Vendettas | |
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Season 31 | |
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Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 28 |
Winner | Cara Maria Sorbello |
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No. of episodes | 16 (including the two-part Reunion special/finale) |
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Original network | MTV |
Original release | January 2 April 17, 2018 | –
Season chronology |
The Challenge: Vendettas is the thirty-first season of MTV reality competition series, The Challenge. The official trailer was shown during the special mini-series Champs vs. Stars. For the first time, this season featured alumni from the US version of Big Brother, and the UK TV shows Ex on the Beach and Geordie Shore, competing with alumni from the regular shows of The Real World, Road Rules, The Challenge, and Are You the One?. For the first time ever, there was only one winner. [1]
28 players – each with unresolved grudges with other contestants – compete to survive in the game and win their share of $500,000. [2] Each round is designated as a male, female or genderless round. The main elements of the game are as follows:
When eight players remain, they compete individually in the Final Challenge for their share of the $500,000 prize. Only the Top 4 players win the money in their bank account. Additionally, first place is awarded the money from the bank accounts of every eliminated player as well as an additional $150,000. Second place receives an additional $35,000, third place an additional $10,000 and the fourth place an additional $5,000. The other four finalists receive nothing.
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Mercenaries | Original season |
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Aneesa Ferreira | The Real World: Chicago |
Ashley Mitchell | Real World: Ex-Plosion |
Darrell Taylor | Road Rules: Campus Crawl |
Derrick Kosinski | Road Rules: X-Treme |
Frank Sweeney | The Real World: San Diego (2011) |
Jordan Wiseley | The Real World: Portland |
Laurel Stucky | The Challenge: Fresh Meat II |
Tori Deal | Are You the One? 4 |
First Stage: In the first stage of the final challenge, players must run along a course and complete three checkpoints. Before attempting each checkpoint players must retrieve a token found at the end of the mile and a half long course. Additionally, players will be required to wear various pieces of medieval equipment that will slow them down. For the lap to the first checkpoint players feet will be shackled together by chains. For the lap to the final checkpoint, players must each wear an entire suit of armor while they finish the course. The first two male players and first two female players to complete the stage will advance to Stage 2. The remaining four players will be eliminated from the final challenge and their bank accounts will be added to the final prize.
Memory Smash: In the second stage of the final challenge players must memorize a puzzle key featuring various colored circles. Once they have memorized a portion of their puzzle they must go inside the castle and to the courtyard where they must recreate the puzzle on their own individual board. The first male and female to finish stage 1 were given a 30-second head start. The first player to successfully match their color board with the answer key will be declared the winner and receive over $370,000, money from both the final prize and also the cumulated bank accounts of all of the eliminated players. Second, third, and fourth place will each receive $35,000, $10,000, and $5,000 respectively. Each finalist will also receive the money earned from their bank accounts throughout the season. The results would later be announced at the reunion special.
Episode | Gender | Challenge type | Winners | Troika | Ring contestants | Ring game | Ring outcome | ||||||||||||
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1 | Get Off the Rock | — | Individual | Joss | — | Rogan | |||||||||||||
Nicole R. | |||||||||||||||||||
2/3 [a] | Who's Got Balls? | Male | Individual | Bananas | Bananas, Kyle, Brad | Nelson | Cory | Tony | Victor | Balls of Fire | Nelson | Cory | |||||||
Britni | |||||||||||||||||||
3/4 | #Vendettas | Female | Individual | Devin | Devin, Natalie, Bananas | Melissa [f] | Alicia | Kam | Kayleigh | Chain Reaction | Melissa | Alicia | |||||||
Natalie | |||||||||||||||||||
4/5 | Food Wars | Female [g] | 7 teams of 3 & 1 team of 2 | Team 6 | Marie, Tony, Zach | Sylvia | Britni | Kayleigh | Melissa | Oil and Water | Sylvia | Melissa | |||||||
6/7 [h] | Gasping for Air | Male | 4 teams of 5 | Team 4 | Tony, Bananas, Kyle | Brad | Devin | Shane | Victor | Troubled Water | Brad | Victor | |||||||
7/8 [e] [i] | Puppet Master | — | 2 teams of 10 | Green Team | Kyle, Nicole Z, Tony | Joss | Devin | Nelson | Shane | Crazy 8 | Jordan | Shane | |||||||
Aneesa | Veronica [d] | ||||||||||||||||||
Veronica | Kam | Kayleigh | Natalie | Kam | Tori | ||||||||||||||
Derrick | Joss | ||||||||||||||||||
8/9 | Car Crash | Female | 3 teams of 4 & 1 team of 5 | Team 1 | Bananas, Natalie, Nelson | Marie | Cara Maria | Kailah | Nicole Z. | Basket Case | Kailah | Marie | |||||||
9/10 [c] | Kickin' Ass | Male | 2 teams of 8 | Blue Team | Kailah, Tony, Zach | Devin | Bananas | Leroy | Nelson | Not So Bright | Devin | Bananas | |||||||
11 [j] | This Land Is My Land | — | 2 teams of 5 & 1 team of 4 | Green Team | Natalie, Tony, Zach | Brad | Kyle | Leroy | Nelson | Yankin' My Chain | Brad | Frank | |||||||
Kam | Ashley | ||||||||||||||||||
Kam | Britni | Cara Maria | Jemmye | Nelson | Darrell [k] | ||||||||||||||
Laurel | Britni | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Spanish Treasure | Female | 1 team of 7 & 1 team of 6 | Team 1 | Brad, Tony, Zach | Kam | Cara Maria | Kailah | Natalie | Spanish Torture | Kam | Natalie | |||||||
12/13 | Help Me, Rhonda | — | Individual | Zach | — | Jemmye | |||||||||||||
Nicole Z | Devin | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | Outside the Box | Male | Individual | Kailah | Tony, Kailah, Cara Maria | — | Nelson | ||||||||||||
Tony | — | Brad | Kyle | Leroy | Head Banger | Leroy | Brad | ||||||||||||
14 | Final Challenge | — | Individual | — | Nicole Z [b] | ||||||||||||||
Kam | |||||||||||||||||||
Leroy | |||||||||||||||||||
Tony | |||||||||||||||||||
Cara Maria | 2nd: Zach; 3rd: Kyle ; 4th: Kailah |
Contestants | Episodes | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2/3 [a] | 3/4 [f] | 4/5 [g] | 6/7 [h] | 7/8 [i] | 8/9 | 9/10 [c] | 11 [j] [k] | 12 | 12/13 | 13 | Finale | |
Cara Maria | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WON | SAVE | SAFE | NOM | NOM | SAFE | HIGH | WINNER |
Zach | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WON | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WON | SAFE | SECOND |
Kyle | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WON | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | THIRD |
Kailah | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WON | SAFE | ELIM | WIN | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | WIN | FOURTH |
Kam | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WON | ELIM | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | PURGED |
Leroy | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | PURGED |
Tony | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | PURGED |
Nicole Z. | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | NOM | WON | WON | WON | WON | SAFE | MED |
Brad | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | WON | SAFE | WON | ELIM | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |
Nelson | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | WIN | NOM | DRAW | SAFE | SAFE | LAST | |
Devin | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | NOM | NOM | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WON | LAST | ||
Jemmye | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WON | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | WON | LAST | ||
Natalie | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | — | SAVE | WIN | WON | WIN | LOST | |||
Britni | SAFE | WON | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOST | ||||
Kayleigh | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | NOM | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | QUIT | |||||
Bananas | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | WON | WIN | OUT | |||||
Marie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
Joss | WON | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
Veronica [d] | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | MED | |||||||
Shane | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | LOST | |||||||
Sylvia [e] | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | — | MED | |||||||
Victor | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
Melissa | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | |||||||||
Alicia | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
Cory | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
Eddie | SAFE | REM | |||||||||||
Nicole R. | LAST | ||||||||||||
Rogan | LAST |
Players | Episodes | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2/3 [a] | 3/4 [f] | 4/5 | 6/7 | 7/8 | 8/9 | 9/10 | 11 | 12 | 12/13 | 13 | Finale [b] | |
Cara Maria | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $378,750 |
Zach | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,000 | $13,000 | $13,000 | $13,000 | $16,125 | $21,125 | $24,625 | $37,125 | $37,125 | $72,125 |
Kyle | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $10,625 | $10,625 | $10,625 | $10,625 | $10,625 | $20,625 |
Kailah | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $8,125 | $8,125 | $8,125 | $8,125 | $20,625 | $25,625 |
Kam | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,125 | $3,125 | $3,125 | $19,125 | $19,125 | $19,125 |
Leroy | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Tony | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,000 | $13,000 | $15,500 | $15,500 | $18,625 | $23,625 | $27,125 | $27,125 | $39,625 | $39,625 |
Nicole Z. | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,625 | $10,625 | $14,125 | $26,625 | $26,625 | $26,625 |
Brad | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,625 | $5,625 | $9,125 | $9,125 | $9,125 | |
Nelson | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $11,250 | $11,250 | $11,250 | $11,250 | $11,250 | $11,250 | |
Devin | $0 | $0 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $16,000 | $0 | ||
Jemmye | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $6,000 | $6,000 | ||
Natalie | $0 | $0 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $15,000 | $21,250 | $24,375 | $29,375 | $32,875 | |||
Britni | $0 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $17,500 | ||||
Kayleigh | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | |||||
Bananas | $0 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $17,500 | $20,000 | $26,250 | $26,250 | |||||
Marie | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | ||||||
Joss | $25,000 | $25,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | |||||||
Veronica | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||
Shane | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | |||||||
Sylvia | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||
Victor | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
Melissa | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||
Alicia | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||
Cory | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||
Eddie | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||
Nicole R. | $0 | ||||||||||||
Rogan | $0 |
Last-place | Nelson last-place |
Melissa last-place |
Sylvia 2 of 3 votes |
Brad 4 of 5 votes |
Joss 7 of 10 votes |
Veronica 6 of 10 votes |
Marie 3 of 4 votes |
Devin 5 of 8 votes |
Brad 4 of 5 votes |
Kam 4 of 5 votes |
Tie Vote | Kam 3 of 3 votes |
— | Brad 0 of 3 votes to save |
Leroy 1 of 3 votes to save | ||||||||||||
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Troika Pick | Cory 3 of 3 votes |
Alicia 3 of 3 votes |
Melissa 3 of 3 votes |
Victor 3 of 3 votes |
Shane 3 of 3 votes |
Kam 3 of 3 votes |
Kailah 2 of 3 votes |
Bananas 2 of 3 votes |
Nelson 3 of 3 votes |
Britni 3 of 3 votes |
Natalie 3 of 3 votes | ||||||||||||||||
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2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 6/7 | 7/8 | 8/9 | 9/10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cara Maria | Devin | Kailah | Kailah | Kyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Zach | Melissa | Joss | Veronica | Nelson | Nelson | Britni | Kam | Natalie | |||||||||||||||||||
Kyle | Cory | Victor | Shane | Kam | Kailah | Kailah | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kailah | Joss | Veronica | Bananas | Brad | Kam | Cara Maria | Cara Maria | Leroy | |||||||||||||||||||
Kam | Brad | Joss | Veronica | Marie | Brad | Kailah | Cara Maria | Cara Maria | |||||||||||||||||||
Leroy | Joss | Kailah | Devin | Kailah | Kailah | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony | Melissa | Victor | Shane | Kam | Bananas | Nelson | Britni | Kam | Natalie | Kyle | |||||||||||||||||
Nicole Z. | Shane | Kam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brad | Cory | Sylvia | Nelson | Marie | Nelson | Kam | Kam | Natalie | |||||||||||||||||||
Nelson | Brad | Leroy | Marie | Cara Maria | Bananas | Brad | Kam | Cara Maria | Cara Maria | ||||||||||||||||||
Devin | Alicia | Leroy | Veronica | Bananas | Brad | Kam | |||||||||||||||||||||
Jemmye | Marie | Devin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Natalie | Alicia | Kailah | Nelson | Britni | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Britni | Joss | Kam | Bananas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kayleigh | Brad | Devin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bananas | Cory | Alicia | Victor | Kailah | Devin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Marie | Melissa | Brad | Joss | Veronica | Jemmye | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Joss | Sylvia | Leroy | Veronica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Veronica | Joss | Kam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sylvia | Brad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicole R. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rogan |
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1 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 6/7 | 7/8 | 8/9 | 9/10 | 11 | 12 | 12/13 | 13 | 14 | |
Cara Maria | Individual | Team 3 | Team 2 | Green Team | Team 1 | Green Team | Blue Team | Team 2 | Individual | ||||
Zach | Team 6 | Team 4 | Blue Team | Team 2 | Blue Team | Green Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Kyle | Team 2 | Team 4 | Green Team | Team 4 | Blue Team | Blue Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Kailah | Team 8 | Team 4 | Blue Team | Team 2 | Blue Team | Red Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Kam | Team 7 | Team 1 | Blue Team | Team 3 | Blue Team | Red Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Leroy | Team 2 | Team 3 | Blue Team | Team 4 | Green Team | Blue Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Tony | Team 6 | Team 4 | Green Team | Team 2 | Blue Team | Green Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Nicole Z. | Team 5 | Team 3 | Green Team | Team 2 | Blue Team | Green Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Brad | Team 4 | Team 1 | Green Team | Team 3 | Blue Team | Red Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Nelson | Team 7 | Team 1 | Blue Team | Team 1 | Green Team | Red Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Devin | Team 1 | Team 3 | Blue Team | Team 4 | Green Team | Red Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Jemmye | Team 5 | Team 3 | Green Team | Team 3 | Green Team | Blue Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Natalie | Team 7 | — | Green Team | Team 1 | Blue Team | Green Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Britni | Team 2 | Team 2 | Blue Team | Team 4 | Green Team | Green Team | |||||||
Kayleigh | Team 3 | Team 1 | Green Team | Team 4 | Green Team | ||||||||
Bananas | Team 3 | Team 4 | Green Team | Team 1 | Green Team | ||||||||
Marie | Team 6 | Team 1 | Blue Team | Team 3 | |||||||||
Joss | Team 4 | Team 2 | Blue Team | ||||||||||
Veronica | Team 5 | Team 2 | Blue Team | ||||||||||
Shane | Team 1 | Team 3 | Green Team | ||||||||||
Sylvia | Team 4 | — | |||||||||||
Victor | Team 8 | Team 2 | |||||||||||
Melissa | Team 1 | ||||||||||||
Alicia | |||||||||||||
Cory | |||||||||||||
Eddie | |||||||||||||
Nicole R. | |||||||||||||
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Ring game | Winner(s) | Grenades | Choice | Victim(s) |
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Balls of Fire | Nelson | Cash (Take $5,000 from any player who has money.) |
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Joss |
Time Crunch (Add time to another player's challenge performance.) |
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Put Up or Shut Up (Join the Troika or send a player straight into the Inquisition.) |
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Chain Reaction | Melissa | Team Up (Pick the teams for the next challenge.) |
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Money Hungry (Choose one player to drink 1 liter of cream before the next challenge.) |
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Sit Out (Choose any player to sit out of the next challenge and automatically get sent into elimination.) |
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Oil and Water | Sylvia | Cash (Take $10,000 from any player who has money.) |
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Endure (Choose any player to perform an endurance task before the next challenge.) | ||||
Order Up (Choose the order for the next challenge.) | ||||
Troubled Water | Brad | Time Crunch (Add time to another player's challenge performance.) |
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Kam |
Sit Out (Choose any player to sit out of the next challenge.) |
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Blindside (Somebody has to compete in the next challenge blindfolded.) |
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Crazy 8 | Kam | Lube Up (Lube up any player at the next challenge.) |
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Cara Maria |
Endure (Choose any player to perform an endurance task before the next challenge.) |
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Flip Out (Choose any player to wear flippers at the next challenge.) |
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Basket Case | Kailah | Cash Up (Take any player's money.) |
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Team Up (Pick the teams for the next challenge.) |
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Put Up or Shut Up (Pick any player that has to win a spot into the Troika or face the Inquisition.) |
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Not So Bright | Devin | Weighted Down (Add weight to any player for the next challenge.) |
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Tied Up (Tie up any player's ankles for the next challenge.) |
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Team Up (Pick the teams for the challenge.) |
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Yanking My Chain | — | Cash (Take any player's money.) |
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Brad | Tied Up (Tie up any player's ankles for the next challenge.) |
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Kam | Time Up (Add time to another player's challenge performance.) |
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Spanish Torture | Kam | Cash (Take any player's money.) |
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Devin |
Endurance (Force a player to do 30 burpees before for the next challenge.) |
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Time Crunch (Add time to another player's challenge performance.) |
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Decked Out | ||||
Station | Dealers | Grenades | Choice | Victim(s) |
Higher or Lower | Melissa | Bury a Log (Force a player to bury a log.) |
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Do 50 Jumping Jacks (Force a player to do 50 jumping jacks.) |
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Enjoy a Glass of Water (Force a player to drink an entire glass of water.) |
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No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | 388 | "When Worlds Collide" | January 2, 2018 | 0.89 [4] |
2 | 389 | "The Power of Three" | January 9, 2018 | 0.87 [5] |
3 | 390 | "#banatalie" | January 16, 2018 | 1.02 [6] |
4 | 391 | "Pizzagate" | January 23, 2018 | 0.74 [7] |
5 | 392 | "Guilty by Association" | January 30, 2018 | 0.92 [8] |
6 | 393 | "Notes on a Scandal" | February 6, 2018 | 0.82 [9] |
7 | 394 | "Pulling the Strings" | February 13, 2018 | 0.83 [10] |
8 | 395 | "Mercenaries of Mayhem" | February 20, 2018 | 0.88 [11] |
9 | 396 | "Baskets of Deplorables" | February 27, 2018 | 0.84 [12] |
10 | 397 | "Rumor Has It" | March 6, 2018 | 0.77 [13] |
11 | 398 | "It's Britni, B..." | March 13, 2018 | 0.83 [14] |
12 | 399 | "Help Me, Rhonda" | March 20, 2018 | 0.75 [15] |
13 | 400 | "Czechmate" | March 27, 2018 | 0.83 [16] |
14 | 401 | "Vendettas Never Die" | April 3, 2018 | 0.90 [17] |
The two-part reunion special/finale aired on April 10 and 17, 2018, and was hosted by WWE pro wrestler, The Real World: Back to New York alum, and former Challenge champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin. Cast members (including Kayleigh, Melissa and Kyle via Satellite) attended at the MTV Studios in New York City.
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Season 31 | |
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Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 28 |
Winner | Cara Maria Sorbello |
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No. of episodes | 16 (including the two-part Reunion special/finale) |
Release | |
Original network | MTV |
Original release | January 2 April 17, 2018 | –
Season chronology |
The Challenge: Vendettas is the thirty-first season of MTV reality competition series, The Challenge. The official trailer was shown during the special mini-series Champs vs. Stars. For the first time, this season featured alumni from the US version of Big Brother, and the UK TV shows Ex on the Beach and Geordie Shore, competing with alumni from the regular shows of The Real World, Road Rules, The Challenge, and Are You the One?. For the first time ever, there was only one winner. [1]
28 players – each with unresolved grudges with other contestants – compete to survive in the game and win their share of $500,000. [2] Each round is designated as a male, female or genderless round. The main elements of the game are as follows:
When eight players remain, they compete individually in the Final Challenge for their share of the $500,000 prize. Only the Top 4 players win the money in their bank account. Additionally, first place is awarded the money from the bank accounts of every eliminated player as well as an additional $150,000. Second place receives an additional $35,000, third place an additional $10,000 and the fourth place an additional $5,000. The other four finalists receive nothing.
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Mercenaries | Original season |
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Aneesa Ferreira | The Real World: Chicago |
Ashley Mitchell | Real World: Ex-Plosion |
Darrell Taylor | Road Rules: Campus Crawl |
Derrick Kosinski | Road Rules: X-Treme |
Frank Sweeney | The Real World: San Diego (2011) |
Jordan Wiseley | The Real World: Portland |
Laurel Stucky | The Challenge: Fresh Meat II |
Tori Deal | Are You the One? 4 |
First Stage: In the first stage of the final challenge, players must run along a course and complete three checkpoints. Before attempting each checkpoint players must retrieve a token found at the end of the mile and a half long course. Additionally, players will be required to wear various pieces of medieval equipment that will slow them down. For the lap to the first checkpoint players feet will be shackled together by chains. For the lap to the final checkpoint, players must each wear an entire suit of armor while they finish the course. The first two male players and first two female players to complete the stage will advance to Stage 2. The remaining four players will be eliminated from the final challenge and their bank accounts will be added to the final prize.
Memory Smash: In the second stage of the final challenge players must memorize a puzzle key featuring various colored circles. Once they have memorized a portion of their puzzle they must go inside the castle and to the courtyard where they must recreate the puzzle on their own individual board. The first male and female to finish stage 1 were given a 30-second head start. The first player to successfully match their color board with the answer key will be declared the winner and receive over $370,000, money from both the final prize and also the cumulated bank accounts of all of the eliminated players. Second, third, and fourth place will each receive $35,000, $10,000, and $5,000 respectively. Each finalist will also receive the money earned from their bank accounts throughout the season. The results would later be announced at the reunion special.
Episode | Gender | Challenge type | Winners | Troika | Ring contestants | Ring game | Ring outcome | ||||||||||||
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# | Challenge | Last-place | Troika's pick | Winner | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
1 | Get Off the Rock | — | Individual | Joss | — | Rogan | |||||||||||||
Nicole R. | |||||||||||||||||||
2/3 [a] | Who's Got Balls? | Male | Individual | Bananas | Bananas, Kyle, Brad | Nelson | Cory | Tony | Victor | Balls of Fire | Nelson | Cory | |||||||
Britni | |||||||||||||||||||
3/4 | #Vendettas | Female | Individual | Devin | Devin, Natalie, Bananas | Melissa [f] | Alicia | Kam | Kayleigh | Chain Reaction | Melissa | Alicia | |||||||
Natalie | |||||||||||||||||||
4/5 | Food Wars | Female [g] | 7 teams of 3 & 1 team of 2 | Team 6 | Marie, Tony, Zach | Sylvia | Britni | Kayleigh | Melissa | Oil and Water | Sylvia | Melissa | |||||||
6/7 [h] | Gasping for Air | Male | 4 teams of 5 | Team 4 | Tony, Bananas, Kyle | Brad | Devin | Shane | Victor | Troubled Water | Brad | Victor | |||||||
7/8 [e] [i] | Puppet Master | — | 2 teams of 10 | Green Team | Kyle, Nicole Z, Tony | Joss | Devin | Nelson | Shane | Crazy 8 | Jordan | Shane | |||||||
Aneesa | Veronica [d] | ||||||||||||||||||
Veronica | Kam | Kayleigh | Natalie | Kam | Tori | ||||||||||||||
Derrick | Joss | ||||||||||||||||||
8/9 | Car Crash | Female | 3 teams of 4 & 1 team of 5 | Team 1 | Bananas, Natalie, Nelson | Marie | Cara Maria | Kailah | Nicole Z. | Basket Case | Kailah | Marie | |||||||
9/10 [c] | Kickin' Ass | Male | 2 teams of 8 | Blue Team | Kailah, Tony, Zach | Devin | Bananas | Leroy | Nelson | Not So Bright | Devin | Bananas | |||||||
11 [j] | This Land Is My Land | — | 2 teams of 5 & 1 team of 4 | Green Team | Natalie, Tony, Zach | Brad | Kyle | Leroy | Nelson | Yankin' My Chain | Brad | Frank | |||||||
Kam | Ashley | ||||||||||||||||||
Kam | Britni | Cara Maria | Jemmye | Nelson | Darrell [k] | ||||||||||||||
Laurel | Britni | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Spanish Treasure | Female | 1 team of 7 & 1 team of 6 | Team 1 | Brad, Tony, Zach | Kam | Cara Maria | Kailah | Natalie | Spanish Torture | Kam | Natalie | |||||||
12/13 | Help Me, Rhonda | — | Individual | Zach | — | Jemmye | |||||||||||||
Nicole Z | Devin | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | Outside the Box | Male | Individual | Kailah | Tony, Kailah, Cara Maria | — | Nelson | ||||||||||||
Tony | — | Brad | Kyle | Leroy | Head Banger | Leroy | Brad | ||||||||||||
14 | Final Challenge | — | Individual | — | Nicole Z [b] | ||||||||||||||
Kam | |||||||||||||||||||
Leroy | |||||||||||||||||||
Tony | |||||||||||||||||||
Cara Maria | 2nd: Zach; 3rd: Kyle ; 4th: Kailah |
Contestants | Episodes | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2/3 [a] | 3/4 [f] | 4/5 [g] | 6/7 [h] | 7/8 [i] | 8/9 | 9/10 [c] | 11 [j] [k] | 12 | 12/13 | 13 | Finale | |
Cara Maria | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WON | SAVE | SAFE | NOM | NOM | SAFE | HIGH | WINNER |
Zach | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WON | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WON | SAFE | SECOND |
Kyle | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WON | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | THIRD |
Kailah | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WON | SAFE | ELIM | WIN | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | WIN | FOURTH |
Kam | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WON | ELIM | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | PURGED |
Leroy | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | PURGED |
Tony | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | PURGED |
Nicole Z. | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | NOM | WON | WON | WON | WON | SAFE | MED |
Brad | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | WON | SAFE | WON | ELIM | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |
Nelson | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | WIN | NOM | DRAW | SAFE | SAFE | LAST | |
Devin | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | NOM | NOM | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WON | LAST | ||
Jemmye | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WON | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | WON | LAST | ||
Natalie | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | — | SAVE | WIN | WON | WIN | LOST | |||
Britni | SAFE | WON | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOST | ||||
Kayleigh | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | NOM | SAFE | SAVE | SAFE | QUIT | |||||
Bananas | SAFE | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | WON | WIN | OUT | |||||
Marie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
Joss | WON | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
Veronica [d] | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | MED | |||||||
Shane | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | NOM | LOST | |||||||
Sylvia [e] | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | — | MED | |||||||
Victor | SAFE | NOM | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
Melissa | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | |||||||||
Alicia | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
Cory | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
Eddie | SAFE | REM | |||||||||||
Nicole R. | LAST | ||||||||||||
Rogan | LAST |
Players | Episodes | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2/3 [a] | 3/4 [f] | 4/5 | 6/7 | 7/8 | 8/9 | 9/10 | 11 | 12 | 12/13 | 13 | Finale [b] | |
Cara Maria | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $8,750 | $378,750 |
Zach | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,000 | $13,000 | $13,000 | $13,000 | $16,125 | $21,125 | $24,625 | $37,125 | $37,125 | $72,125 |
Kyle | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $10,625 | $10,625 | $10,625 | $10,625 | $10,625 | $20,625 |
Kailah | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $8,125 | $8,125 | $8,125 | $8,125 | $20,625 | $25,625 |
Kam | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,125 | $3,125 | $3,125 | $19,125 | $19,125 | $19,125 |
Leroy | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Tony | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,000 | $13,000 | $15,500 | $15,500 | $18,625 | $23,625 | $27,125 | $27,125 | $39,625 | $39,625 |
Nicole Z. | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,625 | $10,625 | $14,125 | $26,625 | $26,625 | $26,625 |
Brad | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,625 | $5,625 | $9,125 | $9,125 | $9,125 | |
Nelson | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $11,250 | $11,250 | $11,250 | $11,250 | $11,250 | $11,250 | |
Devin | $0 | $0 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $16,000 | $0 | ||
Jemmye | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $6,000 | $6,000 | ||
Natalie | $0 | $0 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $15,000 | $21,250 | $24,375 | $29,375 | $32,875 | |||
Britni | $0 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $17,500 | ||||
Kayleigh | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 | |||||
Bananas | $0 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $12,500 | $17,500 | $20,000 | $26,250 | $26,250 | |||||
Marie | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | ||||||
Joss | $25,000 | $25,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | |||||||
Veronica | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||
Shane | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,500 | |||||||
Sylvia | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||
Victor | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
Melissa | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||
Alicia | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||
Cory | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||
Eddie | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||
Nicole R. | $0 | ||||||||||||
Rogan | $0 |
Last-place | Nelson last-place |
Melissa last-place |
Sylvia 2 of 3 votes |
Brad 4 of 5 votes |
Joss 7 of 10 votes |
Veronica 6 of 10 votes |
Marie 3 of 4 votes |
Devin 5 of 8 votes |
Brad 4 of 5 votes |
Kam 4 of 5 votes |
Tie Vote | Kam 3 of 3 votes |
— | Brad 0 of 3 votes to save |
Leroy 1 of 3 votes to save | ||||||||||||
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Troika Pick | Cory 3 of 3 votes |
Alicia 3 of 3 votes |
Melissa 3 of 3 votes |
Victor 3 of 3 votes |
Shane 3 of 3 votes |
Kam 3 of 3 votes |
Kailah 2 of 3 votes |
Bananas 2 of 3 votes |
Nelson 3 of 3 votes |
Britni 3 of 3 votes |
Natalie 3 of 3 votes | ||||||||||||||||
Voter | Episode | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 6/7 | 7/8 | 8/9 | 9/10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cara Maria | Devin | Kailah | Kailah | Kyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Zach | Melissa | Joss | Veronica | Nelson | Nelson | Britni | Kam | Natalie | |||||||||||||||||||
Kyle | Cory | Victor | Shane | Kam | Kailah | Kailah | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kailah | Joss | Veronica | Bananas | Brad | Kam | Cara Maria | Cara Maria | Leroy | |||||||||||||||||||
Kam | Brad | Joss | Veronica | Marie | Brad | Kailah | Cara Maria | Cara Maria | |||||||||||||||||||
Leroy | Joss | Kailah | Devin | Kailah | Kailah | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony | Melissa | Victor | Shane | Kam | Bananas | Nelson | Britni | Kam | Natalie | Kyle | |||||||||||||||||
Nicole Z. | Shane | Kam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brad | Cory | Sylvia | Nelson | Marie | Nelson | Kam | Kam | Natalie | |||||||||||||||||||
Nelson | Brad | Leroy | Marie | Cara Maria | Bananas | Brad | Kam | Cara Maria | Cara Maria | ||||||||||||||||||
Devin | Alicia | Leroy | Veronica | Bananas | Brad | Kam | |||||||||||||||||||||
Jemmye | Marie | Devin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Natalie | Alicia | Kailah | Nelson | Britni | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Britni | Joss | Kam | Bananas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kayleigh | Brad | Devin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bananas | Cory | Alicia | Victor | Kailah | Devin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Marie | Melissa | Brad | Joss | Veronica | Jemmye | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Joss | Sylvia | Leroy | Veronica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Veronica | Joss | Kam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sylvia | Brad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Melissa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alicia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eddie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicole R. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rogan |
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1 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 6/7 | 7/8 | 8/9 | 9/10 | 11 | 12 | 12/13 | 13 | 14 | |
Cara Maria | Individual | Team 3 | Team 2 | Green Team | Team 1 | Green Team | Blue Team | Team 2 | Individual | ||||
Zach | Team 6 | Team 4 | Blue Team | Team 2 | Blue Team | Green Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Kyle | Team 2 | Team 4 | Green Team | Team 4 | Blue Team | Blue Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Kailah | Team 8 | Team 4 | Blue Team | Team 2 | Blue Team | Red Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Kam | Team 7 | Team 1 | Blue Team | Team 3 | Blue Team | Red Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Leroy | Team 2 | Team 3 | Blue Team | Team 4 | Green Team | Blue Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Tony | Team 6 | Team 4 | Green Team | Team 2 | Blue Team | Green Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Nicole Z. | Team 5 | Team 3 | Green Team | Team 2 | Blue Team | Green Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Brad | Team 4 | Team 1 | Green Team | Team 3 | Blue Team | Red Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Nelson | Team 7 | Team 1 | Blue Team | Team 1 | Green Team | Red Team | Team 2 | ||||||
Devin | Team 1 | Team 3 | Blue Team | Team 4 | Green Team | Red Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Jemmye | Team 5 | Team 3 | Green Team | Team 3 | Green Team | Blue Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Natalie | Team 7 | — | Green Team | Team 1 | Blue Team | Green Team | Team 1 | ||||||
Britni | Team 2 | Team 2 | Blue Team | Team 4 | Green Team | Green Team | |||||||
Kayleigh | Team 3 | Team 1 | Green Team | Team 4 | Green Team | ||||||||
Bananas | Team 3 | Team 4 | Green Team | Team 1 | Green Team | ||||||||
Marie | Team 6 | Team 1 | Blue Team | Team 3 | |||||||||
Joss | Team 4 | Team 2 | Blue Team | ||||||||||
Veronica | Team 5 | Team 2 | Blue Team | ||||||||||
Shane | Team 1 | Team 3 | Green Team | ||||||||||
Sylvia | Team 4 | — | |||||||||||
Victor | Team 8 | Team 2 | |||||||||||
Melissa | Team 1 | ||||||||||||
Alicia | |||||||||||||
Cory | |||||||||||||
Eddie | |||||||||||||
Nicole R. | |||||||||||||
Rogan |
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Ring game | Winner(s) | Grenades | Choice | Victim(s) |
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Balls of Fire | Nelson | Cash (Take $5,000 from any player who has money.) |
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Joss |
Time Crunch (Add time to another player's challenge performance.) |
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Put Up or Shut Up (Join the Troika or send a player straight into the Inquisition.) |
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Chain Reaction | Melissa | Team Up (Pick the teams for the next challenge.) |
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Money Hungry (Choose one player to drink 1 liter of cream before the next challenge.) |
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Sit Out (Choose any player to sit out of the next challenge and automatically get sent into elimination.) |
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Oil and Water | Sylvia | Cash (Take $10,000 from any player who has money.) |
— | — |
Endure (Choose any player to perform an endurance task before the next challenge.) | ||||
Order Up (Choose the order for the next challenge.) | ||||
Troubled Water | Brad | Time Crunch (Add time to another player's challenge performance.) |
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Kam |
Sit Out (Choose any player to sit out of the next challenge.) |
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Blindside (Somebody has to compete in the next challenge blindfolded.) |
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Crazy 8 | Kam | Lube Up (Lube up any player at the next challenge.) |
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Cara Maria |
Endure (Choose any player to perform an endurance task before the next challenge.) |
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Flip Out (Choose any player to wear flippers at the next challenge.) |
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Basket Case | Kailah | Cash Up (Take any player's money.) |
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Team Up (Pick the teams for the next challenge.) |
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Put Up or Shut Up (Pick any player that has to win a spot into the Troika or face the Inquisition.) |
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Not So Bright | Devin | Weighted Down (Add weight to any player for the next challenge.) |
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Tied Up (Tie up any player's ankles for the next challenge.) |
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Team Up (Pick the teams for the challenge.) |
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Yanking My Chain | — | Cash (Take any player's money.) |
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Brad | Tied Up (Tie up any player's ankles for the next challenge.) |
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Kyle | |
Kam | Time Up (Add time to another player's challenge performance.) |
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Spanish Torture | Kam | Cash (Take any player's money.) |
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Devin |
Endurance (Force a player to do 30 burpees before for the next challenge.) |
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Time Crunch (Add time to another player's challenge performance.) |
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Decked Out | ||||
Station | Dealers | Grenades | Choice | Victim(s) |
Higher or Lower | Melissa | Bury a Log (Force a player to bury a log.) |
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Kam |
Do 50 Jumping Jacks (Force a player to do 50 jumping jacks.) |
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Enjoy a Glass of Water (Force a player to drink an entire glass of water.) |
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No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | 388 | "When Worlds Collide" | January 2, 2018 | 0.89 [4] |
2 | 389 | "The Power of Three" | January 9, 2018 | 0.87 [5] |
3 | 390 | "#banatalie" | January 16, 2018 | 1.02 [6] |
4 | 391 | "Pizzagate" | January 23, 2018 | 0.74 [7] |
5 | 392 | "Guilty by Association" | January 30, 2018 | 0.92 [8] |
6 | 393 | "Notes on a Scandal" | February 6, 2018 | 0.82 [9] |
7 | 394 | "Pulling the Strings" | February 13, 2018 | 0.83 [10] |
8 | 395 | "Mercenaries of Mayhem" | February 20, 2018 | 0.88 [11] |
9 | 396 | "Baskets of Deplorables" | February 27, 2018 | 0.84 [12] |
10 | 397 | "Rumor Has It" | March 6, 2018 | 0.77 [13] |
11 | 398 | "It's Britni, B..." | March 13, 2018 | 0.83 [14] |
12 | 399 | "Help Me, Rhonda" | March 20, 2018 | 0.75 [15] |
13 | 400 | "Czechmate" | March 27, 2018 | 0.83 [16] |
14 | 401 | "Vendettas Never Die" | April 3, 2018 | 0.90 [17] |
The two-part reunion special/finale aired on April 10 and 17, 2018, and was hosted by WWE pro wrestler, The Real World: Back to New York alum, and former Challenge champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin. Cast members (including Kayleigh, Melissa and Kyle via Satellite) attended at the MTV Studios in New York City.