Here is how I would rank the teams after Week 12…
The Teams
#1 – Theo and Chanda
#2 – Darrell and Aviv
#3 – Derrick and Diem
#4 – Tina and Kenny
#5 – Wes and Casey
#6 – Shane and Linette
#7 – Coral and Evan
#8 – Katie and Eric
#9 – Tonya and Johnnie
#10 – Johanna and Jesse
#11 – Melinda and Ryan
#12 – Danny and Ev
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat – (Episode 13)
Cue the music..cue the entrances..cue the video game effects with each team being shown together as it gets loaded onto your TV or computer screen. The “alumni” are dressed in black, while the “fresh meat” are dressed in red. Oh..and it’s TJ Lavin as the host playing this “video game”…
Theo is not used to being sent into exile or gauntlet or any type of elimination game. He is a winner, but he is excited about it. Of course, he thinks either him or Darrell will win the next challenge, though.
Derrick tells Diem that they made a bad move. She thinks that Derrick is mad at her for talking him into the decision. Derrick is mad at himself..he says. He says they just need to win the next challenge. Imagine that.
The teams get a clue! “You better be looking sharp for tomorrow’s challenge!” SHARP is in all caps, so who knows what that means. Aviv is worried about facing Theo and Chanda since their a strong team. She makes a point to say that no team has won a “pardon” yet, but thinks they can do it. Which pretty much means they will, since that’s how the show goes. They foreshadow everything before it happens.
Darrell set that Derrick “put fuel to the fire” and it won’t go out! Theo and Darrell discuss how they have a 50/50 chance of winning the next challenge. Darrell thinks Derrick is scared of him, so he won’t put Darrell first to go.
TJ now explains the rules of this challenge to the teams. It is called the “Target Training”! Two teams go at a time. Basically, they have to run and grab a paintball gun and knock out these targets. Then, they retrive an African artifact weighing 70 lbs. and bring it back with them across the finish line. Fastest time wins, of course! They keep talking about the possible pardon, which makes it more clear. Tina is worried they could be going up in place of whoever wins today.
Theo and Chanda and Wes and Casey the first teams to go. Darrell and Aviv and Derrick and Diem go next. Tina and Kenny go last by themselves. Wes is a little worried about Casey since there is a wall in this challenge. We see clips of Diem in her “try-outs”. She had to climb this wall and keep smacking up against it in a funny visual! Wes says she is going to throw Casey over the wall this time. Time for our first break!
Commercial time!
We come back and the first teams go. Wes throws Casey over the wall as he said. Theo and Chanda are still faster, though. Casey is holding back their team. Theo and Chanda go right through the targets. Theo said this challenge was “built for them to succeed”. Wes and Casey continue to struggle. Casey can’t shoot a paintball gun, so Wes has to do all the work. Theo and Chanda begin to struggle now as they have to carry this 70 lb. object BACK OVER the wall and you can’t just throw it over. Impossible to do at that height. Teamwork leads to Theo and Chanda beating Wes and Casey. Theo said they made a minor mistake at the wall. See if it’s good enough, though.
Derrick watched closely and knows what not to do now. Diem says that Darrell and Aviv are far ahead of them and it depresses her. Derrick says this is not a great challenge for Diem. Darrell motors along. Wes really wants Derrick to beat Darrell, because if Darrell wins..Wes and Casey could be going into exile again. But Darrell and Aviv finish ahead. He doesn’t know if it’s good enough to win, though. Looking good so far.
Tina and Kenny are last. Kenny has to push Tina over the wall, which is funny. Kenny is fast at hitting all the targets. They are having a quick time and it’s going to be close, of course. They have to throw in the drama here. Kenny ends up with a cut on his nose. Wes is happy that Tina and Kenny could have won. Chanda says that the others are praying that they didn’t win.
TJ now comes in to tell us the results of this challenge:
#5 – Wes and Casey – 4:35
#3 – Derrick and Diem – 3:32
#3 – Theo and Chanda – 3:32
#2 – Tina and Kenny – 2:59
#1 and WINNERS- Darrell and Aviv – 2;45
They get the pardon, of course! I told you so! They get to replace themselves with either Tina and Kenny or Wes and Casey. Wes hopes it’s not them, since it’s close to the end. That’s our cue for our final break!!
Commercial time!
We come back and Darrell and Aviv pick Tina and Kenny to replace themselves. Why? Because Tina and Kenny sent Darrell and Aviv into exile in the first place. Chanda is confident that they can beat Tina and Kenny. Tina thinks she is going home for sure going against Theo and Chanda. That worries me a little bit, since they could twist things up there. Derrick prays that Tina and Kenny win. Kenny tells Tina to “step it up” this time. Kenny thinks they are going to lose as well. I don’t like the sound of this.
TJ now explains the rules of exile to Tina and Kenny and Theo Chanda. Teams have to carry the weight of the bags they brought with them, grab the team flag, puzzles, start, middle, and end, etc.
They all get into the van with their blindfolds on and jump out to start this thing. Tina and Kenny carry 164 lbs., while Theo and Chanda carry 186 lbs.! A small disadvantage for Theo and Chanda, but they are strong enought that it should be pretty equal.
We start exile and everyone is running. Tina runs off. Theo and Kenny struggle along with more bags. Tina is first to the reward puzzle. Chanda is right behind her. Tina looks at the puzzle and figures it out! They get to drop their bags. Theo and Chanda try now.
Meanwhile, Tina and Kenny make it to the second reward puzzle. They try it at first, but decide to just run for it. However, they forget their flag, so there is hope. Back at the first puzzle, they finally figure it out. They drop their bags and they run like crazy! Tina now sees that they didn’t get their second flag. They try the puzzle again now. Tina wants to finish the puzzle, but here comes Theo and Chanda. What happens?!?!
A van pulls up back at the house and who steps out? It’s Tina and FREAKIN’ Kenny!! We now see what happened. Tina and Kenny finish the second reward puzzle and get to drive to the finish line. Kenny actually solved the second puzzle, though. And I KNEW..I didn’t like the sound of that! I KNEW IT! SHUT UP TINA! Again..the bags are to blame. That’s a shame.
Diem goes to tell Derrick the news. She is way too happy, but I understand. She and Derrick have a chance to getting into the finals. They are a LOCK now. They are happy.
And we are out until next week!
