Real World/Road Rules Battle of the Sexes 2: A Preview of the Women's Team

In the original Battle of the Sexes, the women's team was fragmented with drama, and the final team (Ruthie Alcaide, Ellen Cho, and Lori Trespicio) ended up losing to the guys in the final mission. Today, the poster girls for unflattering female stereotypes are the Apex group from The Apprentice. The good news: this Challenge team is three times bigger than Apex, and only half as catty. The bad news: this Challenge team has Veronica.

Aneesa Ferreira (RW: Chicago)

Several months ago, ESPN.com focused on reality television. One writer listed the worst characters from the genre, and Aneesa was at the top of the list. Apparently, excessive nudity is the ultimate sin for some people. She beat out Omarosa, Jerri, Jon Dalton ... even folks like Puck, Emily, and Julie. I think that the nudity is funny, like you never know when she'll get naked next. For instance: remember when Ellen was crying about how Puck was going to kick her ass, and Aneesa just ambles in, holding her bare breasts? That was just so random, it broke up the seriousness of the situation.

In the last Battle of the Sexes, Aneesa made the first Inner Circle, then slid down the rankings. Her lone highlight was trying to convince Ruthie to throw a mission in order to get rid of Emily. It remains to be seen if Aneesa can top her first Challenge performance.

Angela (RR: X-Treme)

Quick question: why wasn't this big-time drama mama on Road Rules to begin with? We started off with three girls, all of whom looked alike. After Kina got voted off (more on that later), BMP shipped Angela in. She fought with her castmates and got cuddly with Patrick. Then Jillian came in to replace Ibis, and proceeded to steal Angela's thunder. From there, it was just a medley of yelling and tearful calls back home. Angela also came perilously close to blowing the final mission, almost costing her team their Handsome Reward.

I'd like to think that Angela might have taken the time between her season and the Challenge to assess her life and make a few changes. Then I saw her in a commercial. What was she doing? Lying in a hammock, crying on the cell phone. I might have given up hope on her, but you don't have to ... at least in terms of the Fantasy Challenge. Crying is worth ten points this season, so Angela is bound to be a gold mine.

Arissa Hill (RW: Las Vegas)

How could I tell Arissa from Irulan while watching their season? Simple: Irulan had the small nose piercing, and Arissa looked like a raccoon. Also, Arissa had the most dysfunctional family, complete with a trash-talking mother. Since then, she's gotten hitched and gone into the music business. She's a big question mark going into this Challenge.

Ayanna Mackins (RR: Semester at Sea)

Ayanna is crazy, but it's a good crazy. Looking past the time she beat up Christian for dropping a certain word that Norwegians should say during Extreme Challenge, I find her to be a nice character. For starters, she ripped Veronica's head off after the Verantula plagiarized Ayanna's paper. We also saw a softer side of Ayanna during Battle of the Sexes, when she got cuddly with David from RW: New Orleans.

Ayanna left on a bad note last time, as she got into a war of words with Anne during the Laser Tag mission, and ended up requesting to get voted out. I think that in the right environment, Ayanna can thrive . But with all the potential drama on her side of the field, can we last that long?

Cameran Eubanks (RW: San Diego)

What can I say about RW's latest ingénue? She's immature. She digs lunks like Brad. She likes punching Brad in the nuts. If the commercials are any indication, she'll be lusting after Mike since she slaps him in the nuts. Other than that? She doesn't leave much of an impression.

Coral Smith (RW: Back to New York)

There are two sides to Coral: On one hand, she hasn't achieved the glory days of Battle of the Seasons, where she teamed with Mike to wreck havoc on RR. She's been dead weight in many missions. Her friendship with Mike seems to be a millstone around his neck. She got bit by a spider in the final Gauntlet mission, which held her team back. After two losses, you'd think she would take the hint, and go to the Oxygen network to do a "Good Cop/Bad Cop" show with her roommate Melissa (current cast member of "Girls Behaving Badly" and my ideal Good Cop).

On the other hand? Coral loves to smack people around. Slappy Stephen gets in her face? Out he goes. Matt talks about how bad women are to get fake breasts? He's a goner. Trishelle steps up to her in two separate Challenges? Gone and gone. Fools jump up, Coral smacks them down, and with some of the best lines ever uttered (on Julie challenging her to wrestle: "I wear a 32DD bra. One boob alone could kick her ass!") And maybe that's why I like her: we're both player-haters, and I see a little of myself in her.

There is some bad news. Rumors are swirling that she is dating Abram. He is the ultimate fool, so how come she's coddling him? Either this is a sick rumor, the most elaborate practical joke ever conceived, or Coral just crossed the line. But she remains one of the most tenacious players in Challenge history. Whether she can outlast Mike may be the mark in which she'll be measured.