The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons
Genre Reality game show
Created by Mary-Ellis Bunim
Jonathan Murray
Presented by T. J. Lavin
Starring Winners
Team San Diego Members
Ashley Kelsey
Frank Sweeney
Sam McGinn
Zach Nichols
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of series 23
No. of episodes 13 (Reunion Included)
Production
Location(s) Bodrum, Turkey, Namibia
Running time Episode 1: 90 minutes (including commercials);
All other episodes: 60 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network MTV
Original release September 19 (2012-09-19) – December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19)
Chronology
Preceded by Battle of the Exes
Followed by Rivals II
External links
Website

Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. It is the sequel to the show's 5th season, Battle of the Seasons, though unlike other sequel seasons is not distinguished as part "II" in subtitle. The season took place in Bodrum, Turkey and Namibia.

Former casts from select seasons of MTV's The Real World competed with the hopes of winning a piece of the $250,000 grand prize, with cast members from the Fresh Meat, Fresh Meat II and Spring Break challenges brought in prior to any challenges taking place.[1] This season marks the first since season 12 that does not include any cast members from The Real World: Key West.

The season premiered on September 19, 2012, and concluded on December 19, 2012, with the reunion episode.[2]

Cast

Host: T. J. Lavin, BMX rider

Male contestants[3]
Player Original season Finish
Frank Sweeney RW: San Diego (2011) Winners
Zach Nichols RW: San Diego (2011)
Dustin Zito RW: Las Vegas (2011) Runner-Up
Chet Cannon RW: Brooklyn Third Place
JD Ordoñez RW: Brooklyn
Derek Chavez RW: Cancun Episode 11
Robb Schreiber RW: St. Thomas Episode 10
Alton Williams RW: Las Vegas (2002) Episode 9
CJ Koegel RW: Cancun Episode 8
Ryan Knight RW: New Orleans (2010) Episode 7
Trey Weatherholtz RW: St. Thomas Episode 6
Preston Charles RW: New Orleans (2010) Episode 5
Eric Banks Fresh Meat Episode 4/5[lower-alpha 1]
Brandon Nelson Fresh Meat II Episode 3
Danny Jamieson RW: Austin Episode 2
Wes Bergmann RW: Austin Episode 1
Female contestants[3]
Player Original season Finish
Ashley Kelsey RW: San Diego (2011) Winners
Sam McGinn RW: San Diego (2011)
Trishelle Cannatella RW: Las Vegas (2002) Runner-Up
Devyn Simone RW: Brooklyn Third Place
Sarah Rice RW: Brooklyn
Jonna Mannion RW: Cancun Episode 11
Marie Roda RW: St. Thomas Episode 10
Nany González RW: Las Vegas (2011) Episode 9
Jasmine Reynaud RW: Cancun Episode 8
Jemmye Carroll RW: New Orleans (2010) Episode 7
Laura Waller RW: St. Thomas Episode 6
McKenzie Coburn RW: New Orleans (2010) Episode 5
Camila Nakagawa Spring Break Challenge Episode 4/5[lower-alpha 1]
Cara Maria Sorbello Fresh Meat II Episode 3
Melinda Stolp RW: Austin Episode 2
Lacey Buehler RW: Austin Episode 1
Notes

Teams

Team Teammate finishes Eliminated Place
     Team San Diego Ashley, Frank
Sam & Zach
Winners1st
     Team Las Vegas Dustin & Trishelle Runner-Up2nd
Alton & NanyEpisode 9
     Team Brooklyn Chet, Devyn,
JD & Sarah
Third Place3rd
     Team CancunDerek & JonnaEpisode 114th
CJ & JasmineEpisode 8
     Team St. ThomasMarie & RobbEpisode 105th
Laura & TreyEpisode 6
     Team New Orleans Jemmye & KnightEpisode 76th
McKenzie & PrestonEpisode 5
     Team Fresh Meat Camila & Eric Episode 4/5[lower-alpha 1]7th[lower-alpha 1]
Brandon & Cara MariaEpisode 3
     Team Austin Danny & MelindaEpisode 2 8th
Lacey & Wes Episode 1

Format

During each Challenge, teams will compete in order to become the Power Team, who will have the ability to place one team of their decision into the Arena. The other couple going into the Arena will be that day's Challenge losers. Once in the Arena, a team must decide one male-female pair to compete, and have the potential to go home with no money. The losing pair in the Arena will go home, and leave their team short two players. Teams can compete with only two players, and have potential to make a greater share of the final's $250,000.[1][2]

Three seasons will be represented in the final challenge. First place wins $250,000, second-place wins $50,000 and third-place wins $40,000.[1]

Gameplay

Challenge games

Arena games

There are four games in the Arena: Physical, Mental, Strategy, and Endurance. This game is selected by the Power Team after they reveal their choice to go into the Arena. However, the same game cannot be used more than once until each of the other games have been used.[1]

Final challenge

The first phase of the final challenge begins with players from each team parachuting from a plane to ground level on the Namibian desert. Each team then sprints through the desert to their first checkpoint, "Mind Field," in which each team has a 20-minute time limit to align nine numbers on a 3x3 grid to where each number equals 15 in each direction. After a team has correctly aligned the numbers, they can push a red button, which will detonate the designated "mine field" and enable a team to hop aboard a helicopter, which will take them over the mountains to the next checkpoint, "Rung Out." Players from each team must swing a ring roped to a hook toward a pole until one player successfully hooks the ring to the pole. If a player misses, he/she has to take a drink of warm camel milk. The next checkpoint is "Get Tired," in which each team must use multiple poles and ropes in order to carry a series of tires through the desert — for the four-player teams, it is eight tires; for the only two-player team, it is four tires. A helicopter takes each team to the last checkpoint of the first phase, "Camel Nap," in which all but one player from each team must stand within a small designated rectangle in the sand, and supervise a camel overnight in a tent, while one team member gets to sleep by a nearby campfire. A team is assessed a one-minute penalty to begin the second phase of the final challenge if one team member steps out of the rectangle for any reason while supervising the camel. The first team to arrive the "Camel Nap" checkpoint earns a 10-minute headstart, the second-place team earns a five-minute headstart, while the third-place team does not earn a headstart. After racing through numerous sand dunes, the first checkpoint of the second phase is "Hallucination Station," in which each team must locate words from a large chart from a distance of 15 feet in order to match an answer key needed to unlock wooden crates that each team will use at the "Sand Shift" checkpoint, in which each team must use the crates to transfer sand into their designated containers several feet away. Once the containers have been filled with sand, the final section is a race to the top of a sand dune, with a flag at the end, in which the first-place team wins $250,000, the second-place team wins $50,000, and the third-place team wins $40,000.[17]

Game summary

Elimination chart

Episode Power team Arena contestants Arena game Arena outcome
# Challenge Last-place team Winners' selection Last-place pair Selected pair Winning pair Losing pair
1 Don't Cross Me Team Cancun Team Fresh Meat Team Austin Cara Maria & Eric Lacey & Wes Hall Brawl Cara Maria & Eric Lacey & Wes
2 Oil Change Team San Diego Team Austin Team Fresh Meat Danny & Melinda Camila & Eric[lower-alpha 2] Balls Out Camila & Eric Danny & Melinda
3 Hook, Line & Sinker Team Las Vegas Team Fresh Meat Team Brooklyn Brandon & Cara Maria[lower-alpha 2] Chet & Sarah Knot So Fast Chet & Sarah Brandon & Cara Maria
4/5 Don't Weigh Me Down Team Cancun Team Brooklyn Team Fresh Meat Devyn & JD[lower-alpha 1] Camila & Eric Water Torture Devyn & JD Camila & Eric[lower-alpha 1]
5 Chairman of the Board Team San Diego Team New Orleans Team Brooklyn McKenzie & Preston Chet & Sarah Balls Out Chet & Sarah McKenzie & Preston
6 Insane Games Team New Orleans Team St. Thomas Team Las Vegas Laura & Trey Dustin & Nany Knot So Fast Dustin & Nany Laura & Trey
7 Logged Out Team Brooklyn Team New Orleans Team San Diego Jemmye & Knight Sam & Zach[lower-alpha 3] Water Torture Sam & Zach Jemmye & Knight
8 Hunger Games Team Brooklyn Team San Diego Team Cancun Sam & Zach CJ & Jasmine Hall Brawl Sam & Zach CJ & Jasmine
9 Abandon Ship Team San Diego Team St. Thomas Team Las Vegas Marie & Robb Alton & Nany Balls Out Marie & Robb Alton & Nany
10 Force Field Team San Diego Team Las Vegas Team St. Thomas Dustin & Trishelle Marie & Robb Water Torture Dustin & Trishelle Marie & Robb
11 Sling Shot Team Las Vegas Team Cancun Team San Diego Derek & Jonna Ashley & Frank Knot So Fast Ashley & Frank Derek & Jonna
12 Final Challenge Team San Diego 2nd place: Team Las Vegas; 3rd place: Team Brooklyn

Arena Progress

Males 1 2 3 4/5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Frank SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN ARENA WINNER
Zach SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE ARENA ARENA WIN WIN SAFE WINNER
Dustin SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE ARENA SAFE SAFE SAFE ARENA WIN SECOND
Chet SAFE SAFE ARENA SAFE ARENA SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD
JD SAFE SAFE SAFE ARENA SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD
Derek WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Robb SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ARENA OUT
Alton SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
CJ WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Knight SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN OUT
Trey SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Preston SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Eric ARENA ARENA SAFE QUIT
Brandon SAFE SAFE OUT
Danny SAFE OUT
Wes OUT
Females 1 2 3 4/5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Ashley SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN ARENA WINNER
Sam SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE ARENA ARENA WIN WIN SAFE WINNER
Trishelle SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ARENA WIN SECOND
Devyn SAFE SAFE SAFE ARENA SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD
Sarah SAFE SAFE ARENA SAFE ARENA SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD
Jonna WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Marie SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ARENA OUT
Nany SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE ARENA SAFE SAFE OUT
Jasmine WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Jemmye SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN OUT
Laura SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
McKenzie SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Camila SAFE ARENA SAFE DQ
Cara Maria ARENA SAFE OUT
Melinda SAFE OUT
Lacey OUT
Competition
     The contestant's team won the final challenge.
     The contestant's team did not win the final challenge.
     The contestant was a part of the Power Team, was safe from the Arena, and selected a team to compete in the Arena.
     The contestant's team was not selected to go into the Arena.
     The contestant's team was nominated for the Arena, but was not selected to compete.
     The contestant won in the Arena.
     The contestant won in the Arena by default.
     The contestant was eliminated in the Arena.
     The contestant was disqualified after their teammate quit in the Arena.
     The contestant withdrew from the elimination round.

Episodes

No. in
season
No. in
series
Title Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
1282"Tis the Season"September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)1.15
2283"The Perks of Being a Rookie"September 26, 2012 (2012-09-26)1.23
3284"What Happens in Vegas..."October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)1.11
4285"The Dark Knight"October 10, 2012 (2012-10-10)1.06
5286"N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T-I-C"October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)0.91
6287"Going Insane"October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24)1.16
7288"I Do Not Like You Sam I Am"November 7, 2012 (2012-11-07)1.10
8289"Honey, I'm Homeless"November 14, 2012 (2012-11-14)1.07
9290"The Chronicles of Nanyia"November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28)1.34
10291"A Woman Scorned"December 5, 2012 (2012-12-05)0.98[18]
11292"I Like to Move it, Move it"December 12, 2012 (2012-12-12)0.96[19]
12293"Run, Teams, Run"December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19)1.01[20]

Reunion special

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons Reunion was aired on December 19, 2012, after the season finale. The episode featured Jonny Moseley, one of previous sporadic presenters of the series, who had not previously appeared on The Challenge since its 9th season, some seven years prior to Battle of the Seasons. The cast members who attended the reunion were Ashley, Frank, Sam, Zach, Alton, Dustin, Nany, Trishelle, Chet, Devyn, JD, Sarah, Derek, Jonna, Marie & Robb.[21]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The fourth arena was split between Episodes 4 and 5. In Episode 4, Team Fresh Meat (Camila & Eric) was chosen to face Team Brooklyn in the Arena. At the end of Episode 4, Devyn volunteered herself to compete in the Arena.[9] At the beginning of Episode 5, JD volunteered himself to compete with Devyn. During the "Water Torture" Arena, Eric grew frustrated and quit when he determined that his weight prevented him from competing in the Arena, despite being in the lead. As a result, Team Fresh Meat was disqualified, and Team Brooklyn was declared the winner by default.[10]
  2. 1 2 In Episodes 2 and 3, Team Fresh Meat was unable to choose two of their own players to enter the Arena, so the Power Team in each episode chose for them.[7][8]
  3. In Episode 7, Team San Diego was unable to decide which male player to send into the Arena, so the Power Team chose for them.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Episode 1: "Tis The Season" – Video at MTV.com".
  2. 1 2 "The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons at MTV.com".
  3. 1 2 "The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons Cast Bios".
  4. "Twitter / DunbarMerrill: @JohnnyZiggler @dunbarmerrill". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
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  6. "Derrick Kosinski's 'Ultimate Challenge Radio' Podcast: MTV The Challenge: "Battle of the Seasons: | Derrick, Eric, Sarah Podcast"". Ultimatechallengeradio.blogspot.com. 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  7. 1 2 3 "Episode 2: "The Perks of Being A Rookie" – Video at MTV.com".
  8. 1 2 3 "Episode 3: "What Happens in Vegas..." – Video at MTV.com".
  9. 1 2 3 "Episode 4: "The Dark Knight" – Video at MTV.com".
  10. 1 2 3 "Episode 5: "N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T-I-C" – Video at MTV.com".
  11. 1 2 "Episode 6: "Going Insane" – Video at MTV.com".
  12. 1 2 3 "Episode 7: "I Do Not Like You Sam I Am" – Video at MTV.com".
  13. 1 2 "Episode 8: "Honey, I'm Homeless" – Video at MTV.com".
  14. 1 2 "Episode 9: "The Chronicles of Nanyia" – Video at MTV.com".
  15. 1 2 "Episode 10: "A Woman Scorned" – Video at MTV.com".
  16. 1 2 "Episode 11: "I Like To Move It, Move It" – Video at MTV.com".
  17. "Episode 12: "Desert Scorn" – Video at MTV.com".
  18. Kondolojy, Amanda. "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Wins Night + 'American Horror Story: Asylum', 'Moonshiners', 'Smurfs Christmas Carol', 'Daily Show' & More". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  19. Bibel, Sara. "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Moonshiners' & 'Amish Mafia' Win Night, 'American Horror Story', 'South Beach Tow', 'Shipping Wars' & More". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  20. Kondolojy, Amanda. "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Moonshiners' Wins Night + 'Amish Mafia', 'Duck Dynasty', 'Shipping Wars', NBA Basketball & More". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  21. "The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons Reunion – Video at MTV.com".

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