A Legend Returns is the 12th episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion.
Description[]
One contender is on the outs with their alliance while another attempts to change the power dynamic, and a long-awaited returning champion shakes up the game.
Challenge[]
Location: Pula, Croatia
Challenge: We All Fall Down
Played in four randomly assigned teams of four, teams will compete head-to-head in a tournament. For each matchup, two teams will start on a platform above the water with a hanging glass wall between them. They must push the wall in an attempt to knock the opposing team into the water. The team to win two matchups wins.
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Elimination[]
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Arena: Block Head
Players must collect nine oversized puzzle pieces with all of the pieces having two sides with patterns on them. Players must transfer their puzzle pieces onto their platform and recreate the pattern on the cubes. The player to solve their puzzle first wins.
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$366,000 |
Videos[]
| Battle for a New Champion Episodes |
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"Teamwork Makes the Perfect Work" • "Two Lungs, One Heart, Can't Lose" • "It's a Matter of Semantics" • "I'm Coming Out" • "Countdown to Chaos" • "The Big Mistake" • "So Flip Floppy" • "Struggling to Hold It Together" • "A Banana Split" • "Feeling Used" • "My Own Worst Frenemy" • "A Legend Returns" • "El Saboteur" • "Don't Let TJ Decide" • "Welcome to Conquest" • "Family Knows Best" • "Feel the Bern" • "The Beginning of the End" • "Only One Gets the Crown" |