The Challenge
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Let me just tell you, the lighting down there isawful.
Everyone looks either ashen or seasick wheres the Alix Earle ring light when you need it?
At 6 a.m., theyre awoken by T.J., who must have had to get up when?
At 4 a.m. for glam and transportation?
Hes the real hero.
Before the Final begins, T.J. finally explains the breakdown of the million-dollar prize pot.
Then theres the matter of the Karma Vote.
So, lets say Derek gets all fives for being a likable mensch; thats 160 extra points.
The whole concept is utterly confounding and completely anathema to the ethos of the show.
Okay, enough opining from moi.
The Final is played via multiple checkpoints.
The puzzles are too simple to give anyone a chance at catching him.
Rachel and Tori are falling behind, running the course side-by-side as Jenny and Michele push ahead.
They vomit up salt water and keep it moving.
Darkness falls, and its time for the infamous overnight challenge.
Every muscle is in pure agony, but the show must go on.
I have to hand it to production for creating a simultaneously hilarious and brutal concoction.
Then, on the main deck, theyre forced to sing a six-line sea shanty non-stop.
Thats some twisted, prisoner-of-war music torture shit.
At the end of the night, their placement in the challenge is determined by their coin count accuracy.
Kyland, this is your moment!
The singing is probably worse than the counting.
Even though its easier, at least the counting carries an objective that keeps your mind alert.
The singing is just cruelty for the sake of cruelty.
They should have given Bananas his guitar.
The one person who cant keep it together is Jenny.
Its so bad that it prompts a freakout from Jordan, who screams at her to shut up.
