But something is very different aboutThe Challenge: USA.
All the competitors are standing on the platform in the elimination arena.
Everything looks standard for a season ofThe Challenge.
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Every person on the cast is aChallengerookie but they’re no ordinary rookies.
“But we initiate the show the way that we run it any season.”
One guy and one girl will win.
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There are some updates to the game, however.
“If you win an elimination, you steal [your opponent’s] money.
It adds incentive for everyone to play harder.
“They can’t hide,” Booth says with a smile.
“This has prevented that largely because there’s not really anywhere to go.
It’s all just big open space.
The coverage you’ll see this season is unlike anything that we’ve ever been able to do before.
You’ll see it in the way that we tell our stories.
It’s going to be really good.”
I don’t get it.'
That’s these guys playing their game their way in our environment, I suppose.”
“I think theSurvivoralliances have probably been the most effective,” he says.
“But we’re seeing alliances happen across all the different shows that the cast represents.”
I think it’d be a lot of fun.
And we’ll see it in a certain way because of the globalChallengechampionship that we have planned."
The upcoming Paramount+ tournament pits the top competitors of four new internationalChallengespin-offs against each other in a battle royale.
“We’ll have to take stock before planning that,” he says.
“I would love for it to do well.
I’m very close to this.”
What do I know?
But Booth isn’t stressing too much about the future of the franchise.
“It’s the next level,” he teases.
“It’s not easy, and these guys have never seen anything like it on their other shows.
The Challenge: USApremieres Wednesday, July 6, at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
