#149 The Challenge 39 EP12 Roundtable Recap: A Legend Returns... Recap with The Challenge Historian

Hey Fandom! Welcome back for another episode of The Challenge Roundtable Recap with your Challenge Fandom Podcast hosts Rick, Corrina, Tony and Katie. This week we have a very special guest joining us to break it all down - Jacob Hollabaugh AKA The Challenge Historian. We kick off the recap by catching up with The Historian on his 30,000 FT view of this season including how he feels about the Fandom's reaction to the season, whether or not he thinks the Champion Mercenary gimmick works, and is it okay to get help from the audience? (0:00 - 12:36) Then we begin breaking down this episode by discussing Olivia's Imposter Syndrome, discussing whether or not daily wins matter where the Historian gives us a very shocking statistic, how we feel about the difference between being friends in the house and being in an alliance and of course Olivia beginning to wonder if Horacio is really with her. We also break down the daily Challenge, how we felt about this particular daily including Michele's pre-interview call-out, whether or not we think Zara should be a mainstay on The Challenge, our input and rumors on if the Mercenaries schedule changed last minute and lastly, we break down the daily winner's nomination of Ravyn (12:36 - 1:14:43). In the second part of the episode, we discuss Colleen's notebook, the Fantastic Four alliance of Nurys, Jay, Michele and Asaf, why we think Michele and Laurel are more alike than they'd like to admit, Olivia saying she'd be willing to overlook Jay sending Horacio into elimination, and should the new Powerhouse Alliance aim for winning dailies or not? To close out this episode we break down the nominations with a heavy lean on Ravyn and Colleen's public call out of their alliance members, why Hurricane Jay is criticizing what he's also serving, why we think the Champion Mercenaries have been spoiling their appearances each week, and last but not least, the epic return of Cara Maria Sorbello! We also debate whether or not these eliminations should truly be aimed toward the strengths of the Champions, our lines of the night, MVPs, end of season winner picks and a fun prediction by The Challenge Historian on what would happen if Brad pulls the Chaos Mace in next weeks episode! All this and more now on The Challenge Fandom Podcast and don't forget, we are BACK with full video so make sure you're following us on YouTube and check out our episodes over there for a more interactive experience.

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