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The Challenge: Invasion of the Champions[1] (originally promoted and titled as The Challenge: Invasion)[2] is the 29th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The new individual format was filmed in Krabi, Thailand during October and November 2016, and features alumni from The Real World, Road Rules, The Challenge, and Are You the One? competing.
Invasion of the Champions | |
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Season 29 | |
Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
No. of contestants | 26 |
Winners |
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Location | Krabi, Thailand |
No. of episodes | 16 (Reunion Included) |
Release | |
Original network | MTV |
Original release | February 7 – May 16, 2017 |
Season chronology | |
The season premiered on February 7, 2017,[2] and concluded with the reunion special on May 16, 2017.
The game started off with 18 "Underdogs" (players who have yet to win a challenge) who get dropped off a boat and onto a beach, where they were living in "The Shelter". They compete individually in challenges, followed by an elimination round. The male and female winners of the challenge would be safe from elimination, and earn their ticket to "The Oasis" — the season house. The last-place finishers of each gender automatically went straight into elimination for the first challenge.[3][4]
In the second challenge, the challenge winners choose a player of the opposite gender to go into the elimination. The remainder of the cast then voted in who goes against them for the first and second challenge. The males vote for the females, and vice versa.[5]
In the third challenge, and the last chance to earn a ticket to the Oasis, the winners are safe from elimination, and the two remaining players of each gender automatically compete against each other. The winners of the elimination round would return to the game, and earn a ticket to The Oasis. Players could not go into The Oasis until every ticket had been earned.[3] Players who earned their ticket to the Oasis are exempt from elimination and do not compete in challenges until the Champions enter the game.[6]
In Episode 5, eight former champions (four male, four female) enter the game, which becomes a team competition - Underdogs vs. Champions. Each challenge is designated as either an Underdog or a Champion elimination. The winning team earns money in their team bank account depending on the challenge.[7] The best performing male and female of the team designated for the challenge then choose one player of each gender to go into the elimination. The remainder of the cast vote in the players to go against the nominated players in The Fortress. The winners return to the game, and the losers are eliminated.[8]
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For the final challenge both teams are dismantled and players compete as individuals. Players pair up with each of the opposite gender competitors during the different stages of the final and their final placement is determined by their total final time. In addition to their share of what is in their team bank account, first place players receive $100,000 each, second receive $15,000 each, and third receive $5,000 each. Players must stay at The Shelter for the duration of the final challenge.
Episode | — | Winners | Elimination contestants | Elimination game | Elimination outcome | ||||||||||
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# | Challenge | Last-place | Voted In | Winner | Eliminated | ||||||||||
1/2 | The Over Under | Nicole | Marie | Kailah | In The Trenches | Kailah | Marie | ||||||||
Dario | Bruno | Tony | Tony | Bruno | |||||||||||
Challenge | Winners | Winner's pick | Voted In | Elimination game | Winner | Eliminated | |||||||||
3 | Shell Shocked | Hunter | Theo | Cory | Who's Got Balls? | Cory | Theo[a] | ||||||||
Ashley M. | Jenna | Anika | Jenna | Anika | |||||||||||
Challenge | Winners | Last-place | Elimination game | Winner | Eliminated | ||||||||||
4 | Caged and Confused | Amanda | LaToya | Sylvia | Thai Rise | Sylvia | LaToya | ||||||||
Shane | Anthony | Nelson | Nelson | Anthony | |||||||||||
Challenge | Fortress Team | Winners | Player's Pick | Voted In | Fortress Game | Winner | Eliminated | ||||||||
5/6 | Knockout | Underdogs | Underdogs | Sylvia | Kailah | Tuk Tuk Bang Bang | Sylvia | Kailah | |||||||
Tony | Shane | Shane | Tony | ||||||||||||
7 | Roll With The Punches | Champions | Champions | Cara Maria | Ashley K. | Pole Wrestle | Cara Maria | Ashley K. | |||||||
Zach | Darrell | Darrell | Zach | ||||||||||||
8 | Curry Up | Underdogs | Champions | Nelson | Dario | Bell Ringer | Nelson | Dario | |||||||
Jenna | Sylvia | Jenna | Sylvia | ||||||||||||
9/10 | Fallout | Champions | Underdogs | Bananas vs. Darrell | Balls In | Darrell | Bananas | ||||||||
Cara Maria vs. Laurel | Laurel | Cara Maria | |||||||||||||
10 | Crossover | — | Underdogs | — | |||||||||||
Challenge | Bloodbath Team | Winners | Fortress contestants | Fortress game | Winner | Eliminated | |||||||||
11/12 | X-It | Underdogs | — | Hunter | |||||||||||
Jenna | |||||||||||||||
— | Amanda vs. Ashley M. vs. Nicole | Inside Out | Ashley M. | Amanda | |||||||||||
Nicole | |||||||||||||||
Cory vs. Nelson vs. Shane | Nelson | Shane | |||||||||||||
Cory | |||||||||||||||
Challenge | Fortress Team | Winners | Fortress contestants | Fortress Game | Winner | Eliminated | |||||||||
12/13 | Caved In | Champions | Underdogs | Camila vs. Laurel | Knot So Fast | Camila | Laurel | ||||||||
CT vs. Darrell | CT | Darrell | |||||||||||||
13/14/15 | Final Challenge | — | CT | 2nd place: Nelson; 3rd place: Cory | |||||||||||
Ashley M. | 2nd place: Camila; 3rd place: Nicole |
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Updated after Episode 12
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Voted into Elimination |
Tony 5 of 8 votes |
Theo 1 of 1 vote |
Cory 7 of 7 votes |
No vote |
Tony 1 of 1 vote |
Shane 3 of 5 votes |
Zach 1 of 1 vote |
Darrell 2 of 3 votes |
Nelson 1 of 1 votes |
Dario 3 of 4 votes |
No vote | |||||||||||||
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Kailah 7 of 8 votes |
Jenna 1 of 1 vote |
Anika 7 of 7 votes |
Sylvia 1 of 1 vote |
Kailah 3 of 5 votes |
Cara Maria 1 of 1 vote |
Ashley K. 2 of 3 votes |
Jenna 1 of 1 votes |
Sylvia 4 of 4 votes | ||||||||||||||||
Voter | Episode | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1/2 | 3 | 4 | 5/6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Ashley M. | Tony | Theo | Tony | Dario | ||||||||||||||||||||
CT | —[b] | Camila | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Camila | —[b] | CT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nelson | Kailah | Anika | Kailah | Sylvia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cory | Kailah | Anika | Ashley M. | Sylvia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nicole | Theo | Cory | Shane | Nelson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darrell | —[b] | Ashley K. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Laurel | —[b] | Zach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shane | Kailah | Anika | Kailah | Sylvia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Amanda | Tony | Cory | Cory | Dario | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jenna | Theo | Cory | Shane | Shane | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hunter | Kailah | Jenna | Kailah | Jenna | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cara Maria | —[b] | Darrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bananas | —[b] | Cara Maria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sylvia | Tony | Cory | Cory | Dario | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dario | Kailah | Anika | Sylvia | Sylvia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Zach | —[b] | Ashley K. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ashley K. | —[b] | Darrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony | Sylvia | Anika | Ashley M. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kailah | Theo | Cory | Shane | |||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony | Kailah | Anika | ||||||||||||||||||||||
LaToya | Tony | Cory | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Anika | Tony | Cory | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Theo | Kailah | Anika | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bruno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
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357 | 1 | "Gimmie Shelter" | February 7, 2017 | 0.69[16] |
358 | 2 | "Skeletal Fracture" | February 7, 2017 | 0.65[16] |
359 | 3 | "Helter Shelter" | February 14, 2017 | 0.65[17] |
360 | 4 | "Four Tickets To Paradise" | February 21, 2017 | 0.76[18] |
361 | 5 | "Underdog Eat Underdog World" | February 28, 2017 | 0.78[19] |
362 | 6 | "The Mile-High Club" | March 7, 2017 | 0.80[20] |
363 | 7 | "Achy Breaky Heart" | March 14, 2017 | 0.86[21] |
364 | 8 | "A Low Down Dirty Shane" | March 21, 2017 | 0.81[22] |
365 | 9 | "An Officer and a Gentlewoman" | March 28, 2017 | 0.82[23] |
366 | 10 | "Go Your Own Way" | April 4, 2017 | 0.76[24] |
367 | 11 | "The Bloodbath" | April 11, 2017 | 0.78[25] |
368 | 12 | "Caged" | April 18, 2017 | 0.79[26] |
369 | 13 | "A River of Endless Light" | April 25, 2017 | 0.76[27] |
370 | 14 | "Math Is Hard" | May 2, 2017 | 0.78[28] |
371 | 15 | "The True Champions" | May 9, 2017 | 0.73[29] |
The reunion special aired on May 16, 2017, one week after the season finale, and was hosted by WWE pro wrestler, The Real World: Back to New York alum, and former Challenge champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin. Cast members who attended were: CT, Ashley.M, Nelson, Camila, Cory, Nicole, Darrell, Laurel, Shane, Amanda, Hunter, Jenna, Johnny Bananas, Cara Maria, Kailah. It had 0.50 million viewers in its first-run airing.[30]
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