Two weeks ago I wrote about the new trailer that was released for The Real World: St. Thomas. I couldn't have been more underwhelmed, and talked about how it looked like a cross between The Simple Life and Bug Juice. I ended that column by submitting a plea to the public to "wake me up when The Challenge starts back up again."
Well it turns out my prayers have been answered! The rosters for the latest (still untitled) season of The Challenge have been leaked, and let's just say there's a lot of fresh new blood in the water.
| Alton (Las Vegas) Chet (Brooklyn) CJ (Cancun) Danny (Austin) Derek (Cancun) Dunbar (Sydney) Dustin (Las Vegas) Frank (San Diego) Issac (Sydney) JD (Brooklyn) Knight (New Orleans) Preston (New Orleans) Robb (St. Thomas) Trey (St. Thomas) Wes (Austin) Zach (San Diego) | Ashli (Sydney) Ashley (San Diego) Devyn (Brooklyn) Jasmine (Cancun) Jemmye (New Orleans) Jonna (Cancun) Kelly Anne (Sydney) Lacey (Austin) Laura (St. Thomas) Marie (St. Thomas) McKenzie (New Orleans) Melinda (Austin) Nany (Las Vegas) Sam (San Diego) Sarah (Brooklyn) Trishelle (Las Vegas) |
Although the location and format of the new season has yet to be reviled, the cast was spotted leaving JKF airport together in late May.
Many theories have been floating around the blogosphere about the shows format, but the one that seems to make the most sense would be a potential "Battle of the Seasons". There are thirty two contestants, sixteen males/sixteen females, representing eight different Real World Seasons. Each season has two male and two female cast members, so the numbers play out nicely. The only possible flaw to this theory would be the fact that Nany and Dustin were not on the same Las Vegas season as Alton and Trishelle. However, I could still see them pairing them up based off location alone.
Roughly half of the cast will be popping their Challenge cherries, so the possibility of a rookies vs. vets season is also in play.
The first thing that jumped out to me while looking at the cast list was the unmistakable absence of some of the games most popular players like Johnny Bananas, Kenny, CT, Derrick and Paula, though to be fair, they could use the break.
This season's cast features a nice mix of wild cards (Frank, Preston and Dustin are all capable of losing their shit at the drop of a hat) and instigators like Trishelle and Wes. To go along with with some epic smokeshows like Nany, McKenzie and Ashley. Anyone up for some water challenges?
Unlike their minor league farming system (The Real World), The Challenge rarely disappoints, and right now I have a three way tie between this, fantasy football and The Walking Dead for things I'm most excited for this fall. Stay tuned for more previews and predictions as the summer progresses.
-fresh (@danye33)
