With six episodes in the books, I figured I’d review the biggest takeaways from Champs vs Stars 3: the good, the bad, and the flat out entertaining.

#1 Ashley needs to find a middle ground

I am a huge Ashley Mitchell fan. I admire the way she has used her brain to get a leg up on superior physical competitors and her comedic presence in confessionals. As a savvy player with a whole lot of crazy in her, Ashley, in many ways, is the perfect reality star. The first few episodes displayed why Ashley is such a powerhouse. She turned on her smiles and became best friends with Brooke Hogan while controlling the Red Team. Then Louise Hazel flipped the script on Ashley and she completely fell apart. Enraged, Ashley went on a tirade cursing out the Stars and her Champs teammates.

She threw missions, which in an ordinary game is fine, except when you’re playing for charity, then it seems disingenuous. Obviously, her team winning those missions led to the power-plays screwing over the Champs, but you cannot evaluate your game after random variables like the power-play. One week the power-play is sit someone out, another week it is literally switch the nominations. Ashley needs to level out around the middle instead of going from 0–100 so much. Maybe on the next season.

#2 Louise Hazel ascension into Challenge Superstar

It is incredibly fascinating to see an athlete from Champs vs Pros enjoying the experience so much, that they end up watching the real show afterward. Louise became a Challenge fan by being on the Challenge, and returned not only wanting to compete physically, but to play the strategic and political game as well. She is beating Wes because she is an Olympic athlete who can dominate the female division physically and she is just as smart as him mentally. Louise can feel secure because she can beat anyone in the game and run it politically for the Stars. She’s keen on doing a real season… and if MTV lets her, you can expect her to win. It is hard to see anyone able to go toe to toe with her.

#3 Wes is always entertaining

When Wes is in power, it is fun to see him control the game or lose control of it. When the game places Wes in a tough position, it is even more fun to see him battle his way out or find an escape route to flip the game on its head. Literally, there is no such thing as a boring Wes. He brings it every season and is easily one of the most entertaining Challenge competitors of all time.

#4 Casper is annoying, but a beast