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War of the Worlds 2
Season 34
Presented byT. J. Lavin
No. of contestants32
Winners
LocationChiang Mai and Phuket, Thailand
No. of episodes18 (including the two-part Reunion special)
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseAugust 28 (2019-08-28) –
December 18, 2019 (2019-12-18)
Season chronology
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War of the Worlds
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Total Madness

The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 is the thirty-fourth season of the MTV reality competition series The Challenge, and the sequel to the show's 33rd season, War of the Worlds, which aired in the spring of 2019. This season features alumni from The Real World, The Challenge, Are You the One?, Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother UK, Love Island UK, Survivor Turkey, American Ninja Warrior, Vanderpump Rules, Geordie Shore, Ex on the Beach (U.S. and UK), Shipwrecked, Survival of the Fittest, and BKCHAT LDN competing for a share at a $1 million prize.[1] The season premiered on August 28, 2019 and concluded its run on December 18 of the same year with a two-hour reunion special.[2][3][4]

Format

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For War of the Worlds 2 the players are divided into two teams (Team USA and Team UK) with teams initially based on the participants' respective home country. The main elements of the game are as follows.

  • Daily Missions: Each round the teams compete in the daily challenge. The winning team gains the power to elect the speaker of the Tribunal among themselves, the speaker then selects two other teammates (one male and one female) to form the Tribunal, while the losing team must participate in Nominations.
  • Nominations: Following the daily challenge, the players from the losing team must nominate one player of the designated gender to compete in the elimination round. The team is given a chance to discuss the nominations, with players allowed to name potential nominees before voting between them publicly.
  • Tribunal: Each round a Tribunal consisting of three players from the winning team of the daily challenge is formed. The Tribunal players are the only players completely safe from entering the elimination. No player is allowed to be part of two consecutive Tribunals. The Tribunal witnesses the Nominations and then interrogates the Losing Team's nominee - usually asking potential players the nominee would like to face-off against.
  • Eliminations (The Proving Ground): At "The Proving Ground", the members of the Tribunal each vote for the second player to enter the Proving Ground - this nominee may come from either team. The two nominees then must face each other in the Proving Ground. The loser is eliminated from the game while the winner stays in the game and is given the opportunity to change allegiance and swap team. However, once a player swaps, they may not swap back.

At the end of the game, those who remained competed in their teams in the Final Challenge. A Purge was held during the Final Challenge, leaving only 4 players from each team to compete for the Grand Prize. The winning team equally split the $1,000,000 grand prize ($250,000 for each member).

Twists

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  • The Reinforcements: Four Reinforcements (Chris "CT" Tamburello, Dee Nguyen, Natalie "Ninja" Duran, and Turabi "Turbo" Çamkıran) arrived following the first challenge. The winning team of the first daily challenge will have first picks on one male and one female to join their team, with the remaining players joining the losing team.
  • Double Elimination: Episode 8 featured a Double Elimination Round in which both a male and a female player were eliminated. The losing team had to nominate a male and female player, and the Tribunal also nominate a male and female player.
  • Purge: Some challenges are designated as a Purge challenge - sudden death challenges where the losers are immediately eliminated.
    • The "Puzzling Swim" daily challenge was a Purge challenge. The slowest pairing in the swimming portion of the challenge was instantly eliminated.
    • As the final leg of the Final Challenge only allowed for four members on each team, the players competed in a mid-final purge to narrow each team to four players.
  • Instant Elimination: Following the "Mine The Cart" challenge, the players participated in instant nominations for an Elimination Round to be held immediately following the challenge.

Contestants

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Male contestants[5] Original season Finish
Chris "CT" Tamburello The Real World: Paris Winner
Jordan Wiseley The Real World: Portland Winner
Rogan O'Connor Ex on the Beach UK 2 Winner
Paulie Calafiore Big Brother 18 Runner-up
Zach Nichols The Real World: San Diego (2011) Runner-up
Leroy Garrett The Real World: Las Vegas (2011) Finalist
Josh Martinez Big Brother 19 Episode 13
Joss Mooney Ex on the Beach UK 1 Episode 13
Theo Campbell Love Island UK 3 Episode 11
Turabi "Turbo" Çamkıran Survivor Turkey 8 Episode 10[a]
Idris Virgo Love Island UK 4 Episode 9
Kyle Christie Geordie Shore 8 Episode 8
Stephen Bear Celebrity Big Brother UK 18 Episode 7
Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio The Real World: Key West Episode 5
Wes Bergmann The Real World: Austin Episode 3
Sean Lineker Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands Episode 1
Female contestants[5] Original season Finish
Dee Nguyen Geordie Shore 17 Winner
Cara Maria Sorbello The Challenge: Fresh Meat II Runner-up
Natalie "Ninja" Duran American Ninja Warrior 8 Runner-up
Ashley Mitchell Real World: Ex-Plosion Finalist
Kam Williams Are You the One? 5 Finalist
Tori Deal Are You the One? 4 Finalist
Nany Gonzalez The Real World: Las Vegas (2011) Episode 14
Kayleigh Morris Ex on the Beach UK 2 Episode 13
Jennifer "Jenny" West Survival of the Fittest Episode 12
Georgia Harrison Love Island UK 3 Episode 10
Esther Falana BKCHAT LDN Episode 8
Nicole Bass Ex on the Beach UK 6 Episode 6
Laurel Stucky The Challenge: Fresh Meat II Episode 4[b]
Tula "Big T" Fazakerley Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands Episode 2
Faith Stowers Vanderpump Rules Episode 2[c]
Zahida Allen Ex on the Beach UK 6 Episode 2[d]

Gameplay

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Challenge games

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  • Trench Warfare: Teams must race through a hallway, grab their national flag at the opposite end, reach the other side of their sandbag walls and plant the flags. Each player is responsible for two flags, and can only carry one at a time. The first team to plant all 28 flags wins.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Cryptic Crossbow: Challengers swim to collect 16 letters attached to buoys, which will create a four-word puzzle. One team member is then launched from a giant crossbow to swim and retrieve a cryptex puzzle and solve it using their four-word puzzle solutions. The team that opens their cryptex first wins.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Paddlewheel Puzzle: After memorizing four-digit codes, players enter a rotating paddlewheel to collect 16 separate puzzle pieces which can be unlocked by entering one of the codes. Challengers then assemble those puzzle pieces into either an American or British flag. The fastest team to correctly build their puzzle wins the challenge.
    • Winners: Team USA[e]
  • Relic Runner: Played in two heats. Giant, heavy relics must be transferred from the bottom of the hill to the very top by one team, while the other team is situated at the top with giant balls, a slingshot, water cannon, and a human hamster wheel to bomb the team that's running the relics up. Each player is responsible for two relics, and can only carry one at a time, guaranteeing two trips up the hill for everyone. If a player drops their relic, they have to start from the very beginning. Whichever team finishes in the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Team UK
  • Hooked: Each player has to jump to a zip line and ride it to the water, then swim around a buoy and reach a boat. The team with the fastest average time wins.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Explosive Decisions: Both teams select their six smartest players to be asked a series of trivia questions while sitting on an ejection seat that will make them fly in the air if the answer is wrong. The player is awarded a point only if his or her adversary is wrong. The first team to reach a total of six points wins.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Resilient River Run: Each team has to assemble a pyramid, transport it down a river and use it to transfer two relics (carrying one at a time). Whichever team finishes in the fastest time wins.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Crate Expectations: Both teams are given 125 crates which they must use to build towers to climb and retrieve 12 hanging relics. Once all relics have been collected, they must transport all their crates past the finish line. The first team to pass the finish line with all their crates and relics wins.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Under Siege: Played in gender divided heats. Both teams are placed inside of a swinging container and must solve a hexagonal puzzle. The team that completes the puzzle in the fastest time (in whichever heat) wins. In the event of a tie, a sudden death heat is played with some of the pieces already set in place.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Incoming: Played in gender divided heats. Competitors must retrieve a ball from a mud pit and return to their side to advance to the next round, while the number of balls decreases each round. The last player standing wins the heat for his or her team. The first team to win two heats wins.
    • Winners: Team UK
  • Temple Wall Traverse: Teams are divided in half and start on opposite sides of a climbing wall above water. Competitors must match as many tiles labelled with Roman numerals to their position on the wall, while members of the opposite team use a series of hand cranks to separate the walls to make them more difficult to climb. The team with the most tiles matched after fifteen minutes wins.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Escape To Freedom: Played in gender divided heats. One at a time, competitors attempt to complete an obstacle course dragged by a boat and ring a bell at the end without falling in the water. At a section of the course, there is a defender from the opposing team attempting to stop them from finishing. The team with the most players to finish the course within the time limit wins.
    • Winners: Team USA
  • Puzzling Swim: Teams start on a platform in the water and swim in pairs to retrieve a total of four keys that unlock a riddle and letter tiles. The first team to identify the answer to the riddle wins. Additionally, the slowest swimming pair from either team would be eliminated immediately.
    • Winners: Team USA
    • Eliminated: Joss & Kayleigh
  • Mine The Cart: One male and one female from each team are suspended in a cart above the water. They must wheel the cart to collect as many medallions as possible, while a member from the opposing team swims and collect a saw to cut through the ropes connected to their cart. Once the rope is cut, players inside the cart will be tipped out and cannot collect medallions anymore. The team with the most medallions after three rounds wins.
    • Winners: Team UK

Proving Ground games

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  • Pole Wrestle: Players are placed at the center of a circle and are asked to place both hands on a pole. The first contestant to wrestle the pole out of his opponent's hands two out of three times wins. Originally from The Duel.
    • Played by: Idris vs. Sean
  • Firestarter: Players push a cart full of rocks with a lit torch toward their opponent's fuse. Whoever lights their opponent's fuse first wins.
    • Played by: Big T vs. Georgia
  • Firing Squad: T.J. Lavin shoots a ball from a cannon, the players then have to wrestle the ball from each other and deposit it into their basket for a point. The first player to get to two points wins.
    • Played by: Bear vs. Wes
  • Branched Out: Players must climb a tree by placing 21 branch-like pegs in slots. The first player to correctly place all the pegs and ring the bell at the top wins.
    • Played by: Laurel vs. Ninja
  • Die For Me: Players are locked in a cube-shaped cage with a bag of numbered balls. They must then roll the cage down a path with seven landmines with Roman numerals on them, placing the numbered balls corresponding to the landmines. The first player to correctly place all the balls in the landmines and detonate the eight landmine at the end of the pathway wins.
    • Played by: Bananas vs. Theo
  • Trapped: Players start at the top of a platform and must slide down a glass tower into a ball pit where a puzzle key is hidden. Players must memorize the puzzle key, shimmy back up the glass tower and put their puzzle together. The first player to complete the puzzle wins.
    • Played by: Jenny vs. Nicole
  • Whalloped: Players stand at opposite ends of six walls. When the horn sounds, players run around the walls until they meet in the middle where they have to get through or around their opponent to the other side and ring the bell. The first player to ring the bell first three times wins.
    • Played by: Bear vs. Joss
  • Running Riot: Players are given two answer keys and must retrieve 25 relics with their weight corresponding to the numbers. The player who retrieves all 25 relics and places them in the exact order wins.
    • Played by: Esther vs. Georgia, Kyle vs. Theo
  • Break Free: Players must use a rope to swing and break through a dry wall to reach a three-dimensional puzzle. The first player to solve their puzzle wins.
    • Played by: Idris vs. Theo
  • Blockbuster: Players push blocks to their opponents side of a structure while trying not to fall off. The contestant who pushes the most blocks within the time limit two out of three times wins.
    • Played by: Georgia vs. Tori
  • Under the Hammer: Players use sledgehammers to hit 12 nails through concrete and smash the lightbulbs underneath. The first player to break all 12 lightbulbs wins.
    • Played by: Jordan vs. Theo
  • Hall Brawl: Players must run through a narrow hallway past another contestant to ring a bell. The player who rings the bell first twice, wins the elimination. Originally from Battle of the Seasons (2012).
    • Played by: Jenny vs. Tori
  • End of the Rope: Players begin standing on a small platform and pull on a rope that is buried underground. The first player to retrieve all of the rope or pull their opponent off the platform three times wins.
    • Played by: Jordan vs. Josh
  • Run for Your Life: Players are given a box with four puzzle pieces inside. They must carry two puzzle pieces at a time and run up a mountain to a structure where their puzzle station is. After they collect all four pieces, the first person to complete their puzzle wins.
    • Played by: Ashley vs. Nany

Final Challenge

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Day one

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First Stage: Each team begins with a gurney equipped with a relic and twenty pounds of sandbags for each member of the team. Each team must complete a sixteen-mile race while carrying the gurney (with the weight on top), undergoing checkpoints every four miles along the course. Only four members of each team can carry the gurney at once however players may switch out at checkpoints. Once each checkpoint is complete, teams run to their respective boat to be transported to the overnight stage of the final. The first team to finish receives a five-minute headstart for the final leg.

  • Checkpoint 1 (Leverage Up): Using a catapult, each team must fire three coconuts into a basket.
  • Checkpoint 2 (Number Crunch): Each competitor must correctly answer a math question using numbers from a number board.
  • Checkpoint 3 (Basket Ballin'): Each competitor has three attempts to land a ball into a basket. Players who fail to land the ball in the basket must consume a bowl consisting of skewered scorpion with insects, as well as consume a live grub worm from a shot glass.
  • Checkpoint 4 (Pyramid Scheme): Each team must complete a triangular puzzle before moving on to the finish line of the first leg. Teams are also free to move on should they time-out after reaching a maximum time limit.

Note: Both teams incurred a ten-minute penalty during the first leg; Team UK for CT knocking the Team USA gurney and causing carriers to stumble off the track, and Team USA for carrying the weight by hand and switching out carriers between checkpoints.

Overnight Stage: After swimming to shore from their team boat, each team is provided with one bed located inside a snake pit. One member from each team may sleep on the bed at a time, while other members of the team must stand on a set of stairs outside of the snake pit.

Day two

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Mid-Final Purge: Each player competed in a mid-final purge the following morning. Each player individually race to complete a puzzle, run down to the beach and swim to their respective team boat. The first four players from each team to reach their team boat (regardless of gender) advance to the final leg while the remaining players are eliminated.

  • Eliminated: Ashley, Kam, Leroy (Team USA)
  • Eliminated: Tori (Team UK)

Second Stage (Chain Gang): Each team is attached by a chain around their ankles. They must then complete a six-mile run while chained before completing a puzzle (or timing out the designated time limit). Teams must then kayak to a yacht offshore, the first team to have all four members reach the yacht is declared the winning team of War of the Worlds 2.

  • Winners: Team UK (CT, Dee, Jordan, Rogan) — $1,000,000 ($250,000 each)
  • Runners-Up: Team USA (Cara Maria, Ninja, Paulie, Zach) — $0

Game summary

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Episode Gender Winners Proving Ground Contestants Proving Ground game Proving Ground outcome
# Challenge Team Tribunal Losers' Pick Tribunal Pick Winner Eliminated Turncoat
1 Trench Warfare[f] Male Team USA Jordan, Laurel, Wes Sean Idris Pole Wrestle Idris Sean No
2 Cryptic Crossbow[d][c] Female Team USA Ashley, Kam, Paulie Big T Georgia Firestarter Georgia Big T No
3 Paddlewheel Puzzle Male Team USA[e] Josh, Laurel, Zach Bear Wes Firing Squad Bear Wes No
4 Relic Runner Female Team UK Dee, Georgia, Idris Ninja Laurel Branched Out Ninja Laurel[b] No
5 Hooked Male Team USA Cara Maria, Jordan, Paulie Theo Bananas Die For Me Theo Bananas No
6 Explosive Decisions[g] Female Team USA Leroy, Nany, Ninja Nicole Jenny Trapped Jenny Nicole No
7 Resilient River Run Male Team USA Tori, Turbo, Zach Bear Joss Whalloped Joss Bear No
8 Crate Expectations Female Team USA Ashley, Cara Maria, Paulie Esther Georgia Running Riot Georgia Esther No
Male Kyle Theo Theo Kyle No
9 Under Siege Male Team USA Josh, Leroy, Ninja Idris Theo Break Free Theo Idris No
10 Incoming[a][h] Female Team UK Jenny, Joss, Kayleigh Tori Georgia Blockbuster Tori Georgia Yes
11 Temple Wall Traverse Male Team USA Cara Maria, Paulie, Zach Theo Jordan Under the Hammer Jordan Theo Yes
12 Escape To Freedom[i] Female Team USA Leroy, Kam, Nany Tori Jenny Hall Brawl Tori Jenny
13 Puzzling Swim[j] Team USA Joss & Kayleigh
Male Ashley, Ninja, Zach Jordan Josh End of the Rope Jordan Josh
14 Mine the Cart[k] Female Team UK CT, Rogan, Tori Nany Ashley Run For Your Life Ashley Nany No
15/16 Final Challenge[l] Ashley
Kam
Leroy
Tori
Team UK
Bold indicates the speaker of the team.

Elimination progress

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Contestants Episodes
1[f] 2[d][c] 3[e] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10[a] 11 12 13 14 Finale
CT SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WINNER
Dee SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER
Jordan WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE ELIM SAFE WINNER
Rogan SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WINNER
Cara Maria SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE LOSER
Ninja SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE LOSER
Paulie SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE LOSER
Zach SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE LOSER
Ashley SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN ELIM PURGED
Kam SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE PURGED
Leroy SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE PURGED
Tori SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE ELIM SAFE WIN PURGED
Nany SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE OUT
Josh SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Joss SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE LAST
Kayleigh SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE LAST
Jenny SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE OUT
Theo SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE ELIM ELIM SAFE OUT
Georgia SAFE ELIM SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE OUT
Turbo SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE DQ
Idris ELIM SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Kyle SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Esther SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Bear SAFE SAFE ELIM SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Nicole SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Bananas SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE OUT
Laurel WIN SAFE WIN OUT
Wes WIN SAFE OUT
Big T SAFE OUT
Faith SAFE QUIT
Zahida SAFE QUIT
Sean OUT
Competition key
  The contestant's team won the Final Challenge
  The contestant's team lost the Final Challenge
  The contestant was eliminated during the Final Challenge
  The contestant's team won the daily challenge, was in the Tribunal, and was safe from elimination. Bold indicates the speaker of the team.
  The contestant was not chosen to go into the Proving Ground
  The contestant was put into the Proving Ground and won
  The contestant was put into the Proving Ground and was eliminated
  The contestant was eliminated for finishing last in the daily challenge
  The contestant was disqualified from the competition due to disciplinary reasons
  The contestant withdrew from the competition

Voting history

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Bold indicates the Tribunal.

Losing Team's
Nomination
Sean
14 of 16 votes
Big T
13 of 14 votes
Bear
8 of 13 votes
Ninja
8 of 14 votes
Theo
7 of 13 votes
Nicole
7 of 13 votes
Bear
6 of 12 votes
Esther
volunteered
Kyle
7 of 11 votes
Idris
7 of 9 votes
Tori
6 of 11 votes
Theo
4 of 8 votes
Tori
5 of 8 votes
Jordan
3 of 5 votes
Nany
5 of 8 votes
Tribunal's
Nomination
Idris
2 of 3 votes
Georgia
3 of 3 votes
Wes
2 of 3 votes
Laurel
2 of 3 votes
Bananas
2 of 3 votes
Jenny
2 of 3 votes
Joss
3 of 3 votes
Georgia
3 of 3 votes
Theo
3 of 3 votes
Theo
2 of 3 votes
Georgia
2 of 3 votes
Jordan
2 of 3 votes
Jenny
2 of 3 votes
Josh
2 of 3 votes
Ashley
2 of 3 votes
Voter Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
CT Sean Big T Bear Theo Nicole Bear Kyle Idris Theo Tori Jordan Ninja
Dee Sean Big T Bear Laurel Theo Nicole Bear Kyle Idris Theo Tori Jordan
Jordan Idris Ninja Rogan Ninja
Rogan Sean Big T Bear Theo Nicole Bear Kyle Idris Theo Tori Jordan Ashley
Cara Maria Laurel Bananas Georgia Theo Tori Jordan Nany
Ninja Laurel Jenny Theo Tori Josh Nany
Paulie Georgia Laurel Bananas Georgia Theo Tori Jordan Nany
Zach Theo Ninja Joss Ninja Joss Paulie Ninja
Ashley Georgia Ninja Georgia Theo Tori Josh Nany
Kam Georgia Laurel Tori Jenny Nany
Leroy Ninja Jenny Theo Tori Jenny Ninja
Tori Ninja Joss Ninja Ashley
Nany Ninja Esther Ninja Kayleigh Ninja
Josh Wes Ashley Joss Ninja
Joss Sean Big T Bear Theo Nicole Bear Kyle Idris Georgia Joss Tori
Kayleigh Sean Esther Bear Theo Nicole Bear Kyle Georgia Theo Tori
Jenny Sean Big T Esther Rogan Idris Idris Ashley
Theo Sean Big T Rogan Rogan Esther Rogan Idris Idris
Georgia Sean Big T Idris Cara Maria Esther Rogan Idris Idris
Turbo Ashley Joss
Idris Sean Big T Bear Laurel Theo Nicole Bear Kyle
Kyle Sean Big T Bear Esther Rogan Idris
Esther Sean Big T Bear Theo Nicole Kyle Esther Kyle
Bear Sean Big T Idris Esther Rogan
Nicole Sean Big T Idris Esther
Bananas Ninja
Laurel Idris Wes Ninja
Wes Bear
Big T Bear Big T
Faith
Zahida Sean
Sean

Teams

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Teams at the start of each episode.

Contestants Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Finale
CT RNF UK
Dee RNF UK
Jordan USA UK
Rogan UK
Cara Maria USA
Ninja RNF USA
Paulie USA
Zach USA
Ashley USA
Kam USA
Leroy USA
Tori USA UK
Nany USA
Josh USA
Joss UK
Kayleigh UK
Jenny UK
Theo UK
Georgia UK
Turbo RNF USA
Idris UK
Kyle UK
Esther UK
Bear UK
Nicole UK
Bananas USA
Laurel USA
Wes USA
Big T UK
Faith USA
Zahida UK
Sean UK
 USA  The contestant is on Team USA
 UK  The contestant is on Team UK
 RNF  The contestant began as a Reinforcement
Intra-team pairs
Puzzling Swim (Ep. 13)
Team UK Team USA
CT Ashley & Zach
Dee & Rogan Cara Maria & Paulie
Jordan & Tori Josh & Nany
Joss & Kayleigh Leroy & Kam
Mine the Cart (Ep. 14)
Team UK Team USA
Rogan & Tori Kam & Paulie
CT & Dee Leroy & Nany
Rogan & Tori Ninja & Zach

Episodes

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
4381"The British Are Coming!"August 28, 2019 (2019-08-28)0.89[6]
4392"God Save the Queen"September 4, 2019 (2019-09-04)0.69[7]
4403"United We Stand, Divided We Fall"September 11, 2019 (2019-09-11)0.75[8]
4414"Benedict Laurel"September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)0.72[9]
4425"In Paulie We Trust"September 25, 2019 (2019-09-25)0.60[10]
4436"One Nation Under Leroy"October 2, 2019 (2019-10-02)0.84[11]
4447"Zero Dark Turbo"October 9, 2019 (2019-10-09)0.79[12]
4458"Saving Private Esther"October 16, 2019 (2019-10-16)0.65[13]
4469"The Royal Rumble"October 23, 2019 (2019-10-23)0.73[14]
44710"Infinity War"October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30)0.65[15]
44811"All Is Fair In Love And War"November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06)0.67[16]
44912"The Right Honorable Rogan"November 13, 2019 (2019-11-13)0.57[17]
45013"Dee-Day"November 20, 2019 (2019-11-20)0.70[18]
45114"Declaration of Independence"November 27, 2019 (2019-11-27)0.80[19]
45215"A Tale of Two Countries"December 4, 2019 (2019-12-04)0.82[20]
45316"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Cash"December 11, 2019 (2019-12-11)0.83[21]

Reunion special

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The two part reunion special aired on December 18, 2019 and was hosted by Justina Valentine and NBA Champion Nick Young. Cast members attended in London, England. The first part received 0.64 million viewers along with a 0.4 18–49 demo rating, while the second part dropped to 0.54 million and a 0.3 demo rating.[22]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Prior to the "Incoming" challenge in episode 10, Turbo was disqualified from the competition after multiple near-violent altercations with Jordan.
  2. ^ a b During the "Branched Out" elimination, Laurel rang the bell first and was declared the winner. While Laurel celebrated, Ninja noticed that Laurel had misplaced one of her pegs. Ninja returned to her tower and, with all of her pegs placed in their respective slots, climbed to the top and rang her bell, thus eliminating Laurel.
  3. ^ a b c Faith quit the competition prior to the "Firestarter" elimination due to personal reasons following a verbal altercation involving Bear, Kyle and Theo.
  4. ^ a b c Zahida quit the competition prior to the "Cryptic Crossbow" challenge due to a family emergency back at home.
  5. ^ a b c Team UK had the fastest time on the Paddlewheel Puzzle challenge. However, Theo was caught breaking off one of the locks to a puzzle piece rather than unlocking it. Therefore, Team UK was disqualified and Team USA won by default.
  6. ^ a b The Reinforcements (CT, Dee, Ninja and Turbo) did not compete in the first challenge. The winning team of the challenge had the opportunity to choose one guy and one girl from the reinforcements to compete on their team. Team USA chose Ninja and Turbo. Dee and CT joined Team UK.
  7. ^ Only six players per team participated in the "Explosive Decisions" challenge. Bear, Dee, Georgia, Nicole, Rogan and Theo represented team UK, while Ashley, Kam, Jordan, Paulie, Tori and Zach represented team USA.
  8. ^ Since Team USA had three more players than Team UK, Ashley, Nany and Paulie were randomly chosen and did not participate in the "Incoming" challenge.
  9. ^ Since Team USA had one more female player than Team UK, Nany was randomly chosen and did not participate in the "Escape to Freedom" challenge.
  10. ^ Due to uneven numbers, Ninja was selected by Team USA and did not participate in the swimming portion of the "Puzzling Swim" challenge. Team UK also had uneven numbers; therefore CT participated in the swimming portion alone. This also meant both competitors were ineligible to be purged.
  11. ^ Every player had to compete in the "Mine the Cart" challenge. Since Team USA had more female players, they had to select two females (Ashley and Cara Maria) to complete the swimming portion of the challenge, while Team UK had more male players and selected Jordan.
  12. ^ The second stage of the Final Challenge only allowed four members of each team to progress. Therefore one member from Team UK (Tori) and three members from Team USA (Ashley, Kam & Leroy) were purged.

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