Star Turn: A Challenge Fantasy Podcast

Welcome to the last and final episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the entire season of The Challenge: All Stars 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+, and our accompanying Fantasy Season to go with it! Join us as we discuss our favorite and not-so-favorite things that happened this season as we welcome back our guests, 2x Challenge Fantasy Champ, Edna, manager of the team "Champs and Chumps", and Giselle, manager of the team "Banana Backpack". We have a roundtable discussion about who's the MVP, who had the best edit, who should have been the one to win, and much, much, more! It's the last episode so definitely don't miss this one! Notes: You can find Giselle on Instagram: ⁠@thisgisellerox The Final Veronica Standings are: Veronica 5, Leroy 3, Steve 1 (you can see them here) Counting the last week, Edna (Champs and Chumps) was in first place for 8 out of the 12 weeks, including the last 7 in a row. The breakdown for who was in first place each week is as follows: Week 1 - Queen Cara Maria Week 2 - Champs and Chumps Week 3 - Rebecca Week 4 - The Inferno Week 5 - Rebecca Weeks 6-12 - Champs and Chumps We couldn't find any clips of Kefla faking the injury on All Stars (but go back and watch the episode where he wins his star in elimination if you want to see it specifically), so here are some examples of the viral Tik Tok dance craze Lastly, if you want to join our Discord chat to talk all things The Challenge and Challenge Fantasy, you can do so here (link will be available for one week starting on Friday, June 28, 2024) To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out ⁠on Medium⁠ Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Edna and Giselle and the rest of our guests from this season! We'll see you later this summer for The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras Fantasy League! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the eleventh episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the twelfth and final episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join us as we discuss the final with our guest, Brandon, manager of the team "Polidicks". We chat about our favorite players and moments, how the final turned out, and how it compared to our expectations. You're definitely gonna want to get into this one! Notes: You can find Brandon on Instagram: @btalden To relive the iconic moment where Julie tries to "kill" Veronica, click here To see Coral's iconic delivery of her iconic line "I don't wrestle, I beat bitches up", you can go here Darrell has so many moments to choose from, but here's one great elimination of his Same with Derrick, but if you want to see one of his best elimination wins, check it out here Supposedly Ashley "Millionaire" Mitchell coined the term "Polidicking" on Invasion of the Champions, and as a reminder, "Miriam Webster" defines the term as "the act of using sex to secure your position in the challenge; to stay out of elimination rounds and to stay in the game." To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out on Medium Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Brandon! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the tenth episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the eleventh episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join us as we go over what Challenge Fantasy is and how it works with our guests, Cassie and Omni, Challenge die-hards who have never played Challenge Fantasy before. We talk about our favorite players and moments, the drama for the week, predict who we think will win, and try to convince Cassie and Omni to join Challenge fantasy next season. Get into it! Notes: You can find Cassie and Omni on socials: Cassie's Instagram: @cmanzo45 Omni's Instagram: @heytinydancer Check out Jordan's iconic Elimination battle against Josh from War of the Worlds 2, here And for good measure, also watch Jordan's iconic Elimination battle with Sarah against Zach and Jonna, here Check out Ashley stealing the money from Hunter, here And also watch Bananas steal the money from Sarah, here To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out on Medium Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Cassie and Omni! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the ninth episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the tenth episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join us as we go over what The Challenge is and talk about some of the history for our guest, Alec, a comedian and screenwriter who has never seen the show before. We talk about the drama for the week, predict who we think will win, and try to convince Alec to join Challenge fantasy next season. You definitely don't want to miss this one! Notes: A classic Challenge shower hookup can be seen here, if you like that sort of thing Read up on TJ's experience hosting the Challenge right after coming out of his coma, here Make sure to follow Alec's film, ADVANCED CHEMISTRY, on Instagram (@advancedchemistrymovie) and Tik Tok (@advancedchemistrymovie) Check out the film's trailer, here And if you're in LA, get tickets for the Dances With Films screening on Wednesday, June 26th, at 9:15p To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out ⁠⁠⁠⁠on Medium⁠⁠⁠⁠ Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Alec! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the eighth episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the ninth episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join us as we do our best to avoid spoilers for our guest, Andy, manager of the team "The Inferno", who is very behind on episodes! But somehow we find a way to give you the recaps AND the tea, so make sure you tune in! This one might be a little spicy. Notes: Watch CT's iconic Banana Backpack elimination here Watch the whole Cutthroat episode where the Banana Backpack takes place, on Paramount+ The iconic moment was even featured in an episode of the Showtime show YELLOWJACKETS (also owned by Paramount), which you can read about here Catch up with THE TRAITORS, only on Peacock And finally, check out the statistics we were quoting here To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out ⁠⁠⁠on Medium⁠⁠⁠ Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Andy! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the seventh episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the eighth episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join us as we delve into the drama surrounding the ladies of the house! There was some question on if Kam "threw" the weekly challenge, and we talk about Cara vs Laurel and Nicole. My guest this week is Caroline, manager of the team “50 Is The New 20”. You don’t wanna miss this one! Notes: Wes' partner on Fresh Meat was Casey Cooper (not Mandi), and they went 5-0 that season on their way to finishing third in the final Check out one of Wes's best eliminations here, and learn more about Wes himself here Watch CT's best Challenge Moments here To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out ⁠⁠on Medium⁠⁠ Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Caroline! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the sixth episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the seventh episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join us as we delve into the best challenge week of the season—Trivia! We'll let you know how it was all scored, and get into some of the fun gossip from this season and past ones. My guest this week is Kwame, manager of the team “Wes's Monster Truck”. You don’t wanna miss this one! Notes: You can find Kwame on socials: Instagram: ⁠⁠@ghanamerican Twitter: @ghanamerican Confused about Wes and his Monster Truck? Check it out for yourself! To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out ⁠on Medium⁠ Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Kwame! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the fifth episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the sixth episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+.⁠⁠⁠ Join us as we delve into the big drama this week and how it was all scored, and talk about our favorite moments from Challenges past. My guest this week is Edna, manager of the team “Champs and Chumps” and the winner of Season 39’s Battle For A New Champion Fantasy League. You don’t wanna miss this one! Notes: You can check out the GOAT CT's most iconic fights ⁠here⁠ From Ace's Challenge Wiki: Clyde Daryn "Ace" Amerson is a contestant from The Real World: Paris. He was a finalist on The Inferno 3. He also competed on The Inferno, Battle of the Sexes 2, The Gauntlet 2, All Stars 1, and All Stars 4. To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out on Medium Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Edna! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the fourth episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the fifth episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠⁠on Paramount+ Join me as I delve into who's on my team, who scored what points, who went home, and who's leading the week. No guest today, so you get to hear a lot about your host! Notes: Check out the iconic political gameplay of Kam in Final Reckoning here Check out TJ Lavin's scandalous behavior here To follow along, check out ⁠⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠⁠ To read the weekly recaps, check us out on Medium Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to me! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Welcome to the third episode of Star Turn, A Challenge Fantasy Podcast, celebrating the fourth episode of The Challenge: All Stars, Season 4, now streaming ⁠⁠on Paramount+.⁠⁠ Join us as we delve into who's on whose team, who scored what points, who went home, and who's in the lead. Our guest Lissette joins us to talk about her team, Queen Cara Maria, and gives us the inside scoop on who she thinks might take it all this year. We also discuss Cara and Johnny Bananas and who we think is the best Challenger of all time! Notes: You can find Lissette on socials: Instagram: ⁠@followustothecastle You can relive the iconic Johnny Bananas moment where he steals the money from Sara here To follow along, check out ⁠⁠Challenge Fantasy online⁠⁠ Produced by Sasha Nonas-Barnes and ⁠⁠Dark Matter Entertainment⁠⁠ Follow us on social! Instagram: ⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠@dmeprods⁠⁠ Thanks to The Challenge: All Stars, Paramount+, and to Lissette! Music provided by: An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US