Behind the Screen: Challenge Interesting Facts

For over two decades, MTV's The Challenge has been the proving ground where reality TV's fiercest competitors come to cement their legacies. What started as a Real World/Road Rules spinoff has evolved into one of the most physically and mentally demanding competition series on television.

The franchise's expansion — with spinoffs in the USA, UK, Argentina, and Australia — speaks to a global appetite for the brand of cutthroat competition and alliance-driven gameplay that Vevmo's community has been tracking since 2007.

The Inferno was also the name of a mission on The Gauntlet 1...

— Lotus

On Duel I, it wasn't specifically stated that you had to unhook the flag in Push Me...

— superchico

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Discussion thread about Challenge Interesting Facts with 30 replies from the Vevmo community.

Challenge Interesting Facts

DaCollegeKid ·

I like reading behind the scenes things on here especially on past challenges so I thought it could be a thread on it. Somethings I know... 1. Piggy from Road Rules Australia was originally casted on The Inferno and can even been seen in footage and photos when the cast arrived. She left as soon as she arrived and Christena from Road Rules South Pacific replaced her. 2. The Gauntlet 1 was originally suppose to be in taped in Rhode Island before Telluride, Colorado. 3. As of Duel 2, Beth, Derrick, Katie, Robin, Tonya & Veronica have all done the most challenges with 7.

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Lotus#2
4. The Inferno was also the name of a mission on The Gauntlet 1. 5. BOTSeason, The Gauntlet and Battle of the Sexes all had similar missions.
superchico#3
6. On Duel I, it wasn't specifically stated that you had to unhook the flag in Push Me. Production had a thirty minute meeting on the spot and decided to retroactively add the rule so Svetlana would win.
Anonymous#4
So I guess this next challenge will be Veronica, Derrick, Tonya, and Katie's 8th challenge. That's awesome.
V1man#5
superchico;68838 wrote:
6. On Duel I, it wasn't specifically stated that you had to unhook the flag in Push Me. Production had a thirty minute meeting on the spot and decided to retroactively add the rule so Svetlana would win.
It probably took 29 minutes to explain the word "retroactively" to TJ Lavin. What a ****!
DaCollegeKid#6
Most Times In A Gauntlet/Inferno/Exile/Duel (As of 5/8/2009 Edit Later as Duel 2 continues to air) Gauntlet 1. Sarah (Five Times) 2. Derrick (Five Times) 3. Alton (Four Times) (1 time on Gauntlet 1, 3 Times on Gauntlet 2) 4. Beth (Four Times) (3 Times on Gauntlet 2, 1 Time on Gauntlet 3) 4. Frank (Three Times) 5. Jillian (Three Times) 6. Kina (Three Times) Inferno 1. Jenn (3 Times) 2. Katie, Tonya & Julie tie for 2 Times Each Duel 1. Aneesa (4 Times) (Three times on Duel 1, As of right now 1 time on Duel 2) 2. Stevlana (3 Times) 3. Nehemiah (3 Times) (2 times on Duel 1, 1 Time on Duel 2) 4. Robin (3 Times) (2 Times on Duel 1, 1 Time on Duel 2) 5. Evan (3 Times (1 Time on Duel 1, 2 Times as of Duel 2) Exile 1. Wes & Casey (Five Times)
jr588#7
DaCollegeKid;68881 wrote:
Most Times In A Gauntlet/Inferno/Exile/Duel (As of 5/8/2009 Edit Later as Duel 2 continues to air) Gauntlet 1. Sarah (Five Times) 2. Derrick (Five Times) 3. Alton (Four Times) (1 time on Gauntlet 1, 3 Times on Gauntlet 2) 4. Frank (Three Times) 5. Jillian (Three Times) Inferno 1. Katie & Tonya tie for 2 Times Each Duel 1. Aneesa (4 Times) (Three times on Duel 1, As of right now 1 time on Duel 2) 2. Stevlana (3 Times) 3. Nehemiah (3 Times) (2 times on Duel 1, 1 Time on Duel 2) Exile 1. Wes & Casey (Five Times)
If I remember correctly, Jenn went into 3 Infernos. And Beth went into the Gauntlet 4 times [though only competing in three].
Buck05#8
DaCollegeKid;68881 wrote:
Most Times In A Gauntlet/Inferno/Exile/Duel (As of 5/8/2009 Edit Later as Duel 2 continues to air) Gauntlet 1. Sarah (Five Times) 2. Derrick (Five Times) 3. Alton (Four Times) (1 time on Gauntlet 1, 3 Times on Gauntlet 2) 4. Frank (Three Times) 5. Jillian (Three Times) Inferno 1. Katie & Tonya tie for 2 Times Each Duel 1. Aneesa (4 Times) (Three times on Duel 1, As of right now 1 time on Duel 2) 2. Stevlana (3 Times) 3. Nehemiah (3 Times) (2 times on Duel 1, 1 Time on Duel 2) Exile 1. Wes & Casey (Five Times)
Julie from Real World New Orleans also was in 2 Inferno's. (The first on Inferno 1 when she lost to Katie and the second on Inferno 2 when she lost to Tonya).
Buck05#9
jr588;68883 wrote:
If I remember correctly, Jenn went into 3 Infernos. And Beth went into the Gauntlet 4 times [though only competing in three].
Jenn went in 2 Inferno's. She beat Colie and then lost to Susie (??).
jr588#10
Robin also was in 3 Duels and Evan has been as well.
jr588#11
Buck05;68885 wrote:
Jenn went in 2 Inferno's. She beat Colie and then lost to Susie (??).
She also beat Rachel.
Buck05#12
jr588;68888 wrote:
She also beat Rachel.
Yes, you are right, I forgot about that. Damn, she was a busy girl!
rw/rrjunkie#13
Buck05;68884 wrote:
Julie from Real World New Orleans also was in 2 Inferno's. (The first on Inferno 1 when she lost to Katie and the second on Inferno 2 when she lost to Tonya).
Kina also - Gauntlet 3 times with Cameran, Cara, and Jillian
DaCollegeKid#14
[*]Battle Of The Sexes is the longest season having 20 episodes (Reunion included) [*]Due to the hour format, The Island is the shortest season only having 9 episodes (Reunion included) The most people from one season on a challenge starting from Battle Of The Sexes (Fresh Meat Excluded Since They didn't have a "true" original Real World or Road Rules Season) Battle Of The Sexes: New Orleans (4) (Melissa, David, Julie & Jamie) The Gauntlet: South Pacific (4) (Abe, Cara, Dave & Tina) The Inferno: Paris (4) (Leah, C.T., Ace & Mallory) Battle Of The Sexes 2: Tie Between X-Treme & San Diego (5) (Angela, Derrick, Ibis, Kina & Nick) (Randy, Robin, Brad, Cameron & Jacquese) Inferno 2: Philadelphia (3) (Shavonda, Karamo & Landon) Gauntlet 2: X-Treme (6) (Danny, Ibis, Jillian, Jodi, Kina & Derrick) Fresh Meat: Austin (4) Danny, Melinda, Johanna & Wes) The Duel: Key West (4) Svetlana, Paula, Johnny & Tyler) Inferno 3: Denver (4) (Tyrie, Jenn, Davis & Colie) Gauntlet 3: Austin (5) (Johanna, Danny, Melinda, Nehemiah, Rachel) Island: (Sydney) (4) (Dunbar, Cohutta, Kelly Anne & Ashli) Duel 2: (Tie Between Sydney & Hollywood) (3) (Dunbar, Issac & Shauvon) (Nick, Brittany & Kimberly) Battle Of The Seasons, The Inferno, The Inferno II & Gauntlet 3 all were taped in the country of Mexico. Lori (Back 2 New York) was originally Mike's partner on Battle Of The Seasons instead of Coral. Of Course, Darrell (Campus Crawl) has won the most challenges with 4. Beth & Robin tie as the biggest losers with Seven challenges.
dplayer18#15
DaCollegeKid;68881 wrote:
Most Times In A Gauntlet/Inferno/Exile/Duel (As of 5/8/2009 Edit Later as Duel 2 continues to air) Gauntlet 1. Sarah (Five Times) 2. Derrick (Five Times) 3. Alton (Four Times) (1 time on Gauntlet 1, 3 Times on Gauntlet 2) 4. Beth (Four Times) (3 Times on Gauntlet 2, 1 Time on Gauntlet 3) 4. Frank (Three Times) 5. Jillian (Three Times) 6. Kina (Three Times) Inferno 1. Jenn (3 Times) 2. Katie, Tonya & Julie tie for 2 Times Each Duel 1. Aneesa (4 Times) (Three times on Duel 1, As of right now 1 time on Duel 2) 2. Stevlana (3 Times) 3. Nehemiah (3 Times) (2 times on Duel 1, 1 Time on Duel 2) 4. Robin (3 Times) (2 Times on Duel 1, 1 Time on Duel 2) 5. Evan (3 Times (1 Time on Duel 1, 2 Times as of Duel 2) Exile 1. Wes & Casey (Five Times)
Aneesa actually did 4 duels on Duel 1
rw/rrjunkie#16
dplayer18;68919 wrote:
Aneesa actually did 4 duels on Duel 1
4 is correct! Casey, Robin, and Diem were all taken out by Aneesa, and then Svet sent Aneesa home.
jr588#17
rw/rrjunkie;68928 wrote:
4 is correct! Casey, Robin, and Diem were all taken out by Aneesa, and then Svet sent Aneesa home.
No, not Casey. Paula.
Lotus#18
out of all the challenges, BotSexes, The Duel, Inferno and Gauntlet have had sequels.
Anonymous#19
jr588;68947 wrote:
No, not Casey. Paula.
Didn't Casey pick Robin, and Robin sent her home?
DaCollegeKid#20
Most Times In A Gauntlet/Inferno/Exile/Duel (As of 5/8/2009 Edit Later as Duel 2 continues to air) Gauntlet 1. Sarah (Five Times) 2. Derrick (Five Times) 3. Alton (Four Times) (1 time on Gauntlet 1, 3 Times on Gauntlet 2) 4. Beth (Four Times) (3 Times on Gauntlet 2, 1 Time on Gauntlet 3) 5. Frank (Three Times) 6. Jillian (Three Times) 7. Kina (Three Times) Inferno 1. Jenn (3 Times) 2. Katie, Tonya & Julie tie for 2 Times Each Duel 1. Aneesa (5 Times) (Four times on Duel 1, As of right now 1 time on Duel 2) 2. Stevlana (3 Times) 3. Nehemiah (3 Times) (2 times on Duel 1, 1 Time on Duel 2) 4. Robin (3 Times) (2 Times on Duel 1, 1 Time on Duel 2) 5. Evan (3 Times (1 Time on Duel 1, 2 Times as of Duel 2) Exile 1. Wes & Casey (Five Times)
rw/rrjunkie#21
jr588;68947 wrote:
No, not Casey. Paula.
My mistake I was thinking about Robin and Casey (Robin took Casey out), I meant Paula :)
mph922#22
CT and Abram appeared on all three Infernos Katie appeared on all three Gauntlets. Aneesa, Ayanna, Genesis, Ruthie, Veronica, Tonya, Rachel, Eric N, Mark, and Shane appeared on both BOTSexes Aneesa, Diem, Robin, Paula, Evan, Eric, Nehemiah, CT, and Brad appeared on both Duels.
Stacee_Danielle#23
V1man;68879 wrote:
It probably took 29 minutes to explain the word "retroactively" to TJ Lavin. What a dick!
Why am I not surprised by that statement?
Anonymous#24
Fresh Meat marks the first challenge Coral did not make it to the end.
rw/rrjunkie#25
tjhallow;68968 wrote:
Fresh Meat marks the first challenge Coral did not make it to the end.
I know it have nothing to do with the thread but speaking of Fresh Meat, why was Diem, Casey, Eric, Ev, and Evan on the Veteran team on G3. Fresh Meat was a challenge for the alumni not for the Fresh Meat right? The Duel would have marked their first challenge. Kenny was a true Vet b/c he appeared on The Duel, and Inferno 3, The G3 was his third so that made him a Vet. So whats the deal with Eric, Ev, Diem, Evan and Casey?
Anonymous#26
rw/rrjunkie;68974 wrote:
I know it have nothing to do with the thread but speaking of Fresh Meat, why was Diem, Casey, Eric, Ev, and Evan on the Veteran team on G3. Fresh Meat was a challenge for the alumni not for the Fresh Meat right? The Duel would have marked their first challenge. Kenny was a true Vet b/c he appeared on The Duel, and Inferno 3, The G3 was his third so that made him a Vet. So whats the deal with Eric, Ev, Diem, Evan and Casey?
Fresh Meat is still considered a challenge even for the Fresh Meat kids.
Anonymous#27
Derrick did six challenges in a row until he got his first win on the Inferno 3.
DaCollegeKid#28
[*]The shortest time in between the airing of two challenges was a week and that was The Gauntlet & Inferno [*]The longest time was between Challenge 2 & Challenge 2000 with a year and a month [*]The largest cast in a challenge was Battle Of The Sexes 1 & 2 with 36 cast members Who's Been kicked off for fighting or hitting? [*]C.T. (Inferno 3 & Duel 2) [*]Tina (Duel 1) [*]Adam (Duel 2) [*]Ayanna (Extreme Challenge) [*]Starting with The Duel, no challenge after has not had a preview/launch special (Before Gauntlet 3, the 25 Challenge Moments thing aired so Gauntlet 3 may be excluded)
DaCollegeKid#29
[*]Every challenge Alton has been on, Cara has been on as well. A matter of fact out of the three they been on, Cara won Gauntlet 1 with The Road Rules team, and Alton lost with The Real World team. On Gauntlet 2, Cara lost to Kina in the Gauntlet, and Alton won with the Rookies team. On Inferno III, they both won together with The Good Guys team. [*]Team Blue (The guys, Road Rules, Rookies) has won every challenge except for Battle Of The Seasons & Inferno III (Real World & Bad *****) [*]If you add up how much money Darrell has won with the challenges (excluding taxes and all that) it would be $241,666 and two cars.
Seana18#30
The Good Guys didnt win I3.
iMichael#31
I have a bunch of facts, some obvious and some not. -Although Jamie was a rookie on the Gauntlet 2, he had appeared on 2 challenges prior to the taping of the show and should have been a veteran (Extreme Challenge, Battle of the Sexes) -Excluding Island Challenges, Alton has the best elimination round record with 6 wins and 0 loses. -Danny (Austin) has the worst record with 3 loses and 0 wins. -On all 3 Infernos, the each member of the losing team took home $10,000 -The Gauntlet 1 was originally supposed to be filmed in Rhode Island -Jon is the only person to be eliminated first twice. -Derrick and Veronica hold the record for most consecutive challenges, both doing 6 in a row. I'm sure a few more will come to me later on.

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