The Challenge: Cutthroat
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The Challenge: Cutthroat is the twentieth season of the MTV
reality television
game show
, The Challenge, and follows Fresh Meat II
. Filmed in Prague
, Czech Republic
, Cutthroat features a first-ever three-team format, with cast members from The Real World
, Road Rules
, Fresh Meat
, Fresh Meat II and the Spring Break Challenge
competing. The season premiered on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, and concluded with the "S#!% They Should Have Shown" special on December 22, 2010.
) and Emilee Fitzpatrick (RW: Cancun
) – were chosen as the team captains. Those three selected players, alternating between male and female, until each team was split evenly – five men and five women on each team – see Cast and Draft sections below.
The three teams will participate in numerous challenges (sometimes called "missions"), which are followed by an elimination challenge, known as the "Gulag." The team who wins a challenge will receive a cash prize of $20,000 to be banked in their team bank accounts, as well as winning immunity from the Gulag.
The two losing teams will then be forced to choose one player of each gender from their own teams for possible elimination. Each player will cast secret votes to decide which two men and two women will battle in same-gender Gulags. The winning players will rejoin their respective teams and stay in the game, while the losing players will be eliminated from the game.
In the event a vote is tied, a run-off vote is conducted. If the team does not come to a consensus after the run-off vote, the player going into the Gulag from the opposing team selects any member of the other team to send to the Gulag.
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Teams
Competition
Episode 1 – "Czech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself"
First aired October 6, 2010
Episode 2 – "Newbie Doobie Doo"
First aired October 13, 2010
Episode 3 – "Karma's a Bitch"
First aired October 20, 2010
Episode 4 – "Swat the Hell?"
First aired October 27, 2010
Episode 5 – "Couching Tyger, Hidden Danimal"
First aired November 3, 2010
Episode 6 – Where The Red Team Blows
First aired November 10, 2010
Episode 7 – Hell Hath No Fury
First aired November 17, 2010
Episode 8 – Back With a Vengeance
First aired December 1, 2010
Episode 9 – Always a Bridesmaid...
First aired December 8, 2010
Episode 10 – Czechmate
First aired December 15, 2010
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, The Challenge, and follows Fresh Meat II
The Challenge: Fresh Meat 2
The Challenge: Fresh Meat II is the nineteenth season of the MTV reality television game show, The Challenge, and the sequel to Fresh Meat...
. Filmed in Prague
Prague
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, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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, Cutthroat features a first-ever three-team format, with cast members from The Real World
The Real World
The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...
, Road Rules
Road Rules
Road Rules was an MTV reality show that debuted on July 19, 1995. The series, which was MTV's second reality show after The Real World followed six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24 after stripping them of their money and putting them on an RV traveling from location to location only guided...
, Fresh Meat
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat
Fresh Meat is the twelfth season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge. Filmed in Australia, Fresh Meat featured two-player teams; each team had an alumnus of The Real World or Road Rules partnered with a newcomer to the Challenge . This is the first edition of the Fresh Meat series.-Cast:Host: T. J...
, Fresh Meat II and the Spring Break Challenge
Spring Break Challenge
Spring Break Challenge is a spin-off of MTV's reality television game show, The Challenge, that aired in March 2010 during spring break in Acapulco, Mexico, prior to the airing of The Challenge's 19th season...
competing. The season premiered on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, and concluded with the "S#!% They Should Have Shown" special on December 22, 2010.
Gameplay
This season of The Challenge features a brand new format, consisting of three teams – Red vs. Blue vs. Grey. A race to the "Gulag" was held to determine the selections of the teams. The three players that finished last in the race – Camila Nakagawa (Spring Break Challenge), Shauvon Torres (RW: SydneyThe Real World: Sydney
The Real World: Sydney is the nineteenth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras document their lives and interpersonal relationships...
) and Emilee Fitzpatrick (RW: Cancun
The Real World: Cancun
The Real World: Cancun is the twenty-second season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras document their lives and interpersonal relationships. Cancun, Mexico was...
) – were chosen as the team captains. Those three selected players, alternating between male and female, until each team was split evenly – five men and five women on each team – see Cast and Draft sections below.
The three teams will participate in numerous challenges (sometimes called "missions"), which are followed by an elimination challenge, known as the "Gulag." The team who wins a challenge will receive a cash prize of $20,000 to be banked in their team bank accounts, as well as winning immunity from the Gulag.
The two losing teams will then be forced to choose one player of each gender from their own teams for possible elimination. Each player will cast secret votes to decide which two men and two women will battle in same-gender Gulags. The winning players will rejoin their respective teams and stay in the game, while the losing players will be eliminated from the game.
In the event a vote is tied, a run-off vote is conducted. If the team does not come to a consensus after the run-off vote, the player going into the Gulag from the opposing team selects any member of the other team to send to the Gulag.
Cast
Host: T. J. LavinT. J. Lavin
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- Note: Chris "C.T." Tamburello (RW: ParisThe Real World: ParisThe Real World: Paris is the thirteenth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships...
) and Tina Barta (RR: South Pacific) were brought into the competition at the end of Episode 8 to compete in the Gulag.
Draft
| Round | Red Team | Gray Team | Blue Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Camila | Shauvon | Emilee |
| 1 | Dunbar | Vinny | Johnny |
| 2 | Tori | Laurel | Jenn |
| 3 | Brad | Abram | Derrick |
| 4 | Paula | Sarah | Emily |
| 5 | Tyler | Dan | Ty |
| 6 | Melinda | Ayiiia | Theresa |
| 7 | Chet | Luke | Derek |
| 8 | Mandi | Cara Maria | Katie |
| 9 | Brandon | J.D. | Eric |
Elimination chart
| Episode | Winner | Gulag vote | Gulag game | Gulag | |||||||
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| # | Challenge | Grey | Blue | Red | Winner | Loser | |||||
| 1 | Gas Problems | Grey Team | Derek | Brandon | Handcuffs | Brandon | Derek | ||||
| Emilee | Camila | Camila | Emilee | ||||||||
| 2 | Brain Buster | Blue Team | J.D. | Brandon | Back Up Off Me | Brandon | J.D. | ||||
| Mandi | Mandi | ||||||||||
| 3 | Bed Head | Red Team | Vinny | Eric | Die Hard | Eric | Vinny | ||||
| Shauvon | Katie | Katie | Shauvon | ||||||||
| 4 | Bottleneck Stampede | Red Team | Ayiiia | Katie | Swat | Katie | Ayiiia | ||||
| Luke | Eric | Luke | Eric | ||||||||
| 5 | Surf's Up | Grey Team | Ty | Brandon | Pole Me Over | Brandon | Ty | ||||
| Katie | Camila | Camila | Katie | ||||||||
| 6 | Sky Hook | Grey Team | Emily | Melinda | Handcuffs | Emily | Melinda | ||||
| Derrick | Brandon | Derrick | Brandon | ||||||||
| 7 | Gimme a Hand | Blue Team | Dan | Dunbar | Die Hard | Dunbar | Dan | ||||
| Laurel | Camila | Laurel | Camila | ||||||||
| 8 | High Ball | Grey Team | Theresa | Tori | Back Up Off Me | Tori | Theresa | ||||
| Johnny | Tyler | Tyler | Johnny | ||||||||
| 9 | Riot Act | Grey Team | Derrick | Tyler | Pole Me Over | Tyler | Derrick | ||||
| Emily | Paula | Emily | Paula | ||||||||
| 10 | Czech Point | Red Team | |||||||||
- Red Team
- Blue Team
- Grey Team
- The Red Team contestants in the final challenge were Brad, Dunbar, Tori and Tyler.
- The Blue Team contestants in the final challenge were Emily and Jenn.
- The Grey Team contestants in the final challenge were Abram, Cara Maria, Laurel, Luke and Sarah.
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Teams
- The contestant is on the Red team.
- The contestant is on the Blue team.
- The contestant is on the Grey team.
Competition
- The contestant's team won the competition.
- The contestant's team did not win the final challenge.
- The contestant was removed from the final race due to illness.
- The contestant's team won the challenge and was safe from the Gulag.
- The contestant's team lost the challenge, but the contestant was not chosen for the Gulag.
- The contestant won the Gulag.
- The contestant was chosen for the Gulag, but did not compete.
- The contestant lost the Gulag and was eliminated.
- The contestant quit the competition.
- The contestant was removed from the competition due to injury.
Gulag games
- Handcuffs: Players have to wrestle rings out of their opponent's hands. The first player to wrestle rings out of their opponent's hands five times wins.
- Played By: Brandon vs. Derek, Camila vs. Emilee, Brandon vs. Derrick & Emily vs. Melinda
- Back Up Of Me: Players are tied to each other, back-to-back, and have to drag their opponent to knock over their own barrel. The first player to knock over their own barrel twice wins.
- Played By: Brandon vs. J.D., Cara Maria vs. Mandi, Johnny/Tyler vs. C.T. & Theresa/Tori vs. Tina
- Die Hard: Players have to stand, kneel on and roll oversize dice, without any body parts touching the ground. The players have to match the number that T.J. Lavin rolls prior to the Gulag. The first player to roll their die into a designated square with the matching number facing up wins.
- Played By: Eric vs. Vinny, Dan vs. Dunbar & Camila vs. Laurel
- Swat: Players are chained by their necks at a table, and have to slap each other in the face with fly swatters (while wearing protective goggles). After multiple rounds of "swatting", players have to hold up a bucket filled with dirt with one arm, while continuing to slap their opponent in the face with fly swatters. The opponent wins if a player drops their bucket to the ground.
- Played By: Katie vs. Ayiiia & Luke vs. Eric
- Pole Me Over: Players have to grab a pole, and push their opponent backwards toward their own barrels. The first player to knock over their opponent's barrels twice wins.
- Played By: Brandon vs. Ty, Camila vs. Katie, Derrick vs. Tyler & Emily vs. Paula
Gulag Votes
| Red Team | |Episodes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Brad | Brandon | Brandon | N/A | Brandon | Brandon | Tyler | Tyler | Tyler | ||
| Camila | Mandi | Camila | Melinda | Camila | Tori | Paula | ||||
| Dunbar | Brandon | Brandon | N/A | Brandon | Brandon | Tyler | Tyler | Tyler | ||
| Camila | Mandi | Camila | Melinda | Camila | Tori | Paula | ||||
| Tori | Brandon | Brandon | N/A | Brandon | Brandon | Dunbar | Tyler | Tyler | ||
| Camila | Mandi | Camila | Melinda | Camila | Tori | Paula | ||||
| Tyler | Brandon | Brandon | N/A | Brandon | Brandon | Dunbar | Tyler | Brad | ||
| Camila | Camila | Camila | Camila | Camila | Tori | Paula | ||||
| Paula | Brandon | Brandon | N/A | Brandon | Brandon | Dunbar | Tyler | Dunbar | ||
| Camila | Mandi | Camila | Melinda | Camila | Tori | Tori | ||||
| Camila | Brandon | Dunbar | N/A | Brandon | Brad | Brad | ||||
| Mandi | Mandi | Melinda | Melinda | Tori | ||||||
| Brandon | Chet | Dunbar | N/A | Brandon | Dunbar | |||||
| Camila | Camila | Camila | Paula | |||||||
| Melinda | Dunbar | Brandon | N/A | Brandon | Brandon | |||||
| Camila | Mandi | Camila | Camila | |||||||
| Chet | Brandon | Brandon | N/A | N/A | ||||||
| Camila | Mandi | |||||||||
| Mandi | Brandon | Brandon | ||||||||
| Camila | Camila | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Abram | N/A | Abram | Luke | Luke | N/A | Dan | N/A | |||
| Shauvon | Shauvon | Sarah | Laurel | |||||||
| Cara Maria | N/A | Luke | Vinny | Luke | N/A | Dan | N/A | |||
| Shauvon | Shauvon | Ayiiia | Laurel | |||||||
| Laurel | N/A | JD | Vinny | Luke | N/A | Dan | N/A | |||
| Cara Maria | Shauvon | Cara Maria | Cara Maria | |||||||
| Luke | N/A | JD | Vinny | Luke | N/A | Dan | N/A | |||
| Cara Maria | Shauvon | Ayiiia | Laurel | |||||||
| Sarah | N/A | JD | Vinny | Luke | N/A | Dan | N/A | |||
| Cara Maria | Shauvon | Ayiiia | Cara Maria | |||||||
| Dan | N/A | JD | Luke | Luke | N/A | Dan | ||||
| Cara Maria | Shauvon | Ayiiia | Laurel | |||||||
| Ayiiia | N/A | JD | Vinny | Luke | ||||||
| Cara Maria | Shauvon | Cara Maria | ||||||||
| Shauvon | N/A | Luke | Vinny | |||||||
| Cara Maria | Shauvon | |||||||||
| Vinny | N/A | JD | Luke | |||||||
| Shauvon | Shauvon | |||||||||
| JD | N/A | Luke | ||||||||
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| Blue Team | |Episodes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Emily | Derek | N/A | Eric | Eric | Ty | Derrick | N/A | Johnny | Derrick | |
| Emilee | Katie | Katie | Katie | Emily | Theresa | Emily | ||||
| Jenn | Derek | N/A | Eric | Ty/Eric* | Ty | Derrick | N/A | Johnny | Derrick | |
| Emilee | Katie | Katie | Katie | Emily | Theresa | Emily | ||||
| Derrick | Derek | N/A | Ty | Ty/Eric* | Ty | Derrick | N/A | Johnny | Derrick | |
| Emilee | Emily | Katie | Katie | Emily | Theresa | Emily | ||||
| Johnny | Derek | N/A | Eric | Eric | Ty | Derrick | N/A | Johnny | ||
| Emilee | Katie | Katie | Katie | Emily | Theresa | |||||
| Theresa | Derek | N/A | Eric | Eric | Ty | Derrick | N/A | Johnny | ||
| Emilee | Katie | Katie | Katie | Emily | Theresa | |||||
| Katie | Derek | N/A | Ty | Ty | Ty | |||||
| Emilee | Theresa | Katie | Katie | |||||||
| Ty | Derek | N/A | Eric | Eric | Ty | |||||
| Emilee | Katie | Katie | Katie | |||||||
| Eric | Derek | N/A | Ty | Ty | ||||||
| Emilee | Theresa | Katie | ||||||||
| Emilee | Ty | |||||||||
| Katie | ||||||||||
| Derek | Ty | |||||||||
| Emilee | ||||||||||
- The Blue Team reached a tie vote in Episode 4 between Eric and Ty. A revote was required (and if there was another tie, Luke would be allowed to choose anyone from the Blue Team to go into the Gulag with) and in the revote Jenn and Derrick switched their votes, sending Eric into the Gulag.
- Jenn is the only person to compete on this season that did not receive any votes to go into a Gulag.
- Abram, Brad, Chet, Jenn, and Sarah never competed in a Gulag.
Episode guide
In contrast to past seasons of The Challenge, the title sequence features only the players that are still in the game for that episode. (In the past every player that participated would be shown, even after elimination.)Episode 1 – "Czech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself"
First aired October 6, 2010
- Mission: Gas Problems
- Mission Winner: Grey Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Brandon, Derek, Camila, Emilee
- Gulag Game: Handcuffs
- Male Gulag: Brandon vs. Derek
- Eliminated: Derek
- Female Gulag: Camila vs. Emilee
- Eliminated: Emilee
Episode 2 – "Newbie Doobie Doo"
First aired October 13, 2010
- Mission: Brain Busters
- Mission Winner: Blue Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Brandon, J.D., Cara Maria, Mandi
- Gulag Game: Back Off Of Me
- Male Gulag: Brandon vs. J.D.
- Eliminated: J.D.
- Female Gulag: Cara Maria vs. Mandi
- Eliminated: Mandi
Episode 3 – "Karma's a Bitch"
First aired October 20, 2010
- Mission: Bed Head
- Mission Winner: Red Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Eric, Vinny, Katie, Shauvon
- Gulag Game: Die Hard
- Male Gulag: Eric vs. Vinny
- Eliminated: Vinny
- Female Gulag: Katie vs. Shauvon
- Quit: Shauvon
Episode 4 – "Swat the Hell?"
First aired October 27, 2010
- Mission: Bottleneck Stampede
- Mission Winner: Red Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Eric, Luke, Ayiiia, Katie
- Gulag Game: Swat
- Male Gulag: Eric vs. Luke
- Eliminated: Eric
- Female Gulag: Ayiiia vs. Katie
- Eliminated: Ayiiia
Episode 5 – "Couching Tyger, Hidden Danimal"
First aired November 3, 2010
- Mission: Surf's Up
- Mission Winner: Grey Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Brandon, Ty, Camila, Katie
- Gulag Game: Pole Me Over
- Male Gulag: Brandon vs. Ty
- Eliminated: Ty
- Female Gulag: Camila vs. Katie
- Eliminated: Katie
Episode 6 – Where The Red Team Blows
First aired November 10, 2010
- Removed: Chet
- Mission: Sky Hook
- Mission Winner: Grey Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Brandon, Derrick, Emily, Melinda
- Gulag Game: Handcuffs
- Male Gulag: Brandon vs. Derrick
- Eliminated: Brandon
- Female Gulag: Emily vs. Melinda
- Eliminated: Melinda
Episode 7 – Hell Hath No Fury
First aired November 17, 2010
- Mission: Gimme a Hand
- Mission Winner: Blue Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Dan, Dunbar, Camila, Laurel
- Gulag Game: Die Hard
- Male Gulag: Dan vs. Dunbar
- Eliminated: Dan
- Female Gulag: Camila vs. Laurel
- Eliminated: Camila
Episode 8 – Back With a Vengeance
First aired December 1, 2010
- New players: C.T. and Tina
- Mission: High Ball
- Mission Winner: Grey Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Johnny, Tyler, Theresa, Tori
- Gulag Game: Back Up Of Me
- Male Gulag: Johnny vs. C.T. & Tyler vs. C.T.
- Eliminated: Johnny
- Female Gulag: Theresa vs. Tina & Tori vs. Tina
- Eliminated: Theresa
Episode 9 – Always a Bridesmaid...
First aired December 8, 2010
- Mission: Riot Act
- Mission Winner: Grey Team
- Voted into the Gulag: Derrick, Tyler, Emily, Paula
- Gulag Game: Pole Me Over
- Male Gulag: Derrick vs. Tyler
- Eliminated: Derrick
- Female Gulag: Emily vs. Paula
- Eliminated: Paula
Episode 10 – Czechmate
First aired December 15, 2010
- Mission: Czech Point
- The Challenge: Cutthroat Winner: Red Team
- Runners-up:
- Second place: Grey Team
- Third place: Blue Team
Reunion Special
The Reunion Special aired on December 15, 2010, and was hosted by Maria MenounosMaria Menounos
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