The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros is a special mini-series of MTV's long-running reality game show, The Challenge. In the six-week event, ten Challenge greats competed against ten professional athletes. The series premiered on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, and concluded on June 20, 2017. The series was hosted by NFL wide receiver Victor Cruz. Contestants competed to win $50,000 to donate to the charity of their choice. In 2017 the series format was changed to include celebrities and was renamed Champs vs. Stars.
The format featured alumni from The Real World, Road Rules, and The Challenge, competing with athletes who have participated in professional leagues and events such as the National Football League, Women's National Basketball Association, Ultimate Fighting Championship, World Surfing Championship, along with the Winter and Summer Olympics.
Contestants PlayerKnown ForTeamCharityRaisedFinish The Challenge: Fresh Meat IIASPCA$55,000WinnerRoad Rules: Campus CrawlMarch of Dimes$55,000WinnerProsKamerion Wimbley Foundation$1,000Runner-up ProsASPCA$5,000Runner-upSpring Break ChallengeMen With Dreams$1,000Third placeWes BergmannThe Real World: AustinAmerican Cancer Society$1,000Third place The Real World: ParisGrayken Center for Addiction Medicine$5,000Episode 6ProsThe Trevor Project and Happy Hippie Foundation$1,000Episode 6ProsSave the Children$5,000Episode 6Lolo JonesProsHurdles of Hope$1,000Episode 6Real World: Ex-PlosionFacing Addiction$1,000Episode 5ProsWings for Life$1,000Episode 5The Real World: PortlandLucky Fin Project$5,000Episode 4Professional WrestlerProsPAWS Chicago$1,000Episode 4ProsSt. Jude's Children's Hospital$1,000Episode 3/4The Real World: San Diego (2011)Make-A-Wish Foundation$1,000Episode 3The Real World: Key WestSpecial Olympics$1,000Episode 2ProsLights On Foundation$1,000Episode 2ProsGreater Than AIDS$1,000Episode 1Road Rules: Semester at SeaPlanned Parenthood$1,000Episode 1
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Gameplay Challenge games Against the Ropes: Similar to the original challenge "Piggy Back" from Free Agents, teams are separated into two groups of five. Then, each group has to advance on hanging ropes from one platform to another that is suspended above water. After one player advances onto one rope, the next teammate has to use the first player as a "human bridge" in order to advance to the next rope. Subsequent players will continue the process, until each player is hanging into their own rope, at which point, players will continue to use their teammates as "human bridges" in order to reach the opposite platform. The team that gets the most players across wins. Winners: Pros Tailgate BBQ: Similar to the original challenge "Sausage Party" from Free Agents, players have to roll themselves along a "barbecue-style" obstacle course, while covered in shrink wrap. Each player will wiggle and roll through a variety of "condiments" and on oversize metal bars that resemble a grill grate, and toward place mats with hot dog labels on them. Certain players from each team will have to hold a "chip" bag in their mouth. If they do not hold it in their mouth the entire way through, a two-minute penalty will be added to their team total. The team with the shortest time wins. Winners: Champs Out of Bounds: Similar to the original challenge "Pole Push" from The Gauntlet III, played in same-sex rounds. A pole is situated in the middle of a large rectangular pit surrounded by water. Pros and Champs will go head to head to try to push their opponent into the water. The team with the most points at the end wins. Winners: Pros Keep Your Eyes On The Prize: Similar to the original challenge "Don't Forget About Me" from Battle of the Exes II, teams will have to split up into groups. One team member will lift up a steel door out of the sand that is connected to a memory puzzle for as long as they can. Two other team members will try to memorize one row at a time. Those two team members will tell another two team members what the row combination is. Those two people will then sprint to their last team member and tell them what the row is. If the row is wrong, they will have to take that whole row down and restart that row. The team who finishes first wins. Winners: Champs Over the Line: Similar to the original challenge "Reaching Out" from The Duel, two members of each team will be strapped to the end of a rope that is connected to the other ropes that are being used and each member will also have a small football in their hand. On go, the team members must work together to pull their opponents to their line on the boundary of the challenge. Once each member gets their football over the line, they will score a point. The first team to score three times wins. Winners: Champs No Guts No Glory: Played individually and in two rounds - one for guys and one for girls – players must select a plate of food they would like to eat – either an entree, side dish or dessert – to earn a colored ball. Balls are worth different numbers of points depending on which table they came from with entrees worth the most and desserts worth the least. Once a player has a ball, they must shoot it into a hoop at the far end of the course. The top guy and girl from each team will be declared the winners and advance to the finals together as a pair. The next best individual finisher will also earn a spot in the final, along with a member of their choosing from their own team. Winners: Camila, Cara Mara, Darrell, Kamerion and Lindsey Chosen to run the final: Wes Eliminated: CT, Gus, Lolo and Louise
Arena games Pull No Punches: Similar to the original "Wrecking Wall" from Free Agents, each player must punch through a 30-foot dry wall to make holes so they can climb up until they can reach a bell. The first player to ring the bell wins the elimination round. Played by: Ashley M. vs. Veronica and Candice vs. Lolo Blindsided: Similar to the original "Snapper" from Rivals II, played within a large circle, players have to swing and break a wooden stick at their opponent, while blindfolded. The blindfolded players will be wearing bells on their shoes and guided by their partners, who are standing outside of the circle. The player that breaks a stick on their opponent two times, wins the elimination. Played by: CM Punk vs. Shawne and Johnny vs. Wes Basket Brawl: Similar to the original "Balls In" from The Inferno II, Free Agents, and Invasion of the Champions, each player will be given five chances to get as many balls inside a barrel, located in the middle of a large circle. If a player is either knocked out of or steps out of the ring, or if the ball is knocked out of the ring, their ball is considered "dead." Players will alternate between offense and defense in each round. To make things harder, the barrel is elevated and they are given a medicine ball. Played by: Ashley K. vs. Ashley M. and Lolo vs. Tia Ice Bath: Similar to the original "Chill Out" from Rivals III, players will have to submerge their arms into a bucket full of ice water for 1 minute. They will then have to unlock a series of locks to reveal a slide puzzle. They will then have to solve the puzzle. If the puzzle is not unlocked or solved within 2 minutes, they will then have to submerge their arms in the ice bucket again for another minute. The first player to solve their puzzle first wins. Played by: CM Punk vs. Gus and Jordan vs. Wes Going the Distance: Similar to "Spool" from The Ruins and "Knot So Fast" from Battle of the Seasons (2012) and Invasion of the Champions, players have to untangle two-hundred feet of heavy rope from a low rectangular structure. The first to untangle their rope wins. Played by: Louie vs. Wes and Ashley M. vs. Lolo
Game summary EpisodeGenderWinnersArena contestantsArena gameArena outcome#ChallengeTeamCaptainLosing CaptainVoted InCaptain's PickVoted InWinnerLoser1Female Pros Louise Veronica Candice Lolo Veronica Lolo Candice2Tailgate BBQMale Champs Jordan CM Punk Shawne Wes BananasBlindsided CM Punk Shawne Wes Bananas3/4Out of BoundsFemale Pros Lindsey Ashley M. Lolo TiaBasket Brawl Ashley M. Ashley K. Lolo Tia4Keep Your Eyes On The PrizeMale Champs Darrell Gus CM Punk Wes JordanIce Bath Gus CM Punk Wes Jordan5Over The LineMale Champs CT Louierowspan=2 colspan=2 Wesrowspan=2 colspan=2 Going the Distance Wes LouieFemale Lolo Lolo 6No Guts, No Gloryrowspan=7 colspan=3 Cara Mariarowspan=7 colspan=11 CT Darrell Camila Wes Kamerion Gus Lindsey Lolo Louise Darrell & 2nd place: Kamerion & Lindsey; 3rd place: Wes & Camila
Episode progress ContestantsEpisodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cara Maria SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFEWINWONWINNERDarrell SAFE SAFE SAFEWIN SAFEWONWINNERKamerion SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFEWONSECONDLindsey SAFE SAFEWIN SAFE SAFEWONSECONDCamila SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFEWONTHIRDWes SAFE SAFESAVETHIRDCT SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFEWINGus SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFELolo SAFE SAFELouiseWIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFEAshley M. SAFE SAFEOUTLouie SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFEOUTJordan SAFEWIN SAFEOUTCM Punk SAFE SAFEOUTTia SAFE SAFEOUTAshley K. SAFE SAFEOUTBananas SAFEOUTShawne SAFEOUTCandiceOUTVeronicaOUT Teams The contestant is on the Champs team. The contestant is on Pros team. Competition The contestant won the final challenge. The contestant did not win the final challenge. The contestant was the winning team captain and was safe from the Arena. The contestant won the challenge and advanced to the final challenge. The contestant was chosen to go to the final by one of their teammates. The contestant was not selected for the Arena. The contestant won in the Arena. The contestant lost in the Arena and was eliminated.. The contestant didn't win the challenge and wasn't picked to be in the final challenge and was eliminated.
Voting progress Captain's PickCandiceLoloGusLouieLoloVoted IntoArenaLoloShawneTie VoteTie VoteTiaTie VoteVoterEpisodes123/445 Lindsey Shawne Lolo Kamerion Kamerion Shawne Louise CM Punk Gus Shawne Louise CM Punk Lolo Shawne TiaLouie Louise Candice Tia Kamerion Louie Tia CM Punk CM Punk Tia Louie Tia Louise Shawne Shawne Candice
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