The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons

Not to be confused with Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons.

Battle of the Seasons
Season 23
Presented byT. J. Lavin
No. of contestants32
Winners
  • Ashley Kelsey
  • Frank Sweeney
  • Sam McGinn
  • Zach Nichols
Location
No. of episodes13 (Reunion Included)
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseSeptember 19 (2012-09-19) –
December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19)
Season chronology
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The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Although the season shares the same name as the show's fifth season, Battle of the Seasons, unlike other sequel seasons, the season is not distinguished as part "II" as it has a completely different format. The season took place in Bodrum, Turkey and Swakopmund & Windhoek, Namibia.

Former casts from select seasons of MTV's The Real World and The Challenge competed with the hopes of winning a piece of the $250,000 grand prize.[1] This is the first season since season 12 that does not include any cast members from The Real World: Key West.

The season premiered with a special 90 minutes episode on September 19, 2012, and concluded its run on December 19, 2012, with the reunion episode.[2]

  1. ^ "Episode 1: "Tis The Season" – Video at MTV.com". MTV. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons at MTV.com". MTV. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012.