Moriah Jadea experienced difficult emotions while on MTV’s The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion due to her conflicted feelings about her showmances. On the one hand, she had left her previous showmance, Johnny Bananas from Ride or Dies, behind to film the new season without him. On the other hand, she met The Challenge:
Ravyn Rochelle exited The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion sooner than she hoped, but she’s rooting for a few castmates to win it all. Viewers saw Ravyn become an early target for several cast members in MTV’s Season 39, sending her into several eliminations. However, she proved herself a worthy competitor, first eliminating main
The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion star Jay Starrett indicated that he doesn’t mind all the criticism and “hate” he’s getting from viewers. Jay returned for the 39th season of MTV’s competition show after teaming up with Michele Fitzgerald on the previous season, Ride or Dies. With Michele and Jay among the few veteran
The Challenge star Nurys Mateo said she was ready to go home from Battle For a New Champion due to frustrations about the game. Nurys was among the returning stars from Ride or Dies participating in Season 39, which featured a theme to determine a first-time champion. However, viewers saw her sent into elimination in
Michele Fitzgerald executed an impressive season of The Challenge as she navigated the complexities of a large alliance in Battle For a New Champion. Unfortunately, her hard work behind the scenes, playing the political game, cultivating friendships, and managing various personalities in her alliance helped many of her friends get farther than she did. In
According to Olivia Kaiser, her situation with Nurys Mateo after filming The Challenge: Battle New Champion seems to be “ever-changing.” They initially appeared as castmates on MTV’s Season 38, Ride or Dies, which was also their rookie season. Nurys teamed with veteran competitor Nelson Thomas, who ended up having a showmance with Olivia that lasted
As The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion moved closer to the final, another purge and elimination were needed to reduce the number of competitors. In Episode 17, Nurys Mateo returned to the house, indicating she trusted no one after she’d just been sent into elimination against her showmance Horacio Gutierrez and her friend Kyland
The Challenge Season 40 may feature plenty of fan favorites back in the cast after a season of relative newcomers to the show. Battle For a New Champion is currently airing on MTV. Its theme is to determine the first-time winner of The Challenge. Due to that, the format featured a cast of only a
Following a dramatic episode of The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion, Olivia Kaiser told her side of the story involving Horacio Gutierrez, Nurys Mateo, and the surprising decision she made. According to the former Love Island contestant, she received much backlash and hate after The Challenge episode aired, so she felt she deserved an
The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion featured several showmances in episodes, including MTV newcomer Kyland Young and former finalist Melissa Reeves becoming an item. Kyland arrived on the competition series after competing in CBS’ Big Brother 23 and The Challenge: USA’s debut season. Melissa, who reached the Total Madness final but had to drop