The people I definetly hate the most on this challenge are Beth (of course) and Kina. Beth, for obvious reasons, and Kina because for some reason, she uses the most stupid metaphors and comparisons and adjectives to describe the other players. I remember last challenge she was on, she was like "i am disgusted, i am sick to my stomach at you" to cara. i was like...really? she made you sick to your stomach? and now i see her say "karma is a bitch" in the preview...cool Kina. (but i am curious if shes still with Boom Bazooka Joe Randy)

also, i would like to point out that Jodi seems to be really slutty on all these challenges (and on the "this season" previews, i thought i caught her making out with evan.) yet, her myspace is dedicated to christ and how her life is all things jesus.

did I miss the boat? When did this season start? Didn't they just have a challenge this summer?

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!

I believe humanity shed a tear when Wes mentioned he'll procreate.

Aside from me not knowing that this challenge existed, Diem can totally pull off super-short hair. I think she actually looks kinda better without mounds of hair covering her face. Yay chemo!

By the way, I know she lost her hair because of the chemotherapy and she didn't like, just cut it off.

Have I ever mentioned I officially LOVE Tina? Well, after seeing her knock the shit out of Beth, I can say that I do.
And honestly, Beth has had it coming to her for a long time. She always complains about being a target. Yeah, that she is. But now because she's actually intimidating or a good competitor. But because she's an obnoxious, disgusting hag. I'm just in suspense to see if Tina actually gets kicked off or not. Because by the previews, it looks like she stays in the game.

The whole challenge concept this time around is actually pretty interesting. This season looks like it might just kick some ass.

Oh, and from what Tina said on the After Show, Johnny & Casey hooked up on the very first night...on a pool table. It may be just a rumor, but I wouldn't put it past either of them.

Diem should leave the wig off - she looks cute with the new hair.

There is a lack of good male bodies on this show. Wes's pasty whiteness and Eric's girth makes me want them to keep their clothes on at all times.

Can't wait for Paula to go Walnutz.

hb

Does Tina really get kicked off? When they showed the season preview, there was some scene where the cast is on the patio in the house and Tina's still in the show that obviously happened after the "punch." Oh well.


I don't know if anyone else heard this, but after the tug-o-war challenge when TJ told Eric he had to start choosing people.. someone yelled out, "I haaaated P.E.!" I'm pretty sure it was Tina's voice. My answer to that? We already knew that, Tee. We just knew it.

Did anyone else notice Kina's face as she entered the house for the first time? I know it states the obvious, but she was SO playing to the cameras I wanted to vomit. I loathe her with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.

Now I have the tar heart of any tvgasm reader, but I bawled when Diem took her wig off/won the challenge. I thought it was very touching.

Kina on the other hand, is so awful. She may think she is cool now, but I forsee her being the Beth of the next generation.

In the previews they're showing now, it shows TJ standing with Tina and saying, "You know you're not supposed to hit anyone, so..." But I think Tina sticks around somehow - maybe Beth offers to leave in her place?

Did anyone else notice that whenever the camera was on Paula, she had a very confused, deer-in-headlights look on her face? Like she had NO idea what was going on around her. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with her, but she looked so overwhelmed and I thought it was funny.

This season looks great! Then again, so did Fresh Meat, but that turned out pretty mediocre.

I thought Diem's whining and crying, and especially people's reaction to it, was a lot of hogwash. Maybe I just don't know what it's like being a cancer survivor, or I have no heart, but I thought it was really melodramatic. And I agree, B-Side, she knew what she was getting into, or should have, so get over it.

Unfortunately, the previews do seem to show Diem and CT hooking up later in the season. Too bad CT grew out his hair, too. What does he remind me of? I dunno, some kind of animal.

Still HATE Kina. Sad to see Bananas go so soon. Tyler can suck it. Go Kenny and Brad!

I'm a little sad that John is already out, I would have rooted for him too.

Anyways, I'm disappointed the punch was in freaking slow motion!! That's not how you show that sort of thing, MTV!! You play it in real time, have the viewing audience gasp or cheer and then show it again in slow-mo! AAAAAH! I still loved it though. :)

I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand Kina!She annoys me.As for paula,waits till she gets comfortable with everyone,then her loony self will come out.Or wait till she gets drunk.

I actually kind of like Beth, I think she's kind of funny. I used to hate her, but she grew on me.

CT has a slammin' bod, but he's so repulsive that you don't really notice it. I really hope Johanna puts some serious thought into procreating with Wes - for some reason I think their kid would look like Hong Kong Phooey.

I am eagerly awaiting the psycho-drama from Tyler and/or Paula Walnuts. I hope Svet and Kenny hook up, because they would be the prettiest couple in the history of Reality TV. Ever. Kenny is a fox.

I can't stand Tina. She is just too white trash, the only person trashier than Tina was Belou - even Puck seems somewhat respectable compared to her.

I was sorry to see Johnny Bananas go so soon. I liked him in RW Key West.

Too bad there are no kangaroos in Brazil. I'm hoping that Wes will suffer a severe groin injury and be unable to reproduce. The thought of little Wesses running around gives me the heebie jeebies.

How old is Beth? Like, 57? I like to think that there is a special level of hell for reality whores like her.

The thought of little Wesses (or as I call them, "the 8th biblical plague") is enough to make me seek out the mafia to put a hit on Wes. At least vasectomize him.

Diem is adorable sans-wig. She should go without it from now on.

CT looks like he is an escapee from a museum exhibit. Somewhere, a platform reading "Homo erectus" is missing its specimen. I'd like to see an accent-off between him and Danny. "Dood, you're retahded" "No dood, you ah!" "Don't make me get wicked pissed, yo!"

B-side, while I found this recap simply amazing and hilarious, one of your best, (but of course not as funny as Laguna beach season 2, roz's fashion show) I must say that one big problem continued to bother me throughout the recap. Random words were highlighted and when I went to click on them, hoping to see a funny pic or hear a sound clip, I saw advertisements! what is up with this? definitely not cool, and very not b-side. that is all. good bye.
p.s. i love you

Tina rocks. I love her. I always a fan of the "mean girls" Tina, Rachel, and Veronica. Its too bad Rachel and Veronica have retired from challenges...

Anyways. I'm glad Tina punched Beth. Beth is so ugly and vile. She's the only "villain" on the show that I can't find any reedeeming qualities in... Tonya could be sweet at times and even crazy Julie was at least a good competitor.

...as for Kina. I do dislike her a bit, and I know a lot of people thought she was a bit uppity and self-righteous at the reunion of her last challenge.. but if you watch the MTV aftershows it does sort of redeem her a little bit when you hear pretty much ALL the castmates talking about what a skank Cara is.

antebellum, (#11) I do believe Tyler does suck it, quite literally, on a regular basis if his actions in Key West were anything to go by. I hope he chokes on it and dies. I love Tina, if I was white trash, I'd want to be her.

I remember reading on the MTV bios that before (or possibly during.. maybe even still) Tina did RW back then, she lived in a trailer while working/being a student full time. So it kind of explains her rough, ghetto attitude.

ilovebside (that feels weird writing that):

Those links are text ads. I have no control over when they'll pop up. The simple rule of thumb:

green links = annoying ads.
blue links = intentional links.

Follow at your own discretion...

Concerning bitches: keep them the hell away from me. On TV, though, they are awesome. Yay, Tyler.

It looks like Robin and Evan hook-up too. I hope Tina stays I like her, she is alot better then most.

Evan and Jodi actually hook up and Diem and CT

From what I could tell, it didn't really look like Tina even hit Beth...

I'm thinking Aneesa saw the gaunlet and how ridiculous/horrible she looked, because she returned this time with hair, thank god

hate kina...

maybe evan hooked up with jodie and robin, its not like these people show discretion

"But then again, looking for logic in a Derrick plan is like looking for armadillos in the North Pole. It's just not going to happen."

"I'm already off to a good staaaht," he bragged, clearly forgetting about the giant bird's nest atop his head which had already disqualified him from having a wicked good staaht."

""Every time you take a step, your foot is sucked into a hole of at least a foot worth of mud," she said. Ironically, this is the same way people describe having sex with Aneesa. Random ZING!"

"Yes, nothing is more profoundly stunning than watching a cancer survivor flounder about in a mud pit. Tears come to my eyes."

LMAO oh B-Side I F'in love you! Anyways,I like this cast,IMO there's decent eye candy (CT,Evan,Kenny). I'm rooting for Kenny cause he's just the hottest lol :) I kind of like Beth even if everybody hates her I don't really know why I just do. As for the girls I hope Svetlana goes soon cause I don't like her...once again I don't know why. Anyways, this challenge looks promising so let's hope they can make up for the last challenges.

**DISCLAIMER: This statement is completely insensitive!**

I hope that the cast doesn't spend the whole challenge tip-toeing around Diem and cancer. She's on the challenge...she should therefore be challenged!! During the reunion show for Fresh Meat people took Tina to task for putting Diem into exile knowing she needed the money for hospital costs etc. Tina was trying to win. And, Diem would have certainly put Tina into exile had the tables been turned. And, that's what they should all be doing. She definitely won the mud challege fairly (so it seemed), and it was a great "recovered cancer patient overcomes the odds to win" moment, but I'm going to gag if she wins every challenge and we have to talk about her cancer every week.

Thank you for your time TVgasm. Soapbox session over.

BlueAspic, I know you're right. I guess I meant to say more of what you said. I hate Tyler.

CT looked so much better with the buzz cut. Kenny is still hawt. Slightly disturbed that Evan hooks up with Jodi (really don't like her).

I don't see how Diem's mud pit win was inspirational. She's no more of a real winner than Kenny was. No one went after Diem's rings until they absolutely had to, since no one wanted to be the "mean" person gunning for the cancer survivor. I'll give her credit for outswimming Kina at the end, but who knows how she would have done if she had been seen as a fair target. I wonder at what point in the season the cast members' greed will outstrip their desire to be nice to Diem.

Overall, I'm really liking the concept of this challenge. Though I wish I didn't have to see Kina, Wes, and Derrick yet again. Ugh.

yes, call me insensitive but Diem's mud pit victory was lame. They basically handed her the win...Diem's a strong competitor as we saw in Fresh Meat. If it was anyone else (i.e. someone without cancer) the girls would have picked her off right away. Or would they have?? They are pretty stupid...targeting lame-ass Beth immidiatley but allowing KINA and DIEM make it to final 2 of the challenge? What idiots!

Speaking of Kina, she seriously looks like a drag queen in this challenge. She is ROUGH! Is she still with Randy, BTW?

ANYWAY b-side your description of the boys tug-o-war challenge was hillarious! "Ty Ty receiving the most rigerousanal sex"...priceless!!!

I think it's great that Diem is probably going to beat cancer and that she's doing the challenge BUT I didn't really feel for her when she had to take off her wig. If anything, I thought "WTF did you expect? It's a RR/RW Challenge and all they do is jump in water, get wet, etc."

Duh. She's kind of a drama queen anyway.

I wish Tina had punched Kina instead. At least Beth's annoying behavior is mildly entertaining.

Did Svetlana get a nose job? It looks like the bump was shaved down a little.....

Sorry to disappoint but, I think CT is HOT!!!!!!

OH-MY-GOD!!! Leah, Kina will be this generation's Beth. I said it before and I'll say it again, but Kina is like a character that Parker Posey would play in a Christopher Guest film.

My friend and I love getting drunk and yelling "I will work you. I. Will. Work. You." like CT did to Adam in the streets of Paris. "Work you."

Diem looked fine without her wig on. In fact, I found the wig annoying and distracting. She looks great with short hair and not a lot of women can pull that off. Look at Miss Liv Tyler right now. Yuckers!!!

Gotta say the the girls bathing suit is the most unflattering suit I've seen recently...and CT is hot!!! hehe

I agree with DeeDee, CT is HOT! He has a killer body, a gorgeous face, and I think his hair is messy and cute. Besides he seems he would be a tornado in bed.

As for Beth, I don't hate her...she's kinda funny and delusional. I HATE Tina. I don't know about anyone else but I can't stand to watch her talk. The way her lips pucker with every word is hella annoying!! She sounded like an idiot when she said she had "unfinished business" with Beth. Really? It's like those girls in school who thought they were tough but only went after the week girls. Pathetic. She might as well kick an old lady's cane from under her.

Besides Tina, I can't stand Kina or Aneesa. Did anyone notice how close Anessa got to Diem after she won the mud pit thing? Ewww..it looks like was going to kiss her. Aneesa is a lesbian.

Diem was sweet. I think she was within her right to get nervous about her hair. If any girl with long hair has ever had her bangs cut too short, or too much of the length taken off, or a bad dye job...then you'd know that it totally affects you. To the point of tears. I think Diem did know what she was getting herself into but when the time came I think she wasn't as prepared as she thought she would be. She's a strong competitor anyway. LOVE her. She's actually a genuine girl.

I'm just glad antebellum opened up the floodgates with the anti-diem win talk. As people have mentioned now earlier, it would have been a hell of a lot more impressive if she won on her own, and not because people basically handed it to her. She would have been done if she didn't have a lap and a half lead on Kina. Trust. Trust. Haha

Also the whole wig thing was really overblown. I thought we were going to be looking at Mr. Clean, Instead we see enough hair that she could even style it if she wished. Look, she came on the show knowing this was going to have to happen, so deal with it. If she was just a normal person walking down the street and somebody ripped her wig off to be a dick, then yea I would feel bad, call me inhumane but I thought this really over the top. Also talk about a slap in the face, everybody dons bathing caps to make her feel better then she doesn't even put one on. I guess she wasn't that upset about her hair huh.

I'm not completely on the I hate Kina bandwagon yet. Too me she isn't even close to being the most annoying on the show, there are still multiple guys on the show, plus Tina and Beth who I'd rather see be burned at the stake first.

Also Clarice Starling, that CT game would probably be pretty fun if I didn't live it everyday. I'm from Boston, and I do the door at 2 bars in town on the weekends, and the amount of times I hear "I will work you" or "Listen guuuy, watch you fackin mouth" or "I'm gunna mess you up son" is absolutely staggering.

I will say this though for us Massholes, CT and Danny have both graced us with their presence at my bar. CT was greeted with applause and free drinks, but cocksucker Danny was mocked the entire night, ending in him getting into a fight and getting beers thrown at him and Melinda. Danny's not liked anywhere, not even at home

I'm just glad antebellum opened up the floodgates with the anti-diem win talk. As people have mentioned now earlier, it would have been a hell of a lot more impressive if she won on her own, and not because people basically handed it to her. She would have been done if she didn't have a lap and a half lead on Kina. Trust. Trust. Haha

Also the whole wig thing was really overblown. I thought we were going to be looking at Mr. Clean, Instead we see enough hair that she could even style it if she wished. Look, she came on the show knowing this was going to have to happen, so deal with it. If she was just a normal person walking down the street and somebody ripped her wig off to be a dick, then yea I would feel bad, call me inhumane but I thought this really over the top. Also talk about a slap in the face, everybody dons bathing caps to make her feel better then she doesn't even put one on. I guess she wasn't that upset about her hair huh.

I'm not completely on the I hate Kina bandwagon yet. Too me she isn't even close to being the most annoying on the show, there are still multiple guys on the show, plus Tina and Beth who I'd rather see be burned at the stake first.

Also Clarice Starling, that CT game would probably be pretty fun if I didn't live it everyday. I'm from Boston, and I do the door at 2 bars in town on the weekends, and the amount of times I hear "I will work you" or "Listen guuuy, watch you fackin mouth" or "I'm gunna mess you up son" is absolutely staggering.

I will say this though for us Massholes, CT and Danny have both graced us with their presence at my bar. CT was greeted with applause and free drinks, but cocksucker Danny was mocked the entire night, ending in him getting into a fight and getting beers thrown at him and Melinda. Danny's not liked anywhere, not even at home

"cocksucker Danny was mocked the entire night, ending in him getting into a fight and getting beers thrown at him and Melinda. Danny's not liked anywhere, not even at home"
LMAO poor Danny oh well he sucks.
BTW where is last week's recap? I need my fix!! lol :)

I'm not sure which annoys me more, Beth the Dramaqueen's delusions of adequacy or the over-the-top hatred of her. Granted, I'd hate to be stuck in a house with her too, but I get the feeling we're missing something every time something flares up with her. I'll comment on Tina's so-called punch to Beth's face later...

I thought Diem's whining and crying, and especially people's reaction to it, was a lot of hogwash.

Yes, I also cringed when Wes spoke about procreating.

Okay, I'm late to the party and this is gonna be long, so most of you won’t read it, but I’m gonna defend Diem for a moment. My guess is that most of you who’ve made negative comments in regards to her reaction to having to take off her wig and the attention she received after winning that challenge have most likely never been though chemo, lived with someone who has been through chemo, and/or don't really have an understanding of ovarian caner.

The removal of an ovary brings on hormonal changes that are associated with menopause due to the lack of estrogen. Part of menopause involves emotional issues which can involve increased anxiety, depression, and mood swings, so give the girl a damn break if she seems to be crying a lot. She can’t do much to help it right now. That issue aside, if anyone deserves the right to cry every now and then it’s a 25 year old girl who’s going through a disease that is commonly found in much older women and has a five-year survival rate that is only 35%, and who is now unsure as to whether or not she will ever be able to have children.

Diem herself said that it was silly that she was crying and that she knew that at some point she was going to have to take off her wig. But you never know how you’re going to react until you’re actually in the situation. People on a plane with a parachute on their back waiting to jump freak out too. Do they know they were going skydiving? Yeah. But knowing and doing are two different things. The only thing that matters is that they do it.

In regards to Diem’s hair color, after finishing chemo treatments people are usually warned to not be surprised if their hair grows back in quite a bit darker than it was prior to losing it. I have witnessed people with very blonde hair have dark brown re-growth and people with wavy or curly hair have straight re-growth. It’s really not uncommon for people’s hair to grow back in a different color or texture after chemo.

As for everyone’s reaction to Diem’s victory, I don’t think that everyone was celebrating the fact that she won so much as the fact that she completed the mission period. Everyone commented on how tired they were after 1 or 2 sprints. The fact that someone just coming off of 6 months of chemo, which brings on major fatigue, could even complete that mission is a huge deal.

I don’t mean to rant or ramble, but I feel like some people are unintentionally making insensitive comments because they don’t really understand the effects of ovarian cancer or chemo. Having witnessed it myself I felt the need to speak up.

And for those of you that have a problem with how much Diem and her cancer are discussed, blame the producers and the editing department that seem to be able to easily manipulate some of you into thinking that all everyone does is talk about Diem and her cancer. Don’t let cast members responding to the director’s prodding questions, slo-mo, out of sequence scenes, and dramatic music trick you into thinking that.