The two new champions more than deserve that title despite what the editing may make you believe.
Night one ofAll Stars 2final begins immediately afterlast week’s elimination.
I’m intrigued to see how this changes things by making the players start off the final already exhausted.
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TJ brings a horn out from behind his back, hits the button, and everyone races off.
Once they collect all the pieces, they assemble the puzzle to move on.
Darrell and Janelle are next to arrive and they also choose the bikes.
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But they get to work, deciding to tackle it in smaller sections and do the run multiple times.
“She is guerilla warfare, she knows what she’s doing,” Darrell says.
They finish the checkpoint and take first place.
Jonna Mannion and M.J. Garrett on ‘The Challenge: All Stars 2’.Jesus Paz/Paramount+
They move on to the bike checkpoint.
Meanwhile, Nehemiah and Melinda make another mistake and have to fire off the path again.
Nehemiah and Melinda finally finish the memory checkpoint and move on to the cave they’ve already been to.
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It’s too early to be gassing out!
He’s worried that she’s about to quit but she continues.
They move onto the cave next, but Darrell accidentally follows the wrong path to the memory answer key.
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He’s confused as to why his flashlight isn’t working and realizes they’re at the wrong place.
But again, they left the longest one for last.
They decide to walk the bikes to give Melinda’s ankle more of a rest.
And finally, Teck and Ayanna finish their first checkpoint and realize they’re in last place.
They move on to the cave but Ayanna is feeling defeated.
Back at the nucleus, Janelle basically crushes the memory checkpoint all on her own and I am impressed.
Jonna worries that this one mistake will cost them the game and she’s pissed at herself.
Darrell is pissed, especially since he finally decodes the phrase and finishes phase one right after them.
the one that MJ and Jonna are already halfway through.
She says she wants to quit because she doesn’t care anymore.
But Ayanna is so exhausted that she also wants to quit.
The heat and exhaustion are getting to both of these teams.
MJ gives Jonna a hug and makes her stop and take a second to rest and calm down.
But back at the nucleus, Ayanna doesn’t find that same winning spirit.
So TJ blows the horn and eliminates Ayanna, which eliminates Teck as well.
But to be eliminated because your partner quit on you?
That’s the most brutal way to lose a final.
I’m kind of shocked they weren’t forced to still finish the memory board regardless.
But they move on to phase two with the other teams.
Phase two begins … and it’s eating!
The first team to unlock their safe wins.
So the order in which they finished the first phase doesn’t matter!
This evens the playing field for everyone.
Nehemiah is proud while I’m trying not to gag myself!
MJ is projectile vomiting on his own partner and she’s yelling at him to keep going.
But MJ and Jonna are not far behind, finishing their food and running after Darell and Janelle.
Darrell doesn’t really understand the equations but Janelle is figuring it out quickly.
Melinda and Nehemiah finally finish eating and continue on but she’s struggling with her twisted ankle.
Jonna starts cracking the code while Melinda and Nehemiah don’t even know where to start.
And then Jonna and MJ realize the same thing.
After reading the directions, both teams give it another spin.
And it’s MJ and Jonna who get theirs open first!
They put all the money into their bag and race to the plane, securing their first-place finish.
This means Jonna just won her firstChallenge!
And MJ won his second.
She’s a big social and political player and now she’s got a championship to back that up.
And we always knew MJ was a strong champ and now he’s got another title in his pocket.
What an amazing end to the season.
