First of all, I know MTV's "The Challenge: Rivals II" has already filmed, cast revealed, and we'll be watching beginning July 10, 2013. I just wanted to pause and write this blog post since "The Real World: Portland" just ended, and I have my own thoughts on who I'd like to see on future Challenges. By golly, it's virtually the only reason I struggle through seasons of "The … [Read more...] about My fantasy picks from ‘Real World: Portland’ to compete on ‘The Challenge’
RW/RR Challenges
Reality star Mark Long dishes on MTV Challenges past, present, and future
Believe it or not, MTV's "The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons" airing now is the 23rd season of the reality competition show. A spin-off from "Road Rules" and "Real World," it gives us junkies a chance to see our favorite cast members return to MTV and also interact with cast members from other seasons...and folks like Cara Maria Sorbello who rose to fame in more recent years … [Read more...] about Reality star Mark Long dishes on MTV Challenges past, present, and future
(Pt 2/2) ‘Battle of the Exes’ interview with Abram Boise: secret lovers, doing Challenges, creative pursuits
Last year was the first time I got to know Abram Boise as someone who wasn't just a competitor on Challenges and in love with Cara Maria Sorbello. Heck, Cara Maria isn't the only person from MTV shows that Abram is dated, but more on that later. Abram is a creative spirit who paints and writes and does his own tattoos. In this final part of my "Battle of the Exes" interview … [Read more...] about (Pt 2/2) ‘Battle of the Exes’ interview with Abram Boise: secret lovers, doing Challenges, creative pursuits
(Pt 1/2) ‘Battle of the Exes’ interview with Abram Boise: loving Cara Maria
If you have been watching "The Challenge: Battle of the Exes" on MTV, you know that Abram Boise and Cara Maria Sorbello were eliminated by Emily Schromm and Ty Ruff in The Dome on episode 5. Besides the little twinkle of hope some of us have held out for Chris "CT" Tamburello and Diem Brown to reunite, Cara Maria and Abram were the only two "exes" whose status was kind of a … [Read more...] about (Pt 1/2) ‘Battle of the Exes’ interview with Abram Boise: loving Cara Maria
Interview Pt 2/2: Cara Maria spills the tea on her on/off relationship with Abram…in her own words
When Cara Maria Sorbello (Twitter, Facebook, Etsy) and Abram Boise (Twitter, Facebook, Blog, Rent his Montana House) met on MTV’s “The Challenge: Cutthroat,” we saw them fall head over heels in a bizarre-o-world kind of love that only the two of them could have. It was intense, artsy, beautiful, strange...and beautiful all over again. In the beginning, they would post these … [Read more...] about Interview Pt 2/2: Cara Maria spills the tea on her on/off relationship with Abram…in her own words