Stay tuned after the episode for the final words
from the eliminated challengers.
♪♪ MTV. ♪♪
TJ: Tonight, it's the season finale
of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion.
We started with 24 contenders.
Only six remain.
COREY: I have fought
so hard to get here.
MORIAH: This is the end.
I need to win this.
TJ: The contenders have been
battling the final
for 12 grueling hours,
-seizing Control. -EMANUEL: Good job.
TJ: Fighting Chaos.
Only one will stand amongst the greats,
achieving their Conquest to become
the new Challenge champion for the first time.
-(Corey groans) -BERNA: Run!
♪♪ ♪♪
(clock ticking)
TJ: Welcome to your final challenge.
-(cheering) -Only one of you is gonna be walking away
a Challenge champion.
JAY: $250,000.
-COREY: Let's go! -COLLEEN: You got this.
TJ: Well done, Corey.
BERNA: She is one of the biggest threats.
COLLEEN: Focus on our team. We need this time.
EMANUEL: I need to win this. It would change my family life.
NURYS: Emanuel is first, but in the final
anything truly can happen.
I'm ready to claim the throne.
-COREY: Let's go! -COLLEEN: Whoo!
TJ: That's how a champion does it.
EMANUEL: Little bit more.
(whooping)
(sobbing)
TJ: Still anybody's game.
In Chaos, there is a clear-cut winner.
-Emanuel, well done. -Thank you. -COREY: Good job.
Now, by winning, you have secured safety for yourself.
And there is now going to be another elimination.
So, you have to select one contender
to send in to the elimination.
Right now.
COREY: It's the end of the Chaos level of the final.
At this point, I'm exhausted, I'm tired.
I don't know how much I have left to give today.
And now I'm potentially up for elimination again.
TJ: Who's it going to be?
EMANUEL: I really don't want to have this power.
It's hard 'cause this power will take someone's dream away.
There's only one person I can say.
You know, I've been working with everyone here,
so, unfortunately, I'm going to say Nurys.
-Sorry, Nurys. -Nurys, how you feeling?
You know, uh, it sucks, but I'm gonna fight regardless
of who I have to go against, no matter what I have to do.
I did not come this far just to come this far.
And I've already won two eliminations before,
so hopefully I'll just win a third.
I like that. Nurys, come with me.
COLLEEN: I expected that Emanuel will choose Nurys,
send her into the elimination.
That is a big risk for me because
I really think I'm on her list.
We are not getting along very well.
All right, Nurys, this is the Draw.
In front of you, there are six poles.
Four names-- Moriah, Corey, Berna and Colleen.
And the other two are Chaos. Take your pick.
COREY: Nurys has already sent four people home this season.
She's very capable of sending home someone else.
I don't want to go against her.
All right, Nurys, go ahead and take the Draw.
-All right. Moriah. -COREY: Oh, my God.
So, it's Nurys and Moriah.
The other contenders are super happy that Nurys
didn't pick this Chaos right now.
And to be this far already,
I'm proud of myself, but I want to win.
TJ: Moriah, how do you feel about that?
Um, against Nurys, I'm upset
because I would love to see Nurys and I together.
I haven't gone into elimination, and to be honest,
it didn't feel right if I didn't go in at least once.
All right. Behind me there are two puzzle boxes.
There are also six blocks.
You must fit all six blocks in the puzzle boxes.
-Got it? -Got it.
COLLEEN: For my game, it would be better if Nurys is leaving
the game because she's a big threat.
All right, Nurys and Moriah, you ready?
♪♪ I came to play, I came to play... ♪♪
-(air horn blows) -Go. -COREY: Let's go.
♪♪ I know, I know, I know ♪♪
♪♪ I'm the hero of this whole thing ♪♪
♪♪ I know, I know, I go to the world's end ♪♪
♪♪ If it calls me... ♪♪
NURYS: I thought this was going to be a lot easier,
but as I'm shoving these blocks in, they're not fitting.
I'm cutting my hand as I'm doing this.
This is a lot harder than I thought.
This seems like something you would probably do
in kindergarten, but it's not.
Got to go like this.
♪♪ Light it up, yeah, we're scoring... ♪♪
-Calm down, calm down. Breathe. -Calm, calm.
BERNA: It would be amazing if Moriah comes back
because we all know that Nurys is a beast at this point.
She can run. She can do puzzles and everything.
So I wouldn't mind if somebody comes back who's not that good.
♪♪ I came to play, I came to play ♪♪
♪♪ Play, play, play, play, play... ♪♪
Come on.
Getting these six blocks into the square
is way difficult than I thought.
(bleep) fit.
And I'm worried right now because
I keep getting stuck on one piece.
-(bleep) -I knew that's how it went.
Supposed to shove 'em in there, though.
♪♪ Play, play, play ♪♪
♪♪ Play, play, play, play... ♪♪
(bleep), that's how it goes.
COREY: Oh, my God.
♪♪ Play, play, play... ♪♪
Check.
-(air horn blows) -(applause)
♪♪ I came to play. ♪♪
COREY: Great job, Nurys. Good job, Moriah.
Come here. I'm so proud of you.
NURYS: I have gone into three eliminations.
I have sent home five people.
This has been the most amazing confidence boost
that I've ever needed.
I can't wait to win this final.
(laughing): Why don't you (bleep) fit? Okay.
Great job. You had a great season.
COREY: There's a reason why Nurys is a puzzle queen,
and she just proved it.
It's going to be very hard for anyone
to beat her today.
That was a really hard puzzle.
-Yeah. -Congratulations to both of you.
-How are you feeling? -I'm so grateful to be here,
and I'm so glad with, like, all of you guys. (sighs)
TJ: All right, Moriah. Well, take care of yourself.
-This ends your time here on The Challenge. -Okay.
-Okay, bye, TJ. Bye, guys. -TJ: Have a good one.
-Bye. -Great season, Moriah.
MORIAH: I feel like I'm proud of my performance today.
I did the best of what I could do.
Next time, when I come back, I will be
bigger and better than ever.
Not bigger like this, but I'll be, like, bigger.
All right. So, Nurys, congratulations.
You are still in the final. Well done.
-(whooping) -Thank you. (laughs)
-Great job. -Good job, girl. -Thanks, guys.
TJ: However, your night is just getting started.
No one sleeping tonight. No one is sleeping.
-Ugh. -Staying up all night long.
EMANUEL: Come on, TJ.
I thought you're on our side.
I'm very mad at TJ.
-I've never been mad at TJ. -I hate this.
The only thing I want to do right now is sleep.
You know what, TJ? I'm gonna trust you,
and hopefully this all works out to my advantage.
You do fall asleep, there's going to be
some dire consequences in the morning.
Now, I left a couple of tasks for you to do
to kill the time. I'll see you in the morning.
-All right. -TJ: All right.
-Get out of here. -Thanks, TJ.
See you soon.
♪♪ ♪♪
-Oh, the first day we were here. -Oh, we got to get
those tiles out of here?
BERNA: Oh, my God, look at this, there are pillows.
COREY: Oh, there's a... (laughs) But we can't use those.
-(Colleen laughs) -EMANUEL: Oh, holy (bleep).
COREY: What is this?
Guys, do you remember that
-from the first day ever? -Of course.
Guys, go, go, go. Don't waste time, guys.
We need those tiles back, so we need to count them after.
This is gonna keep me up,
then I'll do it.
TJ: Your task this evening
is to remove all of the tiles
from your box using your fingers.
The three contenders to finish their task first will get
to pick between the three items that I left for you:
a blanket, a pillow, or a chair.
The top two finishers get to sabotage
their fellow competitors, adding tiles
to their boxes.
Why so many? Really? Like...
How many pieces are there, do you think?
-COREY: A lot. -EMANUEL: Hundreds.
I'd rather be uncomfortable tonight
and not sleep.
Don't give me a pillow.
Just dropped a few.
COREY: I don't know what I'm doing.
How are you supposed to do this?
NURYS: Colleen hasn't said one word. She's focused.
COLLEEN: One of the biggest lessons I learned here is
that you are your limit.
If you are saying to yourself, "I cannot breathe
and I cannot go," then you cannot go.
Get a champ's mindset
and tell yourself that you can win.
I believe in myself
so much that I really think I can beat
all these competitors.
COREY: Who thought of this (bleep) challenge?
Well...
Oh, (bleep).
I'm tired already.
I'm actually super tired.
We just went through so much
all day and we have to stay up all night.
I'm gonna pick the blanket because I'm frozen.
BERNA: Ugh. (bleep)
COREY: Oh, (bleep).
NURYS: I'm so (bleep) annoyed right now.
EMANUEL: How long do you guys think we're gonna be here for?
COREY: Stop talking.
EMANUEL: I'm going delusional.
Staying awake,
it's a really tough mental challenge
that's affecting us already,
but it's going to affect us
for the next portion of the final,
100%.
NURYS: Oh, God.
EMANUEL: Get me out of here.
NURYS: We're not on a time crunch, so we're here all night.
Hey, my brain is not working anymore, guys.
COREY: How many are you doing at a time?
Two?
EMANUEL: 15.
COLLEEN: Nurys, you're doing great.
I came here to prove to myself that I am strong, I am smart.
I just keep thinking back to the letters
that my family sent me,
and I got to make them proud.
(laughs)
Well, I tell you, my brother
always finds a way to just... (laughs)
be my brother. (laughs)
I am wanting that blanket.
I'm just trying to stay focused
and not worry because we have all night to stay awake.
If I had to choose between $250,000
and being a Challenge champ,
it's definitely more important to me to have
the title of Challenge champ over the money.
I want to win for my community.
I want to show gay men are strong, that we can get it done.
Ha-ha, mother(bleep). Whoo.
-COREY: Good job, Nurys. -All right.
In Chaos, I obviously wasn't doing the best.
I came in last a few times, so this feels good for my ego.
You're also able to sabotage.
Yeah, give them to me, Nurys.
NURYS: It feels nice to beat Emanuel,
to show him that I am still his
number one competition.
Colleen, this is the final.
We're fighting for a lot of (bleep) here.
You were the only person out of everybody here
that I wholeheartedly had your back the entire time.
And every chance you had the opportunity
to have my back, you never did.
You actually did the opposite.
You're the one that started all of that,
so don't (bleep) start with me, (bleep) lying-ass,
-dumbass bitch. -COLLEEN: That's not true at all.
NURYS: Yes, you (bleep) did.
COLLEEN: This day was so exhausting,
and it just gets longer.
They had to sabotage me
because I'm the threat.
Only one day more with these people.
One day more.
Do I want the chair? Or do I want the blanket?
Do I want the pillow?
Take the blanket. Lay down.
COREY: I think the blanket makes the most sense.
I'll take the blanket.
EMANUEL: Whew. (groans)
(grunts)
(bleep) this (bleep), man.
I am so disappointed.
I don't like losing.
And to be a champ,
every time we have to win.
So I need to keep my head in the game,
and, uh, Nurys, I have to beat you.
(giggles)
BERNA: I'm so tired.
I'm, like, almost losing it.
But I'm here for a reason.
I'm here for the bigger picture, for the final.
Imagine I take this or what.
COREY: Whoo!
-Okay, and now you have to eat this stone. -(growls)
I need the (bleep) minerals.
Sometimes you feel you want to quit.
I just keep moving. I don't think about being tired.
It's time for revenge.
-(others cheering) -(grunts) -EMANUEL: You done?
-COLLEEN: Thank you. -COREY: Good job.
I'm ready to claim the throne.
COREY: Good job, Colleen. That was hard.
Good job, Colleen. You got your (bleep) done
after being sabotaged by everyone.
-But I was with you, so... -I know, I'm sorry, Colleen.
NURYS: Being right next to the water is actually really cold.
I want sleep so bad. My eyes
are feeling so heavy.
I know this is TJ's plan. He wants us
to go delirious and go crazy a little bit
before we can finish the final.
What if he gets here and he tells us, like, "Wow,
"none of you fell asleep.
"We're gonna reward you guys
with at least two hours of sleep."
COREY: Oh. (scoffs)
I'd lay on these rocks right now
and just pass out. No hesit...
I'd be like, "Thanks, TJ." (snores)
Do you guys know the same TJ
that I know? (laughs)
BERNA: What are we doing here?
COREY: I swear to (bleep) God.
NURYS: What is this life we're living?
COREY: Oh... my God.
NURYS: I don't want to be here no more.
COREY: Yeah, the sun's coming out now, so...
NURYS: TJ, hurry up.
COREY: What a night.
EMANUEL: You kidding me?
NURYS: I'm so mad at TJ.
How do we make it to a final and get punished the whole time?
EMANUEL: Right now through my mind
is going nothing.
I'm losing it.
I'm so tired, I'm, like, almost losing it.
I know it's a final.
I know it should be hard, and it is. It is hard.
Even without sleeping, the first day was very hard.
So I can only imagine how the second day will go.
But at this point there's nothing stopping me.
I'm ready for the last portion.
♪♪ ♪♪
COREY: Is that TJ?
SOS!
-BERNA: We're still alive! -Help!
We didn't die, TJ!
-COLLEEN: Help! -COREY: We need you!
We made it alive.
♪♪ ♪♪
-Did you have a good night? -No!
Are you ready for the biggest day of your life?
-Yes! -Please!
The worst night! Worst night.
TJ just showed up on his boat.
I made it through Control,
I made it through Chaos,
and now we're at
the Conquest part of this.
I have to stay motivated.
I have to stay confident,
and I really don't want any of these people to win.
TJ: On day one of the final,
you had to survive Control and Chaos.
And just like during the season, you're now battling
on your own in the final stage of the game: Conquest.
♪♪ ♪♪
There are five of you now.
All that stands between you and the glory of victory
is day two of the final, where the new
Challenge champion will be crowned.
To start, you'll be swimming 2,000 meters
to the island across the water.
The island has three checkpoints you must complete
in order to achieve your ultimate reward.
Third place, $30,000.
2nd place, $60,000.
And first place, $250,000.
You've all fought so hard to get here,
but in the end only one of you will earn the title
of the new Challenge champion.
All right, we got this! Let's go!
♪♪ Whoo-hoo ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, I got my head checked ♪♪
TJ: Every second counts! Let's go!
♪♪ By a jumbo jet ♪♪
TJ: That's how a champion does it.
♪♪ It wasn't easy ♪♪
TJ: Good job. You guys are killing it.
♪♪ But nothing is ♪♪
♪♪ No ♪♪
COLLEEN: I timed out three times
in the Chaos level.
This is the beginning of Conquest
so I have to give my all today.
I'm ready to compete.
♪♪ All of the time ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm never sure why I need you ♪♪
Let's go.
♪♪ Pleased to meet you ♪♪
BERNA: Wow.
I'm fighting for me, for my life.
And I came so far in this game
that I truly start to believe
that I can win the final. Berna, let's go.
♪♪ Whoo-hoo ♪♪
♪♪ Well, I lie and I'm easy ♪♪
♪♪ All of the time ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm never sure... ♪♪
COREY: Emanuel right now
is the person to beat.
Efficiency and speed are very important right now.
This is a race,
but I know I can catch up.
♪♪ Crypto ♪♪
EMANUEL: Hey, here we go.
♪♪ Yeah. ♪♪
EMANUEL: We've been going through a lot of
physical situations and my body,
it's so sore, but I don't feel it.
My mind keeps me strong
and I still have adrenaline rushing through my veins because
I know it's not the end and I cannot stop.
♪♪ ♪♪
EMANUEL: "Get geared up
and rappel down to the cliff."
TJ: You will start by rappelling down
this 700-foot cliff.
Once at the bottom, you'll need to unclip
and run to the tangram puzzle.
I'll give you 15 minutes to complete the puzzle
then move on to your next checkpoint.
You'll start your rappel based on when you arrive
at the top of the mountain.
You'll then have to finish
another one of my very special drinks.
From this point on, it's a race to the finish
to become the new Challenge champion.
COREY: "Rappel down the cliff.
"When you reach the bottom, unclip, find your puzzle pieces
"and complete the puzzle.
Then on to the next checkpoint."
Oh... my God.
I'm still running on nothing in my stomach,
so drink another energy drink?
Thank you, TJ. This is exactly what I needed.
Everyone else is going to hate this,
but I've got it.
♪♪ ♪♪
"Get geared up and rappel down the cliff.
"When you reach the bottom, unclip,
"you find your puzzle pieces
and complete the puzzle."
This is exactly where I threw up.
I cannot drink it.
EMANUEL: Your time is not gonna stop if you don't drink it.
(Colleen speaking German)
COLLEEN: Berna is playing a victim right now.
But we had all a long day.
We all ate this food.
We had these energy drinks.
You don't even finish your food.
(Berna retching)
TJ: All right, time's up.
Berna and Colleen, you've timed out.
I'm so sorry, Colleen.
(sighs)
EMANUEL: Just do it.
You got to throw it up, but do it.
BERNA: I will throw up the whole game.
EMANUEL: Yeah, but you're not gonna do the game
if you don't drink it.
Oh, my God.
I cannot drink it.
I will throw up the whole game.
They should give me anything, but not this. Please.
I'm fighting for my life
and I can't go back home
and be like, I couldn't drink a drink.
I rather want to say I almost lost my arm.
♪♪ ♪♪
Ugh.
I hate this drink.
Oh!
(spits)
NURYS: Holy guacamole.
Wow. That is a fall.
I literally...
EMANUEL: What?
COREY: I'm not doing it.
I'm proud of all of you. I can't do it.
BERNA: What? What are you...?
-I can't do it, no. -NURYS: I want you to give it a shot.
-No. -EMANUEL: Give it a shot.
COREY: I'm going to get halfway
-and I'm gonna get stuck. -BERNA: Okay, okay.
Let me tell you something.
Let me tell you something for real.
-Like... -NURYS: We are at the final.
First, it was Berna. Now it's Corey.
Honestly, at this point, I'm like,
y'all both can quit 'cause then
no matter what, I'm either first, second or third.
I'm getting money either way. Like, goodbye.
EMANUEL: Corey, give it a shot.
TJ: Corey, what's the problem?
COREY (crying): This is literally the scariest thing.
BERNA: I know. I know, baby.
I know, I know. I did the height with you.
TJ: You all know how I feel about quitters.
COREY: I-I'm not doing this.
TJ: Corey.
-Yes? -Have you done
anything that you haven't done before?
-Yes. -What are you doing, man?
You all know how I feel about quitters.
Nobody's quitting.
I am absolutely, entirely terrified of heights.
If I'm standing in a tall building
and I look out the window, my hands get clammy,
my feet get weak.
This might be the scariest thing
I've ever seen in my life.
Hey, come on, man.
-Get it going. Let's go. -It's just so high.
-Hey-- -It's so high.
-So what? -EMANUEL: Let's go, Corey.
TJ: Bro, it's not that high.
It's a little baby hill.
-It's not. Look how high we are. -Corey. Corey.
-Corey, this is a little baby hill. -Look how high we are.
Get your ass up here.
You're not quitting over this, Corey.
Nope, not on my watch. No way, dude.
Don't push me close.
Sorry. You're-you're not quitting on this.
-This is nothing. -This is so high. Oh...
-Corey. -Yeah?
Look, it's nothing. Look. Solid ropes. Like...
-What are you doing, dude? -What happens if I get stuck?
-What happens? -Who's going to save me?
-Are you going to save me? -Yes, I will come and save you.
All right? I'll come save you.
COREY: I'm going to try.
-(Corey cries) -COLLEEN: You clip this on the other side?
♪♪ ♪♪
TJ: All right, Emanuel, you ready?
-Yeah. Hell yeah. -Go!
♪♪ ♪♪
The Challenge never stops surprising me.
I have to rappel down a cliff.
I have done this before,
but never facing forward.
This is nuts.
♪♪ ♪♪
-TJ: Nobody is quitting. -(Corey squeals)
(whimpers)
(Emanuel exclaims)
BERNA: Emanuel is a beast.
Literally, he's flying right now.
He's so good in so many things.
Almost everything.
TJ: Go, Colleen. Step off that cliff. Let's go.
COLLEEN: Lean... forward.
(grunting)
How can I walk here?
TJ: Corey, go! Gotta lean forward.
All the way, all the way, all the way, all the way.
All the way. All the way.
COREY: The last thing I want to do is quit,
but I'm just so scared.
My final story can't end here.
Thankfully, TJ talking to me is exactly what I needed.
I'm not going to give up on myself.
TJ: Go, Nurys.
I can get it done because I know
my family at home,
and my dad specifically,
are rooting for me
with all of their heart
and they're proud of me no matter what happens.
TJ: Come on, go.
-Pull it, pull it, pull it. -COREY: Oh, God.
TJ: Lean forward, lean forward. Lean forward, Corey.
♪♪ ♪♪
TJ: Lean forward. You gotta lean forward.
TJ: Got to lean forward, Corey.
Nurys, you got to lean forward.
-Get your feet under you. -NURYS: Emanuel is ahead,
but me, Colleen, and Corey are literally right behind.
I don't care how many bruises,
I don't care how many rocks I'm hitting.
This is still my game.
TJ: This is what The Challenge
is all about!
Nurys, you want to be a champion?
Of course I (bleep) do.
(Corey screams)
Corey, what the (bleep)?
(Corey shouting)
I can't (bleep) help it!
Ow.
EMANUEL: Oh, okay.
TJ: Berna, there's still time
to catch up, all right? You can do this.
(bleep)
I know people will struggle
with the cliff, but I'm pushing myself
because Nurys is the puzzle queen.
I need to stay calm, not panic,
and just keep doing what I did until now.
(groans)
Does it matter what color?
♪♪ ♪♪
(bleep)
TJ: All right, Berna, go.
Go hard, go hard. Catch him.
Give me anything that I feel like Lara Croft.
I want to be an actress and do my stunts myself.
So this is like a blessing. Thank you, TJ.
What are we doing?
COREY: Where does this go? (bleep).
Gotta go like this.
(exhales)
This is exactly what I just had.
♪♪ ♪♪
EMANUEL: This one does not...
-Check. -TJ: You got it, let's go!
I'm done.
Piece of (bleep).
That did not fit exactly.
Check.
TJ: All right! Go, Colleen!
COLLEEN: There's one thing I learned
from the mini final, and that is to stay calm.
There will come other checkpoints.
There will be equalizers
to go back on track.
(bleep)
Emanuel and Colleen finished the tangram. Now they're ahead.
I am annoyed. My ego is not liking this.
Like, I need to beat him. He is my biggest competition.
TJ: Inside a cage submerged in the ocean
is an answer key.
Complete the puzzle by placing the tiles
so they replicate the answer key.
I don't know what the (bleep) I'm doing.
In theory, I'm good at tangrams.
I do them a lot on my phone.
Somehow today, I cannot figure this out.
My brain is exhausted from not sleeping,
but I'm trying my hardest to get this done.
Do I have to bring something here?
The puzzle pieces are there.
Start over.
♪♪ ♪♪
Oh, yeah.
COLLEEN: I'm a certified scuba diver,
so I'm not afraid to dive or to swim.
I'm definitely coming for Emanuel.
This is my chance to take first place.
EMANUEL: Winning this prize money,
it would change my life and my family life.
My mother works in England right now.
I need to get this done
so I can get my mother
back home in Romania.
♪♪ ♪♪
Hmm, no.
What angle do you go on?
Corey, you're timed out. Let's go.
Okay.
TJ: Nurys, you're done, timed out.
BERNA: I don't understand.
I'm in last place, and
every second counts, and I don't want to lose like this.
I don't understand.
♪♪ ♪♪
(smacks lips)
COREY: "Inside a cage submerged in the ocean is an answer key.
"Complete the puzzle by placing the tiles
"so they replicate the answer key.
Then move on to your next checkpoint."
"Inside a cage submerged in the ocean is an answer key."
(bleep)
I'm not exactly sure
where the fear comes from when it comes to diving.
I just always feel like I'm gonna die
when I'm under the water.
Every time I'm down there, it literally feels like,
"I can see the light. Just let go."
(exhales)
(retching)
I am doubting myself right now.
I do think that I'm possibly not gonna be able to do this.
But I don't want this to be my downfall.
I've already overcome so much in this entire game
to make it to this point.
What's one more fear?
Let's just-- Let's get this done.
Prove to yourself, Nurys, that you can do this.
Check, baby.
Check.
I'm telling you,
I'm locked in.
That was a flawless checkpoint.
The more I finish
these checkpoints, the more confident I get.
Everything I went through, every problem I had,
I feel like it shaped me perfectly for this moment.
TJ: Berna, you're done.
Timed out.
I don't know.
♪♪ ♪♪
NURYS: This water is awful.
But I realized that it's memorization.
A bit of my fear just went away because
I have amazing memorization skills.
So now I just have to...
remember some names real quick
and finish this as fast as I can.
(bleep) God.
(groans)
Come on, Yes. (sniffles)
Where the (bleep) are you, Yes?
I hate this drink.
(retches)
(breathing deeply)
(retching)
♪♪ ♪♪
(exhales)
TJ: Complete all five stations
and bring each flag back to your rack.
You may complete the stations in any order you wish,
but you must complete the obstacles in each direction.
"Solve the puzzle. Each number can only appear once in a row.
Column must equal 45."
(bleep)
I've only done sudoku
a few times. But...
the first time ever
that I've done it, I got it right from the start.
But let's see what this sudoku brings me
after a whole night without sleeping.
-Check. -TJ: That is incorrect.
COLLEEN: Berna, Corey and Nurys are at Checkpoint Two,
and they are working on the stations.
And I cannot find the mistake.
So I have to go back to the water to find
what I'm doing wrong.
It's frustrating.
COREY: Yeah, yeah.
-I'm under... I'm under Coral. -No, you got third already.
Nurys and I are fighting right now to catch up to Emanuel.
If we work together, we both have a better chance at winning.
I think, overall,
I can beat Nurys.
So, selfishly, I'm using this for an advantage.
This is the final. Anything can happen.
So I'll-I'll get the fourth. You get the last.
I'm so focused on getting this puzzle done,
but I realize Emanuel's gone
and I realize that I really got to go.
I can't let him have the lead the entire time.
(sighs heavily)
I'm struggling a little with this sudoku, and...
I'm getting frustrated. So I need to calm down,
because this moment
could change my life forever.
(bleep)
COREY: This is the order people won in.
-Check. -Check.
TJ: Corey, Nurys,
that is correct.
COREY: I am so glad
Nurys and I worked together.
Although Emanuel has a head start,
I believe in myself
and I can catch up to him.
It's wrong?
Usually I'm quite good
at memorizing things.
But I did not sleep, so maybe
I expected too much from my brain.
I cannot find the mistake.
I cannot let the lead grow.
I'm so frustrated.
♪♪ ♪♪
TJ: Don't take your foot off the gas.
Every second counts.
(panting)
Arriving at Checkpoint Three,
there are five different tasks we have to complete.
It's up to us
to decide what order we do them in.
On the way to each task, there is an obstacle course
we have to go through to get them done.
Jesus.
Wow. Well, doesn't this look a little familiar?
This is the best-case scenario.
I obviously have already done this obstacle course twice
and won twice.
-TJ: Nurys! -(air horn blows)
-(grunts) -Oh, my gosh! You did it!
I see Emanuel's in the lead.
But when I did this before,
the boys were always in the lead before me
and I always made it up.
So this is literally anybody's game now.
For real, for real, anybody can get this.
"Using the image, solve the equation below
and write the answer on the table."
COREY: "Use the hammer to smash
"your barrel until it can fit completely inside
-your box." -Emanuel's been
at the sudoku for a long time.
I'm getting more confident the longer he's there.
(grunting)
(groans)
If Emanuel doesn't get that done,
I can catch up.
(grunts)
(clanging)
EMANUEL: Corey and Nurys
will be a competition for me
in this checkpoint, but...
I'm struggling a little
with this sudoku, with some numbers.
I'm worried that I might not be able to finish.
COLLEEN: Am I so stupid?
What I'm doing wrong?
You agree with me?
Yes, we can help each other. Okay.
I think maybe your Sarahs are wrong.
COLLEEN: Oh, you're right.
-Can I? Can you help? -Yeah.
Check.
I finally finished Checkpoint Two, and...
Berna's struggling.
But Berna had my back in the game.
We clicked from the first moment,
so she can copy mine.
And maybe
she can help me in this checkpoint.
Ten, 11, 12.
Where do you go?
(sniffles)
Check.
Correct.
Check.
-Corey, how hard is this one? -Uh...
It was easy for me 'cause I'm strong.
-You got to flatten a barrel. -We'll give it a shot.
You know what? I'm just gonna pretend
it's everyone that put me in elimination...
(groans)
...and I'm gonna smash through this thing.
EMANUEL: I cannot stay here.
Let me just finish the other checkpoints
and come back and do this
the last so I have a better chance to win.
-Minus the number of circles. -TJ: Let's go!
This is a race!
NURYS: I'm always constantly having to fight
and prove to people that I am who I say I am.
This is literally a dream of mine since I was a little girl.
And I told myself, after coming here last season,
all I want to do is win a final
for myself, for my family, for my friends and...
just to prove to everybody that has played alongside me
this season that they should have never counted me out.
Check.
TJ: Well done, Corey! Well done! Keep going!
It's a race! Let's go! Keep going!
♪♪ ♪♪
One-oh-two.
Got one flag. Four more to go.
But I need
to catch up to Nurys and Corey, and...
I need to get this done.
♪♪ ♪♪
COLLEEN: I lost so much time
at Checkpoint Two because I couldn't find
my mistake. So...
I have to hurry up.
102?
Yes! Come on, Corey!
I think I'm finally learning
how to get rid of the self-doubt.
TJ keeps saying it's the winner's mindset.
I didn't really understand that until now.
I am going to be a Challenge champion
as long as I don't give up.
EMANUEL: I don't really know what other people are doing.
I'm so close, man, and...
I cannot (bleep) it up right now.
BERNA: I see everybody's flags,
but Colleen has none.
It means, like, I have a good chance.
Give this kind of games to me all day, TJ.
It was so hard for me to run, drink, do all this.
This is exactly what I can do.
Oh.
(grunting)
Check.
I just got three flags done,
and I just have two more left.
I decided to save sudoku
and the balancing one for last,
because sudoku will be really easy for me
and the balancing's gonna be very hard.
Check.
(panting)
"Use all the pieces
"to create three equal stacks on the plate.
"Each stack may only have one piece touching the plate.
Pull the rope to raise the plate and hold it for ten seconds."
What?
Okay, come on. You do this every day, girl. Get it together.
Three stacks.
EMANUEL: "Use all of the pieces to create
three equal stacks on the plate."
(panting)
♪♪ ♪♪
COREY: I learned
I'm actually decently good
at balancing things in my elimination with Jay.
I'm trying to keep that same calmness
and steadiness that I had.
But...
As I'm placing these blocks,
it seems like they're ready to fall
even without me lifting this rope.
Ha.
Okay. Cool.
♪♪ ♪♪
EMANUEL: Can't believe this.
♪♪ ♪♪
Oh, this is impossible.
EMANUEL: This is almost impossible.
I know. The second I lift this, it's gonna fall.
Checkpoint number three.
This is the final checkpoint.
There are five stations.
We got to get every station done
and get all five flags back to our rack.
(bleep)
♪♪ ♪♪
BERNA: Going over the wall, I had this moment of
"Berna, you have a chance
"where you can make up the time
and come back strong."
♪♪ ♪♪
COLLEEN: This sudoku is hard,
especially after overnight
without sleeping.
But I still have to finish
all five stations.
And because of this, I just keep going.
I want to finish this checkpoint.
♪♪ ♪♪
Yes!
EMANUEL: My towers, they fall like crazy.
I don't know how
I'm getting this done.
-(grunts) -I am here
for the little boy inside of me who had no role models,
who wanted to play sports, and when he looked at TV,
there was nobody like him.
I want to make sure that people
like me know that,
no matter what their dreams are,
you can achieve them.
Uh, the number of circles times the number of black dots.
I don't know. I have no math in school.
(Mozart's "Sonata in A Major" playing)
Can I go back and do another one?
I went to the circus school. No math.
I went to acting school. No math.
I am not a stupid girl. I know that.
I just never really had the math.
-This is so hard. -BERNA: Balance with your arms.
Look to the end and go.
Oh, my God.
-BERNA: Go. Don't quit. -Ugh!
I can barely balance on (bleep) land. Ugh!
EMANUEL: I got four flags.
The only thing that stands between me and what's next
is the sudoku.
I'm glad
I finished everything else, because
now I don't have the pressure of other stations.
It's between me and Corey,
who gets it done first.
(exhales sharply)
I don't... Whatever.
This is hard.
How are you doing that?
I had no problems with the balance beam.
How did you do that?
EMANUEL: But Corey,
man. (whistles)
What the (bleep)?
EMANUEL: It might not seem
much because it's just
a crossing thing,
but that's gonna kill some time for him.
This is gonna be why I can't (bleep) win.
Come on, Corey. How do you do this?
NURYS: I'm pissed. I don't know where the hell I went wrong.
COREY: Come on.
(inhales sharply, sighs)
Damn.
Ah. Aah!
NURYS: Corey and Emanuel-- all they have is sudoku left.
I need to kick this into overdrive,
'cause if I start feeling like
I'm losing this, I'm gonna lose this.
No!
I don't know what I'm doing wrong at this point.
I'm so good in balance. I don't know why
I'm struggling right now.
It's again, the moment
of my body shutting down.
I have no energy left.
-EMANUEL: Hard. -Yeah, I've restarted twice already.
-Sí. -I do this every day.
You know how annoyed I am right now?
-COREY: This is so hard. -I do sudokus in pen.
EMANUEL: I feel pretty confident when I see people struggling,
you know, 'cause if it's hard for me, if it's hard for them,
then that means
we're going to be there for a while.
Can we do some push-ups instead of this?
I think my brain needs a break from all these numbers.
I'm gonna go to the balancing thing and try to see
if I can get that one done first.
Check? Check?
Uh... Uh... Really?
COREY: Good job, Colleen.
Check?
-Honestly, you copied mine. -I didn't copy yours.
Colleen got it, and then Berna did.
-I mean, Berna might have copied. I don't know. -No, no.
I took, like, four numbers in the beginning. Then I did,
-like, every cube. Every cube. -Yeah.
Berna, you did not figure this out on your own.
You definitely just cheated off of Colleen.
You can barely do math.
You telling me you just finished the sudoku?
Absolutely not.
They don't even stay by themselves.
I'm confused how you guys did this.
I just keep remembering what Horacio told me.
"Just go slowly. No matter how slow you think you're going,
go even slower than that."
Check?
Oh, my God.
(panting)
NURYS: I think I need to stop working on this balancing
and go back to the numbers now
that my brain is a little bit more refreshed.
I feel so much pressure right now.
Corey and Emanuel-- they just need
this last station to be finished.
102.
COLLEEN: Every checkpoint is a kind of
equalizer, and you have a chance
to come back.
I almost gave up, but then
I thought, I still have
a big chance to win this challenge.
Check?
COREY: Oh, my God.
I feel like my chances
of becoming a champion are getting thinner and thinner
with every second that goes by.
It's hard for me to think when I see numbers.
It's hard for me to stay focused.
I have to try.
If it comes down to a footrace, I can catch up
to Emanuel, and I can win.
Check?
I realized that Emanuel, Corey and Nurys also
have four flags.
At this point in the game, anybody can win.
I think I'm missing something. 13, 15.
(speaking German)
Check?
Yay!
Check?
I am getting so annoyed.
Knowing that all Emanuel has to do is get to the finish line...
I'm disappointed, I'm mad,
and I just know that
I'll be damned if I get third, fourth or fifth.
So I got to hurry up.
EMANUEL: I don't know how I'm running right now.
I don't feel anything,
no pain.
I'm thinking about this whole game
and how everything aligned perfectly.
Man, I'm thinking about my life back home.
I'm thinking about
how everything is going to be changed.
It's already changed.
Where did I mess up?
I'm trying to stay focused.
I know I can outrun anyone here.
I have just got to get this done.
Come on, girls.
You got this, girl.
Yes.
♪♪ My view from the top of the moon... ♪♪
Good job, girl. You got this.
♪♪ Sittin' in my hand, amazing view... ♪♪
(groaning)
NURYS: I just need to go as fast as I can.
My legs are hurting. I'm so tired.
But someone once told me that even when you feel like
you can't go no more, you still have, like, 30% left in you.
NURYS: So right now, I am going to keep going
'cause you never know.
I could catch up to Emanuel, and I still can get first place.
♪♪ The champions ♪♪
♪♪ The champions, aye, we gonna ball ♪♪
♪♪ Never fall, the champions ♪♪
♪♪ The champions ♪♪
♪♪ The champions, aye, we gonna ball ♪♪
♪♪ Never fall, the champions... ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
(grunts)
(panting)
(groans)
(panting)
-Did I win? -Congratulations.
You just won $250,000,
and you are the newest Challenge champion.
♪♪ ♪♪
Emanuel.
Good job, man.
-Good job, buddy. Well done. -Thank you.
-You did it, man. You did it. -Oh...
(laughs)
You did it, bro. How you feeling?
I'm feeling great, Teej.
I always envisioned myself right here in front of you,
and you calling me the champ.
(laughs): My life has changed, man.
My family, to this day, struggles, you know.
My grandparents, you know, my grandparents don't even have
heaters in the house, man.
They live in a village.
But now, they'll have everything.
I'm feeling so honored,
so grateful, and so blessed
that I got the job done.
I became a Challenge champion, and I'm hooking up my family
and my life and my family's life has changed from now on.
I feel like I'm part
of a very exclusive family right now.
I'm joining the champs family of The Challenge,
and to be a champion,
it's more than a dream come true.
I'm honored. Honestly, honored.
(panting)
EMANUEL: Oh, it's Nurys.
NURYS: These last couple weeks
have been really hard.
I really lost faith in being able to do this.
I think about my brother, and I think about the fact
that I used to watch this as a kid,
and I'm actually here and I'm making my dreams come true.
Everything is just kind of hitting me right now.
EMANUEL: Let's go, Nurys! Let's go!
-Well done, Nurys. -Yes!
-Second place in the final. -(laughs)
You've just taken home $60,000.
-That's not bad. -Not bad.
It may not be first, but second's not bad.
I-I can't wait for my family to see this.
♪♪ ♪♪
I feel on top of the world.
I can't believe I just finished
my first final and came in second place.
I came here saying that I was the true competitor.
I told myself I was fast, I was smart, I was strong.
And throughout this game, I definitely doubted myself,
and I just proved myself wrong.
I am exactly what I thought I was.
You really just have to believe in yourself,
and believe that you can do it, and you can.
Ugh.
I can't believe this.
Check?
Oh, my G-- Really?
I have all five flags,
and now it's just down to a race.
But I have my mortal enemy, the balance beam,
standing between me and third place
and $30,000.
(exhales sharply)
COLLEEN: Wow.
Yes!
Ugh!
I survived
all the challenge from the final.
This is the last push.
Finally.
Corey is really struggling with
his balance skills,
but he's also very fast.
So I really have to pick this up
and get my ass to the finish line.
Run, run. Corey's coming. Run.
(grunts)
(bleep)
Has my entire game really
come down to walking across a balance beam?
If I can get over, maybe I can catch up to Colleen
and I can get third.
I'm telling myself right now, "No matter what, Corey,
"you have to finish.
You didn't get here for nothing."
("Symphony No. 9" playing)
Although Colleen
has a head start, I believe in myself,
and I think I can catch up to her.
(panting)
COLLEEN: Corey is getting closer,
and it motivates me even harder to run
as fast as possible.
COREY: I'm not that far behind.
Efficiency and speed are very important right now.
This is a race.
Third place wins $30,000.
Fourth place gets nothing.
-(panting) -Run, run.
Corey's coming. Run.
COLLEEN: I just have to run
to the finish line as fast as possible.
COREY: I'm dehydrated,
I'm tired, but I've got a second wind.
I know Colleen is very fast,
but I just really hope I can catch up
and hopefully win third place.
COLLEEN: Whoever makes it to the finish line first
gets $30,000. (laughs)
TJ: Somebody's coming.
NURYS: That's Colleen.
-EMANUEL: Colleen? -That's Colleen.
(panting)
(shouts)
-NURYS: Let's go, Colleen! -(Emanuel whoops)
(groans)
♪♪ ♪♪
NURYS: Good job, baby.
-Yes! -TJ: Congratulations.
Third place. Well done, Colleen.
EMANUEL: You did it.
(panting, grunts)
I can call myself
a Challenge finalist.
I got third place.
My family will be so proud of me.
And the money means a lot for me.
But that was just the beginning.
I will climb up the ladder and will become a champ soon.
-TJ: Well done. -That's so good.
-NURYS: Yes. -I've never had so much money.
$30,000.
-(groans) -EMANUEL: Yeah, that's Corey.
-COLLEEN: Come on, Corey! -NURYS: Yeah, Corey!
(cheering, applause)
-I had to finish. -EMANUEL: Yes, sir.
NURYS: And look at you, you almost quit.
I don't get any money, but...
I'm gonna cross the finish line.
(Colleen sighs)
Great job, you guys.
-TJ: Well done, Corey. -Good job.
COREY: Although I'm not a Challenge champion,
and although I didn't take home any money,
I am so happy with my performance.
If it wasn't for the balance beam, I could have won,
and I'm walking away with my head held high.
The next final I do,
I know I'm gonna win.
Oh, then, good. Is that-- I think that is her.
-Let's go, Berna! -(cheering)
-(whooping) -Yeah, Berna!
-COREY: You're almost here, baby. -EMANUEL: Yeah!
We all finished.
TJ: Finished the final, Berna. Well done.
-COREY: Good job. Good job. I'm so proud of you. -Oh, my God.
BERNA: I am so proud of myself.
I have learned so much this season,
about myself, actually,
that I can do more things than I think,
and that I'm the only one who's standing in my way.
I question myself a lot,
and I have to help myself to get further.
TJ: We started this season
in search of a new Challenge champion.
With 24 contenders,
seven started the final challenge,
that was cut to five,
and all five of them finished the final.
Colleen, third place.
-Well done. -(cheering, applause)
-Good job, Colleen. -$30,000.
COREY: Cha-ching.
-TJ: Love it. -Thank you.
Nurys, second place,
-$60,000. -(cheering, applause)
NURYS: My second season,
made it to my first final and came in second place.
I have grown so much as a person overall, and as a competitor.
I have gone through the phase
of being betrayed and still staying true to myself.
I've done so much, and I am extremely proud.
I can't stop saying that, wish I could find another word,
but I'm just happy.
And I'm also happy this is over, because my body needs a rest.
I think I need to go take a nap.
And our newest Challenge champion,
taking home $250,000...
-(whoops) -...Emanuel.
-COREY: Let's go! -(cheering, applause)
Hey, hey.
-COREY: I'm so proud of you, man. -TJ: That is a wrap
for this season of The Challenge:
Battle for a New Champion.
Well done.
And now we get to go home and go to sleep.
Hey. I can't wait to sleep.
EMANUEL: I believe
a champion is born.
You can try and make one,
but they won't end up champions
if they don't have it within themselves.
A champion is fearless,
is never afraid from the unknown,
is always up for something new.
And a champion will always find a way.
♪♪ Time to rise up again ♪♪
♪♪ Life is beautiful ♪♪
♪♪ Life is beautiful. ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
MORIAH: Obviously, I'm upset
-that I got eliminated. -(air horn blows) -Let's go.
MORIAH: But if I can lose to anyone,
you know, I'm glad that I'm losing to Nurys.
(bleep) fit.
She's a really, really good competitor, and my alliance
did put her through the wringer this season.
NURYS: Check.
(air horn blows)
COREY: Good job, Moriah.
MORIAH: I'm proud of my performance today.
I did the best of what I could do.
I'm definitely gonna go home and, uh,
work on some puzzles more.
I feel like I played the game
as honest as I could.
Holy ..., that's hard. Yeah!
I'm just so grateful for the experience
and all the things I've done.
We're in the final, bitches!
-Yeah! -(whoops)
MORIAH: And all the things I've tried
and, um, this was the best time.
You better hurry up, Corey! We're on your tail!
Next time you guys see me I'm pretty much gonna be
a paddleboard queen,
a row queen, a puzzle queen,
a math queen and pretty much
queen of everything, so
I will be bigger and better than ever.
♪♪ ♪♪
Not bigger like this, but I'll be, like, bigger.
♪♪ ♪♪
This season, I am leaving with
true friendships and true connections
with people that I thought I knew
but now I actually know them.
In some cases,
with Michelle, I'm disappointed.
In some cases, with Berna and Emanuel,
I'm surprised. And I just
need to be more careful with
who I allow in my circle.
The most loyal contender this season
was, honestly, me, because no matter what,
I fought for my alliance, I did the dirty work
for my alliance and I never turned on them, despite what
they may think of me, I was always honest, loyal and true.
Challenge MVP this season was
definitely Emanuel. Emanuel won a lot of challenges,
he dominated the final
and he got it done when he needed to.
I think the most overrated contender this season was
Horacio. Knowing what I know now and seeing
Horacio get last place in the mini final
just goes to show maybe
I shouldn't have thought of Horacio as
the biggest target to get rid of.
It was really Nurys
and Emanuel. But, you know,
that's just lessons for next time.
♪♪ ♪♪
Go, Berna!
BERNA: I am so proud of myself.
Came into this season
ready to compete and give it 100%
COREY (echoing): Don't stop!
Give it to me, baby, come on.
I played a really clean game.
I was honest.
Seeing somebody suffering--
where's your humanity?
I wish that the first, second
and third place was Emanuel and me and Colleen.
But
I couldn't give 100% in the final.
-Cannot drink it. -EMANUEL: Just do it!
BERNA: Anything, but not this, please.
My body was in the way.
I couldn't get the job done.
That's why I'm not there. But I'm so happy
for Emanuel and Colleen.
We did it.
I've never had so much money.
BERNA: I've learned that I am the biggest enemy
of myself.
I know I have to work on everything what blocks me.
Gonna win this game.
NURYS: We're so proud of you, girl.
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