Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes


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Battle of the Sexes is the 6th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (though at the time, known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge). The season is directly subsequent to the first Battle of the Seasons. Battle of the Sexes featured cast members from The Real World and Road Rules. The cast stayed in the Round Hill Hotel and Villa Resort near Montego Bay, Jamaica. The show premiered on December 30, 2002 and concluded on May 12, 2003.

Format

This season of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge features the same format as Battle of the Seasons, but instead of dividing teams by Real World and Road Rules teams, they are instead divided by gender. Each mission gave points based on finish, either with a partner or individually. After each mission, the players with the most points cumulative from each team became the "Inner Circle" and voted off whoever they wanted to. The winner of each challenge would earn a "lifesaver" which could be given to a member of either team; the recipient of the "lifesaver" would enjoy total immunity from being voted out, which created many interesting situations. After thirty people were voted off, fifteen for both genders, the final three Girls and final three Guys would compete against each other in a final race, earning $150,000 for themselves, $50,000 per teammate.

Cast

Host: 1998 Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley

Women's team
PlayerOriginal seasonFinish
Ruthie AlcaideRW: HawaiiRunner-Up
Ellen ChoRR: The QuestRunner-Up
Lori TrespicioRW: Back to New YorkRunner-Up
Melissa HowardRW: New OrleansEpisode 15
Genesis MossRW: BostonEpisode 14
Emily BaileyEpisode 13
Anne WhartonRR: Northern TrailEpisode 12
Ayanna MackinsRR: Semester at SeaEpisode 11
Veronica PortilloRR: Semester at SeaEpisode 10
RR: Down UnderEpisode 9
Tonya CooleyRW: ChicagoEpisode 8
Aneesa FerreiraRW: ChicagoEpisode 7
Rachel RobinsonRR: Campus CrawlEpisode 6
Amaya BrecherRW: HawaiiEpisode 5
Jisela DelgadoRR: The QuestEpisode 4
Gladys SanabriaRR: Latin AmericaEpisode 3
Beth StolarczykRW: Los AngelesEpisode 2
Julie StofferRW: New OrleansEpisode 1
Men's team
PlayerOriginal seasonFinish
Mark LongWinner
Colin MortensenRW: HawaiiWinner
Jamie MurrayRW: New OrleansWinner
RR: EuropeEpisode 15
Shane LandrumRR: Campus CrawlEpisode 14
James OrlandoRR: Maximum Velocity TourEpisode 13
Eric NiesRW: New YorkEpisode 12
Blair HerterRR: The QuestEpisode 11
Syrus YarbroughRW: BostonEpisode 10
Theo GanttRW: ChicagoEpisode 9
Jake BronsteinRR: IslandsEpisode 8
Dan RenziRW: MiamiEpisode 6/7
RW: San FranciscoEpisode 7
Yes DuffyRR: Semester at SeaEpisode 5
David BroomRW: New OrleansEpisode 4
Eric JonesRR: Campus CrawlEpisode 3
Laterrian WallaceRR: Maximum Velocity TourEpisode 2
David EdwardsRW: Los AngelesEpisode 1

Game Summary/Eliminations Chart

Episode Winners Inner Circle Life Saver Recipient Voted Off
# Challenge Team Life Saver Girls Guys Girls Guys
1 Sergeant Says Girls Melissa, Amaya Amaya, Melissa, Aneesa, Genesis Blair, Theo, Jamie, Colin Dan Julie David E.
2 Dead Man's Drop Girls Ruthie Ruthie Ellen Anne Theo Jamie Colin Gladys Beth Laterrian
3 Tree House Guys Dan, Jamie Puck Puck Gladys Eric J.
4 Breath-Hold Bungee Guys James Veronica James Emily Jisela David B.
5 Seven Rings of Saturn Guys Puck, Theo Emily Mark Colin Amaya Yes
6 Freeze Your Butt Off Girls Ellen Theo Tonya Rachel Dan
7 People Mover Girls Ayanna, Ellen Jamie Tonya Aneesa Dan
8 Battle of the Opposite Sexes Guys Jake Veronica Blair Tonya Jake
9 Leaky River Guys Eric N. Melissa N/A Christina Theo
10 Stairway to Heaven Guys Jamie Emily Blair Veronica Syrus
11 Collision Course Guys James Blair Ayanna Blair
12 Spider Mon Guys Shane Genesis Anne Eric N.
13 Human Aquarium Guys Antoine Shane Genesis James
14 Razors Edge Guys Antoine Lori Shane Genesis Shane
15 Maximum Velocity Girls Ruthie N/A Melissa Antoine
16 Handsome Reward Guys Final Rankings    Guys: Mark 1st, Colin 2nd, Jamie 3rd    Girls: Ruthie 1st, Ellen 2nd, Lori 3rd

Scoreboard By Episode

Players Episodes
123456789101112131415Finale
Mark164571102136160188220250284314344376410441WIN
Colin285993115149168200223251279310345372404439WIN
Jamie285187115141155183213238274308339372407407WIN
Ruthie286472102134163189210244274300334365365401LOSE
Ellen26586487109145181216240264290318347347378LOSE
Lori2236506393123147177203227254281309342376LOSE
Antoine2365890118129163193225258287319355391391
Melissa3647617092125155188208227227253278309341
Shane123866100128145167197220247279315349349
Genesis3443556589114140174197218218218248248
Emily2376185117151169169202233262291317
James83567103103121155185213245281314349
Eric N.1040669999127159191227262297297
Anne24526279103135153153175196220245
Blair3239617999121141171196225259
Ayanna625456191126162162193215215
Syrus18417191117133147177198224
Veronica28456188106137167197197222
Theo32506894130156170193194
Christina243761696992116116116
Jake20286095115136158194
Tonya224652646484100100
Dan204076101101116136
Aneesa34465667677995
Puck16497798134147147
Rachel217375674101
Yes831659494
Amaya3641577171
David B.18436176
Jisela14304249
Eric J.122555
Gladys141422
Latterian28
Beth616
Julie26
David E.10
Teams
{{colorbox}} The contestant is on the Girls team.
{{colorbox}} The contestant is on the Guys team.
Competition
Bold indicates the contestants in the Inner Circle.
{{colorbox}} The contestant's team won the final challenge.
{{colorbox}} The contestant's team did not win the final challenge.
{{colorbox}} The contestant came in first in the challenge, won the Life Saver, and a prize.
{{colorbox}} The contestant was given the Life Saver by the winner of the challenge.
{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated but returned to the game due to another contestant quitting.
{{colorbox}} The contestant was eliminated.
{{colorbox}} The contestant quit the game.
{{colorbox}} The contestant came in first in the challenge, won the Life Saver, and a prize and quit the game.
{{colorbox}} The contestant refused the Life Saver from the winner of the challenge and was eliminated.

Partners

Women

Sergeant Says Tree House Seven Rings of Saturn People Mover
Amaya & MelissaAmaya & VeronicaAmaya & TonyaAneesa & Tonya
Aneesa & GenesisAneesa & AnneAnne & GenesisAnne & Emily
Anne & ChristinaAyanna & RachelAneesa & ChristinaAyanna & Ellen
Ayanna & BethChristina & EmilyAyanna & LoriChristina & Lori
Ellen & JulieEllen & TonyaEllen & MelissaGenesis & Ruthie
Emily & RachelGenesis & JiselaEmily & RuthieMelissa & Veronica
Gladys & JiselaGladys & RuthieRachel & Veronica
Lori & TonyaLori & Melissa
Ruthie & Veronica

Men

Sergeant Says Tree House Seven Rings of Saturn People Mover
Antoine & LatterrianAntoine & BlairAntoine & ShaneAntoine & James
Blair & TheoColin & YesBlair & JakeBlair & Dan
Colin & JamieDan & JamieColin & MarkColin & Eric N.
Dan & JakeDavid B. & TheoDan & JamesJamie & Mark
David B. & SyrusEric J. & SyrusEric N. & YesJake & Shane
David E. & Eric N.Eric N. & MarkJamie & SyrusSyrus & Theo
Eric J. & ShaneJake & JamesPuck & Theo
James & YesPuck & Shane
Mark & Puck

Memorable Moments

  • Before the show even began, Puck and David E. (both of whom were kicked out of their house by their roommates during their respective seasons) got into a very heated argument. The conflict ended with Puck spitting in David E.'s face, who then demanded that Puck be ejected from the show. Executive producer Jon Murray was torn with the decision to send Puck home after half of the cast rallied to keep Puck on the show, while the other half of the cast did not care if he went home. Murray was able to negotiate between the two and put an end to their squabble without resorting to Puck's removal from the game. David E. would later go on to be the first one eliminated from the show on his own accord.
  • Melissa developed a deep animosity toward her former Real World cast member Julie over speaking arrangements that were made outside the show. Melissa had claimed that Julie misrepresented her services to a particular college which thereby prevented her from being booked. Melissa made it very clear that the two were no longer friends upon arriving to the show and she was very instrumental in getting Julie voted off first, even though she had received a high score in the mission. Their dispute continued outside the show where each side of the girls' argument was displayed onto their own respective websites, as well as the homepage for the show on MTV.
  • Gladys was pregnant and was ultimately voted off third because of it. She was also forbidden to partake in the Dead Man's Drop mission, after hanging upside down could do substantial harm to her unborn child.
  • Amaya planned to have the Inner Circle vote her out because she had a family crisis to attend to and didn't want to quit, but to the surprise of viewers who had followed her bitter feud with Veronica on a previous challenge, Veronica said she didn't want Amaya to leave and wouldn't vote her out. Melissa wrote on her blog that the two women had become friends since that challenge.
  • Rachel was voted off by the Inner Circle (consisting of Ellen, Emily, and Ruthie) in the sixth episode, which many believed to be unfair since she did not have the lowest score on the scoreboard. She then proceeded to deliver a rant in which she declared, "This game is ugly, the inner circle is ugly, and I don't want to be a part of it anymore!"
  • Puck and Ellen constantly came into conflict with one another, and Puck had even threatened to "kick her ass" at one point.
  • A feud erupted between Veronica and Emily after Veronica allegedly slept with Emily's boyfriend James while he was helping her move into her apartment.
  • Puck married his girlfriend, Betty, and mother of his infant son, Bogart, during the show. A special episode was aired that depicted the wedding, without any challenges or eliminations. Ellen, Tonya, Melissa, and Amaya were the only players in the game at that point who did not attend the wedding, abstaining out of protest because of the way Puck treated the women.
  • Puck left the show after trashing the residence when his wife was detained at departure from Jamaica for not having her green card. Because the teams had to be symmetrical, the previously voted off male, Dan, was put back in the game. The women were thrilled to see him return, but he only lasted one round before getting voted out again.
  • Emily's plotting against people that she did not like caused a large amount of controversy and resulted in both Rachel and Veronica's eliminations. Ellen and Ruthie would take most of the heat for these decisions, which made them very upset. Emily would later quit the show after her boyfriend, James, was voted off.
  • When Veronica was voted off, Jamie tried to use his Life Saver to keep her in the game, but because he didn't inform Johnny of his choice, as well as openly admitting to choosing Blair beforehand, Veronica was sent home.
  • During one of the missions, Antoine began to hit on one of the judges while still involved with the competition. He was lying down in a pool of water, so he was wearing his challenge issued speedo. The revealing swimsuit led the judge to tell Antoine that he had a "nice boner" while she couldn't stop laughing.
  • Several of the women refused to participate in the "Battle of the Opposite Sexes" mission after they were insulted at the prospect of taking off their clothes, even though the rules stated they only had to remove an article of clothing if they answered a question incorrectly.
  • In the final mission, titled "It Takes Three," the men had an early lead until they got to the second part of the challenge, which was a puzzle. Their difficulty with it led to the women catching up and even getting ahead of the men. After they left, the men went over to the women's puzzle and took it apart piece by piece, since it was still intact and put theirs together using the portions of the women's that had already been completed. Once finished, the men caught up with the women and ended up winning, completing the final challenge an hour ahead of the women. This had caused controversy after some viewed this as cheating, but it was not outlawed under the rules that were set, and was therefore not disallowed.


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