TV series

The Challenge

Name: The Challenge
Genre: Reality
Released: 1998-04-20
Cast: T.J. Lavin, Cynthia Roberts, Eric Nies, Jon Brennan, Rachel Campos-Duffy

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Reality

Legends will fall. A new champion will rise.

Overview

Each Challenge pits numerous cast members from past seasons of reality shows against each other, dividing them into two separate teams according to different criteria, such as gender, which show they first appeared on, whether or not they're veterans or rookies on the show, etc. The two teams compete in numerous missions in order to win prizes and advance in the overall game.

Series details

First air date: 1998
Last air date: 2026
Status: Returning Series
Seasons: 42
Episodes: 660
Episode runtime: 42 min
Genres: Reality
Original language: EN
Origin country: US
Networks: MTV, Paramount+
Created by: Mary-Ellis Bunim, Jonathan Murray
Production: Bunim/Murray Productions, Dualstar Productions

Cast

T.J. Lavin

Self - Host

Cynthia Roberts

Self

Eric Nies

Self

Jon Brennan

Self

Rachel Campos-Duffy

Self

David "Puck" Rainey

Self

Seasons

Season information provided by TMDB.

All Stars

1998

5 episodes

Road Rules: All Stars is the first season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Unlike later seasons the show followed alumni of The Real World as they went on a typical Road Rules-type adventure around the United States in a non-competitive format. It is the only season without the term Challenge in its title. The season premiered on June 1st, 1998.

Real World vs. Road Rules

1998

6 episodes

Real World/Road Rules Challenge is the 2nd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to Road Rules: All Stars. The season marked the first time in which "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" would be used as the show's main title. In addition, it's one of two seasons absent of a subtitle, a trend that wouldn't truly emerge until the show's 4th season. It is the first six-on-six Challenge in the series. The teams traveled via tour bus and RV starting in San Francisco, ending in Universal City, California, competing in different individual challenges. The winning team had the right to travel in a tour bus, while the losing team had to travel in an RV. Each time a team won an individual challenge, they won the right to spend time in a "money machine". The "money machine", set up outside Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California was a huge wind chamber that contained up to $150,000. Whatever the casts could keep on them, they were guaranteed to keep. This season also featured an additional challenge where the two teams competed over possession of a teddy bear. Whichever team had the teddy bear in their possession at an unknown, predetermined point in the challenge, would win the additional challenge.