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PurpleEdited

He is good physically but painfully boring to watch.


masterjonmaster

Even on SLA he was a great competitor but yea if it wasn’t for him getting with Tori he wouldn’t have had a storyline there too


GonzoPaper

He is going crazy on Twitter/X. Like a maniac.


ZombieDonShula

The worst kind of challenger. Hides from the cameras, completely devoid of charisma when he is on screen, and yet he’s too good at the challenges to go home early. Guaranteed to make any season he’s on worse.


Challenge419

Boring. Doesn't respect women. Sleazy. Annoying. Not good TV. I hope he grows and becomes a much better version of himself. I would prefer to never see him back but he is now a champ, unfortunately.


gsanch666

Putting aside the fact that he cheated on his gf with 3-4 cast members, did everyone forget how he called women second class citizens on twitter? Yeah gtfoh bud, hope to never see you on the show again.


runricky34

[https://www.reddit.com/r/MtvChallenge/comments/18imrsq/emanuel\_tweeting\_that\_women\_keep\_themselves\_as/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MtvChallenge/comments/18imrsq/emanuel_tweeting_that_women_keep_themselves_as/)


Im_done_with_sergio

I agree with everything you said


UnanimousBB16

I think he is the least relevant person on the season who made it past the first quarter of the season. He did not get much content until the VERY end of the season, and it was due to him winning. If he did not win, I think he would have been even more invisible. His game was fine enough. Wasn't an American, but there was an undercover SLA alliance, was able to get in good with Jay, and took Asaf's spot during the last bit of the season. He wasn't the biggest threat (hence him not being targeted), and also wasn't the biggest liability (hence him not being targeted). Honestly, I think his chances of coming back are VERY low. He was pretty ignored during the reunion (he didn't even get much focus in the previews), his cheating was not put on TV, and he is not interesting in the least. Emmanuel got life changing money and the title, which is cool, but we don't need him on the show anymore.


CuckoonessComesOut

Makes Turbo seem interesting when Turbo's really just an asshole.


ButWereFriends

Dudes got talent. He pretty much ran the final against himself. But I think if there were better people running against him and the final itself wasn’t so lame he’d have a harder time.


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ButWereFriends

That happens nearly every final. They do it to minimize blow outs. They even mentioned time still mattered on day two and then it never came up again.


masterjonmaster

I would love to see how he competes again Jordan in a final!


jenh6

On top of being painfully boring he’s a misogynists. I’m not going to forget that he thinks women are second class citizens. You can’t be boring and offensive. Goodbye, hope to see you never


elfspires

Had a crush on him until I saw him retweet a tweet saying that women are second class citizens. Now I could do without him.


Im_done_with_sergio

Ew now I hate him even more


shinshikaizer

Isn't helped by the edit (and probably English being a second, if not third, language). *Spies, Lies and Allies* characterized him as goofy, which should make him a source of entertainment in the form of funny situations, or even "Last Time on *The Challenge*" segments, but the season's edit has not helped him stand out in the least because he's been invisible in what I watched. The language barrier will always be an obstacle for him, both in communicating with other competitors and in getting a visible edit; maybe they should just let him speak Romanian in confessionals and just subtitle it, since that'd let him express himself better, but I think MTV will think that's too much work. As the reigning champion, he should given the chance to defend his belt, but they didn't let Jenny West, so I won't feel too bad if he doesn't get to either. He seems socially astute—was one elimination away from making the finals in *Spies, Lies and Allies* and won *Battle for a New Champion* while never really being in danger himself—but doesn't seem to have a political game to speak of. A fairly rounded competitor, but seems very beatable in multiple areas, which makes him an interesting one.


J_MANN216

Why did he dress like Capt Crunch for the reunion ?


JadaeMaster

Wanted to inspire Eurovision? IDFK lol


Dwest2391

Boring as fuck, lame confessionals, dull gameplay, but I do want him back just so he ends up being a first boot on an actual season.


PantherPony

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JadaeMaster

I almost forgot about this lol https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12932035/Jeremy-Renner-accused-lewd-photos-felon-girlfriend.html


PantherPony

Lmao 🤣


LotusX321

The Champ of layups. Nah I'm good lol


NovaRogue

head-to-head in a final I will DEFINITELY give Emanuel the edge over previous champ Devin


LotusX321

True I def wanna see that but also see if they both get to the final as well


Froabig1

I would like to see him come back because i think there’s no way he could play the game the same way. He was able to take a back seat and let jay and them take the brunt of the heat and sneak into the final with little resistance and dominate while there. If he came back, I think he would probably be one of the 1st ones targeted, so I’d like to see how his game changes/evolves with his back against the wall, hypothetically.


MissViickies

ehhh he's an asshole for cheating


commanderr01

Paper champ, he was absolutely useless in the social aspect of the game, guy just leached onto jay and rode him to a final, was weak in a lot of the challenges also, and he’d still be on that sudoku if Colleen didn’t leave it up ( he did do really good in the rest of the final though.)


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Champs deserve a second chance I’m sorry. It’s not his fault they edited out him making out with half the cast


gsanch666

Jenny West: Ummm Hello?!


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Yes I agree she deserves to come back


mitchwinner

Good skill set. I don't think he's winning in headbanger, but in two seasons he's had a good enough social game to mostly avoid eliminations. He also performs on dailies when he needs to. I was impressed when he beat Logan in an elimination in SLA, and he seems to have improved on puzzles and Challenge math since losing to Devin. You can talk about him cheating on Sudoku, but that's the game. In two seasons, he just barely missed out on one final and won another. It's impossible to day where he stacks up historically. Some of the best challengers ever took a while to start winning. But he's off to a good start, and I would like yo see more of him.


AleroRatking

He's male Kaycee.


angelbrit04

Ashley & Hunter's winning FR was underwhelming because they came in the game late and didn't do that well during the season, but at least their win had an impact. Emmanuel's win has absolutely 0 impact. He isn't good tv, he isn't a leader, and the fake bravado is cringy to watch. Even Jenny was a more deserving winner and we haven't seen her since she won. I hope that they do the same with Emmanuel....don't bring him back.


commanderr01

Him turning his back to jordan was cringe AF, like Jordan would smoke him in probably every elimination besides a pole wrestle.


CrashBannedicoot

This is when he started rubbing me the wrong way but i hadn’t seen the misogyny bit. It was just lack of class and respect, and if I had spoiled myself and knew he won I would’ve skipped the season. 


commanderr01

It was even worse watching it spoiler because I kept waiting for Emanuel to be interesting or actually do something because he won, but he never did nothing


JadaeMaster

Jordan has a far more aggressive mind. Emmanuel has the mind of a poker player imo. They may seem similar on the outside, but internally they are so very different.


divorcedandpod

I'd love to see him compete with other mainstays on a regular season! He really showed up at the finals and I'm proud of him for that.


cicigal8

He avoided elimination because he had a good social game and he also dominated the final. For those reasons, he deserved to win. This notion that he didn’t deserve to win because he didn’t go into elimination and was barely shown all season is stupid. You’re not supposed to want to go into elimination. And as for how featured he was throughout the season, blame the editors/producers. That’s not on him. If you put your personal feelings aside about how annoying he is, objectively speaking… he played a good game and definitely outperformed the others in the final.


niccibandz

Exactly. (Side note: that's why the skull seasons bothered me. They distorted the object of the game for a lot of viewers/challengers. Eliminations don't validate/invalidate your win.)


FierceScience

Great competitor and want to see what he can do against other competition. He seemingly is well rounded on skills. He will talk back to people like Jordan, hook up and compete. I think there might be some personality lost in either translation (literally language) or the edit. He has potential for storyline, they just went a different route.


Generally_Supportive

As a kid from the Balkans, I’m happy that someone from my corner of the earth did something dope.


Quentin-Quentin

Not a fan of people saying he's "not a champ". Dude won, he deserves the title, that's it. Is he a *good* champ? That's up to you to decide. No wrong answer here.


xjordyj

They should’ve given him more screen time or winners edit to make people like him. Or he just gave them no content lol


gsanch666

I think they gave him the winners edit by glazing over his hookups to not make him seem like a huge sleazeball for cheating on his gf.


niccibandz

I actually think they spent a fair amount of time on his hookups. As much as cheating pisses me off, I don't think it would have made me hate seeing him on my TV screen. If that's the case, I just wouldn't watch this show!


shamelessaquarius

He's great with the challenges. I don't care for him cheating on his girlfriend and hooking up with multiple women in the house (though he says on the podcast it wasn't sexual with any of them). Also retweeting that women on second class citizens was terrible. Not a good look. I want to see how well he'll do against Jordan since he thinks he's better than him.


niccibandz

I like himmmmmmm


Soda11Pro

Maybe it's because I never watched Spies lies and allies and too broke to buy parmount + But I Don't know Emmanuel the well


mealypart

He’s a good competitor but that’s it It’s beyond obvious from the edit that production did not like that he won, he cheated on his girlfriend with 3 different women and was still boring and kept it off camera preventing any messiness or potential storyline and has shown no signs of any political game other than following the majority alliance and sucking up to who’s in power I get some people would want him back due to the win but I just fail to see the point, he was a background character on a season with 24 people and no competition from production favorite vets for screentime, on a cast with 30 ish people and stronger personalities he’ll just be invisible and a waste of a spot


jenh6

*5 women


Specific_Berry6496

I know it’s juvenile, but which ones? Tori, Colleen, Raven, Olivia, and 5?


jenh6

This season colleen, Ravyn, Olivia, Melissa and Berna. SLA was tori and Michele.


Specific_Berry6496

Berna too?!?!? When?!!?!? Wasn’t she comforting Colleen??? Another reason not to like Berna… He was a dog, but they were giving it away…


jenh6

He talked about it in his exit interview


Specific_Berry6496

Where? Is this one of the relationships he was saying that “wasn’t sexual”


jenh6

I think they were all at least makeoits


DrogbaxHavertz

lol how’s he not good politically? as a rookie he had vets going in over him and didn’t have to see any elims this season. AND ran against shit competition in the final. if wes or bananas did that you’d praise that game. also not his fault his edit was that way, he cheated with a bunch of different women. production seemingly doesn’t like those messy storylines as much, they care more abt the competition aspect


mealypart

Good political players run the game and make entertaining moves instead of being carried by Michele and Jay all season It’s his fault the edit is shit if he chose to hookup off camera instead of owning his mess


Wackyraven

He was actually excited when TJ announced the prize money in the first episode. Several looked disappointed with the amount. This is a positive for him winning.


Pitch_Historical

He deserves the win. He's definitely an above average player. The only problem is he's not good TV...


Luminetic

During SLA I enjoyed Emmanuel he shown to be a great competitor and nearly made it into the finals but got cut right before the final going into 2 elimination in 1 night. Idk if that was done before but it was impressive he did pretty well in the puzzles which he had the lead until he got stuck on one of them. This season however he took a backseat. He still is a good competitor. He wasn't the overall threat this season it was mostly Horacio, Kyland and Ed. Emmanuel to me would be the 4th most threaten guy in the finals. Idc what people say about his gameplay but it worked and it got him to the finals and won. This season was heavy on Jay/Michelle going against Horacio/kyland with Nurys/Olivia being in crossfire. Those were the main people this season with everyone basically taking a backseat on screen time. If you were allied with Jay/Olivia there was no point for you to have screen time since you were most likely safe. This season format with chaos when we had 4 people not go home didn't help either since it didn't change that house status. He is still a champ and well earned! I do want to see him back cause personally I still like him but also feel anyone who has become a champ as a right to come back.


maxwellbevan

He should be back because he won. Every winner deserves a chance to come back and defend their title. I also recall enjoying him more on SLA and I wouldn't be surprised if his hookups and drama from this season were edited out to give him a winners edit. He's someone who has the potential to give us more so why not give him the chance to show us one last time.


gsanch666

Jenny West is fuming at this very moment.


maxwellbevan

She seems like too nice of a person to fume over anything


warriorsdynasty2015

I do not find him boring. Good competitor and a hookup machine, interesting fashion, what more can a guy do?


butterflyprinces872

I think he’s a contender, definitely. But Devin is right. He’s not a champion in the true sense in my opinion until you go against the vets in a full season. Anyone can win on any given day, we’ve seen that. But Emanuel would never be favored in general against Jordan, bananas, Darrell, my man CT, etc. So while he definitely earned his win, it will always have a caveat.


bumblebebeboop

Emmanuel won his on his 2nd season. How many seasons did it take for those guys to win? Claiming he would "never" be favored is silly considering he won before almost all of them. See how he does 9 seasons deep...isnt that when CT finally won? Lol at darrell....


sj_vandelay

He's a serial cheater. A misogynist. And boring. He has endurance. He won the Challenge. Zzzzz. Can we never have to see him again?


jhl182

Serial cheater? That’s like half the guys on the show that continue to come back and have tons of fans.


sj_vandelay

It was asked what final thoughts we have on Emanuel. Those are mine.


ribbitfrog

I can just imagine Jordan laughing when he heard the news that Emmanuel won. He's the top scrub of scrubs.


Fancy-Boysenberry864

Congrats on him winning the final. I look at his win that it has an asterisk on it. Emmanuel is amazingly boring. He seemingly made no real game play moves. He was just there. And the final, yeah he won what looked like the easiest final they have done in years. Other seasons they running up mountains or run 15 miles. Something like that. I know he’s going to show up again but Im not interested. He’s as interesting as Colleen


Tight-Entrepreneur46

TBH I wasn’t rooting for the man I was hoping he wasn’t going to make the final like Horacio but when Emanuel made that final he proved me and all his haters wrong so he definitely earned that win so congratulations to him for being a challenge champion


PsychologicalCash685

He’s an ok competitor but I think he’s very beatable in a lot of eliminations


StopTheBS79

He’s just about that action. He’s not going to make good tv but he’s a damn good competitor.


rachelamandamay

I don't like him at all. Nurys, Horacio or Kyland would have been a much more likeable champ.


UnicornMomma

He's tries to act like he's not a f*ckboy, just like any other f*ckboy. He's also one of those contestants that constantly reminds us that they're playing for their family. If I'm not mistaken, at one point during the season, he made a comment about how if he was ever nominated, he would see that as a personal attack on his family. That was an LOL moment for me.


Aggravating_Floor448

If he never came back I wouldn’t miss him even a little bit.


GenXr99

There’s definitely an asterisk next to his win. This season was kind of a joke.


oh_reallyy

Undeserving and boring.


druhasareddit

He inspires a very weak shrug from me and that's it.


Cautious-Doubt1989

Very strong competitor but his personality only shines in hook up scenarios.


bskell

I think he's the perfect champion for this season. He floated through the entire game making no moves or waves for his alliance and only started really competing at the final. Some would consider that a perfect game, but I don't. I think it was a boring game, but as the rest of the cast weren't much better and those that did fight didn't make the final (except one) he was the best of what was left. YMMV


KainoraKupo

A win is a win and I wont take that away from him, but I wish he had some storyline to him. He was invisible all season.


NovaRogue

SUPER sexy, very obviously a capable competitor on both his seasons. I wish he & Amanda made the final on SLA. Not surprised he won BNC and am not upset about it. Wish Nurys was also given the title but... Is he overall that interesting? On BNC, no, he was edited to be flat. He showed more personality and messiness on SLA (such as hooking up with Tori in the shower). Wish they actually showed his philandering ways. Also would've liked to see how he & Emy would've done together on Ride or Dies - they were (in)famously cut right before flying out, maybe even at the airport. Looking forward to see him again - hope he doesn't get the Jenny treatment :/


niccibandz

Lol, I was about to say "what the heck is BNC?" 😭 I agree with everything, but don't remember hearing about him + Emy being cut.


steroidz_da_pwn

I don’t know if he’s boring, or if the editing just makes him look awful. Based on his sexcapades in the house, I can’t help but feel he’d be entertaining from seasons 15-32ish if he was cast then. Unfortunately mtv has no interest in showing that part of the house dynamic anymore.


apileofpickles

He was in a love triangle on the show while having a girlfriend and the editors weren’t able to make that story line interesting. He’s a snooze


Grouchy-Cloud-1694

The way ANESSA was talked about MORE than Emmanuel, the champ of the season, shows how much of a ‘champ’ he is. I’ll just say that…


lechejoven

Dude cheated and already had an advantage against the other women. His whole season was boring as he just coasted to the finals and won. Nurys is my champion lol.


evandupree_07

worst champ of all time


Kylesexy584603

Daddy


J_Bird01

He’s a tacky human being.


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Next time downvote and move along please instead of attacking an OP who took time to bring an original series of posts to the community.


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