Behind the Screen: The Challenge: USA - Season 2 Spoilers Discussion

For over two decades, MTV's The Challenge has been the proving ground where reality TV's fiercest competitors come to cement their legacies. What started as a Real World/Road Rules spinoff has evolved into one of the most physically and mentally demanding competition series on television.

The franchise's expansion — with spinoffs in the USA, UK, Argentina, and Australia — speaks to a global appetite for the brand of cutthroat competition and alliance-driven gameplay that Vevmo's community has been tracking since 2007.

I have been wanting Ali back so bad. :/ idc if it's Survivor or The Challenge, she needs to be back somewhere...

— Sportsman180

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The Challenge: USA - Season 2 Spoilers Discussion

Sportsman180 ·

I have been wanting Ali back so bad. :/ idc if it's Survivor or The Challenge, she needs to be back somewhere!

She's on any brantsteele 2nd chance cast I do her and Chrissy from 35, 

I've been pushing Ali and Desi since 2017 for this show. Finally Desi came on. Time for Ali to shine!!!

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Sportsman180#9632

I have been wanting Ali back so bad. :/ idc if it's Survivor or The Challenge, she needs to be back somewhere!

She's on any brantsteele 2nd chance cast I do her and Chrissy from 35, 

I've been pushing Ali and Desi since 2017 for this show. Finally Desi came on. Time for Ali to shine!!!

Sportsman180#9633

Okay, CUSA3 Rookie Survivor prospects, roughly 50% BIPOC friendly, assuming Dee and Wendell obviously don't show. And Devon from 35 has shown no interest in returning to Reality TV. Throwing Justine from 43 in the last spot as Asian representation (Filipina) because she's hot and she showed potential. Potential BIPOC alts: Austin, Brandon C, and Liana.

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I honestly think this is a stacked group.

Just to go into why all of these 14 should be picked. All have a ton of personality, most are super young and attractive, all can fit into the show extremely well.

Sydney - Perfect villain type player. Smart. Fit. Super Conceited. Funny. Confrontational. #1 Draft Pick IMHO.

Kaleb - Charisma for days. One of the most likable players ever. Voted off for being too good at being liked. Also damn good in challenges.

Ali - Gorgeous, athletic, smart, sociable, calculating, likable. So robbed on Survivor by that twerp Ryan. 

Chris Noble - HILARIOUS, borderline delusional, a true himbo, 50% of the time he seems like a genius and 50% of the time you wonder how he pours himself cereal in the morning. Athletic as hell too.

Lauren O'Connell - Hot as hell, bubbly, sweet, sarcastic, funny. Hookup potential off the charts.

Alec - Good-looking, smart, athletic, HATED boring gameplay. A catalyst for a good season. Good shit talker too. Could be a villain or a hero. Great player.

Victoria - Hot, calculating, very smart, great social player. Hookup potential. Could finesse her way to a final.

Cole - Funny, likable, good-looking, a beast physically, little bit doofy. Also a bit of a romantic. He's built for this show.

Tori - Hot, sarcastic, confrontational, likes annoying people, another shit starter. A super fun villain. Sydney-lite.

Dean - Very fun, hilarious, conceited in a doofy way, borderline himbo, turned his game way up when he needed to, had one of the strongest endgame runs ever.

Davie - Just a smooth operator. So likable and smart. Low-key played one of the best games on one of the toughest seasons. Pulled off one of the best Survivor plays in 45 seasons. 

Lauren Harper - Rootable, funny, sarcastic, bit of a villain streak, did very well in challenges.

Owen - Fun curmudgeon, never had anything break his way and got frustrated in fun ways. Challenge beast. Cassidy ally!

Justine - Hot, had potential, butted heads with the mastermind of the season (Jesse) who saw her as a threat. BIPOC friendly.

Sportsman180#9634

Hopefully the May challenge filming is USA3!

entrepreneur#9635

Hopefully the May challenge filming is USA3!

I want Jared on if it's usa3 , but I also wanna see some more love island people like Johnny Middlebrooks and Ray gantt and Imani wheeler.

BBSurvivor123#9636

The Challenge USA has been removed from CBS' Press Website 

Sportsman180#9637

The Challenge USA has been removed from CBS' Press Website 

Fu  ck CBS/Viacom for not investing into this franchise. It has so much potential. MTV actually pulled a rabbit out of their azzes with USA2 and put on a legit 7.5 to 8/10 season with a milquetoast cast but a fire format and maintainted legitimately stable ratings - for those that don't know, it was the 19th highest rated show on all of television in the 2023-2024 season for the critical 18-49 demo. That's seriously impressive.

Even the Survivor subreddit at the time said USA2 was better than most of their new era.

I MOURN THE POTENTIAL.

entrepreneur#9638

Jared Fields being robbed of his challenge win is upsetting 

Sportsman180#9639

Cole Medders, Q Burdette, Kaleb Gebrewold, Sydney Segal, Lauren O'Connell, and Tiffany Ervin being robbed of their "Team Survivor" challenge win is highly upsetting 

Sportsman180#9640

Still think Survivor has at least 15 truly great, maybe 20 very good prospects for The Challenge. I could honestly dig down and find even 3 or 4 more on both the men and women's sides that would be fun rookies.

anon12423452355...#9641

You really tried it a few of those lol. Ginger girl, Swiftie boy, and the nerd beside him? NEXT!

Sportsman180#9642

You really tried it a few of those lol. Ginger girl, Swiftie boy, and the nerd beside him? NEXT!

Charlie was the most beloved player by the casuals of like the last 6 seasons of Survivor, not including him is just silly.

anon12423452355...#9643

I know it's different networks so it would never pass but Viacom vs Universal would be a fun season. I'll put my cast in the fantasy thread. I don't watch tons of Peacock so some names will be based on research so don't eat me up.

anon12423452355...#9644

You really tried it a few of those lol. Ginger girl, Swiftie boy, and the nerd beside him? NEXT!

Charlie was the most beloved player by the casuals of like the last 6 seasons of Survivor, not including him is just silly.

Challenge and Survivor are different shows. Survivor is more of a nerdy/40 year old virgin audience these days and The Challenge is for people who like competition but don't understand actual sports. Charlie and Michele having a Taylor Swift off would not go well on The Challenge.

Sportsman180#9645

Realistically, we'd never get more than 12 new rookies from the same feeder show, and that would only be if it was like a Challenge vs Survivor vs Big Brother season (which would suck because the Big Brother bench is weak as shit). If I had to get it down to the 12 absolute must-have Survivor rookies completely geared for the Challenge, it's easily:

1. Sydney Segal

2. Q Burdette

3. Venus Vafa

4. Alec Merlino

5. Dee Valladares

6. Cole Medders

7. Tiffany Ervin

8. Kaleb Gebrewold

9. Tori Meehan

10. Dean Kowalski

11. Drea Wheeler

12. Chris Noble

HM (13 through 16): Lauren O'Connell, Davie Rickenbacker, Ali Elliot, and Charlie Davis

Sportsman180#9646

Sound more likely than not to be renewed.

anon12423452355...#9647

That was a terrible interview filled with fluff to shut us up. Ms. Pizzi has taken after her modern casting and displayed zero authenticity.

Sportsman180#9648

That was a terrible interview filled with fluff to shut us up. Ms. Pizzi has taken after her modern casting and displayed zero authenticity.

I think they should change the name if WC is dead. Just call it CBS's The Challenge.

timster3#9649

realitytvfan quickly became my favorite twitter account for all news

KayceeFan123#9650

Still think Survivor has at least 15 truly great, maybe 20 very good prospects for The Challenge. I could honestly dig down and find even 3 or 4 more on both the men and women's sides that would be fun rookies.

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Wonder how many of these people would even be down for The Challenge,most of them have white collar jobs,minimal social  media presence and never seem to be giving the apperance of  chasing RTV fame.

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