9.6/1014 votesLoading...#1 - Match Point
Season 14 Episode 12 - Aired 6/5/2007
Players from each team have to transfer hand-carved wooden giraffes across a lake, to one of 15 cages that contains an identical twin giraffe. There are numerous giraffes on the shore across the lake that are in different shapes and sizes, and before advancing across the lake, each player has to randomly uncover one of 15 cages at the start of the course that are covered with white tarps, then memorize the details of the caged wood-carved giraffe inside, then swim across the lake to find the identical matching twin, with a key that will unlock a player's designated cage at the start of the course. Each player will have a 30-minute time limit, and the team that completes the challenge in the fastest average time wins.
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9.6/1047 votesLoading...#2 - Rumor Has It
Season 31 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/2018
When a secret hookup is exposed, two romances are shattered and the entire house is turned upside down. Tony struggles with making a huge game decision.
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- 9.4/1017 votesLoading...
#3 - Cold Blooded
Season 15 Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/2008
With only two gauntlets left before the final challenge backstabbing and fighting abounds on both teams.
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- 9.4/1013 votesLoading...
#4 - Reunion
Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2009
The reunion was hosted by Maria Menounos and was taped at the MTV Studios. Cast members that attended were Landon, Evan, Rachel, Brittini, Aneesa, Kim, Dunbar, Brad, Tori, Diem, Mark, Jenn & Paula. The many relationships/hookups, fights & missions were discussed.
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- 9.4/1026 votesLoading...
#5 - One in a Million
Season 30 Episode 17 - Aired 11/7/2017
The Finalists brave the elements and extreme altitude as they race through the mountains of Argentina with a million dollars in prize money at stake. At the finish line, TJ has one last dirty trick up his sleeve
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- 9.3/1025 votesLoading...
#6 - Always a Bridesmaid
Season 20 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2010
Johnny and CT face off in the Gulag; Sarah and Laurel hatch another plan to get rid of Cara Maria.
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9.3/1019 votesLoading...#7 - Lovers in the Dark
Season 26 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2015
The first night time challenge brings the teams to new heights; a power couple tears apart their alliance.
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9.3/1036 votesLoading...#8 - Mercenaries of Mayhem
Season 31 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/2018
Challenge legends continue to wreak havoc on the game. One player uses the power of the grenade to threaten the competition, creating a powerful vendetta in the process.
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- 9.3/1032 votesLoading...
#9 - The Final Countdown
Season 35 Episode 10 - Aired 6/3/2020
Bananas and Wes' alliance comes to a crossroads as players realize that they may not have much longer to earn a Red Skull to make it into the finals. Players must compete in TJ's favorite game of each season: trivia.
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9.3/1028 votesLoading...#10 - True Lies
Season 36 Episode 17 - Aired 4/7/2021
An "introverted" player makes a big, public announcement about their future as the finals draw near. TJ shows up at headquarters with a shocking request. Two players battle it out in the final elimination of the season.
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9.3/1031 votesLoading...#11 - The World Is Not Enough
Season 36 Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/2021
after a disastrous start to the final, one team worries if they can even continue on in the game. the remaining agents must persevere through mental and physical exhaustion in order to win their share of the one million-dollar prize.
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- 9.2/1016 votesLoading...
#12 - Sour Grapes
Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 5/8/2007
Players from each team have to fill up a series of team-designated glass bottles with grape juice on one side of a course, by transferring handfuls of grapes from the bed of a classic truck to a wine tub, then smashing the grapes, which will send juice through a spigot, where players have to transfer the juice with their mouths to the glass bottles. The team that transfers the most juice into their designated bottles within 30 minutes wins.
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- 9.2/1015 votesLoading...
#13 - Bouncing Back
Season 14 Episode 9 - Aired 5/15/2007
Players have to advance on a series of five platforms, with trampolines located in between. Each platform decreases in size as each team tries to advance to the end. To start, one player at a time will jump from a trampoline to a platform, without their hands or arms coming in contact with the platform, which would result in a player having to start over. Once players from a team have made their way to the final platform, their team time will stop when they hold their pose for three seconds. The team that advances o the last platform in the fastest time wins. Note: Aneesa was prohibited from participating in this challenge due to a knee injury. As a result, the Good Guys were forced to sit out one player (Paula) in order to even out the teams.
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- 9.2/1014 votesLoading...
#14 - Workin' on the Railroad
Season 14 Episode 11 - Aired 5/29/2007
Teams have to race on a 300-yard railroad track on a "hand car." To start, two players per team will pump their hand car from one end of the track to the other and pick one teammate, then race back to the opposite end of the tracks and pick up another teammate, and the process will continue, until each team picks up all of their teammates, and reaches the stop zone. A hand car must come to a complete stop within the stopping zone before a teammate can climb into the hand car, and each player is required to pump the hand car least once throughout the challenge. The first team to pick up all of their teammates and reach the stop zone wins. Note: Since the Bad Asses had one more player than the Good Guys, one player from the Bad Asses team (Jenn) sat out this challenge.
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- 9.2/1014 votesLoading...
#15 - High Voltage
Season 14 Episode 13 - Aired 6/12/2007
Players from each team are asked a series of ten trivia questions regarding information related to the Inferno 3 challenge. One girl from each team is designated by the opposing team as the "Captain," and will be strapped into an African throne, and be connected to designated electric shock boxes. T. J. Lavin will ask the remaining players from each team trivia questions. Each player will write down an answer on an oversize card, and if a player is correct, he/she accumulates points for their team, but if an answer is wrong, the captain will get "zapped." The team that accumulates the most points wins, and a team wins if the captain from the opposing team decide that she can no longer handle the shocks.
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- 9.2/1014 votesLoading...
#16 - Team Girl Squad
Season 14 Episode 15 - Aired 6/26/2007
Players from each team have to climb up a cargo net that is hanging from a platform above water, retrieve one team flag, then unhook a rope in order to swing themselves toward another cargo net and retrieve another flag. The process continues until a player retrieves four flags. If a player falls off the rope or the net into water, he/she will be imposed a time of 15 minutes. Each player will have a 15-minute time limit to retrieve four flags, and the team that completes the challenge in the fastest average time wins. Note: Tonya received a medical exemption from this challenge due to dehydration, and did not participate.
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- 9.2/1017 votesLoading...
#17 - What Goes Around
Season 15 Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2008
Coral catches wind of the Vets plan to throw her into the Gauntlet and decides to take the game into her own hands.
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- 9.2/1011 votesLoading...
#18 - The S#!t They Should Have Shown
Season 18 Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2009
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- 9.2/1024 votesLoading...
#19 - A Million More Reasons
Season 30 Episode 15 - Aired 10/24/2017
The remaining Redemption House players compete in a winner-take-all challenge, sending a bunch of heavy hitters packing. TJ blows everyone's minds when he reveals he's been lying to them all along, and they're really competing for one million dollars
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- 9.2/1022 votesLoading...
#20 - Finale (2)
Season 30 Episode 19 - Aired 11/21/2017
Our scandalous Dirty 30 cast members continue to dish out and discuss rivalries, salvaged friendships, hottest hook-up's, and secret alliances. And our four finalists find out who is getting their dirty hands on their share of one million dollars!
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9.2/1030 votesLoading...#21 - Baskets of Deplorables
Season 31 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/2018
One player's humiliating performance may cost her the game when she gets shamefully stuck in a basket; Devin vows to wage war against his enemy, Bananas.
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- 9.2/1037 votesLoading...
#22 - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Season 35 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2020
Tori believes that she is ready to earn her red skull. Nany's budding crush on one player causes tension in her friendship with Aneesa. Two players face off in the Dust-to-Dust elimination.
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- 9.1/1015 votesLoading...
#23 - Pane in the Glass
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 5/22/2007
Teams compete in a 50-yard dash, using dog sleds. The challenge is played in male/female pairs, with each pair dragging sleds with a male/female pair from the opposite team sitting on the sleds. The team that completes the challenge in the fastest average time wins. Note: Two girls from the Good Guys team (Paula and Susie) were required to compete twice, while two girls from the Bad Asses team (Aneesa and Jenn) were forced to sit out the challenge.
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- 9.1/1014 votesLoading...
#24 - Hook The Man
Season 14 Episode 14 - Aired 6/19/2007
The male players on each team are positioned on opposite fishing boats, with each boat containing a deep-sea fishing pole. One girl per team will be in the water, attached to the ends of the fishing poles. Each girl will have 30 seconds to swim as far away as possible from the boats, then T. J. Lavin will signal one guy from each team to pick up the fishing poles, and try to reel in their female teammate out of the water. The process continues, until the team whose male players reel in all of their female teammates out of the water in the fastest average time wins.
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- 9.1/1019 votesLoading...
#25 - Duel Or Die!
Season 17 Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/2009
TJ shocks the competitors with a twist that no one sees coming. With only six spots available in the final challenge, the remaining eight players battle for survival. The final six compete in a grueling race for the $300,000.
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The Best Episodes of The Challenge
Every episode of The Challenge ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Challenge!
Each Challenge pits numerous cast members from past seasons of reality shows against each other, dividing them into two separate teams according to different criteria,...
Genre:Reality
Network:MTV
Best Episodes Summary
"Match Point" is the best rated episode of "The Challenge". It scored 9.6/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/5/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Rumor Has It".