Who was sent home in episode 2, “Oh Say Can You See Tiffany?”

Is thisThe Challenge, or is thisSurvivor?

It’s neitherandboth it’sThe Challenge: USA!

“Oh Say Can You See Tiffany” – The CBS reality titans take on their next challenge, “Yeah Buoy,” where they must gather letter pieces from a rotating buoy high in the sky and form as many words as possible. Meanwhile, a SURVIVOR legend looks to cement their dominance in the game, a crafty BIG BROTHER player is a little too popular with other Challengers, and two LOVE ISLAND exes must put their differences aside in order to win a challenge, on MTV presents THE CHALLENGE: USA, Wednesday, July 13 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. TJ Lavin is the host. Pictured (Top Row L-R): Alyssa Lopez, Angela Rummans, Leo Temory, Cayla Platt, James Wallington, and Derek Xiao. Pictured (Bottom Row L-R): Shannon St. Clair, Ben Driebergen, Shan Smith, and Kyland Young. Photo by Laura Barisonzi, courtesy of Paramount ©2022 Paramount, All Rights Reserved.

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This algorithm really said “maximum messiness.”

In related news, I love the algorithm.

Back at the house, every conversation is about the new randomized teams.

“Oh Say Can You See Tiffany” – The CBS reality titans take on their next challenge, “Yeah Buoy,” where they must gather letter pieces from a rotating buoy high in the sky and form as many words as possible. Meanwhile, a SURVIVOR legend looks to cement their dominance in the game, a crafty BIG BROTHER player is a little too popular with other Challengers, and two LOVE ISLAND exes must put their differences aside in order to win a challenge, on MTV presents THE CHALLENGE: USA, Wednesday, July 13 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. TJ Lavin is the host. Pictured (L-R): Cashay Proudfoot, Tasha Fox, and Derek Xiao. Photo by Laura Barisonzi, courtesy of Paramount ©2022 Paramount, All Rights Reserved.

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Cashay and Cinco are dreading having to work together.

Cayla is worried about being a doubleAmazing Racealum team.

He doesn’t have the time or patience for hurt feelings.

“Oh Say Can You See Tiffany” – The CBS reality titans take on their next challenge, “Yeah Buoy,” where they must gather letter pieces from a rotating buoy high in the sky and form as many words as possible. Meanwhile, a SURVIVOR legend looks to cement their dominance in the game, a crafty BIG BROTHER player is a little too popular with other Challengers, and two LOVE ISLAND exes must put their differences aside in order to win a challenge, on MTV presents THE CHALLENGE: USA, Wednesday, July 13 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. TJ Lavin is the host. Pictured: Danny McCray. Photo by Laura Barisonzi, courtesy of Paramount ©2022 Paramount, All Rights Reserved.

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Will Justine follow his lead or continue to sulk?

If she’s getting noticed this early, it’s not a good sign.

After 20 minutes, the team with the most words formed wins.

“Oh Say Can You See Tiffany” – The CBS reality titans take on their next challenge, “Yeah Buoy,” where they must gather letter pieces from a rotating buoy high in the sky and form as many words as possible. Meanwhile, a SURVIVOR legend looks to cement their dominance in the game, a crafty BIG BROTHER player is a little too popular with other Challengers, and two LOVE ISLAND exes must put their differences aside in order to win a challenge, on MTV presents THE CHALLENGE: USA, Wednesday, July 13 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. TJ Lavin is the host. Pictured: Desi Williams. Photo by Laura Barisonzi, courtesy of Paramount ©2022 Paramount, All Rights Reserved.

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They didn’t have to worry about other teams screwing them over after all they did it themselves!

Next, Domenick and Shannon face Enzo and Alyssa.

Enzo and Alyssa end with four words while Domenick and Shannon only have two.

“Oh Say Can You See Tiffany” – The CBS reality titans take on their next challenge, “Yeah Buoy,” where they must gather letter pieces from a rotating buoy high in the sky and form as many words as possible. Meanwhile, a SURVIVOR legend looks to cement their dominance in the game, a crafty BIG BROTHER player is a little too popular with other Challengers, and two LOVE ISLAND exes must put their differences aside in order to win a challenge, on MTV presents THE CHALLENGE: USA, Wednesday, July 13 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. TJ Lavin is the host. Pictured: T.J.Lavin. Photo by Laura Barisonzi, courtesy of Paramount ©2022 Paramount, All Rights Reserved.

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Cinco has to talk her through it, and then she can’t even swim back.

He keeps lapping everyone and grabbing pretty much every letter on the buoy.

He also makes sure to keep his breathing light so he psyches out all his competition watching.

This guy is reality TV villaingold.

David and Kyra end with four words while Tyson and Justine got nine, putting them in first place.

The final round is Danny and Desi on their own.

They work well together, getting six words.

Tyson is clearly rubbing off on her already!

Later that night, Cashay sees Cinco literally carrying Tiffany to bed and it’s super awkward.

Will it work, or is he too late after Tyson promised to help Tiffany?

Earlier that morning, Tyson literally promised Tiffany he would do “anything” he could for her.

Talk about a swift betrayal!

Both Tyson and Justine are grinning ear-to-ear about pulling off this blindside.

These aren’t your typicalChallengeplayers!

I love howSurvivorgameplay is infiltrating this game and dominating so far.

Elimination challenge:Knowledge Is Powered.

Players must light up a power station using four stationary bikes.

After the first two lights go on, a block of symbols appear.

Players must then race to recreate the symbols in the correct order on their board.

The difference between how these teams are approaching this elimination is downright hilarious.

Cayla freaks out about the memory portion and they have to continue biking to finish that round.

It soon becomes clear that while Cashel is crushing this elimination, he’s brought down by Tiffany.

Cashel and Tiffany finally finish their second round, but Tiffany looks like she’s about to pass out.

Too bad she can’t do anything about it in this game.

She’s definitely a player to watch now!

The Challenge: USAairs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on CBS.