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The 10 Worst Political Players in Challenge History

Michael Alvey
11 min readJun 2, 2021

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Ever since the advent of vote-offs on Battle of the Seasons (season five), The Challenge has been just as much about politics as it is about competition.

On shows like Survivor, social game and strategy are considered two separate categories, but on The Challenge the “political game” is both things rolled into one.

While it’s generally agreed upon who the best political players in Challenge history are, there’s less discussion about the worst.

So without further ado, here’s the 10 worst political players in the history of the show.

Honorable Mentions

Wes Bergmann- If this list was being made after Battle of the Seasons (2012), Wes would have been in the top two.

He had horrendous showings on seasons like The Ruins and Battle of the Exes, plus him and Evelyn were at the forefront of the worst political collapse in Challenge history on Fresh Meat II.

But Wes has also played some of the best political games ever, most notably on Exes II and War of the Worlds, so that (barely) keeps him off my list.

Tori Deal- Tori’s name wasn’t on my radar when I first decided to write this article, but after putting a lot of thought into it I had to strongly consider putting her in the…

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