The Challenge Season 40 has been bringing hurdles for the contestants that are making fans doubt if the creators are rigging the competition. And their opinions are not just based on one instance, but three.
This has been going on for a while which is disheartening for fans as their favorite contestants get eliminated due to this. Up until now, the rigging claims have been raised for Tori, Horacio, and Emily Schromm.
Here is what went down with the contestants.
Rigging Claims on The Challenge Season 40 - Part 1
The Challenge Season 40 aired an episode on December 18, 2024. The daily challenge included Tori Deal and Cara Maria Sorbello competing against each other. This was the end of Cara's journey as she had to be in the water to compete.
Fans called out The Challenge for allegedly rigging this in favor of Tori because they knew about Cara's challenge with water. Here is what a few of them wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
"I knew there was a little to discuss tonight for cara that seemed so fishy, but not this much! Like dang how much do yall have to do to get her out! Allow 1st to be done incorrectly, extra time penalty, water elim, change up still in elim, just wow!"
"Im about to cry seeing production do cara dirty. Shes choking on water. You b*tches know tori swims 24/7 every season. Fake a**es! This is a setup"
"Gutted that Cara Maria didn't make it to the final. I'm convinced she would've won any other kind of elimination against Tori."
"The problem for me isnt the elimination, it was Tori’s wheelhouse and thats fine she got lucky, Cara has been lucky with elimination types in the past as well. The problem is that it wasn’t supposed to be Cara at all. Production f*cked up during the daily."
"They had to make sh*t up as they went because Tori and Cara Maria were completely dominating that elimination. Truly incredible performance by both of them"
Rigging Claims on The Challenge Season 40 - Part 2
Back on the September 4, 2024, episode, we saw the contestants take part in yet another Daily Challenge. It was Horacio who went into elimination after the Daily Challenge and he picked Derrick to compete against him.
The challenge ended when both of them placed their last jacks on the block at an equal distance. This was confusing to decide who would be eliminated finally.
Turns out, it was Horacio. This felt very unfair to fans who claimed that the judgment was rigged on The Challenge Season 40. Here is what they said on X.
"What the hell @TheChallenge? That men’s elimination was RIGGED and it’s so blatant. There was an empty hole on Derrick’s board when Horacio put his last jack on. And what’s with the delayed announcement of the winner? We are NOT stupid!"
How did Derrick win? When they rang the buzzard and Derrick dropped his ball he was missing a peg. When Derrick and Horacio shook hands after the whistle blew that same peg was still missing?? @MTV @TheChallenge care to explain?"
Rigging Claims on The Challenge Season 40 - Part 3
These claims were raised based on The Challenge Season 40 episode on September 18, 2024. Chris CT and Emily Schromm were eliminated from the series on that episode.
Turns out that they both were eliminated but fans were particularly upset about Emily's elimination. She was put against Tine for the challenge.
This left the fans feeling dicey about the situation because, on one hand, they were appreciative of how Tina did, but at the same time, something felt off to them about the elimination task on the show.
Here is what fans wrote on X;
"Production has rigged an elimination ONCE AGAIN in Era 1’s favor! Why did Tina’s nails basically FALL out? Emily tried the same strategy and they didn’t budge! Production knows Era 1 would be gone by now, so they rigged it! They’ve lost all credibility."
"Enough with these janky a** eliminations. @emilynschromm nails were definitely more secure in that board than tinas. Tina basically blew on them and half the nails fell out. As for CT i feel like he had someplace to be."
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"Ok. NOW I honestly believe the eliminations are RIGGED! There is no way Tina’s nails came out like that and Emily’s didn’t. Theo was RIGHT!!!!"
The Challenge Season 40 airs on MTV at 8 PM Eastern Time every week on Wednesdays.
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