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The Challenge: All Stars started with a fantastic idea, but the Og concept seriously fell off with the recent All Stars Rivals.

While the throwback concept brought intriguing pairings and a few returning OGs that made it watchable, it lost the luster that arrived with the first several seasons.

And when that fifth season arrived, The Challenge: All Stars aired on a different network, and producers changed what initially worked, seemingly frustrating many fans.

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We received some OGs and then cast members from recent seasons of The Challenge, arriving from CBS or other networks’ reality TV shows.

However, I believe All Stars can keep going and it’s apparent that the man who brought this concept to life, The Godfather Mark Long, is doing his darndest to keep things moving in the right direction.

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The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras brought back some of The Challenge's best contestants from the first to the latest seasons to determine which era will emerge victorious. The 40th season premiered on MTV to high ratings last year and was arguably deemed the reality show's best season yet. Now, the iconic 40th season of The Challenge will be available to a large audience. According to Variety, The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras is set to debut on Paramount+ on April 23, 2025.

The Challenge brings together some familiar MTV faces, who all compete in a series of extreme challenges for a whopping cash prize. It started as a spin-off to The Real World and Road Rules back in 1998 and has become one of MTV's longest reality competition series. The show originally featured contestants who first appeared on the said shows and has since expanded into a bigger franchise,...

Brad Fiorenza and his beard returned to The Challenge in the past several years, first competing on the All Stars spin-offs before appearing in several of MTV’s flagship seasons.

He arrived at Battle For a New Champion as one of the former winners that competed in one elimination as a mercenary. Viewers saw Kyland Young defeat him.

Brad competed on Season 40, aka Battle of the Eras, where he was part of the Era 1 team with other MTV OGs.

However, viewers saw the OGs quickly eliminated from the show, except for Rachel Robinson, who won along with Jordan Wiseley and Jenny West. Brad survived until Episode 6, when Cory Wharton eliminated him.

He didn’t return for All Stars Rivals, although some of his Season 40 castmates, including Leroy Garrett, Devin, Aneesa Ferreira, and Katie Cooley, participated.

As that season airs on MTV, Brad recently surprised everyone by debuting a fresh new...

The Challenge: All Stars is airing Season 5, featuring the classic Rivals theme from previous seasons.

During its many seasons, the flagship featured three Rivals seasons, including the memorable Rivals III, where Johnny Bananas stunned his teammate Sarah Rice and claimed all the prize money for himself.

All Stars Rivals also includes pairs of castmates with a feud, whether it’s due to a former argument, falling out, throwing shade, or backstabbing move from the game.

Among the teams are Nany Gonzalez with Turabi “Turbo” Camkiran, Faysal “Fessy” Shafaat with Amber Borzotra, Veronica Portillo with Katie Cooley, and Ashley Mitchell with Aneesa Ferreira.

Former showmance couple Dario Medrano and Ashley Kelsey seem to get along despite their differences.

They might also qualify for the iconic theme Mark Long recently mentioned that fans shared feedback about.

Mark Long suggested a classic theme for All Stars

Mark Long, aka “The Godfather,” is synonymous with MTV,...

Zach Nichols didn’t hide his opinion about one of The Challenge’s former winners.

The former Real World: San Diego star and Battle of the Seasons 2012 winner hosts the Zach Nichols Podcast and regularly reviews the MTV competition show, its players, and its seasons.

He recently had guest Kyland Young on his show, who officially reached his first-ever final during MTV’s Season 40, aka Battle of the Eras.

Kyland, a former Big Brother houseguest, debuted on CBS’ The Challenge: USA spinoff, but he wasn’t a finalist because he was eliminated before that.

He then got a spot on the flagship show for MTV’s Season 39, aka Battle For a New Champion.

That season was bittersweet for Kyland, as he had a showmance with Melissa Reeves but also found himself in multiple eliminations. Nonetheless, he said it helped him with his Challenge career.

Zach blasted The Challenge champion during...

Former The Challenge winner Zach Nichols knows that MTV’s competition series isn’t just a game that’s won physically but also mentally.

He previously won with several of his The Real World castmates on Battle of the Seasons in 2012 and returned to the final several more times after.

While he’s not in the epic Battle of the Eras season, many of his former castmates are, including Cory Wharton and Derek Chavez.

Cory and Derek faced off in the Episode 16 elimination after previous elimination winner Jenny West selected them among her three targets.

The event wasn’t a head-to-head physical competition, so fortune was on Derek’s side. Instead, the objective was to be the first to carry cinder blocks to a platform in the sand and correctly assemble the puzzle pictured on the blocks.

Using a smart strategy for the event, Derek managed to oust the multi-time finalist Cory from the game,...

Leroy Garrett is considered one of the funniest cast members to ever appear on The Challenge, whether that’s by castmates or fans.

He often delivers hilarious remarks during the episodes’ confessional interviews or while talking to castmates during other events.

However, he’s got a list of castmates he considers some of the funniest people he’s appeared with on the show.

Despite how some might interpret his remarks, Leroy even included Zach Nichols among those funny people.

Zach ruffled features within the past month as he called out friend Laurel Stucky’s behavior on MTV’s Season 40.

The Battle of the Eras star stopped by Zach’s podcast to discuss his return to the MTV show following his All Stars 4 return.

Leroy says Zach is ‘funny but disrespectful’ sometimes

While on the Zach Nichols Podcast, Leroy said he wanted to support anything other Challengers do, including Zach’s podcast.

A war of words erupted on The Challenge: Battle of the Eras between friends Josh Martinez and Cory Wharton, leading to further remarks on social media.

During the recent installment of MTV’s competition show, viewers saw the era teams face off in a Gladiator-themed daily challenge involving large shields and trying to push opposing players into the nearby water.

Era 4 came away with the victory, giving their targets, Jenny West and Theo Campbell, the power to decide which players went into the elimination against Era 1’s Derrick Kosinski and Rachel Robinson.

Potential picks for The Arena included Era 3’s Cory and Averey Tressler or Era 2’s Derek Chavez and Cara Maria Sorbello.

Ultimately, Cory and Averey got sent in. Cory became upset that his friend and ally, Josh Martinez, didn’t dissuade his Era 4 teammates from putting him into the elimination.

Following his televised victory over Derrick,...

Brad Fiorenza is a legend for The Challenge, but anyone could see that he struggled mightily in Season 40. This was The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, and Brad admits that he suffered through a traumatic experience while shooting that season of the hit reality TV series.

Here is what Brad said about that specific season.

Brad Fiorenza Suffered “Sleepless Nights” On The Challenge

Brad Fiorenza competed in The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, which was Season 40 of the hit MTV reality TV competition series. He was part of the Era 1 team, along with names like Chris “Ct” Tamburello, Rachel Robinson, Mark Long, and Tina Barta.

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This was his first full-time appearance since The Challenge: Final Reckoning in Season 32. While Brad had high hopes, things didn’t go well, and he ended up going home after Episode 6. He did last longer than Chris “Ct” Tamburello,...

According to Brad Fiorenza, he once again wasn’t in the best headspace when he competed on The Challenge: Battle of the Eras.

Brad was part of the legendary Era 1 team on the 40-person cast, including other MTV OGs such as Chris “Ct” Tamburello, Tina Barta, Mark Long, and Rachel Robinson.

After appearing on multiple installments of The Challenge: All Stars spin-off and his mercenary guest role in MTV’s Season 39, he appeared as part of MTV’s flagship show for his first full-time season since Final Reckoning.

However, his time competing on Battle of the Eras got cut short due to his lack of strategy and success in the elimination event.

Era 3’s Cory Wharton defeated Brad in a game that involved throwing balls at speartips pointing out from a wall. Cory managed to get more of the balls he threw to stick on spears and eliminated all...

Josh Martinez has become one of the most polarizing cast members in The Challenge’s 39-season history, and fans continue to criticize him during Season 40.

Despite multiple appearances, the former Big Brother winner has yet to reach a final, let alone win a season of MTV’s competition series.

His appearance in MTV’s Battle of the Eras surprised some fans who might have expected his fellow castmate and another Big Brother star, Faysal “Fessy” Shafaat, to be there.

However, it’s hard to argue against Josh being an individual who brought some of the show’s emotional and dramatic moments in recent seasons. Those highlights seemingly qualified him for Season 40’s Era 4 team.

He’s survived past eliminations through most of the early season because he hadn’t been a target for his team. However, that nearly changed in Episode 5.

Luckily for Josh and his teammate Jenny West, Era 4 won the daily challenge,...

Jonna Mannion says that her going into elimination on The Challenge: Battle of the Eras was due to a setup by her team.

Jonna, a former Real World: Cancun cast member, achieved back-to-back wins during her return for The Challenge: All Stars spin-off.

She also appeared on the World Championship spin-off, but her time competing there got cut short due to her partner’s unfortunate injury.

It was her first MTV season since 2015’s Battle of the Exes II, and she joined the Era 3 team, which also featured show winners Jordan Wisely, Tori Deal, and Devin Walker.

However, Episode 5 saw Jonna and her teammate Cory Wharton as her team’s targets heading into elimination.

While Cory managed to oust Era 1’s Brad Fiorenza from the game, Jonna couldn’t defeat former The Challenge winner Rachel Robinson.

Jonna calls out the Vacation Alliance after her Season 40 elimination

Following her aired exit...

Tonight on “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras,” a challenger must decide between righting their past wrongs or creating a new divide. Another player tries to protect a “friend” in their relationship, but only creates a problem for themself. An entire era grasps at anything to turn the game around.

This year, the longest-running reality competition series embarks on its monumental 40th season. “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras” features 40 legendary competitors from the series’ 26-year history representing their “Challenge Era” in an epic battle for the ages where legends will collide as they strive to immortalize their names as Challenge 40 Champions and earn their share of the one million dollar prize. As usual, “The Challenge” is hosted by T.J. Lavin.

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Tonight on “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras,” the eras must now work together to keep their team safe. A gross feast is prepared, and Tj’s new twist puts two members of each era at risk of elimination. The winners make things difficult for themselves as they struggle to agree on a decision.

This year, the longest-running reality competition series embarks on its monumental 40th season. “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras” features 40 legendary competitors from the series’ 26-year history representing their “Challenge Era” in an epic battle for the ages where legends will collide as they strive to immortalize their names as Challenge 40 Champions and earn their share of the one million dollar prize. As usual, “The Challenge” is hosted by T.J. Lavin.

See MTV’s ‘The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras’: Cast, elimination order and everything you need to know

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MTV’s longest-running reality competition series, “The Challenge,” embarked on its monumental 40th season on Wednesday, August 14 at 8Pm Et/Pt. “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras” features 40 legendary competitors from the series’ 26-year history representing their “Challenge Era” in an epic battle for the ages where legends will collide as they strive to immortalize their names as Challenge 40 Champions and earn their share of the one million dollar prize.

Find out everything you need to know about “The Challenge: Battle of the Eras,” including who is in the largest cast ever, below — and scroll through the cast gallery above to see the elimination order.

When does “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras” premiere?

This monumental season kicks off Wednesday, August 14 at 8Pm Et/Pt on MTV.

Who is in the cast?

Here is the breakdown of who will represent each era:

Challenge Competitors representing Era 1 (Seasons 1-...

Exclusive: The Challenge had its best premiere ratings in three years with the debut of Season 40.

Television’s longest-running reality competition show scored a 0.49 rating among adults 18 to 49 for the episode that aired Wednesday night on MTV, according to live+same-day audience data from Paramount Global. That’s up 49% versus the 0.33 rating for Season 39.

The Challenge Season 40 premiere also had a 4.0 share among the 18-to-49 demo, which indicates the percentage of people watching the episode out of all people watching television at that time. That’s a 103% boost over the 1.97 share for the Season 39 premiere.

Among the 18-to-34 crowd, the episode saw a 96% bump over the previous season premiere to a 0.38 rating (compared to 0.19 for Season 39).

The 18-to-34 share was 5.05, an impressive 166% lift over the 1.9 share managed last season.

Overall, this is the biggest season-to-season premiere ratings growth in more than two decades, helping MTV to score its best Wednesday...

Your browser does not support the video tag. The Challenge 40 brings back Og champs, but Kenny Santucci and Evan Starkman are notably absent. Kenny and Evan were banned from The Challenge due to a scandal involving Tonya Cooley in 2009. Despite their ban, Kenny and Evan are missed for their Challenge success and entertainment value on the show.

Over 40 seasons of MTV's The Challenge, we've seen countless fights, dramatic feuds, and wild competitions; however, one of the show's most shocking scandals led to three Og Challengers being banned from the MTV reality competition. After premiering in June 1998, The Challenge has expanded into something bigger than Bunim/Murray Productions ever could have anticipated.

With its monumental 40th season, The Challenge is reuniting cast members from every Challenge era. Fans are excited to see some of the original Challenge champions return to their screens, but with this being the most nostalgic season yet,...

After 26 years of making its players endure some of the most physically demanding competitions in reality television history, “The Challenge” is officially over the hill.

In honor of its milestone 40th season, MTV is bringing back a record-breaking 40 contestants to face off in “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras.”

Starting this Wednesday, the competitors will be evenly split into four eras depending on when they were introduced to the franchise — Era 1, Seasons 1-10; Era 2, Seasons 11-20; Era 3, Seasons 21-30; and Era 4, Seasons 31-39 — competing for their share of the $1 million prize.

As always, the fan-favorite veterans include representatives from “The Real World” and “Road Rules,” as well as “Fresh Meat,” “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “Love Island,” “Exatlón,” “Survival of the Fittest” and “Are You The One?” Plus, longtime host T.J. Lavin once again returns to simultaneously encourage and berate the hopefuls, this time from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Mark Long is “The Godfather” of The Challenge, so it’s only fitting that he’ll represent Era 1 in the upcoming Battle of the Eras.

He’ll have nine other Og castmates with him, several of whom have appeared on the All Stars spinoff seasons with him.

They include Brad Fiorenza, Jodi Weatherton, Darrell Taylor, Derrick Kosinski, Katie Cooley, and Aneesa Ferreira.

However, several of Mark’s castmates, including Rachel Robinson and Chris “Ct” Tamburello, have yet to participate in a season of the All Stars spinoff with Mark as their castmate.

He recently discussed MTV’s upcoming Battle of the Eras season with his friend Johnny Bananas on the Death, Taxes, and Bananas podcast.

During the episode, Mark talked about his team’s chances of competing with the other Era teams and revealed which teammate he felt was a “wildcard” for Era 1.

Mark talks Era 1 team’s...

In MTV’s 40th season of The Challenge, called Battle of the Eras, viewers will see Cara Maria Sorbello return in search of a third championship.

However, they’ll also see her boyfriend in the cast, Paulie Calafiore, amid weeks-old speculation of a breakup.

The couple hasn’t commented on their relationship on social media, but both shared remarks about meeting one another on The Challenge in promotional videos for Season 40.

In addition, several of Cara’s biggest rivals from The Challenge, Tori Deal and Laurel Stucky, are part of the 40-person cast.

That means the Fresh Meat star will have a challenging season ahead, especially with Laurel on her team.

In a recent clip, Cara commented on her “complicated relationship” with her castmate from The Challenge.

Cara refers to her ‘complicated relationship’ with her castmate in Season 40

A promotional video for The Challenge: Battle of the Eras Launch Special footage features Cara Maria,...

Zach Nichols doesn’t hold back his opinions about former castmates he doesn’t consider the best competitors on The Challenge and recently reacted to Veronica Portillo’s remarks about him.

Zach, a former 2012 Battle of the Seasons winner, currently hosts the Zach Nichols Podcast, which features Pierre Caball as co-host.

They’ve conversed with various reality TV stars, mainly from The Challenge, to discuss their experiences on the show.

Some of their guests included former show winners Laurel Stucky, Cara Maria Sorbello, and Brad Fiorenza.

Brad was among the most recent guests, fresh off his All Stars 4 appearance ahead of him appearing on The Challenge Season 40.

Based on recent remarks from Zach’s former castmate, three-time Challenge winner Veronica, she turned down requests to appear on the podcast and revealed why she won’t ever be a guest.

Veronica shared why she turned down Zach’s podcast

Earlier this week,...

While he’s no longer competing, Zach Nichols continues to share commentary about The Challenge’s past and present.

His Zach Nichols Podcast features guests stopping by to share their thoughts about previous MTV appearances and more recent seasons.

Zach’s friend and former castmate, Brad Fiorenza, appeared in a recent podcast episode to discuss All Stars and the upcoming Season 40.

While there, they both seemed to agree on what they felt was “one of the most iconic seasons ever” for MTV’s The Challenge.

Brad mentioned The Duel as a “classic” season he loved participating in.

Zach also mentioned the season’s “historic” cast and storylines that appeared throughout the season.

Here’s why Zach calls The Duel ‘one of the most iconic’ seasons

The Duel was MTV’s 13th season of The Challenge and aired from October 2006 into January 2007.

During a podcast clip, Brad mentioned loving The Duel,...

While Brad Fiorenza is among the toughest competitors to appear in The Challenge, he admitted he wasn’t mentally checked in for All Stars 4.

The former MTV champion appeared in the spinoff for his third straight season, joining newcomers like Leroy Garrett, Adam Larson, and Brandon Nelson.

In his previous appearance, Brad was among the spinoff’s finalists with Mark Long, Nehemiah Clark, and men’s winner Wes Bergmann.

He also performed well during All Stars 2, with he and teammate Jodi Weatherton nearly reaching the final.

However, All Stars 4 wasn’t one of Brad’s better performances. He performed poorly during many daily challenges and surprisingly got eliminated by Adam relatively early in the season.

While on the Zach Nichols Podcast, he spoke about the “nightmare” experience and what else affected his performance during the competition show.

Brad shared why his All Stars 4 performance wasn’t at his usual level...

Wes Bergmann is among The Challenge’s greats and is considered an MTV Og due to his start on the network.

The two-time winner of MTV’s The Challenge and All Stars 3 spinoff winner debuted on 2005’s The Real World: Austin. His castmates included fellow future Challengers Nehemiah Clark and Melinda Stolp.

After multiple seasons of The Challenge, Wes announced his retirement from the franchise during CBS’ USA 2 spinoff. He was not among the cast members revealed for MTV’s Season 40.

Still, he’ll likely be rooting for his Og castmates on The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, including Johnny Bananas, Nehemiah Clark, Ct Tamburello, Jonna Mannion, and KellyAnne Judd.

They all share the commonality of starting on the now-defunct reality TV show, The Real World.

According to Wes, it’s time for someone to bring back the iconic reality TV show, although fans had mixed reactions.

Pic credit: @westonbergmann...

The all-vets season of “The Challenge” is officially here. In the exclusive first trailer for Season 40, “Battle of the Eras,” host Tj Lavin returns to present new twists and tougher competition than ever.

“Era I started it all. Era II introduced Fresh Meat,” Lavin says in the video below. “Era III elevated rivalries and romances, and Era IV brought the game global.”

This season, kicking off on Wednesday, August 14, at 8 p.m. Et, features four groups of competitors from the past 39 seasons of the MTV reality series, produced by Bunim/Murray Productions. The cast must first compete at the Era Invitational, eliminating the weakest players within their own era to earn a coveted spot on their team. Per the press release, “with relentless new challenges and twists, these seasoned veterans are perpetually kept on their toes in the game they thought they had mastered.”

In the trailer, it proves the...

Rachel Robinson is amongst The Challenge’s all-time great competitors. Due to her impressive athletic abilities, the former Road Rules star won two seasons of the MTV competition show.

She possessed a combination of resilience, endurance, and strength, which fellow competitors may have lacked.

While injury-free throughout her early career, she revealed that she suffered her first serious injury during her return to the show’s spin-off years later.

Rachel was among the MTV OGs who appeared on The Challenge: All Stars 4, which recently concluded airing on Paramount+.

The spin-off featured other OGs and former winners, such as Adam Larson, Brad Fiorenza, Cara Maria Sorbello, and Laurel Stucky.

In a recent video, she indicated that fans may have noticed she experienced an injury during part of the All Stars 4 footage.

Rachel reveals her first ‘pretty serious’ Challenge injury happened during All Stars 4 event

In a video uploaded to her official Instagram,...

Chris “Ct” Tamburello is typically considered an intimidating competitor by most of his opponents on MTV’s The Challenge.

The five-time champion has shown abilities to excel in all aspects of the game, whether devouring disgusting food, solving puzzles, or physical tasks.

While he’s tamed his inner beast regarding physical altercations with castmates, that beast still exists regarding eliminations.

Fans often refer to his highlight moment when he wore castmate Johnny Bananas like a backpack to win an elimination.

While most competitors wouldn’t want to go against Ct in a physical elimination, an All Stars cast member doesn’t seem fearful about challenging him.

The returning Og claimed he could defeat anyone in that classic elimination event despite not being part of the show for many years.

All Stars 4 competitor said he’s not scared of any Challenger, including Ct

Viewers saw several former stars from MTV’s...

On The Challenge: All Stars 4, viewers watched as former MTV winner Laurel Stucky outlasted the competition to win the final.

Some of The Challenge fans blasted the Stars advantage she received from eliminated castmates during the final.

While she won her Star in the final daily challenge, many fans pointed out that Laurel never entered a single elimination during the season. Some may have credited it to her strong social game.

With All Stars 5, the latest spin-off show winners worked to earn that win due to competing in multiple eliminations.

With filming finished, an insider has revealed more elimination results from the upcoming season.

This report will contain spoilers for The Challenge: All Stars 5, which will premiere later on Paramount+.

All Stars 5 winners appeared in multiple eliminations

As previously revealed via spoilers, former Road Rules stars Adam Larson and Steve Meinke were victorious in the All Stars 5 final. Their opponents...

Many of The Challenge fans consider Johnny Bananas the greatest of all time due to winning seven seasons of the competition series.

However, his championships haven’t always come without some controversies.

He was part of an infamous moment during his Rivals III win alongside Sarah Rice when he received an option to split the first-place prize money or keep it all to himself.

The rest is history, and villainous words and actions by Bananas on the show qualified him for newer reality shows like E!’s House of Villains and Peacock’s The Traitors 2.

While not all his castmates are his biggest fans or supporters, he has plenty of allies when he plays The Challenge.

His castmate, Ace Amerson, recently appeared on the Death, Taxes, and Bananas podcast and discussed Bananas’ portrayal as a villain.

Ace praises Bananas and Ct for what they’ve done

Ace is among the MTV OGs of The Challenge,...

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras features an epic cast of 40 competitors divided between four groups.

Each group features 10 iconic stars from an era of the MTV competition series, many of whom are Challenge legends.

They include multi-time champions and finalists who have performed well on the show, such as Veronica Portillo, Mark Long, Cara Maria Sorbello, Jordan Wiseley, Chris “Ct” Tamburello, and Johnny Bananas.

While 2012 Battle of the Seasons winner Zach Nichols reacted to potentially being the “biggest snub” from the cast, he’s also reacting to the cast list.

In a clip on social media, he criticized Amanda Garcia as part of the Season 40 cast, leading to her firing back with remarks about him and his wife.

In another series of comments, he discussed one era’s “weakness” and revealed several women from the cast he would want as a teammate for a final.

Zach called out Season...

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras marks the exciting 40th installment of MTV’s competition series and features an epic cast of 40 competitors.

Among those competitors are cast members from the show’s 39 seasons, including former champions, multi-time finalists, and newer stars who emerged in recent seasons.

Production divided the cast into four groups based on the era in which the cast members appeared for MTV’s show.

Several promotional teaser clips revealed the first two groups, Era 1 and Era 2, which included show winners Chris “Ct” Tamburello, Johnny Bananas, Laurel Stucky, and Cara Maria Sorbello.

In those clips, MTV briefly showed each iconic cast member and listed their accomplishments or stats for the show, such as their number of seasons, finals appearances, or championships won.

Following the clip’s release, Cara Maria and several fans reacted to the show, potentially making a mistake with her stats.

The Challenge 40 teaser clips...

The Challenge is celebrating a major milestone with a big competition. Champions from four different eras of the MTV series are returning to compete in the 40th anniversary season.

The 40 players, the show's largest cast ever, include Kaycee Clark, Tori Deal, Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio, Aneesa Ferreira, Brad Fiorenza, Leroy Garrett, Mark Long, Rachel Robinson, Cara Maria Sorbello, Laurel Stucky, Ct Tamburello, Darrell Taylor, Devin Walker, Jenny West, Cory Wharton, and Jordan Wiseley.

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More than 25 years later, some of the biggest names in The Challenge history are going for gold once again to celebrate a major milestone for TV’s longest running reality competition series.

Marking the show’s 40th season, MTV announced the cast of The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras on Monday, featuring 40 legendary fan-favorite Challengers who will compete for their share of $1 million when the season premieres Wednesday, August 14.

The Challenge‘s largest cast yet includes Kaycee Clark, Tori Deal, Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, Aneesa Ferreira, Brad Fiorenza, Leroy Garrett, Mark Long, Rachel Robinson, Cara Maria Sorbello, Laurel Stucky, Ct Tamburello, Darrell Taylor, Devin Walker, Jenny West, Cory Wharton, Jordan Wiseley and more.

This season, “the path to glory is far from easy, as they must first compete at the Era Invitational and eliminate the weakest links from within their own Challenge Era for only the best will earn a coveted spot on their team.

Today, MTV announced that The Challenge, the longest-running reality competition series, will embark on its monumental 40th season beginning Wednesday, August 14, at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras will feature 40 legendary competitors from the series’ 26-year history representing their “Challenge Era” in an epic battle for the ages where legends will collide as they strive to immortalize their names as Challenge 40 Champions and earn their share of the one million dollar prize.

This season’s stacked roster features the most Challenge champions ever including 7x winner Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, 5x winner Ct Tamburello, 4x winners Darrell Taylor and Jordan Wiseley, 3x winner Derrick Kosinski, 2x winners Mark Long, Jonna Mannion, Rachel Robinson, Cara Maria Sorbello, Laurel Stucky, and Jodi Weatherton, and 1x winners Kaycee Clark, Nehemiah Clark, Katie Cooley, Tori Deal, Brad Fiorenza, Aviv Melmed, Emily Schromm, Devin Walker, and Jenny West.

They will compete alongside fan-favorite Challengers Tina Barta,...

The longest-running reality competition series is back with its monumental 40th season. “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras” will debut on MTV Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 8 p.m.

The new season will feature 40 veteran players from the series’ last 26 years, each representing their “era.”

The roster features the most champions ever, including seven-time winner Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, five-time champ Chris “Ct” Tamburello, four-time winners Darrell Taylor and Jordan Wiseley and three-time winner Derrick Kosinski.

Winners who have won the title twice include Mark Long, Jonna Mannion, Rachel Robinson, Cara Maria Sorbello, Laurel Stucky and Jodi Weatherton. Kaycee Clark, Nehemiah Clark, Katie Cooley, Tori Deal, Brad Fiorenza, Aviv Melmed, Emily Schromm, Devin Walker and Jenny West have all taken home one win each.

The cast must “first compete at the Era Invitational and eliminate the weakest links from within their own Challenge Era for only the best will earn a coveted spot on their team,...

Speculation recently arrived that The Challenge couple Paulie Calafiore and Cara Maria Sorbello may have broken up due to social media activity.

An update has arrived suggesting they may not have split up but are facing some issues with their relationship.

The popular couple began dating after appearing on MTV’s The Challenge: Final Reckoning season.

They continued their relationship after appearing last on War of the Worlds 2, before they had a hiatus of multiple seasons, leading to rumors they might never return to the show.

However, the couple eventually returned, with Paulie the first to appear on CBS’ The Challenge: USA 2 spin-off. Cara was next, briefly appearing on MTV’s Battle For a New Champion.

After Cara’s full-season appearance for The Challenge: All Stars 4, rumors about her and Paulie’s relationship emerged, which a rep has now addressed.

Paulie and Cara Maria are ‘working things out,’ rep says...

The Challenge: All Stars 4 officially crowned a winner, but many fans felt the final wasn’t fair to all the competitors involved.

The final aired in Episode 12, with eight cast members remaining to compete for the $250,000 prize.

Among them were several former MTV Challenge winners: Cara Maria Sorbello, Laurel Stucky, and Veronica Portillo.

Steve Meinke, Ace Amerson, and Derek Chavez, who had never won a final on MTV’s The Challenge, were also competing.

When all was said and done, there was a winner and second and third-place finishers, but fans blasted the show for how production set the final up.

This report will contain spoilers from The Challenge: All Stars 4, including the winner and runner-up results.

Who won The Challenge: All Stars 4 final?

The spin-off version of The Challenge brought another unique final for the competitors to participate in, with checkpoints that tested them mentally and physically. Throughout the event,...

Derrick Kosinski knows a few things about winning multiple eliminations and competing in finals on MTV’s The Challenge.

The Og initially appeared on Road Rules and later won three seasons of MTV’s competition series. He returned to compete in the first three seasons of the All Stars spinoff.

Derrick reached the final in that first season but was eliminated during the event’s first leg due to struggles steering a kayak or canoe.

While he’s not part of the All Stars 4 cast, he and Challenge Mania podcast host Scott Yager have been reviewing the season.

They recently highlighted the show’s eight finalists, which Episode 11 revealed, with Derrick praising a former All Stars castmate.

He shared that he felt that individual could become a more worthy All Stars winner than Yes Duffy in Season 1.

Derrick praises his former All Stars castmate as finalist

One of the eight...

Competitors faced a difficult situation on The Challenge: All Stars 4, Episode 11.

At the start of the season, host Tj Lavin revealed that competitors needed to earn a Star.

In the first daily challenge, Tj indicated that Stars went to the three male and three female competitors who performed the best.

After that, they could only be acquired or given to a castmate by winning an elimination. Tj continually delivered the point of having a Star to cast members throughout the episodes.

During Episode 10, viewers saw Steve Meinke win an elimination against Jay Gotti, who chose to go into the elimination to try to win his Star.

With the win, Steve chose to take a star from castmate Adam Larson and give it to Ace Amerson. That set things up for an exciting situation when Episode 11 arrived.

Tj made a big announcement to All Stars 4 cast members in Episode 11

At the...

Sometimes remarks are taken out of context on The Challenge, but according to Adam Larson, he had good reason to refer to his castmate Cara Maria Sorbello as “shady.”

The former Road Rules star made his remark in The Challenge: All Stars 4, which he returned to compete in after 18 years away from reality television.

During a recent episode, multiple cast members agreed to work together to prevent Cara from winning the daily challenge.

Kam Williams masterminded the plan so someone could steal Cara’s Star, which host Tj Lavin said competitors needed to advance to the final.

“Cara Maria is playing a shady game,” Adam said in a confessional, adding, “So our priority is getting her balls knocked out. Then we want to make sure that Leroy [Garrett] and I both have voices, so our balls are gonna go next. The last balls that should be left in the net are...

Averey Tressler has seemingly confirmed she’s in a relationship with her castmate from The Challenge after filming All Stars 4, surprising fans.

The former Real World star is currently appearing in episodes of the spinoff show with castmates including Laurel Stucky, Tina Barta, Brad Fiorenza, and Brandon Nelson.

In a recent podcast appearance, Brandon mentioned he might have had interest in his castmate Averey, as she was “good to look at.”

However, he revealed that his castmate, Adam Larson, was able to swoop in before he could and may have captured Averey’s heart during the show’s filming.

While they may have become interested in one another during All Stars 4 and even had a showmance, the spinoff’s episodes have focused less on that compared to other storylines.

Now, Averey has seemingly made their relationship official by sharing new images on social media showing them together.

Averey shares romantic...

According to former The Challenge winner Brad Fiorenza, All Stars 4 was a “real challenge” for him for several reasons.

With the spinoff’s fourth season, it was Brad’s third-straight season attempting to win the show.

He came closest in Season 3, finishing second overall for the men behind winner Wes Bergmann.

That season also saw Brad win several daily challenges and an in-final elimination event against his Og castmate, Mark Long.

However, All Stars 4 resulted in a disappointing finish for the former Real World: San Diego star, as he found himself eliminated by castmate Adam Larson.

Brad recently explained why the return for the spinoff was not his “best work” competing on The Challenge.

Brad reveals several issues affected him on All Stars 4

Brad shared with Entertainment Weekly that a bad breakup and sleep issues affected him during his time on All Stars 4.

“We broke up literally two weeks before the game,...

Brad Fiorenza has been a perennial face on The Challenge since he came off of The Real World: San Diego. He has had a great run throughout his tenure; he even found love on the show. As one of the faces of the early run of the flagship program, Brad has always been seen as a formidable threat. Just a season earlier, Brad was in Tj Lavin's final. But the fire was missing this season and Brad performed possibly the worst he has ever fared on The Challenge. Brad is proof that no matter your status as a Challenger and your history on the show, not performing up to your full potential can ruin your chances of winning. There are no free passes on The Challenge not even from your friends, who want to win themselves and see you as a liability. MTV's The Challenge: All Stars 4 is not for the weak.

The Challenge Season 40 is ready to crown its champions, as eight finalists remained from an original cast of 40 competitors.

MTV’s upcoming season features an “Eras” theme with four distinct groups of 10 competitors from different eras of the competitor series.

That includes an Og era with all-time greats like Chris “Ct” Tamburello, Derrick Kosinski, Darrell Taylor, and Rachel Robinson.

The newest era of competitors features 10 players who have yet to win The Challenge but have made their presence known in recent seasons.

Just recently, spoilers revealed the final four men’s competitors, and now, after a surprising women’s elimination, it’s down to four women for the final.

This report will contain spoilers from The Challenge 40, filmed in Vietnam.

Major star eliminated from The Challenge Season 40

Spoilers show that a legendary women’s competitor got eliminated before the final, losing her opportunity to win another season during her career.

Brad Fiorenza is one of the most seasoned veterans in the cast of The Challenge: All Stars Season 4, and he knows better than anyone that this was simply not his season. It started out strongly enough. Once the vet-heavy cast got settled into their Capetown, South Africa-set mansion, they competed in an individual challenge that saw him finish in second, beating out every other guy in the game. However, once the team challenges got underway — and so many of them were tricky brain games — Fiorenza found himself in the bottom more often than not. Following his exit from the game, TV Insider caught up with Brad Fiorenza to find out his perspective on the season, what fans might not have seen, and what exactly was going on with that baby towel situation. This season, you seem to have a little bit of trouble. But the thing was, in the first challenge,...

The Challenge: All Stars 4 brought back familiar faces from MTV’s past, including a champion looking for another win and former finalists looking to win their first version of the competition show.

Former Real World: Skeletons star Nicole Zanatta was among those former finalists, who many consider a threat to win the spinoff season.

Viewers saw her appear in the final in two out of three seasons for MTV’s show, and an unfortunate injury disqualified her from continuing towards another final in her third season.

Now, she’s back for the fourth season of All Stars, where she contends with show winners Cara Maria Sorbello, Brad Fiorenza, and Rachel Robinson.

There’s also former winner Laurel Stucky, who happens to be Nicole’s ex, adding another complexity to focusing on the game.

During a recent appearance on the Zach Nichols Podcast, she shared why she has difficulty winning a final.

The Challenge Season 40 is filming in Vietnam, with the cast of 40 reduced heavily over the past several months.

MTV’s upcoming season features some of the biggest stars to have competed in The Challenge, as the cast includes individuals spanning the show’s 39 seasons.

With that, former champions battle to add to their win total, and others strive to achieve their first-ever Challenge championship.

Spoilers continue to arrive online, showing which competitors have gone home, whether by purge, Dq, or eliminations.

Based on recent spoilers, several cast members have racked up multiple wins in eliminations as they fight to stay in the game.

This report will contain spoilers for The Challenge Season 40, which is yet to receive an official premiere date for MTV.

Several Season 40 stars endured multiple eliminations

Viewers have seen in many seasons of The Challenge that once a competitor becomes a target for an alliance, they tend...

The Challenge: All Stars 4 is airing on Paramount+ featuring a cast that includes several former champions from MTV’s competition series.

Among the OGs are Cara Maria Sorbello, Brad Fiorenza, Kefla Hare, Rachel Robinson, and Laurel Stucky.

For the first three seasons, the show’s format featured only cast members who had appeared on MTV’s The Real World, Road Rules, or Fresh Meat shows.

Season 4 changed things slightly, as Kam Williams became the first former Are You The One? cast member on the show.

Based on early cast speculation, the cast members for All Stars 5 will come from even more shows, including non-mtv shows.

This report will contain spoilers from The Challenge: All Stars 5, set to begin filming later this year.

Eight potential cast members revealed for All Stars 5

Ahead of the filming of each new Challenge season, spoilers arrive online to indicate who will be in the cast.

Things are heating up for The Challenge Season 40, as spoilers are revealing more competitors are out of the game.

In Season 39, viewers only saw former champions arrive as mercenaries, but now most are part of the main cast.

The upcoming season’s cast originally consisted of 40 competitors, but after eliminations in the past several weeks, it is now below half that number.

As of this writing, there are just 14 individuals left in Vietnam, vying to win the show’s first-place prize.

Several former champions are among them, although a recent elimination spoiler revealed that one of the show’s toughest competitors is out.

This report contains spoilers for The Challenge Season 40, currently filming in Vietnam.

The Challenge 40 spoilers reveal former champ is out

The Challenge Season 40 appears to have changed its format, as there are now purges and solo eliminations.

Based on recent spoilers, Nehemiah Clark is out of the...

Tyrie Ballard indicated that he and his castmate have been able to discuss a previous racially insensitive remark made about him on The Challenge.

The former Real World: Denver star returned to The Challenge: All Stars 4 after 11 years away, attempting to win the spin-off version of the show.

His Og castmates include Rachel Robinson, Veronica Portillo, Tina Barta, Adam Larson, Ace Amerson, Laurel Stucky, and Cara Maria Sorbello.

Tyrie appeared on six seasons of MTV’s competition series, beginning with his rookie season, The Inferno 3, which featured OGs such as Johnny Bananas, Ct Tamburello, and Ace.

In subsequent seasons, some of his All Stars 4 castmates were on the same seasons, including Brad Fiorenza, Laurel, Cara, and Ryan Kehoe.

During a recent podcast discussion, Tyrie was asked about the previous “toxic” remark made about him and if he and his castmate had talked things out since then.

Tyrie says castmate ‘made...