"It was a very hard season": Tori Deal talks about her journey on The Challenge: USA season 2

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Tori Deal (Image via Instagram/ @tori_deal)

Season 2 of The Challenge: USA was a rollercoaster of entertainment for fans and intense competition for the cast members. Among the stars featured in the latest season were Wes Bergmann, Michaela Bradshaw, Paulie Calafiore, Cassidy Clark, Luis Colon, Tyler Crispen, Tori Deal, Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio, and Michele Fitzgerald.

Additionally, Amanda Garcia, Dusty Harris, Chanelle Howell, Ameerah Jones, Alyssa Lopez, Jonna Stephens, Josh Martinez, Tiffany Mitchell, Sebastian Noel, Faysal Shafaat, Alyssa Snider, Monte Taylor, Chris Underwood, Cory Wharton, and Desi Williams also appeared.

As The Challenge: USA season 2 concluded, Desi Williams and Chris Underwood were crowned as the winners, while many other cast members did not achieve the trophy, they did make a mark on fans' hearts. Tori Deal is one of them, as she recently talked about her journey on the show's season 2 in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. According to her:

"It was a very hard season — I can't even believe I made it to the end. When I saw that it was Bananas, Cory, and myself, for the people that came in to represent The Challenge, three of us out of the six made it. That's massive."

She also shared her reaction to watching her performance on television after The Challenge: USA season 2 premiered on August 10, 2023, and ended on October 19, 2023. Her reaction was as follows:

“I was really happy with it. Obviously I can look at the season and I can be disappointed, and in certain areas I am, but I'd be doing myself a disservice if I was only disappointed.”

Besides Tori, Chanelle Howell, Chris Underwood, Cory Wharton, Desi Williams, Faysal Shafaat, and John "Johnny Bananas" Devenanzio also competed in The Challenge: USA season 2's finale episode.


Tori Deal discusses her disappointment with season 2 of The Challenge: USA

The Challenge: USA season 2 finale saw fierce competition between the cast members, each of whom was focused on winning the trophy and $250,000 prize money. During the interview, Tori shared the following about what she is most disappointed in:

“[Laughs] Ax throwing. Spelling. When you get that close to the end, you wonder, "Am I going to win this one, too?" But I did have a different feeling in my body the day that I went in to that final than I did when I went into the Ride or Dies final. I did feel like it wasn't my season. But I did feel like, in another way, it was my season by being the only female vet Challenger left.”

Additionally, she discussed what she "regrets most" about her performance during season 2 of the show, The Challenge: USA. In her words:

“The thing that haunts me the most is the thing that I feel pulled me out of my own character: Voting for Josh in the very end. It's still something that I'm like, "Damn, I really messed up on that one." I wish I wasn't trying to be so calculated. With Josh's story, it's a little bit more personal because he hadn't made it to a final yet.”

As well as The Challenge: USA season 2, Victoria Patricia "Tori Deal" Dehel has appeared on several other reality TV shows, such as Are You the One? season 4, Are You the One? Second Chances, Ride or Dies, Dirty season 30, War of the Worlds season 2, Spies, Lies & Allies, World Championship, Champs vs. Stars season 1, Champs vs. Stars season 2, Final Reckoning, Total Madness, and Double Agents.


CBS also offers fans access to all season 2 episodes of The Challenge: USA.

Edited by Abigail Kevichusa
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