Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2
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| Battle of the Sexes 2 | |
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| Season 9 | |
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| Presented by | Jonny Moseley |
| No. of contestants | 36 |
| Location | Galisteo, New Mexico |
| Opening theme | "Come Out Fighting" by The Vandals |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | October 4, 2004 – January 31, 2005 |
| Season chronology | |
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2 is the 9th season of the MTV reality game show The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge). The season directly follows The Inferno.
Battle of the Sexes 2 is the first season of The Challenge to be a sequel from an earlier season, the show's sixth season, Battle of the Sexes. A casting special titled "He Says She Says: The Battle for the Battle of the Sexes 2" aired on September 27, 2004. Battle of the Sexes 2 premiered on October 4, 2004, and concluded on January 31, 2005.
The season took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Before each challenge, each team would choose three leaders. If the team won, those three leaders would form the inner circle and decide whom to vote from their team; if the team lost, the rest of the team would form the inner circle and vote off one of their three leaders. No life-shields were used during this season.
Cast
Host: 1998 Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley
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Game summary
Elimination chart
| Episode | Winners | Team Leaders | Voted Off | ||||
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| # | Challenge | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
| 1 | Dangle Drop | Men | Abram, Adam, Eric | Genesis, Rachel, Tina | Jacquese | Genesis | |
| 2 | Snake Pit Poker | Men | Brad, Frank, Theo | Arissa, Coral, Cameran | Ace | Cameran | |
| 3 | Melt With You | Men | Dan, Shane, Shawn | Aneesa, Ibis, Kina | Adam | Kina | |
| 4 | Bombs Away | Men | Chris, Mark, Steven | Ayanna, Coral, Sophia | Abram | Ayanna | |
| 5 | Junk Boat | Women | Derrick, Mike, Randy | Robin, Ruthie, Veronica | Derrick | Cynthia | |
| 6 | High Noon | Men | Brad, Eric, Randy | Angela, Arissa, Tonya | Shawn | Angela | |
| 7 | Fill 'Er Up | Men | Eric, Frank, Nick | Rachel, Sophia, Tonya | Mike | Rachel | |
| 8 | Sa Wing | Men | Brad, Shane, Theo | Ibis, Katie, Ruthie | Chris | Katie | |
| 9 | Electro Shock | Men | Dan, Randy, Steven | Aneesa, Coral, Robin | Nick | Aneesa | |
| 10 | Pop Culture Bike Jump | Women | Brad, Frank, Theo | Arissa, Sophia, Tina | Frank | Veronica | |
| 11 | The Shredder | Men | Eric, Mark, Shane | Ibis, Robin, Ruthie | Randy | Ibis | |
| 12 | Cast A Spell | Men | Dan, Shane, Theo | Coral, Ruthie, Tonya | Steven | Tonya | |
| 13 | Semi-Cross | Men | Brad, Dan, Mark | Robin, Sophia, Tina | Shane | Robin | |
| 14 | Car-Go | Men | Dan, Eric | Ruthie, Tina | Brad | Ruthie | |
| 15 | Vertigo | Women | Mark, Theo | Arissa, Coral | Mark | Tina | |
| 16 | Escape From Santa Fe | Men | |||||
Team Leaders
| Contestants | Episode | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Finale | ||
| Dan | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WINNER | |
| Eric | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WINNER | |
| Theo | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER | |
| Arissa | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | LOSER | |
| Coral | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | LOSER | |
| Sophia | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOSER | |
| Mark | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||
| Tina | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||
| Brad | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | |||
| Ruthie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
| Shane | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | OUT | ||||
| Robin | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| Steven | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | DQ | |||||
| Tonya | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| Randy | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Ibis | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Frank | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Veronica | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Nick | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Aneesa | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Chris | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| Katie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| Mike | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
| Rachel | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
| Shawn | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
| Angela | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
| Derrick | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Cynthia | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Abram | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Ayanna | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Adam | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Kina | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Ace | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Cameran | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Jacquese | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
| Genesis | OUT | ||||||||||||||||
- Competition
- The contestant won the Final Challenge.
- The contestant lost the Final Challenge.
- The contestant was team leader and won the challenge.
- The contestant was team leader, lost the challenge, but was not eliminated.
- The contestant was safe from elimination.
- The contestant was eliminated by the Inner Circle.
- The contestant was disqualified from the competition due to physical violence.
Final results
- The three Guys remaining in the final challenge were Dan, Eric, and Theo.
- The three Girls remaining in the final challenge were Arissa, Coral, and Sophia.
- The Guys won the final challenge and won the $180,000 cash prize.
- Each Guys player received $60,000.
Episodes
| No. in season |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 107 | "Howdy Sante Fe" | October 4, 2004 |
| 2 | 108 | "Dangle Drop" | October 11, 2004 |
| 3 | 109 | "Snake Pit Poker" | October 18, 2004 |
| 4 | 110 | "Melt with You" | October 25, 2004 |
| 5 | 111 | "Bombs Away" | November 1, 2004 |
| 6 | 112 | "Junk Boat" | November 8, 2004 |
| 7 | 113 | "High Noon" | November 15, 2004 |
| 8 | 114 | "Fill'er Up" | November 22, 2004 |
| 9 | 115 | "Sa-Wing" | November 29, 2004 |
| 10 | 116 | "Electro-Shock" | December 6, 2004 |
| 11 | 117 | "Pop Culture Bike Ramp" | December 13, 2004 |
| 12 | 118 | "The Shredder" | December 20, 2004 |
| 13 | 119 | "Cast a Spell" | December 27, 2004 |
| 14 | 120 | "Semi-Cross" | January 3, 2005 |
| 15 | 121 | "Car-Go" | January 10, 2005 |
| 16 | 122 | "Vertigo" | January 17, 2005 |
| 17 | 123 | "Handsome Reward" | January 24, 2005 |
Reunion special
The reunion special, Battle of the Sexes 2: Reunion - Secrets from Elimination Hill, was aired on January 31, 2005, and was hosted by VJ La La Vazquez.
Memorable moments
- After being voted off, Ayanna delivered an unintentionally humorous dramatic diatribe.
- Mike was voted off for the first (and only) time ever on a challenge.
- Steven slapped teammate Shane during a tense confrontation during a challenge, violating the rule against physical violence. Steven apologized to Shane immediately after the incident, but was still sent home, much to Shane's dismay because he felt Steven had said he was sorry and did not deserve to go home. This was the second ejection to happen in Challenge history.
- There was controversy on the women's team when Cynthia was voted off, due to many of the girls believing that there were other girls who should have been eliminated (namely Angela).
- Tonya and Tina had a short-lived argument, which led to a rivalry throughout the Inferno 2 and Fresh Meat challenges.
- The men's team deliberately lost a challenge, choosing to sacrifice Mark in order to guarantee Arissa, who was considered weak, a spot in the final challenge in order to ensure victory.
- Eric and Dan stepped up to be leaders one mission to protect their alliance and eliminate Brad.
- There was much drama surrounding Angela during her entire time on the show.
- Mark began a relationship with Robin and possibly Tonya. This laid the seed for the intense animosity that Robin expressed toward Tonya in the Inferno II.
- This was the last challenge for Eric Nies. He said he was officially 'retiring' from these challenges
- Coral convinced Arissa to team up with her and vote off Ruthie to ensure herself a spot in the final challenge. When the inner circle had to announce who they had decided to send home, Sophia interrupted Coral and in tears, sent her best friend home.
- Coral openly criticized Robin for doing poorly on the Semi-Cross mission. Sickened by Coral's attitude, Eric instigated a short, heated argument.
- When Tonya discovered that Ibis had made a list in order to determine who should be eliminated, she became upset she was not informed of it. She confronted her team, and was shocked that the girls, mostly Tina and Coral, attacked her.
- One of the most memorable challenge moments happened in the "Melt With You" mission, when Tonya put rocks in her mouth to help melt the ice faster.
- On the first night, four of the men ran Derrick over with a golf cart.
- Abram and Coral had a romantic fling whilst he was on the show.
- During the reunion show there was controversy about whether the guys had split their winnings with Mark which Theo stated they did as he was in their alliance.