Behind the Screen: The Challenge Favorites

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.

Amber, Coral, Ashley, Cara, KamTurbo, CT, Cory, Wes, Nelson...

— Flopnanas

Sophia, Ruthie, Ryan, Ashley K, Jodi, Sam, Piggy, Ayanna, Gladys, Belou, Sharon, Ashli, Rachel R, Rachel M, Lacey, Dan Walsh, Tyrie, Ellen, Preston, Brooke, Holly S, Roni, Kam, Josh...

— Peacekeeper22

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Discussion thread about The Challenge Favorites with 30 replies from the Vevmo community.

The Challenge Favorites

Connor91 ·

So... as the title states, I'm curious to see your challenge favourite. Top 5 Men & Top 5 Women. If it is better for you, you're free to do Top 5 old school and top 5 new school. I'm going to be realistic with those who have a chance of coming back whilst throwing out a few names who I wish could come back.

Women:

Georgia

Jenna

Laurel

Priscilla (new entry)

Ashley

Who I want back/like/didn't quite make the list/no chance of main show. It's a mixture of all my favourites and those who wouldn't come back.

Amanda, KellyAnne, Paula, Melissa, Sylvia, Jenny, Casey, OLD school Cara Maria (I hate the recent Cara)

Men (I'm gunna leave Kyle out of this one):

Landon

Theo C

Edit: How could I forget Cohutta!

Leroy (RIP we want you back)

at this point I'm running out of males because in comparison to the females they're whack but I'm clutching rn

- a random vet,  Frank the Tank but I don't see him coming back. EDIT: hadn't seen BOTS when I wrote this. I now strongly dislike Frank

- again I'm clutching but for pure messiness Tony Raines. I like the guy, he doesn't bring competitive to the table but I find him likeable

as I've said I find the guys a lot weaker than the girls in what they bring to the table.

Let me know what your favourites are, old school and new school. If I was going old school names definitely would have been different. Feel free to ask who I like cause I could vent for days

30 Comments
Flopnanas#2

Amber, Coral, Ashley, Cara, Kam

Turbo, CT, Cory, Wes, Nelson

MichFitz#3

Laurel, Svetlana, Chanda, Evelyn, Jonna

Peacekeeper22#4

Sophia, Ruthie, Ryan, Ashley K, Jodi, Sam, Piggy, Ayanna, Gladys, Belou, Sharon, Ashli, Rachel R, Rachel M, Lacey, Dan Walsh, Tyrie, Ellen, Preston, Brooke, Holly S, Roni, Kam, Josh.

Flopnanas#5

Laurel, Svetlana, Chanda, Evelyn, Jonna

chanda??

kvm1977#6

Landon Darrell...the guys are really difficult to like...Timmy Theo Von and Turbo

Coral, Cara Z, Jonna, Susie and Jenn (I know people hate her but she played the game)

entrepreneur#7

Coral, Veronica, Katie, Tina, Laurel

Darrell, Ty, Rogan, Bear, Zach

entrepreneur#8

Old school

Coral, Beth, Katie, Veronica, Tina

New School

Rogan, Mechie, Theo, Asaf, Bear 

realitybrotherr#9

Svetlana, Nany, Casey, Amber, Amanda

Cohutta, Leroy, Cory, Teck, Brad

Psy4potato#10

This is hard when it comes to the laides but I'll try:

Ladies old school (and I like them better than new shcool but still):

Rachel, Veronica, Coral, Katie, & Julie S

Susie, Trishlle, Tina, & Beth are close runner ups - along with many others 

Middle Class before the invasion of randoms:

Nany, Marie, Averey, LaToya, & Sarah

Runner Ups Include Laurel & Cara Maria (early on through Dirty 30 Cara Maria)

Random Castings:

Gabby (DA), Pricilla (SPLA), Berna (SPLA), & Amanda and Theresa on their most current seasons. 

Men:

Eh...I don't care much about them.  I like Darrell, Ace, and early Shane.  Chadwick was fun too on Seasons.  The guys just don't do much for me. 

BBSurvivor123#11

Ashley M, Cara Maria, Melissa, Tina, Nia

Ace, Turbo, Darrell, Theo V, Landon

Connor91#12

Svetlana, Nany, Casey, Amber, Amanda

Cohutta, Leroy, Cory, Teck, Brad

Damn I forgot Cohutta. He's defo up there for me!

Big_bananas_fan#13

Landon, Theo V., Theo C., Frank R. amd Jamie M. 

Tori H., Evelyn, Kam, Cara Z., Coral

timster3#14

Can't wait for this useless thread to die in 4 days and be brought back to life 6 years from now by some random

Big_bananas_fan#15

Can't wait for this useless thread to die in 4 days and be brought back to life 6 years from now by some random

Do you really think the challenge will exist in 6 years going how its going right now? 

Anon23432534534...#16

Theresa, Evelyn, Melinda, Cara, & Aneesa (the last two let me down thorought the years but still have a soft spot for)

Leroy, Brad, CJ, Landon, Alton 

timster3#17

Can't wait for this useless thread to die in 4 days and be brought back to life 6 years from now by some random

Do you really think the challenge will exist in 6 years going how its going right now? 

As long as MTV exists yes. But I could see the channel dying thus The Challenge ending. This show has more life support than any other reality comp show because it doesn't stick to one format, historically the host isn't crucial to the show and can be switched out if need be unlike Survivor/TAR/BB, they can pull from any show and have an unlimited casting pool, has a loyal fan base of about half a million people that'll watch no matter. If anything I could see another network picking it up if MTV died but then it'd flop.

kvm1977#18

Can't wait for this useless thread to die in 4 days and be brought back to life 6 years from now by some random

Do you really think the challenge will exist in 6 years going how its going right now? 

If you're talking about ratings there's no problem there.  Compare it to the rest of MTV's shows 

Flopnanas#19

Will ct really still be on this main show in 6 years ar 47 years old? Also by that time most of the vets will be pushing 40. It will be interesting what direction they take for the future.

realitybrotherr#20

Will ct really still be on this main show in 6 years ar 47 years old? Also by that time most of the vets will be pushing 40. It will be interesting what direction they take for the future.

i see him maybe doing it for 2-3 more years

kvm1977#21

Will ct really still be on this main show in 6 years ar 47 years old? Also by that time most of the vets will be pushing 40. It will be interesting what direction they take for the future.

i see him maybe doing it for 2-3 more years

Didn't he say he'd consider All Stars at 50?  Unless the movie career takes off somehow I doubt he retires. He's still the best. 

timster3#22

Allstars proves life ain't over after 40. As long as he stays in shape he can very well do this into his 50s if it's his only source of income.

Flopnanas#23

Will ct really still be on this main show in 6 years ar 47 years old? Also by that time most of the vets will be pushing 40. It will be interesting what direction they take for the future.

i see him maybe doing it for 2-3 more years

Didn't he say he'd consider All Stars at 50?  Unless the movie career takes off somehow I doubt he retires. He's still the best. 

aint all stars was said to be cancelled after season 3. If it hasnt yet then it will certainly be cancelled before he turns 50.

kvm1977#24

Will ct really still be on this main show in 6 years ar 47 years old? Also by that time most of the vets will be pushing 40. It will be interesting what direction they take for the future.

i see him maybe doing it for 2-3 more years

Didn't he say he'd consider All Stars at 50?  Unless the movie career takes off somehow I doubt he retires. He's still the best. 

aint all stars was said to be cancelled after season 3. If it hasnt yet then it will certainly be cancelled before he turns 50.

I don't think we know if it will continue or not but no one thought The Challenge would still be around either. 

Nany_MTV#25

Nany Kayleigh Kam Amber B maybe pre-WOTW2 Cara

KChallenge10#26

The real holy trinity of Laurel, Nany, Kailah and then Nelson sometimes lol 

Hauserman#27

Shaleen, Svetlana, Laurel, Trishelle & Cara Z.

Psy4potato#28

Will ct really still be on this main show in 6 years ar 47 years old? Also by that time most of the vets will be pushing 40. It will be interesting what direction they take for the future.

i see him maybe doing it for 2-3 more years

Didn't he say he'd consider All Stars at 50?  Unless the movie career takes off somehow I doubt he retires. He's still the best. 

aint all stars was said to be cancelled after season 3. If it hasnt yet then it will certainly be cancelled before he turns 50.

no official word yet about a season 4 - but we can only hope.  Season 1 & so far of Season 2 has been better than anything in last seven seasons imo.  Even the casting (minus one or three) for Season 3 is stronger <3  Paramount Plus doesn't seem to have a lot of content so hopefully they're getting enough viewers to want a 4th season. 

GoldenSmog#29

My favorite (not best) challengers

Men:  Landon, Isaac, Jamie, Timmy, Abram, Big Easy

Women:  Coral, Svetlana, Holly Shand, Paula Walnuts, Tonya, Robin

kvm1977#30

My favorite (not best) challengers

Men:  Landon, Isaac, Jamie, Timmy, Abram, Big Easy

Women:  Coral, Svetlana, Holly Shand, Paula Walnuts, Tonya, Robin

Someone likes Big Easy?  lol kidding lots of great names on your list

MikeyCro#31

My favorites are (in no particular order):

CT, Landon, Darrell, Wes, Joss

Rachel R., Ev, Katie, Sarah R, Coral

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