Challenge Comebacks: Where Should Natalie And Paulie Cast Their Allegiance?

From zero to hero seems like a much less triumphant tale than Natalie and Paulie’s return to the Final Reckoning home. So right now that they’re back (and mission-winners!), The question remains: to whom should they cast their allegiance?


On tonight’s Challenge episode, and in tandem with fellow Armageddon winners Cara Maria and Marie, the Big Brother duo returned to the game right after being eliminated in the third episode and failing twice in Episodes 4 and 10 to return. Nevertheless with an enormous victory over Brad and Kyle in Armageddon, they were both famished for some serious redemption.


And they got it. In “Hit List,” Season 32’s trivia-game installment, teams were tasked with answering a series of game-related questions while avoiding the accumulation of three strikes. They’d earn a strike for either answering a question incorrectly, or right after obtaining a vote from a team that had answered a question correctly.


To raise the stakes, three strikes also meant a giant battering ram would batter the losers into the waters far below.


Five giant splashes later — and though they only boasted one previous Challenge showing among them — Natalie and Paulie were named the day’s winners, and took a moment to bask in their glory.


“We went from the Redemption Home Heroes to the Elimination Round King and Queen to getting back in that residence and winning the opening challenge back,” Paulie mentioned. “Feels good.”


and yes it seemed to feel even better for Johnny Bananas, whose fractured friendship with Natalie had been restored. Bananas seemed sure Paulie and Natalie would join his alliance and effectively even the game’s score: The Outliers would have three teams (Johnny/Tony, Cara Maria/Marie, Natalie/Paulie), and the Lavender Women (Sylvia/Joss, Ashley/Hunter, Shane/Nelson) would have three teams, too.


Still, Ashley wasn’t so sure that Paulie and Natalie would so readily join Johnny’s side, and mentioned they remained total enigmas.


“I have no idea who Paulie and Natalie are gonna put their Power Vote on, because I’m not really sure where their alliances lay,” Ashley mentioned. “I’m confused about this team, and I don’t trust them.”


So, is Ashley right to have reservations? Or is there a chance Paulie and Natalie could spare her and Hunter from Armageddon?


What do you think: Will Paulie and Natalie join on to the musical group of Final Reckoning defectors, or would it make their games easier to latch on to the Lavender Women? Share your thoughts and visualize how this shakes out any time The Challenge returns Tuesday night!