Now, a year and a half later, he’s decided to give theAll Starsspinoff a chance.
That’s why he had high hopes going intoAll Stars 3.
But while Bergmann was hoping for an easy and fun season,All Stars 3was no picnic for him.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:Last time we talked,it was after your tough elimination loss onDouble Agents.
You weren’t feeling positive about returning toThe Challengebecause of how your exit went down.
What inspired you to come back for this season ofAll Stars?
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I’m just not really afforded that opportunity.
Who reached out to you afterDouble Agentsto apologize?
Did that affect your game onAll Stars 3?
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It’s a different crew.
TheAll Starspeople don’t need to speak for the mistakes that theDouble Agentspeople made.
I mean, it was a crew that formed the Losers Alliance.
All of them were half-hearted because very few, if none of them, were public.
I mean, it is what it is.
Webster’s dictionary would agree with me.
I’m just using science to define this.
What did you learn from your time onDouble Agentsthat affected how you played this season?
I didn’t learn anything.
But I am excited to get amongst a new group and at least attempt to start fresh and clean.
I had no real drive to win.
I found out very, very quickly that that just wasn’t going to be the case.
You’re not allowed to be here."
You absolutely count as anAll Staron every level.
Everything they were fearful of … if they had just ignored me, I would have not done anything.
But instead it turned into a war.
It wasn’t the vacation that I was hoping it was going to be.
What do you think is going to surprise fans about the way you approached this season?
I’m going to do everything.
Incredible, I cannot wait to see that.
Looking at the cast ofAll Stars 3, who were you most worried about reuniting with or competing against?
It’s impossible not to note thatJordanis there.
But then he’s as close to a professional triathlete as it gets.
And a triathlon is about as close to a final there is.
That fact definitely didn’t go over my head.
Did you train any differently for this season than you have in the past?
I lifted a bunch of weights.
I was in incredible shape going into it.
But I was in incredible shape and very ripped going intoDouble Agentsand that didn’t matter.
So I went in pretty darn ripped.
So I thought that was quite the compliment.
Well, congratulations on that.
Who on the cast were you most excited to work with?
I was very excited to work with Nehemiah and Melinda.
That’s a brother and sister for life, and I’m also throwing Brad into that as well.
I consider them family.
They’re as close to blood as can be.
Getting the honor of playing with them again, I was very much looking forward to that.
Who on the cast surprised you this season with how they performed?
In a good way or a bad way?
Sylvia and Kailah are going to come out really, really good.
Those two did a really good job.
I mean, the odds are really good.
The likelihood is high I’m going to be the funniest guy on the show.
The likelihood is high that I’m going to be the most important political figure of the show.
The likelihood is high that I’m going to be a threat in a lot of the daily challenges.
Basically everything that a viewer could ever want to watch on their TV, I’m going to bring.
The Challenge: All Stars 3premieres Wednesday on Paramount+.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
