A second season of The Challenge: USA has officially wrapped up, with several MTV stars reaching the final only to be outdone by stars from CBS’s Survivor. Challengers reaching the USA 2 final included Ride or Dies winner Tori Deal, seven-time Challenge champ Johnny Bananas, and multi-time finalist Cory Wharton. Of those stars, Cory had
With The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion, a first-time winner of the competition series will be crowned. While the cast doesn’t have the recognizable stars of yesteryear, some will still factor into the season in more ways than one. Former winners, including Chris “CT” Tamburello, Cara Maria Sorbello, Jordan Wiseley, and Tori Deal, will
The Challenge: USA 2 will crown two individuals as its champions after enduring daily challenges, eliminations, voting, and the overall stress of the game. However, first, there will be a final featuring a group of competitors who officially qualified for it as of Episode 13. The USA 2 episode concluded with a double elimination as
Johnny Bananas has explored romantic relationships with several castmates from The Challenge, including Morgan Willett, Natalie Negrotti, and Nany Gonzalez. Several of those showmances lasted for an extended time after filming the competition show, while others were shortlived. In his return for MTV’s The Challenge: Ride or Dies, he was in yet another showmance with
Wes Bergmann is considered by many fans of The Challenge as one of the all-time greats, having won two championships on MTV. He followed it up with a later win in his career while appearing on the spinoff, The Challenge: All Stars 3, claiming the victory for the men alongside Jonna Mannion for the women.
The Challenge: USA 2 featured former Big Brother winner Josh Martinez on the verge of reaching his first-ever final in the competition series. However, Episode 12 brought some difficult decisions as only a select number of competitors remained in the game, forcing friends and allies to cast votes against each other. Josh ultimately betrayed another
Johnny Bananas has been known to have a few showmances during his appearances on MTV’s The Challenge. Those haven’t always worked out so well for him, though. He’s now appearing on other reality TV programs, including his debut on the new E! show House of Villains, which arrived as he was appearing on CBS’ The
With the final approaching rapidly in The Challenge: USA 2, 10 competitors remain in the game, but there may not be many spots in the final. Among the remaining cast members are former MTV Challenge winners Johnny Bananas and Tori Deal and former finalists Cory Wharton and Faysal “Fessy” Shafaat. They’re joined by newcomers to
Chauncey Palmer is among the non-winners of The Challenge headed into Battle for a New Champion on MTV, where he’ll try to win the show for that substantial cash prize. Viewers saw him debut on the Ride or Dies season alongside girlfriend, Challenge champion Amber Borzotra. The couple welcomed their first child together earlier this
Michele Fitzgerald is quickly becoming a household name in the ever-expanding world of The Challenge. She’s recently appeared in the CBS spinoff, The Challenge: USA 2, following an appearance in MTV’s Ride or Dies. Michele debuted as a rookie player on The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies, where she was targeted often due to her