“The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras” is heading to streaming. The iconic 40th season of the longest-running reality competition show will debut on Paramount+ on April 23.
The season, which debuted on MTV in August 2024, premiered to the highest ratings in the demo in three years. The season featured all vets, with many fan-favorite competitors returning after many years off.
The roster featured seven-time winner Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, five-time champ Chris “CT” Tamburello, four-time winners, Darrell Taylor and Jordan Wiseley, and three-time winner Derrick Kosinski. Two-time title holders on the cast include Mark Long, Jonna Mannion, Rachel Robinson, Cara Maria Sorbello, Laurel Stucky and Jodi Weatherton. Meanwhile, Kaycee Clark, Nehemiah Clark, Katie Cooley, Tori Deal, Brad Fiorenza, Aviv Melmed, Emily Schromm, Devin Walker and Jenny West have all taken home one win each.
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The cast was split into four teams based on the era they entered “The Challenge” universe.
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“I’m excited to see people like CT, Johnny Bananas and Mark Long. I’m old school,” Jon Murray, founder and executive consultant of Bunim/Murray Productions, told Variety ahead of the season. “You’ve seen how CT has emerged and how he went from being this, sort of, tough guy who could trigger at a moment’s notice to someone who is sometimes the calmest guy in the room. It’s great to be able to tell those long, evolving stories.”
Bunim/Murray president Julie Pizzi added, “When we all showed up on set, even the cast were very sentimental about it. There were certain people that were like, ‘There’s no way I would miss this. I will do whatever it takes to make sure that I’m there.’ And that was really special. There were people that were on the very first season there. Looking around at all the people who have participated on the crew and cast side of this franchise for decades was pretty remarkable. And it really was such a team effort. I think there was such a sense of something bigger, which doesn’t always happen on a show. So it made it really, really unique.”
“The Challenge” was created for MTV by Bunim/Murray Productions. Executive producers include Pizzi, Justin Booth, Jacob Lane, Emer Harkin, Dan Caster, Leanne Mucci and Jared March. Diego Amson serves as co-executive producer and Angela Liao is executive in charge of production for MTV.
