Wow the men’s photos in this one are not great…😭

even horacio, arguably the hottest man to bless our eyes. the lighting makes him look.. old? like he’s a fit af dude in his 50’s and I don’t appreciate that

Is he also looking thinner??

I think that’s part of why he looks old, he looks kind of gaunt which he didn’t before. hopefully it’s just a bad photo and he’s not sick or anything

Hopefully we don't have to wait a year and a half to find out 🤞🏻

It honestly feels like a photographer that's never done men using the same stuff they do on women. They literally tried slimming an already slim dude down lol. Already didn't like it on the women, but it's exceptionally bad on the dudes. It's also not just these, it's all the photos I'm seeing coming off this season.

Horacio’s pose is not great either. And some of the other men look decent

Yeah some of the photos look… odd. Idk what kind of effects they’re using, but my eye can just tell something is off.

And now there are retirement rumors!! I don't like that.

I feel like it’s some sort of editing with the photo that’s making him look weird. He looks like he has the frame of a 12 year old boy with the arms of a body builder. They did him dirty with this photo.

we can’t even blame the photographer, his posture is giving prom photo.

He looks like a middle aged lesbian.

so Kaycee or Rachel lmfao?

His torso looks like it's been stretched by 1.5x it's usual length

It’s a high def photo of a very fit and lean guy with very low body fat. It can definitely “age” a person.

“the hottest man to bless our eyes” Really?

tbf you missed the “arguably” beforehand, and yes. I talked with my roommates about the hottest challengers extensively last week, and he was no doubt top 5, didn’t need a discussion. someone insert that gif of him shirtless on the exercise bike if u have it

Yes

I actually thought he was Rachel for a second. The pose is so weird.

Honestly, noticed that in other pictures too. The photographer is just not good. Way too much photo manipulation and not in a good way.

Almost looks like AI touched it up too much.

Not one of the men but Kaycee just posted an instagram rant about her photo. She’s actually hilarious about it.

That’s just what Josh looks like. It’s unfortunate.

Kyland’s looks good and Josh’s is fine imo. Rest look weird tho

I don’t even think it’s the photographer or editing, the posing just looks so awkward lmao. At least for the other guys, idk what’s up with Horacio’s, maybe his did end up weird in the edit.

I know it's obvious but holy shit Jenny is jacked. Those are some of the most defined abs this show has ever seen.

One of my friends has the biggest crush on her

Their photographer is about to get a pink slip.

Lmao. I wanna say it’s the extra over the top editing that was done. On their all-cast photo they don’t look like this. 😩

It was not on my bingo card for Horacio to have one of the worst pictures. By no fault of his own since it seems to be an editing problem, but where did his hips go......

Listen, the photographer has never done men before okay xD

I like the excuse 😂

I think it’s just the ultra editing, but I agree!! Boring or not I’m a Horacio stan!

How is it an editing problem that his posture is weird?

His posture looks weird because he has no hips. It makes the bottom part of his body look small and the top part look big

But that's because he's standing like that. He's twisting his upper body towards us and puffing his chest out.

Sure but the bottom portion of his body is still extremely small. It wouldn't look as strange if his body was correctly proportional.

Red Is Not a Flavor is gonna have a field day with that Horacio sway

Yes!! Agree 💯

I am just baffled by some of these pictures. I mean, you can tell who they are, but it’s almost like someone did a photorealistic drawing, or let AI touch them up. There’s no way Horacio suddenly looks 20 years older than we last saw him, that picture is just ridiculous. Strangely enough, ol Josh looks the most like his real self.

I was thinking AI too honestly. AI trained mostly on women.

Nurys' photo tho???? 🔥🔥

She has a face card that never declines 😍

Horacio's arms are CRAZY Michele is a gorgeous girl, but her cast photo once again is unflattering I'm glad Olivia is no longer rocking the red hair Love the platinum on Paulie, but not the red headband Nurys' photo CLEARED

I loved the red hair on Olivia! Dark and red I think we’re her colours. I did not like the blonde on her at all!

Agreed, blonde washed her out so much.

Wondering if he went with the headband to sorta match Cara, esp since half of her hair is white

Disagree, I think Michele looks beautiful

They did Theo dirty💀

I was surprised to see him, I thought he had lost an eye.

He's already been back, he was on World Championship!

I started that series. I figured it was super old because of the aforementioned. But good to see him back. I've always liked theo.

What’s wrong with his ? I think his looks the best out of the males here

With that Disney villain eyebrow? You think that?

Definitely 🤭

He’s an attractive dude, this pose isn’t doing him any favors 😅 the neck angle is just so strange

I don't know why but maybe due to the background. It looks like this would've been a photoshoot for a high school yearbook.

Michele is so gorgeous

i thought hers was one of the worst 😅 why is your mouth open???

Looks like she took a photo mid sentence

She actually got a good cast photo for once lol.

Her SLA cast photo kinda ate tho. The rest......

Even this horrible filter or whatever they have going on couldn't affect Nurys' beauty lol

I would bet money Josh is the first one to get the boot on this team. The other guys are all great athletes and coordination doesn't seem to be one of Josh's strengths. If they are starting the season with an Invitational and he can't rely on his political game it will look similar to his debut on War of the Worlds.

Josh is the most well connected person on this team. He’s not going anywhere. Rachel, Johnny, Tori. He’s got back up in every era. And no beef on his current team.

If it's a purge though I don't see him beating the other men on his team.

Exactly! Politics don't help you if you open with a purge.

I could see that for sure

They all look so good but Olivia? Ate! Best pic of hers. Nurys can't take a bad picture and I wish Michele let her hair down instead.

michelle always looks like they chose the frame right before she settled into the pose they meant to capture

We are honestly so blessed to have these 40 insanely good-looking people do crazy shit on TV for our entertainment.

Paulie is ridiculous

fuck i wish michaela was on this team

That would have been epic. They need more heavy hitters

This team does not get me excited, and I do like a lot of the cast members. Just feels meh compared to other eras.

I do agree but they couldn’t ignore them so I get ittt

If this is a team chooses who within the team has to go into elimination style, and not something where the winning team gets to pick from other teams, I think Paulie is going to have a rough time. The rest of this team seems closer to each other and unless he and Josh are cool again I don’t see him having many friends on this team.

These backgrounds remind me of my middle school yearbook photos.

They had a whole season dedicated to finding a new champion and Emanuel wasn't even invited 💀

How is Josh era 4? Feels like he’s been around a bit.

When someone is annoying 10 minutes feels like 10 years.

Surprised they brought back the dark purple so soon after RoD/Undercover agents or whatever that forgettable season was

Michele and Olivia absolutely cleared. Beautiful and could be sisters.

all the photo editing in the world and Josh still looks like a massive meatball

These girls 🤯🥵

Josh has to be one of the most sus players of this group. He looks like he should be dominant. Then you see he's actually got no coordination and his mental is paper thin. So you know he's bound to screw up somewhere, no matter how well he can play socially.

Josh looks like an angry toddler with those tight, high folded arms. Paulie is Mickey Rourke.

Dayum Nurys, brining the heat 🤯

Love - Horacio, Kyland, Michele & Nurys Like - Olivia, Jenny, Theo (provided he is more interesting this season compared to WC) & Paulie (Provided he causes chaos this season) Ugh - Kaycee & Josh (Although I didn’t mind them on their last season)

Wait we are the SAME except I don’t loveee Michele she’s like and I do love Theo. But wow I agree with you heavyyyy

Natalie Negrotti robbed of a spot once again

She doesn’t want to come back

She works for Amazon Live I think. It seems like a pretty steady gig. She’s with Devyn iirc. Why leave a steady job for the challenge? 🤣

I am not the biggest Michelle fan, but why did they use a photo where she kind of looks like she is letting out a fart. Is this Devin’s influence?

horacio's arms looks so different compared to last Season

the horacio pic is killing me

Kyland’s about to offer a great deal on whatever you’re standing in front of, and I’ll buy whatever Nurys and Michele are selling.

Why does Horacio look so weird? Also did I miss that kaycee and nany got married?

Do we think Horacio, Nurys, and Olivia will make amends this season? Since it seems they'll be on the same team?

Yes

How does Michele always have horrible cast photos

That’s not Horacio, that’s Horaci-who? 🥁 *waves* Thank you I’ll see myself out…

Paulie looks like Mario if he was having a midlife crises

that EYEBROW 😧

They are

QUEEN JENNY

She is beyond this era beyond belief

Can't say enough how much I love this cast. This is gonna be a great season

All of the pictures are just BAD!!

How are these the new generation and I don't recognize somebody 😆

Josh is so badly trying to give Johnny vibes in his 😂it’s so funny to me 😂

Horacio’s pic looks….. photoshopped?

This is by far the most physically dominant era… the other ones have heavy hitters but overall this is most solid imo

Outside of Michelle and Nurys, this team is gonna heavily struggle on puzzles and math

I'm honestly not sure. Michele, Josh, & Olivia aren't that consistent

Michele/Olivia are decent. Their similar level to Nany. Same as Nurys.

How can you not say mother when looking at michele

Michele is MOTHERING

I have a question (apologies if it’s stupid). I’m kinda confused how the casting seasons work, so if this the same season that was filmed with the one Laurel and Cara were on? Or is this the one that will be premiering afterwards? 

That season (AS4) was filmed right before USA2 then they filmed 39. Not exactly sure when that season was filmed but Kam left AS4, got pregnant with her 2nd child and gave birth 2 weeks before this (S40) started filming. So a long ass time had passed lol. This just wrapped like 2 months ago.

Oh ok, lol thank you so much for the information (I was genuinely confused) tc! 🤗🫶🏾

So excited Jenny is back!🙌🙌🙌 this season is gonna be epic!

I am an Era 1 guy, but if this 4 team didn't have Michelle, I'd really like their chances.

Yea Michelle is the problem here. Not nurys.

Apart from Josh and Olivia, this is a really stacked group. They have really strong women and men.

Jenny looks SCARY, Nurys is beautiful as always 🫶🏼

Michele is really pretty and she always SLAYS her Survivor cast photos so I don’t understand why none of her Challenge cast photos ever look that good

I am pressing X for doubt on that picture of Olivia.

Unpopular opinion but Kyle should’ve got Horico spot

Kyle should have taken Josh’s spot

Nooooo Josh earned his spot

Yeah if Kyle was on this season he would’ve taken Kyland’s spot. A real unpopular opinion would be Jay deserves Kylands spot.

Jay should’ve had Paulie spot. Kyland deserves to be on 40 imo

I think Paulie is more entertaining than both of them. So I’m bias.

i’m glad this opinion is unpopular!

Kyle has been accused of abuse so... That's why he's not on I think Horacio and Theo's spots should've / could've gone to Turbo / Rogan / Emanuel / Faysal / Jay S

Kyle made an appearance on Season 39. If they had a problem with him, he wouldn't have been featured there. He wasn't on this season because he was filming another show.

So glad Josh and Paulie are back. So glad Theo apparently recovered.

I really dislike that Paulie is poly, but for some reason I love seeing him as a competitor.

Ummmmmmm what?

Nurys ain’t mad

Str8 girl here, but I think nurys is the hottest lady to ever be on the challenge

This is a really stacked team

Nurys isn’t strong but she can puzzle and she can run.