Episode 1
Live Free or Die
42m
28 competitors arrive in South America and are shocked to learn that the challenge will be an individual game, forcing players to ditch their usual strategies and fear for what's ahead.
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The Challenge
1998TV-1442 seasons7.2 / 10
Legends will fall. A new champion will rise.
Each Challenge pits numerous cast members from past seasons of reality shows against each other, dividing them into two separate teams according to different criteria, such as gender, which show they first appeared on, whether or not they're veterans or rookies on the show, etc. The two teams compete in numerous missions in order to win prizes and advance in the overall game.
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Each Challenge pits numerous cast members from past seasons of reality shows against each other, dividing them into two separate teams according to different criteria, such as gender, which show they first appeared on, whether or not they're veterans or rookies on the show, etc. The two teams compete in numerous missions in order to win prizes and advance in the overall game.
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Episode 2
Love In The Fast Lane
42m
Close friends fight after a night of celebration; a budding romance ends.
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Episode 3
You Be Illin'
42m
The house celebrates a fake wedding between 2 flirtatious cast members with a night of bachelor and bachelorette party debauchery. At the bar crawl challenge, everyone is shocked when a player is sent home before it even begins.
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Episode 4
Inadequate
42m
One player's egotistical attitude creates tension in the house and the competitors literally go head to head to knock out a victory in this week's challenge.
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Episode 5
Stripes
42m
With strong players falling left and right, a rope swinging challenge proves to be the toughest one yet and allows the group to bravely send two veterans into eliminations.
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Episode 6
Not So Trivial Pursuits
42m
Tension rises between hot-headed veterans and one cocky rookie, and the competitors are put through the ultimate trivia test as their safety hangs by a thread.
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Episode 7
Pride Before The Wall
42m
When a rivalry comes to a head, the group is anxious to see whether one player can settle it for good by pulling off either the boldest or most boneheaded move in Challenge history.
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Episode 8
Strike a Pose, There's Something to It
42m
Drama erupts after a challenger's steamy hookup is revealed, and her romance with another player is in jeopardy when he's voted into eliminations.
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Episode 9
Best Friends For Never
42m
A friendship is broken apart as the pressure of the game intensifies, and one competitor suffers an unexpected injury that could eliminate all hopes of winning.
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Episode 10
Talk To The Hand
42m
The winners of this week's challenge face a difficult decision during voting and the result of the Draw pits two tough females against each other in an epic elimination round.
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Episode 11
The $350,000 Pyramid
42m
The eight remaining players travel to Chile and are subjected to one last elimination twist to secure their spot in the final. As the challenge kicks off in the rough rapids, one team struggles to stay afloat.
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Episode 12
A Walk In The Clouds
42m
On the last leg of the challenge, the final six competitors face brutal conditions and are pushed to their limits in a race to summit an active volcano and take home the $350,000 prize money.
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Episode 13
Free Agents Reunion
42mfinale
Can Laurel and CaraMaria ever mend their best friendship? Will Bananas school Jordan on earning his stripes? And just who will Cohutta be asking to the Prom? Plus some hilarious unseen stories, new rivalries, and more.
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More about The Challenge
Cast
T.J. LavinSelf - Host
Nurys MateoSelf - Contestant
America LopezSelf - New Threat
Aviv MelmedSelf - Vet
Johnny 'Bananas' DevenanzioSelf - Vet
Dee ValladaresSelf - New Threat
Derrick KosinskiSelf - Vet
Gabe WaiSelf - New ThreatCredits
- Created by
- Mary-Ellis Bunim, Jonathan Murray
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Reality
- Episodes
- 656
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
MTVUnited States
Paramount+United States
Bunim/Murray ProductionsUnited States- Dualstar Productions
Themes
competitionreality competition
