♪♪
You're watching an extended episode of "The Challenge."
Stay tuned after the episode for the final words
from the eliminated challengers.
- ♪ MTV ♪
[dramatic music]
- This season, you got to bring your own ally.
your Ride or Die.
And this game is all about friendship,
and I'm feeling friendly.
These are some of the greatest Ride or Dies of all time.
Bring 'em out. [all gasp]
- What? - Oh, my God.
This is crazy. Wow.
[Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out For A Hero"]
- [gasps] Who is it? Nany?
- Uh-oh! - Holy [bleep].
- Banana man!
- ♪ Where have all the good men gone ♪
♪ And where are all the gods ♪
- This is my 12th season of "The Challenge."
I have been to three finals and I've placed second place.
I'm walking in with a seven-time champ by my side,
and I'm here to finally get the first-place win.
- ♪ I need a hero ♪
- Nany!
- ♪ I'm holding out for a hero until the end of the night ♪
- Do not adjust your television set.
You are not hallucinating.
This is Johnny Bananas, the GOAT of "The Challenge,"
making his triumphant return to your television screens.
Nany and I truly have a long-standing,
unbreakable bond.
We're here to play.
- ♪ He's gotta be sure and and it's gotta be soon ♪
♪ And he's gotta be larger than life ♪
♪ ♪
- Go home, dude.
Don't come back, you seven-time champion.
I don't wanna see you.
You're too good at this game
and everybody freakin' loves you.
Ugh!
- ♪ I need a hero ♪
[applause]
- Quite a crew you've assembled here, Teej.
- Everybody is really nervous,
but as soon as I went into the "Challenge" house last season,
day one, Nany and I became friends.
In real life, we have each other's backs,
and I expect that to carry over into the game as well.
- The Ride or Dies of all time, these two right here.
- Uh, this person sitting right next to me.
- [laughing] - Where do I begin?
- Oh, gosh.
Hold on tight, Johnny.
- You got this, Nany? Get those legs moving.
- [screams]
- My goal this season
is to finally help Nany get this elusive victory
that she so much deserves.
- Absolutely. This is 100% a business trip.
- This is where we kill the final, Nany.
[laughter]
Whoo-hoo!
[dramatic music]
- Why don't you just go ahead and join them?
- All right.
Good to see ya, brother. - You too, man.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm here, guys. - Hello, gorgeous.
- You made it! - Oh, man.
- This is Jack. - Jack!
- Oh, hi. Jack. - This is Johnny.
- Good to meet you, man, good to meet you.
- Wow. - Turbo's still here.
You haven't killed anyone yet? [laughter]
- I hate Banana. He is [bleep] number one idiot man.
But it's okay. I love the Nany.
- Who got eliminated?
- Kailah. - It was Kailah and Tam.
- Yeah. - What?
- And Kaycee and Kenny went home.
- They went home? - They're gone.
♪ ♪
- Mine and Kaycee's relationship
is going better than ever.
She's my best friend, she's the love of my life,
and without Kaycee being here,
I'm going to fully have to trust and rely on Bananas.
He's my friend inside this game and outside of this game,
so I'm really grateful to have him by my side.
- You never know what's gonna happen in "The Challenge"!
Get outta here. - Wow.
[cheers and applause] - That's wild.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- Ride! - Or die!
- [laughs]
- Oh, my goodness. - Bam!
- This is so beautiful.
♪ ♪
- This is my room? - Yeah, this your room.
- Yeah. - [laughs] With D.
- What, me and Dev? - And Nanners.
- Oh, God! - Wow. We've come a long way.
- The hits just keep coming, man.
- Me and him have had a checkered past.
Some would even call us rivals.
- Come on! Perfect. - Love it.
- I'm willing to put all of that to the side,
because this game requires
multiple pairs to be working together.
I never thought I'd say it, but I'm happy to see ya Johnny!
[laughing] You--
- Hey, bunkie! How'd this happen?
- Okay, I--and I know this is a lot of, like,
questions all at once, but, like, are there alliances?
Who's working with who?
- The speech that Johnny gave was,
"The rookies aren't playing scared this season."
- We're not here to play a wimpy-ass game.
We're not gonna punk out
like we've seen some past rookies do.
- I don't know what's gonna happen.
- Mm-hmm. - That's the problem.
I don't know what the [bleep] gonna happen in this game.
- So let's [bleep] get our [bleep] together
and let's win. - Yeah.
- The rookies are coming in strong,
and if we don't do something about it,
the veterans are going to be picked off one team at a time,
and we just cannot let that happen.
You guys, look, I gotta show you something.
This is Guerra, it's my mom's maiden name.
- Yeah. - Do you know what that means?
- No. - Warrior.
- It means "war."
- Okay. [laughs]
- My life has been kinda flipped upside down recently.
I unexpectedly lost my mother.
I think--I think it's-- hold on, I'm sorry.
- ♪ You and me have seen everything to see ♪
♪ From Bangkok to Calgary ♪
♪ 'Cause we'll hold each other soon ♪
- I want to do this season for her,
and I wanna make her proud.
Kaycee would want me to be here,
and I know my mom is here.
I've put on muscle. I'm ready, I'm ready to go.
- That's the final--that's the final Nany that I hear. Yeah!
- And I know that whether I win or lose,
I came here on a mission,
and that mission is to live on her legacy.
♪ ♪
- ♪ If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks ♪
♪ Then I'll follow you into the dark ♪
♪ ♪
- Turbo! - Yeah.
- Turabi.
- You're still mad at me, man? Come on, bro.
- I don't like this joke style. Hey, I'm not killer, okay.
- You know where I'm coming from. I'm coming from--
- He's kidding. - Turbo, Turbo.
- Stop acting like this, okay?
- No, I always say, he's the seventh-times champion,
you know, I always give you respect.
- I know, I do too. - But you make--
- If you make this-- - It was a joke.
- Johnny, is not good.
- Turbo, it's good to see you again, man.
I guess you still haven't found your sense of humor.
Turbo is going to be an absolute nightmare
to deal with this game.
- Please. - Okay.
- I can't--I can't--okay, so-- well then, you gotta,
you know, keep it together for a little bit.
So stick around.
[dramatic music]
- It happened to me when I first walked in.
I was pouring champagne and I-- we only had one bottle,
and so I'm, like, pouring it around,
and then I turn around-- I turn around
and he's waiting for it, and then he goes,
"You disrespect me. You make me look like a fool."
Here's the thing about Turbo.
I feel like he pretends to play this intimidation game.
- So can you share some turns?
- I didn't know you were behind me.
- I was [bleep] there and I was asking three times.
I'm gonna see you one by one in elimination.
- Turbo, daggers stay in the zone.
- What do you mean, brother?
- What do you mean? - I was--
- Can you explain me? - Yeah, it's just a joke.
- But what he doesn't realize is that he's broken bonds
that he's forming as he's pissing people off in the house
is not going to bide in his favor.
- It's like a--it's like a minefield, dude.
- It's--it's like this.
♪ ♪
- That is [bleep] crazy.
So Michele and I, I believe are on the same page.
She's working the vets really well,
and I am 100% working with Johnny and Ravyn
and Olivia and Horacio.
Why? Because they're both powerhouse teams.
♪ ♪
- My head is in the game. My head is so in the game.
But, like, I was just, like, so sad for so long.
I think that was, like, the issue with being with Jordan.
[downbeat music]
A year and a half ago, my ex, Jordan, broke up with me,
and I think I, like, just went through a spiral.
Like, I hit every rock on the way down.
♪ ♪
I would feel this, like, just deep sadness.
- Correct me if I'm wrong,
but there was never really any closure there.
- Yeah, no, there wasn't.
- When Tori was in her relationship,
she's obviously with that 100%.
So when she ended things with Jordan,
I wanted to make sure that she was good.
Being able to read between the lines in a friendship
is really important because people don't always ask
for the help that they need or that they want.
- I think, like, being on antidepressants helps.
- It seems like
an incredibly beneficial step that you've taken.
- Yeah. I don't feel the need to spiral.
Like, I feel like I'm okay.
I am a completely different person than I was a year ago.
My God, I'm gonna cry.
[soft upbeat music]
I finally got help, and so I'm crying now,
tears of joy, because I'm just happy that now I'm--
I've finally seeked help and I'm on medication,
and I'm happy for myself.
And so that's why I'm crying right now.
- I just cram it down deep within myself
'til I take it out on someone that doesn't deserve it.
- [chuckling] Oh.
I'm just trusting this process.
I'm just gonna be the best person I can be.
I feel like I've healed this.
Listen, if you ever need to talk, I'm here.
- Ditto. - Warm touch.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- All right, everyone. Welcome back.
Before we get started, we have a little news.
Apparently, Emmy can't take it.
- Jesus. - Oh, my God.
- No, you've got to kidding me.
- She wants to go home, and it is what it is.
Emmy, Nam, you're out of here.
- Dude.
- Emmy, I'm freaking disappointed in you
as a person, as a human being, and as my Ride or Die.
It's like a punch straight to my face again.
And I just hope there will be a future chance for me.
- All right, let's party.
Today's challenge is called Balancing Act.
[dramatic music]
As you can see behind me,
there's an off-balance platform.
Your goal today is to level it out.
When I say go, you'll jump in the water
and swim to your respective ladders.
Climb up the ladders,
race across the container to a rope swing.
Use that rope swing to get on the other platform.
Once you get on that platform, you have to balance it out.
When it's perfectly balanced, your time will be stopped.
The pair to get this done the fastest
will win today's challenge, be safe from elimination,
and hold all the power.
Got it? [all agree]
- Get it done.
[applause] - Let's go.
- First up, we have Olivia and Horacio. Let's go.
- Let's set the standard, right?
- Being the first ones to try it out
is obviously a little bit-- gets the nerves going,
but, I mean,
this is what I came to "The Challenge" to do,
so I am super pumped,
and I know communication's gonna be key.
- Yeah. I'm excited.
We got this. - Have fun.
This is what we're here to do.
- Horacio, Olivia, you ready?
Go! [air horn blares]
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Wow. - Come on, Horacio!
- Let's go!
- The show that I'm coming from, "Exatlon,"
where we ran obstacle courses, this is my thing, you know?
I'm so excited.
This, to me, is really my playground.
[cheers and applause]
- There we go.
- I've never climbed a rope ladder before,
but obviously I'm not going to quit.
Especially, like, I could never quit on my partner.
♪ ♪
- All right! Good work!
♪ ♪
Oh, [bleep]! Oh, wow.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause] - Nice!
- This guy came to play, this guy came to play!
Oh, my God. That was sick.
- Horacio is ridiculous.
He basically floated his way onto the platform.
I mean, it's very impressive to make it look that easy.
♪ ♪
- Horacio!
- Let's go, Liv, let's go. Let's go!
- [panting]
- Hey, hey. Take a breath.
Take a breath. Grab the rope. Grab it. There you go.
- Are you stable? - I'm good.
- Okay.
I am terrified of heights.
Like, I always make a joke,
like, I'm scared of heights and love.
Like, two things, like, keep those away from me.
- [chuckles]
- Come on. - You got it man, let's go!
- Let's go! - One.
- You got it! - Two.
Three.
♪ ♪
You got it! Hold on! Hold on, hold on!
Come on, come on!
- That was sick! - [bleep].
[cheers and applause] That was so good!
- Just hold, hold, hold, hold, hold, hold.
- Okay, okay. - Hold, hold.
- Can I go back down? - No, no, no. Hold.
- Okay. - Hold.
- Okay, go! [air horn blares]
One more stop? - Yeah, let's go!
- [bleep] yeah!
- As a Ride or Die, she trusts me, I trust her.
And Olivia, being the warrior that she is,
she just overcame her fear of heights.
- I've been beat down before so much,
feeling inadequate as a person,
and I wanna be here and prove that I am mentally strong,
physically strong, and emotionally strong.
I am a fighter, and I'm never gonna stop fighting.
- Let's go!
- [laughs]
Horacio is it, man. That guy is badass.
- Wow. People, I am shocked right now.
This is a strong rookie-rookie team.
And I'm letting you know right now all the vets see this.
They definitely put a target on their back.
- I loved it. Great job, Olivia.
- I'm freaking stoked!
This is my Ride or Die for a reason.
I feel like a lot of people do underestimate me.
I like to have a good time, I like to be girly,
but at the end of the day, I'm here and I'm a savage,
and he believes in me more than anyone else, so--
- 100%. Yeah. - I'm stoked. Yeah.
- 100%.
- That's what I'm talking about, y'all.
- All right, Tamara, Turbo, let's see what you're made of.
♪ ♪
- We feel perfect.
We are ready, and we have to win.
We don't have any options because we have a lot enemy.
- All right. Turbo, Tamara, you ready?
Go!
♪ ♪
A front flip?
- Everyone gonna jump normally, you know?
But I cannot jump normal.
I am action movie actor. I have to show some action.
♪ ♪
- Look at that fast swimmer.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Tamara, she's actually
gotten up the ladder before Turbo.
This has gotta be a blow to his ego.
I'm living for this.
- Yeah!
♪ ♪
- Always better!
- Yes! [laughs]
♪ ♪
- I think Turbo should be a little worried
about being sent to elimination
because he's being kind of strange and distant
and, you know, dramatic.
- Come. - I do feel bad for Tamara,
because she seems like a pretty genuine, down-to-Earth person,
but she's, like, stuck to him like glue.
♪ ♪
- Hold, hold. Push your--push yourself.
♪ ♪
[all cheering]
♪ ♪
- [straining]
- Hold, hold, hold!
- Come, come.
Hold, hold. [all cheering]
Push your--push yourself. Hold.
♪ ♪
- No way! No way!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[all groaning]
- Man. [air horn blares]
- Good job, Tamara.
Nelson, Let's see if you and Nurys can knock this thing out.
- Scuba Nelly's gonna bring it, baby!
I been practicing swimmin', this ain't no thing.
I'ma jump here, jump there, easy peasy.
- Last time I won a challenge, I can't recall!
- All right, go! [air horn blares]
♪ ♪
- The relationship I have with Nurys is perfect.
I'm telling you people, when we put our pants on,
I put one leg in, Nurys puts one leg in,
and we zipping that thing up together, baby.
That's called ride or die.
♪ ♪
This is it! Scuba Nelly, baby!
[indistinct]
♪ ♪
[laughter]
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
[air horn blares] - Let's go, Fabio!
[Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"]
Oh! - Good job, Kim!
- All right! - Now pull up. Do it!
♪ ♪
- [screams]
♪ ♪
- Aw! Good try, Tommy!
- ♪ Goin' down, down, in an earlier round ♪
♪ And sugar, we're goin' down swingin' ♪
- [laughs]
- ♪ A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it ♪
- Do it, do it, do it, do it!
- ♪ We're goin' down, down, in an earlier round ♪
♪ And sugar, we're goin' down swingin'
- You got it! Let go! - [screams]
[all groaning] - Oh, my God!
- Watching every pair wipe out fully,
I'm like, "Hell yes!"
I'm like, "Hey, no one make this,
'cause we are so close on winning this!"
- ♪ A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it ♪
♪ We're goin' down, down ♪
- Oh! [laughter]
- Damn it. - Take a step back.
- ♪ I'll be your number one with a bullet ♪
♪ A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it ♪
♪ ♪
- Tori and Devin. Go! [air horn blares]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- It's really important that Devin and I get this done
because Liv and Horatio cannot win this.
We can't have another rookie-rookie
winning this game.
I mean, we've already been into elimination.
I'm not trying to go in again.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Devin is shocking me. He's looking like a athlete.
We're talkin' about daddy Devin right now.
Did I just call this guy "daddy"?
Oh, my God.
♪ ♪
- Come on, Tor.
Oh, [bleep]. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
♪ ♪
You're fine. You're good.
You're clear.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Nice!
- Come on, Tor.
[air horn blares]
- Wow.
- Honestly, that was incredible.
I couldn't have done that without you.
- Yeah? - I'm so proud of you.
- I love you. My fingers feel like they have chlamydia.
- [laughs] I-- - Brutal.
- I hate you. How do you know what that feels like?
- I've had it. Several times. - [laughing]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- All right, now it's time to see what all the hype's about.
Bananas and Nany, let's go.
[dramatic music]
- I wanna come in, and I want to make a mark...
- Yes.
- On this game early on and set the tone, and remind people...
- Who you are.
- Who we are. - Who we are.
Riders. Banany for life.
- All right. Bananas, Nany, you ready?
Go! [air horn blares]
- There you go!
♪ ♪
- Bananas and I have known each other for 11 years.
He and I have been through many ups and downs,
but at the end of the day, I know I have somebody
who's going to be there for me no matter what.
- That's it, Nany!
♪ ♪
- There you go, Johnny! - You got this.
You know you got it! - Hold on! Come on, man.
- Nany recently had a very traumatic loss.
Very sudden, very traumatic loss in her life.
She lost her mother.
[indistinct chatter]
I honestly cannot even comprehend
what that must feel like
and what that must do to a person.
But if there's one way I could describe Nany, it's tenacious.
This girl does not give up.
♪ ♪
[indistinct]
Grab it!
♪ ♪
Let go! [cheers and applause]
- Hold on, come on Nan! Come on, Nany! Come on!
♪ ♪
[air horn blares]
- Whoo! We did it, Johnny. - I'm so proud of you.
- Oh, thank you so much. - I am so proud of you.
- I've been working out. I told you.
- I'm so proud of you.
- I came here to win, and I'm not going home.
I'm not going home.
And I'm so happy I have him by my side.
I could cry right now. [chuckles]
Even if we didn't win,
honestly, like, that [bleep] was awesome.
- Banany for life. - Banany for life.
- Banany for life!
- Never gonna forget this.
♪ ♪
- Well, I'm waiting for the last team.
Let's go.
Last team. Come on.
- Uh-oh. - I'll try again.
- Uh-oh. - You're lying.
- He's joking. - [chuckles]
♪ ♪
[all exclaiming]
- Well, I'm waiting for the last team.
Let's go. Last team.
Come on. - What?
[dramatic music]
- Yeah, there. - Oh, [bleep].
[all exclaiming]
- Who is it? - Let's go.
- Who? - Who is it?
♪ ♪
- I'm back!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
[laughter and applause] - Oh, [bleep]!
- Yes!
- I'm back and I'm on fire, 'cause I see my girlfriend.
My girlfriend's here. I got my Ride or Die,
my brother Kenny, and I'm ready to go.
- You're gonna kill this poor girl.
- TJ needs to stop messing with my heart
because I cannot handle all these emotions.
- We lost one pair of Ride or Dies,
and I'm feeling friendly.
Kaycee and Kenny have been cleared to play.
- [indistinct] - So let's go.
- Oh, hell yeah, baby!
- Uh-oh! - You ready? Go!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- There you go! - Let's go, baby!
- This is my brother's first challenge,
and it's going to be interesting
to see how he performs.
I mean he's never done this before in his life.
Both: Let's go, Kenny!
♪ ♪
- I've always been Kaycee's little brother,
ever since probably high school.
She's always been a badass, she was always the popular one.
I was the introverted, quiet, shy kid,
but I'm here to make a name for myself.
I'm a badass, and I'm gonna show who I am here as well.
- Eye on the rope, eye on the rope!
- Get that rope!
- Big swing, eye on the rope!
Swing! Let go!
[cheers and applause] - Yes! Good job. Climb, climb!
- Yes! - Come on, baby! Come on, babe!
- Should I go? - There it is, there it is!
You got this, babe! Go, baby, go!
- Let go, let go, let go! [cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
[air horn blares]
[cheers and applause]
- Let's go!
♪ ♪
- Great challenge today, everyone.
[cheers and applause]
I absolutely loved it.
Now, only four teams could get it done,
and they were all within seconds of each other,
except one team to get it done the fastest.
And that was...
Nany and Bananas. [cheers and applause]
- I don't even know what to say right now.
I'm just so happy.
I feel like I came into this challenge confident as ever.
I had my Ride or Die by my side,
and we pulled off a win,
and I could not be more proud of myself, of my partner,
and it's just a really good way to start off the season.
- Good [bleep] job, good [bleep] job.
- Nany's happiness has always been infectious to me,
and being able to share this moment,
there's no better way for Banany to enter the game.
- Those two have been Ride or Dies forever.
Congratulations. Wow.
Bananas, Nany, I need you to go back to the house,
deliberate, and nominate for teams for Interrogation,
one of which you will ultimately select
to send into the zone, all right?
Get out of here. Take care, everyone.
- Yeah, baby! [applause]
- Four?
♪ ♪
- Whoo! - Let's go, baby!
- Now that Bananas and Nany are the winners
of this challenge, immediately danger zone for us.
But I'm hoping that Nany might,
you know, save her old partner.
We'll see.
- I heard rumblings! [cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- Turbo. - Yeah.
- Look, so I've been told, like, by a lot of people
that you said that you want to go into elimination.
- Okay, so? - Do you want to?
- Don't ask me like this.
Whatever you want, you can do it.
- No. No, no, no, no. Don't do that to me.
- Don't ask me anything.
- Don't do that--no. Don't do that to me.
Turbo and I met on War of the Worlds One,
and he and I were partners.
I did all of the politicking for him.
He didn't really have to do anything
except help me win challenges.
And I was very thankful for that.
He is not afraid of going into elimination,
but now I have the power to help him.
I'm not attacking you. I'm simply coming to you...
- Okay.
- To ask you if you want to go in.
I wanted to help you.
- If I want, I will come to you.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, that's not how it works,
because I'm in power right now. - Don't talk to me like this.
If you have the power, put me in.
I don't like this talk style.
- You're the worst at communicating.
You're the worst at communicating, Turbo.
- Normally, I trust Nany,
but this situation is a different.
I tried to take answer, "No, don't send me in."
But still, they gonna put me in.
No one can see me do begging.
I don't need no one's mercy. No one.
- Talk to me. Look at me. Look at me like your friend.
Because this is-- this is not gonna happen.
You say you cherish my friendship.
- What I told you? - You said you cherish my--
- Hey, what I told you? - No.
- What I told you?
- No, you're gonna let me finish talking.
- When I'm fighting with Banana?
- You're gonna let me finish talking.
- What I told you?
- Because this has nothing to do with Johnny, okay?
Turbo, I heard that you wanted to go in--
- Yes, if I am eliminate, I will go in...
- Let me finish, let me finish!
- But this is not good talk style.
- You're not letting me finish. And you're walking away.
Talk to me as a friend.
- Yeah, because now, I didn't like your talk style.
- Nobody wants Turbo and Tamara here.
It's so annoying to constantly hear him yelling at everybody.
He's yelling at all the guys.
He yells at the girls. He has no respect to anybody.
So it's like why even keep him here?
Turbo, you're not walking away from me. You're--no.
- I can go in anytime. - No. No, no, no, no.
- I'm ready to go in anytime.
- I'm not saying that--I'm not saying that I'm putting you in.
All Turbo has to say is, "No, I don't wanna go in,"
but he doesn't want to say no,
because he doesn't want to look weak.
No. Listen to me. I came to you because you--
- Hey, you free, Banana free.
When someone has the power, I don't like to talk.
- Oh, my God, oh, my God.
- It's extremely frustrating
when you're trying to get your point across,
and somebody doesn't even let you speak.
- Maybe this is-- okay, this conversation--
this conversation-- - I don't like this question.
- Can you let me finish a sentence?
- Do you understand? - Okay, no, no, no. I--
- I understand why Nany's pissed off and upset.
It's also a combination of thinking someone's your friend
and then realizing this person hasn't been your friend
almost the entirety that you've known them.
- You don't know what a friendship is.
- Hey!
I--when I help someone, I will never come to you,
"Hey, do you know, I gonna help you."
I will help. This is not good, you know?
Is the, "Do you want me to--I help--"
- Do you understand what I'm-- am I [bleep] crazy?
- Baby, it's okay.
'Cause all the energy is just high. It's up here.
- My intention was to go to a friend
who he claims cherishes.
I just don't like the way he talks to me either.
- I'm telling you, just as his partner,
as his friend, like, it's appreciated.
I know he, like knows that, he's just--
it didn't come off like that to him.
- Be ready for elimination, Tamara.
♪ ♪
- Turbo demands so much respect from other people,
and especially me.
Any kind of friendship that I have in my life,
a solid foundation is respect, and if you want respect,
you better give me respect back.
- You already diss at me with this talking.
- You are the worst communicator ever.
- That's fact.
- Welcome back to the first night.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Make no mistake, we are in the hot seat, young lady.
Have you had a conversation with Turbo yet?
- I came to him and I was very calm,
and I was trying to help him as a friend,
and he took that as me attacking him.
- Before we--this even happened between the two of you,
I already wanted him to go in.
Nobody in this house wants Turbo here.
What is our best shot at getting rid of him?
If we wanna break up an alliance of three people,
then we send in a group of three friends
who are all strong,
who we think could potentially [bleep] take out Turbo.
- Johnny and Ravyn were not shy about the fact
that they don't care to go against the vets,
and they're not scared to make big moves.
- Who are his closest allies? Who does he pal around with?
Jay and Horacio.
- I actually really like him. - I do too.
- I think Kim and Colleen are our better option.
- Who is he working with though?
If we throw those three friends in,
one of them is going to have to [bleep] over the other one,
which hopefully will then push them out of their little group.
And that's the way--that's the way I think we should go.
He's-- they're [bleep] good, man,
- Yeah. - Horacio is [bleep] good.
- He has the potential to win future challenges.
Let's just go.
So the four people we're voting in are Michele and Jay,
Ravyn and Johnny,
Tamara and Turbo, and Horacio and Olivia.
- Any way that works, it works in our favor.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- Go Devin and Tori! - Surprise.
- [claps] Game time, baby. - Let's go.
- I'm so worried for Johnny and Ravyn
because Johnny made a big move last week,
and obviously he put in some vets,
and he said he was goin' after the vets.
Now I have to worry about him actually leaving the game
and leaving me, and I'm kinda sad.
- I'm at a total loss right now.
- Stupid strategy, bro. Stupid strategy.
- Mm-hmm.
I'm hurt, I'm pissed off, I'm upset.
And that's coming off in an emotional way
because I honestly don't even know
how to channel this paranoia and anxiety in this moment.
- Odds are against us, because if they throw in Turbo--
- I know. That's why--I know.
- Johnny's probably gonna pick Jay.
Right now, I see us as the bottom of the list.
- I do too.
- I just thought because how well we did, like,
I understand, like, we did so good in the challenge
and that could put a target on our backs,
but to me, it was, like, really caught me off guard.
- It's literally an awakening of, like,
this is an intense game. - Yeah.
- You really can't trust anyone.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- What's up, what's up? - Hello.
- You wanted to make a power move,
and you stated that you weren't afraid to go against the vets.
You gotta understand where we coming from.
- If you guys are swinging for the fence,
we're the [bleep] fence, dude.
- Yeah, we weren't surprised at all.
I knew the implications of my actions.
And basically, me saying that I'm not scared
is to come in here and say I am a competitor,
just like you guys are. - Yes.
- That wasn't a unilateral decision.
You probably had other people you were working with
that probably had input in that,
so we felt like the most likely people that you were working
with were Jay, Michele, and Horacio and Olivia.
- Our decision was really based off of our own game.
- Okay.
- We weren't influenced by anybody or anything.
- We just wanted to make sure that
not only is a message sent,
but hopefully this kinda gets broken up a little bit, dude.
We take no pleasure in this, you two, just so you know.
- Yeah, this is not easy.
And I have to think strategically.
And anybody connected to Johnny
after making that statement last night,
we need to really take into consideration.
- It sucks to be here,
'cause now it's just a game of chance.
- Based on who else you've got in there, Johnny,
who's pretty close to you,
if you were to go into a draw with them,
most likely, he's gonna pick you,
and most likely you're gonna pick him.
- That's where I fall, yeah. - Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I think you're already in a pretty good spot.
- Yeah. - I'm not scared.
We have to go in, I believe in her,
I trust in her completely, so--
- You're so nice.
- Wait, so that was just a taste
of what you're capable of?
All right, you're going in for sure.
[laughter]
- Appreciate it. - Thank you, guys.
- Bring us up to speed on everything that's going on.
We saw the elimination.
We saw who was put into the elimination.
It looks like it was open season on the [bleep] vets.
- What have I ever done to you? - It's literally linked to Jay.
- We know that you and him are super close, dude,
outside of this show and in this show.
Whatever decision he makes, you 100% either were
cosigned or were in his ear.
It's who you're connected to.
- That doesn't mean that I'm gonna [bleep]
ruin my whole game for one person.
I've been at the bottom every time.
- Then you need to talk to Johnny and be like,
"Yo dude, [bleep],
if you pull the dagger, then [bleep] save me."
- The reality of the situation though, Nan,
is that, like, literally, I love you.
You're my, like, sister.
I never would have done that ever to you. Ever.
Literally, I never-- I was so shocked.
That [bleep] is really [bleep] up.
If you don't have the one person
that you love the most riding for you, then who do you have?
- My God, is this how you won "Survivor"?
Because I don't know if these are real tears or fake tears,
but this is really good.
- Do you think that it was easy for me? No.
- Then throw somebody you have no relationship with up there
until you have the time to figure it out and talk to me.
- From the bottom of my heart, you know I love you, Michele.
This is nothing [bleep] personal.
I do feel bad that Michele
is sitting across the table from me crying.
But at the end of the day, this isn't just my decision.
This decision is based on Bananas' decision as well.
Bananas does not trust Jay,
so if Bananas wants to say his name,
I'm sorry that you're attached to him,
but that's just the way that we're going.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Turbo, when I walked up to you today,
calmly and nicely,
and I asked you if you wanted to go into elimination--
[tense music]
My wish, I hope you're gonna be champion.
- What? No, no, no. Can you listen to me?
- I don't wanna listen you.
I already listen you too much. It's done. Okay--
- This is why you're here. - I don't wanna listen you.
- But this is why you're here, though.
This is why you're here, because you wouldn't--
- I am not here because of this one.
- Don't stand up, Turbo.
- I don't wanna listen you guys.
I wants to go inside. - Okay.
- Okay? And I have a message for you.
- Why don't you sit down-- - You sit down.
- I'm sitting down, Turbo.
Why don't you act an adult and sit the [bleep] down?
- Come, Tamara. - Okay, no.
- No, no, no, stay.
- Oh, my God. - Stay.
- I'm coming, Turbo. I'm coming.
- Hey, don't listen them.
- I don't feel voiceless at all.
The problem was, like, I made a promise to Turbo
of how we were going to handle this situation.
He's my Ride or Die.
I'm here with him and my loyalty stands with him.
- Well, that went well. - [sighs]
Well, you want to know what?
He made it an easy decision for us, so.
He is not my friend.
My friends don't treat me that way,
and if he's gonna get up and walk away,
then you wanna know what? He can go in.
[Axwell & Ingrosso's "More Than You Know"]
- ♪ I just need to get it off my chest ♪
♪ Yeah, more than you know ♪
♪ Yeah, more than you know, I just-- ♪
♪ ♪
- Whoa.
[all exclaiming]
♪ ♪
- You're like, "Here. Here, take it, take it."
- I am trying to have a good time,
but knowing that I am going up for elimination,
I'm very anxious and nervous and I think my partner
is spending a lot of time with the girl
because he's afraid that he might be leaving,
and right now I really need him,
and he's not giving me much assurance either.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I just need to get it off my chest ♪
♪ Yeah, more than you know ♪
♪ You should know that baby, you're the best ♪
♪ Yeah, more than you know ♪
- Yeah, like, I don't do the first move.
Kind of, like, that's-- you see what I mean?
- That's actually kind of cool.
- Like, you know, people go randomly up to the girls
and be like, "Hey, what's your number?"
- Yeah. - I--no.
You admire them from afar for, like, months.
And you go unseen forever, and--
- [laughing] Unseen?
- Yeah, and then you just kind of live with it.
If something happens that you guys end up talking.
I think Laurel was a surprise to me.
Just because I thought she was, you know,
she's a vet and she's, like, gonna do her own thing.
And we've connected really well.
- Well, I mean, you could at least go talk to somebody.
Or you could say, like,
one thing that makes somebody like, "Oh."
- What is good for you, like--
- I think you're, like, more shy.
Actually, I know you're more shy.
And Laurel has no chill.
She will go right up to you and she's like, "I like you."
And I love that.
I feel like that's kinda maybe the girl you need.
[overlapping chatter]
I don't think you've had that before, but I think it--
- I'm kinda scared now. I'm scared for that.
- I'm scared. - I don't know--
- I'm excited to watch.
- How would I react to that? I don't know.
I'm not a good conversation starter.
- Well, we're having a conversation right now, so.
- See, yes, but--you know what?
I feel very, very comfortable with you.
- Aww. - It's good.
- I love that. - It's very good.
♪ ♪
- I want you to know Michele, like, I did,
like, consider you 100%.
If you don't think that I sat there and told Johnny, like--
- No, I do, I do. Of course.
I'm a little butthurt that Nany and Bananas put us in.
But the truth is, we're a pair,
and I'm partnered with somebody where
their actions and their behavior
are gonna blow back on me.
Jay, sit back, shut up.
I'm gonna do all the work,
and I'm gonna take it from here.
I know you don't trust him fully.
But I would never let him do anything
to take a shot at you ever.
- And I'm sorry that you are attached to him.
I never ever wanted to hurt you.
Sorry. I've been through so much.
Like, since my mom passed away,
and, like, I-- thank God I have Kaycee.
- Yeah. - But, like, I, you know,
I was so close to not doing this season,
but I knew that, like, if I didn't do this season,
my mom would be so disappointed.
I think a lot of people are probably wondering
why I chose to come and compete this season, but I know my mom,
and I know that she would have wanted me
to embrace every opportunity that came my way.
I love my mom, and I came here on a mission,
and that mission is to
live on her legacy as warrior.
And so I'm sorry if I'm hurting you,
but I'm here, and I'm showing up
because I want to make my [bleep] mom proud.
I'm gonna--I'm gonna leave and I'm gonna let myself a beer,
and I'm gonna be proud of who I am.
- 100%, girl.
- I'm gonna be proud of who I am no matter what.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I predict that we're gonna be here for a while,
and I want us to have that trust between each other.
♪ ♪
Don't question our loyalty to each other.
- I really hope she's not striking up a deal.
That looks suspicious right now.
[dramatic music]
He's literally an anchor.
And as long as he's in the house,
we're gonna be linked to that mess.
♪ ♪
- I know that, but he's my friend.
♪ ♪
[sniffles]
In my heart, I really believe this dude, you know.
He seems like a trustworthy guy.
He seems honorable.
I hope I'm believing the right thing.
- If he's wheeling and dealing to [bleep] throw us in
to make a deal with her, is that really a friend?
I don't [bleep] know.
I've never been known to be, like, a chill girl.
I'm not, like, cool as a cucumber.
Like, the Dagger Pick is a really weird element
in this game.
I'm freaking out,
and I want to put Jay on a collar and a leash,
and I want him to sit and stay and be a good boy and shut up.
And I want to make sure that
I have my dog under control here.
♪ ♪
[Kiesza's "Hideaway"]
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Taking me higher than I've ever been before ♪
♪ I'm holding it back ♪
♪ Just want to shout out, give me more ♪
♪ You're just a hideaway, you're just a feeling ♪
- I feel as if Ravyn and I
are gonna be the number one pick,
given the fact that we made a very bold move
in our elimination and basically said, as rookies,
we're not scared to make a bold move.
So why not throw down two rookies
that said they're not scared to play a rough game?
In my mind, we kinda made our bed,
and now it's time to lay in it.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Baby, I love the way that there's nothing sure ♪
♪ Baby, don't stop me, hideaway with me some more ♪
♪ [vocalizing] ♪
♪ ♪
♪ [vocalizing] ♪
♪ Hideaway with me some more ♪
- All right everyone, welcome back to the zone.
[cheers and applause] - Let's go.
Bananas and Nany,
as the winners, you had to go back to the house
and nominate four pairs to interrogate,
one of which will be coming down here with me.
Right now, all four are in danger,
so let's bring 'em out.
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
Bananas, Nany,
it's time for you to select one of these pairs.
Who's it gonna be?
- Well, TJ,
we had the opportunity to interrogate all four teams,
and there was one team in particular
that didn't want to engage in any type of interrogation.
Didn't want to plead their case in any way,
so unfortunately, that's going to be Turbo and Tamara tonight.
- Finally, Nany gets a chance to talk
without him saying a word, and I'm so proud of her,
because I love watching Nany come to conclusions
and how she represents herself.
Good for you, Nany! Love you!
♪ ♪
- Tamara, Turbo, you're down here with me.
The rest of you,
go ahead and take your positions at the draw.
♪ ♪
- I'm manifesting his departure.
- Now, all of you are still in danger.
You're standing at the draw.
So one at a time, you'll pull a dagger.
Those daggers will hold your fate for tonight.
All right, Olivia, Horacio, you're up first.
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
That is a blank dagger.
♪ ♪
Johnny and Ravyn.
- Oh, my goodness, man.
- [indistinct] - I can't do this.
[chuckles]
- Seeing Johnny down in the zone
is actually--would just have validated my feelings,
because now my heart dropped, and my heart's pounding.
- I'm gonna let you choose. I'll follow, you go.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
♪ ♪
[all exclaiming] - That is a blank dagger.
- Oh, wow. - Oh, my God! No way! Oh!
- Oh, thank you, [bleep] universe!
- So Jay and Michele,
go ahead and select the winning dagger for us.
- Oh, my God! - There it is.
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs]
- Congratulations, Jay and Michele,
you are still in the game. Now, it's decision time.
Which one of these pairs are you gonna save
with you right now?
But keep in mind,
whoever you don't choose is playing tonight.
- Oh, my God.
- Michele is extremely worried about the fact
that if we choose Johnny and Ravyn,
the whole house will know that we're working
with Johnny and Ravyn and saving them.
But the truth of the matter is if we don't choose the guy
that everyone thinks I'm friends with,
then I look like a backstabber,
and no one up there will trust us.
♪ ♪
- So now it's decision time.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Now, it's decision time.
♪ ♪
Who are you gonna save with you right now?
Keep in mind, whoever you don't choose is playing tonight.
♪ ♪
- This is working out exactly the way we wanted it to.
They're now going to have to expose
who their true alliance is to.
- All right, it's not rocket science, guys. Let's go.
- He's the person that I trust the most, and I feel like
we don't really know who's steering the car.
I'm playing it one way, he's playing it the other.
The car is swerving, it's a little bit out of control,
but he really is my Ride or Die.
Like, I would do anything for him.
If he tells me something, I trust it 100%.
- I mean, if I gave my promise or word to any of my friends,
I gotta stay and ride with my friend, you know.
♪ ♪
TJ, Michele and I are saving Johnny and Ravyn.
- All right. Congratulations. - Thank you, bro.
- You four can go head back up.
You two are with me. [applause]
So Olivia and Horacio,
tonight you are playing Memory Lane.
♪ ♪
This is a game of communication.
You definitely have to depend on your Ride or Die's memory
just as much as your own.
As you can see, there are two giant memory boards right here
in the middle of the zone.
To begin, you and your partner are going to start in that box.
When I say go, one at a time, you will race,
jump up on your board, flip two of those tiles.
If they match, you're one step closer.
If they don't, flip 'em back over, jump back down,
and tag your partner, all right?
And they're gonna come up here and do the same thing.
First pair to match all 12 of these tiles
wins tonight's elimination round, stay in the game.
Loser goes home. You don't to be them.
- Oh!
♪ ♪
- This is my first elimination,
and this is Turbo's first elimination too.
- Everyone wanna be champion,
but everyone afraid to go elimination.
I'm not afraid to go elimination.
I wanna earn my final, you know? I wanna earn.
- I've been training, I'm ready to kill it
just as much, so watch out.
♪ ♪
- I can't lie and say I'm not nervous,
but I'm gonna turn those nerves into excitement.
You know, that's what I came here for so let's [bleep] play.
- [laughs] - I'm ready, let's go.
- Let's do this. - Whoo!
♪ ♪
- Olivia. You got this.
♪ ♪
- All right, you ready?
♪ ♪
Go! [air horn blares]
♪ ♪
[applause] - Let's go!
♪ ♪
- [indistinct]
- Let's go, let's go.
- What? - Yeah, yeah.
♪ ♪
- What? - What is it?
- Heart, knife.
- Heart--heart, knife? - Heart, knife.
I flipped over a pink heart.
And then I flip over a purple heart,
and immediately, I'm like, "Yes, I got two heart--
wait, now there's colors involved too? Okay."
It's gonna be a lot harder than I thought.
Go.
Heart.
♪ ♪
[bleep].
[bleep], we gotta start memorizing these.
♪ ♪
- Olivia, Olivia.
Bottom corner and that one you just flipped over.
Bottom corner--yes. Closest to you, bottom corner.
- Yes. - What do you mean?
- Bottom corner, right there.
both: Right there! Right there!
- Yes. - This one?
- Yes. - Yes!
- Let's go. Hey, let's go. - Come on, keep moving!
Keep moving. Good job, guys.
Good job, Olivia. Stay calm, you got this.
♪ ♪
- What is it? - Top left.
- Top left.
[cheers and applause] - Good job, guys!
Good job, Horacio, you got this.
- Third, Turbo.
- [bleep].
- Oh, [bleep].
- Bottom left, bottom left, bottom left!
♪ ♪
- Nice job. Nice job, guys.
Keep it up. Slow and steady.
- "The Challenge" isn't just about competing.
It's about having a social game
and having friends in this game.
This right here is a true testament to it.
Turbo and Tamara have nobody cheering for them whatsoever
and helping them with this game,
whereas Olivia and Horacio has everybody.
- My fourth one. Turbo, my line.
♪ ♪
- What is the heart? Which one heart?
- Which color? What color?
- Blue. - First one. First, first.
Come on, come on, come on.
- [indistinct] Go up there. - Go up there.
- Olivia, Olivia, listen to Laurel.
Everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet.
- The right-hand side, the middle one.
Right, that one. Yes.
Now, middle--very middle row. That one. Yes.
- This one? - Yes, that one.
- Let's go. - Thank you!
- Let's go! - Yeah.
And now second one on the second line.
- It's not. - Ugh.
♪ ♪
- Yes, yes, right there!
all: Left! Left! Left!
- This one? - Right there!
- Yes! - Go, yes, go girl!
- Good job! - Yes!
- Okay. - Good job! Let's go!
- Looking at Olivia,
I can see that she's definitely getting fatigued.
- Come on, keep moving. You guys are doing so good.
So good. Good job, Olivia.
- So right now, she has to keep her calm.
- [indistinct]
Middle, on the left. That one, right there, right there.
- Yes!
- Let's go! [applause]
- We are going good,
but all challenger start to help Olivia and Horacio.
It's okay, it's okay. This is not surprise for me.
Me versus every challenger.
Otherwise, it's not fair.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Star!
- Star. You got this!
- Yes, yes! Let's go, let's go!
- Yes!
- Come on, come on.
- That one! Yes, good job!
- [indistinct] down here. - And then top--
- Top middle! - Top middle!
- That one! - Top middle!
- Yes, yes! [all cheering]
♪ ♪
- Yeah, that one. Yeah.
♪ ♪
- [bleep].
- What is it? - Purple star.
- Top right, top right.
♪ ♪
Guys! - Good job!
♪ ♪
[whistling]
[cheers and applause] - Let's go, baby!
[air horn blares]
♪ ♪
- Whoo! [cheers and applause]
- Oh, that is [bleep] sweet! - [screams]
- Good job, good job.
- Big part of the game is making alliances
and working people and being nice to people.
The fact that nobody helped Turbo and Tamara,
it speaks volumes.
- Oh, that is [bleep] sweet!
- Who helped them, one day, I gonna take my revenge.
[dramatic music]
I have a message for them.
Two words, one finger.
- [indistinct] - That was so good.
[indistinct chatter]
Elimination, hey, hey, hey.
Yeah, we just, like, single-handedly,
with some help,
took down the it player of "The Challenge," Turbo.
It shows that this game is not all physical.
We obviously have been playing a social game,
just being ourselves,
you being a freaking genuine, amazing person.
Got help from the house, can't lie,
but lookit--it helped our win,
and I'll take whatever it is, so I'm just happy.
- Just happy, just happy. There it is.
- I guess it pays to have friends, huh?
- Yeah. - 100%.
- 'Cause at the end of the day,
it all came down to having so much help.
You got it done. Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- So Tamara, Turbo, unfortunately,
you lost tonight's elimination night.
Nothing but love. Have a good one.
- Thank you. Bye, guys.
[applause] - Really nice meeting you both.
I'll cherish these memories forever.
- It is what it is. We just lose.
Still I can say Nany was helped me a lot.
I go home because of her, but still, my wish,
I hope she gonna win.
I don't like her partner, is the Banana.
For me, is the number one [bleep] champion.
But still, I give him respect. He is seven times champion.
For me, or at least I hope, Nany and Banana gonna win.
- All right. Horacio, Olivia, congratulations to both of you.
You win tonight's elimination round.
- Couldn't have done it without them.
- Love you guys. Thank you so much.
- I'm thinking the house is cheering for us
just because they like us.
You know, we bring some pretty good energy.
But let's be realistic.
They want Turbo and Tamara out of here.
They need somebody to do the dirty work.
I forgive, but I don't forget,
so I think that's how Olivia and I
are gonna to take it going forward.
- Now's the time for you to go ahead and join them.
- Whoo! - Take care. Good job.
- Let's go. [applause]
You ain't ever gettin' rid of me.
[laughter]
- All right, everyone.
As you know, anything can happen on "The Challenge."
See you next time.
- All right. [cheers and applause]
- Oh, wait, wait, wait a minute.
Hey, wait, wait a second.
♪ ♪
- Jesus Christ.
- The truth is this is a game about friendship,
and I'm still feeling friendly.
- Again?
♪ ♪
The twists just keep coming.
- So let's bring in a good friend to this game.
- Who?
- One of the most iconic players...
- Who?
- To ever step foot on "The Challenge" field.
One of the baddest dudes ever. Come on out!
[K. Flay's "Blood In The Cut"]
- ♪ Take my car and paint it black ♪
♪ Take my arm, break it in half ♪
♪ Say something, do it soon ♪
♪ I need some blood in the cut ♪
♪ I need blood in the cut ♪
- Who is that?
♪ ♪
- Jordan. [all exclaiming]
- Are you [bleep] kidding me?
♪ ♪
- It's [bleep] Jordan. I mean, Jordan is here.
I haven't seen Jordan in a year and a half, since we broke up.
Like, my jaw is on the floor right now,
and I mean, I don't even know how to feel.
♪ ♪
- Hey, buddy.
How you doing, man? - Good.
- [laughs] - My man, Jordan.
- ♪ I need noise ♪
♪ I need the buzz of a sub, need the crack of a whip ♪
♪ Need some blood in the cut ♪
♪ I need blood in the cut ♪
[dramatic music]
- This is "The Challenge."
No excuse. We lose.
Me and Tamara versus old challenger.
- I felt we were doing pretty good
until everyone started helping Horacio and Olivia.
But, you know, they're strong competitors.
And I'll give it to them. They won.
- Of course, this is normal.
They try to send us outside.
Because it's the big old final,
no one can stop us.
Still, I can say Nany was helped me a lot
my first season.
She sent me in.
I go home because of her, but still my wish--
I hope she gonna win.
I don't like her partner.
Is the banana.
For me, is the number one [bleep] champion.
But still I give him respect.
He is seven times champion.
For me, really, is that I hope
Nany and Banana gonna win.
- I definitely didn't get a chance
to even begin to show you guys
my training and what kind of competitor I am,
so I hope I'll have the opportunity come back
and, you know, show you guys what I got.
- See you, sweet challengers, soon.
- [laughs] See you soon.
- You walked into this game knowing I was here
and I didn't know you were coming.
And therefore, I have questions.
[dramatic music]
- They know that their numbers are against them.
- I'm not trying to cross those boundaries at all.
You can't make double deals because nobody will trust you.
- Let's go, baby! Let's go!