The Challenge
Whether they love her or love to detest her , longtimeThe Challengefans were probably disappointed when veteranTina Barta quitAll star 2last week . Tina has been bringing a fiery personality and fearsome elimination skills to the show ever since her introduction in The Gauntlet back in 2003 , so it was no surprisal when , after a farsighted respite , she hit the ground running in her long - awaited takings . Barta cede in the confessional John Wilkes Booth , prank Ryan Kehoe with a pair of dissolving swim proboscis , and leave behind Darrell Taylor speechless as she refused to budge an in during their nomination calculation – all within the first four episodes . But when Jodi Weatherton won the day by day and send her into the Arena , Tina ultimately go out with a whimper as she turn away to contend against her friend , Melinda Collins , forcing master of ceremonies TJ Lavin to waste the horn and send her home . Hers was a rollercoaster of a return to the show and now , thanks to an consultation conducted after her elimination , Tina is ultimately able-bodied to explain why she became the modish player to quitThe Challenge .
Much has been made of " Nice Tina " in her abbreviated yet impactful appearance , and rightfully so : Tina has a notorious account of explosive andiconic moments onThe Challenge , the noted one being her exclusion from her last full season : The Duel . Tina commute het language with Beth Stolarczyk after a daily before punch her in the look , resulting in an immediate disqualification and remotion from the game . In her return onAll star 2 , Tina temporarily impressed cast of characters fellow member by show a different , more peaceable side of her . But when she was sent into an elimination by rival challenger Jodi Weatherton , Nice Tina apace vanished , supplant by an steamed interpretation much more reminiscent of the Tina from time of year past . But Tina ’s quit was n’t just because of her growing ire . She latterly unfold up about all of the unaired factors that run low into her determination to leave the game .
On the show , Tina mentioned her irritation with howThe Challengebrought out an angry version of herself that she thought she ’d get out in the past , but she now open up with much more insight into what she holler a " leaden conclusion " to quitAll Stars 2 . First of all , her experience was n’t what she expected at all . " I went in under the assumption that it was going to be just chill … we’d do some backyard game , do some of the quondam challenges , " she explained in an interview with theMike Lewis Podcast . " It did n’t go that path . " There ’s more : in accession to feel like the new edition was less fun than the show she remembered , Tina also feel like she had few protagonist and no promise of winningThe Challenge . " Melinda and Tyler … the people who were giving me a fun fourth dimension there were all on the chopping block , " she said , adding that " The writing ’s on thewall . "
participant seldom give up when they are in a favorable position within the game , so in a way , Tina ’s Lunaria annua is admirable . Many thespian invent creative exculpation forquittingThe Challenge ; here , Tina is saying that the show was n’t fun , she did n’t think that she had a shot at winning , and of course , she did n’t like who she was becoming . Only the last of those explanation made the show , but her conclusion was in fact based on all of those divisor , plus one more : the fact that Melinda was one of the multitude that she really liked on the show . It ’s good to say that Tina would not have quit had she the opportunity to go toe - to - toe with Jodi in a strong-arm elimination .
While it can be argued that she should n’t have amount back on the show in the first place , Tina could n’t have hump how the experience would affect her . " I just want to see if I ’ve still get it , " she asked herself rhetorically in the premiere episode . Unfortunately for both Tina and viewer , the result seems to be " no . " But that does n’t necessarily intend that herdecision to leaveThe Challengewas a regretful one .
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