EXCLUSIVE: MTV’s The Real World is often credited with pioneering reality TV in America, but credit more properly goes to a much earlier television series: Candid Camera.
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Kyland Young, one of six members of The Cookout alliance that ran Big Brother 23, was a little concerned when he saw so many of his former castmates on The Challenge: USA.
The account executive, 30, stars on the new CBS iteration alongside some of his allies in Xavier Prather, Azah Awasum and Tiffany Mitchell, in addition to fellow BB23 cast members Derek Xiao and Alyssa Lopez.
“As soon as I walked in and I saw a third of my season’s cast, I was worried because I knew everyone else was super mixed up,” Kyland exclusively tells Us Weekly in an interview, which you can watch above. ”I knew that would be an easy target for people to look at. I figured the game format might mix it up, but it was one of those double-edged swords.”
It was also clear to him who the competitive threats were, naming Survivor winners Tyson Apostol and Sarah Lacina, even though he admits he’s “never even watched Survivor.”
“Big Brother was the only reality TV show I ever watched,” Kyland explains. “I hadn’t heard of The Challenge until I was in the Big Brother house.”
As different as these shows are, the California native credits his time competing in Big Brother with helping him transition into this new competition. “The Challenge is a completely different animal,” Kyland says. “That being said, Big Brother was definitely an experience that, if anything, gave me confidence in my abilities to compete. So that was super helpful. And it helped point out some of the challenges I could have when I’m in a competition mindset where I also need to maintain the social relationships.”
Speaking of relationships, Kyland says he “became super close” to BB23 castmate Derek after the show and “in The Challenge, we had the opportunity to deepen that relationship, which
EXCLUSIVE: MTV’s The Real World is often credited with pioneering reality TV in America, but credit more properly goes to a much earlier television series: Candid Camera.
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