The Challenge

Forty two seasons of the MTV original, each with its own subtitle, plus All Stars, USA, the World Championship and four versions made abroad.

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Where to start with The Challenge

Forty two seasons, no continuous plot, and almost no season that requires the one before it. What it does require is knowing some faces, because the drama is built on grudges that are ten years old. The usual advice is to start somewhere the show explains itself, then go backwards if you get hooked.

  1. 1
    The Challenge, season 30: XXX: Dirty 30 The Challenge

    The thirtieth-anniversary season, which means it spends real time introducing who everybody is and why they hate each other. The most forgiving entry point in the whole run.

  2. 2
    The Challenge, season 21: Rivals The Challenge

    The season that invented the format's best idea: pairing people who cannot stand each other and making them depend on it. Ten episodes.

  3. 3
    The Challenge, season 35: Total Madness The Challenge

    The modern show at its best and its most brutal, filmed in a Czech bunker. Go here if Dirty 30 lands and you want the current version.

  4. 4
    All Stars, season 1 The Challenge: All Stars

    Nine episodes of people who competed in the early 2000s coming back two decades later. Works surprisingly well as a standalone, and it is much gentler than the main run.

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The Main Run

  • The Challenge 1998, 42 seasons, 601 episodes

The Spin-offs

  • The Challenge: All Stars 2021, 5 seasons, 53 episodes
  • The Challenge: USA 2022, 2 seasons, 26 episodes
  • The Challenge: World Championship 2023, 1 season, 12 episodes
  • The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros 2017, 1 season, 6 episodes

Around the World

  • The Challenge Sverige 2024, 1 season, 20 episodes
  • The Challenge Argentina: El Desafio 2023, 1 season, 15 episodes
  • The Challenge: Australia 2022, 1 season, 9 episodes
  • The Challenge UK 2023, 1 season, 5 episodes

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