About The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras
The longest-running reality competition series MTV’s The Challenge will embark on its monumental 40th season beginning Wednesday, August 14 @ 8PM ET/PT. The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras will feature 40 legendary competitors from the series’ 26-year history representing their “Challenge Era” in an epic battle for the ages where legends will collide as they strive to immortalize their names as Challenge 40 Champions and earn their share of the one million dollar prize.
This season’s stacked roster features the most Challenge champions ever including 7x winner Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, 5x winner CT Tamburello, 4x winners Darrell Taylor and Jordan Wiseley, 3x winner Derrick Kosinski, 2x winners Mark Long, Jonna Mannion, Rachel Robinson, Cara Maria Sorbello, Laurel Stucky, and Jodi Weatherton, and 1x winners Kaycee Clark, Nehemiah Clark, Katie Cooley, Tori Deal, Brad Fiorenza, Aviv Melmed, Emily Schromm, Devin Walker, and Jenny West alongside fan-favorite Challengers Tina Barta, Paulie Calafiore, Theo Campbell, Derek Chavez, Aneesa Ferreira, Michele Fitzgerald, Amanda Garcia, Leroy Garrett, Horacio GutiΓ©rrez Jr., KellyAnne Judd, Olivia Kaiser, Ryan Kehoe, Josh Martinez, Nurys Mateo, Nia Moore, Brandon Nelson, Tony Raines, Averey Tressler, Cory Wharton, and Kyland Young.
In the monumental 40th Season, The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras, the path to glory is far from easy, as they must first compete at the Era Invitational and eliminate the weakest links from within their own Challenge Era for only the best will earn a coveted spot on their team. With relentless, new challenges and twists, these seasoned Veterans are perpetually kept on their toes in the game they thought they had mastered.
Challenge Competitors representing Era 1 (Seasons 1-10):
Tina Barta (8 Challenges) – IG: tinabarta X: @TinaBarta
Katie Cooley (11 Challenges, 1 win) – IG: KatieCooley26 X: @KatieCooley26
Aneesa Fereira (17 Challenges) – IG: AneesaMTV X: @AneesaMTV
Brad Fiorenza (13 Challenges, 1 Win) – IG: bradfiorenza X: @bradfiorenza
Derrick Kosinski (13 Challenges, 3 Wins) – IG: DerrickMTV X: @DerrickMTV
Mark Long (8 Challenges, 2 Wins) – IG: TheMarkLong X: @TheMarkLong
Rachel Robinson (8 Challenges, 2 Wins) – IG: Rachel_Fitness X: @Rachel_Fitness
CT Tamburello (19 Challenges, 5 Wins) – IG: _famous4nothing
Darrell Taylor (14 Challenges, 4 Wins) – IG: darrell_taylor_lb4lb X: @mtvrrdarrell
Jodi Weatherton (5 Challenges, 2 Wins) – IG: JodiMTV
Challenge Competitors representing Era 2 (Seasons 11-20):
Derek Chavez (5 Challenges) – IG: d.e.r.e.k.c X: @d_e_r_e_kc
Nehemiah Clark (7 Challenges, 1 win) – IG: nehemiahclark X: @_KingNehemiah
Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio (23 Challenges, 7 Wins) – IG: JohnnyBananas X: @JohnnyBananas
KellyAnne Judd (7 Challenges) – IG: kellyannejudd X: @kellyannejudd
Ryan Kehoe (7 Challenges) – IG: ryankehoe5
Aviv Melmed (1 Challenges, 1 Win) – IG: aviv_melmedbruno
Brandon Nelson (6 Challenges) – IG: BrandonDNelson X: @brandondnelson
Emily Schromm (3 Challenges, 1 Win) – IG: emilyschromm X: @emilynschromm
Cara Maria Sorbello (15 Challenges, 2 Wins) – IG: misscaramaria
Laurel Stucky (8 Challenges, 2 Wins) – IG: laurelstucky X: LaurelStucky
Challenge Competitors representing Era 3 (Seasons 21-30):
Tori Deal (9 Challenges, 1 Win) – IG: tori_deal
Amanda Garcia (7 Challenges) – IG: mtv_amanda X: @mtvamandag
Leroy Garrett (13 Challenges) – IG: royleethebarber X: @Bruce_lee85
Jonna Mannion (10 Challenges, 2 Wins) – IG: jonnamannion X: @jonnamtv
Nia Moore (4 Challenges) – IG: therealniamoore X: @therealniamoore
Tony Raines (7 Challenges) – IG: t_raines X: @tonyraines
Averey Tressler (3 Challenges) – IG: avereytressler X: @ave_tress
Devin Walker (7 Challenges, 1 Win) – IG: mtv_devin X: @MTVDevinWalker
Cory Wharton (10 Challenges) – IG: corywharton_ig X: CoryWharton
Jordan Wiseley (9 Challenges, 4 Wins) – IG: jordan_wiseley
Challenge Competitors representing Era 4 (Seasons 31-39):
Paulie Calafiore (4 Challenges) – IG: pauliecalafiore_ X: PaulieCalafiore
Theo Campbell (3 Challenges) – IG: theo_campbell91 X: @theo_campbell91
Kaycee Clark (5 Challenges, 1 Win) – IG: ksince1987 X: @ThatStudMuffin
Michele Fitzgerald (4 Challenges) – IG: mich_fitz X: @meeshfitz
Horacio GutiΓ©rrez Jr. (2 Challenges) – IG: horaciogutierrez
Olivia Kaiser (2 Challenges) – IG: oliviaannkaiser X: @oliviakaiserxo
Josh Martinez (6 Challenges) – IG: josh_martinez_ X: @joshmbb19
Nurys Mateo (2 Challenges) – IG: nuryskmateo X: @nuryskmateo
Jenny West (2 Challenges, 1 win) – IG: jenniferwestofficial
Kyland Young (2 Challenges) – IG: kylandyoung X: @kylandyoungThe Challenge
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Leading up to premiere, fans will get an exclusive sneak peek and meet the cast during MTV’s The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras: Countdown Begins launch special airing Wednesday, August 7th @ 8PM ET/PT. Stream previous seasons of The Challenge on Paramount+, MTV VOD, and The Challenge channel on Pluto TV. Stream a mountain of family entertainment now on Paramount+. Try it free!