Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge

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Extreme Challenge
Season 4
No. of contestants13
Winners
  • Dan Renzi
  • Jamie Murray
  • Julie Stoffer
  • Kameelah Phillips
  • Rebecca Lord
  • Syrus Yarbrough
Location
No. of episodes18 (including the Reunion special)
Release
Original network MTV
Original releaseJanuary 9 (2001-01-09) 
May 22, 2001 (2001-05-22)
Season chronology
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Challenge 2000

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 .

Contents

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".

Format

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.

Real World team
PlayerOriginal season
Dan Renzi The Real World: Miami
Jamie Murray The Real World: New Orleans
Julie Stoffer The Real World: New Orleans
Kameelah Phillips The Real World: Boston
Rebecca Lord The Real World: Seattle
Syrus YarbroughThe Real World: Boston
 
Road Rules team
PlayerOriginal season
Ayanna Mackins [lower-alpha 1] Road Rules: Semester at Sea
Christian Breivik Road Rules: USA – The Second Adventure
Emily BaileyRoad Rules: USA – The Second Adventure
James Orlando Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour
Laterrian WallaceRoad Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour
Michelle Parma Road Rules: Europe
Susie Meister [lower-alpha 1] Road Rules: Down Under

Game summary

EpisodesMission outcomeMission MVPWheel of Good Stuff
#ChallengeWinnersLosers
1Ring of FireReal WorldRoad Rules
Rope CoursesRoad RulesReal World
2Blimp Water SkiingReal WorldRoad RulesJulie Jeep
3Fisherman's WharfReal WorldRoad RulesKameelah Fujifilm
4No Laughing MatterReal WorldRoad RulesSyrus"Gimme Your Stuff"
5Rollerball ResurrectionRoad RulesReal WorldChristian Dreamcast
7Wrestling with the Past [lower-alpha 1] Road RulesReal WorldJamesAuto Video Products
9Sub-StandardReal WorldRoad RulesSyrus Sea-Doo Watercraft
10Bring It OnRoad RulesReal WorldEmily"Gimme Your Stuff"
11Breath-TakingRoad RulesReal WorldChristian Dreamcast
12Tough GuyReal WorldRoad RulesDan iOmega MP3
13Defying GravityReal WorldRoad RulesRebecca Palm Pilot
14Famous Couples Fashion ShowReal WorldRoad RulesJamie"Gimme Your Stuff"
15Medi-EvilReal WorldRoad RulesJulie Buell Blast Motorcycle
15/16Operation Human Shield [lower-alpha 2] Real WorldRoad Rules [lower-alpha 3]
16Toyota MotosportsReal WorldRoad Rules
17Race to the FinishReal WorldRoad Rules
 Real World
 Road Rules
EpisodeMission outcomePrize
#ChallengeWinnersLosers
8Human Foosball [lower-alpha 4] Yellow TeamBlack Team$6,000
 Yellow Team
 Black Team

Final results

Teams

Rope Course (Ep.2)
Laterrian & Ayanna
Jamie & Kameelah
Human Foosball (Ep. 8)
Yellow TeamBlack Team
JamesJamie
ChristianSyrus
DanLaterrian
EmilyKameelah
JulieMichelle
RebeccaSusie
Famous Couples Fashion Show (Ep. 14)
Christian & LaterrianDan & Syrus
James & EmilyKameelah & Rebecca
Michelle & SusieJamie & Julie
Toyota Motosports (Ep. 17)
Laterrian & Emily
Jamie & Syrus

Memorable moments

Episodes

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 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 on the set of Judge Mills Lane . Road Rules, with the exception of Laterrian, decides not to participate, so the judge, Mills Lane, granted the money to the Real World, although he acknowledged Laterrian for his admirable defense.
  3. Laterrian was honored by the judge and received a small gavel as a token, but there was no official MVP for this mission.
  4. 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.

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References

  1. "Couple Fashion Show". tv.com. Real World/Road Rules Challenge.
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TitleOriginal air date
231"A Challenging Decision"January 9, 2001 (2001-01-09)
242"Blimp Water-Skiing"January 16, 2001 (2001-01-16)