“The world could do with a bit more of that right now.”
“We thought, why don’t we flipRivalsandExeson its head.
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They might separate and come back together.
One of the biggest differences from recent seasons?
The spy theme is finally gone.

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“It’s time to celebrate the cast and everything we love about the show.
It’s not trying to be anything else.
“Johnny Bananas [Devenanzio] is back, Nany [Gonzalez] is back.

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We’ve got Jordan [Wiseley], it’s amazing.
And then we’ve got a whole group of newbies who are awesome and really bring it.
And we’ve got a reappearance from Nam [Vo] that’s going to shock you all.

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Oh my God, poor Nam, I won’t say more than that.”
“The world could do with a bit more of that right now.”
But that doesn’t meanThe Challengehas gone soft.

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“It is not like anything that we’ve done in the past,” she says.
Every finalist said that it was the most brutal experience of their lives.”
“Not everybody makes it,” she says.

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