Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes is the sixth season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge, airing in 2003. It took place in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In this show, each challenge gave points based on finish, either with a partner or alone. After each challenge, the top three from each team became the "Inner Circle" and voted off whoever they wanted to. The winner of each challenge would earn a "lifesaver" which could be given to a member of either team; the recipient of the "lifesaver" would enjoy total immunity from being voted out, which created many interesting situations.

Cast

Host: Olympic skier and Nagano gold-medal winner Jonny Moseley.

Women's team Player Original season Amaya Brecher RW: Hawaii Aneesa Ferreira RW: Chicago Anne Wharton RR: Northern Trail Ayanna Mackins RR: Semester at Sea Beth Stolarczyk RW: Los Angeles Christina Pazsitzky RR: Down Under Ellen Cho RR: The Quest Emily Bailey RR: USA - The Second Adventure Genesis Moss RW: Boston Gladys Sanabria RR: Latin America Jisela Delgado RR: The Quest Julie Stoffer RW: New Orleans Lori Trespicio RW: Back to New York Melissa Howard RW: New Orleans Rachel Robinson RR: Campus Crawl Ruthie Alcaide RW: Hawaii Tonya Cooley RW: Chicago Veronica Portillo RR: Semester at Sea

Men's team Player Original season Antoine de Bouverie RR: Europe Blair Herter RR: The Quest Colin Mortensen RW: Hawaii Dan Renzi RW: Miami David Broom RW: New Orleans David Edwards RW: Los Angeles Eric Jones RR: Campus Crawl Eric Nies RW: New York Jake Bronstein RR: Islands James Orlando RR: Maximum Velocity Tour Jamie Murray RW: New Orleans Laterrian Wallace RR: Maximum Velocity Tour Mark Long RR: USA - The First Adventure David "Puck" Rainey RW: San Francisco Shane Landrum RR: Campus Crawl Syrus Yarbrough RW: Boston Theo Gantt RW: Chicago Yes Duffy RR: Semester at Sea

Game summary

Episode		Winners		Inner Circle						Life Saver Recipient	Voted Off
#	Challenge	Team	Life Saver	Girls			Guys				Girls	Guys
1	Introduction
2
3	Sergeant Says	Girls	Melissa, Amaya	Amaya, Melissa, Aneesa, Genesis			Blair, Theo, Jamie, Colin			Dan	Julie	David E. 1
4	Dead Man's Drop	Girls	Ruthie	Ruthie	Ellen	Anne	Theo	Jamie	Colin	Gladys	Beth	Laterrian
5	Tree House	Guys	Dan, Jamie				Puck			Puck	Gladys	Eric J.
6	Breath-Hold Bungee	Guys	James			Veronica	James			Emily	Jisela	David B.
7	Puck's Wedding
8	Seven Rings of Saturn	Guys	Puck, Theo			Emily	Mark			Colin	Amaya	Yes
9	Freeze Your Butt Off	Girls	Ellen					Theo		Tonya	Rachel	Puck 1
10	People Mover	Girls	Ayanna, Ellen					Jamie		Tonya	Aneesa	Dan
11	Battle of the Opposite Sexes	Guys	Jake			Veronica				Blair	Tonya	Jake 1
12	Leaky River	Guys	Eric N.			Melissa				Eric N.'s sister	Christina	Theo
13	Stairway to Heaven	Guys	Jamie			Emily				Blair	Veronica	Syrus
14	Collision Course	Guys	James							Blair 2	Ayanna	Blair
15	Spider Mon	Guys	Shane							Genesis	Anne	Eric N
16	Human Aquarium	Guys	Antoine							Shane	Emily 1	James
17	Razors Edge	Guys	Antoine			Lori				Shane 2	Genesis	Shane
18	Maximum Velocity	Girls	Ruthie							N/A	Melissa	Antoine
19	Handsome Reward	Guys	Final Rankings    Guys: Mark 1st, Colin 2nd, Jamie 3rd    Girls: Ruthie 1st, Ellen 2nd, Lori 3rd

• ¹ Quit instead of being voted off
• ² Refused to accept Lifesaver

Scoreboard by episode

Bold indicates Inner Circle

Episode	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Mark	16			102	136	160	188	220	250	284	314	344	376	410	441
Colin	30	59	?	115	149	168	200	223	251	279	310	345	372	404	439
Jamie	30	51	87	115	141	155	183	213	238	274	308	339	372	407	407
Ruthie	28	64	72	102	134	163	189	210	244	274	300	334	365	365	401
Ellen	26	58	64	87	109	145	181	216	240	264	290	318	347	347	378
Lori	22		50	63	93	123		177	203	227	254	281	309	342	376
Antoine	2		58	90	118	129	163	193	225	258	287	319	355	391	391
Melissa	36	47	61	70	92	125	155	188	208	227	227	253	278	309	341
Shane	12			100	128		167	197	220	247	279	315	349	349
Genesis	34		55	65	80	114	140	174	197	218	218	218	248	248
James	8		67	103	103	121	155	185	213	245	281	314	349
Emily	2		61	85	117	151	169	169	202	233	262	291	317
Eric N.	10			99	99	127		191	227	262	297	297
Anne	24	52	62	79	103	135	153	153	175	196	220	245
Blair	32		61	79	99	121	141	171	196	225	259
Ayanna	6	25	45	61	91	126	162	162	193	215	215
Syrus	18			91		133	147	177	198	224
Veronica	28	45	61	88	106	137	167	197	197	222
Theo	32	50		94	130	156	170	193	194
Christina	24		61	69	69	92	116	116	116
Jake	20		60	95		136	158	194
Tonya	22	46	55	64	64	84	100	100
Dan	20			101	101	116	136
Aneesa	34	46	56	67	67	79	95
Puck	16		?	98	134	147
Rachel	2	17	37	56	74	101
Yes	8			94	94
Amaya	36		57	71	71
David B.	18		61	76
Jisela	14		42	49
Eric J.	12	25	55
Gladys	14	14	22
Latterian	2	8
Beth	6	16
Julie	26
David E.	10

• ^? Contestant was in the inner circle but their score for the episode is unknown.

Memorable moments

• Before the show even began, Puck and David Edwards, both of whom were kicked out of their house by their roommates during their respective seasons, got into a verbal squabble. This squabble ended with Puck spitting in David E.'s face. David E. demanded Puck be ejected, but producer Jon Murray negotiated an end to the squabble without resorting to Puck's ejection. Half of the cast rallied to keep Puck on the show, while half of the cast did not care if he went home. David later quit the show.
• Rachel was voted off by the Inner Circle, which many (including herself) believed to be unfair. She then proceeded to deliver a rant in which she declared, "This game is ugly, the inner circle is ugly, and I don't want to be a part of it anymore.....Peace!"
• Puck and Ellen were constantly arguing during the show. Puck had physically threatened her, telling Ellen that if she doesn't beat it, he's going to "kick her ass".
• A feud erupted between Veronica and Emily because Veronica allegedly slept with Emily's boyfriend James while he was helping her move into her apartment.
• Emily's desire for revenge against people she had clashed with caused both Veronica and Rachel to be voted off, which caused controversy on the women's team. Ellen and Ruthie took the downfall of the Rachel vote-off, which made them very upset.
• Puck married his girlfriend, Betty, and mother of his infant son, Bogart, during the show. A special episode was aired that depicted the wedding, without any challenges or eliminations. Ellen, Tonya, Melissa, and Amaya were the only players in the game at that point who did not attend the wedding, abstaining out of protest after Ellen claimed that Puck threatened her.
• There was controversy in the final mission caused when the men completed their puzzle by observing the one the women were working on, but this was not considered cheating under the rules, and was therefore not disallowed.
• Melissa had developed a deep animosity toward her former roommate Julie over speaking arrangements that the cast performed outside the series. Melissa claimed that Julie misrepresented her services to schools and thereby prevented her from being booked. Upon arriving to the show, Melissa made it clear that they were no longer friends. This argument continued onto MTV's website for the show and their own respective websites, where each aired her side of the story.
• Puck left after trashing the residence when his wife was detained at departure from Jamaica for not having her green card. Because the teams had to be symmetrical, the previously voted off male, Dan, was put back in the game. The women were thrilled to see him return, but he only lasted one round before getting voted out again.
• David Edwards, Jake, Puck and Emily were not voted off. David E. left because of Puck, Jake got tired of the challenge and quit, Puck left as described above, and Emily left when James was voted off.
• During one challenge, Antoine began to hit on one of the judges while still involved with the competition. He was lying down in a pool of water, so he was wearing his challenge issued speedo. The revealing swimsuit led the judge to tell Antoine "nice boner" while she couldn't stop laughing.
• In the final mission, titled "It Takes Three", the men had an early lead until they got to the second part of the challenge: a puzzle. Their difficulty with it led to the women catching up and figuring it out quickly. The men went over to the women's puzzle and took it apart piece by piece, since it was still intact and put theirs together using the portions of theirs that had already been completed. Once finished, the men caught up with the women and won by an hour.
• Gladys was pregnant and was voted off episode 5 because of that.

Trivia

• The Round Hill Hotel and Villas, the hotel where the Challenge took place, was also the site of a Pit Stop in the seventh season of CBS's The Amazing Race.

External links

• MTV's official Road Rules website
• MTV's official Real World website