1 00:00:02,870 --> 00:00:04,538 TJ: Previously on The Challenge: USA... 2 00:00:05,506 --> 00:00:06,907 Staying loyal to an alliance... 3 00:00:07,007 --> 00:00:08,742 Bruh, you know we got you. 4 00:00:08,842 --> 00:00:10,478 ...and winning challenges have been the key 5 00:00:10,578 --> 00:00:11,812 to surviving the game 6 00:00:11,912 --> 00:00:15,015 as the final showdown for $500,000 7 00:00:15,116 --> 00:00:16,317 gets closer than ever. 8 00:00:16,417 --> 00:00:18,786 But for players like Chris and Cassidy, 9 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:21,455 they have had to rely on only themselves, 10 00:00:21,555 --> 00:00:24,858 competing in multiple eliminations to stay alive. 11 00:00:24,958 --> 00:00:26,527 Cassidy wins! 12 00:00:26,627 --> 00:00:28,296 At the Brain Squeeze challenge, 13 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:30,964 Chris left the men stunned when he secured his safety 14 00:00:31,065 --> 00:00:33,767 and a seat at the nomination table. 15 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,703 Josh hasn't earned it. Payback's a bitch. 16 00:00:35,803 --> 00:00:37,638 - (cheering) - TJ: But it was Cassidy 17 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:39,707 who found herself in her third elimination 18 00:00:39,807 --> 00:00:42,110 and took away Michele's shot at the grand prize. 19 00:00:42,210 --> 00:00:44,345 - Great season, Michele! - (cheering) 20 00:00:44,445 --> 00:00:46,180 TJ: And now, with ten players remaining, 21 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,349 two will be sent home... 22 00:00:48,449 --> 00:00:50,484 Winning today is more important than ever, 23 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:52,253 'cause it is a double elimination. 24 00:00:52,353 --> 00:00:55,589 ...losing their chance to compete in the final. 25 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:57,225 (crying) 26 00:00:57,325 --> 00:00:58,692 - TJ: Nice! - Yeah, boy! 27 00:00:59,427 --> 00:01:00,894 TJ: Alliances will be tested, 28 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:02,796 resulting in betrayal... 29 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:07,401 - ...tears... - It's like, "Fuck, what am I gonna do?" 30 00:01:07,501 --> 00:01:10,438 ...and one of the biggest blindsides of the game. 31 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:14,375 ♪ ♪ 32 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,015 (whooping) 33 00:01:22,116 --> 00:01:25,453 - (cheering) - Whatever. 34 00:01:25,553 --> 00:01:26,454 I am undefeated 35 00:01:26,554 --> 00:01:27,455 in the Arena. 36 00:01:27,555 --> 00:01:29,457 I have three elimination wins. 37 00:01:29,557 --> 00:01:31,659 I told y'all not to put me against her. 38 00:01:31,759 --> 00:01:32,993 But it's just 39 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,495 such an isolating feeling to be on the bottom 40 00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:36,330 like this so close to the end. 41 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:38,499 As much as I want to hate all of y'all's guts right now 42 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:40,568 for voting me in again, I can't be mad, 43 00:01:40,668 --> 00:01:43,103 - 'cause I'm still here and I'm fighting, baby! - (cheering) 44 00:01:43,204 --> 00:01:44,405 Cheers to the top ten! 45 00:01:44,505 --> 00:01:46,039 Cassidy has won three eliminations. 46 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:48,041 When her back's against the wall, she performs. 47 00:01:48,142 --> 00:01:50,144 She's definitely had the hardest path, and... 48 00:01:50,244 --> 00:01:52,413 out of 24 people to come in here, only ten are left, 49 00:01:52,513 --> 00:01:55,149 and we are getting dangerously close to that final. 50 00:01:55,249 --> 00:01:56,484 - (groans) - Cheers, guys. 51 00:01:56,584 --> 00:01:58,786 It's tough carrying this game on my back, man. 52 00:02:05,793 --> 00:02:07,295 We get through this one and we're in. 53 00:02:07,395 --> 00:02:08,762 That's where I'm at. 54 00:02:10,030 --> 00:02:12,200 So I just need to get through this one. 55 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:14,602 FAYSAL: Josh and I have a real relationship on the outside. 56 00:02:14,702 --> 00:02:17,137 I'm proud of him. This is the best he's ever looked. 57 00:02:17,238 --> 00:02:20,007 Josh is coming hard, and, you know, that's my number one. 58 00:02:20,107 --> 00:02:22,009 You not being safe 59 00:02:22,109 --> 00:02:23,777 and still only catching three balls, 60 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:26,314 - that's way more impressive than what I've done. - Yeah. 61 00:02:26,414 --> 00:02:28,115 On a social aspect. 62 00:02:28,216 --> 00:02:31,652 JOSH: I owe everything to Tori, Bananas, Fessy and Cory. 63 00:02:31,752 --> 00:02:33,821 They helped me to get this far in the game. 64 00:02:33,921 --> 00:02:35,256 Winning this game 65 00:02:35,356 --> 00:02:37,325 has become such a personal goal and a dream of mine. 66 00:02:37,425 --> 00:02:39,427 I am a first-generation, 67 00:02:39,527 --> 00:02:41,562 and my parents literally haven't stopped working 68 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:43,497 since the day I think they had me. 69 00:02:43,597 --> 00:02:46,099 I think that my drive and my focus just comes 70 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,101 from wanting to give them their dream life, 71 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:49,603 and I haven't had 72 00:02:49,703 --> 00:02:51,605 the opportunity financially to do that. 73 00:02:51,705 --> 00:02:55,276 So when I say I want to win this game, 74 00:02:55,376 --> 00:02:57,611 while the title's for me, 75 00:02:57,711 --> 00:02:59,713 uh, the money's for my parents. 76 00:02:59,813 --> 00:03:01,215 I'm just putting myself in a state. 77 00:03:01,315 --> 00:03:02,616 It's like, "Finish the job, dude." 78 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:04,985 - Yeah. Yeah. - Finish the job. 79 00:03:05,085 --> 00:03:07,154 ♪ ♪ 80 00:03:07,255 --> 00:03:09,323 That is the cutest thing ever. 81 00:03:09,423 --> 00:03:12,326 Chanelle, why do you want to become a Challenge champion? 82 00:03:12,426 --> 00:03:14,995 Definitely my family, number one. Like, 83 00:03:15,095 --> 00:03:17,298 you know, I want to be able to take care of my family. 84 00:03:17,398 --> 00:03:20,167 You know, when I did Survivor, I lost bad. 85 00:03:20,268 --> 00:03:23,237 - CORY: Mm-hmm. - Like, I was, you know, middle of the game, and... 86 00:03:23,337 --> 00:03:25,573 I lost a lot of my confidence. 87 00:03:25,673 --> 00:03:29,843 I have for so long suffered from impostor syndrome 88 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:31,845 because I wasn't a star in Survivor. 89 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:33,881 I was kind of mid. 90 00:03:33,981 --> 00:03:37,885 You know? The girlies on Reddit might've called me a flop. 91 00:03:37,985 --> 00:03:40,488 Do I deserve to be here? Am I good enough to play this game? 92 00:03:40,588 --> 00:03:41,489 Am I 93 00:03:41,589 --> 00:03:42,523 deserving of it? 94 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:43,891 - There's little girls... - Mm-hmm. 95 00:03:43,991 --> 00:03:45,993 - ...little kids, little boys... - Yeah. Yeah. 96 00:03:46,093 --> 00:03:48,696 - ...that look like me, that look like you... - Yeah. 97 00:03:48,796 --> 00:03:50,831 - ...that watch this, and... - Yeah. 98 00:03:50,931 --> 00:03:52,733 - ...you're gonna be able to relate to them... - Yeah. 99 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:54,835 - ...and they're gonna be able to relate to you. - Yeah. 100 00:03:54,935 --> 00:03:58,038 I've needed a win so bad this game. 101 00:03:58,138 --> 00:03:59,273 I have not gotten one yet. 102 00:03:59,373 --> 00:04:01,074 One man and one woman 103 00:04:01,174 --> 00:04:04,378 will be walking away with $250,000 each. 104 00:04:04,478 --> 00:04:06,113 I need 105 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:07,981 a confidence booster. I need to win something, 106 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:09,917 especially ahead of a final. 107 00:04:10,017 --> 00:04:12,553 ♪ ♪ 108 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:18,392 - Whoo! - Yikes. 109 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:20,160 (cheering) 110 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:26,099 - I'm scared! - This is awesome! 111 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:27,868 I see hot-air balloons. 112 00:04:27,968 --> 00:04:29,603 I see a balance beam. 113 00:04:29,703 --> 00:04:31,605 I see a ladder going up to Jesus. 114 00:04:31,705 --> 00:04:33,140 I'm petrified of heights. 115 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,308 TJ: Welcome 116 00:04:34,408 --> 00:04:35,776 to your next challenge 117 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:38,412 on this season of The Challenge: USA. 118 00:04:38,512 --> 00:04:39,713 Whoo! Let's do it! 119 00:04:39,813 --> 00:04:41,749 We started with 24 players, 120 00:04:41,849 --> 00:04:43,751 and now we are down to ten. 121 00:04:43,851 --> 00:04:46,520 You've won challenges, 122 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:47,755 eliminations, 123 00:04:47,855 --> 00:04:48,989 and some of you 124 00:04:49,089 --> 00:04:50,724 have even won multiple eliminations. 125 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:54,127 And that has all led you here. 126 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:58,632 If you make it through today 127 00:04:58,732 --> 00:04:59,767 with a win... 128 00:05:00,768 --> 00:05:02,570 ...then you've made it to my final. 129 00:05:02,670 --> 00:05:04,237 (cheering) 130 00:05:05,506 --> 00:05:07,140 CHANELLE: If you win this challenge, you are going 131 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,410 to the final, and no one can take it from you. 132 00:05:09,510 --> 00:05:11,211 If you don't win, there is a chance 133 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:13,246 that you will be fighting for your life. 134 00:05:13,347 --> 00:05:15,048 Let's get to it. All right, 135 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:17,418 today's challenge is called Burst Your Bubble. 136 00:05:18,419 --> 00:05:20,287 This is a timed event. 137 00:05:20,388 --> 00:05:23,156 As you can see, we have two massive hot-air balloons. 138 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:25,826 You're gonna start on the ground, and when I say go, 139 00:05:25,926 --> 00:05:28,929 you will race up a rope ladder 40 feet. 140 00:05:29,029 --> 00:05:31,331 When you get to the top of the ladder, get ready, 141 00:05:31,432 --> 00:05:32,966 because, one at a time, 142 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:35,869 you're gonna race across a very narrow beam 143 00:05:35,969 --> 00:05:37,705 to the opposite hot-air balloon. 144 00:05:37,805 --> 00:05:39,540 Once you tag that basket, 145 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:40,941 your time has stopped. 146 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:42,342 The fastest man 147 00:05:42,443 --> 00:05:44,745 and fastest woman to get it done today 148 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:46,480 is going straight to the final. 149 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,617 Oh, and one more thing-- winning today 150 00:05:49,717 --> 00:05:51,819 is more important than ever, 151 00:05:51,919 --> 00:05:54,588 'cause it is a double elimination. 152 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:55,989 (Cassidy groans) 153 00:05:56,089 --> 00:05:57,591 A double elimination is 154 00:05:57,691 --> 00:06:00,027 a dagger to the chest, because if your name gets nominated, 155 00:06:00,127 --> 00:06:02,329 you're going in no matter what. 156 00:06:03,330 --> 00:06:05,232 It is crucial for me 157 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:07,000 to either get this win 158 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,169 or somebody that I trust to get this win. 159 00:06:09,269 --> 00:06:10,404 Good luck. 160 00:06:10,504 --> 00:06:14,141 ♪ ♪ 161 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:18,011 Faysal, Cassidy, you ready?! 162 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:19,947 - Go! - (air horn blows) 163 00:06:24,151 --> 00:06:25,853 - So big. Covering ground. - He's so fast. 164 00:06:25,953 --> 00:06:29,056 FAYSAL: This challenge is gonna come down to who can climb 165 00:06:29,156 --> 00:06:30,891 a rope ladder the fastest 166 00:06:30,991 --> 00:06:31,892 and walk across 167 00:06:31,992 --> 00:06:33,226 a tight beam the fastest. 168 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:34,828 I have the ladder sideways. 169 00:06:34,928 --> 00:06:36,697 I'm skipping two pegs at a time, 170 00:06:36,797 --> 00:06:37,865 and I'm at a good pace. 171 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:39,833 TJ: Yeah, Faysal. Nice. 172 00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:43,336 You got it, Cassidy! 173 00:06:43,437 --> 00:06:44,838 Cassidy struggles up the ladder. 174 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:48,241 So, to me, this looks like it's really hard. 175 00:06:48,341 --> 00:06:50,478 I'm shaking in my boots, to be quite honest. 176 00:07:05,559 --> 00:07:07,895 - (air horn blows) - Good job, Fess! Great work! - Oh, my God. 177 00:07:07,995 --> 00:07:09,563 Beat that one! 178 00:07:11,064 --> 00:07:14,502 (Cassidy breathing heavily) 179 00:07:14,602 --> 00:07:16,804 CHRIS: You'll be fine, Cass. You'll be fine. 180 00:07:18,539 --> 00:07:20,273 CASSIDY: Here I am, fighting for my life. 181 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:22,342 It's wobbling. 182 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,577 There's wind blowing. 183 00:07:23,677 --> 00:07:24,812 This is 184 00:07:24,912 --> 00:07:26,580 the craziest moment of my life, I think. 185 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,783 - You got it. Lean, lean, lean. - There you go. Good job, Cass. 186 00:07:29,883 --> 00:07:31,752 (air horn blows) 187 00:07:33,420 --> 00:07:35,422 - Cory, Desi, you ready?! Go! - (air horn blows) 188 00:07:37,224 --> 00:07:39,159 CORY: There couldn't be a more important challenge 189 00:07:39,259 --> 00:07:40,060 than the one we're doing now. 190 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:41,595 If you win this, 191 00:07:41,695 --> 00:07:43,430 you punch your ticket to the final. 192 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:47,367 Whoo! 193 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:49,069 - TORI: Yeah...! - (air horn blows) 194 00:07:49,169 --> 00:07:50,370 Nice! 195 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:51,605 Get it done, baby! 196 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:53,774 Got to go. Got to go. 197 00:07:53,874 --> 00:07:55,042 You got this, Des. 198 00:07:55,142 --> 00:07:56,810 - Oh. Hold it together. - Ooh! 199 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:58,812 - Hold it together. - Oh! 200 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:00,914 Here we go! 201 00:08:01,014 --> 00:08:02,182 (air horn blows) 202 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:03,984 Whoo! 203 00:08:05,586 --> 00:08:06,987 TJ: Josh, Chanelle, you ready?! 204 00:08:07,087 --> 00:08:09,322 - Go! - (air horn blows) 205 00:08:11,358 --> 00:08:12,860 CHANELLE: This is for my life 206 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,595 in this game, and I have to win it. 207 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:16,496 And it would just be devastating 208 00:08:16,597 --> 00:08:19,399 to fall short this close to a final. 209 00:08:20,868 --> 00:08:22,302 Bring it home. Bring it home. 210 00:08:22,402 --> 00:08:25,405 - Yeah! - (air horn blows) 211 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:27,407 JOSH: All I'm thinking is, 212 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:29,977 get across this beam as fast as possible, 213 00:08:30,077 --> 00:08:33,814 because every single guy got across that beam pretty quick. 214 00:08:33,914 --> 00:08:36,650 If I slip, I'm out, and then I basically lose today. 215 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:38,552 (gasping) 216 00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:40,453 Oh! 217 00:08:40,554 --> 00:08:42,255 Oh, my God, dude. 218 00:08:45,392 --> 00:08:46,627 - (air horn blows) - Yes. 219 00:08:46,727 --> 00:08:47,995 Well done, Josh! 220 00:08:49,296 --> 00:08:50,998 TJ: Chris and Tori, you ready?! 221 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:53,133 - Go! - (air horn blows) 222 00:08:56,336 --> 00:08:59,039 CORY: I feel like Fessy might have the fastest time 223 00:08:59,139 --> 00:09:00,741 climbing the ladder, but Chris 224 00:09:00,841 --> 00:09:01,742 is doing good, too. 225 00:09:01,842 --> 00:09:03,443 (groaning) 226 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:07,615 You go, Chris! 227 00:09:07,715 --> 00:09:10,017 CORY: If Chris wins, that is 228 00:09:10,117 --> 00:09:12,152 the worst-case scenario for the guys. 229 00:09:12,252 --> 00:09:14,822 'Cause we know one of us is gonna be nominated, 230 00:09:14,922 --> 00:09:16,389 and the other ones are gonna have 231 00:09:16,489 --> 00:09:17,991 to politick against each other. 232 00:09:18,992 --> 00:09:20,293 (coughs) 233 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:23,997 CHRIS: This is a $250,000 traverse. 234 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:26,066 I've been on balance beams before. 235 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,801 I just have to not look down. 236 00:09:29,637 --> 00:09:31,639 TJ: Nice, Chris! 237 00:09:31,739 --> 00:09:33,707 Nice! Yeah, Chris! 238 00:09:33,807 --> 00:09:35,408 - That is fast! - Good job, Chris! 239 00:09:35,508 --> 00:09:36,710 Let's go! 240 00:09:36,810 --> 00:09:38,278 TJ: Well done! 241 00:09:38,378 --> 00:09:39,880 FAYSAL: Even though Chris 242 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:43,116 might've been a second or two faster than me on this beam, 243 00:09:43,216 --> 00:09:44,885 I saw him slip on that ladder. 244 00:09:44,985 --> 00:09:47,020 (groaning) 245 00:09:49,456 --> 00:09:51,358 I'm just praying 246 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:54,561 that my rope ladder climb made up for the time 247 00:09:54,662 --> 00:09:55,763 he beat me on the beam. 248 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:59,532 TORI: I don't really know who I can trust. 249 00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:01,234 And when this is the last elimination, 250 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:02,936 all bets are off. 251 00:10:03,036 --> 00:10:05,372 - Run to it, run to it. run to it! - TJ: Nice! Nice! 252 00:10:05,472 --> 00:10:06,774 - (air horn blows) - MICHAELA: Tori goes 253 00:10:06,874 --> 00:10:07,775 really fast. 254 00:10:07,875 --> 00:10:09,442 I want myself to win. 255 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:11,211 This is the day to do or die. 256 00:10:13,513 --> 00:10:14,547 All right, Bananas, Michaela, 257 00:10:14,648 --> 00:10:16,183 you ready?! 258 00:10:16,283 --> 00:10:17,785 - Go! - (air horn blows) 259 00:10:17,885 --> 00:10:19,953 BANANAS: The pressure on me 260 00:10:20,053 --> 00:10:21,855 is probably greater than 261 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:24,224 just about everyone in the house whose name isn't Chris. 262 00:10:24,324 --> 00:10:25,793 I am an unstoppable force 263 00:10:25,893 --> 00:10:28,628 in a final. So if I don't win safety, 264 00:10:28,729 --> 00:10:29,830 chances are I'm gonna 265 00:10:29,930 --> 00:10:31,899 be seeing myself in the final elimination. 266 00:10:31,999 --> 00:10:33,701 So today's a must-win. 267 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:39,239 Bananas and Michaela are neck and neck going up the ladder. 268 00:10:39,339 --> 00:10:40,908 Like, Michaela should be a firefighter. 269 00:10:41,008 --> 00:10:43,744 I've never seen somebody climb a ladder that fast. 270 00:10:43,844 --> 00:10:46,113 She's afraid of heights, so I'm really hoping 271 00:10:46,213 --> 00:10:48,181 that, you know, she decides maybe she doesn't 272 00:10:48,281 --> 00:10:50,884 want to walk on the beam. 273 00:10:54,354 --> 00:10:56,957 TJ: Oh! (laughing) 274 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:01,695 TORI: Good job, Bananas. 275 00:11:01,795 --> 00:11:03,096 Well done. 276 00:11:05,132 --> 00:11:07,300 (exhales, sniffles) 277 00:11:08,601 --> 00:11:12,105 Once I reach the top, I can't help but to look down. 278 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:14,307 I freak out. 279 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:19,346 It's just breathe to calm myself down. 280 00:11:19,446 --> 00:11:22,115 And pray for some courage, 'cause this is not something 281 00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:25,452 that I'm finding any joy in at all. 282 00:11:25,552 --> 00:11:27,087 (crying) 283 00:11:28,021 --> 00:11:29,757 No more heights! 284 00:11:34,895 --> 00:11:36,629 (Michaela crying) 285 00:11:36,730 --> 00:11:38,065 MICHAELA: I have to find a way 286 00:11:38,165 --> 00:11:40,167 to get myself focused, but I'm freaking out. 287 00:11:40,267 --> 00:11:42,335 (crying) 288 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:52,212 Yeah! 289 00:11:55,648 --> 00:11:57,284 CHRIS: Go! There you go, baby! Come on! 290 00:11:57,384 --> 00:11:59,219 BANANAS: Michaela is an anomaly. 291 00:11:59,319 --> 00:12:02,389 Generally, when people are afraid to do something, 292 00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:06,059 their fear overwhelms their ability to perform. 293 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:09,362 Michaela is wired the exact opposite. 294 00:12:09,462 --> 00:12:12,499 The more terrified Michaela is, the better she performs. 295 00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:15,235 CHRIS: You got this, Michaela! You got it! 296 00:12:15,335 --> 00:12:16,703 - Get there! - (air horn blows) 297 00:12:16,804 --> 00:12:18,271 (cheering, clamoring) 298 00:12:18,371 --> 00:12:20,040 TJ: Nice. 299 00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:22,876 Nice job, Michaela. Well done! 300 00:12:22,976 --> 00:12:25,412 (Michaela crying) 301 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:28,615 TJ: What a challenge, huh? 302 00:12:28,715 --> 00:12:30,583 - Yeah. Good job, guys. - Awesome. 303 00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:32,552 Good job, guys. 304 00:12:32,652 --> 00:12:35,055 Congratulations to all of you. That was awesome. 305 00:12:35,155 --> 00:12:37,290 Now, 14 seconds 306 00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:39,059 separated the top two women. 307 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:41,128 The top two women 308 00:12:41,228 --> 00:12:43,763 were Michaela and Tori. 309 00:12:43,864 --> 00:12:48,701 But the one woman that is moving on to my final right now... 310 00:12:51,839 --> 00:12:52,973 ...is Michaela. 311 00:12:53,073 --> 00:12:54,942 (cheering, clamoring) 312 00:12:55,042 --> 00:12:57,444 - Good job. - Good job, girl. 313 00:12:57,544 --> 00:12:59,146 MICHAELA: I'm just very proud of myself. 314 00:12:59,246 --> 00:13:01,949 My goal was to go from being first out 315 00:13:02,049 --> 00:13:04,451 on my first season to getting into this final. 316 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:06,153 So I guess now it's time 317 00:13:06,253 --> 00:13:08,856 to 10X this goal and go for the win. 318 00:13:08,956 --> 00:13:10,323 TJ: For the men, 319 00:13:10,423 --> 00:13:13,226 two men were separated 320 00:13:13,326 --> 00:13:15,528 by three seconds. 321 00:13:17,064 --> 00:13:20,100 Those two men were Faysal... 322 00:13:21,168 --> 00:13:22,702 ...and Chris. 323 00:13:24,537 --> 00:13:27,574 But the one man who just punched their ticket 324 00:13:27,674 --> 00:13:29,609 to my final... 325 00:13:32,045 --> 00:13:32,913 ...is Chris. 326 00:13:33,013 --> 00:13:35,448 (cheering, clamoring) 327 00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:42,322 (laughing) 328 00:13:45,058 --> 00:13:46,493 What a ride this has been. 329 00:13:46,593 --> 00:13:48,695 The adversity, what I had to go through, 330 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:50,530 the house turning on me, like, 331 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:52,632 being in the elimination arena again and again 332 00:13:52,732 --> 00:13:55,368 and again has just made 333 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:57,304 this so much more special for me. 334 00:13:57,404 --> 00:14:00,507 I've had to earn every minute in here and... 335 00:14:00,607 --> 00:14:01,875 I'm ready to win this whole thing. 336 00:14:01,975 --> 00:14:03,310 TJ: Congratulations to you two. 337 00:14:03,410 --> 00:14:05,378 You are now safe from elimination. 338 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:08,015 You are now in the final. 339 00:14:08,115 --> 00:14:10,017 But you still have a job to do. 340 00:14:10,117 --> 00:14:13,053 Because we have a double elimination to get to. 341 00:14:13,153 --> 00:14:15,022 I need Chris and Michaela 342 00:14:15,122 --> 00:14:18,025 as the winners to select one man and one woman 343 00:14:18,125 --> 00:14:19,692 to send into the Arena 344 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:21,394 where they will be competing 345 00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:22,729 in the double elimination. 346 00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:24,164 JOSH: Chris, I really don't know 347 00:14:24,264 --> 00:14:25,632 what he's gonna do. 348 00:14:25,732 --> 00:14:28,969 He can obviously target me again and put me 349 00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:32,039 down in the sand, or he can make a bigger move. 350 00:14:32,139 --> 00:14:34,141 The rest of you will then go back to the house. 351 00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:36,977 When that signal lights up, one at a time, you will place 352 00:14:37,077 --> 00:14:38,811 two votes into the Hopper. 353 00:14:38,912 --> 00:14:42,215 One man and one woman to take on the two nominated players. 354 00:14:42,315 --> 00:14:44,317 - Got it? - Got it. 355 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:46,119 Get out of here. 356 00:14:49,156 --> 00:14:51,758 ♪ ♪ 357 00:14:51,858 --> 00:14:54,627 (shouting, clamoring) 358 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:56,763 (shouting in Spanish) 359 00:14:56,863 --> 00:14:58,932 Good job, Michaela. 360 00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:00,300 We'll see. 361 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:01,734 Bananas. 362 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:04,337 You're like the gift that keeps on giving, man. 363 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:10,743 If this dude lets a seven-time champ slide. 364 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:13,146 I know he's your friend, 365 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:14,948 but we're all friends, you feel me? 366 00:15:15,048 --> 00:15:16,316 So I'm just speaking facts here. 367 00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:18,385 It'd be nice going into a final 368 00:15:18,485 --> 00:15:21,021 where no one has won. 369 00:15:21,121 --> 00:15:23,556 JOSH: I'm just, like, mentally putting myself in this space. 370 00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:26,593 FAYSAL: I want Josh to be there in the final with me. 371 00:15:26,693 --> 00:15:29,129 I think he would excel in a final. I truly do. 372 00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:32,765 And for elimination tonight what haven't we seen yet? 373 00:15:32,865 --> 00:15:35,868 A Challenge staple, Hall Brawl. 374 00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:40,607 Hall Brawl is the most intense game I've ever played. 375 00:15:40,707 --> 00:15:43,443 This is my all-time favorite game. 376 00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:44,777 Go! 377 00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:47,380 (cheering, clamoring) 378 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:48,881 Ooh! 379 00:15:50,717 --> 00:15:52,252 (grunts) 380 00:15:52,352 --> 00:15:54,587 (shouting, clamoring) 381 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:59,092 The last thing I want to do is go against 382 00:15:59,192 --> 00:16:02,362 my boy Josh or my boy Cory in a Hall Brawl. 383 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:04,364 If it is a Hall Brawl, 384 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:07,034 the hall is so skinny 385 00:16:07,134 --> 00:16:09,802 that you're gonna be wearing shoulder pads, 386 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:11,838 and you can't even go in there without-- 387 00:16:11,938 --> 00:16:13,640 - Bending your shoulder? - Yeah. 388 00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:15,208 Because your shoulder pads will hit. 389 00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:17,344 That's how skinny it is, so... 390 00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:19,912 It's, it's about as wide as your shoulders are. 391 00:16:20,013 --> 00:16:23,283 So you better get low or take a leap. 392 00:16:23,383 --> 00:16:25,252 Yeah. 393 00:16:26,219 --> 00:16:28,121 ♪ ♪ 394 00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:36,029 - Welcome to the final nomination of the season. - The final! 395 00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:38,698 CHRIS: Michaela and I, two Survivors, 396 00:16:38,798 --> 00:16:40,967 we secure our spot in the final. 397 00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:44,271 We have proven that Survivors, 398 00:16:44,371 --> 00:16:46,106 they can come into The Challenge House 399 00:16:46,206 --> 00:16:47,607 and they can kick some ass. 400 00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:49,042 MICHAELA: Let's get into it. 401 00:16:49,142 --> 00:16:51,178 CHRIS: Who is your first pick 402 00:16:51,278 --> 00:16:54,013 - for a female nomination? - For first pick for me is Cassidy. 403 00:16:54,114 --> 00:16:57,817 To guard myself against the potential of me and Tori 404 00:16:57,917 --> 00:17:01,321 going against each other in the final elimination, 405 00:17:01,421 --> 00:17:03,090 I made a pact with her. 406 00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:06,259 No matter who comes back next week for girls, 407 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,228 - that person's main vote. - 100%. 408 00:17:08,328 --> 00:17:09,862 - Shake on that? - And then-- Okay, cool. 409 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:11,698 Everybody feels the same. 410 00:17:11,798 --> 00:17:13,400 - Yeah, yeah. - On that one. 411 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,669 I'm not really inclined to... 412 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,371 go back on my word. 413 00:17:18,471 --> 00:17:20,006 For the guys. 414 00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:23,510 At this point, for me, Bananas. 415 00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:27,046 - He's still probably gonna get votes anyways. - Yeah. 416 00:17:27,147 --> 00:17:29,349 - 100%. (laughs) - So... 417 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:30,550 then it's down to Cory 418 00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:33,253 - and Fess, uh, and Josh. - Yeah. 419 00:17:33,353 --> 00:17:36,256 Faysal's, you know, we've been 420 00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:39,392 rooming together, but he told me he wasn't gonna vote for me, 421 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:42,162 then nominated me twice. 422 00:17:42,262 --> 00:17:43,763 I don't know, I kind of want to see 423 00:17:43,863 --> 00:17:45,698 - the big boys go at it. - (Michaela laughs) 424 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:48,101 By nominating Fess, 425 00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:50,103 it's going to put 426 00:17:50,203 --> 00:17:53,340 all of the vets in a very tough place. 427 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,376 This is payback. After getting ganged up on, 428 00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:59,379 if there's a time to strike, now is the time. 429 00:17:59,479 --> 00:18:02,014 And I'm gonna definitely hit where it hurts. 430 00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:17,864 - It is time. - (sighs) All right. 431 00:18:17,964 --> 00:18:19,699 Glad I'm safe on this one. 432 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:24,103 MICHAELA: Yeah, it's not a matchup you want to see. 433 00:18:24,204 --> 00:18:27,106 (exhales) 434 00:18:27,207 --> 00:18:28,775 TORI: Damn. I was not expecting that. 435 00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:31,744 - Oh, shit. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 436 00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:35,282 It's official. Chris and Michaela nominated me. 437 00:18:35,382 --> 00:18:38,985 My first nomination all season long. Rut-roh. 438 00:18:39,085 --> 00:18:41,188 Now I just got to get my mind ready for tonight 439 00:18:41,288 --> 00:18:44,957 because I'm 100% going into elimination. 440 00:18:47,026 --> 00:18:48,795 What the fuck? 441 00:18:52,699 --> 00:18:55,535 JOSH: I did not expect that. 442 00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:57,804 I really thought it was me or you. 443 00:18:57,904 --> 00:19:00,207 - Dude, I can't vote for you. - I'm not voting for you. 444 00:19:00,307 --> 00:19:02,209 You know 100% I'm not voting for you. 445 00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:03,643 I don't know what Fessy's gonna want. 446 00:19:03,743 --> 00:19:05,512 BANANAS: He's gonna ask for me. 447 00:19:05,612 --> 00:19:07,079 I won't do it, dude. 448 00:19:07,180 --> 00:19:09,182 (stammers) I'll vote on myself before I vote for you. 449 00:19:09,282 --> 00:19:10,650 No, why would you vote on yourself? 450 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,252 Vote Cory, what do you owe him? 451 00:19:12,352 --> 00:19:14,821 JOSH: Now that Fessy has been nominated and targeted, 452 00:19:14,921 --> 00:19:17,257 I know the best move is that I should just say 453 00:19:17,357 --> 00:19:19,859 Cory because I owe Cory nothing and while we are friends, 454 00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:21,894 I have a stronger bond with Bananas. 455 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:23,596 But Cory is a really strong guy 456 00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:25,998 and Fessy doesn't want to go against him in something 457 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:28,501 physical because Cory might be able to beat him. 458 00:19:28,601 --> 00:19:30,970 I know Fessy's not gonna want me to say Cory. 459 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:32,739 Well, too bad. He knows 460 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:34,541 that you and I are friends outside of this. 461 00:19:34,641 --> 00:19:36,876 He can't expect you to do that. 462 00:19:36,976 --> 00:19:40,179 I'm 100% going to be the odds-on favorite to be catching balls. 463 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,816 However, myself, Tori, and Josh have been 464 00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:45,918 working side by side this entire game. 465 00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:48,655 Cory's kind of like the odd man out here. 466 00:19:48,755 --> 00:19:51,724 So where's the difficulty in making this decision? 467 00:19:52,759 --> 00:19:53,960 JOSH: I'm not gonna, 468 00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:56,263 I don't care what he says, though. Trust me. 469 00:19:56,363 --> 00:19:59,932 I put that on my grandfather in heaven 470 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:02,535 that I... I will never, ever vote for you. 471 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:04,036 I don't care what he says. 472 00:20:06,072 --> 00:20:08,541 FAYSAL: They must want some fireworks tonight, man. 473 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:11,444 - It's tonight? - CORY: Yeah. 474 00:20:15,682 --> 00:20:17,450 TORI: Fessy comes up to me and lets me know 475 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:19,218 I had a deal with him and Cory. 476 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:21,120 Fessy's won and didn't throw me in. 477 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:23,823 Cory's won and didn't throw me in and I told them 478 00:20:23,923 --> 00:20:25,992 that when the time came, I would repay them. 479 00:20:26,092 --> 00:20:28,428 I'm really stuck in-between voting for Bananas 480 00:20:28,528 --> 00:20:30,229 or Josh at this point and... 481 00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:32,031 throwing Josh against Faysal? 482 00:20:32,131 --> 00:20:34,301 Like, dude, I almost feel like I'm sending 483 00:20:34,401 --> 00:20:36,603 my friend home in a stretcher if it's something physical. 484 00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:38,204 I'm gonna need your help on this too, you know? 485 00:20:38,305 --> 00:20:39,939 - CORY: Yeah. - Like, I don't-- 486 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:44,243 - I can repay it, I can repay it. - Yeah, for sure. 487 00:20:44,344 --> 00:20:46,078 I don't know what I'm gonna do. 488 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:48,615 - Yeah. Yeah, of course. - Appreciate you. 489 00:20:55,555 --> 00:20:57,657 JOSH: You want to talk real quick? 490 00:20:57,757 --> 00:21:00,126 Well, there's nothing really to talk about. 491 00:21:01,894 --> 00:21:04,263 It's either you fuck me or you don't really. 492 00:21:04,364 --> 00:21:06,533 You know what I mean? 493 00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:08,501 I have to basically choose between 494 00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:11,538 what Fessy wants, which is nominating Bananas 495 00:21:11,638 --> 00:21:15,041 for him to go up against or to nominate Cory. 496 00:21:15,141 --> 00:21:17,276 I can't, I can't do Johnny. 497 00:21:17,377 --> 00:21:19,546 FAYSAL: If you vote Cory, you're fucking both of us. 498 00:21:19,646 --> 00:21:21,814 I don't want to vote, either, dude. 499 00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:24,016 Then what...? 500 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:25,685 - What are you... - I can't vote Johnny. 501 00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:27,387 Dude, he's a good friend of mine. 502 00:21:27,487 --> 00:21:29,822 He's helped me so much, personally, in this game. 503 00:21:29,922 --> 00:21:32,825 I can't-- that's like how close you and Cory have gotten. 504 00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:35,795 - He's like-- I can't vote him. - Do what you got to do, bro. 505 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:38,097 FAYSAL: If he says Cory because he's closer 506 00:21:38,197 --> 00:21:41,501 with Bananas, that's like taking a shot at me, 507 00:21:41,601 --> 00:21:43,169 because you're pinning 508 00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:46,105 one of my boys-- who's really good at eliminations-- 509 00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:47,640 against me in something 510 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:52,211 we all know is most likely gonna be something physical. 511 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:55,548 Giving me Bananas is my best chance at returning 512 00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:57,684 because he's ten years older than me. 513 00:21:57,784 --> 00:22:00,319 Me and Cory both weigh about 220. 514 00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:02,288 Bananas is probably 185. 515 00:22:02,389 --> 00:22:05,992 So this decision is gonna dictate 516 00:22:06,092 --> 00:22:07,960 our friendship moving forward. 517 00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:12,532 TORI: Are you okay? Come here. 518 00:22:12,632 --> 00:22:14,367 (crying): I got Fessy asking me one thing, 519 00:22:14,467 --> 00:22:16,503 but then I don't want to cross Bananas. 520 00:22:16,603 --> 00:22:18,337 - You know? And I just feel bad. - Yeah. 521 00:22:18,438 --> 00:22:20,773 - Yeah. - (inhales sharply) 522 00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:23,410 I'm happy because, you know, God willingly, 523 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:25,177 - I don't have to go up against him... - Yeah. 524 00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:26,779 JOSH: ...'cause he's one of my best friends 525 00:22:26,879 --> 00:22:28,748 and I don't want to have to do that, 526 00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:30,517 but it's like, fuck, what am I gonna do? 527 00:22:30,617 --> 00:22:32,752 The thing is, is I love Josh. 528 00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:34,086 I don't think he would ever say my name, 529 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,222 but I might have to vote for him. 530 00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:42,862 (alarm ringing) 531 00:22:44,330 --> 00:22:46,232 Oh! 532 00:22:46,332 --> 00:22:48,568 ♪ ♪ 533 00:22:56,709 --> 00:23:01,013 BANANAS: Today is a double elimination, which means that 534 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:04,283 we're gonna have to put up both a male and female name 535 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:06,986 to go against Fessy and Cassidy. 536 00:23:07,086 --> 00:23:08,387 It's gonna be a bloodbath. 537 00:23:08,488 --> 00:23:12,224 Cory? Fuck off. 538 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:15,227 Desi, goodbye. 539 00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:17,464 CORY: Bananas is a seven-time champ. 540 00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:19,098 You got to go, man. 541 00:23:19,198 --> 00:23:21,634 I need to get that championship belt. 542 00:23:25,438 --> 00:23:28,174 There is one girl who has not been in the Arena yet. 543 00:23:28,274 --> 00:23:30,510 I'm voting for Chanelle. 544 00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:33,179 Chanelle is the most evenly matched person to me, 545 00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:36,248 so I am hoping to see Chanelle's ball. 546 00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:38,618 But I-- at this point, I will literally take on 547 00:23:38,718 --> 00:23:40,753 any of these girls. I don't care. 548 00:23:46,325 --> 00:23:48,127 For girls, I'm gonna do Chanelle, 549 00:23:48,227 --> 00:23:50,062 'cause she hasn't been in yet. 550 00:23:51,063 --> 00:23:52,699 For guys... 551 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:00,840 (exhales): Oh, my God. 552 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,408 (exhales) 553 00:24:02,509 --> 00:24:04,410 Coming into this secret vote, 554 00:24:04,511 --> 00:24:07,413 this is the hardest one that I've had to do 555 00:24:07,514 --> 00:24:09,148 the whole entire game. 556 00:24:09,248 --> 00:24:10,550 No matter what, I'm going to hurt 557 00:24:10,650 --> 00:24:12,451 one of my relationships 558 00:24:12,552 --> 00:24:14,453 or lose one of my friendships with these guys. 559 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,490 (exhales sharply) 560 00:24:21,227 --> 00:24:22,862 (sniffles) 561 00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:28,300 I am struggling really bad. 562 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,436 I literally have a pit in my stomach. 563 00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:34,206 (crying) 564 00:24:39,445 --> 00:24:40,880 JOSH: (exhales) I hate this game. 565 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,649 (sniffles) 566 00:24:46,753 --> 00:24:49,121 - (exhales) - What, Josh? 567 00:24:55,294 --> 00:24:57,930 What the fuck is wrong with you? 568 00:25:01,568 --> 00:25:04,036 I am absolutely mind-blown. 569 00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:06,906 You've literally sworn on the life of family members 570 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:08,741 that you're not gonna say my name. 571 00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:12,378 I put that on my grandfather in heaven 572 00:25:12,478 --> 00:25:14,881 that I w-- I will never, ever vote for you. 573 00:25:14,981 --> 00:25:17,283 I literally looked at this man, 574 00:25:17,383 --> 00:25:20,419 whom I've looked out for in this game, 575 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,054 outside of this game, 576 00:25:22,154 --> 00:25:24,356 someone who has made every promise 577 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:26,793 in every single way under the book 578 00:25:26,893 --> 00:25:29,428 to never say my name, knowing 579 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,097 that this final elimination 580 00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:33,032 is potentially gonna be something 581 00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:36,869 that I am basically gonna be outmanned and outgunned in. 582 00:25:36,969 --> 00:25:38,805 By him saying my name is literally sending me 583 00:25:38,905 --> 00:25:40,539 directly to the wolves. 584 00:25:44,343 --> 00:25:46,779 Bananas is somebody that has 585 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:49,916 helped me so much on a personal level. 586 00:25:50,016 --> 00:25:53,352 So to look at him and to not even be able 587 00:25:53,452 --> 00:25:58,290 to say... anything, just, I feel so bad. 588 00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,693 But I, for once, need to put myself first 589 00:26:00,793 --> 00:26:02,862 and realize, what is the best decision for me 590 00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:06,432 and how do I give myself the best shot at winning this game? 591 00:26:08,534 --> 00:26:10,603 You're not a sellout. You needed to do this, Josh. 592 00:26:10,703 --> 00:26:12,972 Come here. Come here. You're not a sellout, dude. 593 00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:15,274 Don't let, don't let anybody make you feel that way, dude. 594 00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:17,176 I voted for you. You know what I mean? 595 00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:18,745 Like, think about that. You could be, you... 596 00:26:18,845 --> 00:26:20,346 Like, I don't even know with this game. 597 00:26:20,446 --> 00:26:22,581 It's fucking turned me into somebody that I'm not. 598 00:26:22,682 --> 00:26:24,851 Stop. Josh, this is not the energy. 599 00:26:24,951 --> 00:26:26,485 - This is not it, right... - I know, man. 600 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:28,788 - I'm gonna snap out of it. - Yeah. 601 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:35,594 That's not true. 602 00:26:35,695 --> 00:26:37,029 BANANAS: Enough, Josh. 603 00:26:37,129 --> 00:26:38,831 Just enough, dude. 604 00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:42,902 - TORI: I'm sorry. - JOSH: It's okay. 605 00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:47,406 Sorry? W-What are you sorry for him... 606 00:26:47,506 --> 00:26:49,842 - TORI: I voted for him. - Why? 607 00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:52,712 - Because I made a deal. - What-what is wrong with the two of you? 608 00:26:54,213 --> 00:26:55,782 Why would you vote for him? 609 00:26:55,882 --> 00:26:58,851 - I made a deal with Cory. - Why would you vote... 610 00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:00,920 He literally fought Michaela 611 00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:02,855 to make me not go in that one week, 612 00:27:02,955 --> 00:27:04,623 and I said, "I'll pay you back when the time comes." 613 00:27:06,258 --> 00:27:08,027 BANANAS: Dude, I don't know, man. 614 00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:10,663 I just have-- I-I've just... play a different way. 615 00:27:10,763 --> 00:27:13,199 Where I come from, when you say something, you mean it. 616 00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:15,835 Okay, well, I'll let you guys pack. 617 00:27:15,935 --> 00:27:20,039 BANANAS: Josh, your word from here on out is worth fuck-all, dude. 618 00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:22,041 For real. 619 00:27:22,141 --> 00:27:23,843 JOSH: Instantly, I feel this regret, 620 00:27:23,943 --> 00:27:25,745 and I wish I could take it back. 621 00:27:25,845 --> 00:27:27,947 This makes no sense to me. 622 00:27:29,615 --> 00:27:31,483 JOSH: I think it's-- was just, 623 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:35,387 like, the desperation of wanting to get to a final. 624 00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:42,228 ♪ ♪ 625 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,905 CHRIS: It feels good to be locked into the final, 626 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:55,341 and I'm just stoked that, uh, I don't have to go in 627 00:27:55,441 --> 00:27:57,376 and fight for my life tonight. 628 00:27:57,476 --> 00:27:59,078 Whoo! There it is. 629 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:01,748 Walking into the Arena, 630 00:28:01,848 --> 00:28:04,683 you see a hallway, and I love 631 00:28:04,784 --> 00:28:07,720 a good old classic Hall Brawl. 632 00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:11,257 It's gonna be a banger in there, and it's gonna get ugly tonight. 633 00:28:11,357 --> 00:28:12,491 TJ: All right, everyone. 634 00:28:12,591 --> 00:28:13,826 Welcome to your final elimination 635 00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:15,762 here in the Arena 636 00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:18,030 on this season of The Challenge: USA. 637 00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:20,733 (applause) 638 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,871 Chris and Michaela, 639 00:28:24,971 --> 00:28:27,073 as the winners of the challenge, 640 00:28:27,173 --> 00:28:30,376 not only did you secure your ticket to the final, but also, 641 00:28:30,476 --> 00:28:34,080 you had to nominate one man and one woman 642 00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:37,216 to send into the Arena and fight for their right 643 00:28:37,316 --> 00:28:38,818 to stay in the game. 644 00:28:38,918 --> 00:28:43,089 You chose Faysal and Cassidy. Come on out. 645 00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:49,028 I've been down here before, I've done this three times already, 646 00:28:49,128 --> 00:28:51,563 I've been in the stand potentially going in six times. 647 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:53,766 Um, so this is nothing new to me. 648 00:28:53,866 --> 00:28:55,301 I feel like I'm at home, 649 00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:56,969 and I'm ready to get my four-and-O win. 650 00:28:57,069 --> 00:28:59,438 The rest of you had to come back to the house 651 00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:03,709 and place a vote by putting names in the Hopper. 652 00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:06,846 Let's see how that vote worked out. 653 00:29:09,849 --> 00:29:11,617 We'll start it off with the women. 654 00:29:11,717 --> 00:29:12,618 Tori... 655 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,421 ...two votes. 656 00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:18,424 Desi... 657 00:29:19,859 --> 00:29:21,093 ...one vote. 658 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:23,062 Chanelle... 659 00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:27,566 ...five votes. 660 00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:30,469 All right. 661 00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:32,638 Let's check out what it has to say for the men. 662 00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:35,141 Cory... 663 00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:37,844 ...one vote. 664 00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:41,814 Josh: two votes. 665 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:45,784 And Bananas... 666 00:29:48,888 --> 00:29:51,590 ...five votes. 667 00:29:51,690 --> 00:29:54,861 - Whoa. - BANANAS: I'm in a very bad position right now. 668 00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:58,130 For me, this has been such a turbulent season. 669 00:29:58,230 --> 00:29:59,966 To make it this far into a game 670 00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:04,003 and to not at least make it to a final 671 00:30:04,103 --> 00:30:06,438 would be an absolutely devastating blow. 672 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:09,775 Well, Chanelle, Bananas, looks like they're coming for you. 673 00:30:10,977 --> 00:30:12,578 Let's see what the Hopper has to say. 674 00:30:13,579 --> 00:30:14,847 Good luck to you all. 675 00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:27,593 DESI: One ball is literally 676 00:30:27,693 --> 00:30:29,561 all it takes to get sent into the Arena. 677 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:32,331 You never know what the Hopper is gonna spit out. 678 00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:34,166 So I'm feeling a little flustered, 679 00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:36,168 I'm feeling a little nervous, I'm feeling a little scared. 680 00:30:52,784 --> 00:30:54,720 CORY: Bananas is my biggest competition 681 00:30:54,820 --> 00:30:56,989 because he's a seven-time champ. 682 00:30:57,089 --> 00:30:58,925 I don't want to see him in the final. 683 00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:00,259 I got to see him out of this game. 684 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:01,894 TJ: All right. 685 00:31:01,994 --> 00:31:03,729 The Hopper has spoken. 686 00:31:03,829 --> 00:31:05,231 Cassidy, 687 00:31:05,331 --> 00:31:07,233 tonight you are playing... 688 00:31:09,635 --> 00:31:11,137 ...Chanelle. 689 00:31:12,771 --> 00:31:15,607 I am a little bit nervous going against Cassidy. 690 00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:17,776 She's seen an elimination three times 691 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,012 going on four, and I have never 692 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:21,713 touched the sand. 693 00:31:21,813 --> 00:31:24,016 And it looks like it's gonna be a Hall Brawl, 694 00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,584 but I see a puzzle board. 695 00:31:25,684 --> 00:31:27,253 I am not good at puzzles. 696 00:31:27,353 --> 00:31:28,420 All right, Faysal. 697 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,856 Tonight, you're playing... 698 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,502 All right, Faysal. Tonight, you're playing... 699 00:31:48,207 --> 00:31:49,508 Josh. 700 00:31:52,144 --> 00:31:53,212 You're coming down. 701 00:31:53,312 --> 00:31:55,381 CORY: How in the hell 702 00:31:55,481 --> 00:31:58,017 did Bananas beat the Hopper? 703 00:31:58,117 --> 00:32:01,253 You know, I can't really believe that Josh is going down there, 704 00:32:01,353 --> 00:32:03,622 and it's a Hall Brawl against his brother. 705 00:32:03,722 --> 00:32:06,125 This is gonna be tough to watch. 706 00:32:11,097 --> 00:32:13,132 BANANAS: I feel like I'm having, like, an out-of-body experience. 707 00:32:13,232 --> 00:32:17,203 The "friend" who just betrayed me 708 00:32:17,303 --> 00:32:20,772 is the one that is now gonna have to face his best friend? 709 00:32:20,872 --> 00:32:23,509 Karma just bit him squarely in the ass. 710 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:27,679 And this is the absolute greatest case 711 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:31,717 of poetic justice I think I've ever seen in my entire life. 712 00:32:31,817 --> 00:32:34,253 FAYSAL: It just sucks that it had to come down to this. 713 00:32:34,353 --> 00:32:35,821 Both of us aren't gonna run the final together, 714 00:32:35,921 --> 00:32:38,024 but, you know, hopefully, whoever goes back 715 00:32:38,124 --> 00:32:40,226 into that house can-can win the money. 716 00:32:40,326 --> 00:32:42,228 Faysal, Josh, 717 00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:43,895 Chanelle, Cassidy, 718 00:32:43,996 --> 00:32:49,535 tonight, you are playing a Challenge staple: Hall Brawl. 719 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:54,906 To begin, you and your opponent are gonna start 720 00:32:55,007 --> 00:32:56,908 on opposite sides of the hallway. 721 00:32:57,009 --> 00:33:01,313 When I say go, you are gonna run through your opponent. 722 00:33:01,413 --> 00:33:03,182 Only this time, you're gonna have a shield. 723 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:06,252 You only have to hold on to that shield 724 00:33:06,352 --> 00:33:07,886 for the initial impact. 725 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,321 Then, it's game on. 726 00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:11,490 Once you get to the other side, 727 00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:13,125 you're gonna lift the cover and start solving a puzzle. 728 00:33:13,225 --> 00:33:15,661 The puzzles are different for the women and the men. 729 00:33:15,761 --> 00:33:17,529 If you come up with the answer, 730 00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:19,731 you'll come over to this black square and yell it out. 731 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:21,600 You get it wrong, you got to go all the way back 732 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:22,801 before you guess again. 733 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:25,937 This is a one-and-done elimination. 734 00:33:26,038 --> 00:33:29,108 You win tonight, and you just punched your ticket to my final, 735 00:33:29,208 --> 00:33:34,246 and your chance to take home $250,000 each. 736 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:37,249 All right, Cassidy and Chanelle, 737 00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:39,618 you're up first, good luck. 738 00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:41,153 ♪ ♪ 739 00:33:41,253 --> 00:33:42,954 I fully expected TJ to call my name, 740 00:33:43,055 --> 00:33:45,291 and so, I was very prepared 741 00:33:45,391 --> 00:33:47,293 to go down and play and fight for my life. 742 00:33:47,393 --> 00:33:49,928 I had expectations that it would be physical, 743 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:52,098 but, you know, now we have a puzzle in it. 744 00:33:52,198 --> 00:33:55,000 But I'm optimistic and I am always gonna bet on myself, 745 00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:56,502 so I'm excited. 746 00:33:56,602 --> 00:33:58,637 CASSIDY: I think Chanelle is the best person 747 00:33:58,737 --> 00:34:00,672 I could be going against right now 748 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:02,374 because she's never been down in the sand, so I think 749 00:34:02,474 --> 00:34:05,444 that those nerves could frazzle her a little bit. 750 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,579 And I always have loved puzzles, 751 00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:10,316 so I'm hoping that this will suit me. 752 00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:11,950 TJ: All right, 753 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:13,352 it's one and done. 754 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:16,422 Ready? 755 00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:19,891 - (air horn blows) - Go! 756 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:21,293 - MICHAELA: Hey! - BANANAS: Ooh! 757 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:23,762 MICHAELA: There you go, there you go. Push! 758 00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:26,265 - Now run, run. - BANANAS: You can drop 'em! 759 00:34:26,365 --> 00:34:27,566 MICHAELA: Good job. Way to fight. 760 00:34:27,666 --> 00:34:29,000 Go, go, go, go. 761 00:34:29,101 --> 00:34:31,069 This is the famous Hall Brawl. 762 00:34:31,170 --> 00:34:32,671 It's what we were all avoiding. 763 00:34:32,771 --> 00:34:35,607 But these twists make it a lot more 764 00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:37,176 of an equalizer. 765 00:34:37,276 --> 00:34:39,010 It's not just brute-on-brute strength. 766 00:34:39,111 --> 00:34:41,447 When it comes down to a puzzle, 767 00:34:41,547 --> 00:34:43,515 it's literally anyone's game. 768 00:34:45,217 --> 00:34:47,286 (all shouting) 769 00:34:47,386 --> 00:34:49,488 - There you go! - MICHAELA: Chanelle is putting up a fight. 770 00:34:49,588 --> 00:34:52,358 We have been working together the entire game. 771 00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:54,660 I'm cheering for her so we can run the final 772 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,497 against each other for that $250,000. 773 00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:00,966 Run. Go get the puzzle, go get the puzzle. 774 00:35:01,066 --> 00:35:02,668 - Let's go. Let's go. - CHRIS: Let's go, go, go. 775 00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:09,141 DESI: Good job, ladies. 776 00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:10,942 Way to fight. 777 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:12,544 CHANELLE: I am instantly excited 778 00:35:12,644 --> 00:35:15,046 because it's the puzzle where you have to count 779 00:35:15,147 --> 00:35:17,283 how many squares are inside of the shape. 780 00:35:17,383 --> 00:35:20,051 That is the exact puzzle that I had on Survivor 781 00:35:20,152 --> 00:35:23,021 and my team was able to pull it out for the win. 782 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:24,990 - (cheering) - CHANELLE: Just maybe 783 00:35:25,090 --> 00:35:27,459 I will be able to come out on top with this puzzle. 784 00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:36,568 TJ: No. 785 00:35:36,668 --> 00:35:38,470 CHRIS: Wow. 786 00:35:47,179 --> 00:35:48,214 TJ: No. 787 00:35:54,286 --> 00:35:55,287 - Correct. - (air horn blows) 788 00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:57,856 (cheering, applause) 789 00:35:57,956 --> 00:35:59,858 - DESI: Good job, Chanelle. - CORY: Good job, Chanelle. 790 00:35:59,958 --> 00:36:01,427 DESI: Good job, Cassidy. 791 00:36:01,527 --> 00:36:02,928 Keep your head up, baby. You did so great, dude. 792 00:36:03,028 --> 00:36:04,463 Good job, Chanelle. 793 00:36:04,563 --> 00:36:07,233 CASSIDY: It wasn't the way I wanted to go out. 794 00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:10,336 I think that I have so much more potential 795 00:36:10,436 --> 00:36:14,340 to be an incredible Challenger. 796 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,342 It sucks, but this just motivates me 797 00:36:16,442 --> 00:36:19,511 to want to train harder, to continue 798 00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:21,680 showing up for myself 799 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:23,882 and showing myself what I am capable of. 800 00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:29,921 JOSH: I played the best game I possibly could, 801 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:33,024 and today I did what I thought was best for me, 802 00:36:33,124 --> 00:36:34,860 but honestly, now I just can't worry about 803 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,496 none of that, I need to just stay focused 804 00:36:37,596 --> 00:36:39,465 and give it all I got 'cause I'm not ready to go home. 805 00:36:39,565 --> 00:36:41,099 It sucks to be down in the sand, 806 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:43,969 especially against one of my best friends, 807 00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:47,606 but now I look at, like, he's my opponent. That's it. 808 00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:49,841 I want to make my first final. 809 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:51,643 FAYSAL: I've been in two Hall Brawls in the past. 810 00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:53,612 Obviously, there's gonna be physical contact, 811 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:55,314 but it's gonna come down to the puzzle. 812 00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:59,084 If you're wrong on the puzzle, you lose. 813 00:36:59,184 --> 00:37:01,186 So anybody could win this. 814 00:37:01,287 --> 00:37:03,121 (players shouting) 815 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,023 All right, fellas, you ready? 816 00:37:05,123 --> 00:37:09,094 FAYSAL: You better get low or take a leap. 817 00:37:13,031 --> 00:37:14,733 - (air horn blows) - Go! 818 00:37:14,833 --> 00:37:15,867 Oh! 819 00:37:21,273 --> 00:37:22,641 I need to make sure that I get through 820 00:37:22,741 --> 00:37:24,075 that hall and figure out that puzzle, 821 00:37:24,175 --> 00:37:26,044 because I have gotten so close to the end 822 00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:27,713 and I've never made a final or won, 823 00:37:27,813 --> 00:37:28,947 and this one's really important for me. 824 00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:30,181 I'm not ready to leave. 825 00:37:30,282 --> 00:37:31,983 I'm not ready to walk out of this game. 826 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:33,419 All right, fellas, you ready? 827 00:37:34,653 --> 00:37:36,322 - (air horn blows) - Go! 828 00:37:37,456 --> 00:37:39,325 (players shouting) 829 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:43,194 Fessy hits me hard. 830 00:37:43,295 --> 00:37:45,196 I feel a little shaken up, but now it's like, 831 00:37:45,297 --> 00:37:46,998 "Just keep moving your legs. Don't stop." 832 00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:48,867 TORI: Way to fight, Josh! 833 00:37:48,967 --> 00:37:50,402 CHRIS: This is exactly what I wanted, 834 00:37:50,502 --> 00:37:53,004 and Josh and Fess are putting on a show. 835 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:55,707 I'm really, actually impressed with Josh's ability 836 00:37:55,807 --> 00:37:58,076 to hold his own ground inside of that hall. 837 00:37:58,176 --> 00:38:00,679 - BANANAS: Come on, Fess! - CHANELLE: You got it! You got it! 838 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:02,381 - BANANAS: Come on, Fess! - MICHAELA: Get to the puzzle! 839 00:38:02,481 --> 00:38:04,215 - Get to the puzzle! - TORI: Go! Go! Sprint, go! 840 00:38:04,316 --> 00:38:05,651 - MICHAELA: Puzzle! - TORI: Sprint, sprint. 841 00:38:07,353 --> 00:38:09,421 FAYSAL: With these type of puzzles, 842 00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:11,890 you have to count the number of squares there are 843 00:38:11,990 --> 00:38:14,225 on this board. 844 00:38:14,326 --> 00:38:16,227 These puzzles, they're meant to trick you. 845 00:38:22,934 --> 00:38:24,370 Nope. 846 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:26,872 TJ: No. 847 00:38:26,972 --> 00:38:28,574 FAYSAL: My strategy is, 848 00:38:28,674 --> 00:38:31,009 don't waste too much time staring at this puzzle. 849 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:32,844 Wha-- he didn't even look. 850 00:38:32,944 --> 00:38:34,112 Because, hopefully, I can just guess 851 00:38:34,212 --> 00:38:35,714 the number right before him. 852 00:38:37,349 --> 00:38:38,784 Nope. 853 00:38:38,884 --> 00:38:40,719 CORY: I want Fessy in that final. 854 00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:42,588 That would be three for three with me and him. 855 00:38:42,688 --> 00:38:45,757 But I think Josh might actually pull this one off. 856 00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:48,394 He is better at puzzles, 857 00:38:48,494 --> 00:38:49,461 but you just don't know. 858 00:38:54,366 --> 00:38:56,602 Nope. 859 00:39:00,906 --> 00:39:02,240 (air horn blows) 860 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,175 (cheering, applause) 861 00:39:04,275 --> 00:39:05,844 DESI: Good job, Fess. 862 00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:07,278 - MICHAELA: Good job. - (panting) 863 00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:09,014 Good job. 864 00:39:09,114 --> 00:39:10,649 FAYSAL: It's bittersweet. 865 00:39:10,749 --> 00:39:13,151 Sucks I had to send my boy home, because he's never made a final. 866 00:39:13,251 --> 00:39:15,487 I know how bad he wanted to be in that final, 867 00:39:15,587 --> 00:39:16,788 but that's the game. 868 00:39:16,888 --> 00:39:18,657 This is gonna be my third final. 869 00:39:18,757 --> 00:39:20,659 I'm just excited to give it all I got and hopefully 870 00:39:20,759 --> 00:39:22,894 I can put the cherry on top of this season, finally. 871 00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:24,896 - (both panting) - I'm sorry. 872 00:39:24,996 --> 00:39:26,432 I love you. 873 00:39:26,532 --> 00:39:28,233 - You did good, Josh. - Nice job, Josh. 874 00:39:28,333 --> 00:39:29,968 - You did good. - You did good, man. 875 00:39:30,068 --> 00:39:32,671 JOSH: I'm just disappointed in myself. 876 00:39:32,771 --> 00:39:34,272 I feel like I was willing 877 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:36,808 to do everything and anything to make it to the end 878 00:39:36,908 --> 00:39:38,810 that I just sold myself out. 879 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:42,247 Turning on Bananas was the worst thing I could have done. 880 00:39:42,347 --> 00:39:44,816 So I guess this is my karma. 881 00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:46,652 TJ: That was a great battle tonight. 882 00:39:46,752 --> 00:39:51,457 But Cassidy, Josh, unfortunately, you lost 883 00:39:51,557 --> 00:39:55,627 the worst possible elimination of the season: 884 00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:57,463 the last elimination. 885 00:39:57,563 --> 00:39:59,064 This ends your time here on The Challenge: USA. 886 00:39:59,164 --> 00:40:01,500 - Take care. - Thank you. 887 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,134 To have fought so hard 888 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:07,372 and to come up seconds short of a final reminds me 889 00:40:07,473 --> 00:40:10,542 of being so close in Survivor. 890 00:40:10,642 --> 00:40:12,243 It is really painful 891 00:40:12,343 --> 00:40:14,245 to go through again. (sniffles) 892 00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:16,982 But I have the fight in me to win. 893 00:40:17,082 --> 00:40:18,517 I know my day will come. 894 00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:21,186 - It's been an honor. - (applause) 895 00:40:21,286 --> 00:40:23,955 Seeing my best friend advance, I'm happy for him, 896 00:40:24,055 --> 00:40:25,791 he deserves it, the guy's a beast. 897 00:40:25,891 --> 00:40:29,961 Every single person left is so deserving to run that final. 898 00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:31,863 They've earned it, they all played a great game. 899 00:40:31,963 --> 00:40:35,734 And to fall short yet again is... this one's a hard one. 900 00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:38,470 Keep your head up. 901 00:40:38,570 --> 00:40:39,938 BANANAS: Josh, everybody else 902 00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:42,474 can feel sad that you're leaving and your game is over. 903 00:40:42,574 --> 00:40:43,842 Not this guy. 904 00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:46,377 In the wise words of a man named TJ Lavin, 905 00:40:46,478 --> 00:40:48,379 "Don't take care, hope to see you never." 906 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,115 TJ: All right. You survived, 907 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:53,018 and now all of you 908 00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:54,786 are in the final. 909 00:40:54,886 --> 00:40:58,256 (cheering, applause) 910 00:40:58,356 --> 00:41:00,559 Not only am I in the final, but I'm in the final 911 00:41:00,659 --> 00:41:02,193 with people that I've been working with, 912 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:03,762 that I've built relationships with, 913 00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:06,231 that I'm going to be cheering on as well. 914 00:41:06,331 --> 00:41:07,933 Any of us could win it, 915 00:41:08,033 --> 00:41:10,602 but I still want to beat y'all. 916 00:41:10,702 --> 00:41:11,870 TJ: Congratulations. 917 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:13,238 The final starts tomorrow. 918 00:41:13,338 --> 00:41:14,906 (whooping) 919 00:41:15,006 --> 00:41:16,407 - Let's go! - See you soon. 920 00:41:16,508 --> 00:41:17,909 Get out of here. 921 00:41:18,009 --> 00:41:19,611 CORY: We made it. 922 00:41:19,711 --> 00:41:20,912 We punched our ticket. 923 00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:23,615 We have all earned our way to this final. 924 00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:25,416 I think we're all competitive. 925 00:41:25,517 --> 00:41:28,587 Fess needs that first win, Johnny needs his 20th win, 926 00:41:28,687 --> 00:41:32,524 and then you got Chris, who all he does is win. 927 00:41:32,624 --> 00:41:34,860 So it's about to get dirty, crazy, chaotic. 928 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:36,528 It's time to put up 929 00:41:36,628 --> 00:41:38,429 or shut up, and for me to stamp 930 00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:40,566 that Challenge champion name on myself. 931 00:41:40,666 --> 00:41:43,602 All right, so we splitting the money? 932 00:41:43,702 --> 00:41:45,303 ♪ ♪ 933 00:41:45,403 --> 00:41:47,205 Captioning sponsored by CBS 934 00:41:47,305 --> 00:41:49,474 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 935 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,414 TJ: Next on the season finale of The Challenge: USA... 936 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:57,949 Welcome to the final. 937 00:41:58,049 --> 00:42:00,986 ...after enduring weeks of grueling challenges 938 00:42:01,086 --> 00:42:02,520 - and eliminations... - Yeah! 939 00:42:02,621 --> 00:42:04,690 ...eight competitors have risen above the rest 940 00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:07,325 - to earn their spot... - Let's go! 941 00:42:07,425 --> 00:42:09,761 TJ: ...in a two-day race designed to push the Challengers 942 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:11,529 to their absolute limit. 943 00:42:11,630 --> 00:42:13,331 CHRIS: This is one of the hardest things 944 00:42:13,431 --> 00:42:14,600 I've ever had to do. 945 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:15,901 MICHAELA: I'm a little dizzy. 946 00:42:16,702 --> 00:42:18,637 TJ: It's time to find out who will crumble 947 00:42:18,737 --> 00:42:20,672 - under the pressure... - (shouting) 948 00:42:20,772 --> 00:42:22,140 ...and who has what it takes 949 00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:24,976 to be a champion of The Challenge: USA. 950 00:42:51,937 --> 00:42:52,971 ♪ MTV. ♪