The Challenge - Vets and New Threats
1 - Welcome to the Challenge
Air Date: July 30, 2025
The newly formed pairs of Challenge Vets and New Threats must put their partnership to the test immediately; a rivalry causes chaos and uncertainty, leading to a drama-filled nominations; a nail-biting elimination sends shockwave.
2 - We Used to Hook Up
Air Date: August 6, 2025
TJ throws a huge wrench in the players' plans, making an ever-changing game even more difficult; two challengers get hot and heavy, making another begin to boil over with jealousy; the elimination sees the first head banger.
3 - I Am The Challenge
Air Date: August 13, 2025
One player's game is at risk, while their partner's competitiveness rears its ugly head and wishes it hadn't. The challenge tests the players' swimming skills for the first time and an added element makes some of the veterans lose their minds.
4 - Wish I’d Been Practicing
Air Date: August 20, 2025
The stakes are sky high, as one veteran shocks the house by getting last in the challenge. Hangnail, Gabe, looks to make a high risk move to earn back some favor. The challenge tests the players' sense of direction and sudoku.
5 - Pride Comes Before the Fall
Air Date: August 27, 2025
The rivalry between vets and new threats heats up. Worlds collide when the sports-horror movie “HIM” from Director Jordan Peele gets in on the action! A New Threat is taken off guard when the challenge loser wants to swing big and take them out.
6 - Is He Throwing It?
Air Date: September 3, 2025
A major player in the game becomes the public enemy after it appears they were trying to throw the challenge; the nominations expose where one player stands in the game and baffles another whose plan backfired.
7 - At Least Someone's Getting Laid!
Air Date: September 10, 2025
Loose lips, sink ships; one player's inability to keep a secret puts a target on them; the first-ever Challenge Grand Prix sees a speedy go-kart and a series of puzzles; things start to heat up.
8 - Justice for Leka
Air Date: September 17, 2025
Karma comes for one veteran, as their challenge performance raises suspicions; the announcement of the Lock-In approaching pushes the challengers to determine who would be the best partner for the rest of the game.
9 - Does Anyone Want to Confess?
Air Date: September 24, 2025
While forming friendships, rivalries and romances, badass reality competitors from around the globe face off in cutthroat challenges and brutal eliminations, with the chance to earn their share of a million-dollar prize.
10 - A War Brewing
Air Date: October 1, 2025
The players compete in their first challenge as permanent partners, and trivia is the staple; TJ's favorite, but they have never seen it done like this before; TJ introduces a huge twist that could throw a wrench in the game.
11 - A King of Kamikaze
Air Date: October 8, 2025
The Stake a Claim twist creates paranoia amongst the house; the Challengers show off their speed and strength in a challenge that sees them walking the plank; an intense nominations draws the line in the sand.
12 - Punch You in Your Face
Air Date: October 15, 2025
The epic movie, "The Running Man," with Glen Powell inspires today's challenge with chains, cars and detonators! After one player's failed attempt to stake a claim, everyone strategizes as to how they can use this wild twist to their advantage.
13 - They Are Like Cockroaches
Air Date: October 22, 2025
The challengers are sent on the heist of a century to collect a key using… haystacks. This exhausting challenge is a crucial look into everyone's speed and endurance, and one team's performance is shocking to everyone.
14 - We Have to Boogie!
Air Date: October 29, 2025
As the numbers whittle down, everyone's collective performance in the challenge becomes crucial because winning or losing takes a vote away from their alliance. How important is your own safety versus your team's safety?
15 - The Best Birthday Present
Air Date: November 5, 2025
In a challenge filled with chains, the players must trust their partner’s driving skills to help them succeed. If you love rummaging through your junk drawer and unraveling cable, this elimination won’t be one to miss.
16 - Am I Being Bamboozled?
Air Date: November 12, 2025
The challengers must navigate a harrowing and pitch-black cave in hopes of earning safety. The teams in elimination must cram into a replica airplane bathroom - and it's not even close to the mile high club.
17 - Ten Toes Down
Air Date: November 19, 2025
An argument creates tension in the house and reveals who's been playing honest and how devious the game can really be; a headbanger awaits the teams in elimination and it's more than just their life in the game.
18 - Finale (1)
Air Date: November 26, 2025
After a grueling season, the final four teams have made it to TJ's Final. While battling exhaustion, the players must complete grueling runs, mind-numbing checkpoints and the ultimate temptation to become Challenge Champions. And that's only day one.
19 - Finale (2)
Air Date: December 3, 2025
The finalists must rely on their partner and battle through pain, sweat and tears to become Challenge Champions. Only one team will be the first to ascend a treacherous path to a peak in the Andes Mountains where a share of $500,000 awaits them.