The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30 (often promoted as The Challenge XXX) is the 30th season of the MTV reality competition series, The Challenge. It was filmed in Colombia during May and June 2017, with alumni from The Real World, Road Rules, The Challenge, and Are You the One? competing. Jonathan Murray, Gil Goldschein, Scott Freeman, and Fred Birckhead were the executive producers, with Ryan Smith and Danny Wascou serving as co-executive producers.
A launch special aired on July 11, 2017, and the season premiered on July 18, 2017. The season concluded with a two-part reunion special/finale on November 14 and 21, 2017 and behind-the-scenes special of the reunion and the reunion after-party on November 28, 2017. It also marks the first chapter of a Challenge trilogy, followed by Vendettas and Final Reckoning.
Format
The main elements of the game are as follows: Daily Missions: Each round, the players compete in a challenge. The challenges will vary between individual and team challenges. The winners are immune from elimination and nominate one player of each gender for the Elimination Round. The losers players are eligible for the Double Cross. In some challenges, not everyone is eligible for the Double Cross but is still vulnerable to be nominated by the winning team. Nominations: The winners from the Main Match openly vote to nominate one other player of each gender for the Elimination Round. Elimination Rounds (Presidio): At the "Presidio", the "Double Cross" Draw is held. All losing players from the Daily Mission participate in a Random-Draw. The player who draws the Double Cross is safe from elimination and must nominate a fellow losing player of their Gender into the Presidio.The winners remain in the game, while the losers are eliminated.
In the end, only six players - 3 male and 3 female - compete in the final challenge for a share of $1,000,000. The winners of each gender win $450,000, the runners-up win $35,000, third place win $15,000.
Twists Purge Challenges: Some challenges are designated as Purges - sudden death challenges where the losers are immediately eliminated. In the opening challenge "The Purge", the players competed in several rounds to guarantee their safety, with 3 players of each gender being eliminated. The "X Marks the Spot" and "Snaking Your Way Back In" challenges composed the second purge of the game. This purge would narrow down the 10 players, to the final 6 that would face the Final Challenge. Vote-offs: At some points in the game, the winners of the Daily Mission also win the power to vote-off one of the losers. In "The Purge", the winners of the final part of the challenge has to vote-off 3 out of the 4 remaining losing players of their gender. In "Blackout", the winning team has to vote one male and one female out of the game. In "Backstabber", the individual winners vote one male and one female out of the game. Redemption House: The "Redemption House" gives eliminated players a chance to re-enter the game. Periodically, the players in Redemption House participate in a Redemption Game, with the winners returning to the game, while the losers are officially eliminated.
Contestants Male contestantsOriginal seasonFinish Jordan WiseleyThe Real World: PortlandWinner Derrick KosinskiRoad Rules: X-TremeRunner-upChris "CT" TamburelloThe Real World: Paris Third place Hunter BarfieldAre You the One? 3Episode 16 Tony RainesReal World: SkeletonsEpisode 16Johnny "Bananas" DevenanzioThe Real World: Key West Episode 14 Leroy GarrettThe Real World: Las Vegas (2011) Episode 13 Dario MedranoAre You the One? 2 Episode 12 Nelson ThomasAre You the One? 3 Episode 11Cory WhartonReal World: Ex-Plosion Episode 8 Chris "Ammo" Ammon HallReal World: Go Big or Go Home Episode 6 Derrick HenryAre You the One? 5 Episode 3Darrell TaylorRoad Rules: Campus Crawl Episode 1 Shane RainesThe Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines Episode 1Devin Walker-MolaghanAre You the One? 3 Episode 1 Female contestantsOriginal season Finish Camila NakagawaSpring Break ChallengeWinner Cara Maria SorbelloThe Challenge: Fresh Meat II Runner-up Tori DealAre You the One? 4 Third placeJenna ComponoReal World: Ex-Plosion Episode 16 Kailah CasillasReal World: Go Big or Go HomeEpisode 16 Britni ThorntonAre You the One? 3Episode 14 Veronica PortilloRoad Rules: Semester at SeaEpisode 14 Jemmye CarrollThe Real World: New Orleans (2010) Episode 13Aneesa FerreiraThe Real World: Chicago Episode 12 Nicole RamosThe Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines Episode 9 Marie RodaThe Real World: St. Thomas Episode 7 Briana LaCuestaAre You the One? 2 Episode 3 LaToya JacksonThe Real World: St. Thomas Episode 1Amanda GarciaAre You the One? 3 Episode 1 Simone KellyAre You the One? 1 Episode 1 Ashley MitchellReal World: Ex-Plosion Episode 1
Gameplay Challenge games The Purge: This challenge is played in three different phases. In the first phase, which is individual, each player must roll barrels up a hill. The top four finishers of each gender are safe from elimination. In the second phase, which is played as two teams, each team must carry a pair of cannons up a hill. The players from the team that win are the next to be safe from elimination. In the third phase, each remaining player must race toward a pile of cannonballs, bring it up a hill and fire with their cannon. The first player of each gender to fire their cannons are the last to be safe from elimination, and choose three players (out of four) of the same gender to be eliminated. Round 1 Winners: Aneesa, Bananas, Camila, Derrick K., Hunter, Jordan, Kailah & Tori Round 2 Winners: Blue Team (Ammo, Britni, Cara Maria, Dario, Derrick H., Leroy, Marie, Nelson, Nicole & Veronica) Round 3 Winners: Cory & Jenna Sent to Redemption: Amanda, Devin, Darrell, LaToya, Shane & Simone Cool Under Fire: Players are suspended 30 feet above the water while sitting on a ledge against a wall. Every so often the wall tilts forward to make it harder to remain on. There are safety ropes along the wall in order to allow players to get into position, but they are not allowed to grab them once the horn has been blown. The challenge is played in two heats of six males and six females per heat. The remaining not playing in the heat may choose to launch rotten tomatoes from stationary slingshots at their opponents. The two male and two female players to last the longest in each heat are declared the winners. The two males and two females to fall first are the losers of the challenge and are eligible for The Double Cross. Heat 1 Winners: Cara Maria, Derrick K., Nelson & Nicole Heat 2 Winners: Bananas, Camila, CT & Tori Battle Royale: Players are divided into two teams of ten and the challenge is played in male and female heats. Teams start from opposing poles in the arena with a narrow hallway in the middle. At the sound of a horn, players must run through the hallway to the opposing team's pole to retrieve five rings hanging from their pole. Upon retrieving these rings, teams must run back to their starting pole and place their opponents rings on them. Each player is responsible for grabbing a ring. The first team to win two heats wins while the losing team is eligible for The Double Cross. The two players not selected for a team sit out from the challenge and are also eligible for The Double Cross. Winners: Aneesa, CT, Cara Maria, Cory, Dario, Hunter, Leroy, Marie, Tori & Veronica Pirates' Treasure: Played in male-female pairs and in two heats. Pairs must carry a 100 lb chest through a series of obstacles in order to reach the finish line. Once reaching the finish line, players must smash open their chests with a hammer in order to a retrieve a Jolly Roger flag which they must hoist up a flagpole to complete. The first pair to hoist their flag in each heat wins while the bottom two pairs in each heat are declared the losers and are eligible for The Double Cross. Heat 1 Winners: CT & Cara Maria Heat 2 Winners: Nelson & Veronica Ups And Downs: Players must divide themselves into teams of four with two males and two females on each team. Teams have to place the thirty Challenge logos in chronological order using placards on a tall beam. One player is in charge of placing the placards in order while the remaining three teammates hoist them up and down the beam using a rope. The first team to place all of their logos in order is declared the winning team. The two last-place teams are eligible for The Double Cross. Winners: Camila, Cara Maria, CT & Leroy Talk Thirty to Me: Players are suspended 30 feet in the air above water and are asked a series of trivia questions related to their cast-mates. If a player gets a question wrong, they receive an 'X' to their score, but if they answer correctly they are able to add an 'X' to an opposing player's score. Once a player has three 'X's they are out of the challenge. The game is played in a male heat and a female heat. The first four players to hit the water in each heat are the losers and eligible for The Double Cross. The last male and female players standing are the winners of the challenge and also receive a getaway for themselves and a friend. Winners: Camila & Tony Saved By The Bell: Players are divided into four teams of four. Teams must go from one platform 30 feet in the air to the other platform across the way hopping across a series of bells. They must do this while another team is competing as well. The team to finish the fastest, or with the most players across, is declared the winning team. All three losing teams are eligible for The Double Cross. The two players not selected for a team sit out from the challenge and are also be eligible for The Double Cross. Winners: Camila, CT, Hunter & Kailah Blackout: Players are placed into three teams of five. Teams are placed inside a blacked-out 8x8 box where they are unable to see anything. They must scratch and claw the paint away from their window to unveil numbers that unlock a combination to a pickaxe and use the pickaxe to escape the box and then solve a three-dimensional puzzle. The first team to solve the puzzle wins, while the two losing teams are eligible for the Double Cross. The winning team is also able to select one male and one female to send straight to the Redemption House. Winners: Britni, Jordan, Kailah, Tony & Veronica Sent to Redemption: CT & Cara Maria Backstabber: On the top of a building, players must walk across a balance beam. There are three 'X's at the end of every beam, representing the other players. The first player to reach their X's may knock whoever they'd like off of a beam. The fastest male and fastest female players to complete the challenge win while all losing players are eligible for The Double Cross. The challenge is played in two heats (for male and female players). The first player knocked off in each heat is eligible to be sent straight to the Redemption House by the winners. Winners: Hunter & Jenna Sent to Redemption: Jordan & Veronica X Marks the Spot: Players divide themselves into male-female pairs and compete in an obstacle course that lead them to puzzle pieces. Once the pairs retrieve their puzzle pieces, they split off as individuals to complete their puzzles. The first two males and the first two females to complete their puzzles earn their spot in the final challenge. Winners: Cara Maria, CT, Jordan & Tori Snaking Your Way Back In: Players are hanging from two blue ropes on a structure 30 feet above the water. They must shimmy their way until they reach a yellow rope and must transition onto it. They must then shimmy off the structure and swim to a buoy and wrap their rope around it. The first male and female player to put their rope around their buoy win and continue on to the final challenge while the losers are eliminated from the game. Winners: Camila & Derrick K. Eliminated: Hunter, Jenna, Kailah & Tony
Presidio games