It took me a week-and-a-half before I could get myself to watch the first episode of my favorite reality TV competition series "The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2" from start to finish. Knowing that two members of the cast, Diem Brown and Ryan Knight (aka "Knight"), passed away from very different circumstances but within weeks of each other has me catching feelings of a … [Read more...] about MTV’s ‘The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2’ has me catching feelings of a different kind
RW/RR Challenges
Diem: Requiescat in Pace
When I saw Diem Brown's tweet this past Tuesday that said "I NEED PRAyErs and advice my doctors are seemingly giving up but I won't & can't rollover. Whatever option I have to LIVE I'm grabbing!" I knew things were dire, but I still held onto hope. Now, one day after Diem's passing, I still can't bring myself to blog about it. I just don't have words; and in some ways, I … [Read more...] about Diem: Requiescat in Pace
A Different Kind of Challenge: MTV’s Diem Brown Third Bout with Cancer. Please Help
Before the past few weeks, if you mentioned "the challenge" to me, I would presume we're about to chat it up about my favorite reality TV show MTV's "The Challenge" and not something related to ice buckets and Lou Gehrig's Disease. During the filming of MTV's "The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2" in Panama, cast member and two-time ovarian cancer survivor Diem Brown reportedly … [Read more...] about A Different Kind of Challenge: MTV’s Diem Brown Third Bout with Cancer. Please Help
Interview with MTV ‘Rivals 2’ finalist Cara Maria: doing Challenges to dating Abram
Cara Maria Sorbello might as well have been nicknamed "The Answer," in the likeness of Allen Iverson, as Heather Cooke's ("Cooke") fate was hanging in the balance in the first episode of "The Challenge: Rivals 2" on MTV. Cooke's original "Rivals 2" partner and fellow cast member from "The Real World: Las Vegas," Naomi Defensor, decided to go home after getting a phone call that … [Read more...] about Interview with MTV ‘Rivals 2’ finalist Cara Maria: doing Challenges to dating Abram
MTV ‘The Challenge: Rivals II’ – trailer, cast, read my commentary, and take my polls
While MTV's "The Real World" basically sucks now, it's a pipeline for "The Challenge" which is my favorite show on the network. On Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 10:00 PM ET/PT, "The Challenge: Rivals II" (twitter hashtag #Rivals2) premieres. As in the first Rivals challenge, the competitors are being paired with someone they hate and have to compete for prize money. From the … [Read more...] about MTV ‘The Challenge: Rivals II’ – trailer, cast, read my commentary, and take my polls