The Challenge

28 competitors arrive in South America and are shocked to learn that the challenge will be an individual game, forcing players to ditch their usual strategies and fear for what's ahead.

A night of celebration leads to unexpected hookups and an explosive fight between two close friends. The aftermath of eliminations forces a budding romance to end abruptly.

The house celebrates a fake wedding between 2 flirtatious cast members with a night of bachelor and bachelorette party debauchery. At the bar crawl challenge, everyone is shocked when a player is sent home before it even begins.

One player's egotistical attitude creates tension in the house and the competitors literally go head to head to knock out a victory in this week's challenge.

With strong players falling left and right, a rope swinging challenge proves to be the toughest one yet and allows the group to bravely send two veterans into eliminations.

Tension rises between hot-headed veterans and one cocky rookie, and the competitors are put through the ultimate trivia test as their safety hangs by a thread.

When a rivalry comes to a head, the group is anxious to see whether one player can settle it for good by pulling off either the boldest or most boneheaded move in Challenge history.

Drama erupts after a challenger's steamy hookup is revealed, and her romance with another player is in jeopardy when he's voted into eliminations.

A friendship is broken apart as the pressure of the game intensifies, and one competitor suffers an unexpected injury that could eliminate all hopes of winning.

The spectacular winners of this week's challenge face a difficult decision during voting and the result of the Draw pits two tough females against each other in an epic elimination round.

The eight remaining players travel to Chile and are subjected to one last elimination twist to secure their spot in the final. As the challenge kicks off in the rough rapids, one team struggles to stay afloat.

On the last leg of the challenge, the final six competitors face brutal conditions and are pushed to their limits in a race to summit an active volcano and take home the $350,000 prize money.

Can Laurel and CaraMaria ever mend their best friendship? Will Bananas school Jordan on earning his stripes? And just who will Cohutta be asking to the Prom? Plus some hilarious unseen stories, new rivalries, and more.

This season, it's anyone's game. Meet the newest Challengers as they sound off on what sets this season apart and how they plan to make it to the end.

To hookup or not to hookup? Keep your friends close, or your enemies closer? The Free Agents give you their Dos and Don'ts of surviving The Challenge.