The Challenge — Season 23
Legends will fall. A new champion will rise.
About this season
The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Although sharing the same name as the show's 5th season, Battle of the Seasons, unlike other sequel seasons is not distinguished as part "II" as the Season has a completely different format as well as different rules. The season took place in Bodrum, Turkey and Swakopmund, Namibia.
Episodes (12)
1. Tis the Season
Aired 19 September 2012 • 42 min
Cast members from The Real World's most memorable seasons come together for an all out battle for Real World supremacy, but an early twist could shake things up. Plus- a surprise hook up and a fight that involves the entire house.
2. The Perks of Being a Rookie
Aired 26 September 2012 • 42 min
Divorced exes Danny and Melinda struggle to work together and help shine a light on Knight and Jemmye's similarly fractured relationship. Major alliances are revealed and one team crumbles under the pressure of elimination.
3. What Happens in Vegas...
Aired 3 October 2012 • 42 min
Two new couplings start brewing in the the Challenge house, one of which threatens to break apart a team AND ruin an entire alliance. And other season continues to break down, with one member exploding on her teammates.
4. The Dark Knight
Aired 10 October 2012 • 42 min
Knight launches a full on attack to get inside Nany's head and ends up tearing the house and his own relationship with Jemmye apart. And a pending elimination may spell the end for one of the house's budding romances.
5. N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T-I-C
Aired 17 October 2012 • 42 min
A trip into the Arena leaves two relationships in shambles. And after a trivia competition catapults challengers into the waters below, one team is forced to send members of their own alliance into elimination.
6. Going Insane
Aired 24 October 2012 • 42 min
Tensions mount between Frank and Alton. Later, Alton asks to be sent into the arena.
7. I Do Not Like You Sam I Am
Aired 7 November 2012 • 42 min
Frank and Zach berate Sam for her poor performance in a challenge; a surprising romance takes shape.
8. Honey, I'm Homeless
Aired 14 November 2012 • 42 min
Team members compete in an eating challenge.
9. The Chronicles of Nanyia
Aired 28 November 2012 • 42 min
Two teams face off in a diving competition.
10. A Woman Scorned
Aired 5 December 2012 • 42 min
The teams take desperate measures.
11. I Like to Move It, Move It
Aired 12 December 2012 • 42 min
The final four teams travel to Namibia, a country in southwestern Africa.
12. Operation: Desert Scorn
Aired 19 December 2012 • 42 min
Three teams compete in the final challenge.