Behind the Screen: The Challenge: Rivals - Chris "C.T." Tamburello

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 most ****** Real Worlder is back. If he and Adam can put their differences aside then this team is the best male pair there...

— Benfiquista

We haven't seen him on a full season since Gauntlet 3. Judging from the trailer, he'll be getting a lot of airtime...

— AJHill

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The Challenge: Rivals - Chris "C.T." Tamburello

Raymond21 ·
User image Original Season: Real World: Paris Status: Veteran Challenges Won: None Rival Teammate: Adam King MTV Bio: Perhaps the most feared man in Challenge history, sexy bad-boy CT enters Rivals with a new attitude, revealing, "I've been staying out of trouble, surrounding myself with good people, trying to do the right thing and not be a knucklehead." While CT insists that his dark days are behind him, not everyone is buying his "Mr. Nice Guy" attitude makeover. This Challenge goliath's mere presence alone will put a target on his back. The men want CT out of the game. And as far as the women...look for this lady's man to get tangled up in a very messy -- and unexpected -- love triangle.
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Benfiquista#2
The most ****** Real Worlder is back! If he and Adam can put their differences aside then this team is the best male pair there. I mean Adam has the brain while CT has the brawn. Also here's an interesting fact, this pair is the only male team on Rivals to have previously been on a same team before and run a final mission together (Gauntlet 3).
AJHill#3
We haven't seen him on a full season since Gauntlet 3. Judging from the trailer, he'll be getting a lot of airtime. Sweet. About time.
jesses_girl#4
AJHill;249843 wrote:
We haven't seen him on a full season since Gauntlet 3. Judging from the trailer, he'll be getting a lot of airtime. Sweet. About time.
Not only will we get a lot of him on the show but also CT dailies!!!!!!
V1man#5
jesses_girl;249845 wrote:
Not only will we get a lot of him on the show but also CT dailies!!!!!!
If there are dailies...
Raymond21#6
Benfiquista;249840 wrote:
The most ****** Real Worlder is back! If he and Adam can put their differences aside then this team is the best male pair there. I mean Adam has the brain while CT has the brawn. Also here's an interesting fact, this pair is the only male team on Rivals to have previously been on a same team before and run a final mission together (Gauntlet 3).
Are you done? Now it's my turn! C.T. is back on a challenge! His Cutthroat appearance wasn't valid as a return to the game in my book. Never thought it'd happen any time soon, if ever. Looking forward to all that went down between him and the cast. Judging from the trailer, it's going to be a pretty damn good season.
Maestro#7
V1man;249846 wrote:
If there are dailies...
Why wouldn't there be?
V1man#8
Maestro;249850 wrote:
Why wouldn't there be?
Because... that is what some sources are saying... Don't know if it's true, but as a cost cutting move it is logical if we are to be watching the final challenge.
Moni61#9
Ai!!! QUE HOMBRE!!!
Maestro#10
V1man;249854 wrote:
Because... that is what some sources are saying... Don't know if it's true, but as a cost cutting move it is logical if we are to be watching the final challenge.
LOL I hope your sources are wrong. That would be pretty disappointing imo.
music46#11
According to Bunim/Murray's twitter they're starting the day of the premiere. User image
fabulous788#12
Other than Adam R, CT is probably the person I want to see the least. He's just never been my favorite at all.
CherryPie#13
V1man;249854 wrote:
Because... that is what some sources are saying... Don't know if it's true, but as a cost cutting move it is logical if we are to be watching the final challenge.
Well that just ruined my day.
fabulous788;249867 wrote:
Other than Adam R, CT is probably the person I want to see the least. He's just never been my favorite at all.
I actually liked CT on The Duel, back when he was with Diem. He was so sweet back then. But he became a major pain in the *** ever since the episode when he left The Duel.
eggs78#14
I am intrigued at just how private CT can be for such a popular cast member. He doesn't even shamelessly promote himself on his own facebook. I am curious as to how MTV/BMP will portray the roid rager who gave them ratings gold. Katelynn described him as "cuddly" in this forum while Brandon said he was a changed man in his latest podcast.
V1man#15
Maestro;249863 wrote:
LOL I hope your sources are wrong. That would be pretty disappointing imo.
I hope they are wrong, too. They were speculating, not speaking from a position of concrete knowledge. What I would like to see is for the dailies to consist of cuts from the OTF and green screen interviews that are only very sparingly used in the episodes as filler when video of some event fails to explain it sufficiently. Why? Often these interviews are where cast members vent their frustrations about things that never make it into an episode because there is no time or what someone talks about would create a new or distracting story line.
AEvans5#16
Even though CT's violent past has gotten him booted off of Challenges, he is one of my Challenge favorites, and I hope he lasts the full season.
ScienceGirl#17
Anyone know how much CT can bench press?
rwrrinferno#18
It's weird. CT was only gone from the Challenges for 3 seasons, but it felt like he was gone for 6 seasons. He's one of the best competitors of all time and it sucks he hasn't won one yet.
Skeet#19
rwrrinferno;249994 wrote:
It's weird. CT was only gone from the Challenges for 3 seasons, but it felt like he was gone for 6 seasons. He's one of the best competitors of all time and it sucks he hasn't won one yet.
It's kind of been 5 because he barrely was on the duel 2 :p Not counting cutthroat of course.
Mind Riot#20
Superboy;249970 wrote:
Anyone know how much CT can bench press?
One thousand pounds.
molds13#21
Mind Riot;250005 wrote:
One thousand pounds.
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Mind Riot#22
molds13;250009 wrote:
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Nice.
ScienceGirl#23
Mind Riot;250005 wrote:
One thousand pounds.
Cause I heard 400 and I've got to see it to believe it.
molds13#24
Superboy;250031 wrote:
Cause I heard 400 and I've got to see it to believe it.
I heard that he ate 100 oysters on the half-shell in one sitting and I've got to see that to believe it too.
Mind Riot#25
I heard that he juggles buffalo and owns a tyrannasaurus rex that he tamed himself. The dude who told me seems to know his ****.
molds13#26
Mind Riot;250040 wrote:
I heard that he juggles buffalo and owns a tyrannasaurus rex that he tamed himself. The dude who told me seems to know his ****.
I heard it was a velociraptor.
Mind Riot#27
molds13;250042 wrote:
I heard it was a velociraptor.
Common misconception. He actually hunts packs of velociraptors recreationally. CT is not one to be trifled with in the tall grass.
Bacchus#28
I heard he is the life of parties he has never attended and if he were to punch you in the face, you’d have to fight off the urge to thank him. Heck, sharks have a week dedicated to him.
KingofCrash#29
I heard he's never thrown up in his life. From Coral.
Bacchus#30
I heard he planted the idea for the movie Inception into Christopher Nolan’s mind while he was dreaming.
molds13#31
I heard he can win a game of rock paper scissors without using any of the three.

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