Is Leroy Finally Fired Up Enough To Take A Challenge Finale by Storm?

Lesson learned: You don’t poke a sleeping bear, and you also don’t send Leroy into The Ring.


On the latest episode of Vendettas, and soon after Devin and Jemmye were immediately sent residence for being the last-place finishers in “Help Me Rhonda,” the game’s remaining players learned they’d reroute to the Czech Republic for the season’s final leg.


Nevertheless there wasn’t much time for fun and games in Prague, because the final 10 competitors were immediately put to the test in “Outside the Box,” which challenged contestants to swing back and forth between a moving truck and an exterior apparatus while avoiding huge pillars that had been planted in the road. If a contestant failed to create a leap, or knocked into a pillar, he or she would receive a penalty, and sadly, any time all was mentioned and done, Nelson was immediately eliminated for accruing the most knocks against him.


And while TJ made the remaining four ladies’ days at the mission’s end by informing them they’d all successfully made it to the final challenge, TJ reported five boys were also several for the roster to hold, and tasked the new top-finishing Troika — Cara Maria, Kailah and Tony — with choosing which two remaining males would square off in the second elimination round, and which two boys could be safe.


As only Kyle, Brad and Leroy were left to pick from right after Kailah and Cara banded with each other to spare Zach from The Ring (the women thought he’d be the perfect potential choice for an opposite-sex partner in a final mission), The Troika noticed The Inquisition particularly tough. Brad made the case that he wanted to prepare a higher class of life for his kids, Kyle mentioned that he wanted to continue living out his first Challenge experience and Leroy reminded The Troika that he’d had their backs in previous voting ceremonies.


“The decision between these three guys is the hardest one,” Cara lamented. “Brad’s been to finals before, he’s well rounded. And just having Leroy around makes me feel stronger.”


Still, once it came time to prepare a choice, Cara and Tony shocked the game’s players any time if they spared Kyle from The Ring, effectively pitting Leroy against Brad for the final men’s spot in “Vendettas.”


And Leroy was pissed.


“I deserved to not be blindsided by people who I thought cared about me,” he said.


Although Leroy proved he may survive as a lone wolf, and bested Brad in “Headbanger,” which challenged the guys to break through a series of walls before unearthing a pair of small balls and depositing them into respective chambers.


“This has been a rough season for me, however I’m very blessed still have the ability to compete at a high level,” Leroy admitted before dismissing Tony and Cara Maria with fiery vitriol. “I’m in the final now.”


Still, Leroy hasn’t competed in a final since 2014’s Battle of the Exes II, and that was only his second (plus, he’d been called in at the last minute as a replacement). So does he have the fire to finally put a “1” in front of his 0-2 record?


What do you know — is Leroy finally fired up enough to create a dent in a Challenge finale, and might this finally be his year to take house the grand prize? Or, do old habits perish a little bit also hard, and is he doomed to repeat his pattern of falling short? Share your thoughts, and visualize how the next leg of the game plays out Tuesday at 9/8c!