Matt Couden With each season of MTV’s The Challenge, production is constantly looking to up the ante with the daily challenges and eliminations. Based on a synopsis for The Challenge Season 38, Episode 3, they’ll do just that by putting a new twist on a longtime classic elimination event. Details reveal the return of Hall Brawl, but
The Challenge: Ride or Dies season has been full of surprises through its first few episodes, including cast members joining the show or abruptly leaving. One of those surprises arrived in Episode 2, as host TJ Lavin revealed that Nam Vo had to leave the game due to his partner, rookie Emmy Russ, no longer
The Challenge Season 38 continues to roll along on MTV with low ratings and viewers, possibly signaling low interest in the show after several spinoffs aired in the previous months. There’s also plenty of competition from other programs. MTV’s 38th season, known as Ride or Dies, features a group of returning veteran cast members, including
Paulie Calafiore, a two-time finalist on MTV’s The Challenge, is coming to the defense of his castmate and friend, Turabi “Turbo” Camkiran, following his recent appearance on the show. The War of the Worlds champ was one of several former champions announced as part of Season 38, Ride or Dies, but his early behavior seemed
A tense reunion is on the way in The Challenge: Ride or Dies Episode 3 as three-time champion Jordan Wiseley has returned to the MTV show with his ex-fiancee already part of the cast. The Challenge star’s arrival was a surprise at the end of Episode 2 when TJ Lavin stopped the cast after he’d
The Challenge: Ride or Dies season is underway with a cast including several former champions, several of whom have intense personalities. Along with seven-time champion Johnny Bananas and three-time champion Jordan Wiseley, former War of the Worlds winner Turabi “Turbo” Camkiran was part of the Season 38 cast. He came into the show more aggressive
Following the airing of MTV’s The Challenge: Ride or Dies episode, rookie competitor Emmy Russ had plenty to say about her experience with the show and its cast members. The 23-year-old reality star from Germany was teammates with Nam Vo, returning to the competition series for his third-straight season. Nam had experienced misfortune in his
On The Challenge, players come and go throughout the course of the game due to eliminations or unfortunate medical disqualifications that end up ousting them from a season. However, surprise exists have occurred quite often in several of MTV’s recent seasons, with players having to depart the game for various reasons. Sometimes no explanation is
At the end of the premiere episode, TJ revealed that Johnny Bananas and Nany Gonzalez were joining the game. In Ride or Dies Episode 2, they caught up with castmates about who got eliminated. Someone told Nany that her girlfriend Kaycee Clark had to go home. As the cast returned to The Challenge house, Johnny
Over multiple seasons of MTV’s The Challenge, there’s been no love lost between Johnny Bananas and castmate Devin Walker, but time tends to heal all wounds. The two rivals have been at one another’s throats in previous seasons, including one where Devin took out Bananas in elimination and another where they nearly got into a