“The Challenge: All Stars” is switching things up for Season 5. The spinoff will move from Paramount+ to MTV for the upcoming season, titled “The Challenge All Stars: Rivals.”
The “Rivals” theme has been a fan-favorite in “The Challenge” franchise since its 2011 debut. “Rivals II” aired in 2013, followed by the third in 2016, with each featuring two competitors with murky pasts forced to work together as a team.
While the first four seasons of “All Stars” streamed on Paramount+, “The Challenge All Stars: Rivals” premieres Wednesday, January 29, at 8PM ET on MTV.
MTV’s “Official Challenge Podcast” will also return, with hosts Da’Vonne Rogers and Devyn Simone; episodes will drop every Thursday beginning Jan. 29.
“The Challenge All Stars” was created by Bunim-Murray Productions and is executive produced by Julie Pizzi, Emer Harkin and Mark Long. Diego Amson, Justin Germono, and Eric Spagnoletti serve as co-executive producers; Dan Caster and Leanne Mucci are executive producers for MTV Entertainment Studios and Angela Liao is executive in charge of production.
Get to know the full cast of rivals below:
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Adam and Steve
Image Credit: MTV Adam Larson (4 Challenges, 1 Win) and Steve Meinke (3 Challenges) had a falling out during “All Stars” Season 4.
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Amber and Faysal
Image Credit: MTV Amber Borzotra (4 Challenges, 1 Win) was blindsided by Faysal “Fessy” Shafaat (5 Challenges) during 2021’s “The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies.”
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Aneesa and Ashley M.
Image Credit: MTV Ashley Mitchell (9 Challenges, 2 wins) hasn’t competed since 2021; she is partnered with Aneesa Ferreira (18 Challenges).
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Ashley K. and Dario
Image Credit: MTV Ashley Kelsey (2 Challenges, 1 win) and Dario Medrano (4 Challenges) dated during 2017’s “Invasion of the Champions.” She hasn’t competed since 2017’s “Champs vs. Pros,” while Medrano was last on 2017’s “Dirty 30.”
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Beth and Jonna
Image Credit: MTV Beth Stolarczyk (9 Challenges) quit “All Stars” Season 2 before she was set to go up against Jonna Mannion (11 Challenges, 2 Wins).
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Big and Corey
Image Credit: MTV Big T (5 Challenges) and Corey Lay (2 Challenges) went head to head during Season 39, “The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion.”
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Da’Vonne and Shane
Image Credit: MTV Da’Vonne Rogers (2 Challenges) and Shane Landrum (7 Challenges) had a feud during 2018’s “Final Reckoning.”
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Devin and Leroy
Image Credit: MTV Devin Walker (8 Challenges, 1 Win) has competed alongside Leroy Garrett (14 Challenges) for many seasons, but their pair seemed to butt heads during Season 40.
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Frank and Sam
Image Credit: MTV Frank Sweeney (3 Challenges, 1 Win) and Sam McGinn (1 Challenge, 1 Win) first met on 2011’s “The Real World: San Diego” and won 2012’s “Battle of the Seasons” together. However, he was extremely rude to her during the season, creating quite a rift.
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Katie and Veronica
Image Credit: MTV Katie Cooley (12 Challenges, 1 win) and Veronica Portillo (14 Challenges, 3 Wins) had a famous screaming fight during 2004’s “The Inferno.”
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KellyAnne and Sylvia
Image Credit: MTV KellyAnne Judd (8 Challenges) and Sylvia Elsrode (4 Challenges) did not get along during “All Stars” Season 4, thanks to the sabotage.
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Melissa and Nicole
Image Credit: MTV Melissa Reeves (4 Challenges) and Nicole Zanatta (4 Challenges) hooked up during Season 31 of “Vendettas” in 2018.
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Nany and Turbo
Image Credit: MTV Nany González (12 Challenges) and Turbo Çamkıran (3 Challenges, 1 Win) were partners during 2019’s “War of the Worlds,” and competed together for two more seasons. However, they went head to head during 2022’s “Ride or Dies.”