The Challenge: Ride or Dies is the 38th season of the MTV reality competition series The Challenge, featuring alumni from The Real World, Road Rules, The Challenge, Are You the One?, Big Brother, Ex on the Beach, Survivor (Turkey and U.S.), Love Island (UK and U.S.), Ultimate Beastmaster, Prince Charming, The Mole Germany, Beauty & The Nerd (Germany) and Exatlón Estados Unidos competing for a share at a $1 million prize. The season premiered on October 12, 2022, preceded by a launch special titled "Ready to Ride" which aired on October 10, 2022.
Format Ride or Dies features a daily challenge, a selection process and an elimination round. This season had players competing in teams of two with their "Ride or Die," an ally they chose before the season began. Daily Challenge: Teams compete in a daily challenge where the winning team is immune from elimination and selects four teams to interrogate. Eliminations (The Zone): The daily challenge winners must select one of the teams they interrogated to compete in the elimination round. The three unselected interrogated teams then participate in the "Draw" to determine the second team for the elimination round. The winners remain in the game while the losers are eliminated. In episode 9, the format changed and no elimination was held after the "Haul or Nothing" challenge. Instead, the winners were appointed as team captains and split each "Ride or Die" pair to form two teams of eight. The format of the game from episodes 10 to 14 is as follows: Daily Challenge: Teams compete in a daily challenge where the winning team is immune from elimination and interrogates all players of the designated gender from the losing team. Eliminations (The Zone): The winning team individually vote for one interrogated player to compete in the elimination. The unselected interrogated players then participate in the Draw to determine the second player to compete in the elimination round. The winner remains in the game while the loser is eliminated from the main competition. However, unbeknownst to the remaining players, they still have a chance of re-entering the competition if their Ride or Die is still in. At the end of episode 14, the team phase concluded and contestants reunited with their Ride or Die. Each eliminated contestant during the team phase returned and also reunited with their Ride or Die if they were still in the competition. Each reunited pair who had one team member eliminated then had to compete in a two-part elimination round. The pair that lost the second elimination were permanently eliminated before the game reverted back to its original format. Twists The Draw: To determine the second team for the elimination round, the three unselected interrogated teams must each pull a covered dagger out of a stone. The team that pulls the dagger marked "safe" is safe and selects one of the remaining two teams to save, sending the other to compete in the elimination round against the team chosen by the daily challenge winners. From episodes 10-14, players took part in the draw as individuals instead of teams; if only two players partake in the Draw, the player who pulls the safe dagger is saved while the remaining player automatically participates in the elimination round.
Contestants Male contestantsOriginal seasonFinish Devin Walker-Molaghan Are You the One? 3Winner Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio The Real World: Key West Runner-up Jordan Wiseley The Real World: PortlandThird place Horacio Gutiérrez Exatlón Estados Unidos 5 Fourth place Faysal Shafaat Big Brother 20 Episode 16 Chauncey Palmer Episode 15 Kenny Clark Episode 15 Nelson Thomas Are You the One? 3 Episode 12 Jay Starrett Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X Episode 8 Darrell Taylor Road Rules: Campus Crawl Episode 7 Jakk Maddox Ex on the Beach: Peak of Love Episode 6 Kim Tränka Prince Charming 3 Episode 5 Tommy Bracco Big Brother 21 Episode 4 Johnny Middlebrooks Love Island USA 2 Episode 3 Turabi "Turbo" Çamkıran Survivor Turkey 8 Episode 2 Nam Vo Ultimate Beastmaster 1 Episode 2 Sam Bird Love Island UK 4 Episode 1Female contestantsOriginal seasonFinish Tori Deal Are You the One? 4Winner Nany González The Real World: Las Vegas (2011) Runner-up Aneesa Ferreira The Real World: Chicago Third place Olivia Kaiser Love Island USA 3 Fourth place Moriah Jadea Episode 16 Amber Borzotra Big Brother 16 Episode 15 Kaycee Clark Big Brother 20 Episode 15 Nurys Mateo Are You the One? 6 Episode 12 Michele Fitzgerald Survivor: Kaôh Rōng Episode 8 Veronica Portillo Road Rules: Semester at Sea Episode 7 Laurel Stucky The Challenge: Fresh Meat II Episode 6 Colleen Schneider The Mole Germany Episode 5 Analyse Talavera Big Brother 21 Episode 4 Ravyn Rochelle Episode 3 Tamara Alfaro Episode 2 Emmy Russ Beauty & The Nerd 2 Episode 2 Kailah Casillas-Bird Real World: Go Big or Go Home Episode 1
Teams Team Male partner Female partner Relationship Amber & Chauncey Chauncey Palmer Amber Borzotra Dating Analyse & Tommy Tommy Bracco Analyse Talavera Friends/castmates Aneesa & Jordan Jordan Wiseley Aneesa Ferreira Friends/castmates Bananas & Nany Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio Nany Gonzalez Friends/exes/castmates Colleen & Kim Kim Tränka Colleen Schneider Friends Darrell & Veronica Darrell Taylor Veronica Portillo Friends/castmates Devin & Tori Devin Walker-Molaghan Tori Deal Friends/castmates Emmy & Nam Nam Vo Emmy Russ Shared talent agency Faysal & Moriah Faysal Shafaat Moriah Jadea Friends Horacio & Olivia Horacio Gutiérrez Olivia Kaiser Friends Jakk & Laurel Jakk Maddox Laurel Stucky Friends/castmates Jay & Michele Jay Starrett Michele Fitzgerald Friends/exes Johnny & Ravyn Johnny Middlebrooks Ravyn Rochelle Friends Kailah & Sam Sam Bird Kailah Casillas-Bird Married Kaycee & Kenny Kenny Clark Kaycee Clark Siblings Nelson & Nurys Nelson Thomas Nurys Mateo Friends/exes/castmates Tamara & Turbo Turabi "Turbo" Çamkıran Tamara Alfaro Dating
Draft The winners of the episode 9 "Haul or Nothing" challenge, Faysal & Moriah, were made team captains and drafted the remaining pairs into two teams of eight as part of the format change. Challengers in gray cells indicate they were designated their team after the other team captain chose their partner. RoundFaysal's teamMoriah's teamCaptainFaysalMoriah1KayceeKenny2AneesaJordan3BananasNany4ChaunceyAmber5NelsonNurys6OliviaHoracio7ToriDevin
Team colors Episode Challenge Team nameFaysal's teamMoriah's team10Last LifePink TeamYellow Team11Spin ClassOrange TeamGreen Team12Chopper DropBlue TeamYellow Team13Blind FaithPink TeamYellow Team14Takes Two to TangoPink TeamBlue Team
Gameplay Challenge games Bolas for Blood: Teams must solve three math questions using their biographical information, then search a mud pit for numbered bolas and attach them on chains to form the answers. The first team to correctly answer all three questions and bring their bolas to the finish line wins. Winners: Johnny & Ravyn Balancing Act: Played one team at a time. Team members swim and climb a ladder up separate shipping containers suspended above water. They must then use a rope to swing to a slanted platform at the center, then distribute their weight to pivot and level out the platform. Teams are disqualified if a team member falls into the water. The team with the fastest time wins. Winners: Bananas & Nany Build Me Up: Played in two heats. Teams must transfer six barrels across a field, stacking them to reach and set off flares atop three stations along the way. The team that sets off all three flares and transfers all six barrels to the finish line in the fastest time wins. Winners: Faysal & Moriah Hold On for Me: Played in five heats. One team member begins suspended off the side of a building and must hang onto a bar for as long as possible. When they are about to drop, their partner must leap off a ledge and launch them towards a flag hanging behind them. Teams are disqualified if they are unable to grab the flag. The team that hangs on the longest, and is able to grab their flag, wins. Winners: Nelson & Nurys Royal Relay: Played in two heats. Team members alternate turns swimming and rowing a boat to collect four crown pieces floating in a lake, then use them to assemble a crown. The team with the fastest time wins and also receives a cash prize of $5,000 each. Winners: Jay & Michele Down the Line: Played in two heats, teams must dig in their marked zone for two bags of puzzle pieces. Once teams find the first bag, one team member races to the end of a lake and spins a crank to extend the distance their partner can later zip line. After finding the second bag, the second team member must zip line into a lake and swim the remaining distance to reunite with their partner. Teams must then use the puzzle pieces to solve a word puzzle. The team with the fastest time wins. Winners: Jay & Michele Peaking Blinders: Teams race down a path to a pattern covered by blinds. There, one team member balances one-footed on a narrow pole to open the blinds and reveal the pattern for their partner to memorize. After the team member balancing falls off, teams must return to the start and attempt to replicate their pattern on their board, repeating this process until they correctly recreate the entire pattern. The first team to finish wins. Winners: Nelson & Nurys Double Trouble: One team member begins harnessed to the side of a speeding truck. They must traverse four cars speeding alongside the truck and collect a key from their partner in the last car before returning the key to their station, repeating this process for all four keys. The team with the fastest time wins. Winners: Aneesa & Jordan Haul or Nothing: Teams carry a heavy plank and undergo a six-mile race, completing three checkpoints along the way. At the first checkpoint, teams use their plank and three barrels to cross a field without touching the ground before transferring sandbags to the second checkpoint. At the second checkpoint, teams can place their sandbags on a trailing team's sled to sabotage them, before pulling their own sled across a field and stacking four cubes on top so each side shows four unique symbols. Once complete, teams transfer six tyres with cities labelled on them to the third checkpoint. At the third checkpoint, teams must transfer the tyres over a wall and arrange the cities from north to south before proceeding to the finish line. The first team to cross the finish line wins and becomes team captains as part of a format change for the season. Winners: Faysal & Moriah Last Life: Inspired by the film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, each team begins with eight lives. One player at a time from each team face off on a balance beam and attempts to push their opponent into the water below. Each time a team member loses their matchup, they are eliminated from the challenge and their team loses a life. The team that diminishes all their opponent's lives wins and also receive invitations to the world premiere of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Winners: Pink Team Spin Class: Each team begin strapped to a giant wheel. After each spin, the team member the wheel lands on must answer a trivia question. If they answer correctly, they earn a point for their team; however, their team's wheel will spin for 30 more seconds if they answer incorrectly. The first team to score five points wins. Winners: Orange Team Chopper Drop: Six team members begin hanging onto a bar attached to a helicopter flying over a lake. As the helicopter flies over six targets, they must drop into a target to earn score points before swimming the remaining distance to a platform in the middle of the lake. Smaller targets are worth more points and only two team members may drop through each target. Additionally, teams with greater than six members must have their remaining players swim to the platform from a designated point. The team that scores the most points wins, with ties broken based on swim time. Winners: Yellow Team