The Challenge returns to MTV with a new season this month, in which fan favorites and former winners from the show will face off against– and in some cases, team up with– reality TV stars who are making their debut on the long-running franchise.
Premiering July 31, The Challenge: Vets and New Threats will usher in a “new era” of ‘The Challenge’– one that has seen “battled-hardened” vets of the show fight for the title of Challenge Champion over the last 40 seasons.
“This season, fresh faces and new threats have entered the arena with one goal: to upend the old order and take it all,” the logline for Season 41 reads. “The Vets, driven by legacy and pride, will need to adapt fast. Their established hierarchy is crumbling, and leaning on past alliances, and experience is no longer reliable– it’s about navigating the ever-shifting landscape of alliances, betrayals, and unknown threats.
“To win, Veterans and New Threats will be forced to work together, unless they’re forced to turn on each other,” the logline continues. “Nothing is guaranteed.”
In the Season 41 trailer, longtime ‘Challenge’ host TJ Lavin warns both teams of what– and who– lies ahead.
“These vets wrote the playbook and they have all had to earn their stripes,” TJ says. “And now, new threats will enter the game, hungry to forge a new legacy. Legend and rookie, side by side together.
“Now, is that gonna help you or are you gonna get burned?” TJ asks. “It is the dawn of a new era.”
Meet the Season 41 Cast below:
Representing the Vets in the upcoming season are: Ashley Mitchell: 10 Challenges, 2 Wins; Aviv Melmed: 2 Challenges, 1 Win; Johnny Bananas: 24 Challenges, 7 Wins; Cara Maria Sorbello: 16 Challenges, 2 Wins; CT Tamburello: 20 Challenges, 5 Wins; Derrick Kosinski: 14 Challenges, 3 Wins; Rogan O’Connor: 3 Challenges, 1 Win; and Turbo Camkiran: 4 Challenges, 1 Win.
Rounding out the Vets team is Aneesa Ferreira: 19 Challenges; Derek Chavez: 6 Challenges; Leroy Garrett: 15 Challenges; Michaela Bradshaw: 2 Challenges; Nany Gonzalez: 13 Challenges; Nia Moore: 5 Challenges; Olivia Kaiser: 3 Challenges; and Theo Campbell: 4 Challenges.
Representing the New Threats in Season 41 is Adrienne Naylor of Married at First Sight UK; Izzy Fairthorne of Too Hot to Handle; Jake Cornish of Love Island All Stars; and Leonardo Dionicio of Love Island USA.
Also joining the New Threats team is America Lopez of Big Brother 25; Blue Kim of ‘Big Brother’ 25; Cedric Hodges of ‘Big Brother’ 26; Tay Wilcoxson of Big Brother Australia 15; Dee Valladares of Survivor 45 and 50; Sydney Segal of ‘Survivor’ 41; and Yeremi Hykel of The Amazing Race Season 35.
Rounding out the New Threats team is professional boxer Ben Davis; former WWE superstar Gabe Wai; Justin Hinsley of Netflix’s Cheer; Leka Sodade of Canada’s Ultimate Challenge; and Will Gagnon of Are You The One?.
‘The Challenge: Vets and New Threats’ premieres July 30 on MTV. Watch the official trailer below.
(Photos: MTV; Instagram; YouTube)
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So basically Fresh Meat III?
I will continue refusing to watch any program in which Johnny “Bananas” appears. I will happily miss this one as well. Why help put money into the pockets of such a POS?
So no Corey.
At this point this franchise is just enabling these people to remain jobless.