Overview
The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Although sharing the same name as the show's 5th season, Battle of the Seasons, unlike other sequel seasons is not distinguished as part "II" as the Season has a completely different format as well as different rules. The season took place in Bodrum, Turkey and Swakopmund, Namibia.
Season cast
Episodes
12 in this season
1. Tis the Season
Cast members from The Real World's most memorable seasons come together for an all out battle for Real World supremacy, but an early twist could shake things up. Plus- a surprise hook up and a fight that involves the entire house.
2012-09-1942 min
2. The Perks of Being a Rookie
Divorced exes Danny and Melinda struggle to work together and help shine a light on Knight and Jemmye's similarly fractured relationship. Major alliances are revealed and one team crumbles under the pressure of elimination.
2012-09-2642 min
3. What Happens in Vegas...
Two new couplings start brewing in the the Challenge house, one of which threatens to break apart a team AND ruin an entire alliance. And other season continues to break down, with one member exploding on her teammates.
2012-10-0342 min
4. The Dark Knight
Knight launches a full on attack to get inside Nany's head and ends up tearing the house and his own relationship with Jemmye apart. And a pending elimination may spell the end for one of the house's budding romances.
2012-10-1042 min
5. N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T-I-C
A trip into the Arena leaves two relationships in shambles. And after a trivia competition catapults challengers into the waters below, one team is forced to send members of their own alliance into elimination.
2012-10-1742 min
6. Going Insane
Tensions mount between Frank and Alton. Later, Alton asks to be sent into the arena.
2012-10-2442 min
7. I Do Not Like You Sam I Am
Frank and Zach berate Sam for her poor performance in a challenge; a surprising romance takes shape.
2012-11-0742 min
8. Honey, I'm Homeless
Team members compete in an eating challenge.
2012-11-1442 min
9. The Chronicles of Nanyia
Two teams face off in a diving competition.
2012-11-2842 min
10. A Woman Scorned
The teams take desperate measures.
2012-12-0542 min
11. I Like to Move It, Move It
The final four teams travel to Namibia, a country in southwestern Africa.
2012-12-1242 min
12. Operation: Desert Scorn
Three teams compete in the final challenge.
2012-12-1942 min