Regardless if you’re team Laurel or team Ninja, we can all agree production is the major culprit in this week’s elimination blunder. The truth is MTV’s The Challenge has a long history of production controversies and cover ups. Reality TV was designed to be entertaining not fair. Contestants sign away their lives in intricate contracts that grant production the ability to make any decision with full impunity. Laurel’s elimination had me feeling nostalgic for the days of Svetlana VS Beth so here’s a list of 5 other elimination fails.







The Duel

1. Svetlana VS Beth: Push Me

Sources claim production took at least 30 minutes after Beth ripped the flag from the carabiner to decide on the disqualification. Production knew the fans would be devastated if Svetlana lost. Sadly setting this precedent also meant CT would be DQ’d in the same elimination against Brad right before the final.