Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Duel is the 13th 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 Fresh Meat.

The Duel took place in Búzios, Brazil, with former cast members from MTV series The Real World and Road Rules competing, along with several cast members from the previous Challenge, Fresh Meat. The host of The Duel was T. J. Lavin.

The season differed from previous Challenge seasons in that no teams were assigned. The surviving male and female cast member would win $150,000 each. The season was watched by a total of 83 million viewers. The Duel premiered on October 12, 2006, and concluded on January 18, 2007.

Cast

Host: T. J. Lavin

Female Players	Original Season	Finish
{{colorbox}} Jodi Weatherton	RR: X-Treme	Winner
{{colorbox}}	RW: Key West	Runner Up
{{colorbox}} Aneesa Ferreira	RW: Chicago	Episode 15
{{colorbox}} Diem Brown	Fresh Meat	Episode 14
{{colorbox}} Kina Dean	RR: X-treme	Episode 12
{{colorbox}} Robin Hibbard	RW: San Diego	Episode 10
{{colorbox}} Beth Stolarczyk	'	Episode 8
{{colorbox}} Casey Cooper	Fresh Meat
{{colorbox}} Paula Meronek	RW: Key West	Episode 4
{{colorbox}} Tina Barta	'	Episode 2/3

Male Players	Original Season	Finish
{{colorbox}} Wes Bergmann	The Real World: Austin	Winner
{{colorbox}} Brad Fiorenza	'	Runner-Up
{{colorbox}} Chris "CT" Tamburello	RW: Paris	Episode 15
{{colorbox}} Evan Starkman	Fresh Meat	Episode 13
{{colorbox}} Eric Banks	Fresh Meat	Episode 11
{{colorbox}} Derrick Kosinski	RR: X-Treme	Episode 9
{{colorbox}} Nehemiah Clark	RW: Austin	Episode 7
{{colorbox}} Kenny Santucci	Fresh Meat	Episode 5
{{colorbox}} Tyler Duckworth	RW: Key West
{{colorbox}}	'

Show format

At the beginning of each episode, the cast is given a challenge, and it is announced whether male or female cast members will compete in the Duel that evening. The challenges can involve either members of the same gender competing against each other, or groups of both men and women competing against each other.

Challenge games

• Reaching Out:
  • Winners: Eric & Robin

• Ring Toss:
  • Winners: Kenny & Diem

• Pass With Care:
  • Winners: Evan & Jodi

• Roller Derby:
  • Winners: Brad & Jodi

• Push Over:
  • Winners: Derrick & Beth

• Flying Leap:
  • Winners: CT & Svetlana

• Russian swing:
  • Winners: Evan & Kina

• Rafty Race:
  • Winners: CT & Jodi

• Pole Dance:
  • Winners: Evan & Diem

• Dine-N-Dash:
  • Winners: Evan & Diem

• Stacking Stairs:
  • Winners: Evan & Jodi

• Ice Breakers:
  • Winners: Evan & Jodi

• Sunken Treasure:
  • Winners: Wes & Svetlana

• Around the Block:
  • Winners: CT & Jodi

• Paddle Me:
  • Winners: Wes & Jodi

• The Rio Deal:
  • Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel Winners: Wes & Jodi

The Duel

Selection process

Each challenge has a female winner and a male winner. The winner of the gender not entering the Duel is given a prize, while the winner of the gender going into the Duel is safe from the possibility of having to enter the Duel him/herself.

The "safe" (or "immune") contestant begins a voting process by voting for a member of the opposite gender, who then selects a member of the original gender. This process continues until there is one person remaining of the selected Duel gender of the day; this remaining person is assigned to compete in the Duel that evening.

The person "voted" into the Duel then selects a competitor of the same gender to go against him/her that night, and randomly selects from one of four cards held by the host to determine the Duel in which the two players will compete.

Note that this selection process occurs immediately after the challenge, unlike in other Challenges, where there is a period of deliberation between the end of the challenge and the selection of the contestants for the elimination game.

The loser of the Duel is eliminated from the game and is sent home.

Duel games

• I Can: Players bet on how many specific items they can lift in a cart, such as watermelons, logs, or coffee bags.
  • Played Four Times: Tyler vs. Johnny, Eric vs. Nehemiah, Aneesa vs. Diem, Svetlana vs. Aneesa.

• Ascender: Players must climb a rope, pull another rope to release a basket containing puzzle pieces, and climb back down the rope to assemble a tiling puzzle similar to a tangram.
  • Played Four Times: Derrick vs. Tyler, Nehemiah vs. Kenny, Aneesa vs. Robin, CT vs. Evan.

• Pole Wrestle: Players are placed at the center of a circle and are asked to place both hands on a wooden pole approximately two feet (0.6 meter) in length. The first contestant to wrestle the pole out of his or her opponent's hands wins the Duel.
  • Played Four Times: Aneesa vs. Paula, Robin vs. Casey, Wes vs. Derrick, Brad vs. Eric.

• Push Me: This Duel features a pole several yards long, fixed to the ground in the center. A flag is attached by a carabiner to the ground a few yards in front of the pole. Players stand on opposite ends of the pole on the side away from the flag. Each player pushes the pole toward the flag; since the pole is fixed in the center, the players are pushing against each other. They must unclip the flag from the ground (and not merely rip it off the carabiner holding it) to win.
  • Played Three Times: Svetlana vs. Beth, Svetlana vs. Kina, Brad vs. CT

Game summary

Episode		Gender	Challenge winners				Duel contestants				Duel game	Duel outcome
#	Challenge		Prize winner		Safe from Duel		Voted into Duel		Picked for Duel			Winner		Loser
1	Reaching Out	Male		Robin		Eric		Tyler		Johnny	I Can		Tyler		Johnny
2/3	Ring Toss	Female		Kenny		Diem	N/A
3	Pass With Care	Male		Jodi		Evan		Tyler		Derrick	Ascender		Derrick		Tyler
4	Roller Derby	Female		Brad		Jodi		Paula		Aneesa	Pole Wrestle		Aneesa		Paula
5	Push Over	Male		Beth		Derrick		Nehemiah		Kenny	Ascender		Nehemiah		Kenny
6	Flying Leap	Female		CT		Svetlana		Casey		Robin	Pole Wrestle		Robin		Casey
7	Russian Swing	Male		Kina		Evan		Eric		Nehemiah	I Can		Eric		Nehemiah
8	Rafty Race	Female		CT		Jodi		Svetlana		Beth	Push Me		Svetlana		Beth
9	Pole Dance	Male		Diem		Evan		Wes		Derrick	Pole Wrestle		Wes		Derrick
10	Dine-N-Dash	Female		Evan		Diem		Aneesa		Robin	Ascender		Aneesa		Robin
11	Stacking Stairs	Male		Jodi		Evan		Eric		Brad	Pole Wrestle		Brad		Eric
12	Ice Breakers	Female		Evan		Jodi		Svetlana		Kina	Push Me		Svetlana		Kina
13	Sunken Treasure	Male		Svetlana		Wes		Evan		CT	Ascender		CT		Evan
14	Around the Block	Female		CT		Jodi		Aneesa		Diem	I Can		Aneesa		Diem
15	Paddle Me	Male				Wes	CT vs. Brad				Push Me		Brad		CT
		Female				Jodi	Svetlana vs. Aneesa				I Can		Svetlana		Aneesa
16	The Rio Deal		Wes and Jodi				2nd place: Brad and Svetlana

Episode Progress

Contestants		Challenges
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Finale
	Wes	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	WINNER
	Jodi	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WINNER
	Brad	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SECOND
	Svetlana	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	WIN	SAFE	DUEL	SECOND
	Aneesa	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	OUT
	CT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	WIN	OUT
	Diem	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Evan	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	OUT
	Kina	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Eric	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Robin	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Derrick	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Beth	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Nehemiah	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	OUT
	Casey	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Kenny	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Paula	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Tyler	DUEL	SAFE	OUT
	Tina	SAFE	DQ
	Johnny	OUT

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the final challenge.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was the runner-up in the final challenge.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the challenge and safety.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the challenge and a prize.

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the Duel.

{{colorbox}} The contestant lost the Duel and was eliminated.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was disqualified.

Duel Selection Processes

Episodes
1	2*	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15*
Eric	N/A	Evan	Jodi	Derrick	Svetlana	Evan	Jodi	Evan	Diem	Evan	Jodi	Wes	Jodi	Jodi
Robin	N/A	Beth	Evan	Jodi	Wes	Kina	CT	Diem	CT	Jodi	Evan	Svetlana	CT	Wes
Brad	N/A	Nehemiah	Robin	Evan	Aneesa	Derrick	Diem	CT	Kina	CT	Diem	Brad	Diem	Aneesa
Jodi	N/A	Aneesa	Brad	Robin	Nehemiah	Jodi	Evan	Kina	Evan	Diem	CT	Aneesa	Wes	Brad
Derrick	N/A	Wes	Kina	Brad	Beth	Brad	Robin	Derrick	Jodi	Brad	Kina	Diem	Brad	CT
Kina	N/A	Robin	Derrick	Diem	CT	Robin	Derrick	Jodi	Brad	Svetlana	Brad	Jodi	Svetlana	Svetlana
CT	N/A	Eric	Diem	Eric	Kina	CT	Kina	Eric	Robin	Aneesa	Wes	CT	Aneesa
Aneesa	N/A	Jodi	Wes	Svetlana	Derrick	Diem	Brad	Robin	Wes	Kina	Aneesa	Evan
Wes	N/A	Brad	Aneesa	Kenny	Robin	Wes	Beth	Aneesa	Eric	Wes	Svetlana
Tina	N/A	Diem	Nehemiah	Kina	Brad	Beth	Eric	Svetlana	Svetlana	Eric
Nehemiah	N/A	CT	Beth	CT	Jodi	Aneesa	Wes	Brad	Aneesa
Beth	N/A	Kina	Kenny	Casey	Evan	Svetlana	Aneesa	Wes
Evan	N/A	Derrick	Casey	Aneesa	Eric	Nehemiah	Svetlana
Diem	N/A	Casey	Eric	Beth	Diem	Eric
Kenny	N/A	Paula	CT	Wes	Casey
Svetlana	N/A	Svetlana	Svetlana	Nehemiah
Casey	N/A	Kenny	Paula
Paula	N/A	Tyler
Johnny
Tyler

{{colorbox}} The contestant won the Challenge and safety from the Duel.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was selected to go into the Duel by the contestant at the end of the selection process.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was at the end of the selection process, and was automatically nominated for the Duel.

{{colorbox}} The contestant was not picked during the selection process but was safe because it was not their gender's elimination day.

• After the second Challenge Tina punched Beth in the face, and was disqualified. Therefore there was no selection process in this Episode.
• After the 15th Challenge Jodi and Wes received safety from the Duel. All other competitors were automatically nominated for the duel. CT and Svetlana came in second place in this challenge, and got to pick the Duel they wanted to compete in. (The contestant at the end of the selection process also got to select the Duel game (albeit randomly) throughout the entire season.)

Partners

Pass with Care	Russian Swing	Staking Stairs	Sunken Treasure	Paddle Me
Kenny & Beth	Wes & Svetlana	Brad & Kina	CT & Diem	Brad & Aneesa
Derrick & Kina	Nehemiah & Aneesa	CT & Diem	Evan & Jodi	CT & Jodi
Nehemiah & Aneesa	CT & Diem	Evan & Jodi	Brad & Aneesa	Wes & Svetlana
Wes & Svetlana	Eric & Beth	Eric & Aneesa	Wes & Svetlana
Evan & Jodi	Evan & Kina	Wes & Svetlana
Eric & Robin	Derrick & Jodi
CT & Diem	Brad & Robin
Brad & Casey
Tyler & Paula

• Challenges where no order was present contestants are listed in alphabetical order, based on the male partner.
  • In the Staking Stairs challenge Brad & Kina, CT & Diem, and Evan & Jodi all competed in Heat 1. Eric & Aneesa and Wes & Svetlana both competed in Heat 2.

Teams

Pole Dance		Dine-N-Dash
Team CT	Team Eric	Team Svetlana	Team Diem
CT	Eric	Svetlana	Diem
Diem	Jodi	Eric	CT
Wes	Derrick	Jodi	Robin
Robin	Kina	Brad	Evan
Evan	Brad	Aneesa	Kina
Svetlana	Aneesa

• Wes did not participate in the Dine-N-Dash challenge because there was one less male contestant.

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