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The Challenge: The Ruins
12 episodes · premiered Sep 30, 2009
Real World Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins is the eighteenth season of the MTV reality television game show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, and follows The Duel II. The Ruins took place in Phuket, Thailand, with former cast members from MTV's The Real World and Road Rules competing along with several cast members from the Fresh Meat challenge. This season was played in the format of two teams: Champions and Challengers. Players on the Champions team had won at least one previous challenge, while players on the Challengers team had never won a challenge. This is the last season to use Real World/Road Rules in the on-screen title, before being shortened to The Challenge in the 19th season. The season premiered on September 30, 2009 and concluded with the "S#!t They Should Have Shown" special on December 23, 2009.
- Episode 1: Wes Side Story Sep 30, 2009 · 42m Twenty-eight excited Challenge competitors arrive in exotic Thailand and learn that they will be competing in a brand new Challenge -- The Ruins, where the players will be broken up into…
- Episode 2: The Booby Trap Oct 7, 2009 · 42m Teamwork becomes essential at the "Swing On By" challenge, where one player injures herself in an unexpected way and is forced to leave the game with a medical emergency. When both teams…
- Episode 3: The Road to Ruins Oct 14, 2009 · 42m The Champions wonder if their rogue player, Wes, is genuine when he approaches them with a peace treaty. Demoralized from back-to-back losses, the Challengers vow to take home a victory at…
- Episode 4: Girls Gone Wild Oct 21, 2009 · 42m When Katie discovers a dirty plunger in her bed, she goes ballistic in her hunt for the prankster. A longstanding feud between Champions Tonya and Veronica meets a shocking end. One team's…
- Episode 5: Reversal of Fortune Oct 28, 2009 · 42m Wes makes a drastic move when he senses that his girlfriend, KellyAnne, is getting too close to her ex-boyfriend, Cohutta. A crafty competitor manages to escape being voted into the…
- Episode 6: Ruining On Empty Nov 4, 2009 · 42m Controversial Champion Johnny realizes that his biggest hurdle in the game is himself. Veronica is rattled when she learns of Susie and Johanna's plot to send her into the Ruins for the…
- Episode 7: Silence Of The Ruins Nov 11, 2009 · 42m Brad becomes increasingly frustrated with his team's losing streak and hopes to lead his team to victory at the "Rotary Club" challenge. A Champion makes a deal with his teammates that…
- Episode 8: Thai Me Up! Thai Me Down! Nov 18, 2009 · 42m A night of drunken partying turns violent when two players from opposing teams get into a fistfight. Susie finds herself at odds with her male teammates. Old tensions between Dunbar and…
- Episode 9: Muay So-Called Ruins Dec 2, 2009 · 42m Dunbar struggles with being the last remaining man on the Challenger team and must fight for survival in the game. Johnny contemplates drastic measures to get rid of one of his own…
- Episode 10: Good Thai and Good Luck Dec 9, 2009 · 42m The Champions become paranoid that they could lose in the end if one worrisome team member fails to pull their weight.
- Episode 11: Reunion Dec 17, 2009 · 42m The reunion was hosted by Maria Menounos and was taped at the MTV Studios. Cast members that attended were Landon, Evan, Rachel, Brittini, Aneesa, Kim, Dunbar, Brad, Tori, Diem, Mark, Jenn…
- Episode 12: The S#!t They Should Have Shown Dec 23, 2009 · 42m