TV series / 1998-

The Challenge

Original title: Real World/Road Rules Challenge

The Challenge is a TV series from 1998-. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 42 seasons and 660 rated episodes.

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42 seasons 660 rated episodes 8.3 average 19,091 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
1 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.5 7.9 8.3 7.6 6.6 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.9 8.4 8.3 7.2 8.0 7.9 8.3 7.7 8.1 7.6 6.9 7.9 8.4 7.6 7.8 8.3 7.8 8.3 8.6 7.7 8.6 7.7 8.8 8.7 7.9 8.2 7.2 8.3 8.8 8.9
2 7.6 6.9 7.2 7.5 8.2 7.7 7.3 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.0 7.8 8.5 8.5 8.4 7.5 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.2 8.3 8.0 7.5 8.7 8.5 7.8 8.2 8.2 7.7 8.5 8.2 7.6 8.6 8.2 8.8 8.6 7.7 8.6 6.8 8.7 8.9 8.8
3 7.2 6.7 7.6 7.5 8.4 7.8 8.0 8.2 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.5 8.5 7.5 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.0 7.5 8.5 8.5 8.3 7.9 8.2 8.0 8.6 8.2 8.1 8.6 8.4 9.0 8.4 7.9 8.5 7.1 8.8 8.4 9.3
4 6.8 7.1 7.5 7.4 8.6 8.0 8.0 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.7 7.6 8.3 8.8 8.4 7.3 8.6 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.3 8.0 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.4 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.1 8.4 7.1 8.1 9.2 9.3
5 7.1 7.1 7.3 8.0 8.9 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3 7.6 7.9 8.0 8.2 8.5 8.8 7.9 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.6 8.7 8.4 8.0 8.3 8.8 8.8 8.1 8.5 8.3 8.7 8.8 7.9 8.4 7.5 8.1 8.9 9.5
6 7.1 7.7 8.0 8.9 8.0 7.9 8.1 7.4 7.8 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.6 8.8 7.5 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.2 8.7 8.2 8.1 8.4 8.0 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.0 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.4 6.6 8.2 6.8 8.7 9.0 9.2
7 7.8 7.9 8.7 7.8 8.0 8.3 8.2 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.9 9.0 7.5 8.3 8.3 8.3 7.8 8.3 8.3 7.9 8.7 8.9 8.6 8.8 8.3 8.5 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.3 8.8 9.1 8.7 7.3 8.4 7.1 8.3 8.7 9.3
8 7.7 7.9 8.8 8.3 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.6 9.1 8.1 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.3 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.6 8.1 8.9 9.2 8.6 8.2 8.5 8.9 8.6 7.8 8.5 7.0 8.4 8.7 5.8
9 7.9 7.9 8.9 8.2 8.1 8.5 8.1 7.3 7.9 8.4 8.6 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.7 8.6 8.8 9.1 8.5 8.8 8.1 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.1 8.7 9.0 8.4 8.6 8.4 9.0 8.3 8.5 8.4 6.9 8.8 8.4 8.9
10 8.0 7.9 8.4 8.1 8.2 8.8 8.8 8.1 8.2 8.0 8.6 8.8 7.8 8.9 8.9 9.1 8.7 8.6 9.0 7.9 8.7 8.8 9.0 8.2 8.8 8.3 8.6 9.5 8.2 8.7 8.9 9.2 7.8 7.5 7.6 7.0 8.8 9.1 8.5
11 7.5 7.6 8.9 7.5 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.8 8.8 9.5 9.0 9.1 8.8 7.5 7.7 8.2 7.7 8.4 8.1 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.8 8.2 8.0 8.1 7.3 8.1 7.8 7.7 6.8 8.7 9.0 9.3
12 7.9 8.9 8.1 8.0 8.1 8.1 7.9 8.2 8.1 8.1 9.2 8.8 9.2 9.2 9.1 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.0 8.2 7.9 8.5 8.6 8.2 8.2 7.4 8.5 8.7 7.5 8.4 6.7 8.4 9.1 9.3
13 7.9 8.8 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.4 7.8 8.4 8.1 8.2 8.8 7.8 8.6 8.8 8.2 8.0 8.3 7.8 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 7.8 8.6 7.2 8.2 8.9 8.6
14 7.9 8.7 8.2 8.0 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.5 8.2 8.2 8.7 8.0 8.9 8.3 8.7 8.3 9.0 7.6 8.3 8.0 8.2 8.8 8.7 7.7 8.6 8.1 8.3 9.1 7.9
15 7.9 8.6 8.8 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.7 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.8 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.4 9.1 8.5 8.5 8.7 8.7 9.0 8.5 8.4 8.6 7.1 8.6 9.1
16 7.9 8.9 8.2 8.2 8.7 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.4 7.9 9.0 8.3 8.5 9.2 8.7 8.4 8.8 7.8 8.3 6.2 8.2 9.4
17 6.8 8.8 8.1 8.5 8.3 8.7 7.1 8.1 8.7 8.1 9.0 9.2 8.2 8.5 7.9 9.0 9.2 8.3 8.7 7.3 8.4 9.1
18 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.0 9.1 8.6 8.8 7.8 9.2 9.1 8.0 8.4 6.9 8.1 8.8
19 7.8 8.3 9.3 8.6 9.3 8.3 8.8 6.7 7.6 8.9
20 8.3 7.8 8.2 7.8 8.0 7.6 8.2 9.1
21 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.6 8.3 8.9
22 8.5
23 8.2
24 8.2

Series summary

About The Challenge

The rated episodes of The Challenge have an average IMDb rating of 8.3 based on 19,091 episode votes. Season 41 has the highest average rating at 8.9 across 21 rated episodes. Season 2 has the lowest average rating at 7.0.

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S42E5: Cutthroat: Down and Dirty The best episode of The Challenge is S42E5: Cutthroat: Down and Dirty with a 9.5 rating / 62 votes
  2. S31E10: Vendettas: Rumor Has It 9.5 rating / 55 votes
  3. S18E11: The Ruins: Reunion 9.5 rating / 14 votes
  4. S41E16: Vets & New Threats: Am I Being Bamboozled? 9.4 rating / 45 votes
  5. S42E4: Cutthroat: Say It to My Face 9.3 rating / 66 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S42E8: Cutthroat: Is This Safe? The worse episode of The Challenge is S42E8: Cutthroat: Is This Safe? with a 5.8 rating / 59 votes
  2. S39E16: Battle for a New Champion: Family Knows Best 6.2 rating / 47 votes
  3. S8E1: The Inferno: Grope the Rope 6.6 rating / 72 votes
  4. S37E6: Spies, Lies & Allies: Alien 6.6 rating / 47 votes
  5. S39E12: Battle for a New Champion: A Legend Returns 6.7 rating / 40 votes