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The Challenge: UK is an installment in the Challenge franchise. The season features 16 British reality stars competing exclusively against each other for the first time ever. The winners of the season will advance to The Challenge: World Championship where they will compete against the winners of The Challenge: Argentina, The Challenge: Australia, and The Challenge: USA to determine the first-ever Challenge world champion. This will be the first season to air exclusively on Channel 5.

All episodes were released on Paramount+ (UK) on February 20, 2023.

Description[]

Hosted by Mark Wright, the legendary global competition show The Challenge gives UK celebrities the chance to compete in high-stakes challenges and eliminations. They all hope to compete for a large cash prize and the title of Challenge Champion.

Format[]

Each challenge, contestants will compete with a partner of the opposite sex, which is then followed by an elimination round known as “The Arena”. Each contestant will have a different partner at each challenge, and the pairs are determined by The Algorithm. The winners of the challenge will be safe from elimination. The last-place finishers will automatically be sent into elimination. In the Arena, the winners will select another team to compete against the losers. The two teams will compete in elimination where the winners will stay in the game, while the losers will be eliminated.

In the Final Challenge, eight contestants (four men and four women) will compete. The winners of the Final will split £100,000.

Twists[]

  • The Algorithm: After each elimination, an Algorithm will randomly pair contestants together before each challenge. No player can have the same partner again until it is mathematically impossible to pair them with someone they haven't worked with. Then, they will not be paired with the same player twice in a row.

Contestants[]

Male contestants
Contestant Finish
TristanUKIcon Tristan Phipps
Made in Chelsea
Winner
in The End of the Challenge as We Know It
NathanUKIcon Nathan Henry
Geordie Shore
Runner-Up
in The End of the Challenge as We Know It
CallumUKIcon Callum Izzard
Ibiza Weekender
Third Place
in The End of the Challenge as We Know It
AJUKIcon AJ Pritchard
Strictly Come Dancing 14
Fourth Place
in The End of the Challenge as We Know It
AshleyUKIcon Ashley McKenzie
Olympic Judoka
Elimnated
in An Eye for an Eye
MarcelUKIcon Marcel Somerville
Love Island UK 3
Elimnated
in The Long Kiss, Goodnight
CurtisUKIcon Curtis Pritchard
Love Island UK 5
Elimnated
in Work Smarter Not Harder
JamesUKIcon James Lock
The Only Way Is Essex
Elimnated
in Welcome to the Challenge
Female contestants
Contestant Finish
KazCUKIcon Kaz Crossley
Love Island UK 4
Winner
in The End of the Challenge as We Know It
ZaraUKIcon Zara Zoffany
The Royal World
Runner-Up
in The End of the Challenge as We Know It
CourtneyUKIcon Courtney Veale
Below Deck Mediterranean
Third Place
in The End of the Challenge as We Know It
ArabellaUKIcon Arabella Chi
Love Island UK 5
Fourth Place
in The End of the Challenge as We Know It
EllaUKIcon Ella Rae Wise
The Only Way Is Essex
Elimnated
in An Eye for an Eye
DanniUKIcon Danni Menzies
A Place in the Sun
Elimnated
in The Long Kiss, Goodnight
KazKUKIcon Kaz Kamwi
Love Island UK 7
Elimnated
in Work Smarter Not Harder
AisleyneUKIcon Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace
Big Brother UK 7
Elimnated
in Welcome to the Challenge

Game Summary[]

Episode Challenge Winners Arena contestants Arena game Arena outcome
# Challenge Last-place Winners' pick Winners Losers
1 Meet Me Halfway Ashley & Kaz C. Aisleyne & James Courtney & Curtis Knot So Fast Courtney & Curtis Aisleyne & James
2 Peeking Blinders Ella & Nathan Curtis & Kaz K. AJ & Arabella Pato Brawl AJ & Arabella Curtis & Kaz K.
3 Getting Tyred Arabella & Ashley Danni & Marcel AJ & Courtney Ball and Chain AJ & Courtney Danni & Marcel
4 Frozen Senseless AJ & Kaz C. Ashley & Ella Arabella & Nathan Balls In Arabella & Nathan Ashley & Ella
5 Final Challenge Kaz C. 2nd: Zara, 3rd: Courtney, 4th: Arabella
Tristan 2nd: Nathan, 3rd: Callum, 4th: AJ

Episode Progress[]

Contestants Episodes
1 2 3 4 Finale
Kaz C. WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WINNER
Tristan SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER
Nathan SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM SECOND
Zara SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SECOND
Callum SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE THIRD
Courtney ELIM SAFE ELIM SAFE THIRD
AJ SAFE ELIM ELIM WIN FOURTH
Arabella SAFE ELIM WIN ELIM FOURTH
Ashley WIN SAFE WIN OUT
Ella SAFE WIN SAFE OUT
Danni SAFE SAFE OUT
Marcel SAFE SAFE OUT
Curtis ELIM OUT
Kaz K. SAFE OUT
Aisleyne OUT
James OUT
Competition
     The contestant won the Final Challenge.
     The contestant lost the Final Challenge.
     The contestant was eliminated in the Final Challenge.
     The contestant won the daily challenge.
     The contestant was not selected for the Arena.
     The contestant won in the Arena.
     The contestant lost in the Arena and was eliminated.

Partner Progress[]

Contestants Episodes
1 2 3 4 Finale
Kaz C. Ashley Marcel Callum AJ Tristan Callum Nathan
Tristan Arabella Courtney Ella Zara Kaz C. Courtney Zara
Nathan Danni Ella Zara Arabella Courtney Zara Kaz C.
Zara AJ Ashley Nathan Tristan Callum Nathan Tristan
Callum Kaz K. Danni Kaz C. Courtney Zara Kaz C. Courtney
Courtney Curtis Tristan AJ Callum Nathan Tristan Callum
AJ Zara Arabella Courtney Kaz C. Arabella
Arabella Marcel AJ Ashley Nathan AJ
Ashley Kaz C. Zara Arabella Ella
Ella Marcel Nathan Tristan Ashley
Danni Nathan Callum Marcel
Marcel Ella Kaz C. Danni
Curtis Courtney Kaz K.
Kaz K. Callum Curtis
Aisleyne James
James Aisleyne

Episodes[]

Episode Original Air Date Viewers (in millions)
1 "Welcome to the Challenge" February 20, 2023 TBD
2 "Work Smarter Not Harder" February 21, 2023 TBD
3 "The Long Kiss, Goodnight" February 22, 2023 TBD
4 "An Eye for an Eye" February 23, 2023 TBD
5 "The End of the Challenge as We Know It" February 24, 2023 TBD

Trivia[]

  • The Challenge: UK and Road Rules: All Stars are the shortest seasons of The Challenge, with five episodes each.
  • The villa that the contestants resided in was the same villa used for Ride or Dies, The Challenge: Australia, and The Challenge: Argentina.
  • This season was the first to air out of chronological filming order: it filmed before The Challenge: Argentina but started airing after it. However, due to all episodes being released in one day, its finale was aired before that of Argentina.
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