MTV today announced that the longest-running reality competition series The Challenge will embark on its monumental 40th season beginning Wednesday, August 14 at 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 Gutiérrez 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)
- Katie Cooley (11 Challenges, 1 win)
- Aneesa Fereira (17 Challenges)
- Brad Fiorenza (13 Challenges, 1 Win)
- Derrick Kosinski (13 Challenges, 3 Wins)
- Mark Long (8 Challenges, 2 Wins)
- Rachel Robinson (8 Challenges, 2 Wins)
- CT Tamburello (19 Challenges, 5 Wins)
- Darrell Taylor (14 Challenges, 4 Wins)
- Jodi Weatherton (5 Challenges, 2 Wins)
Challenge Competitors representing Era 2 (Seasons 11-20):
- Derek Chavez (5 Challenges)
- Nehemiah Clark (7 Challenges, 1 win)
- Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio (23 Challenges, 7 Wins)
- KellyAnne Judd (7 Challenges)
- Ryan Kehoe (7 Challenges)
- Aviv Melmed (1 Challenges, 1 Win)
- Brandon Nelson (6 Challenges)
- Emily Schromm (3 Challenges, 1 Win)
- Cara Maria Sorbello (15 Challenges, 2 Wins)
- Laurel Stucky (8 Challenges, 2 Wins)
Challenge Competitors representing Era 3 (Seasons 21-30):
- Tori Deal (9 Challenges, 1 Win)
- Amanda Garcia (7 Challenges)
- Leroy Garrett (13 Challenges)
- Jonna Mannion (10 Challenges, 2 Wins)
- Nia Moore (4 Challenges)
- Tony Raines (7 Challenges)
- Averey Tressler (3 Challenges)
- Devin Walker (7 Challenges, 1 Win)
- Cory Wharton (10 Challenges)
- Jordan Wiseley (9 Challenges, 4 Wins)
Challenge Competitors representing Era 4 (Seasons 31-39):
- Paulie Calafiore (4 Challenges)
- Theo Campbell (3 Challenges)
- Kaycee Clark (5 Challenges, 1 Win)
- Michele Fitzgerald (4 Challenges)
- Horacio Gutiérrez Jr. (2 Challenges)
- Olivia Kaiser (2 Challenges)
- Josh Martinez (6 Challenges)
- Nurys Mateo (2 Challenges)
- Jenny West (2 Challenges, 1 win)
- Kyland Young (2 Challenges)
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Variety: ‘The Challenge’ Season 40 to Feature All Vets: Meet the ‘Battle of the Eras’ Cast
