Behind the Screen: Greatest Challenge Performance Ever

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Yeah, I agree with this, Laurel did slow him down in the final...

— DUELI3G3BOTE

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Greatest Challenge Performance Ever

DUELI3G3BOTE ·
Yeah, I agree with this, Laurel did slow him down in the final
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DUELI3G3BOTE#32
Yeah, I agree with this, Laurel did slow him down in the final
JL81790#34
27502;391774 wrote:
I believe it was Kenny/Pete vs Landon/Ryan. Ryan was by far the weakest guy of the four. It was very impressive they beat Wes and CJ after though. I thought it was hilarious how Ev called it pathetic. Agree with you though, Kenny is a good competitor and an even better performer in the finals
On that first one it was Kenny/Laurel vs Landon/Carley and Pete/Jill vs Ryan/Theresa and they pulled the girls so Kenny and Landon were head to head alone. When they went against Wes and CJ they did guy/guy and girl/girl but not the first time.
27502#35
JL81790;391778 wrote:
On that first one it was Kenny/Laurel vs Landon/Carley and Pete/Jill vs Ryan/Theresa and they pulled the girls so Kenny and Landon were head to head alone. When they went against Wes and CJ they did guy/guy and girl/girl but not the first time.
Are you sure? I'm pretty sure it was Kenny/Laurel and Pete/Jill vs Ryan/Theresa and Landon/Carley. After whatever the time limit was they took the girls out of the equation. Then it was Pete/Kenny vs Ryan/Landon
WESANDNANYFAN#36
DUELI3G3BOTE;391777 wrote:
The Challenge Rivals 2 Kenny Santucci Interview - Bus Driver's Route - YouTube according to this interview, Kenny is not banned
He is banned unforutanely. He can't say in an interview he is banned because then he would have to explain why and they aren't allowed to talk about it. Plus he is probably embarassed about the whole situation.
JL81790#37
27502;391780 wrote:
Are you sure? I'm pretty sure it was Kenny/Laurel and Pete/Jill vs Ryan/Theresa and Landon/Carley. After whatever the time limit was they took the girls out of the equation. Then it was Pete/Kenny vs Ryan/Landon
It was that way but when they pulled the girls out Ryan and Pete were alone on a log and Landon and Kenny were alone on the log. I'm positive.
27502#38
JL81790;391783 wrote:
It was that way but when they pulled the girls out Ryan and Pete were alone on a log and Landon and Kenny were alone on the log. I'm positive.
That makes sense, but it still took teamwork. It was not a 1v1 thing. Although I would not rule Kenny out 1v1 in something like that. He is the bigger and heavier guy
KChallenge10#39
I don't think Kenny was just a warm body but Laurel was the best girl there by far so anyway else with Laurel probably would have done very well. Obviously not someone like Ryan or Danny but lets say if Wes or CJ had Laurel they probably would have done very well and made the final. Kenny is good but I think with another girl he wouldn't have done as well.
TheCloser#40
Are we talking about who performed the best in the final or throughout the show? Those are two different things.
DUELI3G3BOTE#41
TheCloser;391787 wrote:
Are we talking about who performed the best in the final or throughout the show? Those are two different things.
THROUGHOUT the show
TheCloser#42
DUELI3G3BOTE;391788 wrote:
THROUGHOUT the show
Then I wouldn't consider Landons fm2 as one of the best because Kenny and Laurel performed better. Duel 2 is obviously his best. The fact he didn't win means nothing. He still dominated.
CTRoyLeeFAN#43
CT inferno 1+2 - Won 10/16 Life Shields against guys like Derrick, Abe, and Miz and volunteered for an Inferno and Won Derrick Gauntlet 2 - Won 4/5 Gauntlets, lost to Timmy in reverse tug-o-war Landon Duel 2 - won 5/9 Challenges and Won 1 Duel Emily + Paula Rivals 2 - Won 5/10 Challenges + Final Evan Fresh Meat 1 - Won 5/10 Challenges before he was injured Wes Fresh Meat 1- Won 5 Exiles WITH CASEY! Frank Gauntlet 3- Won 3/3 Gauntlets against MJ, Tyler, and Zach Jillian Gauntlet 3- Won 3/3 Gauntlets Rachel Duel 2- Won 4/9 Challenges + Final Jodi Duel 1- Won 7/15 Challenges + Final
CTRoyLeeFAN#44
Also notable, CT (Inferno 1), Evan (FM1), Wes (FM1) were all rookies in the challenges when they dominated.
27502#45
TheCloser;391790 wrote:
Then I wouldn't consider Landons fm2 as one of the best because Kenny and Laurel performed better. Duel 2 is obviously his best. The fact he didn't win means nothing. He still dominated.
Landons partner was terrible though. Hard to win challenges with the weakest girl on the show
Youssarian#46
Honestly, I don't think Jillian's performance on G3 was that great. She did go in and win 3 Gauntlets, so yes, good for her, but just look at who she beat. Angel in Ram It Home... granted, Angel was a little bigger than her, but when has Angel proved to be really strong? Additionally, Angel was very close to winning this Gauntlet. She beat Brooke in Ball Brawl... not hard to do at all. I think Casey could've beaten Brooke in that game. And she beat Janelle in Ball Brawl, due to her speed. Which, all due credit goes to Jillian for being fast, but it's not like she blew anyone out of the water with her performance.
Challenge 17#47
If it was Jill vs Janelle in any other gauntlet, Janelle would have won so Jill got pretty lucky.
Airjaros169#48
Youssarian;391814 wrote:
Honestly, I don't think Jillian's performance on G3 was that great. She did go in and win 3 Gauntlets, so yes, good for her, but just look at who she beat. Angel in Ram It Home... granted, Angel was a little bigger than her, but when has Angel proved to be really strong? Additionally, Angel was very close to winning this Gauntlet. She beat Brooke in Ball Brawl... not hard to do at all. I think Casey could've beaten Brooke in that game. And she beat Janelle in Ball Brawl, due to her speed. Which, all due credit goes to Jillian for being fast, but it's not like she blew anyone out of the water with her performance.
Think of it as extra work though. She performed well in missions AND had to win 3 gauntlets. Even the first gauntlet against Angel had to take a lot out of her physically. Add to the fact that she kept getting thrown in has to be mentally and emotionally fatiguing. Challenges aren't only physically games, they incorporate every aspect of your being to succeed. Though, without Frank I do think she would have folded and probably lost to Janelle or even Angel.
timster3#49
This may be dumb but I wonder who would win between Brittini & Kimberly in a few physical elimination rounds. They're both tall, seem to be close in size, and did well and were underestimated on their season.
Squad#50
Evan on Duel 1 and Duel 2 were both pretty damn good performances.
TheCloser#51
27502;391802 wrote:
Landons partner was terrible though. Hard to win challenges with the weakest girl on the show
Landon was by far the best guy there but the way how the rules were setup he was doomed from the start. He didn't perform the best that season due to Carley but that's how partner challenges are.
TheCloser#52
People are definitely overrating Frank and Jillian's G3 performances and Wes fresh meat performance.
CHIblackhawk#53
One performance that is worthy of mention here is Cohutta on The Ruins. His run that season might be overlooked since he didn't make it to the end, but he stunned a lot of people if not everyone by eliminating Wes and Syrus. He did ultimately lose to Darrell, but his valiant performance as a heavy underdog on The Ruins deserves to be recognized.
Coralfan#54
Im picking the boy and girl who impressed me the most from each challenge: Challenge 2000- heather b./los extreme- Julie/Syrus seasons- coral/mike sexes 1- Ruthie/mark gauntlet 1- sarah, Alton inferno 1- veronica, c.f. sexes 2- angela, Theo inferno 2- Rachel, landon Gauntlet 2- beth, alton freshmeat- coral/Evan Duel- Svetlana, C.F. inferno 3- Janelle, Abram gauntlet 3- Coral, Nehemiah island- Kelly Anne, derrick duel 2- Brittni, Evan ruins- sarah, cohutta freshman 2- laurel, mark Cutthroat- laurel, brad rivals- Paula/Kenny exes- robin/mark seasons- trishelle, zack Rivals 2- Cooke, Wes before anyone starts critiquing my choices. I didn't necessarily go by who was the best or who won. I also included people who performed better than I thought they would.
Youssarian#55
Coralfan;391887 wrote:
Im picking the boy and girl who impressed me the most from each challenge: Challenge 2000- heather b./los extreme- Julie/Syrus seasons- coral/mike sexes 1- Ruthie/mark gauntlet 1- sarah, Alton inferno 1- veronica, c.f. sexes 2- angela, Theo inferno 2- Rachel, landon Gauntlet 2- beth, alton freshmeat- coral/Evan Duel- Svetlana, C.F. inferno 3- Janelle, Abram gauntlet 3- Coral, Nehemiah island- Kelly Anne, derrick duel 2- Brittni, Evan ruins- sarah, cohutta freshman 2- laurel, mark Cutthroat- laurel, brad rivals- Paula/Kenny exes- robin/mark seasons- trishelle, zack Rivals 2- Cooke, Wes before anyone starts critiquing my choices. I didn't necessarily go by who was the best or who won. I also included people who performed better than I thought they would.
Just curious, can you explain your choice for Angela for BOTS2, Janelle for I3, and Coral for G3? And also Mark wasn't on Fresh Meat 2.
Coralfan#56
Youssarian;391888 wrote:
Just curious, can you explain your choice for Angela for BOTS2, Janelle for I3, and Coral for G3? And also Mark wasn't on Fresh Meat 2.
Angela was actually doing very well on sexes 2. Robin even mentioned that when she, veronica and ruthie were deciding on who to vote off. She got voted off for personal reasons. Janelle was solid almost all of Inferno. She was one of the ones who surprised me bc I didn't think she would be that good. Coral performed well plus beat beth. And I also took into account that she was shown many times being one of the main brains behind many of their missions. Sure evelyn was the most athletic but coral performing well and still being a team player up until she really couldn't handle it anymore, impressed me.
TheCloser#57
Coralfan;391887 wrote:
Im picking the boy and girl who impressed me the most from each challenge: Challenge 2000- heather b./los extreme- Julie/Syrus seasons- coral/mike sexes 1- Ruthie/mark gauntlet 1- sarah, Alton inferno 1- veronica, c.f. sexes 2- angela, Theo inferno 2- Rachel, landon Gauntlet 2- beth, alton freshmeat- coral/Evan Duel- Svetlana, C.F. inferno 3- Janelle, Abram gauntlet 3- Coral, Nehemiah island- Kelly Anne, derrick duel 2- Brittni, Evan ruins- sarah, cohutta freshman 2- laurel, mark Cutthroat- laurel, brad rivals- Paula/Kenny exes- robin/mark seasons- trishelle, zack Rivals 2- Cooke, Wes before anyone starts critiquing my choices. I didn't necessarily go by who was the best or who won. I also included people who performed better than I thought they would.
Took a quick glance and then scrolled on when I saw that.
Coralfan#58
TheCloser;391896 wrote:
Took a quick glance and then scrolled on when I saw that.
Lol as much as I think kenny is a huge tool, the fact he carried wes during the final makes me laugh.
TheCloser#59
Coralfan;391899 wrote:
Lol as much as I think kenny is a huge tool, the fact he carried wes during the final makes me laugh.
Well you are correct because your list is about who impressed you the most and that was an impressive final for Kenny.
Challenge 17#60
Youssarian;391888 wrote:
Just curious, can you explain your choice for Angela for BOTS2, Janelle for I3, and Coral for G3? And also Mark wasn't on Fresh Meat 2.
Janelle did pretty good on the inferno 3, she was almost the only girl on the bad ***** who completed wrap and roll. Plus she did great on giraffic park. I think she was overshadowed by Tonya & Evelyn but she did really good. Especially considering she was the only rookie never to go in the inferno.
Psy4potato#61
Jodi in the original Duel, Rachel R in the Duel 2, and Kina in The Gauntlet 2. All three girls were flawless...Jodi dominated the Duel in every challenge, Rachel R beat some of them men and all the women in the final challenge of the Duel 2 while always being (Imo in all challenges) the best competitor, and Kina being thrown into Team Captain after Jo went crazy then dominating every elimination was just imo the best of the best right there. I'd say Mark & Colin in the original Battle of the Sexes, Ruthie & Ellen in the original Battle of the Sexes, Veronica in the Gauntlet, and Laurel & Kenny in FM2 all are up there too.

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