Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island is the 16th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge).
The season featured cast members from The Real World, Road Rules and Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat "stranded" on an island off the coast of Panama, where they competed for a buried treasure chest filled with $300,000 in gold. Unlike in previous seasons, the cast was not housed in a luxurious dwelling, but was "forced" to improvise and "work" for the basic necessities of food and shelter, as on the TV series Survivor. There were no predetermined teams. Instead, the cast members had to forge their own alliances. Of the twenty cast members, there were only four winners. The Island premiered on September 10, 2008, and concluded on October 29, 2008.
Format The contestants are "stranded" on an island, the objective of the challenge is to construct two boats that they are eventually going to be used to reach a nearby island where the buried treasure of $300,000 is hidden. Once the boats are complete, only eight key-holders are allowed to board and compete in a 4-on-4 race to get to the buried treasure.
At the beginning of each episode, materials to build the boats, food, information about the boats and some luxury are air-dropped, it's up to the contestants to decide how the food is divided and to assemble the pieces and make sure their vessels are seaworthy.
They then have to choose 3 contestants to go into a face-off. In order to get one of the keys to be in the final race and have a shot for the money, contestants must risk it all in this three-way face-offs. After each face-off, the winner receives a key, the losers get a chance to speak in front of every contestant as should why they should stay in the island, the contestants (except for the winner of the face-off) vote on who should leave the island. In the case of a tie, the winner of the face-off decides who leaves and who stays.
However, the rules of the challenge are given to the competitors as the challenge advances, and the way to get the keys can change at any moment. At the end of the season, the eight key-holders have to divide themselves into two teams of four, build their boats and race to the island where the buried treasure of $300,000 is hidden. The final eliminated contestant can help.
Contestants Contestants Original season FinishDerrick KosinskiRoad Rules: X-TremeWinnerEvelyn SmithReal World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat WinnerJohnny DevenanzioThe Real World: Key West WinnerKenny SantucciReal World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat WinnerJenn GrijalvaThe Real World: DenverRunner-upPaula MeronekThe Real World: Key West Runner-upRobin HibbardThe Real World: San Diego Runner-upRyan Kehoe Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat Runner-upDunbar MerrillThe Real World: SydneyEpisode 8Johanna BottaThe Real World: Austin Episode 8KellyAnne Judd The Real World: Sydney Episode 8Dan WalshRoad Rules 2007: Viewers' Revenge Episode 8Colie Edison The Real World: DenverEpisode 7Cohutta Grindstaff The Real World: SydneyEpisode 6Tyrie Ballard The Real World: DenverEpisode 5Ashli Robson The Real World: SydneyEpisode 4Rachel RobinsonRoad Rules: Campus CrawlEpisode 3Abram BoiseRoad Rules: South PacificEpisode 2Dave MalinoskyThe Real World: HollywoodEpisode 2Tonya CooleyThe Real World: ChicagoEpisode 1
Face-offs Leaning Tower: Contestants must swim out to retrieve 12 pegs that will help them climb a telephone pole with a bell at the top. The first to the climb to the top and ring the bell wins. Played by: Abram vs. Kenny vs. Tonya Ring Wrestle: Contestants must all hold onto a ring and wrestle it out of the other's hands. The last person remaining wins. Played by: Abram vs. Derrick vs. Johnny The Rack: Contestants must sit on two parallel bars situated over water and never lose contact with both bars. The last person remaining wins. Played by: KellyAnne vs. Rachel vs. Robin Ball Buster: Contestants get to pick a partner and they all must fight to push a ball into their goal twice. The first person to do so wins. Played by: Ashli vs. Jenn vs. Paula Bridge It: Contestants must walk back and forth across a bridge. After every time they walk across, they must remove one of the planks, making it more difficult for the next person to walk across. The only person who does not fall from the bridge wins. Played by: Dan vs. Evelyn vs. Tyrie Rat in a Cage: Contestants are each be locked in their own cage and each has four locks. Four keys are scattered that they have to untie. The first out of the cage wins. Played by: Johnny vs. Cohutta vs. Derrick Timbur: Contestants must stand on a stump and hold two heavy tree trunks up with each arm. Whoever holds the two tree trunks the longest wins. Played by: Johanna vs. Colie vs. Ryan Water Bound: Contestants are shackled at the ankles and dropped in a tank of water with a weight. They must continuously bounce up and sink back down with the weight. The person who holds the weight the longest wins. Played by: Dan vs. Evelyn vs. KellyAnne vs. Johanna
Game summary EpisodeFace-offparticipantsFace-off outcome#Face-offWinnerKey StolenSavedEliminatedVote1Leaning TowerAbramAbramrowspan=12 KennyTonya14-3KennyTonya2Ring WrestleAbramDerrickJohnnyAbram9-6DerrickJohnny3The RackKellyAnneKellyAnneRobinRachel8-6RachelRobin4Ball BusterAshliPaulaJennAshli7-0JennPaula5Bridge ItDanEvelynJohnny DanTyrie9-2EvelynTyrie6Rat in a CageCohuttaJohnnyEvelynDerrickCohutta10-1DerrickJohnny7TimberColieRyanKellyAnneJohannaColie10-0JohannaRyan8Water BoundDanEvelynDunbarrowspan=4 Danrowspan=4 EvelynDunbarJohannaJohannaKellyAnneKellyAnneFinal ChallengeWinners: Derrick, Evelyn, Johnny, Kenny2nd place: Jenn, Paula, Robin, Ryan Red Boat Blue Boat
Elimination progress ContestantsEpisodes1234567FinaleDerrickSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFERISKSAFESAFE WINNEREvelynSAFESAFESAFESAFELOSESAFE WINNERJohnnySAFESAVESAFESAFELOSESAFESAFE WINNERKennySAVESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE WINNERJennSAFESAFESAFESAVESAFESAFESAFESAFE LOSERPaulaSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFE LOSERRobinSAFESAFESAVESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE LOSERRyanSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE LOSERDunbarSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEJohannaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFERISKKellyAnneSAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFELOSEDanSAFESAFESAFESAFERISKSAFESAFEColieSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUTCohuttaSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUTTyrieSAFESAFESAFESAFEOUTAshliSAFESAFESAFEOUTRachelSAFESAFEOUTAbramWINOUTDaveSAFETonyaOUT Competition The contestant won the competition The contestant made it to the end of the challenge, but lost in the final The contestant won the face-off and a key The contestant won the face-off and took the key of another contestant The contestant lost the face-off, but was not eliminated and received a key The contestant lost the face-off, but was not eliminated The contestant had their key stolen by the face-off winner The contestant had their key stolen by the face-off winner and was automatically eliminated The contestant lost the face-off and was automatically eliminated The contestant lost the face-off and was voted out The contestant quit the competition The contestant was given a key by an eliminated player
Voting progress Voted OutTonyaAbramRachelAshliTyrieCohuttaColieNo VotePlayersEpisodes12345678KennyRachelAshliTyrieColieTonyaJohnnyRobinAshliCohuttaColieTonyaRachelAshliTyrieColieAbramRachelNot ShownTyrieCohuttaColieKennyJohnnyRobinDanCohuttaColieTonyaAbramRachelTyrieCohuttaColieTonyaJohnnyNot ShownTyrieCohuttaColieKennyAbramRachelNot ShownTyrieCohuttaDunbarTonyaAbramRachelNot ShownTyrieCohuttaColieJohannaTonyaAbramRachelNot ShownNot ShownCohuttacolspan=2 KellyAnneTonyaJohnnyAshliTyrieDerrickColieDanTonyaAbramRachelAshliCohuttaColieColieTonyaAbramRobinNot ShownDanCohuttaCohuttaTonyaAbramRobinAshliTyrieTyrieTonyaAbramRobinAshliAshliTonyaJohnnyRobinRachelTonyaJohnnyAbramDaveTonyaTonya
Key holders KeyEpisode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81 Abram Dunbar Evelyn2Kenny3 Derrick4 Johnny Evelyn Johnny5 KellyAnne Ryan6 Robin7 Paula8 Jenn Key holder at the end of each episode
Episodes
Reunion special The Island Reunion: The Final Face Off aired on November 5, 2008 and was hosted by Carlos Santos from MTV Tres. The cast members who attended were: Johanna, Paula, Kenny, Derrick, Johnny, Evelyn, Ryan, Jenn, KellyAnne and Robin. A promo from the upcoming The Real World: Brooklyn season is shown.
Controversy The season sparked controversy for production's poor respect of the local environment. Panamanian locals criticised MTV for clearing a small patch of forest for construction, developing an access road through the forest and installing generators and lighting on the beach.
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