{"id":65762,"date":"2026-11-02T22:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=65762"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:59:50","slug":"the-challenge-cutthroat-winner-tori-deal-fires-back-at-rigged-finale-claims-by-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/11\/02\/the-challenge-cutthroat-winner-tori-deal-fires-back-at-rigged-finale-claims-by-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenge: Cutthroat winner Tori Deal fires back at \u2018rigged\u2019 finale claims by viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tori Deal from <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/the-challenge\/\">The Challenge: Cutthroat<\/a> has addressed the &#8220;rigged&#8221; finale rumours after CT Tamburello took a medical break before rejoining the team during the final competition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rigged makes me feel like I didn\u2019t have to actually run 27 miles,&#8221; she told <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/11\/01\/entertainment\/the-challenge-winner-tori-deal-addresses-if-final-competition-was-rigged\/\">Page Six<\/a>. &#8220;I would love it to feel like it was rigged and effortless. 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He then rejoined the team after they had already run miles for the competition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One Challenge legend, Jordan Wiseley basically sums up all of our thoughts in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/challengegodss\/status\/2115276209160679435?a=WCYikcdcnk6I4MUNMys&amp;s=20\">now-deleted post<\/a>. &#8220;And if you did not complete the distance, if you did not complete the race&#8230;hmm. Now I&#8217;m not saying the rules are being bent for certain people, cause I don&#8217;t say that type of stuff, I don&#8217;t talk bad about my show, but someone could maybe get that idea.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tori explained that the show had moved from MTV to Paramount+ for this season, so the final rules had changed and the contestants were unclear about the requirements. &#8220;We don&#8217;t really know these things going into the game,&#8221; she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did know for sure that if somebody was medically DQed, that it would not affect the team. So I think that medical evaluation period is kind of like a buffer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was like the medical evaluation periods still won&#8217;t affect because if it goes into medical DQ, well then that was unfair. But if this person ends up quitting, well then now their team is tanked anyway, and they&#8217;re done. So I think that medical evaluation piece is what people should be looking at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tori revealed that they &#8220;don&#8217;t get rules explained&#8221; to them before competitions, leaving them in the dark, and Team Orange &#8220;kind of had to sit with what it was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like&nbsp;<\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They &#8216;don&#8217;t get rules explained&#8217; 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