The Challenge: World Championship
The Challenge: World Championship | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Created by | |
Based on | The Challenge |
Presented by | |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Production locations | Cape Town, South Africa[1] |
Production company | Bunim/Murray Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Paramount+ |
Release | 8 March 2023 present | –
The Challenge: World Championship is a spin-off of the reality competition series The Challenge. The series features notable veterans from the MTV flagship series competing alongside the winners and select contestants from four spin-off seasons: The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío, The Challenge: Australia, The Challenge: USA and The Challenge UK.[2]
The series is hosted by the hosts of the four spin-off seasons: Brihony Dawson, Mark Wright, Marley and T.J. Lavin, and premiered on Paramount+ on 8 March 2023.[3][4]
Background
In February 2022, a new series of international seasons of The Challenge was announced to air later in the year. The series comprises four new editions of The Challenge, which includes The Challenge: USA, The Challenge: Australia, The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío and The Challenge UK.[5] These local renditions are followed by The Challenge: World Championship in which winners and select contestants of each series (known as "Global MVPs") compete again alongside cast members from the flagship MTV series (known as "Challenge legends").[4]
In addition to the title of The Challenge: World Championship champions, the winners of the season also receive US$500,000.[a][6]
Contestants
- ^ When the prize show is mentioned, a graphic displays the grand prize in the other currencies - these amounts are ARG$89,475,607, A$726,638 and GBP£ 413,390
- ^ At the episode 1 nominations, it was announced Nathan was medically disqualified from the competition; his departure was not shown on screen. As a result of uneven numbers, the "Pole Wrestle" elimination was played as a female elimination round.
Draft selections
After the first elimination, each Global MVP drafted their partner for the season from the Challenge Legends in the order they finished the "Qualifier" challenge.
Pick # | Global MVP | Challenge Legend | Team |
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1 | Grant Crapp | Jonna Stephens | Grant & Jonna |
2 | Zara Zoffany | Wes Bergmann | Wes & Zara |
3 | Ben Driebergen | Kaycee Clark | Ben & Kaycee |
4 | Kaz Crossley | Jordan Wiseley | Jordan & Kaz |
5 | Danny McCray | Tori Deal | Danny & Tori |
6 | Justine Ndiba | Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio | Bananas & Justine |
7 | Benjamin "Benja" Alfonso | Jodi Weatherton | Benja & Jodi |
8 | Kiki Morris | Darrell Taylor | Darrell & Kiki |
9 | Rodrigo Cascón | Nia Moore | Nia & Rodrigo |
10 | Emily Seebohm | Yes Duffy | Emily & Yes |
11 | Troy Cullen | Amber Borzotra | Amber & Troy |
12 | Sarah Lacina | Theo Campbell | Sarah & Theo |
13 | Tristan Phipps | KellyAnne Judd | KellyAnne & Tristan |
14 | Sofia "Jujuy" Jiménez | Nelson Thomas | Jujuy & Nelson |
Each pair was also given symbolic team names of Team Argentina, Team Australia, Team UK or Team USA based on the nationality of the Global MVP:
- Team Argentina
- Team Australia
- Team UK
- Team USA
Format
World Championship consists of a daily challenge, nomination process, winner's selection and an elimination round. The first episode had only the "MVPs" (contestants from the spin-off seasons) competing individually. After the first elimination, each MVP picked their "Legend" partner (players from the flagship series) based on the order they completed the "Qualifier" challenge. The individual and paired format of the game is as follows:
- Daily Challenge: Teams compete in a daily challenge where the last-place team is automatically sent to the elimination round. The winning team is immune and earns the ability to select a second team to compete in the elimination round between the two teams later selected at nominations.
- Nominations: Teams, besides the winners and losers of the daily challenge, vote for two teams to compete in the elimination round. The two teams that receive the most votes are nominated for elimination.
- Eliminations ("The Arena"): At the Arena, the winners from the daily challenge vote between the two nominated teams to select the second team to compete in the elimination round against the last-place team. The winners remain in the competition while the losers are eliminated.
Gameplay
Challenge games
- Qualifier: In a special challenge, each MVP individually undergoes a race around the outside of the Cape Town Stadium, completing five checkpoints along the way. The first male and female MVPs to finish wins while the last-place male and female MVPs are automatically sent to the Arena. Additionally, the order MVPs finish determine the order they can select their partner for the season after the first elimination.
- Checkpoint 1 (Eat Your Heart Out): Players must consume a foul-tasting meal and two vegan shakes.
- Checkpoint 2 (Hammer It Home): Players must use a sledgehammer to hit a tyre proportional to their bodyweight to the end of a lane.
- Checkpoint 3 (On a Roll): Players must use a large cement cylinder to roll across a track without touching the ground.
- Checkpoint 4 (Weight for It): Players must arrange several weighted cylinders from lightest to heaviest, where the characters printed on the cylinders form an alphanumeric code. They must then recreate the code using tiles at a nearby solving station.
- Checkpoint 5 (Plant Your Flag): Players must roll a heavy flagpole with their national flag across a field and plant it at the end to complete the race.
- Winners: Grant & Zara
- Chain Game: Teams race across several sand dunes to a shipwreck. From the shipwreck, teams must drag a 700-pound (320 kg) chain to one of several puzzles, which they must solve by looping the chain around poles to match the diagram. The further the puzzle is from the shipwreck, the easier it is to solve. After solving a puzzle, teams race back to the shipwreck to ring a bell. The first team to finish wins while the last team to finish is automatically sent to the Arena.
- Winners: Jonna & Grant
Arena games
- Pole Wrestle: Players begin at the center of the Arena with both hands on a metal pole. The first player to wrestle the pole out of their opponent's hands three times wins.
- Played by: Claudia vs. Kiki
- Tether Brawl: One team member begins lying on a sling suspended over the Arena. From the ground, their partner must swing them back and forth so they can collect eight hanging blocks and drop them at their end of the Arena. If a block falls in the center of the Arena, both teams may attempt to claim it. After collecting all eight blocks, the team member on the ground must stack the blocks to form a tower. The first team to assemble their tower wins.
- Played by: Jujuy & Nelson vs. KellyAnne & Tristan
Game summary
Episode | Winners | Arena contestants | Arena game | Arena outcome | ||||
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No. | Challenge | Last place | Nominated | Winner(s) | Eliminated | |||
1 | Qualifier | Grant | Tristan | N/A | Pole Wrestle | N/A | ||
Zara | Claudia | Kaz | Kiki | Kiki | Claudia | |||
2/3 | Chain Game | Grant & Jonna | Jujuy & Nelson | Benja & Jodi | KellyAnne & Tristan | Tether Brawl | KellyAnne & Tristan | Jujuy & Nelson |
4 | Gates of Hell | Wes & Zara | Nia & Rodrigo | Benja & Jodi | KellyAnne & Tristan | Oiled Up | Benja & Jodi | Nia & Rodrigo |
Bold indicates that the player/team was voted in by the winners.
Episode progress
Contestants | Episodes | |
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1 | 2/3 | |
Amber | N/A | SAFE |
Bananas | N/A | SAFE |
Ben | SAFE | SAFE |
Benja | SAFE | SAFE |
Danny | SAFE | SAFE |
Darrell | N/A | SAFE |
Emily | SAFE | SAFE |
Grant | WIN | WIN |
Jodi | N/A | SAFE |
Jonna | N/A | WIN |
Jordan | N/A | SAFE |
Justine | SAFE | SAFE |
Kaycee | N/A | SAFE |
Kaz | SAFE | SAFE |
KellyAnne | N/A | ELIM |
Kiki | ELIM | SAFE |
Nia | N/A | SAFE |
Rodrigo | SAFE | SAFE |
Sarah | SAFE | SAFE |
Theo | N/A | SAFE |
Tori | N/A | SAFE |
Tristan | SAFE | ELIM |
Troy | SAFE | SAFE |
Wes | N/A | SAFE |
Yes | N/A | SAFE |
Zara | WIN | SAFE |
Jujuy | SAFE | OUT |
Nelson | N/A | OUT |
Claudia | OUT | |
Nathan | OUT |
- Competition key
- The contestant won the daily challenge and was immune from elimination.
- The contestant was not selected for the Arena.
- The contestant was nominated for the Arena, but was not selected to compete.
- The contestant came in last place at the daily challenge, but did not have to compete in the Arena.
- The contestant won the elimination round.
- The contestant lost the elimination round and was eliminated.
- The contestant was medically removed from the competition.
Voting progress
In episode 1, each MVP voted individually. From episode 2, teams voted collectively.
Episode | ||
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1 | 2 | |
Nominated | Kaz 9 of 12 votes |
Benja & Jodi 10 of 12 votes |
Kiki 7 of 12 votes |
KellyAnne & Tristan 10 of 12 votes | |
Winner's Pick |
Kiki 1 of 2 votes[a] |
KellyAnne & Tristan 2 of 2 votes |
Voter | Episode | |
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1 | 2 | |
Amber | Benja & Jodi | |
Kellyanne & Tristan | ||
Bananas | Benja & Jodi | |
Kellyanne & Tristan | ||
Ben | Kaz | Benja & Jodi |
Kiki | Kellyanne & Tristan | |
Benja | Kaz | Kellyanne & Tristan |
Kiki | Wes & Zara | |
Danny | Kaz | Benja & Jodi |
Kiki | Kellyanne & Tristan | |
Darrell | Benja & Jodi | |
Kellyanne & Tristan | ||
Emily | Jujuy | Benja & Jodi |
Kaz | Kellyanne & Tristan | |
Grant | Kaz | |
KellyAnne & Tristan | ||
Jodi | Kellyanne & Tristan | |
Wes & Zara | ||
Jonna | ||
KellyAnne & Tristan | ||
Jordan | Benja & Jodi | |
Wes & Zara | ||
Justine | Kaz | Benja & Jodi |
Kiki | Kellyanne & Tristan | |
Kaycee | Benja & Jodi | |
KellyAnne & Tristan | ||
Kaz | Justine | Benja & Jodi |
Sarah | Wes & Zara | |
KellyAnne | Benja & Jodi | |
Danny & Tori | ||
Kiki | Jujuy | Benja & Jodi |
Justine | KellyAnne & Tristan | |
Nia | KellyAnne & Tristan | |
Sarah & Theo | ||
Rodrigo | Kaz | KellyAnne & Tristan |
Kiki | Sarah & Theo | |
Sarah | Kaz | Benja & Jodi |
Kiki | KellyAnne & Tristan | |
Theo | Benja & Jodi | |
KellyAnne & Tristan | ||
Tori | Benja & Jodi | |
KellyAnne & Tristan | ||
Tristan | Jujuy | Benja & Jodi |
Justine | Danny & Tori | |
Troy | Jujuy | Benja & Jodi |
Kaz | KellyAnne & Tristan | |
Zara | Kiki | Benja & Jodi |
KellyAnne & Tristan | ||
Jujuy | Kaz | |
Kiki | ||
Nelson | ||
Claudia | ||
Nathan |
Bold indicates winner's vote
- ^ The episode 1 winner's decision ended in a tie vote after winners Grant & Zara voted differently. As the forthcoming elimination round was a female elimination round, Zara's vote for Kiki counted as the tiebreaker.
Episodes
No. in season | Title | Original release date [9] |
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1 | "Run The World" | March 8, 2023 |
2 | "When Worlds Collide" | March 8, 2023 |
3 | "Us Against The World" | March 15, 2023 |
References
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- ^ Bucksbaum, Sydney (February 27, 2023). "The Challenge: World Championship trailer reveals new rivalries among the best of the best". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ Bloom, Mike (February 27, 2023). "Everything to Know About 'The Challenge: World Championship' (Including When it Premieres)". Parade. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ a b Longeretta, Emily (January 25, 2023). "'The Challenge: World Championship' Reveals New Hosts and Format, Sets Paramount+ Release Date (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ Longeretta, Emily (December 18, 2022). "'The Challenge' Franchise Expands With CBS and International Spinoffs, 'All Stars' Season 3 Gets Premiere Date". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
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- ^ a b Bobic, Chrissy (February 27, 2023). "Everything to Know About 'The Challenge: World Championship' (Including When it Premieres)". Distractify. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ a b Bloom, Mike (February 27, 2023). "Meet the Super-Sized Cast of Legends in 'The Challenge: World Championship'". Parade. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ "Shows A-Z – The Challenge: World Championship on Paramount+". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 11, 2023.