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Tony Raines of The Challenge dives into Whitterview 52

                   

MTV Challenge Fans are you ready for this weeks interview? I am pleased to introduce the next interview-ee, Challenge Favorite: Tony Raines. 

Wait... You're here for Tony Raines the professional stock race car driver? Well move along now, nothing to see here. Unless you want to get to know the cooler Tony Raines. You can stay. 

You first got to meet Tony on Real World: Skeletons and from there he made his way over to The Challenge. He got a season win on Champs vs Stars. He was also awarded Male Competitor of the Year and Male Cast Member of the Year in 2018.

We last saw Tony on Final Reckoning and now he's here to break down what he thinks of the new season of The Challenge: War of the Worlds. We also play This or That. 

So let's get to it! Put your hands together for...……………………. Tony Raines!



Tell me about you:
TR: I have 2 beautiful daughters and a wonderful fiancé. I grew up in a small rural town outside of New Orleans.

Growing up did you ever think you would be on Reality TV?
TR: I never in a million years thought I would do reality tv. It’s just so far fetched because of the amount of people that apply.

Have you ever gotten asked if you were Tony Raines the professional stock race car driver?
TR: That’s actually pretty funny because I knew of him before I did Real World and after Real World I would Google myself and he would pop up. I have never been mistaken for him though but people have brought it up to me before that there is another Tony Raines out there.

Tell me about your first show (The Real World) what was it like entering into the world of Reality TV?
TR: Complete insanity. I adjusted pretty quickly to the cameras though.



What has been your favorite season of The Challenge to be on? 
TR: My favorite season has to be Vendettas. I may have come up short at the end but I trained very hard before that season and I’m proud of my performance throughout the season.

Is there a particular Challenge that has been your favorite?
TR: The underwater challenge on Vendettas was my favorite because of the insane difficulty of it. 15 feet underwater, swimming 90 feet across at night is just crazy.

After watching this season so far, do you think there would have been any challenges you have excelled at? Or did bad at?
TR: I would have loved to participate in the tire challenge where they were getting dragged. I think I would have killed that.



If you were on this season who would you want as your partner? 
TR: The easy choice is ninja Nat or Cara but I would loved to have had Georgia. I love her scrappiness.

If you could have any celebrity as your Challenge partner who would it be? 
TR: Guy: Tom Holland 
Girl: Scarlett Johansson 

What was it like winning Champs vs Stars?
TR: Huge accomplishment that felt surreal. To come from behind like and pull off a win was huge especially with the competitors we were going against.



Say you were given the reigns- you got to design a challenge. What would it be called and what would you have the competitors do? 
TR: It would be called death trap and we would have to dive off a platform 30ft high and swim underwater through rings that span over 100ft.

If you could have dinner with three people who would they be and why?
TR: Batman, Elon Musk, and Joe Rogan. Pretty self explanatory why.

And finally, what's a fun fact some people may not know about you?
TR: When I was 12 I had bleach blonde hair.





THIS OR THAT: 

Johnny Bananas or CT

• Coin flip
Marie or Angela
• Angela

Vanilla Ice Cream or Chocolate Ice Cream

• Vanilla

Read Minds or Be able to fly

• Read minds

TJ Lavin or The Miz

• TJ

The Real World or The Challenge

• The Challenge 


You can follow Tony Raines on Instagram & Twitter: 
ig: @t_raines
t: @tonyraines
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