The Challenge: Rivals
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| Genre | Reality game show |
| Created by |
Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray |
| Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
| Starring |
Male Winners Johnny Devenanzio Tyler Duckworth Female Winners Evelyn Smith Paula Meronek |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 21 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (Special & Reunion Included) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Costa Rica, Argentina, Patagonia |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | June 22 – September 7, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Cutthroat |
| Followed by | Battle of the Exes |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Challenge: Rivals is the 21st season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Rivals takes place in Costa Rica, Argentina, and Patagonia. The season used former cast members from MTV's The Real World, Fresh Meat, Fresh Meat II, and Spring Break Challenge.
Rivals marked the first season of The Challenge to not include any cast members from cancelled series Road Rules. The season featured an incendiary format in which players were teamed with their arch enemies from past seasons of The Real World and The Challenge. The season premiered on June 22, 2011, and concluded with the "S#!% They Should Have Shown" special on September 7, 2011.
This is the first edition of the Rivals series, with Rivals II airing in 2013 and Rivals III following in 2016.
Host: T. J. Lavin, BMX rider
This season of The Challenge featured a brand new format, consisting of 14 same-gender teams — seven male and seven female. Each team will consist of players who will be paired with their "worst enemies," whom they have engaged in bitter feuds, fights and rivalries with in previous Real World and/or Challenge seasons. This format was inspired by ESPN columnist Bill Simmons in a mailbag by someone known as "B.J. from Brooklyn." Simmons and Dave Jacoby further discussed this idea on the B.S. Report, Simmons' podcast.
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