The Challenge: Rivals II
| The Challenge: Rivals II | |
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| Genre | Reality game show |
| Created by |
Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray |
| Presented by | T. J. Lavin |
| Starring |
Male Winners Chris "CT" Tamburello Wes Bergmann Female Winners Emily Schromm Paula Meronek |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 15 (Reunion & 2 Specials included) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Phuket, Thailand |
| Running time | Episode 1: 90 minutes (including commercials); All other episodes: 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | July 10 – September 25, 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Battle of the Seasons |
| Followed by | Free Agents |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Challenge: Rivals II is the 24th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season take places in Phuket, Thailand, with former cast members from MTV's The Real World, Fresh Meat, Fresh Meat II, and the Spring Break Challenge competing. The season followed the same format as the original Rivals challenge, with players paired up with arch enemies from past seasons of The Real World and The Challenge.
A launch special, "ChallengeMania: the Road to Rivals II," aired on June 26, 2013. The season premiered on July 10, 2013, and concluded on September 25, 2013, with the live Reunion special.
This is the second of the Rivals series, with the original Rivals airing in 2011 and Rivals III following in 2016.
Host: T. J. Lavin, BMX rider
Rivals II follows the same format as the original Rivals challenge (click here for further information), with the following differences:
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As with the original Rivals challenge, Rivals II combines individuals who have had acrimonious or at least strained relations or interactions prior to the season. The following lists all the teams on Rivals II and explains why they've been paired and dubbed as "rivals." Each of the teams' history of animosity and/or open expressions of hostility are detailed as follows:
The first part of the final challenge begins with the remaining six teams swimming one mile in the middle of the ocean to "Dream Island," where each team has to solve three geometric puzzles — a square, a cube and a cross. Prior to the start of the final challenge, T. J. Lavin explains to each team that there will only be room for four teams — two of each gender — on the super yacht. To get to the super yacht, each team will have a 60-minute time limit to build replicas of the aforementioned shapes with oversize blocks that match each team's designated diagrams, retrieve a key to a kayak, and paddle their way to the yacht. If a team does not solve their designated puzzle within a 60-minute limit, they will be permitted to retrieve a key to a kayak, provided that the other competing teams do not correctly solve their puzzles beforehand. The third-place finishers of each gender are eliminated from the remainder of the final challenge, and will win $15,000, while the top two teams of each gender to make it to the super yacht will advance to the next phase of the final challenge.
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