The Challenge: Total Madness

Total Madness
Season Information
Season No.	35
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Season Run	April 1 – July 22, 2020
No. of Episodes	17 (including reunion)
Host	TJ Lavin
Prize Money	$1,000,000
Winners	Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio Jenny West
Cast
Season Chronology
Previous	War of the Worlds 2
Next	Season 36
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Description

The war is over, but the madness is only just beginning. Returning to the solo format in which every man and woman is competing solely for themselves, The Challenge: Total Madness will pit 21 veterans and seven rookies against one another in the most insane challenges ever devised in the show's 22-year history. Who will take home the $1 million prize, and who will succumb to madness?

Cast

Male contestants Contestant Finish Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio RW: Key West Winner in It's the End of the World As We Know It Kyle Christie Geordie Shore Runner-Up in It's the End of the World As We Know It Cory Wharton RW: Ex-Plosion Third Place in It's the End of the World As We Know It Faysal "Fessy" Shafaat Big Brother 20 Fourth Place in It's the End of the World As We Know It Rogan O'Connor Ex on the Beach UK 2 Fifth Place in It's the End of the World As We Know It Nelson Thomas AYTO? 3 Eliminated in Crash Into Me Josh Martinez Big Brother 19 Eliminated in Your Time is Gonna Come Chris "Swaggy C" Williams Big Brother 20 Eliminated in Pictures of You Wes Bergmann RW: Austin Eliminated in The Final Countdown Stephen Bear Shipwrecked: The Island Eliminated in Live and Let Die Jordan Wiseley RW: Portland Jay Starrett Survivor: Millennialls vs. Gen X Medically Disqualified in Love Will Tear Us Apart Chris "CT" Tamburello RW: Paris Eliminated in A Hard Jay's Night Asaf Goren SYTYCD 12 Eliminated in Mad World

Female contestants Contestant Finish Jenny West Survival of the Fittest Winner in It's the End of the World As We Know It Kaycee Clark Big Brother 20 Runner-Up in It's the End of the World As We Know It Bayleigh Dayton Big Brother 20 Third Place in It's the End of the World As We Know It Melissa Reeves Ex on the Beach UK 2 Fourth Place in It's the End of the World As We Know It Dee Nguyen Geordie Shore Eliminated in Crash Into Me Aneesa Ferreira RW: Chicago Eliminated in Your Time is Gonna Come Nany González RW: Las Vegas (2011) Eliminated in Victim of Love Mattie Lynn Breaux Party Down South Eliminated in You Ain't Right Jenna Compono RW: Ex-Plosion Eliminated in Backstabber Kailah Casillas RW: Go Big or Go Home Tula "Big T" Fazakerley Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands (2019) Medically Disqualified in Backstabber Tori Deal AYTO? 4 Eliminated in Should I Stay or Should I Go? Ashley Mitchell RW: Ex-Plosion Eliminated in Karma Chameleon Jenn Lee The Amazing Race 29 Eliminated in Sweet Dreams Are Made of Dee

Format

Each challenge will be played in either teams, pairs, or individuals, followed by elimination rounds known as "Purgatory". The winners of the challenge will form a Tribunal, who will be safe from elimination. The rest of the house will vote in one player of the designated gender to go into Purgatory. The Tribunal will then nominate three players as possible opponents. In Purgatory, the Tribunal will vote in one of the three nominees, or one member of the Tribunal can nominate themselves into elimination. The winner stays in the game, while the loser goes home.

Prize money splits as follows

• First place: $500,000 each

Twists

• Tribunal: The challenge winners will have power and safety. They will determine the elimination matchup. They can also volunteer themselves into elimination to possibly earn a Red Skull.
  • During individual and pair challenges, the two winning players will pick one other player to be in the Tribunal.
  • During team challenges, the entire team will make up the Tribunal.
• Brands: Each competitor will have brands on their helmets.
  • Dagger: The player is a Champion.
  • Skulls: Elimination wins.
  • Red Skull: The player won an elimination. In order to compete in the Final Challenge, the player must have a Red Skull.

Game summary

Elimination chart

Notes

• Tribunal players in italics indicate that the player threw themselves into Purgatory
• Jay was medically disqualified from the "Fire Ball" elimination after taking a hard hit and showing signs of a concussion.
• Due to the odd number of males during the "Fast and Furious" challenge, Jordan was randomly selected to go twice with Nany and Bayleigh.
• The "Pole Wrestle", "Bombs Out", "Knots of War", and "Hall Brawl" eliminations were declared double eliminations. As a result, four players were nominated instead of the usual three.
• Big T was medically disqualified in Episode 9 prior to the "Tunnel Rats" challenge after lacerating her toe the previous episode.
• Melissa quit the first stage of the Final Challenge after feeling unable to beat Jenny and Kaycee. Bayleigh withdrew after injuring her knee and feeling unable to continue.

Purgatory progress

Competition

     The contestant finished the Final Challenge and won.

     The contestant finished the Final Challenge and lost.

     The contestant won the challenge and was part of the Tribunal.

     The contestant did not win the challenge but was selected for the Tribunal.

     The contestant was not selected for Purgatory.

     The contestant was nominated by the Tribunal to go into Purgatory.

     The contestant won in Purgatory and earned a Red Skull.

     The contestant was in the Tribunal, but threw themselves into Purgatory and won.

     The contestant won the elimination by default and won a Red Skull.

     The contestant was eliminated in Purgatory.

     The contestant was in the Tribunal, but threw themselves into Purgatory and lost.

     The contestant was removed from the competition due to injury or illness.

     The contestant withdrew from the game.

     The contestant was eliminated at the Final Challenge.

Episode guide

Trivia

• The original title for this season was Battle for Independence. The title can be heard during the commercial break of the season premiere.