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The Challenge: Total Madness

The Challenge: Total Madness is the thirty-fifth season of the MTV reality competition series The Challenge. This season features alumni from The Real World, Are You the One?, Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother UK, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Geordie Shore, Ex on the Beach (US and UK), Shipwrecked, and Survival of the Fittest competing for a share at a $1 million prize.[1][2] The season premiered on April 1, 2020, and concluded its run on July 29 of the same year with the Reunion and the Behind-the-scenes specials.[3]

Total Madness
Season 35
Presented byT. J. Lavin
No. of contestants28
Winners
Location
No. of episodes18 (including the Reunion and the Behind-the-scenes specials)
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseApril 1 (2020-04-01) –
July 29, 2020 (2020-07-29)
Season chronology
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Format edit

 
The cast of the thirty-fifth season of The Challenge, along with host T.J. Lavin.

Total Madness features a main challenge, a nomination process, and an elimination round.

  • Daily Challenge: Players compete in the main challenge either individually, in pairs, or in teams. For individual and paired challenges, the two winning players select one additional player to form the Tribunal. For team challenges, all members of the winning team form the Tribunal.
  • Nominations: Players not in the Tribunal participate in nominations and must nominate one player of the designated gender to compete in the elimination round. They are given a chance to discuss the nominations before voting in an open vote. The player who receives the most votes will participate in the elimination round.
  • Tribunal: Following nominations, the Tribunal selects three players of the designated gender to interrogate. One of these three chosen interrogated competitors will be selected for possible elimination. At the Purgatory, the tribunal individually votes for the second player to participate in the elimination. From Episode 2, a Tribunal member of the designated gender may volunteer for elimination, instead of voting for an interrogated competitor.
  • Eliminations (Purgatory): The player selected by nomination participates in an elimination round against the player selected by the Tribunal, or the volunteer from the Tribunal. The loser is eliminated while the winner receives a Red Skull and remains in the game. The Red Skull is required to participate in the Final Challenge and can only be earned by winning in a Purgatory elimination round.
Twists
  • Red Skull: Winning an elimination round earns a player a Red Skull, a requirement to compete in the Final Challenge. This twist was introduced after the first elimination.
  • Double Elimination: Two slight variations of the Double Elimination occurred during this season.
    • Episodes 8 and 9 featured a male and female Double Elimination round respectively. Two players of the designated gender were eliminated. At nominations, the house voted two players of the designated gender into elimination. The tribunal then interrogated four nominees of the assigned gender, two of which they would vote into the Elimination Round should no tribunal member volunteer.
    • In Episodes 14 and 15, one female and one male player were eliminated. The house voted one player of each gender into elimination. The tribunal then interrogated two nominees of each gender and would vote one male and one female into elimination, should no tribunal member volunteer.

Contestants edit

Male contestants[3] Original season Finish
Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio The Real World: Key West Winner
Kyle Christie Geordie Shore 8 Runner-up
Cory Wharton Real World: Ex-Plosion Third place
Faysal "Fessy" Shafaat Big Brother 20 Fourth place
Rogan O'Connor Ex on the Beach UK 2 Fifth place
Nelson Thomas Are You the One? 3 Episode 15
Josh Martinez Big Brother 19 Episode 14
Christopher "Swaggy C" Williams Big Brother 20 Episode 12
Wes Bergmann The Real World: Austin Episode 10
Stephen Bear Celebrity Big Brother UK 18 Episode 8
Jordan Wiseley The Real World: Portland Episode 8
Jay Starrett Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X Episode 5/6[a]
Chris "CT" Tamburello The Real World: Paris Episode 3
Asaf Goren So You Think You Can Dance 12 Episode 1
Female contestants[3] Original season Finish
Jennifer "Jenny" West Survival of the Fittest Winner
Kaycee Clark Big Brother 20 Runner-up
Bayleigh Dayton Big Brother 20 Third place[b]
Melissa Reeves Ex on the Beach UK 2 Fourth place[c]
Dee Nguyen Geordie Shore 17 Episode 15
Aneesa Ferreira The Real World: Chicago Episode 14
Nany Gonzalez The Real World: Las Vegas (2011) Episode 13
Mattie Lynn Breaux Party Down South Episode 11
Jenna Compono Real World: Ex-Plosion Episode 9
Kailah Casillas Real World: Go Big or Go Home Episode 9
Tula "Big T" Fazakerley Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands Episode 9[d]
Tori Deal Are You the One? 4 Episode 6/7
Ashley Mitchell Real World: Ex-Plosion Episode 4
Jennifer "Jenn" Lee The Amazing Race 29 Episode 2

Gameplay edit

Challenge games edit

  • Battle Lines: Played in male and female heats, contestants must pull a barrel of medical supplies across a field, solving a math problem and puzzle along the way. At intervals, players who fall behind are eliminated from the challenge by having their barrel run over by a tank. The first player in each heat to reach the end of the field wins.
    • Winners: Jenny and Rogan
  • Airdrop Extraction: Played in nine teams of three, teams must transfer 15 military crates from one missile launch platform to another, one mile apart. The first three teams to finish advance to Round Two. In Round Two, teams board a helicopter and must drop nine military crates from the helicopter, aiming to hit the missile launch platform. The team with the most hits wins.
    • Winners: Cory, Dee and Swaggy C
  • Decode and Detonate: Each player begins at a puzzle board with a code. They must race to two separate puzzle keys to obtain the key to their code before returning to solve the code. Once the puzzle is solved, players race to a detonator and blow up a truck. The first two players to detonate a truck win.
    • Winners: Bayleigh and CT
  • Cold War: Played in five teams of five, three players from each team must collect puzzle pieces from the bottom of a pool before solving the puzzle. Meanwhile, two players from an opposing team break an ice block to send ice into the pool, making the water colder for those collecting pieces. The team with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Aneesa, Bananas, Bear, Big T and Kaycee
  • Bomb Squad: Played in six teams of four, each team member has a specific role. The first player must ride in a stunt car and look for hidden numbers to form a math equation, communicating this to a second player via radio. The second player solves the equation and runs the answer to the third player, who decodes the puzzle and selects three corresponding rods. The third player run the rods to the fourth player, who places the rods in a detonator. If the rods are correct, the bomb detonates. The team with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Jenny, Josh, Kaycee and Swaggy C
  • Fast & Furious: Inspired by scenes from the then-upcoming film F9. Played in male/female pairs, each pair is hooked to a moving semi-truck and tethered together. Two pairs play at a time, on opposite sides of the truck. They must collect ten magnetic puzzle pieces from the side of the truck, before returning to their puzzle board at the top and solving the puzzle. The pair with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Jordan and Nany
  • Decontamination: Each player races through a room of foam towards a window, while wearing PPE, where a series of flashing lights are shown. They must memorize the series before returning to the entrance and replicating the sequence by placing colored discs around a pole. The male and female with the fastest times win.
    • Winners: Mattie and Wes
  • Tunnel Rats: Played in three teams of five and one team of four, with two teams playing at once. One at a time, team members slide down a chute into a tunnel and swim to retrieve puzzle pieces. Once they collect all five puzzle pieces, teams must run back to the entrance and solve the puzzle. The team with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Bayleigh, Cory, Dee, Nany and Wes
  • Throne Off: Played in male and female heats, players begin holding onto a missile above water. One at a time, they are asked a multiple-choice trivia question. If they answer correctly, they can assign a strike to another player while answering incorrectly self-incurs a strike. Players are eliminated if they receive two strikes, or fall after letting go of the missile. The last male and female standing win. Additionally, both winners received a $5,000 cash prize, announced at the conclusion of the challenge.
    • Winners: Dee and Wes
  • Flag Down: Two players of the same gender begin strapped on each side of a tank, with four players competing at once. As the tank drives through a course, they must collect as many flags as possible. Red flags are worth one point and white flags are worth ten points. The male and female with the most points win. At the conclusion of the challenge, it was announced that players who had worked together during the challenge were disqualified.
    • Winners: Josh and Melissa
    • Disqualified: Fessy, Jenny, Kyle, Nany, Nelson and Rogan
  • Tanks-A-Lot: Played in five teams of three, teams transfer junk from a junkyard across a field and deposit it into a bin. At the end of an unspecified time period, the two teams that transfer the most weight advance to Round Two. In Round Two, each team member must pull a heavy sled across the field. The first team to pull all three sleds to the finish line wins.
    • Winners: Bayleigh, Dee and Fessy
  • Bloc'd In: Played in two teams of seven. Similar to a slide puzzle, teams push a series of black cars forwards or backwards in order to release a red car. Once released, teams must push the red car past the finish line. The team with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Aneesa, Bananas, Cory, Jenny, Josh, Nany and Rogan
  • Running Out of Time: Players must run to collect heavy material before returning to place it into an opponent's drum. After an unspecified time period, a horn sounds, indicating that players have five minutes to return and pick up their drum. Players who do not return in time are disqualified. The male and female to hold their drum up the longest wins.
    • Winners: Fessy and Jenny
    • Disqualified: Aneesa, Kyle and Nelson
  • Crash Course: Similar to bowling, one player begins in a stunt car and must crash the car into piles of barrels which other contestants are standing on. The male and female who knock down the most barrels win. In the event of a tie, the winner is determined by how far their barrels travelled.
    • Winners: Bananas and Kaycee

Purgatory games edit

  • Air Strike: Players begin hanging on to a bar above ground. Between them is a clear wall which they can kick to attempt to make their opponent drop from the bar. The first player to make their opponent release the bar twice wins.
    • Played by: Asaf vs. Jay
  • Flip the Switch: Players begin on opposite sides of a hallway, each with ten barrels attached to poles. They must flip all ten barrels over the rail so that it lands on their opponent's side. The first player to flip all ten barrels and flip the switch at the end wins.
    • Played by: Jenn vs. Jenny
  • Take Shelter: Players have 20 minutes to barricade the entrance to a bunker using provided materials. After those 20 minutes are up, players must attempt to break into their opponent's bunker, fully opening the door. The first player to break into the bunker and switch on the light wins.
    • Played by: Jay vs. CT
  • Code Breaker: Players spin five wheels and must break hanging ceramic pots to find the corresponding tiles to the symbols that they spun, using a large die as a stepladder. After finding all five tiles, they flip the tiles over to reveal the names of five previous seasons of The Challenge. The first player to correctly place the seasons in chronological order wins.
    • Played by: Ashley vs. Dee
  • Fire Ball: Each player is given three chances per round to deposit an ignited ball inside a barrel, located in the middle of a large circle. If a player is either knocked out of or steps out of the ring, or if the ball is knocked out of the ring, their ball is considered "dead." Players alternate between offense and defense in each round. The player who scores three points wins, with each ball being worth a point.
    • Played by: Jay vs. Rogan
  • Dust to Dust: Players must take bricks up a ramp and smash them through a grate so that the debris falls into a wheelbarrow underneath. They then use the wheelbarrow to transfer the debris into a container and continue until enough debris is collected to reach a designated height level. The first player to reach the designated height wins.
    • Played by: Jenna vs. Tori
  • Pole Wrestle: Players begin in the center of a circle and place both hands on a metal pole. The first contestant to wrestle the pole out of their opponent's hands twice wins.
    • Played by: Fessy vs. Jordan, Nelson vs. Bear
  • Bombs Away: Players begin in a bin with one hundred "bombs." They must unload all one hundred bombs from the bin before detonating a smoke bomb. The first player to ignite their smoke bomb wins.
    • Played by: Kaycee vs. Kailah, Aneesa vs. Jenna
  • Charge the Wall: Players must break through boxes of a wall to climb the wall and find batteries inside the boxes. The first player to find all three batteries wins.
    • Played by: Bananas vs. Wes
  • Tunnel Vision: Players begin at one end of a locked tunnel filled with dirt. They must dig through the dirt to reach the other end to escape. The first player to escape their tunnel and ring the bell wins.
    • Played by: Dee vs. Mattie
  • Launch Button: Players begin harnessed to opposite sides of a container. Each side has twenty buttons that correspond to a light. They must swing and press all twenty buttons to switch on every light. However, pressing a button twice turns the light off. The first player to light up all twenty lights wins.
    • Played by: Cory vs. Swaggy C
  • Off With Your Heads: Players wear a jumpsuit with five mini red skulls placed on various parts of the body. The first player to pull off all five skulls from their opponent's jumpsuit and place them on their podium wins.
    • Played by: Melissa vs. Nany
  • Knots of War: Players have 15 minutes to create as many knots as they can using rope within a car. After those 15 minutes are up, players switch places and must untie their opponent's knots. The first player to untie all of their opponent's knots and bring the rope outside of the circle wins.
    • Played by: Aneesa vs. Bayleigh, Josh vs. Kyle
  • Hall Brawl: Players must run through a narrow hallway past their opponent and ring a bell. The player who rings the bell first twice wins.
    • Played by: Dee vs. Jenny, Nelson vs. Rogan

Final Challenge edit

Checkpoint One: Players must ski over towards a pile of logs. They can take up to three logs before skiing across a valley towards a skull monument to deposit the logs. Once a player has collected twelve logs, they must ignite a fuse and light up their monument before proceeding to the end of the checkpoint. Unbeknownst to the players, the first male and female to finish the checkpoint form the final Tribunal of the season, ahead of an Instant Elimination.

  • Tribunal: Cory and Jenny

The Journey: All nine players must traverse a via ferrata together to reach a compound at the top of a mountain, crossing a tightrope along the way. Once they reach the compound, players not in the Tribunal must select one male and one female to participate in an Instant Elimination. The Tribunal then select the second male and female for the Instant Elimination.

Instant Elimination - Knockout: Players start at opposite ends of a ring and must race to ring a hanging bell in the middle before their opponent. The player to ring the bell first twice, wins.

  • Played By: Bananas vs. Rogan
  • Eliminated: Melissa[c] (4th place - Quit), Rogan (5th place)

Overnight Stage: Both Tribunal members and both winners of the Instant Elimination are rewarded with a warm room to sleep inside of the compound for the night. The remaining three players must spend six hours outside by a fire before being allowed inside of the compound.

  • Eliminated: Bayleigh[b] (3rd place - Quit)

Final Push: Players follow a trail until they reach the glacier where the finish line is set up. Tribunal members have a two-minute headstart and the Instant Elimination winners have a one-minute headstart. Along the way, there are a series of math operations, the solution of which forms the combination to unlock a skull that they must smash before proceeding. The first male and female to cross the finish line are declared the winners of Total Madness and receive $500,000 each.

  • Winners: Bananas and Jenny
  • Runners-Up: Kaycee and Kyle
  • Third Place: Cory
  • Fourth Place: Fessy

Game summary edit

Episode Gender Challenge type Winners Tribunal Purgatory contestants Purgatory game Purgatory outcome
# Challenge Voted In Tribunal Picks Winner Eliminated
1 Battle Lines Male Individual Rogan Cory, Jenny, Rogan Asaf Jay Kyle Wes — Air Strike Jay Asaf
Jenny
2 Airdrop Extraction Female 9 teams of 3 Team 1 Cory, Dee, Swaggy C Jenn Big T Jenny Tori Flip The Switch Jenny Jenn
3 Decode and Detonate Male Individual CT Bayleigh, CT, Swaggy C Jay Bear Nelson Rogan Take Shelter Jay CT
Bayleigh
4 Cold War Female 5 teams of 5 Team 4 Aneesa, Bananas, Bear, Big T, Kaycee Ashley Dee Mattie Tori Code Breaker Dee Ashley
5/6 Bomb Squad Male 6 teams of 4 Team 4 Jenny, Josh, Kaycee, Swaggy C Jay Nelson Rogan Wes Fire Ball Rogan Jay[a]
6/7 Fast & Furious Female Male/Female pairs[e] Jordan & Nany Jenna, Jordan, Nany Tori Big T Dee Kailah Dust To Dust Jenna Tori
8 Decontamination Male Individual Mattie Bananas, Mattie, Wes Fessy Bear Cory Jordan Kyle Pole Wrestle Fessy Jordan
Wes Nelson Nelson Bear
9 Tunnel Rats[d] Female 3 teams of 5 & 1 team of 4 Team 3 Bayleigh, Cory, Dee, Nany, Wes Kaycee Jenna Jenny Kailah Melissa Bombs Away Kaycee Kailah
Aneesa Aneesa Jenna
10 Throne Off Male Individual Dee Dee, Rogan, Wes Bananas Cory Kyle Swaggy C — Charge the Wall Bananas Wes
Wes
11 Flag Down Female Individual Josh Bananas, Josh, Melissa Mattie Bayleigh Dee Nany Tunnel Vision Dee Mattie
Melissa
12 Tanks-A Lot Male 5 teams of 3 Team 5 Bayleigh, Dee, Fessy Cory Josh Kyle Swaggy C Launch Button Cory Swaggy C
13 Bloc'd In Female 2 teams of 7 Team 1 Aneesa, Bananas, Cory, Jenny, Josh, Nany, Rogan Melissa Bayleigh Dee Kaycee Off With Your Heads Melissa Nany
14 Running Out of Time Female Individual Jenny Fessy, Jenny, Josh Bayleigh Aneesa Melissa — Knots of War Bayleigh Aneesa
Male Fessy Kyle Nelson Rogan Kyle Josh
15 Crash Course Female Individual Kaycee Bananas, Kaycee, Kyle Jenny Bayleigh Dee Hall Brawl Jenny Dee
Male Bananas Rogan Cory Nelson Rogan Nelson
16 Final Challenge[c][b] — Individual Bananas 2nd place: Kyle; 3rd place: Cory; 4th place: Fessy; 5th place: Rogan
Jenny 2nd place: Kaycee; 3rd place: Bayleigh; 4th place: Melissa

Elimination progress edit

Contestants Episodes
1 2 3 4 5/6[a] 6/7 8 9[d] 10 11 12 13 14 15 Finale[c][b]
Bananas SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE TRI SAFE ELIM TRI SAFE WIN SAFE WIN WINNER
Jenny WIN ELIM SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN ELIM WINNER
Kyle NOM SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE NOM SAFE NOM SAFE ELIM TRI SECOND
Kaycee SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE WIN SECOND
Cory TRI WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM WIN NOM SAFE ELIM WIN SAFE NOM THIRD
Bayleigh SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE NOM WIN NOM ELIM NOM THIRD
Fessy SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE FOURTH
Melissa SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM NOM SAFE FOURTH
Rogan WIN SAFE NOM SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE SAFE TRI SAFE SAFE WIN NOM ELIM FIFTH
Nelson SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE NOM SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM OUT
Dee SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM SAFE NOM SAFE WIN WIN ELIM WIN NOM SAFE OUT
Josh SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN NOM WIN LOSE
Aneesa SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN OUT
Nany SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE NOM SAFE LOSE
Swaggy C SAFE WIN TRI SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE OUT
Mattie SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE OUT
Wes NOM SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE WIN WIN LOSE
Jenna SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WON SAFE OUT
Kailah SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE NOM SAFE OUT
Big T SAFE NOM SAFE WIN SAFE NOM SAFE MED
Bear SAFE SAFE NOM WIN SAFE SAFE OUT
Jordan SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN OUT
Tori SAFE NOM SAFE NOM SAFE OUT
Jay ELIM SAFE ELIM SAFE MED
Ashley SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
CT SAFE SAFE LOSE
Jenn SAFE OUT
Asaf OUT
Competition
  The contestant finished the final challenge and won
  The contestant finished the final challenge and lost
  The contestant was eliminated during the Final Challenge
  The contestant won the challenge and was part of the tribunal
  The contestant did not win the challenge, but was part of the tribunal
  The contestant was not selected for the Purgatory
  The contestant was nominated by the tribunal for interrogation, but was not selected for the Purgatory
  The contestant won the Purgatory and earned a Red Skull
  The contestant was part of the tribunal, volunteered for the Purgatory, won and earned a Red Skull
  The contestant lost the Purgatory and was eliminated
  The contestant was part of the tribunal, volunteered for the Purgatory, lost and was eliminated
  The contestant was removed from the competition due to medical reasons
  The contestant withdrew from the competition

Voting progress edit

House Vote Asaf
15 of 25 votes 		Jenn
20 of 24 votes 		Jay
8 of 23 votes 		Ashley
7 of 20 votes 		Jay
10 of 20 votes 		Tori
20 of 20 votes 		Fessy
6 of 19 votes 		Nelson
9 of 19 votes 		Kaycee
14 of 14 votes 		Aneesa
14 of 14 votes 		Bananas
14 of 14 votes 		Mattie
13 of 13 votes 		Cory
8 of 12 votes 		Melissa
4 of 7 votes 		Kyle
8 of 10 votes 		Bayleigh
8 of 10 votes 		Rogan
8 of 8 votes 		Jenny
4 of 8 votes 		Rogan
volunteered 		Melissa
volunteered
Tribunal's Vote Jay
3 of 3 votes 		Jenny
3 of 3 votes 		CT
volunteered 		Dee
5 of 5 votes 		Rogan
4 of 4 votes 		Jenna
volunteered 		Jordan
3 of 3 votes 		Bear
2 of 3 votes 		Kailah
4 of 5 votes 		Jenna
4 of 5 votes 		Wes
volunteered 		Dee
2 of 3 votes 		Swaggy C
2 of 3 votes 		Nany
volunteered 		Josh
volunteered 		Aneesa
2 of 3 votes 		Nelson
3 of 3 votes 		Dee
3 of 3 votes 		Bananas
2 of 2 votes 		Kaycee
2 of 2 votes
Voter Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Finale
Bananas Jay Big T Jay Dee Jay Tori Jordan Cory Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Dee Kyle — Kyle Bayleigh Nelson Dee — —
Jenny Jay Jenn — Ashley Rogan Tori — Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Kyle — — Aneesa Rogan Dee Bananas Kaycee
Kyle Jay Jenn Jay Ashley Jay Tori Fessy Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Kyle Melissa Kyle Bayleigh Nelson Dee — —
Kaycee Asaf Jenn Nelson Dee Rogan Tori — — Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Cory Melissa Kyle Bayleigh Nelson Dee — —
Cory Jay Jenny Jay — Bear Tori — Bear Kailah Jenna Bananas Mattie Cory — Kyle Bayleigh Rogan Jenny Bananas Kaycee
Bayleigh Asaf Jenn — — — Tori — — Kailah Jenna Bananas Mattie Swaggy C Bayleigh Kyle Bayleigh Rogan Melissa — —
Fessy Asaf Jenn Bananas — Bear Tori Bear — Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Swaggy C Bayleigh — Melissa Rogan Dee — —
Melissa Asaf Jenn Jay Ashley Jay Tori — Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Bayleigh Kyle Melissa Kyle Bayleigh Rogan Bayleigh — Melissa
Rogan Jay Big T Jay — Jay Tori — — Kaycee Aneesa — Mattie Cory — — — Rogan Jenny Rogan —
Nelson Asaf Jenn Bananas — Bear Tori Bear Bear Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Cory Bayleigh Kyle Bayleigh Rogan Jenny
Dee Asaf Jenny Bananas Ashley Jay Tori — — Kailah Jenna — Mattie Kyle Melissa — — Rogan Jenny
Josh Asaf Jenn Nelson — Rogan Tori Nelson Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Dee Cory — Josh Aneesa
Aneesa Asaf Jenn Jordan Dee — Tori Nelson Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Cory — Kyle Bayleigh
Nany Jay Jenn Nelson Ashley Jay — Fessy — Jenny Jenny Bananas Mattie Cory Nany
Swaggy C Asaf Jenny — — Rogan Tori — Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Cory
Mattie Asaf Jenn — Ashley Jay Tori Jordan Bear Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie
Wes Asaf Jenn Jay — Kyle Tori Jordan Bear Kailah Jenna Wes
Jenna Jay Jenn Nelson — — Jenna Fessy — Kaycee Aneesa
Kailah Jay Jenn Nelson — Jay Tori Fessy Nelson Kaycee Aneesa
Big T Asaf Jenn Bananas Dee — Tori — Nelson
Bear Asaf Jenn Jay Dee Jay Tori Fessy Nelson
Jordan Jay Jenn Jordan — Jordan — Fessy Jordan
Tori Jay Jenn Jay Ashley Jay Tori
Jay Asaf Jenn Bananas — Bear
Ashley Asaf Jenn Bananas —
CT Jay Big T CT
Jenn Jay Big T
Asaf Wes
  • Bold indicates the contestant was in the Tribunal

Team selections edit

Airdrop Extraction (Ep. 2)
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Cory Jenny Ashley
Dee Jordan Bear
Swaggy C Wes Jenna
Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
Bayleigh Big T CT
Jenn Mattie Jay
Josh Rogan Kaycee
Team 7 Team 8 Team 9
Aneesa Kailah Fessy
Bananas Nelson Kyle
Nany Tori Melissa
Cold War (Ep. 4)
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5
Ashley Dee Jay Aneesa Bayleigh
Fessy Jordan Mattie Bananas Cory
Josh Kailah Melissa Bear Jenna
Nany Nelson Tori Big T Jenny
Rogan Swaggy C Wes Kaycee Kyle
Bomb Squad (Ep. 5/6)
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Jay Bananas Big T
Kailah Bear Mattie
Nany Dee Nelson
Wes Tori Rogan
Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
Jenny Bayleigh Aneesa
Josh Cory Fessy
Kaycee Kyle Jenna
Swaggy C Melissa Jordan
Fast & Furious (Ep.6/7)[e]
Jordan & Nany
Dee & Swaggy C
Big T & Kyle
Josh & Tori
Fessy & Jenna
Cory & Mattie
Aneesa & Nelson
Jenny & Rogan
Bananas & Melissa
Bear & Kaycee
Kailah & Wes
Bayleigh & Jordan
Tunnel Rats (Ep. 9)
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4
Fessy Bananas Bayleigh Aneesa
Jenny Jenna Cory Josh
Kaycee Kyle Dee Kailah
Nelson Melissa Nany Mattie
Rogan Wes Swaggy C
Tanks-A Lot (Ep. 12)
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5
Cory Bananas Aneesa Nany Bayleigh
Josh Melissa Jenny Nelson Dee
Kaycee Rogan Kyle Swaggy C Fessy
Bloc'd In (Ep. 13)
Team 1 Team 2
Aneesa Bayleigh
Bananas Dee
Cory Fessy
Jenny Kaycee
Josh Kyle
Nany Melissa
Rogan Nelson

Episodes edit

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
4541"Mad World"April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)1.06[4]
4552"Sweet Dreams Are Made of Dee"April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)0.93[5]
4563"A Hard Jay's Night"April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15)0.92[6]
4574"Karma Chameleon"April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)1.02[7]
4585"Break Up With Your BF, I'm Bored"April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)1.00[8]
4596"Love Will Tear Us Apart"May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06)0.93[9]
4607"Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)0.85[10]
4618"Live and Let Die"May 20, 2020 (2020-05-20)1.02[11]
4629"Backstabber"May 27, 2020 (2020-05-27)0.93[12]
46310"The Final Countdown"June 3, 2020 (2020-06-03)0.91[13]
46411"You Ain't Right"June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10)0.88[14]
46512"Pictures of You"June 17, 2020 (2020-06-17)0.90[15]
46613"Victim of Love"June 24, 2020 (2020-06-24)0.94[16]
46714"Your Time Is Gonna Come"July 1, 2020 (2020-07-01)0.85[17]
46815"Crash Into Me"July 8, 2020 (2020-07-08)0.94[18]
46916"It's the End of the World As We Know It"July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15)0.98[19]

Reunion special edit

The Reunion special aired on July 22, 2020, and was hosted by former NFL player Vernon Davis. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was conducted by way of a Zoom chat. It was watched by 0.78 million viewers.[20] A behind-the-scenes special, also hosted by Davis, aired on July 29, 2020, and was watched by 0.49 million viewers.[21]

Controversy edit

"As a result of Dee Nguyen's offensive comments about Black Lives Matter movement, MTV have severed ties with her. Out of respect for the competition and other Challengers, MTV will air the season as planned. Dee Nguyen will not appear in the reunion to be filmed at a later date. MTV strongly condemns systemic racism."

Statement from MTV.[22]

Following controversial comments about the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter, during the airing of the season, MTV decided to cut ties with cast member Dee Nguyen on June 9, 2020. After the incident, Nguyen posted an apology on her social media, and was mostly edited out of the remaining episodes of the season.[23][24]

On June 12, it was reported that Nguyen had hired a legal team and was considering taking legal action against MTV for firing her.[25]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Jay suffered a concussion during the first round of the "Fire Ball" elimination and was deemed medically unable to continue. Rogan was declared the winner by default.
  2. ^ a b c d During the Final Challenge, Bayleigh injured her knee and deemed herself unable to continue. She withdrew from the Final Challenge during the Overnight Stage.
  3. ^ a b c d Melissa volunteered to participate in the mid-final 'Knockout' elimination. However, prior to the beginning of the elimination, she withdrew after she felt that she was unable to finish the Final Challenge due to mental and physical exhaustion. Kaycee was declared the winner by default.
  4. ^ a b c Prior to the "Tunnel Rats" challenge in Episode 9, Big T was medically removed from the competition due to suffering a split toe in the previous episode.
  5. ^ a b Due to an uneven number of male players, Jordan was randomly selected and competed twice in the "Fast & Furious" challenge.

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External links edit

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