I get incredibly bored watching the daily challenges most seasons. This season has been a complete insult to those who care about them. This challenge would have been enthralling if the terrain was a bit more slippery, and two players were forced to meet in the middle every round (a water hall brawl).

Fun fact: The US men did participate in this daily challenge, and CT was the blocker for the UK. I know this from my mid-season trailer breakdown as there was a still of CT and Leroy meeting in the middle with CT jumping off the platform.

7 Rogan’s sloppy gameplay

Rogan and CT are so dumb. If you want to get Dee off your team, then you vote Dee in during the nomination ceremony. By voting in Tori, they gave the power to Kam and Leroy to choose whether to send out Jenny or one of their alliance members. Kam and Leroy are going to put in the person who is not in their alliance and who makes the UK team stronger on paper. Likewise, you show your entire ass to a group of US females who are running the game and love Dee. Rogan executed the move so poorly that it could lead to his downfall.

It was such an unnecessary move. Also, Dee killed the challenges last season, many of which involved endurance. We have not seen Rogan exhibit any signs that he’s better than the guy who died on the mountain when it comes to long-distance events yet.

6 Dee’s going down under

The biggest positive for Dee is the female US alliance controls the overall numbers of the game, and they should protect her. However, there are only three UK women left on her team with one or two eliminations. If she does go into elimination, she has to face a decent Nany or an incredibly scary Tori.

While she should distance herself from a user like Rogan, the feeling of comfort that he gave her is now gone, and even worse, she probably feels as though she can trust nobody, except maybe Ninja. Which is like saying you can only trust the comfort of a Burger King bathroom.

Considering next week’s Purge involves swimming, Dee should be fearful.

5 Jordan vs. CT

Jordan and CT are one of my favorite Challenge feuds because neither player quite wants to attack one another head-on. I think at the age CT is at; he is aware that Jordan is currently a much better player than him. CT’s general strategy is to not rock the boat, especially with someone as good as Jordan potentially at his neck. Jordan is aware of the person CT can be, and he knows in elimination, CT is a big man who can eat him in two bites without pickles. Jordan also knows he can beat CT in a final, as he did so by over an hour with a fractured leg.

When these two collide, you can tell neither like one another. Although both know what the other is capable of doing. It is like watching two lions sizing each other up. Or like imagining a wild Pokemon approaching a Voltorb who is ready to use self-destruct.

4 Nany and Kam’s battle for Leroy’s loyalty