think it's more valuable for us to keep Chauncey than Hughie.
-TJ: Jay. -JAY: Earlier today,
uh, we were staying with a certain name
and that was Chauncey, so I'm gonna stand by my word.
-Chauncey. -I'm going to say Chauncey's name tonight as well.
TJ: Ravyn.
I'm sorry, Hughie, I'm gonna have to say your name.
HUGHIE: It's fine. I completely get it.
-Whoa. -MICHELE: Darn, girl. Look at
what all your friends are doing. You should probably follow suit.
I mean, Challenge 101. It's a rookie move.
-TJ: James. -I'm just gonna pick, uh, Ciarran
-'cause he picked me anyway, so... -(laughs softly)
-TJ: All right. Callum. -No burn involved.
-I'm gonna vote for Chauncey. -TJ: Fair enough.
CIARRAN: Callum, bro, now he might choose you.
-Not a smart move. -TJ: All right, Zara.
I'm sorry, Chauncey. It's gonna be you.
-Chauncey. -Chauncey tonight.
-Chauncey, too. -CHAUNCEY: It definitely sucks
hearing my name being called
by basically everybody in the house.
There's a few people I consider friends
that said my name tonight.
-Um, Chauncey? -Chauncey, I apologize,
I'm gonna say your name, but I hope you come back.
CHAUNCEY: But if you're going with majority,
I definitely understand 'cause I would do the same thing.
TJ: Chauncey.
Um, the reason why I'm in this position right now
is 'cause I've had friendships that I've broken.
I don't want to break any more friendships,
so I'm gonna say myself.
-I respect that, man. Respect that. -TJ: All right.
Chauncey, that's 18 votes for you.
-Come on down. -(cheering, applause)
Been here before.
-(chuckles) -Good to see you, man. Good to see you.
Chauncey.
How's the baby?
(exhales) She's doing great. Um...
I miss her so much, and I came here for her.
(sniffles) And, um...
Daddy don't want to come home yet.
TJ: This position that you're in right now
affords you total control of your game.
So now it's time for you to choose any male.
(bleep)
JAMES: This burn vote thing?
-Big mistake. -TJ: Who's it gonna be?
Who's standing in your way of getting
that legacy of Challenge champion?
CALLUM: I'm the only person from the UK
that actually voted Chauncey
into elimination.
-Surely he's gonna pick me. -Um...
HUGHIE: I am jumping on the inside right now,
and I definitely think Chauncey's gonna choose me.
You know? Bring it on, big boy.
♪ ♪
TJ (echoes): Who's it gonna be?
TJ: Who's it gonna be? Who's standing in your way
of getting that legacy of Challenge champion?
Um...
I understand that you guys were burning votes.
So I'm-a go with James.
-Okay. -JUJUY: What? Really?
With this huge man?
-All right, James, come on down. -(cheering, applause)
JAMES: This guy has seriously misjudged me.
But it just goes to prove that Chauncey
is not the sharpest tool in the shed.
-JAMES: It's cool. -CHAUNCEY: I don't really have any ties to James,
and from the looks of it,
James doesn't seem like he has a lot of endurance.
I don't think he can match mine.
MICHELE: It was a smart move on Chauncey's part, actually.
By choosing somebody like James,
if he comes back in this house,
he just gained a lot of trust with Horacio,
Jay, Kyland,
all of us girls, so it's a great idea.
TJ: Okay, so, Chauncey, James,
tonight you are playing Might Light.
To begin, you and your opponent are gonna start
on either side of this wall.
-When I say go... -(air horn blows)
...you're gonna grab your light cylinders one at a time
and start filling those holes.
Your goal tonight
is to get three lights in a row
as many times as you can.
Be strategic, 'cause one cylinder
could count for two sets of three.
So if you have four in a row,
you have three on this side, three on this side.
At the end of three rounds,
whoever has the most sequences of three
will win tonight's elimination round and stay in the game.
Losers go home empty-handed. All right, let's do it.
-Good luck. -Good luck. You, too.
-(cheering, applause) -Go, Chauncey!
CIARRAN: Lockie.
CHAUNCEY: I'm not surprised I was voted in.
I said a little bit too much in deliberation.
I just have to dig myself out this hole.
Speed is my strong suit,
so I just got to outrun him.
JAMES: The strategy is: do it as quick as possible.
You know, it's a puzzle and speed game.
That's not my strongest points.
Chauncey, he looks the complete athlete,
but having seen how he performed in the challenge, you know,
looks ain't everything.
KYLAND: Let's go, Chauncey.
(exhales)
ED: I'm rooting for Chauncey to win.
I've worked with Amber in the past.
I know James is a very, very smart guy,
but Chauncey obviously has the speed, the endurance.
Hopefully he makes it back out.
TJ: All right, gentlemen, you ready?
-Go! -(air horn blows)
ASAF: Let's go, Chauncey!
Let's go!
Chaucey on the lead. Let's go!
COREY: Chauncey.
-Rows of four. -ASAF: Get the four at the top.
Chauncey, on top.
Chauncey on the lead!
Chauncey's in better shape than James,
but it's not only about being fit,
it's about having a brain.
This game requires endurance,
strategy and concentration.
You cannot just put the light cylinders in anywhere you want.
-MELISSA: Rows of four. -BIG T: Good, James.
BERNA: That's it, yes. That's it.
JAMES: This is very similar
to a game that we all play as a, as a child.
Obviously, the stakes are very different,
and people fold under pressure.
So, as much as I'm confident,
I can't be too confident.
-Go, let's go, let's go! -Come on, block him!
(overlapping chatter)
RAVYN: I know Chauncey is fighting
for his newborn baby girl and his girlfriend Amber,
but I wish he would just focus
not so much about his speed but more about the strategy
on how he's gonna get the most points.
You're doing amazing. You're doing amazing.
I am rooting for James 100,000
quadrillion percent not only because he will have my back
but because the last time James was in The Challenge,
you didn't get to see his full potential.
He is fit and he is smart,
and I think he does have a lot to prove this time.
Right now, push it right now!
Chauncey, one more at the bottom.
-(air horn blows) -TJ: Well done, boys.
(applause)
HUGHIE: Who has the most?
TJ: All right, the score of round one
is James with nine,
Chauncey with six.
CHAUNCEY: James got the first round.
His strategy was obviously better,
but the game's not over until it's over.
This is the start of round two.
Ready, gentlemen?
-(air horn blows) -Go.
JUJUY: Go, go, go, go!
COREY: Come on, pick it up.
CALLUM: That's it. Nice and light on the feet.
JAMES: I can't beat Chauncey fitness-wise
or speed-wise, so I have to work smart, not hard.
The best strategy is to go diagonal and across,
creating boxes, if you like,
within each section.
CHAUNCEY: It's very tough knowing that everybody
wanted me in the Arena.
I'm fighting
for my family, but I'm also
fighting to get back in the house
where everybody seems to hate me.
ASAF: Very good, Chauncey!
ZARA: Block him, block him down there!
CIARRAN: Back and forth, back and forth!
ED: He's got to block right.
-Push, push, push. -CIARRAN: There you go.
(contestants screaming)
CIARRAN: Come on, James, push!
That's it. You got one extra there, James.
Get the hustle out, lad. Keep working.
HORACIO: Don't give up!
♪ Let me see you ♪
Finish, finish. Chauncey, finish him!
Let's go, one more. Come on!
♪ Let me see you... ♪
(air horn blows)
(cheering, applause)
There we go, Chauncey. Yeah.
(panting)
♪ ♪
Babe, you did amazing.
Okay, recover now. Deep breaths.
MELISSA: There's absolutely not a chance in hell
that James is fit enough to run a final.
(panting)
He'd literally run into the final and be like...
(wheezes, laughs)
Just gas out in the first five minutes.
TJ: All right, round two. The score was six...
...to five... James.
So the score is 15-11, James.
Chauncey, you got to pick it up.
CHAUNCEY: This third round's for everything.
I want to stay in this house,
I want to get to that final, I want to do everything I can,
just provide for my family.
Right now it's gonna come down to who wants it more,
and I promise you that's me.
♪ Staring at the lights while I'm looking for my mind ♪
♪ Falling to the floor, fire burning up the shore ♪
♪ You want to take control ♪
♪ Keep me in chains of gold ♪
♪ Give me cash or just let me go ♪
♪ Money makes my blood flow... ♪
-(air horn blows) -Go!
(cheering)
HORACIO: James, don't let him get 'em full.
MICHELE: Chauncey, fill the bottom row!
CIARRAN: That's it, lad, block it.
Score! Score!
MORIAH: Right now I'm being very unbiased
because I don't want anyone to know who I'm cheering for.
I do secretly want James to come back,
but I am okay if Chauncey comes back,
so I'm gonna just keep what I want to myself.
ZARA: Block his bottom row. Block his bottom row.
CIARRAN: James, diagonal!
Get your points, come on!
ZARA: Hustle! Dig deep!
CIARRAN: Chauncey has gone into fifth gear.
-It's finally clicked for him. -ZARA: Left one.
(all shouting)
Middle! Middle! Middle! Middle! Middle!
COREY: Yes, go. Now move. Move.
CHAUNCEY: My heart is beating out my chest.
My lungs feel like they're exploding.
I know James is feeling this as well.
(panting)
-Oh, James is tired. -Faster, Lockie!
(panting)
BIG T: Oh, gosh.
Someone get the paramedic 'cause James is gonna collapse.
Keep going, dig deep now. This is it.
Pick your pace up, lad. Pick your pace up.
ASAF: Come on!
-KYLAND: Come on! -ASAF: Block! Block him!
Block him, Chauncey, block him. Yes!
-ED: Good block! -ASAF: Yes, Chauncey.
-Yep. -Okay, yeah, good.
-(air horn blows) -CALLUM: I'm very, very worried.
It really, really is important
to get Lockie back into the house.
Not 'cause he's my best mate but because
the UK really, really need the numbers.
COREY: Good job. That wasn't easy.
(panting)
COREY: Good job. That wasn't easy.
TJ: That score was James three, Chauncey six.
The overall score was 18 to 17.
James wins.
(cheering, applause)
Are you not entertained?
I've done it by one point.
You couldn't have written it.
Fair play to Chauncey. You tried,
but the best man won on the day.
CIARRAN: This is a huge win for my alliance.
We've literally just taken America's fittest competitor.
We know there's now a divide in the house,
and we need to start playing a bit smarter.
TJ: Well, Chauncey, as much as it pains me to see you go,
I don't feel bad for you.
-You get to go home to brand-new baby girl. -Yeah.
CHAUNCEY: Coming into the game,
I felt like I had enough friendships
that would get me to the final.
I ended up talking around too much
and trying to play the game
too hard, too fast.
When, in hindsight, I should have just...
laid low and let the game come to me.
I really hope we see you in the future. Take care, man.
-All right, thank you. -(cheering, applause)
-Good job, Chauncey! -ASAF: I'm happy
Chauncey's going to see and be with his family.
He's not gonna sleep a lot, I'm telling you.
Chauncey, if you think The Challenge was hard,
wait till you get home and see what it's like to be a parent.
-Bye, Chauncey. -Well done, Chauncey.
CHAUNCEY: You got to take losses to win,
and tonight was just a loss.
I feel like Amber's gonna be okay with the fact
that I am coming home. Now she has someone else
to help with the baby.
When I do come back to The Challenge,
it's gonna be a little different than this time.
ED: Keep your head up, bro.
TJ: James,
securing your win in the game means that you are
one step closer to becoming a Challenge champion.
-Well done. -Yeah. Got it done.
-TJ: Continued success, my friend. -Got it done.
What can I say? Smashed it. It's what I do.
I'm exhausted. You know, I put everything into that,
but that's just proved to me
I'm here to win. I'm a champ.
TJ: Listen up, all of you.
When my countdown hits zero, Chaos will ensue.
The whole game changes.
So get some rest. I'll see you soon.
(cheering, applause)
MICHELE: This is kind of a fragile situation
because we did just eliminate one of our numbers.
This could be a huge problem.
We're in the Control portion of this game,
and I am feeling pretty in control.
I have a lot of friends in here.
But I've never liked to play with control.
I like a little bit of chaos.
I didn't win. It's okay.
-Let's go! -(cheering)
My strategy in the beginning didn't go as planned.
I felt like I should get all fours
across the board if possible.
Later, down the line, I kind of figured out a better strategy.
-(cheering) -Yes, Chauncey!
But it was just a little too late.
♪ ♪
I wish I listened to Amber,
and not spoke to everybody in the house.
I should've stayed a little bit more to myself,
like I usually do.
I felt like I could possibly play a different game
this season than last season on Ride or Dies,
however,
it just bit me in my ass.
I felt like calling James down was the right decision,
regardless of the outcome.
I am leaving this game hopefully on good terms
with many people, showing that I could keep my word.
But then also, at the same time,
not breaking any promises I made.
I'm very excited to see my baby girl Sunny,
so I'm happy to re-meet her again,
you know, 'cause I can already tell, she's grown a lot.
You guys will see me again in the future,
on The Challenge.
I'll see y'all.
KYLAND: Morale is low. We continue to fail.
47 plus 12.
It is a must for us to win.
-Go, go, go. -Come around! All the way down.
(bleep) (bleep)
JAMES: There's a few women that are very easy on the eye.
What does the champ-champ get?
MELISSA: Do not say my name as a bully!
-If I say "bully..." -(clamoring)
-(glass shatters) -HUGHIE: Oh, my God...
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