Hey Fandom! Welcome back for another episode of Trash Talk Roundtable with your Challenge Fandom Podcast hosts Rick, Corrina and Tony. This week we got together to talk all things Challenge 39: Battle For A New Champion and break down EP 0 and EP1. We kick off per usual by discussing the title and rating the foreshadowing of this particular episode. After that we do a quick rundown of EP00, discuss our thoughts on having an episode zero, how we feel about production keeping the fans in the dark about certain aspects of the game, break down the format, debate whether or not we like the idea of a single winner with "something" for second and third place, the option to earn more money throughout the season, the fact we are seeing the entire cast play as one instead of against each other and where is the "something" for second and third place really coming from?! Next we break down how we feel about having mercenaries on this particular season, Cierran being elected as leader, whether or not Berna was loud enough at the daily, what the cast should have done as far as the puzzle goes and how in the heck did Jay and Cierran actually make it out of the pit?! (0:00 - 42:00) In the second part of this episode, we break down Big T's alliance, who we would have been voting for based upon the edit, how production mislead us with the edit nearly the entire episode and who's speech was worse, Jessica or Jenn Lee? We also break down the voting process, how we feel about the man in the sand getting to call out an opponent of their choosing, whether or not you should EVER vote for yourself especially publicly, MVP's for the episode and how are we feeling about the possibilities for this season? (42:00 - END). All this and more on this episode of Challenge Fandom Podcast Trash Talk Roundtable. We hope you all enjoy this episode and don't forget we're on YouTube with full video now!

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