The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2

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War of the Worlds 2
Season 34
Presented by T. J. Lavin
No. of contestants32
Winners
Location Chiang Mai and Phuket, Thailand
No. of episodes18 (including the two-part Reunion special)
Release
Original network MTV
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
List of episodes

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

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.

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

Contestants

Male contestants [5] Original seasonFinish
Chris "CT" Tamburello The Real World: Paris Winner
Jordan Wiseley The Real World: Portland Winner
Rogan O'ConnorEx on the Beach UK 2Winner
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 LinekerShipwrecked: Battle of the IslandsEpisode 1
Female contestants [5] Original seasonFinish
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 GonzalezThe 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 FalanaBKCHAT LDNEpisode 8
Nicole Bass Ex on the Beach UK 6 Episode 6
Laurel StuckyThe Challenge: Fresh Meat IIEpisode 4 [b]
Tula "Big T" Fazakerley Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands Episode 2
Faith Stowers Vanderpump Rules Episode 2 [c]
Zahida AllenEx on the Beach UK 6Episode 2 [d]

Gameplay

Challenge games

Proving Ground games

Final Challenge

Day one

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.

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

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.

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.

Game summary

EpisodeGenderWinnersProving Ground ContestantsProving Ground gameProving Ground outcome
#ChallengeTeamTribunalLosers' PickTribunal PickWinnerEliminatedTurncoat
1Trench Warfare [f] MaleTeam USAJordan, Laurel, WesSeanIdrisPole WrestleIdrisSeanDark Red x.svg
2Cryptic Crossbow [d] [c] FemaleTeam USAAshley, Kam, PaulieBig TGeorgiaFirestarterGeorgiaBig TDark Red x.svg
3Paddlewheel PuzzleMaleTeam USA [e] Josh, Laurel, ZachBearWesFiring SquadBearWesDark Red x.svg
4Relic RunnerFemaleTeam UKDee, Georgia, IdrisNinjaLaurelBranched OutNinjaLaurel [b] Dark Red x.svg
5HookedMaleTeam USACara Maria, Jordan, PaulieTheoBananasDie For MeTheoBananasDark Red x.svg
6Explosive Decisions [g] FemaleTeam USALeroy, Nany, NinjaNicoleJennyTrappedJennyNicoleDark Red x.svg
7Resilient River RunMaleTeam USATori, Turbo, ZachBearJossWhallopedJossBearDark Red x.svg
8Crate ExpectationsFemaleTeam USAAshley, Cara Maria, PaulieEstherGeorgiaRunning RiotGeorgiaEstherDark Red x.svg
MaleKyleTheoTheoKyleDark Red x.svg
9Under SiegeMaleTeam USAJosh, Leroy, NinjaIdrisTheoBreak FreeTheoIdrisDark Red x.svg
10Incoming [a] [h] FemaleTeam UKJenny, Joss, KayleighToriGeorgiaBlockbusterToriGeorgiaCheck-green.svg
11Temple Wall TraverseMaleTeam USACara Maria, Paulie, ZachTheoJordanUnder the HammerJordanTheoCheck-green.svg
12Escape To Freedom [i] FemaleTeam USALeroy, Kam, NanyToriJennyHall BrawlToriJenny
13Puzzling Swim [j] Team USAJoss & Kayleigh
MaleAshley, Ninja, ZachJordanJoshEnd of the RopeJordanJosh
14Mine the Cart [k] FemaleTeam UKCT, Rogan, ToriNanyAshleyRun For Your LifeAshleyNanyDark Red x.svg
15/16Final Challenge [l] Ashley
Kam
Leroy
Tori
Team UK
Bold indicates the speaker of the team.

Elimination progress

ContestantsEpisodes
1 [f] 2 [d] [c] 3 [e] 45678910 [a] 11121314Finale
CTSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINNER
DeeSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINNER
JordanWINSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFEELIMSAFEWINNER
RoganSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINNER
Cara MariaSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFELOSER
NinjaSAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFELOSER
PaulieSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFELOSER
ZachSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFEWINSAFELOSER
AshleySAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINELIMPURGED
KamSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEPURGED
LeroySAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEPURGED
ToriSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEELIMSAFEELIMSAFEWINPURGED
NanySAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFEOUT
JoshSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEOUT
JossSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFELAST
KayleighSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFELAST
JennySAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFEOUT
TheoSAFESAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFEELIMELIMSAFEOUT
GeorgiaSAFEELIMSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEELIMSAFEOUT
TurboSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEDQ
IdrisELIMSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
KyleSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
EstherSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
BearSAFESAFEELIMSAFESAFESAFEOUT
NicoleSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
BananasSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
LaurelWINSAFEWINOUT
WesWINSAFEOUT
Big TSAFEOUT
FaithSAFEQUIT
ZahidaSAFEQUIT
SeanOUT
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

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
VoterEpisode
1234567891011121314
CTSeanBig TBearTheoNicoleBearKyleIdrisTheoToriJordanNinja
DeeSeanBig TBearLaurelTheoNicoleBearKyleIdrisTheoToriJordan
JordanIdrisNinjaRoganNinja
RoganSeanBig TBearTheoNicoleBearKyleIdrisTheoToriJordanAshley
Cara MariaLaurelBananasGeorgiaTheoToriJordanNany
NinjaLaurelJennyTheoToriJoshNany
PaulieGeorgiaLaurelBananasGeorgiaTheoToriJordanNany
ZachTheoNinjaJossNinjaJossPaulieNinja
AshleyGeorgiaNinjaGeorgiaTheoToriJoshNany
KamGeorgiaLaurelToriJennyNany
LeroyNinjaJennyTheoToriJennyNinja
ToriNinjaJossNinjaAshley
NanyNinjaEstherNinjaKayleighNinja
JoshWesAshleyJossNinja
JossSeanBig TBearTheoNicoleBearKyleIdrisGeorgiaJossTori
KayleighSeanEstherBearTheoNicoleBearKyleGeorgiaTheoTori
JennySeanBig TEstherRoganIdrisIdrisAshley
TheoSeanBig TRoganRoganEstherRoganIdrisIdris
GeorgiaSeanBig TIdrisCara MariaEstherRoganIdrisIdris
TurboAshleyJoss
IdrisSeanBig TBearLaurelTheoNicoleBearKyle
KyleSeanBig TBearEstherRoganIdris
EstherSeanBig TBearTheoNicoleKyleEstherKyle
BearSeanBig TIdrisEstherRogan
NicoleSeanBig TIdrisEsther
BananasNinja
LaurelIdrisWesNinja
WesBear
Big TBearBig T
Faith
ZahidaSean
Sean

Teams

Teams at the start of each episode.

ContestantsEpisodes
1234567891011121314Finale
CTRNFUK
DeeRNFUK
JordanUSAUK
RoganUK
Cara MariaUSA
NinjaRNFUSA
PaulieUSA
ZachUSA
AshleyUSA
KamUSA
LeroyUSA
ToriUSAUK
NanyUSA
JoshUSA
JossUK
KayleighUK
JennyUK
TheoUK
GeorgiaUK
TurboRNFUSA
IdrisUK
KyleUK
EstherUK
BearUK
NicoleUK
BananasUSA
LaurelUSA
WesUSA
Big TUK
FaithUSA
ZahidaUK
SeanUK
Key
 USA  Team USA
 UK  Team UK
 RNF  Reinforcement
Intra-team pairs
Puzzling Swim (Ep. 13)
Team UKTeam USA
CTAshley & Zach
Dee & RoganCara Maria & Paulie
Jordan & ToriJosh & Nany
Joss & KayleighLeroy & Kam
Mine the Cart (Ep. 14)
Team UKTeam USA
Rogan & ToriKam & Paulie
CT & DeeLeroy & Nany
Rogan & ToriNinja & Zach

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal release 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

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

  1. 1 2 3 Prior to the "Incoming" challenge in episode 10, Turbo was disqualified from the competition after multiple near-violent altercations with Jordan.
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Faith quit the competition prior to the "Firestarter" elimination due to personal reasons following a verbal altercation involving Bear, Kyle and Theo.
  4. 1 2 3 Zahida quit the competition prior to the "Cryptic Crossbow" challenge due to a family emergency back at home.
  5. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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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