In areality televisiongenre stacked with hardcore, cutthroat winners, nobody is as unique asBig Brother’sJosh Martinez. Winner of this CBS series' 19th season, the young player immediately set himself apart; Martinez entered the house not only with brawn but an ample amount of emotion. His fellow players were shocked at just how passionate he was about this intense game, pairing strategy, wild acts of intimidation (like his infamous pot-banging moment), and a startling amount of tears in a unique style of gameplay that eventually snagged him the win.
He eventually transitioned out of theBig BrotherhouseintoThe Challenge’sbrutal arena, with fans watching as he used the physical prowess that won him multiple HOH competitions to dominate in this program’s hardcore challenges. Martinez was never shy about showing his emotions or genuine personality on either franchise, committing himself to each one completely — which is whatmakes it so surprising that he almost quit his latest series.Josh has faced cunning strategists, dominant challenge beasts, and more without ever giving up…so it’s shockingly hilarious that on his newest show,Destination X, he almost crushed his own dreams because of a bus!
Josh Martinez Knows Cutthroat Reality TV
While Martinez has faced countless challenges in his reality career, none have been as deceptively demanding as NBC’s newest show,Destination X. Hosted byJeffrey Dean Morgan, it sees Martinez and a group of reality TV newbies as they board a completely blacked-out bus and are transported to random locations across the country. The goal is to not only guess where they’re being dropped off in every episodebut endure the grueling physical challenges that each pit stop brings them.And while this is certainly more distance than Josh usually covers on his many programs, the strategy is exactly what he’s used to; he’s proven an expert at using his emotions to gain allies and fool others into overlooking him as a threat. When paired with his long history of physical prowess, it may seem like the perfect experience for Josh to completely dominate. So why did the man consider quitting before the competition even really took off? Because of one aspect that he assures audienceswas the most difficult part of this complex series: that dang bus.
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Josh Martinez has dangled from planes and suffered the horrors of the Have-Not room, yet nothing was as horrific as sharing a tight living space with a bunch of people he didn’t know.The star stressed in an interview with Entertainment Weeklythat these living quarters were the most discomforting thing he’s ever experienced, saying, “Oh, dude, I struggled. I struggled so bad. I didn’t fit in my pod. Even right now, I’m getting claustrophobic thinking about it, I’m like, “Holy s‑‑‑, that was really tough, dude.” Martinez goes on to detail things like clashing personalities, tight sleeping spaces, and uncomfortable body odor, things that are always an issue on reality shows but most people are able to escape — not in this one, though! “It’s part of the game, but a few hours in, I start going crazy.I start screaming at production, “I need some air!“Martinez is able to laugh about the experience now, but he stresses that trying to survive this bus was hands down the most difficult thing he’s experienced during his time on TV – he still has lingering claustrophobia from it! And while there are certainly so many difficult parts ofDestination X, as Josh explains, nothing was as sneakily horrifying as the one space these competitors were supposed to be able to “rest.”
‘Destination X’ Has the Scariest Bus on Reality TV!
WhileDestination Xis sure to be filled with intense challenges and shocking twists, as Josh Martinez attests, the most difficult part of this series is something viewers would never expect: a big bus. This whole situation may seem laughable to longtime fans of the legend; Martinez has squared off against some of this genre’s biggest competitors, so how could a bus almost make him quit? Yet Josh explains the parts of these shows that viewers don’t often see, how the space to rest and rejuvenate is often taken for granted yet is so necessary to ensure these people have what they need to take on any challenge —and to have that space be a cramped bus filled with people you don’t know!?It’s a kind of difficulty that most people will never understand, and while Martinez was able to endure it to give this show his all, he wants to make it clear:Destination Xis one of the hardest shows on right now…and it all starts with the bus!
Destination X
