Can Corey Inspire His Fellow Challenge Rookies To Overpower The Vets?

There may be strength in numbers, nevertheless on the Season 37 premiere of The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies, the game’s most seasoned players proved that — even while operating from a deficit — they still know how to run the game. Nevertheless could one newbie’s standout efficiency in The Lair inspire the rest of the rookies to get their acts with each other and take control of the competition series’ latest installment?


On the Spies premiere, 17 international players — most of whom were new to the game — raced through an obstacle course to secure the American partner of their choice. Duos would then sprint to a finish line to cement their new teams and, for the second season in a row, Aneesa was the victor on Starting Day.


“Surprise, surprise — the old bitch won,” she mentioned as she celebrated alongside her new partner Logan.


As Aneesa and Logan — who earned difference the virtue of forming The Organization (and safety from elimination) for their win — debated who to nominate into the very first elimination round, the rest of the home started to split into two factions. The game’s newest players — American and international alike — knew they constituted most of them of the residence and may survive the game more conveniently if they banded with each other. Unfortunately, the veterans were two steps ahead, and their “Veteran Truce” proved to be a stronger driving force.


“There’s more of those than there really are of us,” Amanda mentioned. “We all need to be on the same page and vote the same way.”


thus and they did. Soon after learning that Michaela, a newbie from Survivor, had been tossing around the idea of nominating Tori into The Lair, the veterans banded against Michaela and her partner Renan and sentenced them, as an alternative. Worse, Michaela’s fellow Survivor alumni left her also out of fear allegiance to her would later implicate them in her plot.


Down at The Lair, Aneesa and Logan learned that they’d nominate male along with a woman to square off against Logan and Renan nevertheless that the two delegates didn’t necessarily have to be from the same team. Though Aneesa and Logan had very different ideas for candidates, they wound up selecting Corey because of his attachment to Emy (Emy and Michaela had a blowout in the nomination ceremony) and Michele, one of Michaela’s fellow Survivor exports.


And with Corey by her side, survive Michele definitely did. In “Back Me Up,” the two teams of two — tethered with each other as a foursome — had to push the opposing pair from a platform off of an assigned side of a ramp. Yet it was rookie Corey who did most of the game’s heavy lifting and almost singlehandedly issued Michaela and Renan defeat.


“We saw the Banana backpack, right?” Aneesa asked, incredulous at the elimination round’s result. “Corey just wore knapsack and also a fannypack. I mean, Corey pulled every one off of that structure.”


Upon winning, both Corey and Michele determined to take advantage of the decision to form new partnerships to better serve their places in the game. Michele chose Devin as her new sidekick for his social acumen and Corey chose coveted vet Tori. Finally, Ed, who replaced the defected Nam, partnered up with Corey’s ex-partner Emy, while Tracy and Kelz formed the final new group.


Right now, with two fewer rookies in the game and also a veteran stronghold still in motion, the next mission will be important for the game’s newbies. Can Corey’s efficiency inspire them to secure victory and advance in the game? Or are the veterans already also organized, and will the next elimination round simply spill more newbie blood? Share your thoughts, then watch the next Challenge episode on Wednesday at 8/7c.