Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet II – Recap – Episode 1

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Here we go again. It’s a NEW challenge. It’s Real World vs. Road Rules. Actually..that is a lie. It’s the Real World/Road Rules Challenge, but the two teams are mixed with former Real World and Road Rules castmates.

This is the “Gauntlet 2”! What does that mean? Well..go
here. I previewed this show last week. From what I know..I previewed. You will find out more tonight when the show starts..hopefully.

So let me just run by the teams and we will get started. It’s Veterans vs.
Rookies. “Veterans” have been in 2 or more challenges, while “rookies” have
only be in 1 or no challenges. So here we go:

The Veterans

Robin (Real World: San Diego)
Montana (Real World: Boston)
Beth S. (Real World: Los Angeles)
Aneesa (Real World: Chicago)
Katie (Road Rules: The Quest)
Julie (Real World: New Orleans)
Jisela (Road Rules: The Quest)
Ruthie (Real World: Hawaii)

Derrick (Road Rules: Xtreme)
Timmy (Road Rules: USA Tour II)
Adam (Road Rules: The Quest
Mark (Road Rules: USA Tour I)
Ace (Real World: Paris)
David (Real World: Seattle)
Syrus (Real World: Boston)
Brad (Real World: San Diego)

The Rookies

Jamie (Real World: New Orleans)
Alton (Real World: Las Vegas)
Adam (Real World: Paris)
Randy (Real World: San Diego)
Landon (Real World: Philadelphia)
MJ (Real World: Philadelphia)
Jeremy (Road Rules: South Pacific)
Danny (Road Rules: Xtreme)

Jo (Real World: San Francisco)
Cameran (Real World: San Diego)
Susie (Road Rules: Down Under)
Cara (Road Rules: South Pacific)
Ibis (Road Rules: Xtreme)
Jillian (Road Rules: Xtreme)
Jodi (Road Rules: Xtreme)
Kina (Road Rules: Xtreme)

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet II – (Episode 1)

Welcome to Trinidad and Tobago! We see images of the contestants jumping on the buses and acting all happy and stuff. That is until they see they are going down a dirt road and get dropped off somewhere near the water. Everyone wonders what is going on. Beth says there is a twist. Thanks for insight..Beth, but there ALWAYS is a twist!

Enter TJ Lavin, pro BMX rider and host of this challenge. Cara calls TJ sexy, while Adam likes his dirt-jumping abilities. Whatever works for you. Oh..snap! First challenge starts now and here!

Cue the music..cue the entrances..cue the cool water scenes where everyone comes up through the water to the surface and they are dry as a bone! Those were the veterans and now the rookies are already on the beach and they fight it out…

TJ runs down the teams, which I did above..so there you go. Montana likes the chances of the veterans winning. TJ says the first challenge is called “Royal Rumble”. Smell the wrestling theme. It’s king of the hill on a floating raft-type thing. Whoever is left standing..wins. The thing is that the teams are split into boys and girls. And the “rookie boys” fight it out, while the “rookie girls”, “veteran boys”, and “veteran girls” do the same.

“Rookie boys” are up first. Danny is the first one out. Landon is the next to go. Adam is next, followed by MJ and Jeremy at the same time. Aneesa calls these guys crazy, and I agree. Cara says they are doing anything to win this thing and that includes smacking skin until it turns pink!

Commercial time!

We are back and it’s Randy, Jamie, and Alton left. Randy and Jamie fight and that allows Alton the easy win as he pushes both of them off. Alton is your team captain of the “rookie boys”!

“Veteran boys” are next. They do a little song and dance to start off. And it looks like they have a plan. No fighting. They don’t want to cause injury, so it’s the ULTIMATE game of “paper, rock, or scissors”! YES! Timmy is out first as he takes a swan dive into the water. Ace is next, followed by Derrick, David, Syrus, Brad, and Mark. That makes Adam your winner and team captain. Jeremy calls them a bunch of girls for not fighting and I can see that as well. Although..that was sorta smart on their part.

“Rookie girls” are next and they suck! They copy the above strategy. Four of them jump out at the same time after “losing”. They are Cara, Ibis, Susie, and Jillian. Jodi is next, followed by Cameran. Robin calls them “a bunch of little prisses”. Kina is the last one out and Jo is your winner and captain!

“Veteran girls” are last. And Jisela decides to jump off first. The others fight! Ruthie wants to be captain! Beth is out next. Robin and Katie get tossed together. Montana is next and that leaves three. Susie is shocked that they are a bunch of animals! Julie is bleeding and Aneesa can’t breathe, so they decide to jump off and make Ruthie the winner and captain! TJ announces the captains again. And most people like the captains.

Time to see the house! It’s fantastic as usual. We get the “What I’ve Been Doing” speeches from certain people. Beth was last seen getting her clothes thrown into the pool by Tonya on the last challenge. Cara got naked for Playboy! The captains get a sweet room that are like a suite. Everyone else gets bunk beds! Timmy says there is a lot of pressure on Jo. She hasn’t been seen in 10 years or so. She was on the third Real World and took over for Puck when he got kicked out.

Now we have relationship talk. Kina and Randy are dating. Randy is lucky. Mark and Robin still care about each other, but only friends now. Alton broke up with Irilon. Ace says he has to prove himself as he was kicked out early the last two times. Mark is ready for anything. Katie burps likes a guy. Fun..fun!

It’s a new day. We are going with the “pirate theme” this time. The gauntlet area looks like a sunken pirate ship. There will be 15 challenges worth $10,000 each. The final one will be worth $150,000. After every challenge, there will be a gauntlet. Guys and girls rotate days. Captains of each winning team get an individual prize. If a team loses, however, the captain of that team has to go to the gauntlet!

Commercial time!

We get more rules. The team gets to decide which teammate will battle the captain in the gauntlet. It’s all up to the team. They have to pick someone to face their own captain. If the challenger beats the captain, that person becomes the new captain! Being a captain lets you win prizes, but you are more likely to be going home.

Robin is throwing Mark a birthday party. He is 30-something! That means he is OLD! They throw the best party EVER or so they say! Susie calls everyone insane! Jo doesn’t look too happy. And now the sex and alcohol being to flow like water! David runs down the “hook-up” list. Adam and Jodi. David calls Jodi horny. We see them go into a room. And Mark gets a lapdance from Aneesa. Danny is gay and naked! Jo is not happy. She runs out and talks on the phone with her dad. She calls them all insane. She says there is more to life than sex and competition. The whole thing is boring according to her. Then, go home!

Back inside, Derrick is passed out. And that means time for some fun. They pour chocolate syrup on him. Jo comes back inside and goes insane herself! Oh..that was her bed that Derrick was in. She is not happy about that. Ruthie tries to come in to calm her down. But Jo is ready to go home. Reason? We don’t know and she won’t tell us. And we end this show with Jo putting her hand in front of the cameras with a voice telling her to “not touch the cameras” as we fade to black!

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