Long after everyone stopped being polite and started getting real, they began to fight each other for money—and love and blood—on The Challenge (formerly Real World/Road Rules Challenge ). In honor of the 25th season’s impending finale, here’s how every installment so far stacks up. (Spoilers, obviously)
All-Stars (1998)
The first installment, misleadingly called Road Rules: All-Stars, featured Real World alums participating in their own season of Road Rules. Without the season, we wouldn't have had the next 24 installments, but considering it was a non-competitive show without any Road Rules cast members, it barely counts.
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Real World vs. Road Rules (1999)
Improving on the original, this season had Real Worlders and Road Rulers face off, but the format was still a Road Rules clone (RV travel, "missions" in different cities). And as the show was still in the pre-Survivor era, there weren't any eliminations, which is such a key component of the show that it places 24th on the list.
The Island (2008)
The Island was a terrible format: no challenges, no elimination battles, and no food. When Abe asked to be eliminated because he could be making more money at his "real" job at home, you knew something was wrong. This season did lay some valuable groundwork for future drama (Ev "selling her soul to the devil" and sailing to victory with the boys, and Kenny and Johanna's ocean hookup), but that was all this lame season gave us.
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Challenge 2000 (2000)
More early installment weirdness: There was a strange E-Trade-sponsored stock market subplot on this season (and the one that followed) that should never have been marketed at an MTV audience, still no eliminations and... those bucket hats.
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