The Problem Season 39 is underway as Battle For a New Champion seeks to crown a first-time winner of MTV’s competitors sequence.
A solid of people with some expertise with the present and its ideas however by no means received earlier than are doing their finest to work collectively and outwit others.
Amongst these returning to attempt to win that first championship is Chauncey Palmer, who debuted on Season 38, aka Trip or Dies, together with his girlfriend Amber Borzotra.
Amber received two seasons earlier than that alongside multi-time champion Chris “CT” Tamburello, and he or she probably shared some useful recommendation for Chauncey’s return as she stayed house with their new child.
Sadly, Chauncey turned an early out in his sophomore season as a result of he claimed he talked an excessive amount of.
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Nevertheless, it additionally may’ve been attributable to him being loyal to a fault and calling out one particular competitor for elimination relatively than one other.
Chauncey shares what led to his Season 39 demise
In accordance with Chauncey, he has a revised technique for the subsequent time he goes on The Problem, and it’ll contain a lot much less speaking.
Viewers noticed him dig himself a gap through the deliberation as he started confronting solid members. That finally received him many of the votes at The Enviornment to enter the elimination occasion, which he misplaced.
Following his aired elimination episode on MTV, he shared that he was hopeful he’d return on the present together with his girlfriend Amber sooner or later, however he’d be way more “targeted.”
“I really feel like I got here in targeted, however I’m gonna attempt to go in much more targeted and simply not talking an excessive amount of. I don’t know, I simply felt like I used to be speaking just a little bit an excessive amount of, and that’s what received me finally in hassle. So if I may simply be affected person, not get overwhelmed in sure moments, I believe I’ll be fantastic,” Chauncey instructed The Messenger.
In the course of the current episode, Chauncey additionally discovered that castmate Michele Fitzgerald mentioned she held a grudge in opposition to him from the earlier season they had been on.
He instructed The Messenger that Michele is pals with Amber outdoors of the sport, so he thought that by affiliation, they had been cool with one another.
“I by no means had an issue together with her or Jay essentially. I didn’t belief Jay, however when it got here all the way down to being with Michele, I used to be in the identical room together with her and Amber 95% of time on Season 38. I received to considerably know her, so it was stunning, however on the identical time, it’s what it’s,” Chauncey mentioned.
“Individuals are going to have their very own mindset or opinion about you, in direction of you, or something, so there’s actually nothing I can do about it,” he shared.
Chauncey mentioned he saved his phrase to castmate by not calling him out
Whereas talking with Mike Lewis (beneath) after his on-air elimination, Chauncey mentioned that no person gave him any recommendation or ideas on who to name out for the elimination. It was solely his determination to decide on James Lock, who beforehand appeared on The Problem: UK.
He additionally talked about he selected to name out somebody worldwide relatively than a solid member from the USA as he would’ve been thought-about a “snake” if he had achieved the latter.
Their elimination occasion was an in depth one, with James narrowly defeating Chauncey in what regarded like a life-sized sport of Join 4. The rivals needed to race forwards and backwards to get giant coloured round lights and place them on a large board,
The purpose was to create as many linked sequence of their particular lights as potential, with one level awarded for every consecutive sequence.
After three rounds, James received by one level over Chauncey, ending his time on Battle For a New Champion a lot sooner than he may need preferred.
In accordance with The Messenger, Chauncey revealed one other UK particular person he may’ve referred to as out as a substitute of James however didn’t.
“And so far as calling any individual from worldwide, I used to be going to say Hughie [Maughan]’s identify, however then I promised him additionally that I wouldn’t say his identify it doesn’t matter what. And the truth that he nonetheless mentioned my identify, I may have simply been like, ‘Hughie, come down right here and compete.’ However I need to additionally hold my phrase, in order that solely left me with a couple of different choices. And deep down I felt like I may positively beat James,” he shared.
One has to surprise if Chauncey had shaken issues up and referred to as out the castmate who mentioned his identify through the elimination vote, he would’ve ensured he caught round to proceed competing.
Nevertheless, as host TJ Lavin talked about, Chauncey was heading house to his new child and girlfriend Amber, so he was nonetheless doing fantastic regardless of the elimination loss.
The Problem: Battle For a New Champion airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on MTV.
