Episode 10 is in the books and I decided to focus on the 10 Biggest moments/takeaways from the eighth episode. Since you’re Challenge fans reading this, I figure you likely have watched the episode already. These will be integral storylines that the tenth episode focused on. I’ll breakdown why they matter for the season:

10 Turbo got Terminated

What an anti-climatic way for Turbo to go out the door. I think we all expected Turbo to go full Duel 2 CT up in the house. Ultimately, Turbo got disqualified for his behavior. I think it is a bad sign for Turbo that he was mostly wallpaper throughout the season, and when he got shown, it was his more violent side. Turbo may not be coming back on the show based on this editing. Does anyone else remember the lack of Camila confessionals during the Dirty 30 final that she won? It reminds me of that.

I feel bad for Turbo. Jordan is mocking him to his face, while his team is winding him up because of their hate for Jordan. Nany is genuinely the only person who cared about Turbo, and he let both sides get the better of him.

9 Nany’s not so excellent adventure

I have mentioned in the previous weeks, my frustration with watching Nany as a player. As a human, I still support Nany because even with her poor decision-making skills, she remains a kind person. When everyone is using Turbo for their gain, Nany cares about her friend’s well-being and him not being removed because of manipulators.

When it came to Leroy, I think Leroy did have a good point that Nany is not bringing him a better option. Nany needs to be proactive when playing this game. I feel bad that’s she gotten put in this spot, but lamenting about her game situation is the worst thing you can do. Once you have that mindset, you’ve already lost.

8 Who the hell do we even consider strong?

Paulie made a solid point about how everyone left in the game is good at the Challenge. Everyone individually has strengths and weaknesses as competitors, so to call someone like Ninja weak when she was the only female to finish the hardest final in Challenge history is ridiculous. In a team game, having no weaknesses is almost more important than having any strengths. Tori is perfectly balanced, while Ninja has highs and lows.

When Zach calls out Leroy, Leroy aptly notes that Zach has died in a final (Zach’s only title was in mid-2012). Josh calling Leroy weak is crazy because Josh hasn’t done anything of merit in his career. Jordan did have leverage over Leroy as he has beaten him in a final and a physical elimination before.

Perceptions of strength are so weird. Dee trails Jenny and Georgia physically, but mentally she outpaces both. CT carries a lot of weight, but he likely has much better endurance than Rogan. At this point, I wish this season was Free Agents.

7 An Amazing Daily Challenge