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Survivor star Danny McCray has his wife Kiki rooting for him in The Challenge: USA. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

The Challenge: USA daily events have featured tall buildings, water, and even cars in a demolition derby. For Episode 10, it’s time to bring in the big trucks.

In some sneak peek footage for the latest installment of the CBS spinoff show, host Tj Lavin introduces the competitors to Code Crossing as their latest daily challenge.

The competitors will be on the sides of moving trucks attempting to place pegs and build themselves a bridge. The objective is to use their bridge to move from the back to the front of the truck.

Once they’re at the front, they’ll climb to the top of the truck and pull a cord, which will signal that they’ve completed the mission.

The man and woman who accomplish...

Tonight on “The Challenge: USA,” a vengeful player looks for payback after being sabotaged in the challenge, and the reveal of a secret alliance turns the game upside down in this episode titled “Nevertheless, She Persisted.” Follow along with our live blog of Season 1 Episode 9 beginning at 9pm Et/ 8pm Ct on CBS.

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MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” got a CBS-style facelift with more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” competing against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Click through our photo gallery of “The Challenge: USA” cast photos to see which 28 all-stars are competing.

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Survivor star Domenick Abbate during The Challenge: USA, Episode 9. Pic credit: CBS/YouTube

The Challenge: USA, Episode 9 will bring the second daily challenge where players compete individually, but it could also show who people are targeting in the game and who’s working together.

Sneak peek footage showing the next daily event arrived hours ahead of the episode’s debut on CBS. It includes Survivor star Domenick Abbate mentioning that the game should reveal some competitors’ intentions.

“This game’s about to get messy because I think we’re gonna start to see people’s true colors out here,” Dom says in a confessional scene.

In the footage, viewers learn that competitors are playing a giant game similar to Connect 4, where they must carry large tokens down to a playing field. The object is to get four tokens lined up in a row on their board before an opponent blocks them.

Big Brother star Angela Rummans appears in The Challenge: USA promotional video. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

The competition is becoming more intense with each episode of The Challenge: USA, as cast members try to win, strategize, plot, and scheme their ways to Tj Lavin’s final.

They’ll be working harder than ever in those areas, as The Algorithm is now out of the picture, and it’s become an individual game. Having solid allies becomes extra essential.

Ahead of the ninth episode, all but one of the remaining competitors had qualified for the final by earning 5,000 in their personal bank accounts. That’s Survivor star Sarah Lacina, who appears to be looking to eliminate one specific castmate from the game.

Viewers saw a deal set in motion in Episode 8 of the spinoff show after Big Brother star Angela Rummans was the women’s winner in the daily challenge.

Survivor star Ben Driebergen during The Challenge: USA, Episode 8. Pic credit: Paramount+

One of the stars from The Challenge: USA has recently claimed that their castmate was given a win during the spinoff show, even though they didn’t win in the event.

The latest claims arrived after Episode 8 of the spinoff aired on CBS and featured an emotional storyline for cast member Ben Driebergen.

During the episode, footage presented Ben dealing with some difficult emotions on the anniversary of his Marine Corp friend’s passing.

That led to a sleepless night for the Survivor star, who reflected on the loss during confessional interviews shown during the episode.

It also may have led to a win being gifted to Ben in the daily challenge by production, according to Amazing Race star Leo Temory.

Temory spoke out about losing the event in recent exit interviews and brought it up in comments...

Big Brother star Enzo Palumbo appears during The Challenge: USA. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

With only a few episodes left before Tj Lavin’s final, The Challenge: USA may have lost some of its viewers along the journey.

Based on recent statistics, the CBS spinoff show’s eighth episode experienced a dropoff in terms of its ratings and the overall number of viewers.

In The Challenge: USA, Episode 8, viewers saw the game change as competitors continued to do their best to win daily challenges and strategize their way to the final.

It featured another elimination, with The Challenge host bringing out his all-time favorite for a head-banging event.

However, viewership and rating data suggest a slight dropoff occurred between Episodes 7 and 8 of the CBS spinoff series featuring Big Brother, Amazing Race, Love Island, and Survivor stars.

This report will contain some spoilers through Episode 8 of The Challenge: USA.

The key to winning “The Challenge: USA” is to prevail in the Final Challenge, but in order to qualify for that, contestants must first accumulate at least 5,000 throughout the season. At the start of CBS’s reality TV show, each person was given 1,000 in their banks. There are two ways to earn additional funds: win a daily challenge or survive the elimination arena (which lets them steal the losers’ banks).

Most players have already scored the required amount of moolah to get them to the Final Challenge. Below, we give you an update on “The Challenge: USA” money won after eight episodes.

16,000

Tyson Apostol (“Survivor”)

Angela Rummans (“Big Brother”)

12,500

Alyssa Lopez (“Big Brother”)

11,000

Enzo Palumbo (“Big Brother”)

8,000

Justine Ndiba (“Love Island”)

7,500

Cashay Proudfoot (“Love Island”)

Domenick Abbate (“Survivor”)

7,000

David Alexander (“Big Brother”)

Cayla Platt (“The Amazing Race”)

6,000

Desi Williams (“Survivor”)

Ben Driebergen (“Survivor”)

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Leo Temory was one of just three contestants from The Amazing Race on the cast of The Challenge: USA.

On Wednesday's new episode, Leo was eliminated from the CBS reality series after being thrown into a Hall Brawl against Enzo Palumbo.

Temory revealed that he was under the impression this season would not have that particular competition. Moreover, he was blindsided when he walked into the arena.

"It's definitely tough," the TV star shared exclusively with TV Fanatic.

The three-time Amazing Race star said that medics prevented him from returning to the arena after the elimination to say his goodbyes.

"I love Tj. I wanted to go back and shake his hand and thank him for the experience," He said.

The star added that he was put in an ambulance and sent to the hospital.

If you were confused by the exit confessionals in which Leo called everyone snakes, the...

Amazing Race star Leo Temory appears in The Challenge: USA promotional video. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

During The Challenge: USA, Survivor star Sarah Lacina wanted a way to showcase her competitive abilities and began announcing some bold intentions to her castmates.

In Episode 8, she was looking for a way to prove herself and add more money to her personal bank account since she wasn’t qualified for the final.

The only ways to add money were by winning daily challenges, which Sarah hadn’t done, or earning money in eliminations. Sarah had been to one elimination alongside Leo, but the team they defeated only gave them 3,000 to split. That put Sarah at 2,500, and she still needed another 2,500 to qualify for Tj’s final.

Throughout the first seven episodes, The Algorithm assigned each cast member a new random partner for the episode. That changed in Episode 8 when Tj Lavin...

Host Tj Lavin from The Challenge: USA spinoff show on CBS. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

Most of The Challenge: USA season featured competitors going into daily challenges and eliminations with teammates. That changed in Episode 8 when host Tj Lavin changed up the game.

The Algorithm was no longer necessary as Tj revealed that it would be an individual competition now. That meant players competed individually in daily challenges and eliminations.

With the first individual elimination also came the first physical event of the season, pitting two of the men against one another.

The matchup gave one of the competitors a clear advantage based on size and, according to the losing competitor’s recent interview comments, required that he go to the hospital after the event.

That individual also mentioned that his remarks after the loss during the aired episode came from a completely separate part of the...

The Challenge: USA never felt more like The Challenge than it did in the August 24 episode when the elimination turned out to be a good ol’ fashioned Hall Brawl. After nearly winning the daily, The Amazing Race‘s Leo Temory was the one sent in, by Big Brother‘s Angela Rummans and Survivor‘s Ben Driebergen, to face off against the daily’s loser, Big Brother‘s Enzo Palumbo. Palumbo won the first two rounds, and Temory was eliminated, then he was shown sitting down, refusing to step back out to say goodbye. Here, Temory opens up about that elimination and what we didn’t see that led to him not returning to the arena. It seemed like everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Tj said it was an individual game. Temory: Definitely yes, for the most part, but then no, because The Amazing Race only had two people...

Survivor star Ben Driebergen during The Challenge: USA, Episode 8. Pic credit: Paramount+

After footage recapped the previous episode’s elimination, The Challenge: USA, Episode 8 opened with host Tj Lavin telling the cast it was time to stop using The Algorithm to determine teams.

Instead, Tj said it’s now an “individual game” from now on, with no more teammates for each daily challenge. Tj told everyone to get out of The Arena.

There are just 14 competitors left: Alyssa Lopez, Justine Ndiba, Cashay Proudfoot, Angela Rummans, Cayla Platt, Sarah Lacina, Desi Williams, Ben Driebergen, Tyson Apostol, Danny McCray, Leo Temory, David Alexander, Domenick Abbate, and Enzo Palumbo.

Ben and Danny talked about having each other’s back, possibly forming a secret alliance that also had Sarah in it. Ben said he won all the time on Survivor and expected to do the same on this show, but it hasn’t happened so far.

The eighth episode of “The Challenge: USA,” titled “Independence Day,” ended on a bit of a downer as the eliminated contestant refused to say goodbye to his fellow cast mates after losing the elimination game. Warning: this article contains Spoilers for the August 24 episode of “The Challenge,” so read at your own risk!

To recap, this week marked the start of the individual aspect of the game, meaning there would be no more algorithm and no more teams. In the “Having a Blast” challenge, the players had to run across a soapy walkway transporting four different keys, all while being sprayed with water. The winners were Angela Rummans for the girls and Ben Driebergen for the boys. Since this week was a men’s elimination, that meant Angela and Ben had to agree on which man to send to the elimination to face off against Enzo Palumbo, who performed the...

Tonight on “The Challenge: USA,” after a game-changing twist, a secret alliance makes plans to take control of the game in “Independence Day.” Follow along with our live blog of Season 1 Episode 8 beginning at 9pm Et/ 8pm Ct on CBS.

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MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” got a CBS-style facelift with more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” competing against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Click through our photo gallery of “The Challenge: USA” cast photos to see which 28 all-stars are competing.

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There are players remaining in the game (in order of money earned): Tyson Apostol,...

Survivor’s Danny McCray during The Challenge: USA promotional video. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

In a sneak peek of The Challenge: USA, Episode 8, a brand new alliance is plotting their strategy within the game as two competitors still need to qualify for the final.

Throughout the first seven episodes, there was mostly a “Survivor strong” theme, with the various cast members from Survivor choosing to work together.

Several episodes ago, things got shaken up when Tyson Apostol put one of their own, Sarah Lacina, into elimination. Sarah still managed to win alongside teammate Leo Temory, and they returned to the game.

However, it led to some frustrated Survivor alliance members, including Ben Driebergen and Sarah, who were furious about their supposed ally’s big move at The Arena.

Luckily for Tyson, he avoided getting tossed into elimination in the sixth episode and then was randomly partnered with...

Ben Driebergen appears in a promotional video for CBS’ The Challenge: USA. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

When The Challenge: USA, Episode 8 arrives, one of the top competitors in the game will be reflecting upon the loss of a good friend.

Spoilers arrived for the CBS spinoff’s upcoming episode in a video clip shared on @thechallenge Instagram, a day ahead of the new installment.

The one-minute clip shows all of the show’s cast asleep in their bunk beds during the early morning hours, except for one Survivor star.

Ben Driebergen says he can’t sleep because it’s the anniversary of the passing of his good friend from the Marine Corps, Blake.

The clip shows several photos of Ben’s friend as he says he was a “good guy” and becomes emotional over remembering him.

“You just relive those moments. Even if you’re in the middle of a Challenge,...

The Challenge: USA’s Kyland Young appears in a promotional video. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

One of the notable aspects of The Challenge: USA spinoff is that it only features one familiar face from MTV’s main show, and that’s the host, Tj Lavin.

However, none of the popular competitors from MTV’s show are part of CBS’ spinoff. Instead, the cast members are from Amazing Race, Big Brother, Love Island, and Survivor.

Big Brother brought multiple competitors from Season 23 of their show to The Challenge: the USA. That includes Kyland Young, who became part of a “three-headed monster” that others were looking to oust from the CBS spinoff show.

In interviews ahead of the premiere episode, he’d mentioned that he studied up on his Challenge history, watching previous seasons of MTV’s show in preparation for the spinoff.

With that in mind, he was...

Kyra Green appears in a promotional video for The Challenge: USA spinoff. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

On The Challenge: USA, four CBS reality TV shows provided competitors with Amazing Race, Big Brother, Love Island, and Survivor.

Due to the nature of their show, Love Island entered the season viewed as a group of underdogs, but several cast members proved that wasn’t the case throughout the episodes.

Among them were Love Island women Shannon St. Clair, Cashay Proudfoot, Justine Ndiba, and Kyra Green, who showed their competitive abilities and began to pose a threat to other competitors.

Justine and Cashay were each able to capture daily challenge wins alongside Survivor’s Tyson Apostol, and each got at least one win each in an elimination event at The Arena.

Kyra also showed she was a force to be reckoned with, managing to survive in the game and avoiding...

Tj Lavin, the host of The Challenge: USA, appears during a promotional video. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

The Challenge: USA continues to move full speed ahead towards Tj Lavin’s final, where the winners will receive their share of significant prize money.

While the particulars for the final are still unknown, it’s become clear that CBS has given The Challenge spinoff a much larger audience than MTV’s show.

Based on ratings reports, the show has many more people watching when new episodes arrive each week compared to the main show on MTV.

Episode 7 brought several exciting storylines, including a cast member ready to leave the show due to issues back home and a pair of in-game rivals forced to work together as teammates.

It also brought another close elimination matchup, with two more winners having to exit the show, as two other cast members survived for another week.

Tyson Apostol got paired with his in-game rival for The Challenge: USA, Episode 7. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

With The Challenge: USA, cast members learned of a surprising twist at the end of the premiere episode featuring The Algorithm, a program that would randomly give them a new teammate for each daily challenge.

The Algorithm appears at the start of each episode, as host Tj Lavin reveals who the new teammates are heading into the next day’s event. He indicated that it would ensure nobody was teamed up with the same person twice until that was no longer possible.

The Algorithm produced some exciting pairings, including an early situation where exes Cashay Proudfoot and Cinco Holland got randomly paired up for a daily challenge despite having broken up months ago. Somehow, they managed to co-exist.

In Episode 7, The Algorithm created a highly intriguing pair of teammates who...

“How many times did Madonna get married?” That was Kyland Young and Kyra Green’s downfall on The Challenge: USA. The Big Brother and Love Island pair were sent into elimination by the daily challenge’s winners Domenick Abbate (Survivor) and Cayla Platt (The Amazing Race) to face off with losers Alyssa Lopez (Big Brother) and Leo Temory (The Amazing Race) in the latest episode. And it was a rare elimination that included a trivia component: The teams had to lift medicine balls with the answers to trivia questions up on a platform. Young and Green break down their elimination and discuss how show alliances fell apart. Kyland, Angela spoke about how while she was working with you, she had to look out for herself. Talk about that alliance you two and Tyson had. How much did you trust each other? Young: Oh, pretty well. These confessionals are very piecemealed.

Big Brother star Angela Rummans was looking to stay safe from elimination in The Challenge: USA, Episode 7. Pic credit: Paramount+

As The Challenge: USA, Episode 7 opened, host Tj Lavin was at The Algorithm board to reveal new teams. Some teams included Enzo Palumbo with Angela Rummans, Danny McCray with Justine Ndiba, David Alexander with Cashay Proudfoot, and Kyland Young with Kyra Green.

Other teams revealed were Leo Temory with Alyssa Lopez, Domenick Abbate with Cayla Platt, Ben Driebergen with Desi Williams, and Tyson Apostol with Sarah Lacina. That made for an interesting pairing after what happened several episodes ago where Tyson sent Sarah and Leo into elimination.

Back at the house, Kyland spoke with Tyson and Angela about their game plan. In a confessional, Kyland said he knew they were targets in the game. Dom said in a confessional that he’s looking for ways to “break up this three-headed monster.

The seventh episode of “The Challenge: USA,” titled “State of the Unions,” proved to be the end of the road for two fan-fave reality TV stars. One of the eliminated players ended her journey by saying she had “no regrets,” while the other said he hoped to “come back” and play again in the future. Warning: this article contains Spoilers for the August 17 episode of “The Challenge,” so read at your own risk!

The main challenge was a demolition derby-type competition, with Alyssa Lopez and Leo Temory being the first out, which meant they would be entering the elimination challenge. Comp winners Domenick Abbate and Cayla Platt earned the right to send one team to elimination, and they chose Kyra Green and Kyland Young, in part because they wanted to fracture the powerhouse trio of Kyland, Tyson Apostol and Angela Rummans.

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At the elimination challenge,...

Tonight on “The Challenge: USA,” players are blindfolded and must navigate an epic crash course driving challenge in, “State of the Unions.” Follow along with our live blog of Season 1 Episode 7 beginning at 9pm Et/ 8pm Ct on CBS.

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MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” got a CBS-style facelift with more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” competing against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Click through our photo gallery of “The Challenge: USA” cast photos to see which 28 all-stars are competing.

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9:00 p.m. — Previously, on “The Challenge: USA”! In the wake of a shocking blindside,...

Hey, "The Challenge USA" fans. Tonight, August 17, 2022, another new episode of The Challenge USA season 1 hit the air, and another two contestants got sent packing at the end. Tonight's episode kicked off with the algorithm switching up teams again. Enzo Palumbo was paired with Angela Rummons. Danny McCray with Justine Ndiba. David Alexander with Cashay Proudfoot. Kyland Young with Kyra Green. Leo Temory with Alyssa Lopez. Domenick Abbate with Cayla Platt. Tyson Apostol with Sarah Lacina and Ben Driebergen with Desi Williams. Tyson told the private cams, "I'm happy to be paired with Sarah because she’s currently coming after me. If she’s partnered with me, she can’t get rid of me."...

Survivor star Domenick Abbate will appear in The Challenge: USA, Episode 7. Pic credit: MTV’s The Challenge/YouTube

In The Challenge: USA, Episode 7, teams will clash in a physical daily challenge for the first time of the season. However, they’ll do some from within some hard-hitting vehicles rather than their bodies.

The latest event will feature Challenge bumper cars as teammates will ride inside the vehicle and navigate a dirt course. Like many other challenges, a twist makes things unique and more difficult.

For this particular daily, the teammate driving the car will be unable to see anything as they’ll have a helmet featuring a blacked-out visor on front.

Their partner will be frantically trying to guide them by shouting out instructions as their teammate does their best to drive while blind.

Based on the sneak peek footage, host Tj Lavin is getting a kick out of this...

Sarah Lacina during a confessional interview for The Challenge: USA. Pic credit: Paramount+

While MTV’s The Challenge and Paramount Plus’ The Challenge: All Stars have seen some intense moments, viewers watching the CBS spinoff of the competition show hadn’t quite seen anything too dramatic within the first four episodes.

However, that changed when Episode 5 arrived, and castmates who thought they had trustworthy allies realized that wasn’t necessarily the case.

According to several of The Challenge: USA cast members, the situation became so intense with castmates following one elimination that security needed to stay over to ensure everyone was safe.

The footage didn’t show that during the episode, but it may be why things didn’t get too intense between cast members in the compound.

The latest revelation arrived as part of an exit interview, with several eliminated competitors spilling the tea on alliances, including the Survivor group,...

Derek Xiao and Alyssa Lopez met last summer in the “Big Brother” house, where they were both betrayed by the dominating Cookout alliance. The BFFs were later cast on “The Challenge: USA,” where they vowed to stick together and have each other’s backs throughout the grueling CBS competition. Unfortunately, Derek was eliminated in the sixth episode (alongside his teammate Shannon St. Clair from “Love Island”) when they lost the physical competition to Enzo Palumbo and Justine Ndiba.

The winners of the main challenge were Desiree “Desi” Williams and David Alexander, and they decided to nominate Derek and Shannon for elimination because Shannon had hurt her leg earlier in the episode. Derek and Shannon gave it their all in the final challenge, even getting a head start thanks to their backwards-spelling abilities. However, their stacks of tires kept falling over, which led to a victory for Enzo and Justine.

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Tonight on “The Challenge: USA,” in the wake of a shocking blindside, players scramble for power and a pair of underdogs must choose between creating chaos or playing it safe. Who will be eliminated on tonight’s episode, “A Civil War”? Follow along with our live blog of Season 1 Episode 6 beginning at 9pm Et/ 8pm Ct on CBS.

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MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” got a CBS-style facelift with more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” competing against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Click through our photo gallery of “The Challenge: USA” cast photos to see which 28 all-stars are competing.

Hey, "The Challenge USA" fans. Tonight, August 10, 2022, another new episode of The Challenge USA season 1 did indeed air, and we saw another two contestants get eliminated at the end. Tonight's episode kicked off with the contestants getting paired up with new partners again. Tyson Apostol got paired with Kyra Green. Ben Driebergen with Sarah Lacina. David Alexander with Desi Williams. Leo Temory with Cayla Platt. Danny McCray with Alyssa Lopez. Derek Xiao with Shannon St. Clair. Kyland Young with Cashay Proudfoot. Domenick Abbate with Angela Rummons, and Enzo Palumbo with Justine Ndiba. Sarah told private cams, "I'm gonna make Tyson pay for coming after me." Ben told the private cams, "Tyson needs to show me some respect, or it's gonna bite him in the butt."...

Swimming and a bad strategy call were the downfalls of the latest eliminated The Challenge: USA players. After coming in last during the daily challenge, Big Brother‘s Azah Awasum (who knew she wouldn’t do well since it involved swimming) and Love Island‘s Melvin “Cinco” Holland Jr. didn’t offer up any names when they sat down with the winners, Survivor‘s Tyson Apostol and Love Island‘s Cashay Proudfoot. (Cinco thought his ex Cashay would use that against them.) And so they ended up going against Survivor‘s Sarah Lacina and The Amazing Race‘s Leo Temory in the elimination, A Dark Turn, during which the players had to memorize a stack of different-sized reels in a dark container and recreate it in the arena. Sarah and Leo measured the reels first using their hands before even stepping foot inside the container, a strategy that led to their win.

One of the most intriguing stories to watch on “The Challenge: USA” was that of Cashay Proudfoot and Melvin “Cinco” Holland Jr. They originally met on “Love Island” and then dated in the real world before eventually breaking up. CBS’s new reality TV show brought them both together for a grueling competition, but Cinco (alongside his teammate Azah Awasum) ended up being eliminated in the fifth episode after losing the “Barreled Treasure” game and the “A Dark Turn” elimination challenge.

“I don’t necessarily wanna be with Cinco and I know he doesn’t want to be with me,” a teary-eyed Cashay told the camera after Cinco was eliminated. “But I think a part of me still loves that man. Like, a part of me is still in love with him. I’m grateful to him and our story even though the story of us is officially closed.”

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Tonight on “The Challenge: USA,” the most difficult water-based challenge of the season leaves some players swimming to survive the game. Meanwhile, whispers in the compound threaten to destroy a mighty alliance. Who will be eliminated on tonight’s episode, “In Tyson We Trust”? Follow along with our live blog of Season 1 Episode 5 beginning at 9pm Et/ 8pm Ct on CBS.

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MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” got a CBS-style facelift with more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” competing against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Click through our photo gallery of “The Challenge: USA” cast photos to see which 28 all-stars are competing.

Hey, "The Challenge USA" fans. Earlier tonight, August 3, 2022, another new episode of The Challenge USA's current season 1 did hit the air, and another unlucky pair of contestants did get the boot at the end. Tonight's episode kicked off with another switching of partners via the algorithm. Danny McCray got paired up with Angela Rummons. Derek Xiao with Cayla Platt. David Alexander with Alyssa Lopez. Tyson Apostol with Cashay Proudfoot. Enzo Palumbo with Kyra Green. Kyland Young with Shannon St. Clair. Domenick Abbate with Desi Williams. Cinco Holland Jr. with Azah Awasum. Ben Driebergen with Justine Ndiba and Leo Temory with Sarah Lacina. Cashay and Cinco were spotted talking. Cashay told Cinco, "You've done things that hurt my feelings like watching you flirt with other women." Cinco said, "This conversation is weird for me after not talking with you for two days." Cashay said, "At the end of the day, you're single.

“I played ‘Big Brother’ Season 23 and I backstabbed everyone and they’re all petty little bitches about it,” declared a salty Xavier Prather after being eliminated in the July 27 episode of “The Challenge: USA.” He won 750,000 in the “BB23” house, but he failed to earn any money during his four weeks of grueling competition on “The Challenge.” Xavier’s game came to an end this week when he ended up being betrayed by two people he’d previously blindsided on “Big Brother”: Kyland Young and Alyssa Lopez. #karma

To recap, Kyland and Alyssa won the trivia challenge and had the power to nominate one team to compete alongside the challenge losers, David Alexander and Justine Ndiba. After much debate, Kyland and Alyssa decided to send Xavier and Shantel “Shan” Smith to the elimination challenge. They openly lied to the cast and said their true target was Shan, when in...

Tonight on “The Challenge: USA,” players take on one of host T.J. Lavin’s favorite challenges, trivia, while hanging over the ledge of a 30-story building. Who will be eliminated on tonight’s episode, “Liberty and Justice for All”? Follow along with our live blog of Season 1 Episode 4 beginning at 9pm Et/ 8pm Ct on CBS.

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MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” got a CBS-style facelift with more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” competing against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Click through our photo gallery of “The Challenge: USA” cast photos to see which 28 all-stars are competing.

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Hey,"The Challenge USA" fans. Tonight, July 27, 2022, another new episode of The Challenge USA's current season 1 did indeed air, and some more unlucky contestants did get sent home at the end. Tonight's episode kicked off with Leo Temory getting paired with Desi Williams. Kyland Young with Alyssa Lopez. Ben Driebergen with Azah Awasum. Enzo Palumbo with Cashay Proudfoot. David Alexander with Justine Ndiba. Xavier Prather with Shan Smith. Danny McCray with Kyra Green. Derek Xiao with Sarah Lacina. Tyson Apostol with Cayla Platt. Domenick Abbate with Angela Rummons and Cinco Holland Jr. with Shannon St. Clair. Justine told the private cams, "I'm worried about being partnered with David because he isn't considered a strong player." Alyssa told the private cams, "The number one ally I have in this game is Derek. I wanna show Xavier what it feels like to be backstabbed."...

For one of The Challenge: USA plays, the latest episode was his second in a row in elimination. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out the same way as it did previously. Survivor‘s Tasha Fox and The Amazing Race‘s James Wallington lost the daily challenge after she couldn’t balance the weight in The Challenge‘s version of Hangman. Big Brother‘s Kyland Young and Angela Rummans won, and Wallington had no problem campaigning to go against fellow Amazing Racer Leo Temory. However, instead, the losing pair faced off against Survivor‘s Domenick Abbate and Love Island‘s Cashay Proudfoot in elimination. Despite Abbate making a bad call, Fox and Wallington ended up losing and were eliminated. Here, Fox and Wallington open up about their exit. How’d you each prepare for The Challenge: USA? Wallington: My training was no different than it was for The Amazing Race. I started working out every day,...

The casts of “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race” managed to squeak by the first two weeks of “The Challenge: USA” completely unscathed, but both shows lost contestants during the third episode, which aired Wednesday, July 20.

CBS’s grueling reality TV show said goodbye to teammates Tasha Fox (“Survivor”) and James Wallington (“The Amazing Race”) this week after they failed to complete their puzzle in time during the elimination challenge. It was a close race though, as competitor Domenick Abbate (“Survivor”) failed to plug his water hole and would have been disqualified if not for Cashay Proudfoot (“Love Island”) saving the day for that team by finishing her puzzle in record time.

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To date, “Love Island” has bid adieu to the most contestants at three: Cely Vazquez and Javonny Vega in Episode 1 and Cashel Barnett in Episode 2. Just like “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race,” “Big Brother...

Tonight on “The Challenge: USA,” loyalties are tested as a powerful duo starts to raise suspicions among alliances. Meanwhile, the lack of chemistry between a new team of mismatched challengers puts their game in serious danger. Who will be eliminated on tonight’s episode, “Declarations of Independence”? Follow along with our live blog of Season 1 Episode 3 titled “Declarations of Independence” beginning at 9pm Et/ 8pm Ct on CBS.

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MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” got a CBS-style facelift with more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” competing against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Click through our photo gallery of “The Challenge: USA...

Hey, "The Challenge USA" fans. Tonight, July 20, 2022, another new episode of The Challenge USA's very first season did indeed air, and another couple was sent packing at the end. Tonight's episode kicked off with the contestants getting randomly paired with new partners again. David Alexander was paired with Shannon St. Clair. Kyland Young with Angela Rummons. Derek Xiao with Shan Smith. Ben Driebergen with Kyra Green. Enzo Palumbo with Desi Williams. Domenick Abbate with Cashay Proudfoot. Danny McCray with Azah Awasum. Xavier Prather with Cayla. Tyson with Alyssa Lopez. Cinco Holland Jr. with Sarah Lacina. Leo Temory with Justine and Tasha Fox with James.

MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” got a CBS-style facelift with more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” competing against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Click through our photo gallery of “The Challenge: USA” cast photos to see which 28 all-stars are competing.

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Tonight the CBS reality titans take on their next challenge, “Yeah Buoy,” where they must gather letter pieces from a rotating buoy high in the sky and form as many words as possible. Meanwhile, a “Survivor” legend looks to cement their dominance in the game, a crafty “Big Brother” player is a little too popular with other Challengers, and two...

Hey, "The Challenge USA" fans. Tonight, July 13, 2022, another new episode of The Challenge USA season 1 did indeed air and another pair of unlucky contestants did get sent packing at the end. Tonight's episode kicked off with the contestants getting randomly paired up with different partners than what they had in last week's episode. Kyland got paired with Sarah Lacina. Derek Xiao got paired with Tasha Fox. Cayla Platt got paired with James Wallington. Tyson got paired with Justine Ndiba. Leo Temory got paired with Angela Rummans. Xavier Prather got paired with Azah. Cashel Barnett got paired with Tiffany Mitchell. Enzo Palumbo got paired with Alyssa Lopez. Danny McCray got paired with Desi Williams. Domenick Abbate got paired with Shannon St. Clair. Ben Driebergen got paired with Shan Smith. Cinco Holland Jr. got paired with Cashay Proudfoot and David Alexander got paired with Kyra Green.

Exclusive: Tonight marks a significant first for Bunim/Murray Productions: its long-running hit The Challenge, which launched 25 years ago on MTV, will debut for the first time on broadcast TV. CBS will follow its summer hit Big Brother with the debut of The Challenge: USA, a spinoff from B/M and MTV Entertainment Studios that features players from CBS’ unscripted lineup of Bb, Survivor, Love Island and The Amazing Race..

And no one is less worried about diluting the franchise than Julie Pizzi, the president of Bunim/Murray who has played an active role in The Challenge‘s expansion since it was first spun off in 1998 from The Real World and Road Rules. Besides its long and successful run on MTV, The Challenge recently launched the all-star edition on Paramount+, a first-ever documentary series The Challenge: Untold History,...

MTV’s original competition series “The Challenge” is getting a CBS-style facelift. Beginning July 6, 2022, more than two dozen former contestants from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” will compete against each other in a brand new reality TV show titled “The Challenge: USA.” T. J. Lavin hosts the grueling program, which will air every Wednesday night on CBS (and stream on Paramount Plus) throughout the summer. Scroll through our “The Challenge: USA” cast photos above (or click here for direct access) to see which 28 all-stars are competing.

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Among the cast members are six people who previously won their seasons: Tyson Apostol (“Survivor: Blood vs. Water”), Ben Driebergen (“Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers”), Sarah Lacina (“Survivor: Game Changers”), Xavier Prather (“Big Brother 23”), James Wallington (“The Amazing Race 32”) and Justine Ndiba (“Love Island 2”). How will these six champions now fare when...

The Challenge franchise expands to CBS next month with a cast made up of favorites from Big Brother, Survivor, Love Island, and The Amazing Race.

The reality series, premiering July 6, with a 90-minute opener, features Challenge host T.J. Lavin.

The cast is made up of Big Brother's Azah Awasum, David Alexander, Alyssa Lopez, Tiffany Mitchell, Enzo Palumbo, Xavier Prather, Angela Rummans, Kyland Young, and Derek Xiao.

The Survivor veterans include Domenick Abbate, Tasha Fox, Tyson Apostol, Ben Driebergen, Sarah Lacina, Danny McCray, Shan Smith, and Desi Williams.

On the Love Island front, we have Kyra Green, Cashel Barnett, Melvin "Cinco" Holland Jr, Justine Ndiba, Cashay Proudfoot, Javonny Vega, Shannon St. Clair, and Cely Vazquez.

Representing The Amazing Race is Cayla Platt, Leo Temory, and James Wallington.

Upon arrival on the spinoff of the hit MTV reality series the stars are given 1,000 to start their individual challenge accounts, and they...

Big Brother 23 winner Xavier Prather and Survivor victors Tyson Apostol, Ben Driebergen and Sarah Lacina are among the 28 fan favorites who will compete on The Challenge: USA this summer on CBS.

The spinoff of MTV’s hit global franchise features will also feature all-stars from Love Island and The Amazing Race. It will premiere Wednesday, July 6 at 9:30 p.m.

Upon arrival, the players are given 1,000 to start their individual challenge accounts, and must battle to keep and increase their reward. In each episode, an algorithm pairs contestants who will face off to earn money for their accounts by winning challenges or eliminating their opponents.

In addition to the 500,000 cash prize, the cast will be competing for a spot on The Challenge: Global Championship (working title) that will stream exclusively on Paramount.

The players are: Domenick Abbate (Survivor 36); Azah Awasum (BB23); David Alexander; Tasha Fox; Tyson...

“The Challenge: USA” announced today the 28 CBS reality stars audiences have come to know, love and sometimes hate from “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” “The Amazing Race” and “Love Island” that will compete in the most unpredictable and demanding game they’ve faced yet.

The all-star group headed for this new “Challenge” installment include “Survivor” winners Tyson Apostol, Ben Driebergen and Sarah Lacina, “Big Brother” winner Xavier Prather, “The Amazing Race” winner James Wallington, and “Love Island” winner Justine Ndiba.

Upon arrival, the contestants are given 1,000 to start their individual “Challenge” accounts, and they quickly discover they must battle to keep and increase their awards. In each episode, an algorithm pairs contestants who will face off to earn money for their accounts by winning challenges or eliminating their opponents. High-stakes and high-drama.

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After two cruel fourth-place finishes on Seasons 20 and 24, the Afghanimals, Leo Temory and Jamal Zadran, finally ended their Leg 11 curse on Wednesday’s finale of “The Amazing Race 31” by not only making the final three but winning Leg 11. But then the good times quickly stopped. Upon landing in Detroit, they got an early lead, but then Leo got stumped on the Roadblock — not exactly unlike how he struggled with the Leg 11 Roadblock in Season 23. Having never used a combination lock before, he spent so long at the bank vault that Colin Guinn and Tyler Oakley both passed him on what looked like their first attempts. From then on, it was a two-team battle between Colin and Christie Woods, who won, and Tyler and Korey Kuhl. So you can say they were locked out of first place (#sorrynotsorry).

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It was anyone’s game on Wednesday’s season finale of “The Amazing Race 31” — or well, just Colin Guinn and Christie Woods‘, and Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl‘s. After passing Leo Temory and Jamal Zadran at the Roadblock, the two teams kept swapping positions and were neck and neck at the final task, assembling a drum set. Each had an error, but it was Colin and Christie who fixed theirs first and cruised to the $1 million. And we do mean “cruised” in that the spread was not as close as the edit made it out to be, according to Tyler and Korey.

The BFFs did improve on their third-place finish in Season 28, but is that worse than almost tasting the $1 million. See what they say in our exit interview below.

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