It is a simple concept. You give a Challenger their own dating show in the style of The Bachelor or Flavor of Love.

This is my fourth attempt at writing this piece. All past iterations ended up being 1000-word tangents on why VH1 dating and competition reality shows of the 00’s were a dominant dynasty, which remains iconic today. Seriously, I’ve written about the Challenge daily for a year, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Challenge as good as I Love Money’s first season, or a Real World anywhere near the level of I Love New York 1 or 2.

With Are You The One’s plummeting ratings Real World on indefinite hiatus, MTV has put forth shows like 90’s House, Stranded with a Million Dollars, Florabama Shore, and Siesta Key (which got a second season, shockingly) to find new feeders for the Challenge. Majority of these shows have failed, while others have been middling at best (being generous). All are re-invented concepts of shows that have already died. Jersey Shore saw its ratings drop significantly the last two seasons, so attempting to recreate it with unfamiliar faces resulted in a show with a limited ceiling no matter how good it would be (it is quite entertaining).

Using a concept such as The Bachelor, where a group of hot singles are vying for the attention of a familiar face, MTV gets both a feeder show for The Challenge and an entertaining reality show as well. The Bachelor has become a major live-tweeting event — MTV would be dumb not to create their own version.

Now, which Challenger would be able to handle a show where singles are competing to date them? That’s what we are going to breakdown.

Honorable Mentions

Johnny Bananas: They will never give him his own show. If they haven’t done it after 10 years, don’t expect them to give Bananas a show outside of the Challenge anytime soon. This probably because his narcissistic personality won’t be able to carry a whole show. Although, putting Bananas on a show with 15 Latinas is an interesting concept.

Jenna Compono: She doesn’t do well with confrontation, and can’t do multiple confessionals in one episode. It’s cute that they get to use a cute Jenna confessional every 10 confessionals — not so much as the star.

Derrick Kosinski: From a social standpoint, he would have the biggest struggle carrying a show. His biggest strength is his taste in women, and his ability to deal with crazy people. Derrick always ends up being friends with some of the craziest girls in Challenge history (Camila, Tonya, etc). The girls could carry the show on Derrick’s season.

Chris Tamburello: Watching fifteen girls deal with CT’s odor would be a phenomenal show. Now that he has entered the dad bod stage of his life, the dream is over.

Kailah Casillas: Not enough people like Kailah, and too many people hate her to make her a viable candidate.

Tony Raines: Being a father of two from different moms, makes Tony a difficult pull. We stack his cast with 15 blondes and see what happens.

Jonna Mannion and Nany Gonzalez: If they hadn’t moved on, they would have been perfect. Both were beautiful girls who were legitimately looking for love.

KellyAnne Judd: She is hot, bubbly, and desirable. She also has a diverse taste in guys. KellyAnne is also super into dogs, so maybe we could add that to the show.

Actual Candidates