All Stars

Season 1 of The Challenge premiered on April 20, 1998

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...Read more

Real World vs. Road Rules

Season 2 of The Challenge premiered on November 9, 1998

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 St...Read more

Challenge 2000

Season 3 of The Challenge premiered on January 17, 2000

Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000 is the 3rd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to Real World/Ro...Read more

Extreme Challenge

Season 4 of The Challenge premiered on January 9, 2001

Extreme Challenge is the 4th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to Real World/Road Rules Challenge ...Read more

Battle of the Seasons

Season 5 of The Challenge premiered on February 4, 2002

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the fifth season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (at the time known as Real Worl...Read more

Battle of the Sexes

Season 6 of The Challenge premiered on January 6, 2003

Battle of the Sexes is the 6th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to the first Battle of the Season...Read more

The Gauntlet

Season 7 of The Challenge premiered on September 22, 2003

The Gauntlet is the 7th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to Battle of the Sexes. The Gauntlet fea...Read more

The Inferno

Season 8 of The Challenge premiered on February 2, 2004

The Inferno is the 8th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Gauntlet. The Inferno aired in 20...Read more

Battle of the Sexes II

Season 9 of The Challenge premiered on October 4, 2004

Battle of the Sexes 2 is the 9th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Inferno. Battle of the ...Read more

The Inferno II

Season 10 of The Challenge premiered on March 7, 2005

The Inferno II is the 10th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to Battle of the Sexes 2. The Infern...Read more

The Gauntlet II

Season 11 of The Challenge premiered on December 5, 2005

The Gauntlet II is the 11th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Inferno II. The Gauntlet II ...Read more

Fresh Meat

Season 12 of The Challenge premiered on May 29, 2006

Fresh Meat is the 12th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Fresh Meat is a season that made history on The Challenge by being the fir...Read more

The Duel

Season 13 of The Challenge premiered on October 12, 2006

The Duel is the 13th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to Fresh Meat. The Duel took place in Búzi...Read more

The Inferno III

Season 14 of The Challenge premiered on April 10, 2007

The Inferno 3 is the 14th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Duel. The Inferno 3 marked the...Read more

The Gauntlet III

Season 15 of The Challenge premiered on January 23, 2008

The Gauntlet III is the 15th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Inferno 3. Being the third ...Read more

The Island

Season 16 of The Challenge premiered on September 16, 2008

The Island is the 16th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Gauntlet III. Like previous seaso...Read more

The Duel II

Season 17 of The Challenge premiered on April 8, 2009

The Duel II is the 17th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Island. The Duel II is the sequel...Read more

The Ruins

Season 18 of The Challenge premiered on September 30, 2009

Real World Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins is the eighteenth season of the MTV reality television game show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, and foll...Read more

Fresh Meat II

Season 19 of The Challenge premiered on April 7, 2010

Cutthroat

Season 20 of The Challenge premiered on October 6, 2010

The Challenge: Cutthroat is the 20th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Filmed in Prague, Czech Republic, Cutthroat features a first...Read more

Rivals

Season 21 of The Challenge premiered on June 22, 2011

The Challenge: Rivals is the 21st season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Rivals takes place in Costa Rica, Argentina, and Patagonia. The ...Read more

Battle of the Exes

Season 22 of The Challenge premiered on January 25, 2012

The Challenge: Battle of the Exes is the 22nd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. It takes place in the Dominican Republic and Iceland...Read more

Battle of the Seasons

Season 23 of The Challenge premiered on September 19, 2012

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Although sharing the same name as the show's 5th ...Read more

Rivals 2

Season 24 of The Challenge premiered on July 10, 2013

The Challenge: Rivals II is the 24th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season take places in Phuket, Thailand, with former cast ...Read more

Free Agents

Season 25 of The Challenge premiered on April 10, 2014

The Challenge: Free Agents is the 25th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is located in Uruguay and Chile, with former cas...Read more

Battle of the Exes II

Season 26 of The Challenge premiered on January 6, 2015

The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II is the 26th season of MTV's reality game show, The Challenge, and the sequel to the show's 22nd season, Battle of...Read more

Battle of the Bloodlines

Season 27 of The Challenge premiered on December 2, 2015

​​​This season just got VERY personal. We've seen rivals, exes, veterans, rookies, and even free agents earn their victories on The Challenge. Now, fo...Read more

Rivals III

Season 28 of The Challenge premiered on May 4, 2016

They’ve been pissed off. They’ve been wronged. They’ve been betrayed. And now they want vengeance! Rivals is back and the stakes couldn’t be higher! T...Read more

Invasion of the Champions

Season 29 of The Challenge premiered on February 7, 2017

In Season 29, Invasion of the Champions, 18 Underdogs battle across a series of contests for the chance to move out of squalor and into typical Challe...Read more

XXX: Dirty Thirty

Season 30 of The Challenge premiered on July 18, 2017

To celebrate the 30th season of The Challenge, MTV is bringing back the dirtiest and most unpredictable players in The Challenge history for the bigge...Read more

Vendettas

Season 31 of The Challenge premiered on January 2, 2018

Twenty-eight players including stars from MTV UK’s Ex on the Beach and Geordie Shore along with contestants from Big Brother join The Challenge fan fa...Read more

Final Reckoning

Season 32 of The Challenge premiered on July 10, 2018

The thirty-second season features alumni from Real World, Road Rules, The Challenge, Are You the One?, the U.S. version of Big Brother, and the U.K. t...Read more

War of the Worlds

Season 33 of The Challenge premiered on February 6, 2019

In season 33, War of the Worlds, America's best will be taking on competitors from around the globe. Legendary Challenge Veterans will team up with Ro...Read more

War of the Worlds 2

Season 34 of The Challenge premiered on August 28, 2019

Set in the middle of the jungle, “The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2” returns to a classic team format; 14 Brits will battle it out against 14 America...Read more

Total Madness

Season 35 of The Challenge premiered on April 1, 2020

Double Agents

Season 36 of The Challenge premiered on December 9, 2020

Season 36 returns to a partner format with 19 (!) espionage thriller-themed episodes shot in Iceland, pitting 30 returning and new competitors against...Read more

Spies, Lies and Allies

Season 37 of The Challenge premiered on August 11, 2021

Set in the picturesque Mediterranean coast of Croatia, elite U.S. Agents join forces with an assortment of International Operatives, all armed with ki...Read more

Ride or Dies

Season 38 of The Challenge premiered on October 12, 2022

In season 38 — Ride or Dies — players are paired with best friends, exes or partners for the first time ever as they navigate the weekly mental and ph...Read more

Battle for a New Champion

Season 39 of The Challenge premiered on October 25, 2023

Mental and physical limits will be pushed further than ever before as contenders must face off against rotating vets in surprise eliminations. With th...Read more

Battle of the Eras

Season 40 of The Challenge premiered on August 14, 2024

Vets and New Threats

Season 41 of The Challenge premiered on July 30, 2025