The Challenge

Paramount+’s The Challenge All Stars 4 was filmed earlier this year, so a cast list and other details, including spoilers about the outcome, are online.

Filming on Paramount+’s The Challenge: World Championship (which was briefly known as The Challenge: Global Championship) has completed, so we know who the players are—but the cast is more than just Challenge Argentina, Australia, UK, and USA winners competing against each other. Instead, it’s them versus MTV veterans.

I talked to Desi Williams about what really happened when Enzo quit the final leg of The Challenge USA, the theft of players clothing, editing, how it compares to Survivor, and so much more.

Money and clothes stolen from players. Unclear and unwritten rules randomly enforced. A wrong answer during the final. Behind the scenes, The Challenge USA was a complete shitshow, according to its players.

The Challenge: USA made Challenge history with its final, but not for reasons that its Survivor, Big Brother, Amazing Race, or Love Island players will brag about. The Challenge’s producers shouldn’t brag, either.

MTV says The Challenge is “the greatest competition series” on television. But the CBS version of its flagship, The Challenge: USA, has offered challenges that paled in comparison to Survivor and Tough As Nails—and even Big Brother.

The Challenge USA’s alliance stood firm against my desire for something, anything interesting to happen as we head into the finale next week.