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And it's the girls' turn. As Diem dramatically tells us, there's a new element in this game and it's rain. The platform is slick and I bet Diem will use that as an excuse when she loses. Brit says she didn't make it this far to go home without the money (and how I would love for her to go home without the money). Diem is sick of everyone thinking she's a push over and they can never do that to her again. What? Vote you into the last duel on Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel 2? Yeah. You're probably right.

The first point goes to Brit as she handily knocks Diem off the platform. I'm embarrassed at how easy this is going to be for Brit, but lo! Diem comes up with a sneaky little move and cuts Brit at the knees. Brit falls off and it's one all.

Diem says she wants to win the money for so many amazing reasons and she just can't lose this. So I'm kind of sure she will. Round three begins and Diem tries her sneaky move again. Unfortunately, it's only sneaky the first time and she goes down. Brit wins but TJ tells Diem that she showed so much heart and no one's going to call her a pushover ever again. Well, not to her face . . .

Diem keeps saying she can win this final, she just knows she can win it. Except you can't because you're not in it. Pay attention, please. Unsurprisingly, she learned a lot from the duel. She learned that she can be pushed to her limits and that she will not end up with CT. She needed a duel to tell her that?

The guys are celebrating with champagne and Mark feels like it's his birthday. His 87th birthday. Rachel knows this is going to push her in ways that she's never been pushed. Except that I have a feeling she's been pushed every way possible.

The next day is the final challenge. "If you're standing in front of me, you're making money today," TJ says. If I had nickel for every time I heard that . . . The final challenge is an endurance race across Queenstown Hill. There are five checkpoints each reminiscent of one of the five duels and they must complete all five to finish. Each third place winner gets $15,000, the second place finishers get $35,000 and each winner gets $100,000. TJ sees them to a jet boat (when the boat stops, the race starts) and goes off to get high before he meets them at the end.

Evan says it feels like your whole life builds up to this one moment. This moment? That's quite a life. He's nervous, excited, scared and anxious. I hope he craps himself. They take off on the jet boat and we hear inspirational music from Poison? Oh, how I would love a Rock of Love/Real World/Road Rules crossover.

The boat stops and they're off. They run the beach toward a black rope which they need to hold onto to cross to the other side of an ice-cold river. Most of them make it to the other side and they change out of their wet clothes. Did no one think it would be a good idea to ensure Landon's place in the final??

While the rest of them change, Aneesa is drowning. She sees them all on the beach but can't get over to them and feels like she's going to die. Not that I would wish for that, but it would make this total snooze somewhat interesting.

Aneesa is being dragged downstream and says if she ever does this again she's going to train and throw away her cigarettes. That would have been a good call this time around. Evan and Rachel take off first and Rachel realizes she'll get a good head start. Brad is right behind, followed by Mark, Brit and Aneesa. They're hiking up a hill that looks completely vertical and I'm exhausted just watching.

The first mini-challenge is Spot On. Evan, Brad and Rachel show up in that order. Puzzles are too taxing for Rachel's tiny (evil) brain and she's afraid she's going to lose her lead. Mark kicks butt and passes her so it's Evan, Brad, Mark, Rachel, Brit and Aneesa. Aneesa has opted not to put on her pants and my eyeballs beg for mercy.

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