Fantasy Cast for The Challenge: Exes III - Season 42

The 42nd season of The Challenge is about to film in February and there are rumors swirling everywhere. There are 3 themes that are rumored and they are

- Rivals 4

- Exes 3

- Ride or Dies 2

I'm going to make a fantasy cast for all 3 hypothetical themes and see which one people like best.

Morgan Willett & Johnny Bananas

Johnny Bananas:

• Original Show - The Real World: Key West
• Challenge Championships: 7

The Island

The Ruins

Rivals

Exes

Free Agents

Rivals III

Total Madness

Morgan Willett:

• Original Show - Big Brother- Over the Top
• Challenge Championships: 0

Morgan and Bananas were in an actual relationship until Bananas may or may not have cheated. There are rumors that Bananas told production they can't ever cast her again, but if I'm production, I'm putting these two together immediately.

Ashley Mitchell & Hunter Barfield

Ashley Mitchell:

• Original Show - The Real World: Ex-Plosion / Back to San Francisco
• Challenge Championships: 2

Invasion of the Champions

Final Reckoning

Hunter Barfield:

• Original Show - Are You The One? 3
• Challenge Championships: 1

Final Reckoning

Ashley and Hunter have had a crazy history. They won Final Reckoning together which was a Rivals theme and Ashley stole $500,000 from him and then Hunter took Ashley out in the first elimination on War of the Worlds. Let's put them back together on this Exes III season.

Nanny Gonzalez & Will Gagnon

Nany Gonzalez:

• Original Show - The Real World: Back to Las Vegas
• Challenge Championships: 0

Will Gagnon

• Original Show - Are You The One? 9
• Challenge Championships: 0

Nany and Will were the messy relationship of Vets and New Threats. Nany has quite a few options for this hypothetical season, but I think Will needs a call back, so we will be putting these two together.

Nurys Mateo & Horacio Guterriez Jr.

Nurys Mateo

• Original Show - Are You The One? 6
• Challenge Championships: 0

Horacio Guterriez Jr.

• Original Show - Exalton 5
• Challenge Championships: 0

I thought these two would become Challenge mainstays, and surprisingly they weren't on Vets & New Threats. They did call production out after Horacio lost to Derrick Kosinski in a controversial elimination on Battle of the Eras. No one really knows what happened in their relationship, but they have definitely broken up.

Makensy Manbeck & Matt Hardeman

Makensy Manbeck

• Original Show - Big Brother 26
• ROOKIE

Matt Hardeman

• Original Show - Big Brother 26
• ROOKIE

Makensy and Matt became a couple after Big Brother 26. Matt was the first one eliminated, but Makensy got all the way to 2nd place. They recently had a pretty messy Big Brother social media breakup, but I think these two would work very well together in a season of The Challenge.

Amber Borzotra & Chauncey Palmer

Amber Borzotra:

• Original Show - Big Brother 16
• Challenge Championships: 1

Double Agents

Chauncey Palmey:

• Original Show - The Challenge: Ride or Dies
• Challenge Championships: 0

There are a lot of rumors that Amber and Chauncey have broken up, which is so sad because they have a daughter together. I'd love to see how they would play together again, though, considering they were on Ride or Dies together.

Kiki Morris & Ciarran Stott

Kiki Morris:

• Original Show - The Bachelor Australia 4
• Challenge Championships: 1

Australia

Ciarran Stott:

• Original Show - The Bachelorette Australia 5
• Challenge Championships: 0

Kiki and Ciarran played on The Challenge: Australia together. They both competed in one more season after (Kiki on World Championship and Ciarran on Battle for a New Champion). They seem to be on good terms, but I'd like to see them play together.

JaNa Craig & Kenny Rodriguez

JaNa Craig:

• Original Show - Love Island USA 6
• ROOKIE

Kenny Rodriguez:

• Original Show - Love Island USA 6
• ROOKIE

There have been reports that MTV is trying to get more Love Island cast members. I know JaNa would probably not do this, but I would throw the entire bank at her. Pay her as much as Bananas, and maybe she'll do it. She'll definitely bring in viewers.

Amanda Garcia & Faysal Shafaat

Amanda Garcia:

• Original Show - Are You The One? 3
• Challenge Championships: 0

Faysal Shafaat:

• Original Show - Big Brother 20
• Challenge Championships: 0

This dysfunctional team needs to be put together. This was such a messy couple and such a messy breakup. I need to see them be put together on a season.

Cara Maria Sorbello & Kyle Christie

Cara Maria Sorbello:

• Original Show - The Challenge: Fresh Meat II
• Challenge Championships: 2

Bloodlines

Vendettas

Kyle Christie:

• Original Show - Geordie Shore 8
• Challenge Championships: 0

This would be another super dysfunctional team. If they can work together, they might be the favorites to win, though. Cara has 2 wins, and Kyle has gotten 2nd place on Total Madness and Spies, Lies, & Allies.

Kaz Crossley & Theo Campbell

Kaz Crossley:

• Original Show - Love Island UK 4
• Challenge Championships: 2

UK

World Championship

Theo Campbell:

• Original Show - Love Island UK 3
• Challenge Championships: 0

Theo and Kaz were an actual couple for years after they were both on Love Island UK. We saw a little bit of them together on World Championship. I think they could go pretty far.

Marie Roda & Devin Walker

Marie Roda:

• Original Show - The Real World: St. Thomas
• Challenge Championships: 0

Devin Walker:

• Original Show - Are You The One? 3
• Challenge Championships: 1

Ride or Dies

Marie and Devin were on Ex on the Beach 3 together. I really want to see Marie back on the show. We haven't seen her since Final Reckoning. This would be a chaotic team that I kind of think would get eliminated pretty quickly.

Grant Ellis & Juliana Pasquarosa

Grant Ellis:

• Original Show - The Bachelor 29 (Lead)

• ROOKIE

Juliana Pasquarosa:

• Original Show - The Bachelor 29
• ROOKIE

We have to have a Bachelor Nation couple on Exes, right? This couple won The Bachelor 29 and were engaged before calling it off a few months later. I don't know how they would do, but they are both fit and could get far.

Justine Ndiba & Caleb Corprew

Justine Ndiba:

• Original Show - Love Island USA 2
• Challenge Championships: 0

Caleb Corprew:

• Original Show - Love Island USA 2
• ROOKIE

I think Justine could be a multi-time Challenge Champion if they cast her. She won Love Island USA 2, Love Island Games and got 2nd place on Love Island Games 2. She also made the final on The Challenge: USA 1. She is perfect for this show.

Jonna Mannion & Zach Nichols

Jonna Mannion:

• Original Show - The Real World: Cancun
• Challenge Championships: 2

All-Stars 2

All-Stars 3

Zach Nichols:

• Original Show - The Real World: Back to San Diego
• Challenge Championships: 1

Battle of the Seasons (2012)

I wanted to put at least one former team from Exes or Exes II on this season. Jonna has gone onto win 2 seasons of All-Stars. This team lost to the eventual winners of Sarah Rice and Jordan Wiseley on Exes II but I'd love to see them work together again.

Tori Deal & Jordan Wiseley

Tori Deal:

• Original Show - Are You The One? 4
• Challenge Championships: 1

Ride or Dies

Jordan Wiseley:

• Original Show - The Real World: Portland
• Challenge Championships: 5

Exes II

Dirty 30

War of the Worlds II

World Championship

Battle of the Eras

Jordan told me on my podcast that he would never return to The Challenge. This is a fantasy cast, though, and I had to put this team. I would throw the bank at Jordan and hope he and Tori come on. This is who I would predict to win.