The Challenge

40 seasons. Reality alumni, full contact.

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40seasons aired

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40 seasons of reality veterans hurling themselves off cliffs, into water, and at each other, in service of a final that punishes the legs and the lungs. The longest-running competition on MTV, and the genre's true combat league. Ranked without spoiling a single elimination.

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Editor's Canon

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02 · LIVE

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