Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge
Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge is the fourth season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge). The season is directly subsequent to Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000.
| Extreme Challenge | |
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| Season 4 | |
| No. of contestants | 13 |
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| Location | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 18 (including the Reunion special) |
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| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | January 9 – May 22, 2001 |
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Extreme Challenge is the first season that adorned the show with a subtitle, the series having begun a new trend of titling each season based on its format and theme. To date, it's also the only season in which the season title alters the show title, through the insertion of "Extreme" between "Real World/Road Rules" and "Challenge".
Extreme Challenge is the third and final six-on-six Real World/Road Rules Challenge. The cast was split up into two different six-person teams, one representing The Real World and the other representing Road Rules. The teams traveled via tour bus in the eastern U.S. and Europe competing in different challenges. Each time a team won an individual challenge, money would be added to a Monster.com team bank account. The last mission would be for the right to keep the money collected in the pot, an additional cash prize, and a car.
Cast
This was the only season without a regular alumni host/presenter introducing each challenge. Instead, various alumni provided audio clues.
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Game summary
| Episodes | Mission outcome | Mission MVP | Wheel of Good Stuff | ||||
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| # | Challenge | Winners | Losers | ||||
| 1 | Ring of Fire | Real World | Road Rules | — | |||
| Rope Courses | Road Rules | Real World | |||||
| 2 | Blimp Water Skiing | Real World | Road Rules | Julie | Jeep | ||
| 3 | Fisherman's Wharf | Real World | Road Rules | Kameelah | Fujifilm | ||
| 4 | No Laughing Matter | Real World | Road Rules | Syrus | "Gimme Your Stuff" | ||
| 5 | Rollerball Resurrection | Road Rules | Real World | Christian | Dreamcast | ||
| 7 | Wrestling with the Past[lower-alpha 1] | Road Rules | Real World | James | Auto Video Products | ||
| 9 | Sub-Standard | Real World | Road Rules | Syrus | Sea-Doo Watercraft | ||
| 10 | Bring It On | Road Rules | Real World | Emily | "Gimme Your Stuff" | ||
| 11 | Breath-Taking | Road Rules | Real World | Christian | Dreamcast | ||
| 12 | Tough Guy | Real World | Road Rules | Dan | iOmega MP3 | ||
| 13 | Defying Gravity | Real World | Road Rules | Rebecca | Palm Pilot | ||
| 14 | Famous Couples Fashion Show | Real World | Road Rules | Jamie | "Gimme Your Stuff" | ||
| 15 | Medi-Evil | Real World | Road Rules | Julie | Buell Blast Motorcycle | ||
| 15/16 | Operation Human Shield[lower-alpha 2] | Real World | Road Rules | —[lower-alpha 3] | |||
| 16 | Toyota Motosports | Real World | Road Rules | — | |||
| 17 | Race to the Finish | Real World | Road Rules | ||||
- Real World
- Road Rules
| Episode | Mission outcome | Prize | ||||
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| 8 | Human Foosball[lower-alpha 4] | Yellow Team | Black Team | $6,000 | ||
- Yellow Team
- Black Team
Final results
- Real World won the final challenge, winning brand new Toyota Celicas. They earned $110,000 with each team member receiving $18,833. For winning the "Human Foosball" mini-challenge, Dan, Julie, and Rebecca received an additional $1,000 for a total of $19,833.
- Road Rules lost the final challenge, therefore losing their entire bank. For winning the "Human Foosball" mini-challenge, Christian, Emily, and James received an additional $1,000.
Teams
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Memorable moments
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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| 23 | 1 | "A Challenging Decision" | January 9, 2001 |
| 24 | 2 | "Blimp Water-Skiing" | January 16, 2001 |
| 25 | 3 | "Budding Romance" | January 23, 2001 |
| 26 | 4 | "No Laughing Matter" | January 30, 2001 |
| 27 | 5 | "Rollerball Resurrection" | February 6, 2001 |
| 28 | 6 | "Ayanna's Departure" | February 13, 2001 |
| 29 | 7 | "Wrestling with the Past" | February 20, 2001 |
| 30 | 8 | "Love and Foosball" | February 27, 2001 |
| 31 | 9 | "Yes Sir...I Mean, Yes Ma'am!" | March 6, 2001 |
| 32 | 10 | "Leader of the Pack" | March 13, 2001 |
| 33 | 11 | "The Scariest Mission of All Time" | March 20, 2001 |
| 34 | 12 | "Tough Love" | March 27, 2001 |
| 35 | 13 | "Grudge Match" | April 3, 2001 |
| 36 | 14 | "Good Intentions" | April 10, 2001 |
| 37 | 15 | "Downward Spiral" | April 17, 2001 |
| 38 | 16 | "True to Himself" | April 24, 2001 |
| 39 | 17 | "Race to the Finish" | May 1, 2001 |
Reunion special
The reunion special, Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge: Cease Fire, aired after the season finale and was attended by the entire cast. It was hosted by Melissa Howard from The Real World: New Orleans and Mark Long from Road Rules: USA – The First Adventure.
Notes
- Susie replaced Ayanna in Episode 7 when the teams arrived in Boston. Ayanna physically attacked Christian in the Road Rules bus after Christian made a joke to Laterrian that Ayanna perceived to be racist. Though the cameras did not capture the incident, and Christian did not want to send Ayanna home, the producers asked Ayanna to leave in episode 6. Susie replaced Ayanna when their casts received their next clue at the Real World: Boston house. The Road Rules team later admitted on the reunion that Ayanna was a more valuable physical asset than Susie.
- In episode 15, a dispute over the Operation Human Shield mission caused an intense argument between James and Syrus. Neither team was awarded $10,000 at the end of that mission, but in episode 16, both teams got the chance to defend their actions in court. Road Rules, with the exception of Laterrian, decides not to participate, so the judge granted the money to the Real World, although he acknowledged Laterrian for his admirable defense.
- Laterrian was honored by the judge and received a small gavel as a token, but there was no official MVP for this mission.
- In Episode 8, the mission had the contestants compete with three Real World cast members and three Road Rules cast members on two different teams. The Yellow team consisting of Christian, Dan, Emily, James, Julie, and Rebecca won the mission and were awarded with $1,000 in cash for each of them.
References
- "Couple Fashion Show". tv.com. Real World/Road Rules Challenge.
External links
- Cast information and show data at the Internet Movie Database
- MTV's official Road Rules website
- MTV's official Real World website