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The Challenge: Battle of the Exes is the 22nd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. It takes place in the Dominican Republic and Iceland, with former cast members from MTV's The Real World, Road Rules, and The Challenge competing. A launch special, "The Pre-Game," premiered on January 11, 2012, explaining the previous history of how the couples broke up.[1] The season premiered on January 25, 2012,[2] and concluded on April 4, 2012, with the Reunion special.[3]
Battle of the Exes | |
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Season 22 | |
Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 26 |
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No. of episodes | 13 (2 Specials & Reunion Included) |
Release | |
Original network | MTV |
Original release | January 25 – April 4, 2012 |
Season chronology | |
This is the first edition of the Battle of the Exes series, with Battle of the Exes II following in 2015.
Each team participates in numerous challenges (sometimes called "missions"), which are followed by an elimination round — "The Dome". The winning team of each challenge earns the title of "Power Couple," as well as immunity from entering The Dome, while the last-place finisher is automatically sent to The Dome. The "Power Couple" also earns the right of choosing the team that has to face the last-place finisher in The Dome (from Episode 6, the "Power Couple" was also awarded a $2,500 prize, in addition to their immunity and nomination power). The team who wins the elimination round returns to the game and has a shot at a $300,000 prize, while the losing team is eliminated from the game.[2][4]
At the end of the season, three teams compete in the final challenge. The first-place finisher wins $150,000, second-place wins $100,000 and third-place wins $40,000.[4]
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Team | Partner 1 | Partner 2 |
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Cara Maria & Abram | Abram Boise | Cara Maria Sorbello |
Aneesa & Rachel | Aneesa Ferreira | Rachel Robinson |
Diem & CT | Chris "CT" Tamburello | Diem Brown |
Dunbar & Paula | Dunbar Merrill | Paula Meronek |
Dustin & Heather | Dustin Zito | Heather Marter |
Johnny & Camila | Johnny Devenanzio | Camila Nakagawa |
Leroy & Naomi | Leroy Garrett | Naomi Defensor |
Mark & Robin | Mark Long | Robin Hibbard |
Nate & Priscilla | Nate Stodghill | Priscilla Mendez |
Ty & Emily | Ty Ruff | Emily Schromm |
Tyrie & Jasmine | Tyrie Ballard | Jasmine Reynaud |
Vinny & Sarah | Vinny Foti | Sarah Rice |
Wes & Mandi | Wes Bergmann | Mandi Moyer |
The final challenge consisted of the following checkpoints:
Episode | Winners | Dome contestants | Dome game | Dome outcome | ||||||||
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# | Challenge | Last-place | Winners' pick | Winners | Eliminated | |||||||
1 | Give Me Some Honey | Johnny & Camila | Nate & Priscilla | Wes & Mandi | X Knocks the Spot | Wes & Mandi | Nate & Priscilla | |||||
2[b] | Hook Up | Vinny & Sarah | Leroy & Naomi | Wes & Mandi | X Battle | Leroy & Naomi | Wes & Mandi | |||||
3[a] | Mental Connection | Dunbar & Paula | Leroy & Naomi | Ty & Emily | Banded Together | Ty & Emily | Leroy & Naomi | |||||
4 | Rolling in the Deep | Johnny & Camila | Tyrie & Jasmine | Aneesa & Rachel | X Knocks the Spot | Aneesa & Rachel | Tyrie & Jasmine | |||||
5 | Don't Rock the Boat | Mark & Robin | Abram & Cara Maria | Ty & Emily | X Battle | Ty & Emily | Abram & Cara Maria | |||||
6 | Lube Me Up[c] | Johnny & Camila | Dunbar & Paula | Aneesa & Rachel | Banded Together | Dunbar & Paula | Aneesa & Rachel | |||||
7/8 | Race to the Altar | CT & Diem | Ty & Emily | Dunbar & Paula | Hall Pass | Ty & Emily | Dunbar & Paula | |||||
8/9 | Feel the Burn | CT & Diem | Johnny & Camila | Mark & Robin | X Battle | Johnny & Camila | Mark & Robin | |||||
9/10 | Viking Quest | Johnny & Camila | 2nd place: CT & Diem; 3rd place: Ty & Emily |
Teams | Episode | |||||||||||
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1 | 2[b] | 3[a] | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7/8 | 8/9 | Finale | ||||
Johnny & Camila | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | WINNERS | |||
CT & Diem | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SECOND | |||
Ty & Emily | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | THIRD | |||
Mark & Robin | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
Dunbar & Paula | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | |||||
Aneesa & Rachel | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
Abram & Cara Maria | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
Tyrie & Jasmine | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
Leroy & Naomi | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | |||||||||
Dustin & Heather | SAFE | SAFE | MED | |||||||||
Wes & Mandi | ELIM | OUT | ||||||||||
Vinny & Sarah | SAFE | DQ | ||||||||||
Nate & Priscilla | OUT | |||||||||||
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
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271 | 1 | "Love Is A Battlefield" | January 25, 2012 | 1.91[38] |
272 | 2 | "What's Love Got to Do With It?" | February 1, 2012 | 2.29 |
273 | 3 | "Where Did Our Love Go?" | February 8, 2012 | 1.91 |
274 | 4 | "Love the Way You Lie" | February 15, 2012 | 1.94 |
275 | 5 | "Crazy in Love" | February 22, 2012 | 1.99 |
276 | 6 | "Tainted Love" | February 29, 2012 | 1.90[39] |
277 | 7 | "Love and Marriage" | March 7, 2012 | 1.82[40] |
278 | 8 | "On the Wings of Love" | March 14, 2012 | 1.81[41] |
279 | 9 | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" | March 21, 2012 | 1.81[42] |
280 | 10 | "I Will Always Love You" | March 28, 2012 | 1.99[43] |
The season concluded with the reunion special on April 4, 2012, which was hosted by Mike "The Miz" Mizanin after a seven-year-long absence from The Challenge.[3] The cast members who attended the reunion were: Johnny, Camila, CT, Diem, Ty, Emily, Mark, Robin, Dunbar, Paula, Rachel and Aneesa.[3]
During this season of The Challenge, former The Real World: D.C. cast mates Emily Schromm and Ty Ruff were partnered together. During the 7th episode, which aired on March 7, 2012, Schromm appeared in blackface before the entire house of cast mates by smearing her face in Nutella, mocking Ruff, who is African American, directly in front of him. Camila Nakagawa, originally from Spring Break Challenge, was involved in the incident as well mocking Paula Meronek, Ruff's flirtatious partner on the show. After the show's cast mates were all seen disturbed by Schromm's actions, Schromm would later defend herself by claiming unawareness to blackface as a result of a sheltered childhood; this claim is questionable, however, considering Schromm brought up racism before presenting herself to the rest of the cast mates in blackface, at which point Nagakawa assured her that such actions would not be racist. Schromm is, however, told the action is racist by Ty in the midst of taunting him, before continuing on with it. Despite revelation of its racist history from all the cast mates, Nakagawa is seen complaining to all the cast mates having no sense of humor and being too sensitive. She also stated that Ruff was just offended out of jealousy despite the fact that it was Schromm who was discontented with Ruff's flirtatious relationship with Meronek.[34] After being confronted on the issue by Ruff and Aneesa Ferreira on the season's Reunion special, Schromm made a tearful apology. She also expressed regret for taking advice from Nakagawa, making the point that Nakagawa isn't even from America but Brazil.[3][44][45][46]
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