The Inferno is the eighth season of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge. It premiered on February 2, 2004, and concluded with the reunion special on May 31, 2004.
Description[]
In the heat of Acapulco, Mexico, all-star teams of The Real World and Road Rules cast members battle each other for over $300,000 dollars worth of cash and prizes. In a game where even their own teammates can stab them in the back, they'll have to fight and scheme to avoid being eliminated in the dreaded INFERNO, a head-to-head battle that will test their minds, bodies, and spirits.
Things heat up as 20 veterans of The Real World and Road Rules hit the sandy shores of Acapulco, Mexico for the next Challenge. BMX bad ass Dave Mirra hosts what promises to be the most exciting Challenge ever. From an adrenaline-fueled 13th floor rope climb to a gross-out worm munching competition, the players will be pushed beyond their physical and mental limits in 16 different challenges that will ultimately determine which team reigns supreme.
If bragging rights aren't enough incentive to win, there's always the boat load of prize money. Each challenge is worth $10,000 and the winning team will have the money deposited into their team bank account. The final challenge is worth a whopping $150,000. That's $300,000 in cash on the line.
Players will have to take out the competition on both sides if they want to stick around long enough to win and that means staying out of the line of fire--the dreaded "Inferno." Here's how it works. After the first challenge, the teams meet separately to decide which two players from their own team will be nominated to go into the "Inferno." In a new twist, the opposite team will have the opportunity to choose which one out of the two nominees they want to see face off in the "Inferno." Will they try to take out the team leader or will they go for the weak link? Strategies and back stabbing are bound to occur, but it's not that cut and dry. Unlike the "Gauntlet," the elected "Inferno" representatives will stick around for another round of competition. The game will heat up if one of the "Inferno" nominees nabs the Aztec Lifesaver in this second competition, which will save them from the wrath of the "Inferno." The "Inferno" nominee who has been saved can then choose a new team member to throw into the Inferno. After the second challenge, the two representatives from each team must face off in the "Inferno," a head to head competition designed to test the limits of human endurance. With games ranging from wearing a helmet full of bugs to being covered in itching powder then walking on a treadmill, the "Inferno" is sure to test even the toughest of competitors. If a player loses the "Inferno," they are sent home with no money and a bruised ego. If they win, they must return to the team that sent them to be eliminated. Can you say, "resentment?" Teams will strategize to sacrifice the weak and keep the strong, sparing no feelings in the quest for the ultimate prize. Champions will fall and longs shots will prevail. If the thrill of competition isn't enough, there will be cuddling, bickering, betrayal and bitterness. Old relationships end hard, as new ones begin. Old rivals square off in pull no punch arguments.
The Inferno is a head-to-head battle that will test minds, bodies, and spirits. Get ready for a dirt-flying, back-stabbing, knock-down, drag-out Real World/Road Rules Challenge.
Contestants[]
Game Summary[]
| Episode | Challenge winners | Aztec LifeSaver winners | Inferno Selections | Inferno game | Inferno outcome | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Challenge | Real World | Road Rules | Real World | Road Rules | Winner | Loser | ||||||
| 1 | Grope the Rope | Road Rules | Ace | Syrus | Jeremy | Timmy | |||||||
| 2 | Bird Feeder | Real World | Syrus | Darrell | Ace | Bug Helmet | Jeremy | Ace | |||||
| 3 | Wreck N' Roll | Road Rules | Leah | Trishelle | Holly | Katie | |||||||
| 4 | Climbing Wall | Road Rules | CT | Timmy | Chili Counter | Holly | Trishelle | ||||||
| 5 | Disco Domino Derby | Real World | David | Mike | Abram | Jeremy | |||||||
| 6 | Balls Out | Real World | CT | Veronica | Human Candelabra | Mike | Jeremy | ||||||
| 7 | Ultimate Saturn Road Trip | Road Rules | Coral | Mallory | Christena | Katie | |||||||
| 8 | Don't Yank My Chain | Road Rules | Mike | Veronica | Noise Pollution | Christena | Mallory | ||||||
| 9 | Come Sail Away | Road Rules | CT | David | Abram | Shane | |||||||
| 10 | Bungee Bound | Road Rules | CT | Holly | CT | Don't Toss Your Cookies | CT | Shane | |||||
| 11 | Twist and Shoot | Road Rules | Julie | Leah | Katie | Veronica | |||||||
| 12 | Balcony Swing | Real World | CT | Veronica | Katie | Scratchathon | Katie | Julie | |||||
| 13 | Fallen Angels | Road Rules | David | Syrus | Darrell | Timmy | |||||||
| 14/15 | Saturn Valet Ballet | Road Rules | David | Kendal | Leah | Kendal | Brick by Brick | Kendal | Leah | ||||
| 15/16 | Window Washing | Road Rules | Coral | N/A | Katie | Veronica | |||||||
| Coral | Veronica | David | Katie | Smell You Later | Katie | David | |||||||
| 17 | Seven Deadly Sins | Road Rules | |||||||||||
- The contestant won the Life Saver and saved themselves.
- The contestant was placed in the Inferno by the Life Saver winner.
- The contestant was saved by another contestant with a Life Saver.
- The contestant won the Life Saver and put themselves in the Inferno.
Notes:
- No actual moments from the house were shown during Episode 16. A one-hour retrospective of the first 15 episodes was aired instead and the competition continued in Episode 17.
Episode Progress[]
| Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14/15 | 15/16 | Finale | |
| Abram | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Christena | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Darrell | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Holly | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Katie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | WINNER |
| Kendal | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WINNER |
| Timmy | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Veronica | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WINNER |
| CT | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOSER |
| Coral | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | LOSER |
| Mike | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOSER |
| Syrus | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOSER |
| David | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | |
| Leah | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||
| Julie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| Shane | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Mallory | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Jeremy | SAFE | ELIM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
| Trishelle | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Ace | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||||
- Competition
- The contestant won the final challenge.
- The contestant lost the final challenge
- The contestant won the Aztec Life Saver and saved themselves.
- The contestant won the Aztec Life Saver but chose not to use it.
- The contestant was safe from the Inferno.
- The contestant was selected to go into the Inferno.
- The contestant was nominated but not selected to go into the Inferno.
- The contestant was saved by the Aztec Life Saver winner.
- The contestant was selected to go into the Inferno and won.
- The contestant was put into the Inferno by the Aztec Life Saver winner and won.
- The contestant won the Aztec Life Saver, went into the Inferno and won.
- The contestant lost in the Inferno and was eliminated.
Episodes[]
Reunion[]
Trivia[]
- Piggy Thomas was flown to Mexico with the initial cast as a member of the Road Rules team. She returned home shortly after filming began for unknown reasons and was replaced by Christena Pyle who arrived before the first challenge. Piggy can be briefly seen in footage of the cast's arrival.
| The Challenge Seasons |
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Road Rules: All Stars • Real World/Road Rules Challenge • Challenge 2000 • Extreme Challenge • Battle of the Seasons (2002) • Battle of the Sexes • The Gauntlet • The Inferno • Battle of the Sexes 2 • The Inferno II • The Gauntlet 2 • Fresh Meat • The Duel • The Inferno 3 • The Gauntlet III • The Island • The Duel II • The Ruins • Fresh Meat II • Cutthroat • Rivals • Battle of the Exes • Battle of the Seasons (2012) • Rivals II • Free Agents • Battle of the Exes II • Battle of the Bloodlines • Rivals III • Invasion of the Champions • Dirty 30 • Vendettas • Final Reckoning • War of the Worlds • War of the Worlds 2 • Total Madness • Double Agents • Spies, Lies & Allies • Ride or Dies • Battle for a New Champion • Battle of the Eras |