Last week’s episode of The Challenge felt weird, right? Things seemed all sliced together. Then it was 8:00p and the show were over. It did not go the full 90 minutes. Thanks to the wonderful world of Reddit, we learned that MTV heavily edited the episode. This episode had a great deal amount of Dee content in there and after Dee’s firing due to her insensitive comments about Black Lives Matter, MTV decided to cut out major parts of the episode. It was a no-win situation for MTV. But in reality, they should have taken a week off and come back this week with a full episode along with the message they provided about Dee.

TOP CONTENDERS

1. Jenny (LW 1)
2. Rogan (LW: 2)
3. Johnny Bananas (LW:3)
4. Dee (LW 5)
5. Fessy (LW 4)

Thoughts: Dee sent Mattie home after getting put in elimination by Rogan and Johnny Bananas. The idea to send Dee in might have backfired on the group. We shall see what happens with Rogan and Bananas this week. Dee and Melissa are both not happy with the two, and who knows if there are more on their side. It is setting up for a donnybrook this week despite both men having red skulls.

CONTENDERS WITH A FLAW

6: Cory (LW 6)
7. Nelson (LW 8)
8: Kaycee (LW: 9)
9. Nany (LW:7)
10. Swaggy C (LW: 10)
11. Aneesa (LW 11)
12. Bayleigh (LW: 14)

Thoughts: Nany moves down this week and here’s why. She doesn’t have a red skull yet and doesn’t seem to want one. Nany decided that she wasn’t going in this week because of Mattie. Why Mattie is intimidating, that event did not play to her strengths. And Mattie has been mailing it in more than Kyrie Irving did in Boston. Bayleigh makes a move up because even though without a red skull, the partnership with Swaggy C is very important this late in the game.

NOT A THREAT TO CONTEND

13. Kyle
14. Josh
15. Melissa

Thoughts: This is still the bottom three without question, and I do not expect any of them to win. Kyle has gotten to a final before, but if I recall, it was more on being everyone’s friend versus winning eliminations. Josh is under fire and will likely be going in for a red skull. Melissa is in an interesting spot, but she has close allies in the game.

Charlie.