You can tell MTV created this daily challenge so far in advance that by the time they got to it this season, they never expected the number of guys/girls on each team to be so unbalanced. Allowing Jordan to swim three times against the US females was unfair. Allowing Jordan to swim three times against anyone is kind of unfair. There was so much wrong with this daily challenge that I have no idea why they didn’t decide to create a different daily challenge last minute.

I was very impressed by Tori in this daily challenge and felt terrible for Leroy and Nany when it came to their fall.

9 Cara sort of killed it

Cara was much slower than Jordan. However, compared to the swimming purge from the previous week, she did an admirable job. Cara takes a lot of shit for being a weak swimmer, and I think overall, she does a solid job when she is by herself. It is when she has to keep pace with a partner that she seems to struggle more.

By clinching a spot in the final, Cara is now the first person to become a 9x Challenge Finalist. She tied Bananas for the record last season and is now in the lead. Cara has also made the final in five consecutive appearances, becoming the first female to do so, and the second competitor to do so (Kenny made it to 6 straight finals). If she wins, she will tie Veronica and Evelyn for the most wins by a female with 3. Though Ashley would also tie them as well as they are on the same team.

8 Jordan and Tori finally get to breathe

After being the top two competitors in the game throughout this season, Jordan and Tori finally accomplished their goal of making the final together. By killing the last daily challenge, they made it inexcusable for CT to put Tori in the final elimination. Also, Tori is a 2x finalist in 3 appearances, which is impressive considering her partner in the season she did not make the final was Derrick Henry. Does anyone else find it crazy that Tori has only done three full seasons? It feels as though she has been on consistently. Then again, she did appear on two spinoff seasons, AYTO second chances, Fear Factor, and was a mercenary on Vendettas. So she’s appeared on eight competition shows since her AYTO season.

Jordan has made his fourth career final in five appearances and could become the first person to 3 peat wins since Derrick on the Ruins. Winning three challenge appearances in a row in the modern era is bonkers.

7 CT steps up

I hope that fans of the show do not suddenly champion CT as this mastermind whose ultimate goal was to cut the throat of Team USA after the final daily challenge. CT fully intended to put Tori into the elimination, but she performed too well for CT to argue against simple logic. If CT were making a big brain move, he would have voted for Cara or Ashley instead of Ninja. They are much more vital players to Team USA’s success and would be assets if they flipped sides.

Nonetheless, I am so happy CT finally made a move that was a positive for his team. I was afraid he was going to pull a Full Mooney.

6 Leroy is in the final