Unlike their male teammates, the women of the Rookie squad are rather short on Challenge experience. But if the teasers for the upcoming season are any indication, at least two of them will be the drama as much as the Veterans.
Cameran Eubanks (The Real World: San Diego)
Challenges: 1
Challenges Completed: 0
Missions: 2
Notes: She’s the least mature of the San Diego girls, and that includes Frankie and Robin. Neither of them hit guys in the nuts like Cameran did. Fellas coming to Trinidad have a reason to wear protective cups 24/7 ... From her brief stint on Battle of the Sexes 2, I see she’s not a team player. In the final round of Dangle Drop, a struggling Rachel saw Cameran and Angela frolicking in the water. Those two made me agree with Butterface, and that alone makes me hope for her ouster ... Don’t expect any romance from her. In a recent issue of Sports Illustrated, it was revealed that she was the girlfriend of Jeremy Bloom, a moguls skier/would-be NFL player. I just want to know if she was crushing on Jonny Moseley (another moguls skier), and if she’s projecting that on Jeremy.
Cara Zavaleta (Road Rules: South Pacific)
Challenges: 1
Challenges Completed: 1
Challenges Won: 1
Missions: 14
Notes: If Sarah was the Queen of the Gauntlet, Cara was the Princess. She was the only other person in Telluride to win two Gauntlets. Unlike Sarah’s five triumphs, Cara’s victories are a bit suspect. She beat Elka on Knock Your Block Off when Elka swung, missed, and fell into the water. In the final Gauntlet, her mechanical bull was adjusted not to go as fast as Theo’s bull ... Bad news and worst news. Bad news is that she’s spilt from her boyfriend Dave, who was with her during South Pacific and Gauntlet. Worst news? She’s been reported to have been with Mark Long and David Burns. Not exactly trading up ... Last time we saw her was during the face-off between X-Treme and South Pacific. She had trouble breaking boards with her hands, and the other team managed to speed past her while she struggled. Foreshadowing, or just rotten luck and inadequate force?
Ibis Nieves (RR: X-Treme)
Challenges: 1
Challenges Completed: 0
Missions: 11
Notes: While her season has had crap luck in Challenges, Ibis might have it the worst. She was doing okay in BOTS2 until she stepped up to lead in a mission while Tonya declined. The team lost, Ibis got the boot and Sophia crying about it ... Ibis doesn’t offend me that much. All I remember is that she volunteered out of her season after screwing up a mission. Also: the time the kids were evading leashed dogs, and the one German Shepherd snuck up and tackled her. Good times.
Jillian Zoboroski (RR: X-Treme)
Challenges: 0
Missions: 0
Notes: Ibis leaves X-Treme, and Jillian replaces her. She ends up becoming Patrick’s snugglebuddy, and ends up fighting with the girls who vied for his attention (Angela and Mary Beth). So right away, you know she likes tools ... I don’t remember her being a total scrub. She abused Mary Beth in the boxing portion of the face off. She has more ability than Angela, but that isn’t saying much.
Joanna “Jo” Rhodes (RW: San Francisco)
Challenges: 0
Missions: 0
Notes: Who? ... No, seriously, who? ... Okay, okay, I know that she was Puck’s replacement on San Francisco, edging out two potential roommates, one of them being Mark. She would be the last RW sub before Charlie filled in for Frankie one decade later .. Fun fact: Jo didn’t show up in Pedro & Me, Judd Winick’s graphic novel about AIDS activist/roommate Pedro Zamora. However, Jo did get into the acknowledgments section. You can probably guess the only roommate Judd didn’t thank ... That’s all I can remem- hold on, I’ve been handed a tape of a Gauntlet 2 commercial ... Holy crap, she’s pissed. What could possibly set her off on the first day? I’m going to give her the benefit of the doubt at the moment, rather than label her as a loon from the start.
Jodi Weatherton (RR: X-Treme)
Challenges: 1
Challenges Completed: 0
Missions: 8
Notes: Out of the entire cast from last season, Jodi needed a hug the most. First, she blows Juice It Up for the Good Guys. Then she gets caught up in Julie’s scheme to swap the Inferno choice. Once the Bad Asses find out, the bulk of the team rips into her and makes her cry. Then she blows the Inferno, allowing Veronica to win. That was the lowest point of the season, between Veronica getting lucky, her teammates jeering Jodi (especially Rachel and Dan), and Jodi crying ... So how has Jodi recovered? According to MTV.com, she had a “short-lived relationship” with Mark. Suddenly, I wouldn’t mind her losing a Gauntlet. Was her self-esteem that shredded? Ugh ... One possible advantage: she was on every incarnation of X-Treme, and she might know how to handle teammates Danny, Ibis, Jillian and Kina, as well as Derrick.
Kina Dean (RR: X-Treme)
Challenges: 1
Challenges Completed: 0
Missions: 3
Notes: Not much to say, save that the way she went out of X-Treme was crappy. The kids picked names out of a hat, and her name came up twice. Not the way for anybody to go out ... Her BOTS2 legacy was revealed at the reunion. Turns out she stole Eric Nies’ jumprope, and she contemplated sending it back to him in pieces. That alone makes me like her. Now if I can only tell her apart from Jodi, I’ll be a happy recapper.
Susie Meister (RR: Australia)
Challenges: 1
Challenges Completed: 1
Challenges Won: 0
Missions: 10
Notes: After seeing Susie sob in a commercial, I gotta ask: what the heck has she been doing for the last five years? I’d think she’d toughen up between Extreme Challenge and today ... Susie made history back then when she became the first (and only) Challenge substitute, filling in after Ayanna got kicked out. She only won two missions on a struggling Road Rules team. The most memorable moments were of her faltering on the Tough Guy course, getting helped out by hotheads Laterrian and James ... Not much on the romance front for Susie. She had gone out with Timmy for a while after being his biggest fan (remember “Timmy’s in my Winnie!” from her season?) ... She’s the first Australia cast member on the Challenge since Christina in BOTS1. Actually, Piggy was supposed to be in Inferno, but some stuff went down, Christena was brought in to replace her, and I’ll always hate Piggy for that.
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