Battle for a New Champion | |
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Season 39 | |
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Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 24 |
Winner | Emanuel Neagu |
Location | Pula, Croatia |
No. of episodes | 21 (including the two-part Reunion special) |
Release | |
Original network | MTV |
Original release | October 25, 2023 March 6, 2024 | –
Season chronology |
The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion is the thirty-ninth season of the MTV reality competition series The Challenge, featuring alumni from The Challenge, Are You the One? (U S.), Big Brother (UK and U.S.), Ex on the Beach (UK and U.S.), Survivor (Romania, Turkey and U.S.), Love Island (U.S.), So You Think You Can Dance, The Mole Germany, Exatlón Estados Unidos, Ibiza Weekender, The Bachelor & The Bachelorette (Australia), 12 Dates of Christmas, The Circle (U.S.), The Only Way Is Essex, Shipwrecked, and The Royal World competing for a share at up to a $500,000 prize. It is the first season without a full-time contestant from The Real World and the first flagship season without a first-time contestant; the season also features no prior winners. [1]
The season premiered on October 25, 2023 with a simulcast on MTV2, [2] [3] preceded by a launch special titled "Countdown Begins" which aired on October 18, 2023. [4]
Battle for a New Champion features 24 contestants who have previously competed on The Challenge but have not won a season. The season's prize pot starts at $300,000, however, money can be earned or lost based on the outcomes of certain challenges and eliminations throughout the season.
The season has three formats (or "phases") called Control, Chaos, and Conquest. [5]
After all three phases, the final seven contestants compete in the Final Challenge to determine the champion of the season.
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Although not in contention to win the season, ten former champions of The Challenge appeared during the season to compete in elimination rounds against contestants. [6] [7]
Champions [1] | Original season | Episode featured |
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Jordan Wiseley [A] [B] [C] [D] | The Real World: Portland | Episode 5 |
Kaz Crossley [E] [D] | Love Island UK 4 | Episode 6 |
Devin Walker-Molaghan [F] | Are You the One? 3 | Episode 7 |
Kaycee Clark [G] | Big Brother 20 | Episode 8 |
Tori Deal [F] | Are You the One? 4 | Episode 9 |
Darrell Taylor [H] [I] [J] [K] | Road Rules: Campus Crawl | Episode 10 |
Laurel Stucky [L] | The Challenge: Fresh Meat II | Episode 11 |
Cara Maria Sorbello [M] [N] | The Challenge: Fresh Meat II | Episode 12 |
Brad Fiorenza [O] | The Real World: San Diego (2004) | Episode 13 |
Chris "CT" Tamburello [P] [Q] [C] [R] [G] | The Real World: Paris | Episode 14 |
The Challengers are first brought to the Arena where they must figure out that they must team up to complete a series of puzzles in order to unlock cots, food, and alcohol for an overnight stay in the Arena.
The final seven contestants compete in the Final Challenge which has three phases – Control, Chaos and Conquest – mirroring the phases of the season.
For the Control phase, players work as a group to complete a challenge. If they are successful, the prize pot remains at $356,000; otherwise, the pot is reduced by $16,000. Afterwards, contestants vote for one player (of either gender) to compete in an elimination. The player who receives the most votes then calls out any player as their opponent.
For the Chaos Phase, players compete in a challenge where winner earns the power to select one contestant to compete in an elimination. The selected contestant then participates in the Draw by selecting between six covered poles to determine their opponent in the elimination. Four of the poles contain the names of the non-immune finalists while two poles allow the selected player to choose any player as their opponent.
For the Conquest Phase, players complete the Conquest Challenge which consists of three checkpoints. The first player to finish all three checkpoints and cross the finish line is declared the winner of Battle for a New Champion and receives $250,000 from the prize pot; second place receives $60,000; third place receives $30,000.
Control Phase | ||||||||||||
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Episode | Gender | Challenge type | Result | Arena contestants | Arena game | Arena outcome | Prize Pot | |||||
# | Challenge | Voted in | Called out | N/A | Winner | Eliminated | ||||||
1 | Hole Control | N/A | Collective | Failed | Jessica | Big T | Fall Out | Big T | Jessica | $300,000 | ||
2 | Ball Control | Failed | Chauncey | James | Might Light | James | Chauncey | $306,000 | ||||
3 | Control Tower | Passed | Ravyn | Jujuy | Dirty Deeds | Ravyn | Jujuy | $356,000 | ||||
4 | Under Control | Male | Passed | Hughie | Kyland | How I Roll | Kyland | Hughie | $406,000 | |||
Chaos Phase | ||||||||||||
# | Challenge | Gender | Challenge type | Winners | Winners' pick | Voted in | Champion | Called out | Arena game | Winner | Loser | Prize Pot |
5 | Upside Down Whirled | Male | Male/Female pairs | Corey & Ravyn | Asaf | Ciarran | Jordan | N/A | King of the Hills | Jordan | Ciarran | $396,000 |
6 | Bingo Bango | Female | 2 teams of 6 & 1 team of 7 | Red Team | Melissa | Big T | Kaz | Loaded Barrel | Big T | Kaz | $396,000 | |
7 | Working the Angles | Male | 5 teams of 3 & 1 team of 4 | Team 5 | Emanuel | Corey | Devin | Callum | Totally Mental | Devin | Callum | $386,000 |
8 | Tower of Power | Female | 2 teams of 9 | Orange Team | Melissa | Big T | Kaycee | N/A | Pole in the Storm | Kaycee | Big T | $376,000 |
9 | Doom Sticks | Female | Male/Female pairs & 1 team of 3 | Asaf, Ravyn & Zara | Melissa | Colleen | Tori | Going Under | Tori | Melissa | $366,000 | |
10 | Sky Ball | Male | 2 teams of 8 | Orange Team | Kyland | James | Darrell | Fire Walker | Kyland | Darrell | $366,000 | |
11 | Banquet of Champions | Female | 4 teams of 4 | Team 1 | Ravyn | Zara | Laurel | Chain Reaction | Ravyn | Laurel | $366,000 | |
12 | We All Fall Down | Female | 4 teams of 4 | Team 4 | Colleen | Ravyn | Cara Maria | Michele | Block Head | Michele | Cara Maria | $366,000 |
13 | Getting Tanked | Male | 4 teams of 4 | Team 4 | Horacio | Kyland | Brad | N/A | What's Going Down | Kyland | Brad | $366,000 |
14 | Off in the Distance | Male | 4 teams of 4 | Orange Team | Horacio | — [a] | CT | Asaf | Mind Grind | CT | Asaf | $356,000 |
Conquest Phase and Final Challenge | ||||||||||||
# | Challenge | N/A | Challenge type | Winner | Not saved | Elimination game | Winner(s) | Eliminated | Prize Pot | |||
15 | Dark Tide | Individual | Ed | — | Ravyn | $356,000 | ||||||
Horacio | Kyland | Zara | Conquest Elimination | Horacio | Zara | |||||||
Kyland | ||||||||||||
16 | End of the Line | Jay | — | Ed | ||||||||
Horacio | Kyland | Nurys | Conquest Elimination | Nurys | Horacio | |||||||
Kyland | ||||||||||||
17 | Drum Roll | Berna | — | Michele | ||||||||
James | Nurys | Olivia | Conquest Elimination | Nurys | James | |||||||
Olivia | ||||||||||||
18/19 | Final Challenge | Collective → Pairs → Individual |
Emanuel | 2nd: Nurys; 3rd: Colleen; 4th: Corey; 5th: Berna; 6th: Moriah; 7th: Jay | $340,000 |
Bold indicates the contestant was selected in the Draw to compete against a champion in the Arena.
Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||
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Control | Chaos | Conquest | Finale | |||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
Emanuel | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | NOM | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
Nurys | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ELIM | SECOND |
Colleen | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | WIN | WIN | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | THIRD |
Corey | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | NOM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | FOURTH |
Berna | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | FIFTH |
Moriah | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SIXTH |
Jay | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SEVENTH |
James | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | NOM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
Olivia | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
Michele | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | LAST | |
Horacio | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | NOM | NOM | ELIM | OUT | ||
Kyland | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | WIN | ELIM | OUT | ||
Ed | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | LAST | ||
Zara | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | NOM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
Ravyn | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | ELIM | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | LAST | |||
Asaf | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
Melissa | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | NOM | OUT | |||||||||
Big T | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||
Callum | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
Ciarran | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||
Hughie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Jujuy | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||||
Chauncey | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
Jessica | OUT |
Color key:
Episodes 5-14: Chaos Phase
Each challenge is played in pairs or in teams. For paired challenges, teams are randomly selected. For team challenges, teams are randomly selected or determined based on where contestants are standing.
Episodes 18-19: Final Challenge
Throughout the Chaos portion of the Final Challenge, players were required to play with a teammate throughout the five checkpoints. Teams were selected randomly by TJ.
Contestants | Episode | ||||||||||||||||||
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Finale | ||||||
Emanuel | Berna | Red | Team 2 | Orange | Berna | Orange | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 1 | Turquoise | Individual Game |
Colleen | Berna | Moriah | Nurys | Corey | |||
Nurys | James | Blue | Team 4 | Orange | Horacio | Blue | Team 4 | Team 3 | Team 3 | Yellow | Corey | Moriah | Colleen | Emanuel | Berna | ||||
Colleen | Callum | Red | Team 1 | Blue | Ed | Orange | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 2 | Yellow | Emanuel | Corey | Nurys | Berna | Moriah | ||||
Corey | Ravyn | Turquoise | Team 6 | Orange | Olivia | Blue | Team 1 | Team 3 | Team 4 | Turquoise | Nurys | Colleen | Berna | Moriah | Emanuel | ||||
Berna | Emanuel | Red | Team 6 | Orange | Emanuel | Blue | Team 2 | Team 4 | Team 4 | Turquoise | Moriah | Emanuel | Corey | Colleen | Nurys | ||||
Moriah | Kyland | Turquoise | Team 4 | Orange | Jay | Orange | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 1 | Orange | Berna | Nurys | Emanuel | Corey | Colleen | ||||
Jay | Melissa | Turquoise | Team 1 | Orange | Moriah | Orange | Team 3 | Team 1 | Team 3 | Yellow | |||||||||
James | Nurys | Turquoise | Team 2 | Orange | Melissa | Blue | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Orange | |||||||||
Olivia | Ed | Turquoise | Team 1 | Blue | Corey | Blue | Team 3 | Team 3 | Team 4 | Blue | |||||||||
Michele | Asaf | Blue | Team 3 | Blue | Kyland | Blue | Team 4 | Team 2 | Team 2 | Orange | |||||||||
Horacio | Big T | Red | Team 5 | Blue | Nurys | Orange | Team 2 | Team 4 | Team 2 | Blue | |||||||||
Kyland | Moriah | Red | Team 5 | Blue | Michele | Blue | Team 4 | Team 2 | Team 1 | Orange | |||||||||
Ed | Olivia | Blue | Team 4 | Blue | Colleen | Blue | Team 4 | Team 4 | Team 4 | Yellow | |||||||||
Zara | Ciarran | Red | Team 3 | Orange | Asaf | Ravyn | Orange | Team 2 | Team 4 | Team 1 | Blue | ||||||||
Ravyn | Corey | Blue | Team 6 | Orange | Asaf | Zara | Orange | Team 3 | Team 1 | Team 3 | Turquoise | ||||||||
Asaf | Michele | Blue | Team 4 | Blue | Ravyn | Zara | Orange | Team 3 | Team 1 | Team 2 | Blue | ||||||||
Melissa | Jay | Turquoise | Team 2 | Blue | James | ||||||||||||||
Big T | Horacio | Turquoise | Team 5 | Blue | |||||||||||||||
Callum | Colleen | Blue | Team 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Ciarran | Zara |
Winners' pick | — | Asaf 2 of 2 votes |
Melissa 5 of 6 votes |
Emanuel 3 of 3 votes |
Melissa 9 of 9 votes |
Melissa 3 of 3 votes |
Kyland 7 of 8 votes |
Ravyn 3 of 4 votes |
Colleen 3 of 4 votes |
Horacio 3 of 4 votes |
Horacio 3 of 4 votes |
— | Nurys 1 of 1 vote | ||||
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House vote | Jessica 23 of 24 votes |
Chauncey 18 of 23 votes |
Ravyn 12 of 22 votes |
Hughie 15 of 21 votes |
Ciarran 10 of 18 votes |
Big T 12 of 13 votes |
Corey 16 of 16 votes |
Big T 9 of 9 votes |
Colleen 6 of 14 votes |
James 6 of 8 votes |
Zara 12 of 12 votes |
Ravyn 11 of 12 votes |
Kyland 7 of 12 votes |
Stalemate [a] | Corey 5 of 7 votes |
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Champion | — | Jordan | Kaz | Devin | Kaycee | Tori | Darrell | Laurel | Cara Maria | Brad | CT | — | |||||
Called out | Big T Jessica's choice |
James Chauncey's choice |
Jujuy Ravyn's choice |
Kyland Hughie's choice |
— | Callum Devin's choice |
— | Michele Cara Maria's choice |
— | Asaf CT's choice |
Jay Corey's choice |
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Draw pick | — | Ciarran | Big T | — | Big T | Melissa | Kyland | Ravyn | — | Kyland | — | Moriah | |||||
Voter | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Finale | |||
Emanuel | Jessica | Ravyn | Hughie | Melissa | Corey | Melissa | Moriah | Kyland | Zara | Ravyn | Kyland | Ed | Ed | Nurys | Nurys | ||
Nurys | Jessica | Jay | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Berna | James | Zara | Ravyn | Emanuel | Emanuel | Emanuel | Corey | ||
Colleen | Jessica | Chauncey | Emanuel | Hughie | Ciarran | Melissa | Corey | Big T | Kyland | Ravyn | Ravyn | Kyland | Ed | Ed | Nurys | ||
Corey | Jessica | Chauncey | Ravyn | Asaf | Asaf | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Colleen | James | Ravyn | Ravyn | Horacio | Ed | Corey | Corey | |
Berna | Jessica | Chauncey | Asaf | Hughie | Ciarran | Melissa | Corey | Melissa | Colleen | James | Zara | Ravyn | Horacio | Ed | Ed | Corey | |
Moriah | Jessica | Chauncey | James | Hughie | Emanuel | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Kyland | Berna | Ravyn | Kyland | Horacio | Corey | |||
Jay | Jessica | Chauncey | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Colleen | Kyland | Zara | Ravyn | Kyland | Ed | Ed | Corey | |
James | Jessica | Ciarran | Ravyn | Callum | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Colleen | Ed | Ravyn | Ravyn | Kyland | Horacio | ||||
Olivia | Jessica | Chauncey | Ed | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Big T | James | Zara | Ravyn | Emanuel | Emanuel | ||||
Michele | Jessica | Chauncey | Callum | Hughie | Big T | Corey | Big T | Colleen | James | Zara | Ravyn | Kyland | Horacio | ||||
Horacio | Big T | Chauncey | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Melissa | Emanuel | Big T | Colleen | Zara | Colleen | Jay | Emanuel | Emanuel | |||
Kyland | Jessica | Hughie | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Ravyn | Emanuel | Big T | Ed | Zara | Moriah | Jay | |||||
Ed | Jessica | Chauncey | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Big T | James | Zara | Colleen | Horacio | Emanuel | Jay | |||
Zara | Jessica | Chauncey | Ciarran | Corey | Emanuel | Melissa | Corey | Melissa | Melissa | Kyland | Zara | Colleen | Jay | Emanuel | Emanuel | ||
Ravyn | Jessica | Hughie | Ravyn | Hughie | Asaf | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Melissa | Kyland | Zara | Ravyn | Jay | Emanuel | Emanuel | ||
Asaf | Jessica | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Big T | Melissa | Kyland | Zara | Ravyn | Kyland | Ed | Ed | |||
Melissa | Jessica | Kyland | Emanuel | Emanuel | Big T | Corey | Big T | ||||||||||
Big T | Jessica | Corey | Horacio | Emanuel | Ravyn | Emanuel | Big T | ||||||||||
Callum | Jessica | Chauncey | Ravyn | Hughie | Big T | Corey | |||||||||||
Ciarran | Jessica | James | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | ||||||||||||
Hughie | Jessica | Ravyn | Kyland | ||||||||||||||
Jujuy | Jessica | Horacio | |||||||||||||||
Chauncey | Jessica | Chauncey | |||||||||||||||
Jessica | Jessica |
Episode | 15 | 16 | 17 |
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Challenge winner | Ed | Jay | Berna |
1 | Emanuel | Michele | Corey |
2 | Berna | Olivia | Colleen |
3 | Colleen | Moriah | Emanuel |
4 | Corey | James | Jay |
5 | Michele | Emanuel | Moriah |
6 | Jay | Berna | |
7 | Moriah | Colleen | |
8 | James | Corey | |
9 | Nurys | ||
10 | Olivia | ||
Elimination nominees | Horacio Kyland Zara |
Horacio Kyland Nurys |
James Nurys Olivia |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title [9] | Original air date [9] | US viewers (millions) |
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527 | 1 | "Teamwork Makes The Perfect Work" | October 25, 2023 | 0.34 [b] [10] |
528 | 2 | "Two Lungs, One Heart, Can't Lose" | November 1, 2023 | 0.31 [11] |
529 | 3 | "It's a Matter of Semantics" | November 8, 2023 | 0.29 [12] |
530 | 4 | "I'm Coming Out" | November 8, 2023 | 0.19 [12] |
531 | 5 | "Countdown to Chaos" | November 15, 2023 | 0.39 [13] |
532 | 6 | "The Big Mistake" | November 22, 2023 | 0.38 [14] |
533 | 7 | "So Flip Floppy" | November 29, 2023 | 0.41 [15] |
534 | 8 | "Struggling to Hold It Together" | December 6, 2023 | 0.42 [16] |
535 | 9 | "A Banana Split" | December 13, 2023 | 0.39 [17] |
536 | 10 | "Feeling Used" | December 20, 2023 | 0.36 [18] |
537 | 11 | "My Own Worst Frenemy" | December 27, 2023 | 0.45 [19] |
538 | 12 | "A Legend Returns" | January 3, 2024 | 0.50 [20] |
539 | 13 | "El Saboteur" | January 10, 2024 | 0.53 [21] |
540 | 14 | "Don't Let TJ Decide" | January 17, 2024 | 0.49 [22] |
541 | 15 | "Welcome to Conquest" | January 24, 2024 | 0.48 [23] |
542 | 16 | "Family Knows Best" | January 31, 2024 | 0.48 [24] |
543 | 17 | "Feel the Bern" | February 7, 2024 | 0.46 [25] |
544 | 18 | "The Beginning Of The End" | February 14, 2024 | 0.52 [26] |
545 | 19 | "Only One Gets The Crown" | February 21, 2024 | 0.51 [27] |
The two-part reunion special aired on February 28 and March 6, 2024 and was hosted by entertainment personality Maria Menounos. Cast members attended in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Battle for a New Champion | |
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Season 39 | |
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Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 24 |
Winner | Emanuel Neagu |
Location | Pula, Croatia |
No. of episodes | 21 (including the two-part Reunion special) |
Release | |
Original network | MTV |
Original release | October 25, 2023 March 6, 2024 | –
Season chronology |
The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion is the thirty-ninth season of the MTV reality competition series The Challenge, featuring alumni from The Challenge, Are You the One? (U S.), Big Brother (UK and U.S.), Ex on the Beach (UK and U.S.), Survivor (Romania, Turkey and U.S.), Love Island (U.S.), So You Think You Can Dance, The Mole Germany, Exatlón Estados Unidos, Ibiza Weekender, The Bachelor & The Bachelorette (Australia), 12 Dates of Christmas, The Circle (U.S.), The Only Way Is Essex, Shipwrecked, and The Royal World competing for a share at up to a $500,000 prize. It is the first season without a full-time contestant from The Real World and the first flagship season without a first-time contestant; the season also features no prior winners. [1]
The season premiered on October 25, 2023 with a simulcast on MTV2, [2] [3] preceded by a launch special titled "Countdown Begins" which aired on October 18, 2023. [4]
Battle for a New Champion features 24 contestants who have previously competed on The Challenge but have not won a season. The season's prize pot starts at $300,000, however, money can be earned or lost based on the outcomes of certain challenges and eliminations throughout the season.
The season has three formats (or "phases") called Control, Chaos, and Conquest. [5]
After all three phases, the final seven contestants compete in the Final Challenge to determine the champion of the season.
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Although not in contention to win the season, ten former champions of The Challenge appeared during the season to compete in elimination rounds against contestants. [6] [7]
Champions [1] | Original season | Episode featured |
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Jordan Wiseley [A] [B] [C] [D] | The Real World: Portland | Episode 5 |
Kaz Crossley [E] [D] | Love Island UK 4 | Episode 6 |
Devin Walker-Molaghan [F] | Are You the One? 3 | Episode 7 |
Kaycee Clark [G] | Big Brother 20 | Episode 8 |
Tori Deal [F] | Are You the One? 4 | Episode 9 |
Darrell Taylor [H] [I] [J] [K] | Road Rules: Campus Crawl | Episode 10 |
Laurel Stucky [L] | The Challenge: Fresh Meat II | Episode 11 |
Cara Maria Sorbello [M] [N] | The Challenge: Fresh Meat II | Episode 12 |
Brad Fiorenza [O] | The Real World: San Diego (2004) | Episode 13 |
Chris "CT" Tamburello [P] [Q] [C] [R] [G] | The Real World: Paris | Episode 14 |
The Challengers are first brought to the Arena where they must figure out that they must team up to complete a series of puzzles in order to unlock cots, food, and alcohol for an overnight stay in the Arena.
The final seven contestants compete in the Final Challenge which has three phases – Control, Chaos and Conquest – mirroring the phases of the season.
For the Control phase, players work as a group to complete a challenge. If they are successful, the prize pot remains at $356,000; otherwise, the pot is reduced by $16,000. Afterwards, contestants vote for one player (of either gender) to compete in an elimination. The player who receives the most votes then calls out any player as their opponent.
For the Chaos Phase, players compete in a challenge where winner earns the power to select one contestant to compete in an elimination. The selected contestant then participates in the Draw by selecting between six covered poles to determine their opponent in the elimination. Four of the poles contain the names of the non-immune finalists while two poles allow the selected player to choose any player as their opponent.
For the Conquest Phase, players complete the Conquest Challenge which consists of three checkpoints. The first player to finish all three checkpoints and cross the finish line is declared the winner of Battle for a New Champion and receives $250,000 from the prize pot; second place receives $60,000; third place receives $30,000.
Control Phase | ||||||||||||
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Episode | Gender | Challenge type | Result | Arena contestants | Arena game | Arena outcome | Prize Pot | |||||
# | Challenge | Voted in | Called out | N/A | Winner | Eliminated | ||||||
1 | Hole Control | N/A | Collective | Failed | Jessica | Big T | Fall Out | Big T | Jessica | $300,000 | ||
2 | Ball Control | Failed | Chauncey | James | Might Light | James | Chauncey | $306,000 | ||||
3 | Control Tower | Passed | Ravyn | Jujuy | Dirty Deeds | Ravyn | Jujuy | $356,000 | ||||
4 | Under Control | Male | Passed | Hughie | Kyland | How I Roll | Kyland | Hughie | $406,000 | |||
Chaos Phase | ||||||||||||
# | Challenge | Gender | Challenge type | Winners | Winners' pick | Voted in | Champion | Called out | Arena game | Winner | Loser | Prize Pot |
5 | Upside Down Whirled | Male | Male/Female pairs | Corey & Ravyn | Asaf | Ciarran | Jordan | N/A | King of the Hills | Jordan | Ciarran | $396,000 |
6 | Bingo Bango | Female | 2 teams of 6 & 1 team of 7 | Red Team | Melissa | Big T | Kaz | Loaded Barrel | Big T | Kaz | $396,000 | |
7 | Working the Angles | Male | 5 teams of 3 & 1 team of 4 | Team 5 | Emanuel | Corey | Devin | Callum | Totally Mental | Devin | Callum | $386,000 |
8 | Tower of Power | Female | 2 teams of 9 | Orange Team | Melissa | Big T | Kaycee | N/A | Pole in the Storm | Kaycee | Big T | $376,000 |
9 | Doom Sticks | Female | Male/Female pairs & 1 team of 3 | Asaf, Ravyn & Zara | Melissa | Colleen | Tori | Going Under | Tori | Melissa | $366,000 | |
10 | Sky Ball | Male | 2 teams of 8 | Orange Team | Kyland | James | Darrell | Fire Walker | Kyland | Darrell | $366,000 | |
11 | Banquet of Champions | Female | 4 teams of 4 | Team 1 | Ravyn | Zara | Laurel | Chain Reaction | Ravyn | Laurel | $366,000 | |
12 | We All Fall Down | Female | 4 teams of 4 | Team 4 | Colleen | Ravyn | Cara Maria | Michele | Block Head | Michele | Cara Maria | $366,000 |
13 | Getting Tanked | Male | 4 teams of 4 | Team 4 | Horacio | Kyland | Brad | N/A | What's Going Down | Kyland | Brad | $366,000 |
14 | Off in the Distance | Male | 4 teams of 4 | Orange Team | Horacio | — [a] | CT | Asaf | Mind Grind | CT | Asaf | $356,000 |
Conquest Phase and Final Challenge | ||||||||||||
# | Challenge | N/A | Challenge type | Winner | Not saved | Elimination game | Winner(s) | Eliminated | Prize Pot | |||
15 | Dark Tide | Individual | Ed | — | Ravyn | $356,000 | ||||||
Horacio | Kyland | Zara | Conquest Elimination | Horacio | Zara | |||||||
Kyland | ||||||||||||
16 | End of the Line | Jay | — | Ed | ||||||||
Horacio | Kyland | Nurys | Conquest Elimination | Nurys | Horacio | |||||||
Kyland | ||||||||||||
17 | Drum Roll | Berna | — | Michele | ||||||||
James | Nurys | Olivia | Conquest Elimination | Nurys | James | |||||||
Olivia | ||||||||||||
18/19 | Final Challenge | Collective → Pairs → Individual |
Emanuel | 2nd: Nurys; 3rd: Colleen; 4th: Corey; 5th: Berna; 6th: Moriah; 7th: Jay | $340,000 |
Bold indicates the contestant was selected in the Draw to compete against a champion in the Arena.
Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||
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Control | Chaos | Conquest | Finale | |||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
Emanuel | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | NOM | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
Nurys | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ELIM | SECOND |
Colleen | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | WIN | WIN | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | THIRD |
Corey | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | NOM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | FOURTH |
Berna | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | FIFTH |
Moriah | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SIXTH |
Jay | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SEVENTH |
James | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | NOM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
Olivia | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
Michele | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | LAST | |
Horacio | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | NOM | NOM | ELIM | OUT | ||
Kyland | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | WIN | ELIM | OUT | ||
Ed | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | LAST | ||
Zara | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | NOM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
Ravyn | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | ELIM | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | LAST | |||
Asaf | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
Melissa | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | NOM | OUT | |||||||||
Big T | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||
Callum | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
Ciarran | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||
Hughie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Jujuy | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||||
Chauncey | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
Jessica | OUT |
Color key:
Episodes 5-14: Chaos Phase
Each challenge is played in pairs or in teams. For paired challenges, teams are randomly selected. For team challenges, teams are randomly selected or determined based on where contestants are standing.
Episodes 18-19: Final Challenge
Throughout the Chaos portion of the Final Challenge, players were required to play with a teammate throughout the five checkpoints. Teams were selected randomly by TJ.
Contestants | Episode | ||||||||||||||||||
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Finale | ||||||
Emanuel | Berna | Red | Team 2 | Orange | Berna | Orange | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 1 | Turquoise | Individual Game |
Colleen | Berna | Moriah | Nurys | Corey | |||
Nurys | James | Blue | Team 4 | Orange | Horacio | Blue | Team 4 | Team 3 | Team 3 | Yellow | Corey | Moriah | Colleen | Emanuel | Berna | ||||
Colleen | Callum | Red | Team 1 | Blue | Ed | Orange | Team 1 | Team 1 | Team 2 | Yellow | Emanuel | Corey | Nurys | Berna | Moriah | ||||
Corey | Ravyn | Turquoise | Team 6 | Orange | Olivia | Blue | Team 1 | Team 3 | Team 4 | Turquoise | Nurys | Colleen | Berna | Moriah | Emanuel | ||||
Berna | Emanuel | Red | Team 6 | Orange | Emanuel | Blue | Team 2 | Team 4 | Team 4 | Turquoise | Moriah | Emanuel | Corey | Colleen | Nurys | ||||
Moriah | Kyland | Turquoise | Team 4 | Orange | Jay | Orange | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 1 | Orange | Berna | Nurys | Emanuel | Corey | Colleen | ||||
Jay | Melissa | Turquoise | Team 1 | Orange | Moriah | Orange | Team 3 | Team 1 | Team 3 | Yellow | |||||||||
James | Nurys | Turquoise | Team 2 | Orange | Melissa | Blue | Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Orange | |||||||||
Olivia | Ed | Turquoise | Team 1 | Blue | Corey | Blue | Team 3 | Team 3 | Team 4 | Blue | |||||||||
Michele | Asaf | Blue | Team 3 | Blue | Kyland | Blue | Team 4 | Team 2 | Team 2 | Orange | |||||||||
Horacio | Big T | Red | Team 5 | Blue | Nurys | Orange | Team 2 | Team 4 | Team 2 | Blue | |||||||||
Kyland | Moriah | Red | Team 5 | Blue | Michele | Blue | Team 4 | Team 2 | Team 1 | Orange | |||||||||
Ed | Olivia | Blue | Team 4 | Blue | Colleen | Blue | Team 4 | Team 4 | Team 4 | Yellow | |||||||||
Zara | Ciarran | Red | Team 3 | Orange | Asaf | Ravyn | Orange | Team 2 | Team 4 | Team 1 | Blue | ||||||||
Ravyn | Corey | Blue | Team 6 | Orange | Asaf | Zara | Orange | Team 3 | Team 1 | Team 3 | Turquoise | ||||||||
Asaf | Michele | Blue | Team 4 | Blue | Ravyn | Zara | Orange | Team 3 | Team 1 | Team 2 | Blue | ||||||||
Melissa | Jay | Turquoise | Team 2 | Blue | James | ||||||||||||||
Big T | Horacio | Turquoise | Team 5 | Blue | |||||||||||||||
Callum | Colleen | Blue | Team 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Ciarran | Zara |
Winners' pick | — | Asaf 2 of 2 votes |
Melissa 5 of 6 votes |
Emanuel 3 of 3 votes |
Melissa 9 of 9 votes |
Melissa 3 of 3 votes |
Kyland 7 of 8 votes |
Ravyn 3 of 4 votes |
Colleen 3 of 4 votes |
Horacio 3 of 4 votes |
Horacio 3 of 4 votes |
— | Nurys 1 of 1 vote | ||||
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House vote | Jessica 23 of 24 votes |
Chauncey 18 of 23 votes |
Ravyn 12 of 22 votes |
Hughie 15 of 21 votes |
Ciarran 10 of 18 votes |
Big T 12 of 13 votes |
Corey 16 of 16 votes |
Big T 9 of 9 votes |
Colleen 6 of 14 votes |
James 6 of 8 votes |
Zara 12 of 12 votes |
Ravyn 11 of 12 votes |
Kyland 7 of 12 votes |
Stalemate [a] | Corey 5 of 7 votes |
— | |
Champion | — | Jordan | Kaz | Devin | Kaycee | Tori | Darrell | Laurel | Cara Maria | Brad | CT | — | |||||
Called out | Big T Jessica's choice |
James Chauncey's choice |
Jujuy Ravyn's choice |
Kyland Hughie's choice |
— | Callum Devin's choice |
— | Michele Cara Maria's choice |
— | Asaf CT's choice |
Jay Corey's choice |
— | |||||
Draw pick | — | Ciarran | Big T | — | Big T | Melissa | Kyland | Ravyn | — | Kyland | — | Moriah | |||||
Voter | Episodes | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Finale | |||
Emanuel | Jessica | Ravyn | Hughie | Melissa | Corey | Melissa | Moriah | Kyland | Zara | Ravyn | Kyland | Ed | Ed | Nurys | Nurys | ||
Nurys | Jessica | Jay | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Berna | James | Zara | Ravyn | Emanuel | Emanuel | Emanuel | Corey | ||
Colleen | Jessica | Chauncey | Emanuel | Hughie | Ciarran | Melissa | Corey | Big T | Kyland | Ravyn | Ravyn | Kyland | Ed | Ed | Nurys | ||
Corey | Jessica | Chauncey | Ravyn | Asaf | Asaf | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Colleen | James | Ravyn | Ravyn | Horacio | Ed | Corey | Corey | |
Berna | Jessica | Chauncey | Asaf | Hughie | Ciarran | Melissa | Corey | Melissa | Colleen | James | Zara | Ravyn | Horacio | Ed | Ed | Corey | |
Moriah | Jessica | Chauncey | James | Hughie | Emanuel | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Kyland | Berna | Ravyn | Kyland | Horacio | Corey | |||
Jay | Jessica | Chauncey | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Colleen | Kyland | Zara | Ravyn | Kyland | Ed | Ed | Corey | |
James | Jessica | Ciarran | Ravyn | Callum | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Colleen | Ed | Ravyn | Ravyn | Kyland | Horacio | ||||
Olivia | Jessica | Chauncey | Ed | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Big T | James | Zara | Ravyn | Emanuel | Emanuel | ||||
Michele | Jessica | Chauncey | Callum | Hughie | Big T | Corey | Big T | Colleen | James | Zara | Ravyn | Kyland | Horacio | ||||
Horacio | Big T | Chauncey | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Melissa | Emanuel | Big T | Colleen | Zara | Colleen | Jay | Emanuel | Emanuel | |||
Kyland | Jessica | Hughie | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Ravyn | Emanuel | Big T | Ed | Zara | Moriah | Jay | |||||
Ed | Jessica | Chauncey | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Big T | James | Zara | Colleen | Horacio | Emanuel | Jay | |||
Zara | Jessica | Chauncey | Ciarran | Corey | Emanuel | Melissa | Corey | Melissa | Melissa | Kyland | Zara | Colleen | Jay | Emanuel | Emanuel | ||
Ravyn | Jessica | Hughie | Ravyn | Hughie | Asaf | Big T | Corey | Melissa | Melissa | Kyland | Zara | Ravyn | Jay | Emanuel | Emanuel | ||
Asaf | Jessica | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | Big T | Corey | Big T | Melissa | Kyland | Zara | Ravyn | Kyland | Ed | Ed | |||
Melissa | Jessica | Kyland | Emanuel | Emanuel | Big T | Corey | Big T | ||||||||||
Big T | Jessica | Corey | Horacio | Emanuel | Ravyn | Emanuel | Big T | ||||||||||
Callum | Jessica | Chauncey | Ravyn | Hughie | Big T | Corey | |||||||||||
Ciarran | Jessica | James | Ravyn | Hughie | Ciarran | ||||||||||||
Hughie | Jessica | Ravyn | Kyland | ||||||||||||||
Jujuy | Jessica | Horacio | |||||||||||||||
Chauncey | Jessica | Chauncey | |||||||||||||||
Jessica | Jessica |
Episode | 15 | 16 | 17 |
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Challenge winner | Ed | Jay | Berna |
1 | Emanuel | Michele | Corey |
2 | Berna | Olivia | Colleen |
3 | Colleen | Moriah | Emanuel |
4 | Corey | James | Jay |
5 | Michele | Emanuel | Moriah |
6 | Jay | Berna | |
7 | Moriah | Colleen | |
8 | James | Corey | |
9 | Nurys | ||
10 | Olivia | ||
Elimination nominees | Horacio Kyland Zara |
Horacio Kyland Nurys |
James Nurys Olivia |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title [9] | Original air date [9] | US viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|
527 | 1 | "Teamwork Makes The Perfect Work" | October 25, 2023 | 0.34 [b] [10] |
528 | 2 | "Two Lungs, One Heart, Can't Lose" | November 1, 2023 | 0.31 [11] |
529 | 3 | "It's a Matter of Semantics" | November 8, 2023 | 0.29 [12] |
530 | 4 | "I'm Coming Out" | November 8, 2023 | 0.19 [12] |
531 | 5 | "Countdown to Chaos" | November 15, 2023 | 0.39 [13] |
532 | 6 | "The Big Mistake" | November 22, 2023 | 0.38 [14] |
533 | 7 | "So Flip Floppy" | November 29, 2023 | 0.41 [15] |
534 | 8 | "Struggling to Hold It Together" | December 6, 2023 | 0.42 [16] |
535 | 9 | "A Banana Split" | December 13, 2023 | 0.39 [17] |
536 | 10 | "Feeling Used" | December 20, 2023 | 0.36 [18] |
537 | 11 | "My Own Worst Frenemy" | December 27, 2023 | 0.45 [19] |
538 | 12 | "A Legend Returns" | January 3, 2024 | 0.50 [20] |
539 | 13 | "El Saboteur" | January 10, 2024 | 0.53 [21] |
540 | 14 | "Don't Let TJ Decide" | January 17, 2024 | 0.49 [22] |
541 | 15 | "Welcome to Conquest" | January 24, 2024 | 0.48 [23] |
542 | 16 | "Family Knows Best" | January 31, 2024 | 0.48 [24] |
543 | 17 | "Feel the Bern" | February 7, 2024 | 0.46 [25] |
544 | 18 | "The Beginning Of The End" | February 14, 2024 | 0.52 [26] |
545 | 19 | "Only One Gets The Crown" | February 21, 2024 | 0.51 [27] |
The two-part reunion special aired on February 28 and March 6, 2024 and was hosted by entertainment personality Maria Menounos. Cast members attended in Amsterdam, Netherlands.