Battle Royale: Can The Kings’ Palace Competitors Win The Challenge?

For the several championships The Challenge has awarded over the years, Laterrian, Teck, Melinda and Nehemiah collectively boast only one (three of these have however to even visualize a final). Although on The Challenge: All Stars Season 2, they’re proving to be a large threat as a united front. So right now that The Kings’ Palace has secured its plot in the game, can these four take less-than-majestic pasts and turn them into long-awaited crowning achievements?


On the latest episode, because the foursome watched players like Brad, Jodi and Darrell sustain command over the game, Teck, Nehemiah and Laterrian made a pact to stay connected by way of the competition’s twists and turns, even if it meant going to battle with its toughest players.


“This is the Kings’ Palace, and we’re going to sustain it and save the palace,” Nehemiah said.


And Melinda, the group’s lone queen, echoed the sentiment, crediting the guys for issuing her with the most encouragement she’d ever had in a Challenge.


“The support system in this home is phenomenal,” she mentioned. “There’s a segment of me that felt like I’d hung up my hat, nevertheless the universe kept tapping me on the shoulder.”


And the universe seemed to look favorably on sort, because the events that followed “Bounce Back” seemed fated to keep them with each other. The mission, which challenged players to launch themselves off of trampoline stacks into water before solving a puzzle, saw Jodi and Darrell claiming victory again, and Melinda, who injured herself while in a clumsy descent, was sentenced to The Arena alongside Steve, the day’s losing man.


It seemed like everything was falling apart for the alliance, nevertheless Melinda and Teck, the man eventually voted into The Lair alongside Tina, saw the looming battle — as an alternative — as an opportunity.


“I’m gonna bottle up all these feelings and really bring it tonight in elimination,” he said.


And bottled-up emotions looked good on Teck. Though he began out “Switchback,” a game of tolerance, at a deficit, he capitalized on a key error Steve made while in one of the game’s several sprints and sent Steve packing.


And, because Tina — who felt slighted for being nominated — eventually quit, Melinda won the same game by default, leaving the Kings’ Palace intact and in control of both Life Shields.


“I feel real good now -- this is my first elimination round win,” Teck mentioned. “Now we’ve just gotta execute our plan and get everybody else out so we can all make it to the final.”


Still, Teck’s confidence speedily drew some negative attention.


“I’ve never seen anybody announce an alliance on this large of a scale,” Brad mentioned. “But game is game, and right now everybody understands you are aligned. There’s a cost to every move.”


What do you know — can the Kings’ Palace finally stake its claim as Challenge royalty, and did its members’ standout performances prove they’ve got what it takes? Or are they destined for more eleventh-hour heartbreakers? Share your thoughts, and hang tight for the next installment of All Stars!