TV season

Real World vs. Road Rules

1998-11-09

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.

Episodes

Episode 1

Money Changes Everything

1998-11-09 • 20 min

We start off with six ex-Real Worlders and six ex-Road Rulers being led into a baseball stadium blindfolded. We then see a limo being followed by a armored truck. Inside the limo is this year's Mr. Big - David from the Real World Los Angeles. We are introduced to our teams- Real World Beth from Real World Los Angeles Neil from Real World London Jason from Real World Boston Montana from Real World Boston Janet from Real World Seattle Nathan from Real World Seattle Road Rules Mark from Road Rules 1 Kayle from Road Rules Islands Kefla from Road Rules Australia Anne from Road Rules Northern Trail Roni from Road Rules Northern Trail Noah from Road Rules Northern Trail From his limo, David is patched over the PA system in the stadium. He tells the players that they can take off their blindfolds and they have to look for the gold dollar. A helecopter flys over with a bag and drops thousands of fake money with David's picture on it.

Episode 2

Bed Sores

1998-11-16 • 20 min

They arrive in Mammouth Lakes CA, where their next mission will take place. In their campsite, they find a newspaper that has a article about their mission. It says that casts of the Real World and Road Rules will take part in the yearly Frontier Day's Bed Race. There is talks about whether Beth should stay in the challenge or not. Beth wants the cash so she is gonna stay, but Neil says she better work if she wants a piece of the cash. The Real World team is starting to get close to their rundown RV which they have now named ""Bessie"". So, they take it to a gas station and they buy lots of spray paint and both teams leave their marks on the RV. They arrive at the mission site, they are told they will be taking part in a Bed Race. Each team must dcorate a bed as wild as possible and then it will be placed on wheels and they will have to race it down a hill. The team with the best of out 3 races will win a minute in the Money Chamber and the luxory bus.

Episode 3

Getting Drunk

1998-11-23 • 20 min

They are heading to the Hollywood YMCA where both teams know they have to work, but not sure on what they'll be doing. The Real World team is tired of losing and Neil is wondering why he even decided to do this challenge. They arrive at the YMCA, and the ladies and men are seperated in different locker rooms. They are given basketball jerseys to change into. The teams walk out on a basketball court where Kobe Bryant and Reggie Miller are playing. The only ones that recognize them are Kefla, Roni, and Nathan. Since Road Rules has ""Japenese Pacers"" they get to play against Kobe and Reggie in a basketball match. Their special referree is Syrus from Real World Boston. For each time Road Rules scores a basket, they receive $20. But for each time Kobe or Reggie score a basket, $10 of Road Rules money goes to them. Real World has ""Snoop Doggy Doggs"" where they have to bathe Kobe Bryant's dogs.

Real World vs. Road Rules

Episodes

Money Changes Everything

Bed Sores

Getting Drunk

The Joint is Jumping

Shall We Play a Game?

Handsome Reward