♪♪♪♪ You're watching an extended episode of "The Challenge."
Stay tuned after the episode for the final words
from the eliminated challengers.
- ♪♪ MTV ♪♪
[cheers and applause]
- Absolute monster.
You're a monster.
Congrats, babe.
- Amber killed it.
- Oh, [bleep]. [air horn blares]
- I'm feeling good. I mean,
we're 2 and 2 right now.
We got to continue to get these wins
because we have to keep every single member
of our team safe.
- I love my team.
Thank you so much. I appreciate you.
- It's a male elimination week.
We've already lost two players.
I need to reverse the curse here.
I got to pull out all the stops.
We cannot let this snowball continue to roll downhill
in the favor of the other team.
Who's the man for the job?
This guy.
- Thank you.
- I love my team.
- You know, it definitely sucks losing Nurys.
You know, that was, like, my cuddle buddy.
But I'm here to win.
I know the game is getting tighter and tighter.
And winning becomes more and more important.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- What I'm going to miss about Nurys
is just having somebody I can really talk to,
open up to, trust, my ride or die,
having my back regardless.
Even when all guns are pointed at her,
she still has my back, man.
So now, this is going to be hard.
♪♪ ♪♪
[sighs] - Did it.
Second elimination this season.
How was it out there?
- Oh, that [bleep] was fire. - Yeah?
- I told you I like seeing physical.
So the fact that you did a physical one...
- Yeah, yeah. And you got to watch.
- And you killed it. I got to watch.
That's, like, you know? - Yeah.
I was coming back to my man.
- You had to. I had these flowers.
I would have thrown them out.
[laughter]
- I'm not going anywhere.
I'm so close to that million.
The final is so close.
Chauncey and I need this million
because we have big plans after this.
We've talked about starting a family.
We've talked about marriage.
We've talked about getting a house.
And I feel like we're both on the same page.
And we're both ready for those things.
And, I'm sorry,
but $1 million would make a lot of that happen.
You better go get some rest
because next one coming up is guy's day, so.
[dramatic music]
- Even without being on the same team,
Amber and I are definitely our built-in support systems.
But being the only rookie male on my team,
I feel like I'm on the chopping block
if my team does not win this next challenge.
So I got to make sure I do whatever I can to get this win.
Might as well rest and get ready for another one
because my team going to win every single time.
- [laughs] - I see a sweep.
[intense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[tense music]
- I'm worried about next guy's day.
I mean, it sucks because I literally thought--
I think everyone did-- that this ride or die thing
was going to go to the end. - Mm-hmm.
- And it does put me in a funky position
because I obviously want to see our team succeed.
It's like--it just-- - It sucks.
- It's just the [bleep] position I'm in.
You know? - Yeah.
- I'm in a weird spot in the game right now
because, you know, I came into this game
with my ride or die, with Nany.
Obviously, my goal hasn't changed.
It's to, you know, protect her
and help her make it to a final.
But now it's going to be done without me by her side.
I'm impressed that you got this far
because what you have had to endure,
just from a mental and emotional standpoint,
is like a testament to, like,
what an amazing, you know, human being you are.
- Thank you. I appreciate that.
- I know you came in, like, looking to me
as, like, someone who was going to help you out
and get you far in the game. - Yeah.
- And I'm just hoping that, like,
when all is said and done,
that I, you know, met your expectations
as far as, like, being a partner with me.
- Johnny, there's nobody else that I would have wanted
to come into this game with, honest to God.
For Bananas to even question
whether or not he's been a good partner to me,
he has no idea how much better he has made this game for me,
just by his presence alone.
Even though we're on separate teams,
I'm looking after him on my team,
and he's looking out for me on his team.
We still are able to play this game
as a ride or die pair.
- Win, lose, draw...
- You're still my ride or die.
- Yeah. For life.
- For life. - For life.
both: Love you.
- Mwah.
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[line trilling]
- [yells] - [laughs]
- What's good, baby?
- Bro, it's been rough.
[laughs]
- It's been rough?
- You know how it is--
- Hey, hey, bro, cut it.
I hear that hesitation in your voice, bro.
You got to think about winning this whole thing now.
You put in the work.
OK, how do I position myself to win?
I mean, you just got to watch out.
Johnny's there. You got to take him out
before the final.
You're not beating him in a final.
Fessy too, man.
You might want to get Fessy out.
- You about to be mad at me.
Me and Fessy have been rocking together, so.
We're holding it down, but-
- You and Fessy have been rocking together?
So you mean to tell me you've kind of
gotten friends with the enemy, bruh?
- [laughs]
- Listen, do what you gotta do, man.
- Yeah, you know me. - 'Cause at the end
of the day, bro, the only reason you're there is
to bring that big money home and that championship, bro.
Don't you forget why the [bleep] you're there, bro.
Your mom.
[gentle music]
- Either you want to be a champion,
or you want to compete against the best,
or you want $1 million,
or there's somebody you're fighting for at home.
There's some kind of reason up here
that you got to keep in front of your eyes
that's going to keep you focused, locked in.
And once you find that reason,
you'll be unstoppable-- unstoppable.
And for me, that's my mom.
- Remember that.
You love that woman.
She loves you to death.
Do it for your brother.
Do it for your mom.
Bring home that championship.
- I needed that, baby!
Whoo! [laughs]
- We love you over here, man.
And I'd love to get that championship call, my boy.
- All right, brother, love you, G.
[line trills]
- Brother, how you doing, man?
- I'm doing OK. Good to hear from you.
- I've been worried about you guys,
just making sure that everything's OK.
And how is life?
It's becoming normal that there's a war going on
in the East, and they're just kind of dealing with it.
For the last two months, I've been in the Ukraine
doing humanitarian work with some of my best friends
and a team assembled from around the world.
We were transporting supplies into Ukraine,
as well as evacuating civilians
out of the Ukraine and out of the war zone.
It is super, super vital that we get as many supplies
across this border as we can into the hands
of the soldiers that are kicking ass.
Baby formula, clothes, diapers.
Full load, this is almost two tons.
We ended up shipping in over 75 tons of supplies
and evacuating over 300 people.
We're extremely proud of the work there.
And it continues now
through Foreign United People organization.
- It's getting harder to find volunteers
to move the stuff around. But we are still delivering,
like, four and a half tons
of humanitarian supplies each week.
We're definitely hoping to see you here soon.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I definitely want to get back.
I'm forever grateful for the life
that this game has allowed me to explore.
And I can't wait to win more
because I have a lot of life left to live.
And this money goes a long way.
See you, brother.
- See you.
- We're down to six.
- The numbers don't matter.
You going to help me win on guys' day tomorrow, or what?
- Dude, my--if-- listen,
I'm going to be honest with you, you guys won twice.
If I'm going to help you win on guys' day,
you should have helped me win on girls' day, and you didn't.
- Because you didn't come up to me and tell me to do anything.
- I'm not sure if I can trust Fessy in this game anymore
because he's made it very clear that this game is about him.
And whenever he needs me, it's because he needs me
for his game and never for my own.
If I had to pick one guy to be my number one,
it would be Bananas.
- But it doesn't matter. You pulled a Safe dagger.
You live to fight another day.
I definitely still consider Moriah my ride or die.
You know, we've been through a lot in this game.
I know we will still have each other's backs
when it comes to voting situations.
I think she is still grateful for me
and looks at me as a friend.
And I'm just hoping we can keep our communication up.
- Of course, if our guys' day wins,
you're never going to be a name ever.
It's not happening.
It's 100% not.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- In a game that's designed to turn us against each other,
there is a whole 'nother team that also wants
to turn us against each other, not because it's personal,
but because we're playing a game.
- What happened, happened, right?
We can't change anything about it.
We're happy you girls are here. - Stoked.
Elated. - Yeah, and we cannot lose--
we cannot lose a guy. We cannot lose a girl.
Because if we lose one more person,
our team is just going to keep going down.
[dramatic music]
- Our team morale is at an all-time high right now.
It's contagious.
We're loose. We're having fun.
And I'm looking at the other squad,
and it looks like a funeral.
- The six of us can [bleep] ball
if we clock in, and we have each other's back,
and we let the past be the past.
I need to pull us out of this.
I can see my team losing focus.
And I can't have it this close to the end
on a male elimination day.
It just has to stop.
If we keep going on this track,
it's going to end in tragedy.
Let's put some pressure on them.
- Exactly. - Yeah.
- Let's make them make some hard choices.
Let's make them have these conversations.
Let's make them feel uncomfortable.
So let's get on the same page, and let's start [bleep] up.
You're a [bleep] dog. You're a dog.
You're a dog.
I'm a [bleep] dog.
- Yep. Yep. [laughter]
- OK? So let's--
let's get on the same page, and let's [bleep] show out.
- Good talk, good talk. - Let's fire it up.
[intense music]
- ♪♪ We fly high, no lie ♪♪
- ♪♪ You hear that? ♪♪ - ♪♪ You know this ♪♪
- ♪♪ Ballin' ♪♪ - ♪♪ Foreign rides ♪♪
- ♪♪ Yes, sir ♪♪ - ♪♪ Outside ♪♪
♪♪ It's like showbiz ♪♪ - ♪♪ We in the building ♪♪
- ♪♪ Hips and thighs, oh, my ♪♪
♪♪ Stay focused ♪♪
- ♪♪ Ballin' ♪♪
- All right, everyone.
Welcome back to your next challenge.
[laughter and chatter]
- Let's go. What you got in store for us?
- I hear something. - Ooh.
Yeah, there it is. - Ah, [bleep]!
- It's kind of hot out here. Everyone ready to get wet?
- Welcome to "The Challenge."
[cheers]
- We're dropping in.
- I'm instantly terrified.
[dramatic music]
- I'm so excited.
- Yeah, we're hanging from those things.
- I hope everyone's ready to get wet.
- Yeah, you know it.
[cheers and chatter]
- Today's challenge is called Chopper Drop.
[cheers]
- Let's go.
Bring out the chopper.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Your goal today is to drop in those targets
and swim to that finish dock as fast as you can.
To begin, you're going to take your place
way out there on that floating dock.
When I say go, that helicopter is going
to swoop in and pick you up.
Then you're going to hold on to that helicopter
as long as you can, until you feel it's time
to drop into the exact target that you want to hit.
Now, those targets range from big to small.
Every person to land in the green target gets 5 points.
Purple target, 10 points.
Yellow target, 20 points.
The blue target is worth 50 points.
The orange target, 70 points.
And that small, tiny, little pink target is 100 points
for every person that hits it.
Now, only two at a time can go into any given target.
We're going to play this game in two heats.
Now, I've got spots for six of you
to fly on that helicopter.
Team of eight, you have two extra players.
Those two players are not off the hook.
You're not going to drop from the helicopter,
but you'll have to swim.
You're going to take your places on those small docks.
And when the last player hits the water,
you're going to jump in and swim to the finish.
The team to get the most points the fastest
will win today's challenge, be safe from elimination,
and also interrogate all the men from the losing team.
Now, in the event of a tie,
the team to get all of their players back
to the finish dock the fastest will win today's challenge.
It's getting late in the game.
You do not want to lose.
All right? Get it done.
- You saw them this morning.
They were arguing. - Defeated.
- Their morale was down.
They wanted to come in smiling, but we knew that was all fake.
- Yeah. - So this is our time.
- We're playing to win.
They're playing not to lose right now.
- We're 2 and 0. Let's not stop here.
Let's get 3 and 0. It's guys' day.
So it's getting down to it.
So we need this one bad.
- [shouts] Whoo!
This season is my season.
I feel like I'm on top of the world.
Let's go get it. - Let's win the W, man.
- Like that energy.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Listen, when you're hanging,
don't pull up at all. - No.
- Literally... - Rest.
- Dead man's [bleep] hang, dude.
- Chill, I know. It'll be chill.
I got this.
- It's kind of far.
So just be ready.
- Because our team has two extra players,
the strategy is, put the people that are not
the best swimmers on two platforms.
So I volunteer instantly.
- You got it, guys!
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Whoo! I like this [bleep]!
Whoo!
♪♪ ♪♪
- Just the sensation of holding onto this bar
and hovering over the water--
you got the sound of the chopper above you.
The water's spraying up in your face.
This is as close to being, like,
a special forces dude as I've ever been.
[spy music]
- Ohh.
Typical Nelly T grabbed the bar the wrong way.
And I'm facing the opposite direction,
spinning in the air like I'm in the circus.
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
- Kaycee and I, we're unsure of how long
we're going to be able to hold onto this chopper for,
so we're going to drop first.
And then after that, Fessy and Bananas are going to drop.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Boom, instantly, both make it into the bullseye.
[cheers]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yes!
- Well done!
- I'm going to go for the pink target with Nelly T.
We are the worst swimmers on the team,
which means we need the closest distance
to get the fastest time.
I'm nervous right now.
But my team needs me to hit this target.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I start the scuba Nelly.
We start swimming.
[exhaling sharply]
- Aneesa, Olivia, go.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Now it just comes to a swim race.
We got the maximum points possible.
Now we just got to make sure we get the fastest time.
♪♪ ♪♪
[all panting]
- Let's go, let's go!
- Let's go, Olivia!
- Let's go, Tor and Kayce!
- I'm feeling my whole body cramp up.
And honestly, I can barely catch my breath.
- Come on.
Get to me. I'll pull you in.
- OK.
But I'm actually very surprised.
Fessy is an excellent swimmer.
And he comes to the rescue, a knight in shining armor.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Come on, Aneesa, you got it.
- I will say, Fessy has been showing up
for the team every time.
I've been Fessy's partner before
where it wasn't so great.
So it's really nice to see his evolution
of what kind of player he's becoming.
- Come on, Kaycee, you got it.
- Dig! - Let's go!
- Dig! - Dig!
- Right here. Push it!
[indistinct shouting]
- Come on, Tori, you got it!
[indistinct shouting]
- Our entire team is on the platform now,
and Kaycee and I are doing everything we can
to get our bodies there.
But this water is freezing.
I'm out of breath already because of how cold it is.
My helmet is choking me.
And I feel bad for my team.
But this is a struggle.
[indistinct shouting]
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
[indistinct shouting]
- Tori, you got it!
- Tori and Kaycee in the back,
they're far behind, and nobody's helping them out.
For us, that's something to learn off of
and know that when we go,
we have to help each other.
♪♪ ♪♪
[indistinct shouting]
- Come on! Come on!
♪♪ ♪♪
- Done! - Good job, Tori.
[air horn blares] - Good work, ladies.
- Let's go!
[overlapping chatter]
[upbeat music]
- Let's go!
♪♪ ♪♪
- I literally felt like I was, like, a special forces guy.
I was like, aah!
- We aced everything perfectly.
I mean, it was a well-oiled machine.
And there is no way the other team is going to beat us.
- Let's get out of these wet clothes
and into a dry celebration.
- Yeah. - All right.
- We can get this win. It's about time for a win.
I want to show them that we are not weak.
Us girls are very strong. - Yeah.
- Fessy already, in his head, is like, they won.
- Oh, for sure. - But you know what,
it'll be nice when they come help us win,
they will think that they're winning.
- They're winning.
♪♪ ♪♪
- We are flipping this game. - Yes.
- We're [bleep] sick of these kids
hooting and hollering in the yard.
OK, the early gloat never works.
They've been doing it all [bleep] week.
It's time for the underdogs.
Dogs up, put your dogs up!
I would like to welcome you all to your new favorite team,
The Underdogs.
Can somebody please tell me what you are?
all: I'm a [bleep] dog!
- Let's go! [all cheer]
- The yellow team's morale, I mean, it can't be great.
They lost the last two challenges.
It's a boys' day coming up now.
I know that the guys are going to be stressed.
So it's going to be hard for them to pull out this win.
- Let's get it.
Ha!
- We're dogs. We're dogs. Let's go!
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Oh, yeah!
- Hang on.
- I'm telling you, the adrenaline
I'm feeling right now,
I will be able to hold
onto this pole for however long.
♪♪ ♪♪
We're going to have Nany and Moriah drop in the blue,
which is worth 50 points.
Then we're going to have Devin and Amber drop on the orange,
which is worth 70 points.
And Jordan and myself, we're going to hit
the last target, which is worth 100 points each.
We're going to swim as fast as we can,
helping out the women.
Perfect game, not going to be able to beat it.
♪♪ ♪♪
- All they have to do is miss one of their targets,
and it doesn't matter how fast of swimmers they are,
we win automatically.
I think we're definitely going to win.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Direct hit. We're in it.
That's one down, two more targets to go.
- The water is freezing.
But that is the least of my worries.
I'm in my head right now.
I'm wondering if I'm going to swim well.
I don't want to let the guys down on our team.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I definitely go hard on guys' days.
Even though Chauncey's on the other team,
it sucks, yeah,
but I have to do what's best also for my game.
And we're playing two separate games right now.
And I have to protect my guys on guys' day.
Sorry, babe.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Ha! Let's go.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Now it's time to work.
The water's freezing, but it's time to swim,
get there as fast as we can.
This win today is crucial.
We can't afford to lose another teammate,
or the team is really just going to go downhill.
♪♪ ♪♪
- One after another, I see them hit every single target.
So it's going to come down to time today.
And I'm starting to get a little nervous.
- Why is he swimming the wrong way?
- He's going to get the girls.
- Horacio and I are great swimmers.
So why do you put us at the end,
where we have to swim the least?
Well, let me tell you. I'm a strong enough swimmer
that I can swim backwards,
grab some people, help them swim in.
And I think that this will be enough
to get everybody across that line.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I don't know, man.
I don't know.
- I think the boys coming back and helping us, pushing us,
showed that teamwork works better
than working by yourself.
- You guys were swimming better than this.
[energetic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Let's go, let's go!
♪♪ ♪♪
- Come on, guys. Almost there, let's go!
[dramatic music]
You gotta push them, Jordan. Way to push them!
- Good job, Jordan! - Yeah.
- Good job, Jordan. - Keep moving, Moriah.
You're almost here.
- This win is bigger
than keeping our guys out of elimination.
This win is for the morale.
We need to get a win so that we can feel what that is like
so we can put some pressure on them.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Let's go, y'all!
♪♪ ♪♪
[indistinct shouting]
- Come on. Let's go, let's go.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yeah! - Yes! Stop.
[air horn blares]
- Good job!
[all cheer]
- I mean, there's no way we didn't swim faster than them.
- Yeah. - Even if we don't win today,
that's, like, what a team looks like.
- That's how it's supposed-- - Yeah, but [bleep] that.
We won. - We won.
[overlapping chatter]
Give me one win.
- I need y'all to tell me what you are.
all: I'm a [bleep] dog!
- Whoo!
♪♪ ♪♪
- All right, everyone, great challenge today.
Everyone did really, really well.
And after all of the drops and all of the point calculations,
it all came down to a race.
[tense music]
We checked the tapes over and over again.
And just under two seconds separated the two teams.
- Come on.
- What?
I'm actually shocked.
I thought our performance was
just going to be absolutely dominant
and we were going to blow them out of the water.
But apparently not.
So I am feeling very nervous.
And I just hope and pray, like, it's enough.
♪♪ ♪♪
- After it was all said and done...
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
- Just under two seconds separated the two teams.
♪♪ ♪♪
And after it was all said and done...
♪♪ ♪♪
Team Underdog wins today's challenge.
[all cheering]
[triumphant music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I feel bad, like, jumping up and down
in front of the other team.
But I'm frickin' happy.
And I'm sick of them frickin'
hooting in the backyard.
So it's our turn.
- Team two seconds! - Whoop whoop!
- Yes, baby, let's go!
I'm one of the best coaches on planet Earth.
OK? Think about this.
I drink beers all day. I sleep till 12:30.
And I'm here beating professional athletes.
- Whoever went back to help them saved your team.
- That was very kind of them. - That is teamwork.
That's teamwork. - Teamwork at its finest.
- Now, it's time for you to go back to the house
and interrogate all four men from the losing team.
They're going to plead their case as to why
they should stay in the game and not be selected
to go straight into the Zone.
- This is exactly what I did not want.
I needed to be in a position of power
because it is a guy elimination.
Now we about to suffer the consequences.
[Post Malone's "Congratulations"]
- All right, everyone.
I'll see you soon. Get out of here.
[all cheer]
- I don't think that any of us thought
that we were going to lose today.
We have Nelson, Fessy, Chauncey, and Bananas.
Losing any single one of these guys is going to be an L.
So I don't really know how to feel
about how this whole thing is going to go down.
- ♪♪ Ever since I was young ♪♪
♪♪ They said I wouldn't be nothing ♪♪
♪♪ Now they always say congratulations ♪♪
♪♪ Worked so hard, forgot how to vacation ♪♪
♪♪ Yeah, we made it ♪♪
- This is what it's like to be a winner.
- I'm mad at myself because I just feel like
I have nine seasons behind me.
And I feel like it's time to become a captain
and, like, really step up.
- The worst-case scenario is either I get voted in
or Nelson get voted in and we go against each other.
I've gone against Nelson in the past.
And I ended up sending Nelson home.
We're real life friends.
And I see how hard he's worked this season.
He's had a phenomenal season.
And I would hate to be the one to send him home.
- I put in Johnny and Nany.
I put in Amber and Chauncey.
And I put in Jordan and Aneesa.
- I don't know. You know Devin and Jordan
way better than I do.
- We've been through a lot.
But all is forgiven.
We're stronger for it.
And the one thing we do not want
is to go against each other.
If we go against each other and repeat history,
I, honestly, will be speechless.
- There's no point of stressing.
- Nah. - We gotta move forward, dude.
- Nah. It is what it is. - And the reality is,
two out of four of us are going in.
So [bleep] get your mind right.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I don't know, man.
I think they're going to swing big, so.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- If I was a betting man.
- I feel like the only person that would save me
in the Dagger Draw would be Bananas.
Nelson and Fessy would save each other.
And at this moment, I can't trust Nelson.
You blindsided my girlfriend, Amber.
- I hope and pray to God that this woman forgives me.
But tonight, Amber and Chauncey will be going into the Zone.
- I will never forget what you've done.
- So annoying to even be in this position.
- Exactly.
- Well, I'm almost packed. So at least I got--
I got that out of the way.
- I'm about to start packing also.
- Bananas, he pretty much knows Fessy
and Nelson would save each other.
So he's thinking, why would he not
make an alliance with Chauncey?
This is good to save Bananas.
But it puts Fessy at a risk.
So I don't know how I feel about this situation right now.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- First challenge win.
- Total team effort. - Like, it was a total--
[indistinct chatter]
- It's nice to be on this side and just, you know,
put some pressure on them.
How the tables have turned, really.
[laughter] You know?
- Horacio hit the nail on the head.
Quite literally, the table has turned.
- We've had power for all of two minutes,
and I can already see Devin's mind is spinning right now.
He is looking to use and abuse this power.
- Now, before I dive in here, correct me if I'm wrong,
but I'm assuming it is in everybody's best interest
to keep Chauncey on the other team.
[dramatic music]
Now, as you can see here,
I have created Operation Save Chauncey.
[laughter] - Great.
- Listen, me and Amber haven't been
seeing eye to eye in this game.
I do like her as a friend.
But in the game, I can't trust her.
So yes, Operation Save Chauncey
is multi-beneficial, right?
I build a little trust with Amber.
Let's see if I can exploit that trust later in the game.
- I love every minute of it
because it is all about saving my man.
And Devin is gaining points right now.
The person that would possibly save Chauncey the most
would be Bananas. - Yeah.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Fessy and Nelson have that connection
and that relationship.
Having Bananas in the Draw next to Chauncey
is his probably best chance of coming back in.
- Bananas has thrown me in twice.
So I don't care.
- I mean, out of those guys,
I have no problem saying Nelson's name.
♪♪ ♪♪
Fessy didn't say my name last time.
Neither did Johnny. Nelson is the only person
that has said my name.
So I'm down with that.
- Nelson has also thrown me in twice.
And I understand Fessy is your partner, ride or die.
♪♪ ♪♪
But I mean, you guys threw me in twice.
- 100%, I'll never say Fessy's name.
- This is where we find ourselves a little bit split.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I feel like the team is on the same page.
But are we on the exact same word,
reading at the same time? I don't know.
All we know is we have to take a shot.
We need to weaken their side a little bit.
They've got big bad monsters over there.
We gotta take them out.
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- What's up, y'all?
Congrats on your guys' win.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
If you were in the Draw and you pulled the Safe,
out of those three guys, who would you save?
- I personally am not going to say no names.
- You can be honest. We can say names.
I'm not going to-- I'm not setting you up.
I'm your girl. - I mean--no, no, no, no.
- And nothing leaves this room, really.
- I have a different connection with each one of these guys.
You know? These are all monsters up here.
And I mean, you got to fight with the monsters one day.
So you know, I'm not scared to go down in the Zone.
I appreciate every single one of you guys.
I like all you guys.
And that's that.
- And you love me.
- I love you. [laughter]
- See you soon, babe.
♪♪ ♪♪
- What's up, guys?
- Hey, Johnny.
- Look, I'm gonna be honest. I don't really care
for anybody up there right now.
Like, you guys have all thrown me in.
- Mm-hmm. - Why shouldn't you be
the direct vote?
- I mean, I think it's obvious
why I shouldn't be your direct vote.
Nany, you're my girl.
- Johnny, you're not getting my vote.
Like, that's 100%.
- Thank you, Nany, that means a lot.
- Talk to these guys
because I can't control everybody on my team.
- Seven rings is tough to ignore.
- I know. - Yeah.
- So it's [bleep] tough. It's tough.
- There's a lot of strength left in this game.
Dude, I'll tell you what, Fessy's outperformed me
every single challenge we've done this season.
You see what Fessy's been doing this season?
Guy is a monster.
So if you want to, like,
take a shot and get rid of, like, the big dog?
Look over there, not over here.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I don't want to go into the Zone.
I know I've done some things in the past
that I cannot make up for, decisions I've made.
We all know this is a game, and somebody has to go home.
- Been looking at that board, right,
we know if you and Fessy are in the Draw together,
you're picking Fessy, Fessy's picking you.
So the real question, who? Who are we saving?
We saving Bananas, or we saving Chauncey?
- That's a decision I'm going to have to make at the Zone.
I've gone against the baddest, the biggest.
And it doesn't scare me.
Y'all can keep questioning me about who to throw in.
But you won't get a name out of me.
That's not how I play my game.
Amber wants to hear me say I'm picking Chauncey
because that's her ride or die.
It would be amazing for her to run a final with her hubby.
- Honestly, I'd much rather run a final
with somebody that has experience.
My boyfriend's on the other team.
But I don't care. I have to protect my guys
because I want to get to that final.
- Honest truth, I think I could beat
every one of them on the board.
I'm, not afraid to say it.
- Fair enough.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Looking around the room, obviously,
you've been my ride or die, so I would hope
you don't say my name. - Never.
- Ever since we split up into teams,
Moriah, she's found her footing in this game.
She's gotten close with Bananas
and kind of formed other alliances.
But I know she's going to have my back and look out for me.
You know, had a couple chances--
- Did me a solid. - Did you a solid.
- There's been an opportunity
where you could say my name, and you didn't.
And I appreciated that.
So I am keeping that in mind.
- Obviously, the relationship
between you and Nelson is strong.
You pick the Safe, you saving Chauncey,
or you saving Bananas?
- That's a judgment call
I'm going to have to make in the moment.
If it's in your best interest, say my name.
Just know, like, when I'm down there,
I'm [bleep] trying to rip somebody's head off.
Like respectfully, fairly,
but that's how I treat it, like do or die.
The ball is really in y'all's court.
And that's just how I feel. If I have to go down there,
hopefully I can prove why I'm meant to be here.
If not, then my time's up.
But that's just how I'm feeling.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Thanks. - Thank you.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Listen, guys.
We've got some tough decisions to make.
- Yeah. - All right?
- No, I have Fessy and Nelson are connected.
And I'm with-- I'm literally with Bananas.
Selfishly, I don't like Devin's plan
because that puts all of the other guys in jeopardy.
Fessy is my ride or die.
I never want to say his name.
And I like Bananas.
So for me, this is a hard decision.
And it's looking like it's going to be Fessy or Nelson.
I don't know what I'm going to do right now.
- She's in a tough spot because--
- Yeah, I'm always in a tough spot, I feel.
I'm always in the middle of it, always.
♪♪ ♪♪
- We can do whatever the [bleep] we want.
We can put any one of the four of them in.
What's the best move?
- My gut goes to--
the thing with eliminations is,
if you go in enough, you will lose.
You will.
Fessy has not been in enough.
I want to see, what does he look like by himself
when it's not a Hall Brawl or a Pole Wrestle?
- Right. I mean, are we taking Nelson off the table now?
- No.
I really think you got to break that up.
You have to break up that duo
and then let them scramble after that.
Fessy is the guy over there.
He's the best guy over there.
- If I need to say his name,
I'm happy to [bleep] say it.
Our girls showed out for us today.
- Mm-hmm. - What is going to give us
the best chance at keeping them all in the game?
- Fessy versus Nelson.
♪♪ ♪♪
Those wheels, they've been turning.
We want to get Fessy and Nelson against each other.
Fessy, you know, he's got a good
track record in eliminations.
But you've got to take shots.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
You know what I'm saying?
- I told you I was going to clock in.
- Yeah. - I know it--
I know it seems evil. I promise you, Jordan,
if we don't leverage this power,
it's--it will be a fatal [bleep] error.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I don't think anybody thought that the votes were
going to go towards Fessy, but now,
understanding where people's heads are at,
it's pretty clear that maybe Fessy will be the direct vote.
He's the best player that we got on our team.
So I'm trying to avoid that at all costs.
[indistinct speech]
♪♪ ♪♪
[energetic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Mm-hmm. I feel like you're
100% going to be in the Draw.
I don't think that you're going to be down there tonight.
I mean, I think we're looking at it
as getting a strong player out on the other side.
And so everyone on my team,
I feel like everyone's like, OK,
you're the only guy rookie over there.
I don't want to see Chauncey leave at all.
I want him to make it to that final.
I think you'll be fine either way.
I believe in you. - Yeah.
- But I do know that if he is in that sand,
Chauncey's a fighter, and he will do everything
he has to to come back.
Good luck tonight.
- Thank you.
- I never thought I'd see you in an elimination
down there by yourself without me by you.
- [laughs] Yeah, right.
- [laughs]
[tense music]
- We're getting down to tough [bleep], bro.
- I mean, I don't play the game where, like--
I don't really try to wheel and deal
because I feel like that [bleep] backfires in your face.
- Every time. - I mean,
I'd rather just say what I mean
and then let my performance speak for itself.
[tense music]
Jordan and I are super versatile.
And we are well-rounded.
And I think we see that in each other.
We kind of respect each other in that sense.
Just call the truth now and duke it out
in the final, dude. I've been telling you that.
- [laughs] I know.
- I think he truly does want to save it to the end
and duke it out in the end, and I'm OK with that.
- The team is all going in there,
and everybody gets their vote.
And I told you, like, you did me a solid on the last one,
so it ain't coming out of my mouth.
- Appreciate that.
- I--don't take that as a guarantee.
You know what I mean, I truly don't know what's happening.
- Yeah, no, I mean, I'm just playing to make it to the end.
That's how I play the game.
And I've lost two finals and whatever.
But it's like, I just want another chance, you know?
- I'm telling you, bro, I'm taking that to heart.
- Some part of me wants to trust Jordan
because he claims he plays a straight up game and,
you know, that's what he prides himself at.
He has no reason to lie to me,
so I kind of do believe him right now.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Basically, it's going around
that you could potentially be a swing vote.
And I know that you're going to do whatever's best for you.
And I can't tell you to do anything in this game.
It's your game too. But I just want you to know
how it's going to make me feel if I feel like
I put my neck out for you, and then all of a sudden--fft.
At the first opportunity.
- My entire "Challenge" career,
I've made a reputation on doing what I say and sticking to it
even when it [bleep] me over.
I am absolutely taking everything into account.
It's literally my legacy that I feel is on the line.
♪♪ ♪♪
I hear you.
You know, you're trying to sway.
- I'm just letting you know how,
whatever you do, I just want--I just--
I just wanted you to be aware of how one--
how one thing would make me feel.
And that will affect our relationship.
And, like, I'm not trying to sway you.
But you have to know that that's what comes with it.
If you tell me you thought about it,
then you thought about it.
- We've talked a lot about being able
to disassociate from the game and what is real life.
And now, Tori wants to use our relationship
as a pawn in this game.
I take all of this into consideration.
- OK. - And if you're going to put
a decision of a game
as a deciding factor in our relationship,
that just lets me know where our relationship stands.
But I am considering everything.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Jordan holds himself up to such a high place.
And he likes to play with integrity.
So I just hope he has my back.
♪♪ ♪♪
[Cage the Elephant's "Black Madonna"]
♪♪ ♪♪
- ♪♪ Soft glow on the city ♪♪
♪♪ She said, "There's no one here who can touch you now" ♪♪
♪♪ Climb so high ♪♪
♪♪ Don't make a sound ♪♪
♪♪ Don't you forget what goes up must come down ♪♪
♪♪ Climb so high ♪♪
♪♪ Tell me how it feels ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
♪♪ Call me when you're ready to be real ♪♪
♪♪ Black Madonna, hallelujah ♪♪
♪♪ Makes no difference here, so let's be real ♪♪
♪♪ Black Madonna, my hallelujah ♪♪
- All right, everyone. Welcome back to the Zone.
- Whoo.
Winning team, you had to go back to the house
and interrogate all four men from the losing team,
one of which you will ultimately select
to go in the Zone tonight
and fight for their right to stay in the game.
So let's bring them out.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[applause]
All right, all four guys down here.
Without further ado, winning team,
it is time to make your selection.
Jordan, we'll start with you.
Tell me who you want to select to send into the Zone tonight,
right here, right now, and why.
- [clears throat]
I've always played this game straight up.
Everybody knows that.
And up until an hour ago,
I had every intention of doing that.
♪♪ ♪♪
But it was brought to me by someone
who tried to use their personal relationship outside this game
as a hostage.
And if there's one thing I do not do,
I do not negotiate with terrorists.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I've always played this game straight up.
But it was brought to me by someone
who tried to use their personal relationship outside this game
as a hostage.
And if there's one thing I do not do,
I do not negotiate with terrorists.
[dramatic music]
So tonight, I have to go back on my word,
and I have to say Fessy's name.
♪♪ ♪♪
- For a man like Jordan, who prides himself in his word,
to look me in my eyes two hours before elimination
and say he's not going to say my name,
it is surprising to me.
- That is not my fault.
- I knew Tori was not going to like this decision.
But you know what?
I don't care.
I think I literally went for the guy on her team
that is the best because she didn't want me to.
- That's so [bleep] up.
Like, why would we even try to blame this on me?
And that's not even what I said to you.
- Don't come up to me and tell me my decision
in this game will affect our personal relationship.
Because if that's how it's going to play--
- It literally did, Jordan.
- Now it has. You're damn right, it did.
- That person literally said he would play nice.
He would play ball.
And they wanted to say your name.
And I said you wouldn't.
I said you wouldn't.
So cool!
You did this right now, not me.
Don't blame this on me. - All right.
- Act like a [bleep] man.
Jordan is just making this whole game
increasingly more difficult for me.
Like, the entire roller coaster I've been on with him,
I feel like I'm constantly
putting myself out for this person.
And then it just, like, backfires in my face.
- [whistles]
- Amber.
- I love this guy.
Genuinely, inside and outside of this game,
I consider him a friend.
But he told me he played an honest game.
And he hasn't been honest with me.
So tonight, I have to say Nelly's name.
Sorry, Nelson.
- Devin.
- Faysal, I'm sorry. I got to vote for Faysal.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Nany.
- Out of the four guys down there,
there's only one person this season that's said my name.
So Nelson, I'm sorry.
My vote's going to be for you.
- [bleep]. Nah, it's fine.
- Horacio. - I'm sorry,
I have to say Faysal's name.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Moriah.
- OK, well, clearly I'm not going to make it a tie
because someone here will get [bleep].
- It's common sense that, if your ride or die
is about to get voted in and you could tie up the votes,
that you don't burn vote here and say Chauncey.
You have to say Nelson.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm never going to say Fessy.
And even though my team maybe voted
for Fessy to go in, I know he's going to come back.
So my vote is for Chauncey.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Wow.
- If I tie up the votes,
maybe my team is going to have to go in for elimination.
I had no other choice.
I'm not going to vote Fessy as main vote.
He's my ride or die.
Fessy told me not to say Nelson's name.
I'm not going to obviously say Bananas' name
because I care about him.
I have no other option but to say Chauncey.
- She burns her vote.
And then her ride or die ends up going in.
Amateur.
- Faysal, you're down here with me.
The rest of you, take your place at the Draw.
- I'm feeling betrayed because, even though she didn't
directly say my name, a burn vote is just as bad
when you have a chance to save your ride or die
who's brought you into this game,
held your hand the whole way,
and then you switch up teams.
And now you throw me to the wolves.
♪♪ ♪♪
- All right, gentlemen.
There are three daggers in front of you.
♪♪ ♪♪
One of those daggers is safe.
That's the one you want to pull.
You can choose any one you like.
Bananas, we'll start with you.
♪♪ ♪♪
- When he's standing at the Draw,
I feel like I'm down there with him.
His game is still very much my game.
And obviously, I want the best for you.
♪♪ ♪♪
- That dagger is blank.
- Wish you would have been down there with me.
You'd probably have better luck pulling swords.
- All right, Chauncey, 50/50 chance.
- Pick it mother[bleep].
Pick it, pick it, pick it.
♪♪ ♪♪
Got it. - [squeals]
- Oh, my God, oh, my God.
- Holy [bleep].
- [squeals]
Everyone looked at me like I was crazy.
But I am crazy because my man's coming back.
I'm so happy.
- Congratulations.
You are safe from elimination.
And now, you have a very important decision to make.
You have two legends on your side.
Which one are you going to save,
keeping in mind you're potentially
sending the other one home?
- Ugh, [bleep].
♪♪ ♪♪
I'm going to have to go with Bananas.
♪♪ ♪♪
Bananas, he has never done me wrong in this game so far.
Nelson, literally been lying to me this whole time.
- So you two are safe.
Nelson, you're down here with me.
Come on over.
- Ay, yai, yai.
- Good luck, guys. - Good luck, both of you.
♪♪ ♪♪
- All right, tonight, you're playing Spearheaded.
Behind me, there are two giant cells
right here in the middle of the Zone.
Pierced through the walls are nine spears.
Those nine spears are tangled up in a lot of heavy chain.
When I say go, you've got to untangle all of that chain,
free all nine spears,
and place them at the finish line to win.
All right, good luck, gentlemen.
Let's do this.
[overlapping speech]
[dramatic music]
- Man. [chuckles]
I'm repeating history going down there with Fessy.
Him and I came into this gang rocking together.
Our friendship has gotten stronger and stronger
every day.
I'm going to give it my all.
I know he's going to give it his all.
And I expect nothing but the best.
- You know, in this game, this happens a lot.
You go against your friends.
And it sucks.
But we're here.
It's time to ball.
[intense music]
- You ready?
♪♪ ♪♪
Go! [air horn blares]
- Team Faysal for life!
Fessy's very qualified at getting himself out
of very tangled webs that he weaves.
So it's no shock that he's good at this.
Usually, it's with-- instead of spears,
there'd be a bunch of females.
But out of the gate, they're neck and neck.
- Nelson pull it up, not out.
- I know that my team voted for Fessy as the main vote.
But that doesn't matter to me
because I'm always going to root for Fessy.
- Come on, come on, come on, come on!
I want Nelson to come back into the house
because I know how bad that he wants this.
He's played this game many seasons.
And he's always played with his heart.
He deserves to be here.
And he has a reason to fight.
- Rip it out, Fessy!
♪♪ ♪♪
- I pull as hard as I can,
and nothing happens.
And now I'm looking around like,
what's the strategy here?
[grunts]
- Twist it! Twist it!
And use the pointy part!
- At an angle--angle! - Push it hard!
Yeah, like that. - Yeah!
- Nelson, up and down!
That drywall is tough.
It's not going to be a single, just pull it out kind of game.
No, you're going to have to dig,
make some kind of movements with the spear.
It's going to come down to strength
and endurance, for sure.
- I finally find out the method.
You have to go left. You have to even go right.
You got to break this thing into pieces.
- Make a hole, Fessy!
Good job, Fessy!
Go! Run!
Run, Fessy!
- Big pull!
Nelson, pull the [bleep] thing!
- You're tied up. You're tied up.
Let's go. - It's for $1 million!
$1 million, let's go!
Good job, Fess!
Breathe! Breathe and let's go!
Breathe and let's go!
- Pull! Pull, Nelson, pull!
- Good job, Nelson!
- Keep moving, Fess!
- There you go!
- Big pull!
- [grunts]
- Good job, Nelson.
- Keep it up.
- $1 million!
- Just keep doing that! Keep doing that.
- If we lose him, that's a huge hit.
That's a huge blow for our team.
So I'm sorry for Nelson,
but I'm hoping Fessy comes back.
- Nelson, do that! Yes, do that!
- Again! - Do that again!
♪♪ ♪♪
- Nobody wants to send their friend home, obviously.
But tonight, it's either me or him.
And I don't plan on going home anytime soon.
- [grunts]
- Nelson, you have to push it through and pull!
Yes, do that again.
- My arms are giving out.
My forearms are locking up.
- OK, now pull! Nelson, pull!
Pull one more time!
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
- Do it again!
- [panting]
- [grunting]
- Go to the sides!
Come on, you got this! - Stay with it, boys.
- Don't quit! Don't quit!
♪♪ ♪♪
- Being a champion in this game means everything to me.
If I win this money,
I'm definitely going to help out my mom.
She's a beautiful woman.
She's done everything for me.
She's my number one supporter.
I wasn't the best kid growing up.
I came from poverty, juvie.
We all know that.
But as time went on, we've grown
this strong relationship.
And The Challenge is kind of one of our bonds.
I love you, Mom.
- Come on, Fessy.
Hang on it. Good job!
- [grunts] - Good job, Nelson.
- Come on, Fessy!
It's close. No time for breaks!
- [grunts]
It's a lot of pressure on me
because nobody remembers losers.
People remember the people who win.
And I can do a million great things in this game.
But if I never win it, then I'm a nobody.
- One more, Fessy!
- Don't give up, Nelly! Come on, buddy!
- [grunting]
- Nelson is slowing up a little bit.
He's not really getting the rhythm
of the arrows in the drywall.
He's never going to quit, so he doesn't.
But just watching him be so gassed out...
- [grunting]
- It's just--it's really sad, and it's heartbreaking.
- [grunting]
- Yes!
- Good job, Fess!
[applause]
- Good job, Fessy!
[air horn blares]
That's my ride or die! - Good job, Fessy.
- Good job, Faysal.
Nice work. - Nelson, good job!
Way to not give up, Nel! - Good job, Nelson!
- [breathing heavily]
[soft dramatic music]
- Man.
[sighs]
- Come on, you know how we do.
This [bleep] sucks.
You're gonna get this dub one day.
- One day, brother. - One day.
- I'll get it. I'll get it.
We've been through a lot together.
- That [bleep] sucked, dude.
- It did.
The best man won today.
It's all good.
I get it.
It's all good, brother.
I'm proud of you.
- I'm proud of you too, man.
- I want to apologize to my fans,
my friends, my family.
I didn't bring the W home today.
♪♪ ♪♪
But I'm going to keep my head up.
I'm going to train harder,
not just physically, but mentally.
"The Challenge," it's one hell of a game.
And I'm very blessed to step on this field
because there's no other place I would rather be
in this world.
♪♪ ♪♪
- I mean, I know I got the W.
But I took a L. My boy's going home.
Keep your head up, Nelly.
You're going to get a dub sooner or later.
Just keep being genuine. Keep being yourself.
And I'll see you on the outside, kid.
- Great elimination tonight, fellas.
Way to get it done.
- Good job, guys. - Killed it.
- Good job, both of you. - Good job, Nelson.
- Nelson, unfortunately you lost
tonight's elimination round.
This ends your time here on "The Challenge" for now.
But I'm positive we will see you back, man.
You are definitely a staple.
- Thank you, brother. - Take care of yourself.
- Love you, Nelson!
Here comes your girlfriend, your girl!
Whoo! - Man.
- You did so good. - Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- I'm so sorry. - [indistinct]
- ♪♪ And I'd give up forever to touch you ♪♪
- Nelson, I admire the person that you are
and the heart you have.
You wear your heart on your sleeve.
And I hope that no one takes it for granted.
- ♪♪ That I'll ever be ♪♪
♪♪ And I don't wanna go home right now ♪♪
- Show people that beautiful smile of yours.
Show people that beautiful personality of yours.
And I hope you and I can pursue things after this,
because I don't regret anything.
- ♪♪ Don't wanna miss you tonight ♪♪
- Hey, thank you for everything.
I've learned from y'all.
It's been a blessing being here.
I love all of y'all.
- Hell of a season, Nelly!
- ♪♪ And I don't want the world to see me ♪♪
♪♪ 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand ♪♪
♪♪ When everything's made to be broken ♪♪
♪♪ I just want you to know who I am ♪♪
- Faysal, dominating fashion, man.
Way to go. Congratulations.
I know you sent your friend home,
but you absolutely killed it, man.
Great job. - Appreciate it.
Devin and Jordan know they [bleep] up.
You know, I played cordial.
I played ball with them all season long
when I could have said their name.
And they went against their word.
And they threw me in and they missed.
So I think they know consequences are coming.
- All right, everyone, get out of here.
I'll see you soon.
- Let's go!
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- What's up, man?
- What's up, TJ? - Why don't you come up here?
You did good, man.
- Thank you, brother.
- You live and die by your ride or die, right?
- Right.
- So this whole time,
Nurys was waiting
to get back into the game
as long as you were still in the game.
- What?
♪♪ ♪♪
Ohh. Wow.
- Come on up.
♪♪ ♪♪
- So now that you're both out,
you're both officially eliminated from this season.
You're one of my faves, man.
- Thank you, brother. - Take care.
Have a good one, all right?
- This game tried to break us.
But it didn't. It made us stronger.
I think our relationship got stronger.
- 1,000%.
He's taught me so much.
And I couldn't have been here without him.
So I'm honestly just super grateful.
♪♪ ♪♪
[soft dramatic music]
You did not let me down at all.
You did not let me down.
♪♪ ♪♪
[dramatic music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Here we are again.
I wouldn't even say it was a close race.
The man's a beast, and I'm proud of him.
At one point we hated each other.
Couldn't even have a conversation without arguing.
But what broke us made us stronger.
Fessy's like family to me.
Olivia, she is a strong woman.
She doesn't need me.
I was lucky to get to know here.
I hope nothing but the best for her.
- In this game you live and die by your ride-or-die.
- Ohh.
"The Challenge," it's one hell of a game.
- I really thought we were gonna
come back in and get another shot and,
you know, rub it in everybody's faces.
I know you gave it your all down there.
I couldn't have been here without him,
so I'm honestly just super grateful, yeah.
- You never know what to expect.
You never know what TJ has around that corner.
You never know where you're gonna end up.
And you learn so much about yourself.
This game has changed me.
It's made me a better man.
It's made me love the world a lot more.
And everyone that supported me, fans, friends, and family,
I want to thank you.
I will be a champion in this game one day.
- 1,000%. - Better believe that.
- You definitely will be.
- As you can see, you have seven targets.
Now of course, there's a catch.
You've got to drink a very interesting smoothie.
all: Oh! - [retches]
- I'm sick of being in this position.
- You burn voted on your own partner.
- This whole season has been your way!
Wake up.
- Don't cry. You're going to make me cry.
- [crying]