Johnny Bananas on The Challenge Premiere: Devin and Leroy Struggle

Challenge: Battle of the Eras He didn’t waste time and went into action. The first challenge of the season has been found Devin Walker again Leroy Garrett struggling with strength – again Johnny “Banana” Devenanzio he says the fans only saw part of it.

While discussing the premiere on Wednesday, August 14, the 42-year-old MTV star told Us Weekly only that Devin, 35, and Leroy, 39, are in the water “forever.”

“I think Devin’s boat sank. But honestly, these weren’t boats. It was like if you took one of those straw hats and flipped it upside down. That was it. You were trying to row like a sausage. It was difficult,” explained Johnny. “I have experience in boats, so even though I had never been on anything like this, I understood the art that was required. I don’t think Devin and Leroy got that right.”

Season 40 of The challenge has cast members divided into four groups: Era 1 (cast members from seasons 1-10), Era 2 (seasons 11-20), Era 3 (seasons 21-30) and Era 4 (seasons 31-40 ). After the first challenge in Wednesday’s first match, the bottom man and woman in each season were automatically sent to the elimination round.

“There was a lot of pressure [during] that is the first challenge because we knew that part of the house will be finished,” said Johnny.

Depending on the season, the opponents in the elimination round will be chosen by the winners of each season following a group discussion in each season’s chat room.

“Sometimes things are brought up in a room where people are in a bad mood that can change the outcome sometimes,” Johnny said. Us of the discussion room. “I prefer it to be like that. Everyone has to come in and tell their case. “

In Era 2, Johnny and Laurel Stucky they were tasked with choosing their opponents Ryan Kehoe again KellyAnne Judd. In an interesting way, Cara Maria Sorbello he asked Johnny and Laurel to make a deal with him after years of playing the game on opposite sides of the house.

“The drama started right away with Era 2,” Johnny said at the time. “I have no beef with Cara Maria, for example. But I know that he and I have not had a relationship for the past five years,” added Johnny. “Although the other women in Era 2, I know them all and I feel comfortable that they will have my back when they push to push me.”

In addition to Johnny, Cara Maria, Laurel, KellyAnne and Ryan, Era 2 is joined by Derek Chavez, Nehemiah Clark, Aviv Melmed, Brandon Nelson again Emily Schromm.

“The boys had a hard time because no one really succeeded, no one really stood out. Not one guy was like, ‘Okay, we really need this guy,’” Johnny said. “So it just came down to the party vote and what everyone wanted to do. But it’s still difficult. As the season goes on, as the tournaments go on, you become more able to determine where people are lying and whether they will be useful to the team. So [episode 1] it was just kind of throwing caution to the wind and just understanding it there. “

Challenge: Battle of the Eras airs on MTV Wednesdays at 8 pm ET. For more from Johnny, watch the video above.