The Challenge: Total Madness

The Challenge: Total Madness is the thirty-fifth season of the MTV reality competition series The Challenge. This season features alumni from The Real World, Are You the One?, Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother UK, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Geordie Shore, Ex on the Beach (U.S. and UK), Shipwrecked and Survival of the Fittest competing for a share at a $1 million prize.[1][2] The season premiered on April 1, 2020.[3]

Total Madness
Season 35
Presented byT. J. Lavin
No. of contestants28
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes11
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseApril 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)
chronology

This season marks the first since season 11 to not feature any cast members that directly debuted on The Challenge (either from Fresh Meat, Fresh Meat II, Spring Break Challenge, or Battle of the Bloodlines).

Cast

Host: T.J. Lavin

The cast of the thirty-fifth season of The Challenge, along with Host T.J. Lavin.


Male contestants[3]Original SeasonFinish
Cory Wharton Real World: Ex-Plosion
Faysal "Fessy" Shafaat Big Brother 20
Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio The Real World: Key West
Josh Martinez Big Brother 19
Kyle Christie Geordie Shore 8
Nelson Thomas Are You the One? 3
Rogan O'Connor Ex on the Beach UK 2
Christopher "Swaggy C" Williams Big Brother 20 Episode 12
Wes Bergmann The Real World: Austin Episode 10
Stephen Bear Celebrity Big Brother UK 18 Episode 8
Jordan Wiseley The Real World: Portland
Justin "Jay" Starrett Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X Episode 5/6[lower-alpha 1]
Chris "CT" Tamburello The Real World: Paris Episode 3
Asaf Goren Ninja Israel[lower-alpha 2] Episode 1
Female contestants[3]Original SeasonFinish
Aneesa Ferreira The Real World: Chicago
Bayleigh Dayton Big Brother 20
Dee Nguyen Geordie Shore 17
Jennifer "Jenny" West Survival of the Fittest
Kaycee Clark Big Brother 20
Melissa Reeves Ex on the Beach UK 2
Nany Gonzalez The Real World: Las Vegas (2011) Episode 13
Mattie Lynn Breaux Party Down South Episode 11
Jenna Compono Real World: Ex-Plosion Episode 9[lower-alpha 3]
Kailah Casillas Real World: Go Big or Go Home
Tula "Big T" Fazakerley Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands
Tori Deal Are You the One? 4 Episode 6/7
Ashley Mitchell Real World: Ex-Plosion Episode 4
Jennifer "Jenn" Lee The Amazing Race 29 Episode 2

Format

Total Madness features a main challenge, a nomination process, and an elimination round.

  • Daily Challenge: Players compete in the main challenge either individually, in pairs or in teams. For individual and paired challenges, the two winning players select one additional player to form the tribunal. For team challenges, all members of the winning team form the tribunal.
  • Nominations: Players not in the tribunal participate in nominations and must nominate one player of the designated gender to compete in the elimination round. They are given a chance to discuss the nominations before voting in an open vote. The player who receives the most votes will participate in the elimination round.
  • Tribunal: Following nominations, the tribunal select three players of the designated gender to interrogate. One of these three chosen interrogated competitors will be selected for possible elimination. At the Purgatory, the tribunal is asked to individually vote for the second player to participate in the elimination. From Episode 2, a tribunal member of the designated gender may volunteer for elimination, instead of voting for an interrogated competitor.
  • Eliminations (Purgatory): The player selected by nomination participates in an elimination round against the player selected by the tribunal, or the volunteer from the tribunal. The loser is eliminated while the winner receives a Red Skull and remains in the game. The coveted Red Skull is required in order to participate in the Final Challenge and can only be earned by winning in a Purgatory elimination round.
Twists
  • Red Skull: Winning an elimination round earns a player a Red Skull, a requirement to compete in the Final Challenge. This twist was introduced after the first elimination.
  • Double Elimination: Episodes 8 & 9 featured a male and female Double Elimination round respectively. Two players of the designated gender were eliminated. At nominations, the house voted two players of the designated gender into elimination. The tribunal then interrogated four nominees of the assigned gender, two of which they would vote into the Elimination Round should no tribunal member volunteer.

Gameplay

Challenge games
  • Battle Lines: Played in male and female heats, contestants must pull a barrel of medical supplies across a field, solving a math problem and puzzle along the way. At intervals, players who fall behind are eliminated from the challenge by having their barrel run over by a tank. The first player in each heat to reach the end of the field wins.
    • Winners: Jenny & Rogan
  • Airdrop Extraction: Played in nine teams of three, teams must transfer 15 military crates from one missile launch platform to another, one mile apart. The first three teams to finish advance to Round Two. In Round Two, teams board a helicopter and must drop nine military crates from the helicopter, aiming to hit the missile launch platform. The team with the most hits wins.
    • Winners: Cory, Dee & Swaggy C
  • Decode and Detonate: Each player begins at a puzzle board with a code. They must race to two separate puzzle keys to obtain the key to their code before returning to solve the code. Once the puzzle is solved, players race to a detonator and blow up a truck. The first two players to detonate a truck, wins.
    • Winners: Bayleigh & CT
  • Cold War: Played in five teams of five, three players from each team must collect puzzle pieces from the bottom of a pool before solving the puzzle. Meanwhile, two players from an opposing team break an ice block to send ice into the pool, making the water less tolerable for those collecting pieces. The team with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Aneesa, Bananas, Bear, Big T & Kaycee
  • Bomb Squad: Played in six teams of four, each team member has a specific role. The first player must ride in a stunt car and look for hidden numbers to form a math equation, communicating this to a second player via radio. The second player solves the equation and runs the answer to the third player, who decodes the puzzle and selects three corresponding rods. The third player run the rods to the fourth player, who places the rods in a detonator. If the rods are correct, the bomb detonates. The team with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Jenny, Josh, Kaycee & Swaggy C
  • Fast & Furious: Played in male/female pairs, each pair is hooked to a moving semi-truck and tethered together. Two pairs play at a time, on opposite sides of the truck. They must collect ten magnetic puzzle pieces from the side of the truck, before returning to their puzzle board at the top and solving the puzzle. The pair with the fastest time wins. Inspired by scenes from F9.
    • Winners: Jordan & Nany
  • Decontamination: Each player races through a room of foam towards a window, while wearing PPE, where a series of flashing lights are shown. They must memorize the series before returning to the entrance and replicating the sequence, by placing colored disks around a pole. The male and female with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Mattie & Wes
  • Tunnel Rats: Played in three teams of five and one team of four, with two teams playing at once. One at a time, team members slide down a chute into a tunnel and swim to retrieve puzzle pieces. Once all five puzzle pieces are collected, they must run back to the entrance and solve the puzzle. The team with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Bayleigh, Cory, Dee, Nany & Wes
  • Throne Off: Played in male and female heats, players begin holding onto a missile above water. One at a time, they are asked a multiple-choice trivia question. If they answer correctly, they can assign a strike to another player while answering incorrectly self-incurs a strike. Players are eliminated if they receive two strikes, or fall after letting go of the missile. The last male and female standing win. Additionally, both winners received a $5000 cash prize, announced at the conclusion of the challenge .
    • Winners: Dee & Wes
  • Flag Down: Two players of the same gender begin strapped on each side of a tank, with four players competing at once. As the tank drives through a course, they must collect as many flags as possible, where red flags are worth one point and white flags are worth ten points. The male and female with the most points win. At the conclusion of the challenge, it was announced that players who had worked together during the challenge were disqualified.
    • Winners: Josh & Melissa
    • Disqualified: Fessy, Jenny, Kyle, Nany, Nelson & Rogan
  • Tanks-A-Lot: Played in five teams of three, teams transfer junk from a junkyard across a field and deposit it into a bin. At the end of an unspecified time period, the two teams that transfer the most weight advance to Round Two. In Round Two, each team member must pull a heavy sled across the field. The first team to pull all three sleds to the finish line wins.
    • Winners: Bayleigh, Dee & Fessy
  • Bloc'd In: Played in two teams of seven. Similar to a slide puzzle, teams push a series of black cars forwards or backwards in order to release a red car. Once released, teams must push the red car past the finish line. The team with the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Aneesa, Bananas, Cory, Jenny, Josh, Nany & Rogan

Purgatory games
  • Air Strike: Players begin hanging on to a bar above ground. Between them is a clear wall which they can kick to attempt to make their opponent drop from the bar. The first player to make their opponent release the bar twice wins.
    • Played by: Asaf vs. Jay
  • Flip the Switch: Players begin on opposite sides of a hallway, each with ten barrels attached to poles. They must flip all ten barrels over the rail so that it lands on their opponent's side. The first player to flip all ten barrels and flip the switch at the end wins.
    • Played by: Jenn vs. Jenny
  • Take Shelter: Players have 20 minutes to barricade the entrance to a bunker using provided materials. After those 20 minutes are up, players must attempt to break into their opponent's bunker, fully opening the door. The first player to break into the bunker and switch on the light wins.
    • Played by: Jay vs. CT
  • Code Breaker: Players spin five wheels and must break hanging ceramic pots to find the corresponding tiles to the symbols that they spun, using a large die as a stepladder. After finding all five tiles, they flip the tiles over to reveal the names of five previous seasons of The Challenge. The first player to correctly place the seasons in chronological order wins.
    • Played by: Ashley vs. Dee
  • Fire Ball: Similar to "Balls In" from The Inferno II, except this time the ball is on fire. Each player is given three chances per round to get a ball inside a barrel, located in the middle of a large circle. If a player is either knocked out of or steps out of the ring, or if the ball is knocked out of the ring, their ball is considered "dead". Players alternate between offense and defense in each round. The player who scores three points wins, with each ball being worth a point.
    • Played by: Jay vs. Rogan
  • Dust to Dust: Players must take bricks up a ramp and smash them through a grate so that the debris falls into a wheelbarrow underneath. They then use the wheelbarrow to transfer the debris into a container and continue until enough debris is collected to reach a designated height level. The first player to reach the designated height wins.
    • Played by: Jenna vs. Tori
  • Pole Wrestle: Originally from The Duel. Players are placed at the center of a circle and place both hands on a metal pole. The first contestant to wrestle the pole out of their opponent's hands twice wins.
    • Played by: Fessy vs. Jordan, Nelson vs. Bear
  • Bombs Away: Players begin in a bin with one hundred bombs. They must unload all one hundred bombs from the bin before detonating a smoke bomb. The first player to ignite their smoke bomb wins.
    • Played by: Kaycee vs. Kailah, Aneesa vs. Jenna
  • Charge the Wall: Players must break through boxes of a wall to climb the wall and find batteries inside the boxes. The first player to find all three batteries wins.
    • Played by: Bananas vs. Wes
  • Tunnel Vision: Players begin at one end of a locked tunnel filled with dirt. They must dig through the dirt to reach the other end to escape. The first player to escape their tunnel and ring the bell, wins.
    • Played by: Mattie vs. Dee
  • Launch Button: Players begin harnessed to opposite sides of a container. Each side has twenty buttons that correspond to a light. They must swing and press all twenty buttons to switch on every light. However, pressing a button twice turns the light off. The first player to light up all twenty lights wins.
    • Played by: Cory vs. Swaggy C
  • Off With Your Heads: Similar to "Striptease" from Dirty 30. Players wear a jumpsuit with five mini red skulls placed on various parts of the body. The first player to pull off all five skulls from their opponent's jumpsuit and place them on their podium, wins.
    • Played by: Melissa vs. Nany

Game summary
Episode Gender Challenge type Winners Tribunal Purgatory contestants Purgatory game Purgatory outcome
# Challenge Voted In Tribunal Picks Winner Loser
1 Battle Lines Male Individual Rogan Cory, Jenny, Rogan Asaf Jay Kyle Wes N/A Air Strike Jay Asaf
Jenny
2 Airdrop Extraction Female 9 teams of 3 Team 1 Cory, Dee, Swaggy C Jenn Big T Jenny Tori Flip The Switch Jenny Jenn
3 Decode and Detonate Male Individual CT Bayleigh, CT, Swaggy C Jay Bear Nelson Rogan Take Shelter Jay CT
Bayleigh
4 Cold War Female 5 teams of 5 Team 4 Aneesa, Bananas, Bear, Big T, Kaycee Ashley Dee Mattie Tori Code Breaker Dee Ashley
5/6 Bomb Squad Male 6 teams of 4 Team 4 Jenny, Josh, Kaycee, Swaggy C Jay Nelson Rogan Wes Fire Ball Rogan Jay[lower-alpha 1]
6/7 Fast & Furious Female Male/Female pairs[lower-alpha 4] Jordan & Nany Jenna, Jordan, Nany Tori Big T Dee Kailah Dust To Dust Jenna Tori
8 Decontamination Male Individual Mattie Bananas, Mattie, Wes Fessy Bear Cory Jordan Kyle Pole Wrestle Fessy Jordan
Wes Nelson Nelson Bear
9 Tunnel Rats[lower-alpha 3] Female 3 teams of 5 & 1 team of 4 Team 3 Bayleigh, Cory, Dee, Nany, Wes Kaycee Jenna Jenny Kailah Melissa Bombs Away Kaycee Kailah
Aneesa Aneesa Jenna
10 Throne Off Male Individual Dee Dee, Rogan, Wes Bananas Cory Kyle Swaggy C N/A Charge the Wall Bananas Wes
Wes
11 Flag Down Female Individual Josh Bananas, Josh, Melissa Mattie Bayleigh Dee Nany Tunnel Vision Dee Mattie
Melissa
12 Tanks-A Lot Male 5 teams of 3 Team 5 Bayleigh, Dee, Fessy Cory Josh Kyle Swaggy C Launch Button Cory Swaggy C
13 Bloc'd In Female 2 teams of 7 Team 1 Aneesa, Bananas, Cory, Jenny,
Josh, Nany, Rogan		 Melissa Bayleigh Dee Kaycee Off With Your Heads Melissa Nany

Elimination progress
PlayersEpisodes
12345/6[lower-alpha 1]6/789[lower-alpha 3]10111213 14 15
Aneesa SAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFESAFEWIN
Bananas SAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFEWIN
Bayleigh SAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFE
Cory SAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEELIMWIN
Dee SAFEWINSAFEELIMSAFESAFESAFEWINWINELIMWINSAFE
Fessy SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFE
Jenny WINELIMSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWIN
Josh SAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFEWIN
Kaycee SAFESAFESAFEWINWINSAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFESAFESAFE
Kyle SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE
Melissa SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFEELIM
Nelson SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE
Rogan WINSAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWIN
Nany SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEOUT
Swaggy C SAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Mattie SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEOUT
Wes SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINOUT
Jenna SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFEOUT
Kailah SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Big T SAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEOUT
Bear SAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEOUT
Jordan SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINOUT
Tori SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Jay ELIM SAFE ELIM SAFE OUT
Ashley SAFESAFESAFEOUT
CT SAFESAFEOUT
Jenn SAFEOUT
Asaf OUT
Competition
     The contestant won the final challenge.
     The contestant did not win the final challenge.
     The contestant won the challenge and was part of the tribunal.
     The contestant did not win the challenge, but was part of the tribunal.
     The contestant was not selected for the Purgatory.
     The contestant was nominated by the tribunal for interrogation, but was not selected for the Purgatory.
     The contestant won the Purgatory and earned a Red Skull.
     The contestant was part of the tribunal, volunteered for the Purgatory, won and earned a Red Skull.
     The contestant lost the Purgatory and was eliminated.
     The contestant was part of the tribunal, volunteered for the Purgatory, lost and was eliminated.
     The contestant was removed from the competition due to injury/illness.
     The contestant withdrew from the competition.

Voting Progress
House Vote Asaf
15 of 25 votes		 Jenn
20 of 24 votes		 Jay
8 of 23 votes		 Ashley
7 of 20 votes		 Jay
10 of 20 votes		 Tori
20 of 20 votes		 Fessy
6 of 19 votes		 Nelson
9 of 19 votes		 Kaycee
14 of 14 votes		 Aneesa
14 of 14 votes		 Bananas
14 of 14 votes		 Mattie
13 of 13 votes		 Cory
8 of 12 votes		 Melissa
4 of 7 votes
Tribunal's Vote Jay
3 of 3 votes		 Jenny
3 of 3 votes		 CT
volunteered		 Dee
5 of 5 votes		 Rogan
4 of 4 votes		 Jenna
volunteered		 Jordan
3 of 3 votes		 Bear
2 of 3 votes		 Kailah
4 of 5 votes		 Jenna
4 of 5 votes		 Wes
volunteered		 Dee
2 of 3 votes		 Swaggy C
2 of 3 votes		 Nany
volunteered
VoterEpisodes
123 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Aneesa Asaf Jenn Jordan Dee N/A Tori Nelson Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Cory N/A
Bananas Jay Big T Jay Dee Jay Tori Jordan Cory Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Dee Kyle N/A
Bayleigh Asaf Jenn N/A N/A N/A Tori N/A N/A Kailah Jenna Bananas Mattie Swaggy C Bayleigh
Cory Jay Jenny Jay N/A Bear Tori N/A Bear Kailah Jenna Bananas Mattie Cory N/A
Dee Asaf Jenny Bananas Ashley Jay Tori N/A N/A Kailah Jenna N/A Mattie Kyle Melissa
Fessy Asaf Jenn Bananas N/A Bear Tori Bear N/A Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Swaggy C Bayleigh
Jenny Jay Jenn N/A Ashley Rogan Tori N/A Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Kyle N/A
Josh Asaf Jenn Nelson N/A Rogan Tori Nelson Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Dee Cory N/A
Kaycee Asaf Jenn Nelson Dee Rogan Tori N/A N/A Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Cory Melissa
Kyle Jay Jenn Jay Ashley Jay Tori Fessy Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Kyle Melissa
Melissa Asaf Jenn Jay Ashley Jay Tori N/A Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Bayleigh Kyle Melissa
Nelson Asaf Jenn Bananas N/A Bear Tori Bear Bear Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Cory Bayleigh
Rogan Jay Big T Jay N/A Jay Tori N/A N/A Kaycee Aneesa N/A Mattie Cory N/A
Nany Jay Jenn Nelson Ashley Jay N/A Fessy N/A Jenny Jenny Bananas Mattie Cory Nany
Swaggy C Asaf Jenny N/A N/A Rogan Tori N/A Nelson Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie Cory
Mattie Asaf Jenn N/A Ashley Jay Tori Jordan Bear Kaycee Aneesa Bananas Mattie
Wes Asaf Jenn Jay N/A Kyle Tori Jordan Bear Kailah Jenna Wes
Jenna Jay Jenn Nelson N/A N/A Jenna Fessy N/A Kaycee Aneesa
Kailah Jay Jenn Nelson N/A Jay Tori Fessy Nelson Kaycee Aneesa
Big T Asaf Jenn Bananas Dee N/A Tori N/A Nelson
Bear Asaf Jenn Jay Dee Jay Tori Fessy Nelson
Jordan Jay Jenn Jordan N/A Jordan N/A Fessy Jordan
Tori Jay Jenn Jay Ashley Jay Tori
Jay Asaf Jenn Bananas N/A Bear
Ashley Asaf Jenn Bananas N/A
CT Jay Big T CT
Jenn Jay Big T
Asaf Wes
  • Bold indicates the contestant was in the Tribunal

Types of challenges

Team challenges
Airdrop Extraction (Ep. 2)
Team 1Team 2Team 3
CoryJennyAshley
DeeJordanBear
Swaggy CWesJenna
Team 4Team 5Team 6
BayleighBig TCT
JennMattieJay
JoshRoganKaycee
Team 7Team 8Team 9
AneesaKailahFessy
BananasNelsonKyle
NanyToriMelissa
Cold War (Ep. 4)
Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5
AshleyDeeJayAneesaBayleigh
FessyJordanMattieBananasCory
JoshKailahMelissaBearJenna
NanyNelsonToriBig TJenny
RoganSwaggy CWesKayceeKyle
Bomb Squad (Ep. 5/6)
Team 1Team 2Team 3
JayBananasBig T
KailahBearMattie
NanyDeeNelson
WesToriRogan
Team 4Team 5Team 6
JennyBayleighAneesa
JoshCoryFessy
KayceeKyleJenna
Swaggy CMelissaJordan
Tunnel Rats (Ep. 9)
Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4
FessyBananasBayleighAneesa
JennyJennaCoryJosh
KayceeKyleDeeKailah
NelsonMelissaNanyMattie
RoganWesSwaggy C
Tanks-A Lot (Ep. 12)
Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 5
CoryBananasAneesaNanyBayleigh
JoshMelissaJennyNelsonDee
KayceeRoganKyleSwaggy CFessy
Bloc'd In (Ep. 13)
Team 1Team 2
AneesaBayleigh
BananasDee
CoryFessy
JennyKaycee
JoshKyle
NanyMelissa
RoganNelson

Pair Challenges
Fast & Furious (Ep.6)[lower-alpha 4]
Jordan & Nany
Dee & Swaggy C
Big T & Kyle
Josh & Tori
Fessy & Jenna
Cory & Mattie
Aneesa & Nelson
Jenny & Rogan
Bananas & Melissa
Bear & Kaycee
Kailah & Wes
Bayleigh & Jordan

Individual challenges
  • Episode 1: "Battle Lines"
  • Episode 3: "Decode and Detonate"
  • Episode 8: "Decontamination"
  • Episode 10: "Throne Off"
  • Episode 11: "Flag Down"

Episodes
No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Show Title Original air date U.S. TV first-run viewers
(million)
4551"Mad World"April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)1.06[4]
4562"Sweet Dreams Are Made of Dee"April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)0.93[5]
4573"A Hard Jay's Night"April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15)0.92[6]
4584"Karma Chameleon"April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)1.02[7]
4595"Break Up With Your BF, I'm Bored"April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)1.00[8]
4606"Love Will Tear Us Apart"May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06)0.93[9]
4617"Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13)0.85[10]
4628"Live and Let Die"May 20, 2020 (2020-05-20)1.02[11]
4639"Backstabber"May 27, 2020 (2020-05-27)0.93[12]
46410"The Final Countdown"June 3, 2020 (2020-06-03)0.91[13]
46511"You Ain't Right"June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10)0.88[14]
46612"Pictures of You"June 17, 2020 (2020-06-17)0.90[15]
46713"Victim of Love"June 24, 2020 (2020-06-24)0.94[16]
46814"Your Time Is Gonna Come"July 1, 2020 (2020-07-01)TBD
46915"Crash Into Me"July 8, 2020 (2020-07-08)TBD
47016"It's the End of the World As We Know It"July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15)TBD

Controversy
"As a result of Dee Nguyen's offensive comments about Black Lives Matter movement, MTV have severed ties with her. Out of respect for the competition and other Challengers, MTV will air the season as planned. Dee Nguyen will not appear in the reunion to be filmed at a later date. MTV strongly condemns systemic racism."

Statement from MTV.[17]

Following controversial comments about the Black Lives Matter movement, MTV decided to cut ties with cast member Dee Nguyen on June 9, 2020. After the incident, Nguyen posted an apology on her social media and was mostly edited out of the American broadcast of the season.[18]

Notes
  1. Jay suffered a concussion during the first round of the "Fire Ball" elimination and was deemed medically unable to continue. Rogan was declared the winner by default.
  2. While Asaf is billed as appearing on Celebrity Ninja Warrior Israel, the show's official name is Ninja Israel. He had also competed on (in order of appearance) So You Think You Can Dance 12, Are You the One? 4, Are You the One? Second Chances, Worst Cooks in America 12, World of Dance Philippines, and Celebrity Big Brother Israel 3 before Ninja Israel.
  3. Prior to the "Tunnel Rats" challenge in Episode 9, Big T was medically removed from the competition due to suffering a split toe in the previous episode.
  4. Due to an uneven number of male players, Jordan was randomly selected and competed twice in the "Fast & Furious" challenge.

References
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