The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion

The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion is the thirty-ninth season of the MTV reality competition series The Challenge, featuring alumni from The Challenge, Are You the One?, Big Brother (UK and U.S.), Ex on the Beach (UK), Survivor (Romania, Turkey and U.S.), Love Island (U.S.), So You Think You Can Dance, The Mole Germany, Exatlon (U.S.), Ibiza Weekender, The Bachelor & The Bachelorette (Australia), 12 Dates of Christmas, The Circle (U.S.), The Only Way Is Essex, Shipwrecked, and The Royal World competing for a share at up to a $500,000 prize. The season premiered on October 25, 2023,[1] preceded by a launch special titled "Countdown Begins" which aired on October 18, 2023.[2]

Battle for a New Champion
Season 39
Presented byT. J. Lavin
No. of contestants24
LocationPula, Croatia
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes1
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseOctober 25, 2023 (2023-10-25) –
present
Season chronology

It is the first season without a full-time contestant from The Real World and the first season without a first-time contestant; the season also features no prior winners.

Format

Battle for a New Champion features 24 contestants who have previously competed on The Challenge but have not won a season. The season's prize pot starts at $300,000, however, money can be earned or lost based on the outcomes of certain challenges and eliminations throughout the season.

The season will have three formats called Control, Chaos, and Conquest.

  • Control: Players all compete together as one group to complete a challenge; if they are successful, money is added to the prize pot. Afterwards, the contestants must vote for one player, of either gender, to compete in the elimination round in the Arena. The player who receives the most votes must then call out a player as their opponent for the elimination round. The winner remains in the game while the loser is eliminated.
  • Chaos: Players compete in challenges in pairs or teams. During elimination rounds, former champions appear to compete against players; the champions steal money from the prize pot for themselves if they win their elimination round.
  • Conquest: Players compete as individuals for the final portion of the season. Throughout this portion, they can also earn more money for the prize pot.
Twists
  • Champions: During the "Chaos" portion of the season, ten former champions of The Challenge appear to compete against contestants in a one-off elimination round. If the champions win their elimination, they are awarded money from the season's prize pot.

Contestants
Male contestants[3] Original season Finish
Asaf Goren So You Think You Can Dance 12
Callum Izzard Ibiza Weekender 7
Chauncey Palmer The Challenge: Ride or Dies
Ciarran Stott The Bachelorette Australia 5
Corey Lay 12 Dates of Christmas 1
Ed Eason The Circle US 1
Emanuel Neagu Survivor România 1
Horacio Gutiérrez Exaltón Estados Unidos 5
Hughie Maughan Big Brother UK 17
James Lock The Only Way Is Essex 24
Justin "Jay" Starrett Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X
Kyland Young Big Brother 23
Female contestants[3]Original seasonFinish
Berna Canbeldek Survivor Turkey 8
Colleen Schneider The Mole Germany
Melissa Reeves Ex on the Beach UK 2
Michele Fitzgerald Survivor: Kaôh Rōng
Moriah Jadea The Challenge: Ride or Dies
Nurys Mateo Are You the One? 6
Olivia Kaiser Love Island USA 3
Ravyn Rochelle The Challenge: Ride or Dies
Sofia "Jujuy" Jiménez The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío
Tula "Big T" Fazakerley Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands
Zara Zoffany The Royal World
Jessica Brody The Bachelor Australia 7 Episode 1

Champions

Although not in contention to win the season, ten former champions of The Challenge will appear in the season to compete in elimination rounds against contestants.[4] If the champions win their elimination, they steal money from the season's prize pool for themselves.[5]

Champions[3] Original season
Brad Fiorenza[upper-alpha 1] The Real World: San Diego (2004)
Cara Maria Sorbello[upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] The Challenge: Fresh Meat II
Chris "CT" Tamburello[upper-alpha 4][upper-alpha 5][upper-alpha 6][upper-alpha 7][upper-alpha 8] The Real World: Paris
Darrell Taylor[upper-alpha 9][upper-alpha 10][upper-alpha 11][upper-alpha 12] Road Rules: Campus Crawl
Devin Walker-Molaghan[upper-alpha 13] Are You the One? 3
Jordan Wiseley[upper-alpha 14][upper-alpha 15][upper-alpha 6][upper-alpha 16] The Real World: Portland
Kaz Crossley[upper-alpha 17][upper-alpha 16] Love Island UK 4
Kaycee Clark[upper-alpha 8] Big Brother 20
Laurel Stucky[upper-alpha 18] The Challenge: Fresh Meat II
Tori Deal[upper-alpha 13] Are You the One? 4
Champion of
  1. Cutthroat
  2. Battle of the Bloodlines
  3. Vendettas
  4. Rivals II
  5. Invasion of the Champions
  6. War of the Worlds 2
  7. Double Agents
  8. Spies, Lies & Allies
  9. The Gauntlet
  10. The Inferno
  11. The Inferno II
  12. Fresh Meat
  13. Ride or Dies
  14. Battle of the Exes II
  15. XXX: Dirty 30
  16. The Challenge: World Championship
  17. The Challenge UK
  18. Free Agents

Gameplay

Challenge games
  • Hole Control: The group must enter a deep mud pit, retrieve 24 large poles and arrange them to depict a Challenge logo within 10 minutes. If they are successful, $50,000 is added to the prize pot.
    • Result: Failed

Arena games
  • Fall Out: Players begin in suspended in a glass-bottom cube. They must remove tiles from the cube before pulling a rope to retrieve a hammer and using it to smash through the glass floor. The first player to finish wins.
    • Played by: Big T vs. Jessica

Game summary
Episode Result Arena contestants Arena game Arena outcome
# Challenge Voted in Called out Winner Eliminated
1 Hole Control Failed Jessica Big T Fall Out Big T Jessica

Episode progress
ContestantsEpisodes
1 2
Asaf SAFE
Berna SAFE
Big T ELIM
Callum SAFE
Chauncey SAFE
Ciarran SAFE
Colleen SAFE
Corey SAFE
Ed SAFE
Emanuel SAFE
Horacio SAFE
Hughie SAFE
James SAFE
Jay SAFE
Jujuy SAFE
Kyland SAFE
Melissa SAFE
Michele SAFE
Moriah SAFE
Nurys SAFE
Olivia SAFE
Ravyn SAFE
Zara SAFE
Jessica OUT

Color key:

  This contestant was not selected for the Arena.
  This contestant won the elimination in the Arena.
  This contestant lost in the Arena and was eliminated.

Voting progress
House Vote Jessica
23 of 24 votes
Called Out Big T
Jessica's choice
VoterEpisodes
1 2
Asaf Jessica
Berna Jessica
Big T Jessica
Callum Jessica
Chauncey Jessica
Ciarran Jessica
Colleen Jessica
Corey Jessica
Ed Jessica
Emanuel Jessica
Horacio Big T
Hughie Jessica
James Jessica
Jay Jessica
Jujuy Jessica
Kyland Jessica
Melissa Jessica
Michele Jessica
Moriah Jessica
Nurys Jessica
Olivia Jessica
Ravyn Jessica
Zara Jessica
Jessica Jessica

Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [6]Original air date [6]US viewers
(millions)
5271"Teamwork Makes The Perfect Work"October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25)TBD
5282"Two Lungs, One Heart, Can't Lose"November 1, 2023 (2023-11-01)TBD

References
  1. Caruso, Nick (September 12, 2023). "The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion Cast Includes Cara Maria and CT, Plus One Major Twist — Get Premiere Date". TVLine. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  2. Bucksbaum, Sydney (September 12, 2023). "Watch first teaser for The Challenge season 39, featuring an entire cast with no previous winners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  3. Falcone, Dana Rose (September 12, 2023). "CT Tamburello, Cara Maria Sorbello and More Vets Return for 'The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion'". People. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  4. Longretta, Emily (September 12, 2023). "'The Challenge' 39 Cast: Cara Maria, CT and More Legends Return to Help Crown a New Champion". Variety. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  5. Bucksbaum, Sydney (September 18, 2023). "The Challenge showrunner addresses concerns over season 39's cast of no champions". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  6. "The Challenge Season 39 Episode Guide". Zap2it. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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