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Battle of the Seasons | |
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Season 5 | |
Presented by | |
No. of contestants | 32 |
Winners |
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Location | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico |
No. of episodes | 17 (including the Reunion special) |
Release | |
Original network | MTV |
Original release | January 28[1] – May 27, 2002 |
Season chronology |
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the fifth season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge).
Battle of the Seasons premiered in early 2002 and took place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In each episode, the cast competed in a challenge, and the top three Real World and top three Road Rules teams would become the "Inner Circle" and have the power to vote off teams. The "Inner Circle" was determined by a cumulative score that would be tallied on a leader board. The final six teams would compete for a final prize worth $300,000.
This is the first edition of Battle of the Seasons series, with the second Battle of the Seasons, following in 2012 with a completely different format.
Separated into teams of Real World and Road Rules, each cast member is paired off with a castmate from their original season and they gain points after each daily mission based on their performances. The pairs with the most points cumulative from each team form the "Inner Circle" and vote off another pair from their own team. The individual winning pair of each challenge also earn additional prizes. After five pairs from each team are voted off, the final three Real World teams and final three Road Rules teams compete against each other in a series of challenges before the final race, that earns the winning teams $300,000.
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For the final mission, the Ultimate Teams (Sean & Elka for Real World and Theo & Holly B. for Road Rules) must delegate tasks for each team members to accomplish. The finale is divided in a relay race to collect fish. Once the teams collect their fish and solve their puzzle, they must climb a rope ladder to the top of a cliff and cross the finish line.
Episode | Winners | Inner Circle | Eliminated | |||||
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# | Challenge | Team | Prize Winners | |||||
1 | Hang Man | Road Rules | Theo & Holly B. | Danny & Kelley, Mike M. & Coral, Norman & Becky | Jon & Beth | |||
Chadwick & Piggy, Theo & Holly B., Timmy & Emily | Yes & Veronica | |||||||
3/4 | Musical Inner-Tube Tango | Real World | Stephen & Lindsay | Dan & Tara, Theo & Holly B., Timmy & Emily | Chadwick & Piggy | |||
Mike M. & Coral, Sean & Elka, Stephen & Lindsay | Mike J. & Sharon | |||||||
5/6 | Vertical Limit | Real World | Danny & Kelley | Danny & Kelley, Mike M. & Coral, Sean & Elka | Stephen & Lindsay | |||
Dan & Tara, Theo & Holly B., Timmy & Emily | Chris & Belou | |||||||
6 | Slam Dunk | Road Rules | Theo & Holly B. | Danny & Kelley, Mike M. & Coral, Sean & Elka | Mike L. & Flora | |||
Dan & Tara, Theo & Holly B., Timmy & Emily | Adam & Jisela | |||||||
8 | Ladder of Doom | Road Rules | Theo & Holly B. | Dan & Tara, Theo & Holly B., Timmy & Emily | Josh & Holly S. | |||
Danny & Kelley, Mike M. & Coral, Sean & Elka | Norman & Becky | |||||||
9 | Round 'Em Up | Real World | Sean & Elka | — | ||||
10 | Rush Hour | Real World | Sean & Elka | |||||
11 | Hands on Saturn | Road Rules | Dan & Tara | |||||
12 | Sidekick Showdown | Real World | Mike M. & Coral | |||||
13 | Block Head | Road Rules | Timmy & Emily | |||||
14 | Siamese Wrestling | Road Rules | Timmy & Emily | |||||
15 | Handsome Reward | Real World | Sean & Elka |
Teams | Episode | ||||||||||||
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1 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
Sean & Elka | 10 | 29 | 44 | 55 | 74 | 94 | 114 | 131 | 150 | 169 | 186 | WINNER | |
Mike M. & Coral | 16 | 25 | 43 | 54 | 71 | 87 | 104 | 123 | 143 | 158 | 174 | WINNER | |
Danny & Kelley | 14 | 23 | 43 | 54 | 70 | 89 | 107 | 122 | 138 | 154 | 172 | WINNER | |
Theo & Holly B. | 20 | 34 | 53 | 73 | 93 | 108 | 127 | 143 | 161 | 178 | 194 | LOSER | |
Dan & Tara | 15 | 31 | 46 | 57 | 70 | 87 | 103 | 123 | 139 | 157 | 176 | LOSER | |
Timmy & Emily | 18 | 33 | 50 | 61 | 75 | 93 | 93 | 111 | 128 | 148 | 168 | LOSER | |
Norman & Becky | 13 | 23 | 38 | 49 | 64 | ||||||||
Josh & Holly S. | 12 | 25 | 38 | 49 | 68 | ||||||||
Mike L. & Flora | 6 | 24 | 34 | 45 | |||||||||
Adam & Jisela | 11 | 20 | 32 | 43 | |||||||||
Chris & Belou | 7 | 19 | 29 | ||||||||||
Stephen & Lindsay | 9 | 29 | 41 | ||||||||||
Mike J. & Sharon | 5 | 21 | |||||||||||
Chadwick & Piggy | 19 | 26 | |||||||||||
Yes & Veronica | 17 | ||||||||||||
Jon & Beth | 8 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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40 | 1 | "Hang Man" | February 4, 2002 |
41 | 2 | "Hurricane Juliette" | February 11, 2002 |
42 | 3 | "Who To Vote Off?" | February 18, 2002 |
43 | 4 | "Musical Inner-Tube Tango" | February 25, 2002 |
44 | 5 | "Vertical Limit" | March 4, 2002 |
45 | 6 | "Slam Dunk" | March 11, 2002 |
46 | 7 | "Montezuma's Revenge" | March 25, 2002 |
47 | 8 | "Ladder of Doom" | April 1, 2002 |
48 | 9 | "Round 'Em Up" | April 8, 2002 |
49 | 10 | "Rush Hour" | April 15, 2002 |
50 | 11 | "Hands of Saturn" | April 22, 2002 |
51 | 12 | "Sidekick Showdown" | April 29, 2002 |
52 | 13 | "Blockhead" | May 6, 2002 |
53 | 14 | "Siamese Wrestling" | May 13, 2002 |
54 | 15 | "Handsome Reward" | May 20, 2002 |
The reunion special, Real World/Road Rules Challenge Battle of the Seasons: Inside the Inner Circle, was aired live on May 27, 2002 and was attended by the contestants who were in the Inner Circle until the season finale. The special was hosted by Lindsay Brien from The Real World: Seattle and Mark Long from Road Rules: USA – The First Adventure.