Jonathan Murray
Director
The Challenge (1998)
Rivals 2
The Challenge: Rivals II is the 24th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season take places in Phuket, Thailand, with former cast members from MTV's The Real World and The Challenge competing. The season followed the same format as the original Rivals challenge, with players paired up with arch enemies from past seasons of The Real World and The Challenge.
Released April 20, 1998
Episode 39 min
14+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Game Show, Reality
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Production Companies: Bunim-Murray Productions (BMP), Dualstar Productions
Network: MTV
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S24E1 - Rumble in the Jungle
16 pairs of rivals arrive in Thailand and the rookies cause trouble quickly, leading to a fight in the pool, two surprising hookups involving bad boy CT, and one competitor going home early- the fate of her partner up in the air.
July 10, 2013, midnight
S24E2 - New Girl
The rivals get closer than ever before in a sexy challenge that has each contestant literally tied upside down to each other. And one of the new girls has a freak out when her hookup with a veteran bad boy doesn't go as planned.
July 17, 2013, midnight
S24E3 - The Dark Knight Rises
A fight breaks out after one of the competitors is mocked.
July 24, 2013, midnight
S24E4 - Mortuusequusphobia
A dangerous elimination event is faced by the contestants.
July 31, 2013, midnight
S24E5 - What the Phuket?!
One challenger gets homesick and takes his frustration out on everyone around him. A strategic fumble in voting leads one challenger to accidentally send her hookup into elimination.
Aug. 7, 2013, midnight
S24E6 - Revenge Is a Dish Best Not Serve
Competitors reveal their true feelings about each other, creating tension; a team's trustworthiness is questioned.
Aug. 14, 2013, midnight
S24E7 - Crossing Jordan
None
Aug. 21, 2013, midnight
S24E8 - Thrilla in Camila
A team is pushed by exes; a deliberations vote breaks an alliance; a player's motives are questioned.
Aug. 28, 2013, midnight
S24E9 - Diemnesia
CT and Diem's romance ignites; the final guys challenge starts a war of intimidation among Johnny, Wes and CT.
Sept. 4, 2013, midnight
S24E10 - True Colors
The losing female teams are desperate to secure their places in the final; Diem learns she has been manipulated.
Sept. 11, 2013, midnight
S24E11 - Final Destination
The ladies work hard in the last elimination challenge; TJ throws a curve ball before the final.
Sept. 18, 2013, midnight
S24E12 - The Island of Misfit Challengers
The teams must leave the luxury of the yacht to battle obstacles on Nightmare Island.
Sept. 25, 2013, midnight
S24E13 - The Challenge: Rivals II Reunion
Hosted by Jonny Moseley. The cast members who attended the reunion were Wes, CT, Paula, Emily, Cara Maria, Diem, Aneesa, Frank, Johnny, Knight, Preston, Jemmye, Camila, Jordan and Marlon.
Sept. 25, 2013, midnight
Network: MTV
Episode Runtime: 39 min.
Season Runtime: 25495 min.
Released: April 20, 1998
Last Air Date: Dec. 3, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Dec. 10, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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