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[06/18/25 - 10:01 AM]
"MTV's The Challenge: Vets and New Threats" Premieres Wednesday, July 30 at 8PM ET/PT
This season, fresh faces and new threats have entered the arena with one goal: upend the old order and take it all.

[via press release from MTV]

"MTV's The Challenge: Vets and New Threats" Premieres Wednesday, July 30 at 8PM ET/PT

New Season will Feature Returning Legendary Veterans and New Competitors from Big Brother, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Love Island, Are You The One and More

NEW YORK, NY - (June 18, 2025) - On the heels of the monumental 40th season of The Challenge, MTV today announced that an all-new season of TV's longest running reality competition series will premiere Wednesday, July 30 at 8PM ET/PT and is set to roll out globally across MTV's international networks in over 165 countries in the coming months. In The Challenge: Vets and New Threats a new era begins, and the game has never been more unpredictable.

For 40 seasons, generations of battle-hardened Veterans have fought relentlessly for the ultimate prize: the title of Challenge Champion. This season, fresh faces and new threats have entered the arena with one goal: upend the old order and take it all. 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. Nothing is guaranteed.

Leading up to premiere, fans will get an exclusive look at the season and introduction to the cast during MTV's The Challenge: Vets and New Threats: Day Zero launch special airing Wednesday, July 23rd at 8PM ET/PT and available the next day on MTV.com, VOD, and on The Challenge YouTube page.

Meet the Vets

· Michaela Bradshaw (2 Challenges) - IG: TheMichaelaB X: @TheMichaelaB

· Theo Campbell (4 Challenges) - IG: theo_campbell91 X: @theo_campbell91

· Derek Chavez (6 Challenges) - IG: d.e.r.e.k.c X: @d_e_r_e_kc

· Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio (24 Challenges, 7 Wins) - IG: JohnnyBananas X: @JohnnyBananas

· Aneesa Ferreira (19 Challenges) - IG: AneesaMTV X: @AneesaMTV

· Leroy Garrett (15 Challenges) - IG: royleethebarber X: @Bruce_lee85

· Nany González (13 Challenges) - IG: NanyCarmen

· Olivia Kaiser (3 Challenges) - IG: oliviaannkaiser X: @oliviakaiserxo

· Derrick Kosinski (14 Challenges, 3 Wins) - IG: DerrickMTV X: @DerrickMTV

· Aviv Melmed (2 Challenges, 1 Win) - IG: aviv_melmedbruno

· Ashley Mitchell (10 Challenges, 2 wins) - IG: MTVAshleyBrooke X: @MTVAshleyBrooke

· Nia Moore (5 Challenges) - IG: therealniamoore X: @therealniamoore

· Rogan O'Connor (3 Challenges, 1 Win) - IG: RogueSnaps X: @Rogan_OConnor

· Cara Maria Sorbello (16 Challenges, 2 Wins) - IG: misscaramaria

· CT Tamburello (20 Challenges, 5 Wins) - IG: _famous4nothing

· Turbo (4 Challenges, 1 Win) - IG: Turabi X: @TurabiCamkiran

Meet the New Threats:

· Jake Cornish (Love Island: All Stars) - IG: JakeCornish7 X: @Jake_cornish7

· Ben Davis (Boxer) - IG: BenTheBaneDavis X: @BenTheBaneDavis

· Leonardo Dionicio (Love Island USA) - IG: Leonardo_Dionicio

· Izzy Fairthorne (Too Hot Too Handle) - IG: izfairr

· Will Gagnon (Are You The One) - IG: Will_Gagnonn X: @Will_Gagnonn

· Justin Hinsley (Cheer) - IG: JusHinsley_

· Cedric Hodges (Big Brother 26) - IG: OfficiallyCed

· Yeremi Hykel (The Amazing Race 35) - IG: Yeremi.Hykel

· Blue Kim (Big Brother 25) - IG: BlueBeachKim X: @BlueBeachKim

· America Lopez (Big Brother 25) - IG: adawgg956 X: @A_dawg956

· Adrienne Naylor (Married at First Sight UK) - IG: AdrienneNaylor

· Sydney Segal (Survivor 41) - IG: QueenSydney

· Leka Sodade (Canada's Ultimate Challenge) - IG: FitWithLeks

· Dee Valladares (Survivor 45) - IG: RoamWithDee

· Gabe Wai (Former WWE) - IG: GabeWaiFit

· Tay Wilcoxson (Big Brother Australia 15) - IG: bohobarbie_

Follow The Challenge on TikTok, Instagram, X, and Facebook, subscribe to The Challenge on YouTube, and use #TheChallenge41 to join the conversation! Stream previous seasons of The Challenge on Paramount+, MTV VOD, and The Challenge channel on Pluto TV.

Returning alongside The Challenge: Vets and New Threats will be a new season of MTV's Official Challenge Podcast, with episodes dropping every Thursday following premiere. Hosted by veteran competitors, the upcoming season will feature in-depth recaps with first-hand anecdotes from the most recent episodes. Fans can subscribe to MTV's Official Challenge Podcast to catch up on past seasons and receive new episodes in their feed HERE. The podcast is produced by Paramount Audio and MTV Entertainment in collaboration with iHeartRadio and is available across all major podcast platforms.

The Challenge was created for MTV by Bunim/Murray Productions, part of Banijay Americas. Julie Pizzi, Justin Booth and Jacob Lane serve as Executive Producers for Bunim/Murray, with Diego Amson and Brad Tiemann serving as Co-Executive Producers, Joe Awgul as Supervising Producer and Margaret Morales as Producer. Dan Caster and Leanne Mucci serve as Executive Producers with Angela Liao serving as Executive in Charge of Production for MTV.

SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks

SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks is a global network of media assets that reaches over one billion people in more than 180 countries featuring some of the most iconic brands in entertainment including SHOWTIME, MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount Network among others - and, its Studios arm which produces 120+ series annually, including some of today's biggest hits such as Yellowstone, Yellowjackets, Emily in Paris, 1883, 1923, George & Tammy, South Park, Tulsa King, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Challenge and Jersey Shore, to name a few.

About Bunim/Murray Productions

Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), part of Banijay Americas, is a leading producer of innovative entertainment content. The Emmy Award-winning company is widely credited with creating the reality television genre with its hit series The Real World on MTV, the first reality game show, Road Rules (MTV), in 1995; the first reality sitcom, The Simple Life (E!), in 2003; and the first reality soap opera, Starting Over, in 2003. Bunim/Murray's current programming includes The Family Stallone (Paramount+), The Challenge (MTV), The Challenge All Stars (Paramount+), The Challenge World Championship (Paramount+), Vanderpump Villa (Hulu), The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (Lifetime), Confessions of Octomom (Lifetime) and upcoming The Untitled Chrisleys Project (Lifetime). Recent series Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (Prime Video) was honored with three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Competition Program. Bunim/Murray Films has also produced Transhood (HBO) Valentine Road (HBO), Pedro (MTV) and Emmy Award-winning Autism: The Musical and Autism: The Sequel (HBO). Based in Glendale, CA, the company was founded in 1987 by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim, who were inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame in 2012. The company joined Banijay in 2010.





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