Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno is the eighth season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge). The season is directly subsequent to The Gauntlet and took place in Acapulco, Mexico.

This is the first edition of The Inferno series, with The Inferno II and The Inferno 3 following in 2005 and 2007, respectively.

Format In this challenge, the winning teams would receive a prize at the end of each mission. They would then nominate two players from their team to the Inferno elimination challenge. Unlike The Gauntlet, there would be another challenge with an immunity life-saver up for grabs before the Inferno. Each team then selected one of the two nominees from the opposing team to go into the Inferno.

Contestants + Real World teamPlayerOriginal seasonFinishCoral SmithThe Real World: Back to New YorkRunner-upChris "CT" TamburelloThe Real World: ParisRunner-upMike MizaninThe Real World: Back to New YorkRunner-upSyrus YarbroughThe Real World: BostonRunner-upDavid BurnsThe Real World: SeattleEpisode 16Leah GillingwaterThe Real World: ParisEpisode 15Julie StofferThe Real World: New OrleansEpisode 12Mallory SnyderThe Real World: ParisEpisode 8Trishelle CannatellaThe Real World: Las VegasEpisode 4Ace AmersonThe Real World: ParisEpisode 2  + Road Rules teamPlayerOriginal seasonFinishAbram BoiseRoad Rules: South PacificWinnerChristena PyleRoad Rules: South PacificWinnerDarrell TaylorRoad Rules: Campus CrawlWinnerHolly ShandRoad Rules: Latin AmericaWinnerKatie DoyleRoad Rules: The QuestWinnerKendal SheppardRoad Rules: Campus CrawlWinnerTimmy BeggyRoad Rules: USA – The Second AdventureWinnerVeronica PortilloRoad Rules: Semester at SeaWinnerShane LandrumRoad Rules: Campus CrawlEpisode 10Jeremy BlossomRoad Rules: South PacificEpisode 6

Gameplay Inferno games Bug Helmet:The contestants put their heads into glass boxes filled with hundreds of cockroaches with syrup covering their face. The player who stays in their box the longest wins. Played by: Ace vs. Jeremy Chili Counter:The player who eats the most chilis in a one-hour sitting wins. Played by: Holly vs. Trishelle Human Candelabra:The two players have a candle in each hand while holding their arm's out straight, the player who holds that position the longest wins. Played by: Jeremy vs. Mike Noise Pollution: Each player must wear a set of headphones while standing on a two-foot high platform for two hours. If there is a tie, then the players must stand on a four-inch block with one leg, the last person standing wins. Played by: Christena vs. Mallory Don't Toss Your Cookies: The players must eat cookies and drink milk, then get onto a spinning platform for 10 minutes, they continue this until one of the players vomits. The player who does not vomit wins the Inferno. Played by: CT vs. Shane Scratchathon: Each player is covered in itching powder and must walk on a treadmill for three hours, whoever outlasts their opponent wins. In the event of a tie, each contestant must jump rope, whoever jump ropes the longest wins the Inferno. Played by: Julie vs. Katie Brick by Brick: The players must transfer their bricks one at a time from one pile to the next, while walking across a plank. Players are disqualified if they drop a brick, break one, or fall off the plank. Whoever has transferred the most bricks at the end of three and a half hours wins. Played by: Kendal vs Leah Smell You Later: The contestants are each placed into their own plexiglass coffins, after every half hour for the first hour and a half, another layer of bad smelling substances are added to the coffins. At the end of four hours, if both players are still in their coffins, each player must hold their breath in the water, whoever holds it the longest wins the Inferno. Played by: David vs. Katie

Game summary

EpisodeWinnersAztec Life SaverInferno SelectionsInferno gameInferno outcome#ChallengeReal WorldRoad RulesReal WorldRoad Rules Winner Eliminated 1 Grope the Rope Ace Syrus Jeremy Timmy 2 Bird Feeder Syrus Darrell Ace Bug Helmet Jeremy Ace 3 Wreck N' Roll Leah Trishelle Holly Katie 4 Climbing Wall CT Timmy Chili Counter Holly Trishelle 5 Disco Domino Derby David Mike Abram Jeremy 6 Balls Out CT Veronica Human Candelabra Mike Jeremy 7 Ultimate Saturn Road Trip Coral Mallory Christena Katie 8 Don't Yank My Chain Mike Veronica Noise Pollution Christena Mallory 9 Come Sail Away CT David Abram Shane 10 Bungee Bound CT Holly CT Don't Toss Your Cookies CT Shane 11 Twist And Shoot Julie Leah Katie Veronica 12 Balcony Swing CT Veronica Katie Scratchathon Katie Julie 13 Fallen Angels David Syrus Darrell Timmy 14/15 Saturn Valet Ballet David Kendal Leah Kendal Brick by Brick Kendal Leah15/16Window Washing Coral Katie Veronica Coral Veronica David Katie Smell You Later Katie David 16/17 Seven Deadly Sins

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Episodes

Reunion special The reunion special, Montezuma's Revenge: Inside the Inferno, was aired on May 31, 2004, featuring the finalists and was hosted by VJ La La Vazquez.

External links

MTV's official Real World website MTV's official Road Rules website

References