#159 Challengers Unplugged: Kyland Young Beyond The Edit

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Hey Fandom! Welcome back for another epic episode of Challengers Unplugged: Beyond The Edit with Kyland Young. This interview was conducted in two parts over a 5 day period where more of our team was available during the first part but not during the second part. We also upgrade our camera in between part 1 and part 2 so if you notice some differences there, that's why!

Buckle in as we sit down with Kyland for over 3 hours of everything life, reality TV, Corporate America and so much more. We kick off by talking about where he was born and raised, what he wanted to be when he was younger, his college major and how he met his best friend Brett Savage. We also discuss a few of his previous jobs including working for Blavity, Cutco and Scholy. Then we break into his introduction into The Challenge, how difficult it was to send Sarah Beth home on Big Brother, why the BB house is the hardest for reality competition shows, why Big Brother contestants have seen so much success on The Challenge, and what has he learned about getting voted into elimination. We also discuss his diagnosis on the Spectrum, various game styles that can be successful on The Challenge, how he prepared with research before going onto The Challenge and was he contacted for World Championship? (0:00 - 1:01:00). In the second part we break into Kyland's time playing The Challenge and we start off by seeing which Challenge vet he would have chosen on Worlds, which type of players he wants to face in elimination, Goku mentality and which Marvel character is Kyland most like? We also find out how Kyland and Horacio met, who Kyland's only real friend was going into The Challenge 39, meeting Melissa, whether or not the country alliance was real, and what were the self nomination speeches really like? We also discuss what happened with Colleen, Jay's game play, going into elimination 5 times, how his relationship with Zara began, what truly happened during the "laughing at ASAF" issue, where him and Olivia stand now and what would be his advice to Olivia to deal with the social backlash? Finally, we close out the interview by discussing Michele's authentic reaction to Laurel showing up, whether or not he would change anything about his strategy in the elimination against Nurys, were the eliminations and final truly equalized, which mercenary win meant the most and of course, Kyland addresses the rumors that there was a deal made to throw that elimination to Nurys. All this and so much more in this epic 3 hour breakdown of Kyland Young's life and reality TV experience! We hope you all enjoy and make sure you check out our new merch line now available with multiple designs!

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