"Really good at failing upwards": The Challenge 40 star Johnny Bananas opens up about his wins and losses

The Challenge 40 will soon air the much-awaited Finale Part Two on January 8, 2025, on MTV. Eight finalists will compete against each other to win the title of the ultimate champion. It includes Rachel, Jordan, Tori, Derek, Jenny, Michele, Kyland and Johnny Bananas.

Recently, Kyland Young appeared on Johnny Bananas' podcast on January 4, 2025, for the episode "The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras Final Part 1 With Kyland." During his appearance, the finalist chimed in on various topics, while the host, Bananas, also shared his experiences.

Regarding his appearances on various franchise and Challenge shows, Johnny Bananas discussed how he often fails during the competition's finale. Referring to that, the podcast host chimed in on what his father tells him:

"I'm really good at it, really is, I mean, yeah, well, I'm really good at failing upwards. My dad tells me this all the time."

The Challenge 40 finalist Johnny Bananas shared his experiences from the reality show and more

Death, Taxes, and Bananas podcast host and The Challenge 40 finalist Johnny Bananas invites participants from the MTV show and discusses various things with them.

While his recent guest and fellow competitor Kyland Young appeared as the guest, Johnny also recalled incidents, challenges, and many things from The Challenge 40.

Sharing about his experience over the years and many editions of the shows that he has won and lost, Johnny shared:

"I've always been good at the...whether it's endurance, the athletic part, the social game, the political game, my weakness has always been puzzles. Right. Yet, every season I continue training on my athleticism and my cardio and being a manipulative piece of sh*t, but I never work on the thing that I'm the weakest at, which is just weird."

He added that he often gets asked why he doesn't train for puzzles. For that, he said that he "wouldn't even know" where he would begin.

"And I think for people like you that is just like puzzles, like you just, for the most part like, they just make sense to you, and I feel like that's how it is. People either have, like the left brain or the right brain," shared Johnny.

Kyland teased that whatever "brain" that was, he didn't have it. He revealed how he enjoys doing "Sudoku" and that it was not because of The Challenge 40. He mentioned that he enjoys such puzzles.

"Everyone's talking about the Jordans and CTs, but I mean your stats are pretty crazy. I feel like, I mean I know you know it, but I...it's hard to...I was, I remember I was saying it out loud to some, I was like it's not like seven wins. It's like, seven wins and then the times that he didn't win. He got second or third like..." said Kyland.

The podcast host shared that he was "really good" at failing. For that, he mentioned the term that his father told him. Johnny mentioned "failing upwards."

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Part two of The Challenge 40 Finale will premiere on January 8, 2025, on MTV.

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