Have you ever dreamed of being on the Real World?
Derek Chavez has. Viewers ma have seen him on “Real World Cancun,” but now he makes his big comeback since “Cutthroat” on “The Challenge.”
Not all “Real World” cast members make the challenges.
“Once you do ‘Real World,’ it’s kind of like you see whatever opportunities you can get. MTV usually calls and invites you to the challenges.
When they called and invited me to Prague, (“Cutthroat Challenge”) I was like okay let’s do this, even though I didn’t get to stay that long,” said Chavez
Even though he did not get to stay on the first challenge, he did not let that stop him from trying his best the second time.
This challenge was very different from other viewers have seen.
Cast members come together and compete against each other in teams of four.
“When we first got to Turkey, we had it in our minds that we were going to be either battling people on our season or playing with them. When they gave us format of the game, I thought Team Cancun was going to be a strong team to beat.”
Some of the cast members were former spouses, enemies or best friends. One cast member that everyone was not to happy to see was Wes, from “Real World Austin.”
“I grew up watching these shows, so I’ve definitely seen Wes before.
He plays the game really dirty and knows how to get under people’s skin. I just knew right off the back that Wes’s team couldn’t win because they would gain control of the challenges,” said Chavez.
“He told CJ, my teammate that if they win, they were going after us, so being able to defeat them in the first challenge and throw it back in their face was awesome.”
Derek and him team established their power by winning the first challenge. Even though they played hard, there were still teams that were a challenge.
“Our biggest competition was San Diego cause they were all athletes and stacked, but their only downfall was they didn’t have a team dynamic like we did.”
Watching anything dealing with “Real World,” there is one thing that you can expect: Hook-ups. Juicy Hook-Ups. If you are still waiting for your favorite players to get together, you may have hope.
“There are hook-ups that haven’t been shown on the show yet. There might be some same sex hook-ups and there might be same that are not some sex, but yes you can expect to see more.”
Another thing you can expect this season is enemies. Derek had one team in mind.
“After we got rid of Wes, Vegas started playing both sides. Then St. Thomas, was playing with us and others with other alliances, felt they should be there over other teams.
St. Thomas is who we had major issues with.”
Chavez did show his aggression on the game, which viewers have not seen. “In these kind of games, nice guys usually don’t win.” Chavez added.
“I am a nice person, but you will see me start to stand my ground. Viewers see there was a point where I could not keep hanging out with people.”
When asking Chavez who was the winner he commented, can’t say who wins or is in the finals, but I can say you can see how well an alliance can really do, it that means anything.”
Be sure to tune in to ‘The Challenge’ tonight at 10PM ET/PT on MTV. The show picks right back up with last week’s episode as lovebirds Devyn and Eric enter the arena knowing that one of them would be returning home that night. Later, the alliance had struggled deciding on who to throw into the arena, is forced to submit one of their own. The results from last week’s arena challenge and what alliance members get caught off guard.
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- Necole Jackson, Scene Editor