Could Devin Finally Rise To The Top Of The Challenge?

The road from frat paddle to formidable competitor has been a long and winding one for Are You the One? alum Devin, who made his Challenge debut on Rivals III. Although right after five years on the show as well as a string of faux pas that have left the notorious pot-stirrer winless, could Double Agents finally be Devin’s game to lose?


On the show’s latest episode, Devin and his partner Nicole tested their brute strength in “Road Kill,” which challenged players — in two-team heats — to knock their opponents off of a moving truck (seriously!) Without wearing a harness. The team who bowled over their opponents most speedily would win, and as soon as the dueling-dust settled, it was Leroy and Kaycee who claimed victory, finally bringing Fessy and Aneesa’s winning streak to a screeching halt.


For Devin, who already felt prone to the house’s Crater vote, things speedily went from bad to worse. Because of a shoulder injury Nicole sustained atop the “Road Kill” truck, she was forced to leave the game, rendering Devin an incidental Rogue Agent. And immediately after beginning a blowout fight with Josh by jeering “Big Brother sucks!” Devin all yet sealed his fate: He was heading into the coming elimination round.


Though the most recent Crater game had been a men’s elimination event, TJ informed the players while they arrived at the elimination-round arena that, once again, two of the game’s dudes would duke it out for a Golden Skull. And Devin’s unlucky streak continued as soon as Double Agents Leroy and Kaycee nominated Devin’s best friend in the home — Wes — into The Crater for a second time.


Still, Devin was decided to pull out a win.


“When you’re in that black sand, no one is your friend,” he mentioned. “It’s me versus someone in the way of a Gold Skull.”


And immediately after a grueling fight, the Gold Skull was Devin’s. In “Snapping Point,” a spin on a reverse-tug-of-war, Wes couldn’t drum up the will to beat his friend and reside in the game, and though he was the odds-on preference to win, it was Devin — who has a history of taking out huge players — who fought by way of the pain to claim victory.


“The last time I came on this show, I embarrassed myself,” Devin mentioned. “I knew if I came back, I would go all of the way.”


and then some of Devin’s fellow competitors were convinced.


CT noted that “Devin’s looking tough, while TJ observed: “Devin, that is the ideal efficiency I have ever seen [from you].”


And Challenge newbie Amber put Devin’s success into brilliant perspective: Don’t sleep on a party boy.


“He drinks a lot of beer, however don't let that fool you,” she said.


Though Devin’s victory meant he may with little effort snatch up Natalie, Wes’ former partner and one of the game’s strongest players, he determined, alternatively, to shake things up and steal his arch-nemesis Tori away from Cory. This, Tori noted, would likely make her game tremendously more difficult.


But can Devin keep his winning ways in motion, or is stealing Tori a disservice to his own game? And can Devin finally push through to the end of the competition and win? Share your thoughts, and be sure to check out Double Agents Wednesday, January 6 at 8/7c!