The Challenge: Fresh Meat II

Fresh Meat II is the 19th season of The Challenge. It premiered on March 31st, 2010 with a "Meet the Meat" special and concluded on June 9th, 2010 with the reunion special. It is the sequel to the 2006 season, Fresh Meat.

Description[]

Fresh Meat II pairs 13 brand new challengers with 13 veterans in one of the most dramatic Challenges to date. Strategy is key in Fresh Meat II, and alliances hold more value than friendships. But it's the old rivalry between Kenny and Wes that drives the competition...on and off the playing field...and only the most cunning will survive.

Format[]

Each team will compete in numerous challenges followed by eliminations rounds known as "The Exile". The winners will select one team to compete in the Exile, while the rest of the house will vote in their opponents. In the Exile, the two teams will compete in a race where the team that wins will stay in the game, while the loser goes home.

In the Final Challenge, four teams will compete. The prize money will be split as follows:

Winners: $200,000 ($100,000 each)
Runners-up: $60,000 ($30,000 each)
Third place: $40,000 ($20,000 each)
Fourth place: $0

Twists[]

Team Draft: Prior to meeting the alumni, the Fresh Meat will participate in an obstacle course, and their stats will be presented to the alumni. In a random order, the alumni will choose their Fresh Meat partner for the season.

Contestants[]

Teams
		Finish
Landon Lueck The Real World: Philadelphia	Carley Johnson 25, Las Vegas, NV	Winners in Well Done, Meat
Kenny Santucci Fresh Meat	Laurel Stucky 24, Detroit, MI	Runners-Up in Well Done, Meat
Jillian Zoboroski Road Rules: X-Treme	Pete Connolly 21, Wellesley, MA	Third Place in Well Done, Meat
Jenn Grijalva The Real World: Denver	Noor Jehangir 24, Austin, TX	Fourth Place in Well Done, Meat
Ryan Kehoe Fresh Meat	Theresa Gonzalez 24, Milwaukee, WI	Eliminated in Well Done, Meat
Evelyn Smith Fresh Meat	Luke Wolfe 22, Eugene, OR	Eliminated in All U Can Eat Stakes
Wes Bergmann The Real World: Austin	Mandi Moyer 21, Portland, OR	Eliminated in Trimming the Fat
CJ Koegel The Real World: Cancun	Sydney Walker 21, Washington, D.C.	Eliminated in Checkmeat!
Danny Jamieson The Real World: Austin	Sandy Kang 22, Tacoma, WA	Eliminated in Road Kill
Katelynn Cusanelli The Real World: Brooklyn	Brandon Nelson 25, Jacksonville, AK	Disqualified in Meats 'N Potatoes
Paula Meronek The Real World: Key West	Jeff Barr 25, Dallas, TX	Eliminated in Sloppy Ho's
Sarah Rice The Real World: Brooklyn	Vinny Foti 25, Boston, MA	Eliminated in Meating of the Minds
Darrell Taylor Road Rules: Campus Crawl	Cara Maria Sorbello 23, Methuen, MA	Eliminated in Nice to Meat You

Game Summary[]

Episode		Challenge winners	Exile teams		Exile game	Exile outcome
#	Challenge	Challenge winners	Winner's selection	Voted Into Exile	Exile game	Winning team	Losing team
1^[1]	Dirty Mouth	Kenny & Laurel	Darrell & Cara Maria	Jillian & Pete	Lost and Found	Jillian & Pete	Darrell & Cara Maria
2	I'll Be There for You	Landon & Carley	Kenny & Laurel	Sarah & Vinny	Weight for Me	Kenny & Laurel	Sarah & Vinny
3	Water Logged	Kenny & Laurel	Evelyn & Luke	Paula & Jeff	Lost and Found	Evelyn & Luke	Paula & Jeff
4	King of the Wall	Kenny & Laurel	CJ & Sydney	Katelynn & Brandon	N/A^[2]
5	Drop Out	Kenny & Laurel	Danny & Sandy	Jillian & Pete	Lost and Found	Jillian & Pete	Danny & Sandy
6	Turn Style	Jillian & Pete	Landon & Carley	CJ & Sydney	Weight for Me	Landon & Carley	CJ & Sydney
7	Airheads	Landon & Carley	Wes & Mandi	Evelyn & Luke	Lost and Found	Evelyn & Luke	Wes & Mandi
8/9	Wrecking Ball	Jenn & Noor	Evelyn & Luke	Landon & Carley	Weight for Me: Black Out	Landon & Carley	Evelyn & Luke^[3]
9/10	Obstacle	Kenny & Laurel	N/A^[4]		Weight for Me: Black Out	Jenn & Noor	Ryan & Theresa
10	Final Challenge	Landon & Carley	2nd place: Kenny & Laurel; 3rd place: Jillian & Pete; 4th place: Jenn & Noor

Episode Progress[]

Teams	Episodes
Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8/9	9/10	Finale
Landon & Carley	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	WIN	ELIM	SAFE	WINNERS
Kenny & Laurel	WIN	ELIM	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SECOND
Jillian & Pete	ELIM	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	THIRD
Jenn & Noor	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	ELIM	FOURTH
Ryan & Theresa	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Evelyn & Luke	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM	OUT
Wes & Mandi	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
CJ & Sydney	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Danny & Sandy	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Katelynn & Brandon	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DQ
Paula & Jeff	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Sarah & Vinny	SAFE	OUT
Darrell & Cara Maria	OUT

Competition: The team won the competition.; The team did not win the final challenge.; The team won the challenge and was safe from the Exile.; The team won the Exile.; The team was selected for the Exile but did not have to compete.; The team did not win the challenge but was safe from Exile.; The team lost the Exile and was eliminated.; The team was disqualified from the competition.

Voting Progress[]

Voter	Episode
Voter	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Landon	Jillian & Pete	Kenny & Laurel	Paula & Jeff	Katelynn & Brandon	Jillian & Pete		Wes & Mandi	Jillian & Pete
Carley	Jillian & Pete	Kenny & Laurel	Paula & Jeff	Katelynn & Brandon	Jillian & Pete		Wes & Mandi	Jillian & Pete
Kenny	Darrell & Cara Maria		Evelyn & Luke	CJ & Sydney	Danny & Sandy	CJ & Sydney	Evelyn & Luke	Landon & Carley
Laurel	Darrell & Cara Maria		Evelyn & Luke	CJ & Sydney	Danny & Sandy	CJ & Sydney	Evelyn & Luke	Landon & Carley
Jillian	N/A	Wes & Mandi	N/A	Katelynn & Brandon	N/A	Landon & Carley	Evelyn & Luke	Landon & Carley
Pete	N/A	Sarah & Vinny	N/A	Katelynn & Brandon	N/A	Landon & Carley	Evelyn & Luke	Landon & Carley
Jenn	Jillian & Pete	Wes & Mandi	Wes & Mandi	Katelynn & Brandon	N/A	CJ & Sydney	N/A	Evelyn & Luke
Noor	Jillian & Pete	Jillian & Pete	Wes & Mandi	Katelynn & Brandon	N/A	CJ & Sydney	N/A	Evelyn & Luke
Ryan	Jillian & Pete	Wes & Mandi	N/A	Katelynn & Brandon	N/A	CJ & Sydney	Evelyn & Luke	Landon & Carley
Theresa	Jillian & Pete	Katelynn & Brandon	N/A	Katelynn & Brandon	N/A	CJ & Sydney	Evelyn & Luke	Landon & Carley
Evelyn	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny		Katelynn & Brandon	Jillian & Pete	CJ & Sydney	Jillian & Pete
Luke	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny		Katelynn & Brandon	Jillian & Pete	CJ & Sydney	Jillian & Pete
Wes	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny	Paula & Jeff	Katelynn & Brandon	Jillian & Pete	CJ & Sydney
Mandi	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny	Paula & Jeff	Katelynn & Brandon	Jillian & Pete	CJ & Sydney
CJ	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny	Paula & Jeff		Jillian & Pete	N/A
Sydney	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny	Paula & Jeff		Jillian & Pete	N/A
Danny	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny	N/A	Katelynn & Brandon
Sandy	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny	N/A	Katelynn & Brandon
Katelynn	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny	N/A	N/A
Brandon	Jillian & Pete	Sarah & Vinny	N/A	N/A
Paula	Jillian & Pete	Wes & Mandi	Landon & Carley
Jeff	Jillian & Pete	Wes & Mandi	Landon & Carley
Sarah	Jillian & Pete	Wes & Mandi
Vinny	Jillian & Pete	Wes & Mandi
Darrell
Cara Maria

Bold indicates the team that the daily challenge winners sent straight into Exile.

Notes[]

↑ At the end of the draft selections, Luke was temporarily left without a partner from the alumni, because original contestant Jonna Mannion was unable to make it into the country due to a lost passport prior to the departure. Evelyn was brought in as a last-minute replacement, automatically making her Luke's Fresh Meat partner.
↑ No Exile was held in Episode 4. CJ & Sydney were selected for Exile, but did not have to compete, because the team that was chosen to face them — Katelynn & Brandon — was disqualified after Brandon consumed alcohol prior to the Exile. It had been implied, though, that Katelynn would have been physically incapable of competing after she suffered a severe knee injury during the "King of the Wall" challenge.
↑ Evelyn & Luke beat out Landon & Carley in the Episode 8 Exile. However, they skipped the last puzzle, which would have enabled Landon & Carley to win the Exile if they reached the finish line within a five-minute time limit. Landon & Carley beat the five-minute time limit, thus winning the Exile and eliminating Evelyn & Luke.
↑ Jenn & Noor and Ryan & Theresa were automatically sent to Exile, after they placed in the bottom two in the "Obstacle" challenge. Prior to the challenge, host T.J. Lavin informed each team that the top three finishers were safe from Exile and automatically in the final challenge, instead of the deliberations of the previous missions.

Episodes[]

Episode		Air date	Viewers (in millions)
1	"Nice to Meat You"	April 7, 2010	1.39
2	"Meating of the Minds"	April 14, 2010	1.24
3	"Sloppy Ho's"	April 21, 2010	1.56
4	"Meats 'N Potatoes"	April 28, 2010	1.13
5	"Road Kill"	May 5, 2010	1.15
6	"Checkmeat!"	May 12, 2010	1.06
7	"Trimming the Fat"	May 19, 2010	1.20
8	"Spoiled Rotten Meat"	May 26, 2010	0.93
9	"All U Can Eat Stakes"	June 2, 2010	1.11
10	"Well Done, Meat"	June 9, 2010	1.16

Reunion[]

The reunion was filmed in New York City, New York, and was hosted by entertainment personality Maria Menounos. The contestants who attended the reunion were: Carley, Danny, Evelyn, Jenn, Jillian, Kenny, Landon, Laurel, Mandi, Noor, Pete, Ryan, Theresa, and Wes.

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] At the end of the draft selections, Luke was temporarily left without a partner from the alumni, because original contestant Jonna Mannion was unable to make it into the country due to a lost passport prior to the departure. Evelyn was brought in as a last-minute replacement, automatically making her Luke's Fresh Meat partner.

[2] No Exile was held in Episode 4. CJ & Sydney were selected for Exile, but did not have to compete, because the team that was chosen to face them — Katelynn & Brandon — was disqualified after Brandon consumed alcohol prior to the Exile. It had been implied, though, that Katelynn would have been physically incapable of competing after she suffered a severe knee injury during the "King of the Wall" challenge.

[3] Evelyn & Luke beat out Landon & Carley in the Episode 8 Exile. However, they skipped the last puzzle, which would have enabled Landon & Carley to win the Exile if they reached the finish line within a five-minute time limit. Landon & Carley beat the five-minute time limit, thus winning the Exile and eliminating Evelyn & Luke.

[4] Jenn & Noor and Ryan & Theresa were automatically sent to Exile, after they placed in the bottom two in the "Obstacle" challenge. Prior to the challenge, host T.J. Lavin informed each team that the top three finishers were safe from Exile and automatically in the final challenge, instead of the deliberations of the previous missions.

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