The Challenge: Final Reckoning

Final Reckoning is the 32nd season of The Challenge. This season is the finale to the "Revenge" trilogy that started on Dirty 30 with various alumni from The Real World, Road Rules, The Challenge, Are You the One?, Big Brother, and MTV UK being paired up with their biggest vendetta in a fight for $1 million. Filming took place in South Africa from March to May 2018.

Description[]

First, Dirty 30 sparked the chaos, then Vendettas burned everything to the ground, now Final Reckoning will mold the ashes into a new Challenge. This is it. The third chapter to end the epic trilogy saga that pushes our competitors to face the consequences of their actions. All of their recent betrayals, backstabs and wrongdoings will come to head and they must find a way to work together with their biggest vendetta of all! Will they be able to put aside their issues and settle their scores to take home the crown and win $1 MILLION?

Format[]

Each team will participate in numerous challenges followed by an elimination round known as "Armageddon". The winners of the challenge will be safe from elimination. One team will be voted into elimination via secret ballot. The challenge winners will receive the Power Vote which will give them two votes. The selected team will be revealed in Armageddon, and the votes for that team will then be revealed. The selected team will then choose out of those teams who they would want to go against. The two teams will then compete in the elimination round. The winners stay in the game, while the losers are eliminated.

Prize money is split as follows:

Winners: $1,000,000 ($500,000 each)

Twists[]

Winners Take All: For the first time in a pairs season, only the winners of the Final Challenge will be awarded money.
- Share or Steal: The best player out of the winning pair will choose whether or not they will share the prize with their partner.
Redemption House: Similar to XXX: Dirty 30, eliminated teams are able to compete for a chance to re-enter the game.
- The Double Cross: Similar to XXX: Dirty 30, the Double Cross returns in the Redemption House. The team who pulls the Double Cross will choose one team to compete against in the Apocalypse. The other teams will be eliminated.
Mercenaries: During eliminations, two teams of Mercenaries, Ashley & Hunter and Cory & Devin, will be brought in to compete for a chance to take another team's spot in the game.
Purge Challenges: In some challenges, the last-place teams will be automatically eliminated from the game.

Contestants[]

Teams
Partner 1			Finish
	Ashley Mitchell Real World: Ex-Plosion Mercenary	Hunter Barfield Are You the One? 3 Mercenary	Winners in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
	Joss Mooney Ex on the Beach UK 1	Sylvia Elsrode Real World: Skeletons	Runners-Up in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
	Natalie Negrotti Big Brother 18	Paulie Calafiore Big Brother 18	Third Place in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
	Cara Maria Sorbello Fresh Meat II	Marie Roda The Real World: St. Thomas	Fourth Place in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
	Johnny Bananas The Real World: Key West	Tony Raines Real World: Skeletons	Eliminated in The Walking Dead
	Kam Williams Are You the One? 5	Kayleigh Morris Ex on the Beach UK 2	Eliminated in It's Always Sunny in South Africa
	Nelson Thomas Are You the One? 3	Shane Landrum Road Rules: Campus Crawl	Eliminated in It's Always Sunny in South Africa
	Brad Fiorenza The Real World: San Diego (2004)	Kyle Christie Geordie Shore	Eliminated in It's Always Sunny in South Africa
	Cory Wharton Real World: Ex-Plosion Mercenary	Devin Walker Are You the One? 3 Mercenary	Disqualified in The Leftovers
	Da'Vonne Rogers Big Brother 17	Jozea Flores Big Brother 18	Eliminated in Wheel of Fortune
	Amanda Garcia Are You the One? 3	Zach Nichols The Real World: San Diego (2011)	Medically Disqualified in Wheel of Fortune
	Angela Babicz Bad Girls Club: Twisted Sisters	Faith Stowers Vanderpump Rules	Eliminated in Redemption House of Cards
	Derrick Henry Are You the One? 5	Tori Deal Are You the One? 4
	CT Tamburello The Real World: Paris	Veronica Portillo Road Rules: Semester at Sea
	Britni Thornton Are You the One? 3	Chuck Mowery Are You the One? 3	Eliminated in The Affair
	Jemmye Carroll The Real World: New Orleans (2010)	Jenna Compono Real World: Ex-Plosion	Eliminated in The Affair
N/A		Kailah Casillas Real World: Go Big or Go Home	Disqualified in Six Feet Under
N/A		Melissa Reeves Ex on the Beach UK 2	Disqualified in Six Feet Under

Game Summary[]

Episode		Challenge Winners	Armageddon teams		Armageddon game	Armageddon outcome
#	Challenge	Challenge Winners	Voted In	Called Out	Armageddon game	Winners	Losers
1^[1]^[2]	Opening Challenge^[3]	Amanda & Zach					Britni & Chuck
							Jemmye & Jenna
							Da'Vonne & Jozea
2/3	Wreck Yourself	Brad & Kyle	Natalie & Paulie	Kam & Kayleigh	Think Outside the Box	Kam & Kayleigh	Natalie & Paulie
5	Shark Bait	Brad & Kyle					CT & Veronica
6/7	Off the Rails	Amanda & Zach	Derrick & Tori	Joss & Sylvia	Ramp It Up	Joss & Sylvia	Derrick & Tori
7/8*	Dig Deep	Kam & Kayleigh	Angela & Faith	N/A	No Slack	Ashley & Hunter^[4]	Angela & Faith
8/9	Don't Push Me Around	Amanda & Zach	Da'Vonne & Jozea^[5]	Kam & Kayleigh*	Think Tank	Kam & Kayleigh	Da'Vonne & Jozea
10/11	Dunking for Dinner	Ashley & Hunter					Kam & Kayleigh
11/12	Sky Bridge	Bananas & Tony	Nelson & Shane^[6]	Brad & Kyle	Tread Lightly	Nelson & Shane	Brad & Kyle
12/13	Caged In	Amanda & Zach	N/A	Amanda & Zach^[7]	Shake It Off	Cory & Devin^[8]	Amanda & Zach
12/13	Caged In	Amanda & Zach	N/A	Da'Vonne & Jozea	Shake It Off	Cory & Devin^[8]	Da'Vonne & Jozea
14/15	What Goes Up Must Come Down	Bananas & Tony	Cara Maria & Marie	Nelson & Shane	Meet Me Halfway	Nelson & Shane	Cara Maria & Marie
16/17^[9]	Hit List	Natalie & Paulie	Bananas & Tony	Joss & Sylvia	Don't Trip Me Up	Joss & Sylvia	Bananas & Tony
17	Heads Will Roll	Natalie & Paulie					Nelson & Shane
18	Rolling Thunder	Joss & Sylvia					Kam & Kayleigh
19	Painfully Wrong	Joss & Sylvia	Bananas & Tony	Natalie & Paulie	Milk and Cookies	Natalie & Paulie	Bananas & Tony
20	Final Challenge	Ashley & Hunter	2nd: Joss & Sylvia, 3rd: Natalie & Paulie, 4th: Cara Maria & Marie

Episode Progress[]

Teams	Episodes
Teams	1	2/3	5	6/7	7/8	8/9	10/11	11/12	12/13	14/15	16/17	17	18	19	Finale
Ashley & Hunter	N/A				ELIM	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WINNERS
Joss & Sylvia	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SECOND
Natalie & Paulie	SAFE	OUT									WIN	WIN	SAFE	ELIM	THIRD
Cara Maria & Marie	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	FOURTH
Bananas & Tony	N/A	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	OUT		SAFE	OUT
Kam & Kayleigh	N/A	ELIM	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	ELIM	OUT						OUT
Nelson & Shane	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	SAFE	ELIM	SAFE	OUT
Cory & Devin	N/A								ELIM	SAFE	DQ
Da'Vonne & Jozea	OUT		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Amanda & Zach	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Brad & Kyle	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Angela & Faith	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Derrick & Tori	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
CT & Veronica	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Kailah & ~~Kayleigh~~	DQ
~~Kam~~ & Melissa	DQ
Britni & Chuck	OUT
Jemmye & Jenna	OUT

Competition: The team won the Final Challenge.; The team lost the Final Challenge.; The team won the Challenge.; The team won the Purge Challenge and earned an advantage for the next challenge.; The team was not selected for Armageddon.; The team was revealed to be one of the Armageddon votes but were not chosen to compete.; The team won in Armageddon.; The Mercenaries won Armageddon and entered the game.; The team lost Armageddon and was eliminated.; The team won the challenge but could not decide their vote and was automatically sent to Armageddon and lost.; The team was eliminated at the Challenge.; The team was removed from the competition due to injury or illness.; The team was disqualified from the competition.

Voting Progress[]

Voter	Episode
Voter	1	2/3	6/7	7/8	8/9	11/12	12/13	14	17	19
Ashley & Hunter	N/A				Kam & Kayleigh	Da'Vonne & Jozea	Bananas & Tony	Cara Maria & Marie	Bananas & Tony	Cara Maria & Marie
Joss & Sylvia		Natalie & Paulie	Derrick & Tori	Brad & Kyle	Brad & Kyle	Da'Vonne & Jozea	Bananas & Tony	Cara Maria & Marie	Bananas & Tony	Bananas & Tony
Natalie & Paulie		Joss & Sylvia							Joss & Sylvia	Bananas & Tony
Cara Maria & Marie		Angela & Faith	Brad & Kyle	Nelson & Shane	Nelson & Shane	Joss & Sylvia	Ashley & Hunter	Not Revealed	Nelson & Shane	Natalie & Paulie
Bananas & Tony	N/A	Nelson & Shane	Not Revealed	Amanda & Zach	Kam & Kayleigh	Nelson & Shane	Ashley & Hunter	Ashley & Hunter	Ashley & Hunter	Ashley & Hunter
Kam & Kayleigh	N/A	Natalie & Paulie	Not Revealed	Angela & Faith	Ashley & Hunter
Nelson & Shane		Angela & Faith	Angela & Faith	Cara Maria & Marie	Cara Maria & Marie	Not Revealed	Bananas & Tony	Cara Maria & Marie	Bananas & Tony
Cory & Devin	N/A							Cara Maria & Marie
Da'Vonne & Jozea			Kam & Kayleigh	Angela & Faith	Joss & Sylvia	Amanda & Zach	Ashley & Hunter
Amanda & Zach	Da'Vonne & Jozea	Natalie & Paulie	Da'Vonne & Jozea	Bananas & Tony	Da'Vonne & Jozea	Brad & Kyle	Da'Vonne & Jozea
Brad & Kyle		Natalie & Paulie	Derrick & Tori	Joss & Sylvia	Joss & Sylvia	Amanda & Zach
Angela & Faith		Nelson & Shane	Derrick & Tori	Da'Vonne & Jozea
Derrick & Tori		Angela & Faith	Angela & Faith
CT & Veronica		Angela & Faith
Kailah
Melissa
Britni & Chuck
Jemmye & Jenna

Bold indicates the winner of that week's challenge, earning them the Power Vote, so their vote against a team counts twice.

Redemption Progress[]

Teams	Apocalypse
Teams	1	2	3	4
Bananas & Tony				APOCALYPSE
Kam & Kayleigh			LOSE	APOCALYPSE
Brad & Kyle			LOSE	OUT
Nelson & Shane				OUT
Cara Maria & Marie			APOCALYPSE
Natalie & Paulie	LOSE	LOSE	APOCALYPSE
Da'Vonne & Jozea	APOCALYPSE	APOCALYPSE	OUT
Amanda & Zach			DQ^[10]
Angela & Faith		OUT
Derrick & Tori		OUT
CT & Veronica		OUT
Britni & Chuck	OUT
Jemmye & Jenna	OUT

The team won the Apocalypse and returned to the game.

The team lost the Apocalypse and remained in Redemption.

The team lost the Apocalypse and was eliminated.

The team was not chosen to compete and were eliminated.

The team was disqualified from the competition due to injury.

Notes[]

↑ Bananas’ original partner was not present at the challenge. Therefore, he was exempt from being eliminated by the challenge winners and he would wait for his replacement partner at the next challenge.
↑ Kailah and Melissa had gotten into a physical altercation and were disqualified from the competition in Episode 1. As a result, Kam & Kayleigh became a team.
↑ In the Opening Challenge, the last two teams were automatically eliminated, and a third team was chosen to be eliminated by the challenge winners.
↑ Ashley & Hunter appeared in the Armageddon in Episode 7 as Mercenaries to compete against Angela & Faith for their spot in the game.
↑ In Episode 9, the Reckoning Vote was tied between Joss & Sylvia, Da'Vonne & Jozea, and Kam & Kayleigh. The winners Amanda & Zach got to choose between the teams, and they chose Da'Vonne & Jozea. Because only Amanda & Zach voted for Da'Vonne & Jozea, every team was eligible to be called out.
↑ In Episode 12, the Reckoning Vote was tied between Amanda & Zach, Da'Vonne & Jozea, and Nelson & Shane. The winners Bananas & Tony got to choose between the teams, and they chose Nelson & Shane. Because only Bananas & Tony voted for Nelson & Shane, every team was eligible to be called out.
↑ In Episode 13, Amanda & Zach were unable to break a tie between Ashley & Hunter and Bananas & Tony, so they were sent into the elimination.
↑ Cory & Devin appeared in the Armageddon in Episode 13 as Mercenaries to compete against Amanda & Zach and Da'Vonne & Jozea for their spot in the game. In order for them to enter the game, Cory & Devin had to win against both teams.
↑ Prior to the "Hit List" challenge, Cory was disqualified after physically attacking Tony. Devin was sent home as well, due to being his partner.
↑ After sustaining an injury during the "Shake Off" elimination, Zach was deemed unable to remain in the competition. Therefore, Amanda & Zach were disqualified.

Episodes[]

Episode		Air date	Viewers (in millions)
1	"Six Feet Under"	July 10, 2018	0.84
2	"The Young and the Wreckless"	July 17, 2018	0.82
3	"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"	July 24, 2018	0.85
4	"The Affair"	July 31, 2018	0.73
5	"Breaking Brad"	August 7, 2018	0.65
6	"A Series of Unfortunate Events"	August 14, 2018	0.75
7	"Big Little Lies"	August 21, 2018	0.84
8	"Shaneless"	August 28, 2018	0.75
9	"Bro-ing Pains"	September 4, 2018	0.76
10	"Redemption House of Cards"	September 11, 2018	0.72
11	"You're the Worst"	September 18, 2018	0.81
12	"Unhappy Days"	September 25, 2018	0.71
13	"The People vs. Johnny Bananas"	October 2, 2018	0.63
14	"Lavender is the New Black"	October 9, 2018	0.75
15	"Wheel of Fortune"	October 16, 2018	0.62
16	"The Leftovers"	October 23, 2018	0.76
17	"Scandal"	October 30, 2018	0.79
18	"It's Always Sunny in South Africa"	November 6, 2018	0.67
19	"The Walking Dead"	November 13, 2018	0.83
20	"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"	November 20, 2018	0.74

Reunion[]

The two-part reunion was filmed in New York City, New York, and was hosted by WWE superstar Dolph Ziggler. The contestants who attended the reunion were: Amanda, Angela, Ashley, Bananas, Brad, Cara Maria, Cory, CT, Da'Vonne, Devin, Faith, Hunter, Jozea, Kam, Marie, Natalie, Nelson, Paulie, Shane, Sylvia, Tony, and Zach. Kayleigh and Kyle attended the reunion via satellite. Britni made a guest appearance via satellite. Jenna also attended as a member of the audience.

The Challenge Seasons

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

[1] Bananas’ original partner was not present at the challenge. Therefore, he was exempt from being eliminated by the challenge winners and he would wait for his replacement partner at the next challenge.

[2] Kailah and Melissa had gotten into a physical altercation and were disqualified from the competition in Episode 1. As a result, Kam & Kayleigh became a team.

[3] In the Opening Challenge, the last two teams were automatically eliminated, and a third team was chosen to be eliminated by the challenge winners.

[4] Ashley & Hunter appeared in the Armageddon in Episode 7 as Mercenaries to compete against Angela & Faith for their spot in the game.

[5] In Episode 9, the Reckoning Vote was tied between Joss & Sylvia, Da'Vonne & Jozea, and Kam & Kayleigh. The winners Amanda & Zach got to choose between the teams, and they chose Da'Vonne & Jozea. Because only Amanda & Zach voted for Da'Vonne & Jozea, every team was eligible to be called out.

[6] In Episode 12, the Reckoning Vote was tied between Amanda & Zach, Da'Vonne & Jozea, and Nelson & Shane. The winners Bananas & Tony got to choose between the teams, and they chose Nelson & Shane. Because only Bananas & Tony voted for Nelson & Shane, every team was eligible to be called out.

[7] In Episode 13, Amanda & Zach were unable to break a tie between Ashley & Hunter and Bananas & Tony, so they were sent into the elimination.

[8] Cory & Devin appeared in the Armageddon in Episode 13 as Mercenaries to compete against Amanda & Zach and Da'Vonne & Jozea for their spot in the game. In order for them to enter the game, Cory & Devin had to win against both teams.

[9] Prior to the "Hit List" challenge, Cory was disqualified after physically attacking Tony. Devin was sent home as well, due to being his partner.

[10] After sustaining an injury during the "Shake Off" elimination, Zach was deemed unable to remain in the competition. Therefore, Amanda & Zach were disqualified.

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