The Challenge: USA | |
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Season 1 | |
Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 28 |
Winners | |
Location | Buenos Aires & Patagonia, Argentina [1] [2] |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | July 6 September 22, 2022 | –
Season chronology |
The first season of The Challenge: USA premiered on CBS on July 6, 2022. The season featured twenty-eight cast members from Big Brother, Love Island, Survivor, and The Amazing Race competing for a monetary prize. [3] [4]
The Challenge: USA consists of a daily challenge, winner's selection and an elimination round. For the first seven episodes, players compete as male/female pairs which change for each cycle of the game.
From episode 8, the game changed to an individual format, and elimination rounds were designated to one gender. Players compete in daily challenges individually, where the last-place player of the designated gender is automatically sent to the elimination round to compete against the same-gender player later selected by the winners. The winner remains in the game and receives all the money in their opponent's bank account while the loser is eliminated.
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The remaining contestants were flown to Patagonia for the Final Challenge, where they would race up Cerro López mountain. Players complete a series of checkpoints in male-female pairs to earn points based on their placements. However, due to uneven numbers after Ben's departure from the competition, each female player would have to complete a checkpoint individually. The male and female players with the most points at the end of the Final Challenge are declared the winners of the season. To take home the money they currently possess in their bank account, players must finish the Final Challenge. If, at any point, a teammate quits, their partner is also out and both players' bank accounts are reduced to $0.
The first pair or individual to complete each checkpoint receives 5 points each; second receives 4 points; third receives 3 points; fourth receives 2 points; fifth receives 1 point. After each checkpoint, the Algorithm determines new pairs for the next checkpoint.
Episode | Winners | Arena contestants | Arena game | Arena outcome | |||
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No. | Challenge | Last place | Winners' pick | Winner(s) | Eliminated | ||
1 | Down To Do the Math | Angela & Tyson | Azah & Kyland | Cely & Javonny | Knot So Fast | Azah & Kyland | Cely & Javonny |
2 | Yeah Buoy | Justine & Tyson | Cayla & James | Cashel & Tiffany | Knowledge Is Powered | Cayla & James | Cashel & Tiffany |
3 | Hang On Man | Angela & Kyland | James & Tasha | Cashay & Domenick | Plug and Play | Cashay & Domenick | James & Tasha |
4 | Falling Off the Knowledge | Alyssa & Kyland | David & Justine | Shan & Xavier | Smash In Puzzle Out | David & Justine | Shan & Xavier |
5 | Barreled Treasure | Cashay & Tyson | Azah & Cinco | Leo & Sarah | A Dark Turn | Leo & Sarah | Azah & Cinco |
6 | Containment | David & Desi | Enzo & Justine | Derek & Shannon | Spelling Eeb | Enzo & Justine | Derek & Shannon |
7 | Wreck-Reational Driving | Cayla & Domenick | Alyssa & Leo | Kyland & Kyra | Ball & Chain | Alyssa & Leo | Kyland & Kyra |
8 | Having A Blast | Angela | Enzo | Leo | Hall Brawl | Enzo | Leo |
Ben | |||||||
9 | Collect Four | Danny | Sarah | Cashay | In a Roll | Sarah | Cashay |
Desi | |||||||
10 | Code Crossing | Angela | David | Enzo | Balls In | Enzo | David |
Ben | |||||||
11 | Getting Tired | Domenick & Tyson | Angela | Alyssa | Pole Wrestle | Angela | Alyssa |
Sarah | |||||||
12 | Final Challenge | Danny | 2nd & 3rd: Domenick & Tyson, [a] 4th: Enzo, [b] 5th: Ben [c] | ||||
Sarah | 2nd & 3rd: Cayla & Justine, [a] 4th: Angela, [d] 5th: Desi [b] |
Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Finale [a] [b] [c] [d] | |
Danny | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $245,500 |
Sarah | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $15,000 | $254,500 |
Cayla | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 |
Domenick | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $10,000 | $0 |
Justine | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
Tyson | $6,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $18,500 | $0 |
Angela | $6,000 | $6,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $21,000 | $33,500 | $0 |
Desi | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $0 |
Enzo | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $18,000 | $18,000 | $0 |
Ben | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $0 |
Alyssa | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $0 | |
David | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 | ||
Cashay | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $0 | |||
Leo | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $9,000 | $0 | ||||
Kyland | $2,000 | $2,000 | $7,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $0 | |||||
Kyra | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |||||
Derek | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||
Shannon | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||
Azah | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | |||||||
Cinco | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |||||||
Shan | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||||
Xavier | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||||
James | $1,000 | $2,000 | $0 | |||||||||
Tasha | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |||||||||
Cashel | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||||||
Tiffany | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||||||
Cely | $0 | |||||||||||
Javonny | $0 |
For the first episode, players chose their own teams prior to the "Down to Do the Math" challenge. From episode two to episode seven, and the Final Challenge, teams were decided by the Algorithm. From episode eight, players competed as individuals.
Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Finale | |||||
Danny | Shan | Desi | Azah | Kyra | Angela | Alyssa | Justine | Individual Game |
Cayla | Angela | Sarah | Justine | Individual Game | |||
Sarah | Enzo | Kyland | Cinco | Derek | Leo | Ben | Tyson | — | Tyson | Danny | Domenick | |||||
Cayla | David | James | Xavier | Tyson | Derek | Leo | Domenick | Danny | — | Domenick | Tyson | |||||
Domenick | Justine | Shannon | Cashay | Angela | Desi | Angela | Cayla | Angela | Justine | Cayla | Sarah | |||||
Justine | Domenick | Tyson | Leo | David | Ben | Enzo | Danny | Tyson | Domenick | — | Danny | |||||
Tyson | Angela | Justine | Alyssa | Cayla | Cashay | Kyra | Sarah | Justine | Sarah | Angela | Cayla | |||||
Angela | Tyson | Leo | Kyland | Domenick | Danny | Domenick | Enzo | Domenick | Danny | Tyson | — | |||||
Desi | Cinco | Danny | Enzo | Leo | Domenick | David | Ben | Enzo | ||||||||
Enzo | Sarah | Alyssa | Desi | Cashay | Kyra | Justine | Angela | Desi | ||||||||
Ben | Alyssa | Shan | Kyra | Azah | Justine | Sarah | Desi | |||||||||
Alyssa | Ben | Enzo | Tyson | Kyland | David | Danny | Leo | |||||||||
David | Cayla | Kyra | Shannon | Justine | Alyssa | Desi | Cashay | |||||||||
Cashay | Derek | Cinco | Domenick | Enzo | Tyson | Kyland | David | |||||||||
Leo | Tiffany | Angela | Justine | Desi | Sarah | Cayla | Alyssa | |||||||||
Kyland | Azah | Sarah | Angela | Alyssa | Shannon | Cashay | Kyra | |||||||||
Kyra | Cashel | David | Ben | Danny | Enzo | Tyson | Kyland | |||||||||
Derek | Cashay | Tasha | Shan | Sarah | Cayla | Shannon | ||||||||||
Shannon | James | Domenick | David | Cinco | Kyland | Derek | ||||||||||
Azah | Kyland | Xavier | Danny | Ben | Cinco | |||||||||||
Cinco | Desi | Cashay | Sarah | Shannon | Azah | |||||||||||
Shan | Danny | Ben | Derek | Xavier | ||||||||||||
Xavier | Tasha | Azah | Cayla | Shan | ||||||||||||
James | Shannon | Cayla | Tasha | |||||||||||||
Tasha | Xavier | Derek | James | |||||||||||||
Cashel | Kyra | Tiffany | ||||||||||||||
Tiffany | Leo | Cashel | ||||||||||||||
Cely | Javonny | |||||||||||||||
Javonny | Cely |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title [8] [9] | Original air date [8] [9] |
Prod. code [8] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "The United States of Challenge" | July 6, 2022 | 101 | 2.33 [10] |
2 | 2 | "Oh Say Can You See Tiffany" | July 13, 2022 | 102 | 2.20 [11] |
3 | 3 | "Declarations of Independence" | July 20, 2022 | 103 | 2.13 [12] |
4 | 4 | "Liberty and Justice For All" | July 27, 2022 | 104 | 2.18 [13] |
5 | 5 | "In Tyson We Trust" | August 3, 2022 | 105 | 2.08 [14] |
6 | 6 | "A Civil War" | August 10, 2022 | 106 | 2.19 [15] |
7 | 7 | "State of the Unions" | August 17, 2022 | 107 | 2.19 [16] |
8 | 8 | "Independence Day" | August 24, 2022 | 108 | 2.10 [17] |
9 | 9 | "Nevertheless She Persisted" | August 31, 2022 | 109 | 1.94 [18] |
10 | 10 | "Pledges of Allegiance" | September 7, 2022 | 110 | 2.11 [19] |
11 | 11 | "Home of the Brave" | September 14, 2022 | 111 | 1.76 [20] |
12 | 12 | 112 | |||
The Challenge: USA | |
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Season 1 | |
Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 28 |
Winners | |
Location | Buenos Aires & Patagonia, Argentina [1] [2] |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | July 6 September 22, 2022 | –
Season chronology |
The first season of The Challenge: USA premiered on CBS on July 6, 2022. The season featured twenty-eight cast members from Big Brother, Love Island, Survivor, and The Amazing Race competing for a monetary prize. [3] [4]
The Challenge: USA consists of a daily challenge, winner's selection and an elimination round. For the first seven episodes, players compete as male/female pairs which change for each cycle of the game.
From episode 8, the game changed to an individual format, and elimination rounds were designated to one gender. Players compete in daily challenges individually, where the last-place player of the designated gender is automatically sent to the elimination round to compete against the same-gender player later selected by the winners. The winner remains in the game and receives all the money in their opponent's bank account while the loser is eliminated.
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The remaining contestants were flown to Patagonia for the Final Challenge, where they would race up Cerro López mountain. Players complete a series of checkpoints in male-female pairs to earn points based on their placements. However, due to uneven numbers after Ben's departure from the competition, each female player would have to complete a checkpoint individually. The male and female players with the most points at the end of the Final Challenge are declared the winners of the season. To take home the money they currently possess in their bank account, players must finish the Final Challenge. If, at any point, a teammate quits, their partner is also out and both players' bank accounts are reduced to $0.
The first pair or individual to complete each checkpoint receives 5 points each; second receives 4 points; third receives 3 points; fourth receives 2 points; fifth receives 1 point. After each checkpoint, the Algorithm determines new pairs for the next checkpoint.
Episode | Winners | Arena contestants | Arena game | Arena outcome | |||
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No. | Challenge | Last place | Winners' pick | Winner(s) | Eliminated | ||
1 | Down To Do the Math | Angela & Tyson | Azah & Kyland | Cely & Javonny | Knot So Fast | Azah & Kyland | Cely & Javonny |
2 | Yeah Buoy | Justine & Tyson | Cayla & James | Cashel & Tiffany | Knowledge Is Powered | Cayla & James | Cashel & Tiffany |
3 | Hang On Man | Angela & Kyland | James & Tasha | Cashay & Domenick | Plug and Play | Cashay & Domenick | James & Tasha |
4 | Falling Off the Knowledge | Alyssa & Kyland | David & Justine | Shan & Xavier | Smash In Puzzle Out | David & Justine | Shan & Xavier |
5 | Barreled Treasure | Cashay & Tyson | Azah & Cinco | Leo & Sarah | A Dark Turn | Leo & Sarah | Azah & Cinco |
6 | Containment | David & Desi | Enzo & Justine | Derek & Shannon | Spelling Eeb | Enzo & Justine | Derek & Shannon |
7 | Wreck-Reational Driving | Cayla & Domenick | Alyssa & Leo | Kyland & Kyra | Ball & Chain | Alyssa & Leo | Kyland & Kyra |
8 | Having A Blast | Angela | Enzo | Leo | Hall Brawl | Enzo | Leo |
Ben | |||||||
9 | Collect Four | Danny | Sarah | Cashay | In a Roll | Sarah | Cashay |
Desi | |||||||
10 | Code Crossing | Angela | David | Enzo | Balls In | Enzo | David |
Ben | |||||||
11 | Getting Tired | Domenick & Tyson | Angela | Alyssa | Pole Wrestle | Angela | Alyssa |
Sarah | |||||||
12 | Final Challenge | Danny | 2nd & 3rd: Domenick & Tyson, [a] 4th: Enzo, [b] 5th: Ben [c] | ||||
Sarah | 2nd & 3rd: Cayla & Justine, [a] 4th: Angela, [d] 5th: Desi [b] |
Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Finale [a] [b] [c] [d] | |
Danny | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $245,500 |
Sarah | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $15,000 | $254,500 |
Cayla | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 |
Domenick | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $10,000 | $0 |
Justine | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
Tyson | $6,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $18,500 | $0 |
Angela | $6,000 | $6,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | $21,000 | $33,500 | $0 |
Desi | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $0 |
Enzo | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $18,000 | $18,000 | $0 |
Ben | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $0 |
Alyssa | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $0 | |
David | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 | ||
Cashay | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $0 | |||
Leo | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $9,000 | $0 | ||||
Kyland | $2,000 | $2,000 | $7,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $0 | |||||
Kyra | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |||||
Derek | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||
Shannon | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||
Azah | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 | |||||||
Cinco | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |||||||
Shan | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||||
Xavier | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||||
James | $1,000 | $2,000 | $0 | |||||||||
Tasha | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | |||||||||
Cashel | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||||||
Tiffany | $1,000 | $0 | ||||||||||
Cely | $0 | |||||||||||
Javonny | $0 |
For the first episode, players chose their own teams prior to the "Down to Do the Math" challenge. From episode two to episode seven, and the Final Challenge, teams were decided by the Algorithm. From episode eight, players competed as individuals.
Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Finale | |||||
Danny | Shan | Desi | Azah | Kyra | Angela | Alyssa | Justine | Individual Game |
Cayla | Angela | Sarah | Justine | Individual Game | |||
Sarah | Enzo | Kyland | Cinco | Derek | Leo | Ben | Tyson | — | Tyson | Danny | Domenick | |||||
Cayla | David | James | Xavier | Tyson | Derek | Leo | Domenick | Danny | — | Domenick | Tyson | |||||
Domenick | Justine | Shannon | Cashay | Angela | Desi | Angela | Cayla | Angela | Justine | Cayla | Sarah | |||||
Justine | Domenick | Tyson | Leo | David | Ben | Enzo | Danny | Tyson | Domenick | — | Danny | |||||
Tyson | Angela | Justine | Alyssa | Cayla | Cashay | Kyra | Sarah | Justine | Sarah | Angela | Cayla | |||||
Angela | Tyson | Leo | Kyland | Domenick | Danny | Domenick | Enzo | Domenick | Danny | Tyson | — | |||||
Desi | Cinco | Danny | Enzo | Leo | Domenick | David | Ben | Enzo | ||||||||
Enzo | Sarah | Alyssa | Desi | Cashay | Kyra | Justine | Angela | Desi | ||||||||
Ben | Alyssa | Shan | Kyra | Azah | Justine | Sarah | Desi | |||||||||
Alyssa | Ben | Enzo | Tyson | Kyland | David | Danny | Leo | |||||||||
David | Cayla | Kyra | Shannon | Justine | Alyssa | Desi | Cashay | |||||||||
Cashay | Derek | Cinco | Domenick | Enzo | Tyson | Kyland | David | |||||||||
Leo | Tiffany | Angela | Justine | Desi | Sarah | Cayla | Alyssa | |||||||||
Kyland | Azah | Sarah | Angela | Alyssa | Shannon | Cashay | Kyra | |||||||||
Kyra | Cashel | David | Ben | Danny | Enzo | Tyson | Kyland | |||||||||
Derek | Cashay | Tasha | Shan | Sarah | Cayla | Shannon | ||||||||||
Shannon | James | Domenick | David | Cinco | Kyland | Derek | ||||||||||
Azah | Kyland | Xavier | Danny | Ben | Cinco | |||||||||||
Cinco | Desi | Cashay | Sarah | Shannon | Azah | |||||||||||
Shan | Danny | Ben | Derek | Xavier | ||||||||||||
Xavier | Tasha | Azah | Cayla | Shan | ||||||||||||
James | Shannon | Cayla | Tasha | |||||||||||||
Tasha | Xavier | Derek | James | |||||||||||||
Cashel | Kyra | Tiffany | ||||||||||||||
Tiffany | Leo | Cashel | ||||||||||||||
Cely | Javonny | |||||||||||||||
Javonny | Cely |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title [8] [9] | Original air date [8] [9] |
Prod. code [8] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "The United States of Challenge" | July 6, 2022 | 101 | 2.33 [10] |
2 | 2 | "Oh Say Can You See Tiffany" | July 13, 2022 | 102 | 2.20 [11] |
3 | 3 | "Declarations of Independence" | July 20, 2022 | 103 | 2.13 [12] |
4 | 4 | "Liberty and Justice For All" | July 27, 2022 | 104 | 2.18 [13] |
5 | 5 | "In Tyson We Trust" | August 3, 2022 | 105 | 2.08 [14] |
6 | 6 | "A Civil War" | August 10, 2022 | 106 | 2.19 [15] |
7 | 7 | "State of the Unions" | August 17, 2022 | 107 | 2.19 [16] |
8 | 8 | "Independence Day" | August 24, 2022 | 108 | 2.10 [17] |
9 | 9 | "Nevertheless She Persisted" | August 31, 2022 | 109 | 1.94 [18] |
10 | 10 | "Pledges of Allegiance" | September 7, 2022 | 110 | 2.11 [19] |
11 | 11 | "Home of the Brave" | September 14, 2022 | 111 | 1.76 [20] |
12 | 12 | 112 | |||