The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines
| The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines | |
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| Genre | Reality game show |
| Created by |
Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray |
| Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
| Starring |
Winners and teammates Cara Maria Sorbello Jamie Banks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 16 (Reunion & 2 Specials included) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Bodrum, Turkey and Berlin, Germany |
| Running time | Episode 1: 90 minutes (including commercials); All other episodes: 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | December 2, 2015 – February 17, 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Battle of the Exes II |
| Followed by | Rivals III |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines (occasionally promoted as The Challenge: Bloodlines) is the 27th season of MTV's reality game show, The Challenge. Filming occurred in Bodrum, Turkey and Berlin, Germany during June and July 2015, with former cast members from MTV's Real World, Road Rules, Fresh Meat II, Spring Break Challenge, and Are You the One? competing both with and against their relatives (in a concept similar to Survivor: Blood vs. Water). This season marks the first appearance of a Road Rules alum since season 22.
A launch special episode, "Meet the New Blood," premiered on November 9, 2015 on the MTV app and website. It later aired on the flagship network on November 18, 2015 to 538,000 first-run viewers. The season premiered on December 2, 2015 on the network and app, and concluded on February 17, 2016, with the Reunion and "The S... They Should've Shown" specials.
Host: T. J. Lavin, BMX rider
^1 Age at start of filming.
Note: Chris "CT" Tamburello (RW: Paris) and Faith Brown, the sister of the late Diem Brown (Fresh Meat), make special appearances in Episode 8, while Tamburello and Zach Nichols (RW: San Diego) make appearances at the end of Episode 9.
Each team participates in numerous challenges (sometimes called "missions"), which are followed by an elimination round — "The Pit", which is alternated between male and female eliminations. The winning team of each challenge earns immunity from entering The Pit, while the last-place finisher is automatically sent to The Pit based on the designated gender. The winning team also earns the right of choosing the team has at least one player of the matching gender to compete in The Pit against the challenge losers. One player of the designated gender will represent their team in the Pit. The player who wins the elimination round returns, along with their partner to the game and has the opportunity to compete for a share of a $350,000 prize, while the losing player is eliminated from the game, along with their Bloodline. Host T. J. Lavin initially did not reveal any twists to the gameplay, however, beginning in Episode 3, a twist to the game occurred when players were forced to compete against their bloodlines. The winning team would be safe from going into the Pit. The losing team has to send one player from the losing team into The Pit, while the winning team sends another player from the losing team into The Pit. If a player loses in The Pit, that player is not only eliminated, but so is their bloodline. Teams reverted back to pairs in episode 10, and followed the original format.
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