‘The Challenge All Stars’ Crowns Season 3 Winners After Grueling Two-Day Final
06.07.2022 - 17:27
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Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the Season 3 finale of “The Challenge: All Stars,” streaming now on Paramount+.Another season of Paramount Plus’ “The Challenge: All Stars” is in the books — and two people are $250,000 richer.The season finale, which dropped on Wednesday morning, picked up where the penultimate episode left off — with Mark Long, Brad Fiorenza, Nehemiah Clark, Wes Bergmann, Nia Moore, KellyAnne Judd, Jonna Mannion and Kailah Casillas kayaking across the ocean to a checkpoint.Once arriving there, they each had to play one round of “King of the Hill,” the first game T.J. Lavin had ever hosted, back on “The Gauntlet 2” in 2005; this time, each player had to push their opponent off a platform in the middle of the ocean. After the matches ended, they had to switch partners again, and each pair was given 100 pounds of sandbags to take up a mountain.
Brad struggled so much that Jonna decided she’d carry 60 pounds and he’d handle 40 pounds, which seemed to work better. However, it was Mark and Nia who continued to pass every group and finished that heat first.At the end of the first day, Jonna was in the lead with 24 points, while Wes led for the men with 22. Everyone expected a tough overnight portion of the final — a staple for “The Challenge.” Instead, Lavin let them all sleep on a yacht right next to the money.
Everyone seemed thrilled, except Wes, who didn’t want the group to rest, and possibly put them ahead of the game. He was also seasick.Still, they were thrown back into the game in the morning. Unfortunately, there were only six spots in the final day’s competitions, so there were two elimination rounds — Brad vs.
Mark and KellyAnne vs. Kailah. They each had to work
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