Behind the Screen: The Challenge: Favorite/Fantasy Casts

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Battle of the Sexes 1 and Gauntlet 2 had a great cast...

— dplayer18

Gauntlet 2 was a great cast, but it seemed as if the focus was only on a certain amount of people. I want to say the cast for BOTS2 was good, but something happened that made the challenge boring over...

— Dartagnan

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Discussion thread about The Challenge: Favorite/Fantasy Casts with 30 replies from the Vevmo community.

The Challenge: Favorite/Fantasy Casts

dplayer18 ·
Battle of the Sexes 1 and Gauntlet 2 had a great cast
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dplayer18#32
Battle of the Sexes 1 and Gauntlet 2 had a great cast
Dartagnan#33
Gauntlet 2 was a great cast, but it seemed as if the focus was only on a certain amount of people. I want to say the cast for BOTS2 was good, but something happened that made the challenge boring overall.
Anonymous#34
Dartagnan;54013 wrote:
Gauntlet 2 was a great cast, but it seemed as if the focus was only on a certain amount of people. I want to say the cast for BOTS2 was good, but something happened that made the challenge boring overall.
Gauntlet 2 was boring. Battle of the Sexes 2--are you kidding me? That was one of my favorite challenges.
Dartagnan#35
Tj I love how you always seem to disagree with popular opinion. I thought Gauntlet 2 was great and Battle of the Sexes 2 was boring.
Anonymous#36
Dartagnan;54019 wrote:
Tj I love how you always seem to disagree with popular opinion. I thought Gauntlet 2 was great and Battle of the Sexes 2 was boring.
I liked the G2 cast but I just thought it was boring. What other opinions do I disagree with?
Dartagnan#37
It seems on most occasions you differ. I think it is kinda cool. Can you explain to me what you like about BOTS 2? I think The Duel had a great cast in terms of physical competitiveness.
ryan01#38
tjhallow;54021 wrote:
I liked the G2 cast but I just thought it was boring. What other opinions do I disagree with?
That's what this is about, though - the cast. Not the drama. A lot of ppl thought BOTS2 was boring... but it still had a good mix of cast members.
Dartagnan#39
It is about the cast but I was just showingthat even though I think the cast is good they still couldn't produce a good challenge. I think the dynamic was bad.
Anonymous#40
Dartagnan;54022 wrote:
It seems on most occasions you differ. I think it is kinda cool. Can you explain to me what you like about BOTS 2? I think The Duel had a great cast in terms of physical competitiveness.
I'm probably more biased because its the first challenge I actually committed to watching all the episodes. I did watch BOTS1 but it was more here and there or while it was on. I really enjoyed the cast. I didn't think the missions were fair but it was entertaining. Plus, I'll watch anything with Coral on it. I loved the first Duel too! I miss Wes :(.
Anonymous#41
ryan01;54023 wrote:
That's what this is about, though - the cast. Not the drama. A lot of ppl thought BOTS2 was boring... but it still had a good mix of cast members.
Okay you got me on there. I loved the G2 cast but the show itself wasn't interesting. I couldn't stand Susie or Cara, that probably didn't help.
Dartagnan#42
You know I really like Susie and Cara together. Their treatment of Tonya was unacceptable, but they spice up everything. I think the weakest cast hadnto be The Island though.
Anonymous#43
Dartagnan;54030 wrote:
You know I really like Susie and Cara together. Their treatment of Tonya was unacceptable, but they spice up everything. I think the weakest cast hadnto be The Island though.
Your right. Johnny Bananas running things? Are you serious? That alone right there was one of the reasons it was s***. I wish we would of had different guys on that challenge, Johnny would have probably been the first one home.
Anonymous#44
Dartagnan;54030 wrote:
You know I really like Susie and Cara together. Their treatment of Tonya was unacceptable, but they spice up everything. I think the weakest cast hadnto be The Island though.
Gauntlet 2 and Inferno 3 were boring challenges. They didn't spice it up that much, I would like to see how one of them do without the other.
ghnstry#45
tjhallow;54033 wrote:
Your right. Johnny Bananas running things? Are you serious? That alone right there was one of the reasons it was s***. I wish we would of had different guys on that challenge, Johnny would have probably been the first one home.
Johnny would've been the 2nd one out if Abe hadn't gotten that phone call from his company.
Morris1721#46
tjhallow;54035 wrote:
Gauntlet 2 and Inferno 3 were boring challenges. They didn't spice it up that much, I would like to see how one of them do without the other.
Pre-Susie and Cara era, Cara was on the Gauntlet without Susie, where she won both Gauntlets she went into, then went on to win the final mission with her team.
Jayden#47
Battle of The Sexes or Battle of The Seasons, definately. The casts for Inferno and Challenge 2000 were amazing too.
Anonymous#48
Morris1721;54037 wrote:
Pre-Susie and Cara era, Cara was on the Gauntlet without Susie, where she won both Gauntlets she went into, then went on to win the final mission with her team.
I forgot about that. I still don't care for Cara.
ColiesMom#49
Dartagnan;54030 wrote:
You know I really like Susie and Cara together. Their treatment of Tonya was unacceptable, but they spice up everything. I think the weakest cast hadnto be The Island though.
I enjoyed Susie and Cara! There was one extremely strong member of the Island. You should have seen her tan!
RW OG#50
I can't remember all of the challenges and who was on each individual one, but I enjoyed them all. For some reason, I just can't remember who was on what challenge. Probably because I'm getting old. :to_become_senile:
dplayer18#52
ColiesMom;54045 wrote:
I enjoyed Susie and Cara! There was one extremely strong member of the Island. You should have seen her tan!
I remember that! She had a nice tan!
Binary Solo#53
I liked the Battle of the Sexes and Battle of the Seasons casts the best I think, they had a mix of some of my all time favorite players: Theo V., Beth, Ellen, Jisela, Veronica, Melissa, Rachel, Coral, Anessa, Amaya, Emily, Sean, Julie, Katie, Yes and Miz. But there was something magical about the challenges in their infancy. It was so much more innocent and less juiced up. And I think because the casts were smaller, it was less about the missions and more about the interactions. My favorites are the Janet and Jason sketchy tennis court hookup and the one when Piggy possibly attacked Los while the cameras were gone and then totally played it off like nothing happened. I normally don't like violence but Los had been a jerk pretty much since the first RR so I admit, I kind of snickered a bit. I miss Piggy, where did her crazy **** go? Dave Mirra was my favorite host though with Jonny a close second.
mph922#54
All the non-voteoff challenges had great casts, but of the voteoff ones, my opinion is: Great Cast, Great Challenge: 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Battle of the Seasons 3. Gauntlet 2 4. Inferno 5. Gauntlet Great Cast, Boring/OK Season: 1. Battle of the Sexes 2 Bad Cast, Great Season: 1. The Duel OK Cast/OK Season: 1. Inferno 2 2. Gauntlet 3 Bad Cast, Bad Season: 1. Inferno 3 2. Fresh Meat 3. Island I enjoyed something about every season, but this is just my opinion. I didn't HATE the last three seasons on my list, but the others were far superior IMO.
molds13#55
Binary Solo;54051 wrote:
I liked the Battle of the Sexes and Battle of the Seasons casts the best I think, they had a mix of some of my all time favorite players: Theo V., Beth, Ellen, Jisela, Veronica, Melissa, Rachel, Coral, Anessa, Amaya, Emily, Sean, Julie, Katie, Yes and Miz.
BRING BACK THEO! I'm pretty much in agreement with your favorites, minus Beth, Amaya and Julie. Julie's just nuts. Or maybe I just don't like ridiculous crazy drama, which is why I'm not a fan of those three girls.
OtherPplsDrama#57
molds13;54077 wrote:
I'm pretty much in agreement with your favorites, minus Beth, Amaya and Julie. Julie's just nuts. Or maybe I just don't like ridiculous crazy drama, which is why I'm not a fan of those three girls.
Awww, I <3 Beth!
OtherPplsDrama#59
molds13;54087 wrote:
Did you just...is that...Wikipedia? :yikes:
LoL!
blanky667#60
I havn't watch seasons 2-4 of the challenges. But, based on the 14 seasons I have watched . I would have to say that the first and second inferno along with BOTS2 would be the best challenge casts.
RMD1#61
molds13;54087 wrote:
Did you just...is that...Wikipedia? :yikes:
Some one must of hacked into V1 man's account...LOL

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