[Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for\u00a0The Challenge<\/em> Season 41 Episode 4.]<\/strong><\/p>\n In last week\u2019s episode of The Challenge<\/a><\/em>, Johnny \u201cBananas\u201d Devenanzio<\/a> declared himself the centerpiece of the show<\/a> in front of the whole house, including some who\u2019d been on for much longer. What he meant, he later clarified on Twitter<\/a>, is that he \u201ccarried the show through the dark days when nobody else could keep the lights on.\u201d Now we\u2019ll get a chance to see if Season 41, Vets and New Threats<\/em>, can keep the intensity (and the ratings bump he claimed credit for<\/a>) going without the it factor of Johnny Bananas.<\/p>\n On Wednesday\u2019s (August 20) new episode, Chris \u201cC.T.\u201d Tamburello<\/a> finally weighed in on Johnny\u2019s words and said, \u201cWe all love Bananas. We do. Love him. And we are playing a game, but you can sit there and act like you\u2019re the mayor of Challenge<\/em>-ville with the rookies, but with the vets, there\u2019s a lot of bitterness and karma that you rub people the wrong way, especially some vets.\u201d That was not a total condemnation, necessarily, but it showed he rubbed even some allies the wrong way.<\/p>\n Johnny did his best to soften the mood afterward, it seemed, by teaching Turabi \u201cTurbo\u201d \u00c7amk\u0131ran a few naughty phrases to liven up the pool scene. However, that didn\u2019t help him in the game itself.<\/p>\n In the daily challenge, \u201cAmazed,\u201d the contestant pairs had to make their way through a giant container maze filled with puzzles with various difficulty levels. Although CT and Adrienne Naylor won their heat, it was Michaela Bradshaw<\/a> and Ben Davis who emerged victorious overall, while Johnny and Ayoleka \u201cLeka\u201d Sodade came in dead last, earning him an automatic trip to the arena.<\/p>\n With Gabe Wai as the resident \u201changnail,\u201d following Nia Moore<\/a>\u2018s medical disqualification (and, she announced, subsequent retirement from the show), the question for the house was whether Gabe should be voted in, and the answer was ultimately yes.<\/p>\n In the elimination, \u201cHold \u2018Em Back,\u201d Johnny and Gabe had to take turns as offense and defense sides of a curved wall with tokens on the other side, with the goal of, while on offense, grabbing a seat of ropes, hooking them to a harness, and racing tokens to the goal. Although Bananas had a solid strategy, he was simply outmatched by Gabe, full stop.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one of the most frustrating things when you put in all the effort you\u2019ve got. Even on your best day, it\u2019s not enough. The best I could do was slow him down. There was no stopping the bleeding. There was just making death take longer than it otherwise would have,\u201d he later admitted without an ounce of that tough talk that informed the episode before. \u201cIf I could predict the future, these new threats are about to take over this game and not look back.\u201d<\/p>\n Johnny\u2019s showmance partner Dee Valladares<\/a> predicted his exit would have an immediate impact on the politics of the house. Without him around, Olivia Kaiser<\/a> wouldn\u2019t have a lightning rod for her U.K. alliance to target anymore. So will the ghost of Johnny Bananas haunt the house, or will the game continue apace and prove he isn\u2019t the necessary component of an interesting Challenge<\/em> season? We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n For now, the new teams are as follows: Ben and Olivia; Michael and Jake Cornish; C.T. and Sydney Segal; Adrienne and Turbo; Yeremi Hykel and Ashley Mitchell<\/a>; Leroy Garrett<\/a> and America Lopez; Tay Wilcoxson and Theo Campbell<\/a>; Will Gagnon and Aviv Melmed<\/a>; Aneesa Ferreira<\/a> and Cedric Hodges; Derek Chavez<\/a> and Dee; Izzy Fairthorne<\/a> and Derrick Kosinski<\/a>; Leo Dionicio and Cara Maria Sorbello<\/a>; Justin Hinsley and Nany Gonzales; and the first rookie-rookie pairing of the season, Gabe and Leka.<\/p>\n The Challenge<\/em><\/strong>, Wednesdays, 8\/7c, MTV<\/strong><\/p>\n More Headlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.wfmz.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for\u00a0The Challenge Season 41 Episode 4.] In last week\u2019s episode of The Challenge, Johnny \u201cBananas\u201d Devenanzio declared himself the centerpiece of the show in front of the whole house, including some who\u2019d been on for much longer. 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