The Challenge Australia: Week 1 Exit Interview 1

0:00 Welcome back to the nullify take but we've got the TNT takes for you on the challenge Australia I am here with one of the first two contestants that were eliminated here in the first episode Billy dip Billy how are you doing today doing really well thanks for having me on I'm so appreciative of you jumping on obviously you've been pretty open on your social media that you're going through a bit of a battle at the moment yourself that's not challenge related so thank you so much for taking the time and I just wanted to start off by saying I wish you a speedy recovery thank you very much I appreciate you and I appreciate all the all the listeners and all the love and support I'm gaining thank you so much now Billy start off with the challenge Australia this is the first time it's ever being done over in Australia how did you get the call were you aware of the challenge what made you want to do this I mean I got a call from Max marks and I'm asking if I'd like to be a part of this show called The Challenge and you know I quickly looked it up online and I thought Yep this is definitely something that I want to do it's right up my alley I am I've got a lot of energy and I thought this is a perfect show for me you know go out there and just showcase my ability to I didn't I didn't realize it was such a clout chasing show to be quite honest with you

1:20 Know the American shows are a little bit different to the Aussie show but at the end of the day it was a great opportunity for me to go over there and showcase my ability and showcase who I was as a person unfortunately my time there was cut short but that things like that happened you know in previous Seasons that I watched on the American show sometimes you know you love a guy who makes it to the end wins the championship and then the next round he loses in the first round so you know it's you're only as good as your partner unfortunately for me you know Susan was there for a bit of cloud chasing I guess you know but you know I came to win but unfortunately you know this it is what it is and that's the way it goes down yeah I mean you mentioned the American show did you go and watch some of the American Show seasons and things like that prior to coming on and were you away sort of yeah were you aware of the Challenge USA and the format that was on that show definitely I'd watch that closely you know I jumped on Netflix and started watching all of the seasons and trying to get my head around what was coming up you know what I was going to be facing you know obviously when I'm when it came down to you know Susan and I versus Cyril and Jake I thought okay if this is a one-on-one battle thing I'm gonna be sweet so you know I really wanted to go out there and do the best that

2:41 I could but unfortunately for me you know it turned out to be teamwork and you know Cyril and Jack were just able to do I guess me and Susan really wasn't really pulling away she was trying to be more of a dictator and it's quite sad but it is what it is yeah I'm sort of interested Billy when you got onto the show were there people that you knew on the show and did you have people that you gravitated towards early on in the game that you wanted to work with look when I was at the airport I met a girl by the name of sugar Nix and she was a professional boxing champion who I hadn't heard of in the past but I was super surprised to hear that she was like the airport champion and like super Keen to team up with her because I knew you know two fighters together that's going to be a deadly combination but then I quickly gravitated towards Mali you know I mean Marley like kicked it off really well me and Ryan and me and Troy so we decided to you know Grant was also pretty cool so we just got to chatting and stuff like that and sharing stories about you know my journey in boxing and things that I've experienced and tell them a lot of Mike Tyson stories and what have you but then obviously you get to the show and then it's down to the business side of things and you know when I got there I thought that so I thought that it was going

4:01 To be me and Nick's partnering up because we had sort of agreed that we'd partner up and then right in the last second Bonnie was like okay everybody choose a new partner and I was like sort of caught out in the Lurch and next thing you know Susan walking towards me and I thought I was like oh I don't know about these but anyway it is what it is you know look at them Susan's a nice person I don't have no I don't hold no grudges against anybody it is what it is it's just a game and what's happened is happened and you know it was a great experience you know it's to be you know I'm just so thankful to the challenge and so thankful to Brian that for giving me an opportunity to get on the show and showcase who I am yeah I mean you mentioned that some of the early Seasons there's players that have won and then went out early in the next season there's actually even the greatest player of all time over in the US Johnny Bananas who've won more than anybody else he left I believe first or second in his first season as well so you never know I mean if you know there's the opportunity in the future you get another call would you be answering it if bryony wanted you to come back and play in The Challenge USA season two and if you're obviously physically capable of doing it well let's just put it this way if God allows me to walk out of this Hospital alive which I believe he will and I get a call up from The Challenge Australia saying we'd

5:21 Like to see you in the next season I'll definitely be acknowledging now with a yes you can you can hold you can hold me to that well definitely and you mentioned that Susan walked up to you and sort of wanted to partner up with you did you have any conversations with Susan prior to this were you shocked that she gravitated towards you why do you think she chose you so early on well Susan and I are with the same sort of company in regards to Max markson and when we were on the plane she was like oh we need to stick together and this and that I was like oh yeah for sure you know I mean but I never thought that she'd walk towards me you know like obviously I was a little bit you know shocked at the time and I knew that this was going to be a task where you're going to need to have some Fitness behind you and she didn't look like the fittest person but you know at the end of the day you just you got to take the cards that you dealt with and that was the car that I was dealt with and I just did the best that I can and I was trying to wheel her over it wheel her over the line by holding her hand telling her to grab on my shoulders do whatever you got to do let me just help you let's get to these tokens we can't get eliminated and you know I mean unfortunately crumbled the way that it didn't you know we were said to go home and it is what it is but as I said here our setbacks pay both comebacks and I'm making I'm already preparing myself mentally for the next season that's a great there's

6:41 A great place to be also you seem to be a man of Faith you seem to be a man who's really into your religion how difficult was it to be in this house where you're an athlete you're someone that probably don't drink you know you focus on your craft your whole life to be in this house where it seemed like people wanted to let loose a little bit and there was more of a party Vibe as well do you believe that made it a little bit harder for you to connect with some of your classmates here in the early stages definitely most definitely but at the end of the day I just said you know each of their own I sort of just took my time to sit away from those things you know anytime any partying or drinking or anything was going on I always just stand in a little corner for myself to sit in I've never drank alcohol in my life never smoked a cigarette never taken a drug you know and never been that party type of guy so you know I just would sort of just ease my way to the side sort of try to stay away from everything and at the end of the day I don't discriminate against discriminate against anybody they can do what they want to do and I just do what I want to do yeah and that first daily challenge we spoke about it a little bit yourself and Susan being together how difficult was it did it translate on the TV how difficult it was for you to run up and down that's their case the whole time and get your plates was it can you talk me through the challenge itself and the difficulties you had maybe doing that and working with your partner

8:01 For me it was it was quite easy because I do a lot of stairs work you know like my uncle Angelo's my extreme big additional trainer and my running coach he makes me do loads of the time so for me that was something that I was prepared for we were actually preparing for that we actually did that in the lead up so you know when that challenge came up I was good to go but the thing is that if it was just me running up and running back down running up and running back down after doing my problem but the thing is here I am trying to pull this weight called Susan up the stairs down the stairs and you're not allowed to touch the token unless your partner's like right next to you so it was really challenging I'm up there like I'd make it up then and she wouldn't be up there for the next like two or three minutes on screen Susan come on we've got to get this token you know but it is what it is look at the end of the day I'm not gonna bag Susan she did the best that she could you know that's her physical capability and at the end of the day we're all capable in certain ways she's a very capable fashion fashionista but you know when it comes to Fitness and stuff she's got work to do now Jack and Cyril they were ultimately chosen as the team that everybody was going to sabotage and make sure that they were going to be last can you talk me through how that decision was made and when you found out that

9:22 The team or how much of a part you took in actually nominating them as the team that was going to be lost in that challenge well I really had nothing to do in the real corner so I had nothing to do with that at all I was just you know as soon as Brony flipped the switch and basically said okay you got it for somebody's played up everyone's saying that I'm you know Cyril and was really struggling to get her breath in and so everyone was like this is go for Cyril so I just followed suit you know I mean I they everyone was dropping her on her one so I just said okay I'm just gonna follow suit whatever it is what it is you know that's the name of the game better than they as you saw you know sorry exactly ended up winning so you know it is you know what seemed to be like a I'm going to be a walk in the park didn't end up end up it ended up being a bit of a difficult situation and you know obviously you know Susan wasn't just I mean Susan wasn't physically capable enough to climb and pull this rope and stuff so it is what it is now it kind of looked like you had a conversation with Emily at the party club scene where you sort of tried to use an intimidating tactic to not get eliminated or I guess it will not get voted into the elimination I should say looking back at

10:42 That now can you talk me through what you're thinking was sort of having that conversation with Emily well I approached Emily just saying that look you know ideally I don't want to go in but if I have to I will I did say to Emily I said to her that if it's a one-on-one thing you know I'm not sure if Jack's friend you want to put him up against me in a one-on-one situation but I mean that's your call at the end of the day he's your friend so it's just lucky for Jack that it wasn't a one-on-one thing because if it was you know I'm more than capable of when it comes to one-on-one and I'm a good wrestler I'm a good you know all that sort of stuff so but luckily enough for Jackal wasn't a one-on-one thing in those teamwork and in so role were able to work well together and me and Susan you know Susan wasn't willing to put her body on the line that's the end of it yeah how shocked were you to find out that Jack and Sorel was targeting your team so early on what do you think the reason was that they were coming after you because there was a situation that broke out where I went out to have a conversation with Emily and Jack and sorrow sort of you know being Cloud Chasers come out and wanted to get involved they're saying the cameras were there and they just came out and basically shared a few words

12:02 And I shared a couple words with them and I think that was the start of the you know that was basically the downfall that happened there because originally they weren't looking at me and me and Susan they're looking at somebody else and you know it is what it is at the end of the day they ended up choosing us and you know we were eliminated and as I said you know we you know we went home early but again you know Johnny Bananas as you said had been eliminated first and come back and won many series and now I plan on coming back and winning a few series myself don't worry about that's the Champion's attitude I love that also looking at the cast you were out there you saw firsthand what people had to offer in this first daily challenge who were you the most impressed by and who do you think that we as the viewers should look out for the rest of the season there's a there's a few people who then need to watch out fly I would definitely say Kieran is one of them he's in the keys of competitor Kieran you've got Marley's an absolute gun Troy and Karen therefore that are really just you know to me probably the aces at the moment in the show so I definitely feel that I'd love to see Marley pull it out but you

13:22 Know I believe that Grant Corin Kieran Troy one of them guys is in with a big opportunity especially Troy you know choice you know Ninja Warrior and stuff like very strong physically mentally so it's going to be in this game is a lot about a lot to do with strength and he has a lot of that no that's great also Billy I want to give you an opportunity to plug anything you want at this stage let people you know make them aware of anything you're doing or anything that's going on if you've got anything that you want to sort of say to the fans yeah for sure I've got I've worked been working really hard on my autobiographies for some time now and hopefully sometime next year in February or March my autobiography will drop and it's going to be a Tello The Story of My Life now actually the book will end with me beating this cancel and yeah I'm just looking forward to getting out of this place and just getting back to my life with my family and you know to all the listeners and the followers out there if you'd like to follow my journey it's very simply you can follow me at Billy div on Facebook Instagram and Twitter I appreciate the love and support and I thank you guys so much for the challenge Australia thank you for the opportunity and we may have lost bully there but I'll be sure for those people that have listened to this podcast or this

14:42 Video on YouTube I'll be short so I'll be sure to put the links on the description for this as well