User blog comment:ArtDraw12/TD Theories: Who May Return in Potential Future Seasons?/@comment-5231983-20160613225414/@comment-31556666-20160614232310

Actually there was an explanation for Justin suddenly not having brain power and strategical thinking. In the TDI special, the answer to people saying he did nothing in TDI, he felt empowered pulling off some impressive feats all because of his luck. Then in TDA he then acted super confident since everybody literally kissed the ground he walked on. He used looks to his advantage so that's more cunningness than cleverness. But this finally caught up with him in Full Metal Drama when his looks wore thin with Beth and Lindsay. This was the transition into his less smarter side. After having everything handed to him on a silver platter by everyone around him, it's emphasised in the challenge that Justin is so over confident he's become lazy. Things seem dark for him but in the end he manages to work the votes against Izzy. But that was out of anger as she insulted his looks. At this point Justin now cares more about others' opinions of him than winning the show, which makes sense considering its never happened in his life before that anyone would be turned off by him. From there he became a complex comic relief and the transition made sense.

@G+T I can name several challenges Justin did well in. He lost against Leshawna in Million Dollar Babies at basketball but did well in that challenge and was impressive. In Dial M for Merger he deflected laser rays using his mirror, he easily defeated Chef while blind in The Princess Pride, he defeated both Duncan and Harold in The Princess Pride too. He would've won the challenge in his elimination had Chris not said only one of them would win the challenge. So Justin is capable of doing well in challenges. The fact that his looks are all others around him recognize him for is what hinders him from this.

And just because Courtney is smarter than Justin doesn't mean he's a bad antagonist. Obviously Courtney would be a smarter. She was a  B.I.T.C  C.I.T after all.