Episode guide
The Challenge: The Inferno
20 episodes · premiered Feb 2, 2004
The Inferno is the 8th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Gauntlet. The Inferno aired in 2004. The season was composed of twenty cast members, and took place in Acapulco, Mexico. In this challenge, the winning teams would receive a prize at the end of each mission. They would then nominate two players from their team to the Inferno elimination challenge. Unlike The Gauntlet, there would be another challenge with an immunity life-saver up for grabs before the Inferno. Each team then selected one of the two nominees from the opposing team to go into the Inferno. This is the first edition of The Inferno series, with The Inferno II following in 2005 and The Inferno 3 following in 2007.
- Episode 1: Grope The Rope Feb 2, 2004 · 21m Mission: ""Grope The Rope""- To traverse a wire hanging 17 stories above the ground faster than your opponent on a opposing wire. Mission Winner: Road Rules Guy's Inferno Nominees- Real…
- Episode 2: Birdfeeder Feb 2, 2004 · 21m Mission: ""Birdfeeder""- To transport as many worms as possible in your mouth to a baby bird all while wearing a chicken suit. Mission Winner: Real World Aztec Lifesaver Winners: Real…
- Episode 3: Wreck n' Roll Feb 9, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Wreck n' Roll""- To smash a mock hotel room up with a guitar and fit as much of the remains into a 8"" diameter hole box.
- Episode 4: Climbing Wall Feb 16, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Climbing Wall""- To climb a climbing wall that is hanging 50 feet in the air as fast as you can. Mission Winner: Road Rules Aztec Lifesaver Winners: Real World: CT Road Rules…
- Episode 5: Disco Domino Derby Feb 23, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Disco Domino Derby""- To set up 110 dominos in a order that they will knock eachother down as fast as possible while wearing roller skates.
- Episode 6: Balls Out Mar 1, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Balls Out""- To peddle a stationary bike as fast as possible which blows a ping pong ball up a tube and keep it there while the opposite team throws water at you and the tube to…
- Episode 7: Ultimate Saturn Road Trip Mar 8, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Ultimate Saturn Road Trip""- To traverse a net wall and unhook two bags then climb down, get the key out of the bag and drive a Saturn SUV through a curved course the fastest.
- Episode 8: Don't Yank My Chain Mar 15, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Don't Yank My Chain"" To hold both arms straight in the air as long as possible to avoid dumping Nacho ingredients on fellow teammates. Mission Winner: Road Rules Aztec…
- Episode 9: Come Sail Away Mar 22, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Come Sail Away""- To sell as much of a table full of odd merchandise to a large group of people disembarking from a cruise ship.
- Episode 10: Bungee Bound Mar 29, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Bungee Bound""- To bungee jump from 160 feet with you hands hooked together- Unhook your hands, grab the flag on your stomach the fastest. Mission Winner: Road Rules Aztec…
- Episode 11: Twist and Shoot Apr 5, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Twist and Shoot""- To shoot as many targets as possible while standing on a spinning platform 50 feet in the air.
- Episode 12: Balcony Swing Apr 12, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Balcony Swing""- To repell down a building while collecting flags the fastest. Mission Winner: Real World Aztec Lifesaver Winners- Real World: CT Road Rules: Veronica Final…
- Episode 13: Fallen Angels Apr 19, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Fallen Angels- To climb a rope and reach a lever which will drop a platform containing a member of the opposite team.
- Episode 14: Saturn Valet Ballet May 3, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""Saturn Valet Ballet""- To transport 6 cars from point A to point B as fast as possible. Mission Winner: Road Rules Aztec Lifesaver Winners- Real World: David Road Rules: Kendal…
- Episode 15: Window Washing May 10, 2004 · 19m
- Episode 16: The Final Burn May 17, 2004 · 19m Final Inferno Contestants- Real World: David Road Rules: Katie Inferno Mission: ""Smell you later!""- To sit in a coffin as long as possible while it's full of the items that have bad odor.
- Episode 17: Handsome Reward May 24, 2004 · 19m Mission: ""7 Deadly Sins""- An obstacle course featuring seven different sections. Mission Winner: Road Rules Handsome Reward: Brand new Saturns for each teammate.
- Episode 18: Montezuma's Revenge: Inside The Inferno May 31, 2004 · 21m Reunion Special featuring the remaining teammates in the Final Inferno.
- Episode 19: Battle Scars: From the Gauntlet to the Inferno Jan 26, 2004 · 21m Competitors from 'The Gauntlet' return to clear the air on last season's biggest conflicts and controversies that are likely to carry over into the next season, 'The Real World/Road Rules…
- Episode 20: Casualties of The Inferno: Smoldering to the Final Challenge May 17, 2004 · 21m MTV VJ Damien Fahey recaps this season of the 'Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno' going into the final Inferno of the season.