| Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins |
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| Genre | Reality TV - Competition |
| Created by | Jonathan Murray and Mary-Ellis Bunim |
| Starring | TJ Lavin (Host) |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production |
| Location(s) | Thailand |
| Broadcast |
| Original channel | MTV |
| Original airing | September 30, 2009 |
| Chronology |
| Preceded by | The Duel 2 |
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 2. The Ruins takes 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 will be in the format of two teams: Champions and Challengers. The show premiered on September 30, 2009.[1]
Rules
This season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge puts the Champions against the Challengers. The two teams compete in numerous missions, typically called challenges, in order to win cash, prizes and advance in the overall game. The winning team in each challenge receives a cash prize of $20,000 which is split evenly among the team members and placed in their individual bank accounts, as well as a bonus prize for each member of the team.
Before every challenge however, both the Champions and the Challengers pick three girls and three guys within their team to be nominated for elimination. After the challenge, the six nominees from the winning team pick one guy and one girl among themselves, as well as a guy-girl pair from the losing team's nominees to battle against in the Ruins.
In the Ruins, there are two events; one battle for the guys and one for the girls. The winners from each event get to stay in Phuket and compete in the remaining challenges. The losers are eliminated from the game and lose all of their prize money in their individual bank accounts to the event winners; their bonus prizes are not affected, however.
Cast
- Champion of
Episode summary
Elimination chart
| Episode | Challenge Winners | Nominees for the Ruins | The Ruins
Game | The Ruins Outcome |
| # | Challenge | Champions | Challengers | Winner | Eliminated |
| 1 | Chain Gang | | Champions | Darrell | Kenny | Wes | Chet | Cohutta | Nick | Shoots and Ladders | | Wes | Chet |
| Johanna | Susie | Tonya | Diem | Sarah | Shauvon | | Tonya | Diem |
| 2 | Swing On By | | Champions | Derrick | Johnny | Wes | Cohutta | Danny | Nick | Shadow Fighter | | Wes | Nick |
| Evelyn | Katie | Susie | Casey | KellyAnne | Shauvon | | KellyAnne | Evelyn |
| 3 | Repo Race | | Challengers | Ibis | Susie | Veronica | Brianna | Casey | Kimberly | Burnout | | Susie | Brianna |
| Evan | Kenny | Syrus | Adam | Brad | Danny | | Syrus | Adam |
| 4 | Burning Bridge | | Champions | Katie | Susie | Tonya | Casey | Kimberly | Sarah | Oh Ring | | Sarah | Katie |
| Darrell | Derrick | Johnny | Cohutta | Danny | Dunbar | | Darrell | Danny |
| 5 | Block Party | | Champions | Evan | Kenny | Wes | Brad | Cohutta | Dunbar | Spool | | Cohutta | Wes |
| Ibis | Johanna | Veronica | Casey | KellyAnne | Kimberly | | Kimberly | Ibis |
| 6 | Fruits of Your Labor | | Champions | Derrick | Johnny | Syrus | Brad | Cohutta | Dunbar | Hog Tie | | Cohutta | Syrus |
| Johanna | Susie | Veronica | Casey | KellyAnne | Sarah | | KellyAnne | Veronica |
| 7 | Rotary Club | | Champions | Johanna | Susie | | Casey | Kimberly | Sarah | Crunch | | Sarah | Johanna |
| Darrell | Evan | Kenny | Brad | Cohutta | Dunbar | | Darrell | Cohutta |
| 8 | On The Fence | | Champions | Susie | | Casey | KellyAnne | Kimberly | Rag Doll | | Susie | Kimberly |
| 9 | Derrick | Johnny | Kenny | Dunbar | | | Johnny | Dunbar |
| Wall Walker | | Champions | Susie | | Casey | KellyAnne | Sarah | Muay Thai[m] | | Susie | Casey |
- Challengers team
- Champions team
Bank progress
| Champions | Episodes | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | Derrick | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $4396 | $6214 | $8436 | $11293 | $15293 | $19293 | | Evan | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $4396 | $6214 | $8436 | $11293 | $15293 | $19293 | | Johnny | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $4396 | $6214 | $8436 | $11293 | $15293 | $21293 | | Kenny | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $4396 | $6214 | $8436 | $11293 | $15293 | $19293 | | Susie | $1429 | $2858 | $4858 | $6296 | $8214 | $10436 | $13293 | $17293 | $31507 | | Darrell | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $6296 | $8214 | $10436 | $31943 | OUT[d] | | | Johanna | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $4396 | $6214 | $8436 | OUT | | | Veronica | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $4396 | $6214 | OUT | | | Syrus | $1429 | $2858 | $4858 | $6396 | $8214 | OUT | | | Ibis | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $4396 | OUT | | | Wes | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | $4396 | OUT | | | Tonya | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | OUT[t] | | | Katie | $1429 | $2858 | $2858 | OUT | | | Evelyn | $1429 | OUT | | | | Challengers | Episodes | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | KellyAnne | $0 | $2858 | $4858 | $4858 | $4858 | $13294 | $13294 | $13294 | $13294 | | Sarah | $0 | $0 | $2000 | $6396 | $6396 | $6396 | $17689 | $17689 | $17689 | | Casey | $0 | $0 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | OUT | | Dunbar | $0 | $0 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | OUT | | Kimberly | $0 | $0 | $2000 | $2000 | $8214 | $8214 | $8214 | $8214 | OUT | | Brad | $0 | $0 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | $2000 | OUT[d] | | | Cohutta | $0 | $0 | $2000 | $2000 | $8214 | $18650 | OUT | | | Danny | $0 | $0 | $2000 | OUT | | | Brianna | $0 | $0 | OUT | | | Adam | $0 | $0 | OUT | | | Nick | $0 | OUT | | | Shauvon | $0 | OUT[s] | | | Diem | OUT | | | Chet | OUT | | |
Ruins games
- Shoots and Ladders: Building ladder with bamboo poles in front of them. Once their ladder is 100% percent, they race to the top and hit their gong. The first person to do so wins.
- Played By: Chet vs. Wes & Diem vs. Tonya
- Shadow Fighter: Standing in two separate platforms and tied together by a series of ropes by the feet and hands, the challengers must use the ropes to make the opponent fall off the platform.
- Played By: Nick vs. Wes & KellyAnne vs. Evelyn
- Burnout: Extinguishing a fire by steering water from a center pipe, with a wheel, into the opponent's barrel. Once the barrel becomes full, it spills into a gutter, leading to a pot filled with burning cigars. First person to extinguish their opponent's fire wins.
- Played By: Adam vs. Syrus & Brianna vs. Susie
- Oh Ring: A player from each team tries to wrestle a ring away from their opponent, while suspended above the ground from their feet. The first player to wrestle the ring away from their opponent twice wins.
- Played By: Danny vs. Darrell & Sarah vs. Katie
- Spool: Players weave a rope through an obstacle course, under and over bamboo poles. The first player to weave their rope through the obstacle course and ring their gong wins.
- Played By: Cohutta vs. Wes & Kimberly vs. Ibis
- Hog Tie: While suspended from carabiners by their wrists and feet under a large bamboo pole, players try to shimmy their way from one end of the pole to the other, grab a key halfway through, then unlock the carabiners with the key, while laying on a platform. Once a player has unlocked the carabiners, he/she can return to the ground, then race back to the beginning side of the pole to ring a gong.
- Played By: Cohutta vs. Syrus & KellyAnne vs. Veronica
- Crunch: Players are hanging upside down in a crunch position by their legs from bamboo poles, with their heads partially submerged in separate water tanks. The players try to maintain 40-lb. weights on their chests by using their ab muscles, while trying to keep their heads above water. The opponent wins if a player surrenders by pulling an emergency lever inside the tank, which releases all the water.
- Played By: Cohutta vs. Darrell & Johanna vs. Sarah
- Rag Doll: Within a circle, the player who wrestles a rope away from their opponent wins.
- Played By: Dunbar vs. Johnny & Kimberly vs. Susie
- Muay Thai: Players "karate-kick" the bottoms of bamboo poles that are hanging in a vertical row of an obstacle course. The first player to kick and break every bamboo pole and ring their gong wins.
- Played By: Casey vs. Susie[m]
Episode guide
- Episode 1 – "Wes Side Story"
First aired September 30, 2009
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 two teams: the Champions and the Challengers, while competing for their share of $300,000 to be banked in their own individual bank accounts. One trouble-making player causes chaos for his team when he tries to throw the first challenge. Later, two men and two women enter the Ruins, where they must fight for survival and who ever wins will keep the money in their bank account and remain in the competition. The loser will be eliminated and any money earned will go to the winning competitor's bank account.[2][3]
- Mission: "Chain Gang"
- Mission Winner: The Champions
- Nominated Champions: Darell, Kenny, Wes / Johanna, Susie, Tonya
- Nominated Challengers: Chet, Cohutta, Nick / Diem, Sarah, Shauvon
- Ruin: "Chutes and Ladders"
- Male Ruins: Chet and Wes
- Eliminated: Chet
- Female Ruins: Diem and Tonya
- Eliminated: Diem
- Episode 2 – "The Booby Trap"
First aired October 7, 2009
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 conspire to pit two best friends against each other in the "Shadow Fighter" Ruins, chaos erupts and the house is turned upside down forever.[4][5]
- Mission: "Swing On By"
- Mission Winner: The Champions
- Nominated Champions: Derrick, Johnny, Wes / Evelyn, Katie, Susie
- Nominated Challengers: Cohutta, Danny, Nick / Casey, KellyAnne, Shauvon
- Ruin: "Shadow Fighter"
- Male Ruins: Nick and Wes
- Eliminated: Nick
- Female Ruins: KellyAnne and Evelyn
- Eliminated: Evelyn
- Medical Leave: Shauvon
- Episode 3 – "The Road to Ruins"
First aired October 14, 2009
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 the "Repo Race" challenge. Two players' spots in the game are extinguished during the "Burnout" Ruins. An unlikely romance is sparked between two Champions.[6][7]
- Mission: "Repo Race"
- Mission Winner: The Challengers
- Nominated Champions: Evan, Kenny, Syrus / Ibis, Susie, Veronica
- Nominated Challengers: Adam, Brad, Danny / Brianna, Casey, Kimberly
- Ruin: "Burnout"
- Male Ruins: Adam and Syrus
- Eliminated: Adam
- Female Ruins: Brianna and Susie
- Eliminated: Brianna
- Episode 4 – "Girls Gone Wild"
First aired October 21, 2009
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 hopes for a win go down in flames at the "Burning Bridges" challenge, when a careless player blows it for their entire team.[8][9]
- Mission: "Burning Bridge"
- Mission Winner: The Champions
- Nominated Champions: Darrell, Derrick, Johnny / Katie, Susie, Tonya
- Nominated Challengers: Cohutta, Danny, Dunbar / Casey, Kimberly, Sarah
- Ruin: "Oh Ring"
- Male Ruins: Danny and Darrell
- Eliminated: Danny
- Female Ruins: Sarah and Katie
- Eliminated: Katie
- Disqualified: Tonya
- Episode 5 – "Reversal of Fortune"
First aired October 28, 2009
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 "Spool" Ruins, while another is completely blindsided by her team's decision.[10][11]
- Mission: "Block Party"
- Mission Winner: The Champions
- Nominated Champions: Evan, Kenny, Wes / Johanna, Ibis, Veronica
- Nominated Challengers: Brad, Cohutta, Dunbar / Casey, KellyAnne, Kimberly
- Ruin: Spool
- Male Ruins: Cohutta and Wes
- Eliminated: Wes
- Female Ruins: Ibis and Kimberly
- Eliminated: Ibis
- Episode 6 – "Ruining On Empty"
First aired November 4, 2009
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 rest of the game. The teams fight for sweet victory at the "Fruits of Your Labor" challenge.[12][13]
- Mission: "Fruits Of Your Labor"
- Mission Winner: The Champions
- Nominated Champions: Derrick, Johnny, Syrus / Johanna, Susie, Veronica
- Nominated Challengers: Brad, Cohutta, Dunbar / Casey, KellyAnne, Sarah
- Ruin: Hog Tie
- Male Ruins: Cohutta and Syrus
- Eliminated: Syrus
- Female Ruins: KellyAnne and Veronica
- Eliminated: Veronica
- Episode 7 – "Silence of the Ruins"
First aired November 11, 2009
Brad becomes increasingly frustrated with his team's losing streak and hopes to lead his team to victory at the "Rotary Club" challenge. Darrell makes a deal with his teammates that could keep him out of the Ruins for the rest of the game. After flying under the radar for the entire game, Casey is finally called out by her aggravated team.[14][15]
- Mission: "Rotary Club"
- Mission Winner: The Champions
- Nominated Champions: Darrell, Evan, Kenny / Johanna, Susie
- Nominated Challengers: Brad, Cohutta, Dunbar / Casey, Kimberly, Sarah
- Ruin: Crunch
- Male Ruins: Cohutta and Darrell
- Eliminated: Cohutta
- Female Ruins: Sarah and Johanna
- Eliminated: Johanna
- Episode 8 – "Thai Me Up! Thai Me Down!"
First aired November 18, 2009
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 KellyAnne are reignited and threaten the foundation of the Challengers' team.[16][17]
- Mission: "On The Fence"
- Mission Winner: The Champions
- Nominated Champions: Derrick, Johnny, Kenny / Susie
- Nominated Challengers: Dunbar / Casey, KellyAnne, Kimberly
- Ruin: Rag Doll
- Male Ruins: Dunbar and Johnny
- Eliminated: Dunbar
- Female Ruins: Kimberly and Susie
- Eliminated: Kimberly
- Disqualified: Brad and Darrell
Episode 9 – "Muay So-Called Ruins?"
First aired December 2, 2009
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 teammates. Players battle in the last Ruins to secure a spot in the finale.[18][19]
- Mission: "Wall Walker"
- Mission Winner: The Champions
- Nominated Champions: Susie
- Nominated Challengers: Casey, KellyAnne, Sarah
- Ruin: Muay Thai
- Male Ruins: None[m]
- Female Ruins: Casey and Susie
- Eliminated: Casey
Notes
- ^[s] Shauvon left the game in Episode 2 after sustaining an injury.
- ^[t] Tonya was sent home after she struck Veronica in Episode 4. The money she earned was added to the final challenge total.
- ^[d] Brad and Darrell went home after getting into a fight in Episode 8. The money they earned was added to the final challenge total.
- ^[k] Kimberly and Dunbar were eliminated on the Episode 8 Ruins, but it wasn't shown until Episode 9.
- ^[m] No male Ruins was held, after all the men from the Challengers team had already been eliminated.
References
- ^ "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge_theruins/series.jhtml. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 1 ("Wes Side Story") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=159167.
- ^ "Video of Episode 1 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-1-wes-side-story/1622231/playlist.jhtml.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 2 ("The Booby Trap") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=159170#moreinfo.
- ^ "Video of Episode 2 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-2-the-booby-trap/1622503/playlist.jhtml.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 3 ("The Road to Ruins") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=160423.
- ^ "Video of Episode 3 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-3-the-road-to-ruins/1623243/playlist.jhtml.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 4 ("Girls Gone Wild") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=160424.
- ^ "Video of Episode 4 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-4-girls-gone-wild/1623694/playlist.jhtml.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 5 ("Reversal of Fortune") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=160425.
- ^ "Video of Episode 5 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-5-reversal-of-fortune/1624250/playlist.jhtml.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 6 ("Ruining On Empty") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=160426.
- ^ "Video of Episode 6 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-6-ruining-on-empty/1624871/playlist.jhtml.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 7 ("Silence of the Ruins") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=160427.
- ^ "Video of Episode 7 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-7-silence-of-the-ruins/1625610/playlist.jhtml.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 8 ("Thai Me Up! Thai Me Down!") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=160428.
- ^ "Video of Episode 8 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-8-thai-me-up-thai-me-down/1626257/playlist.jhtml.
- ^ "Summary page for Episode 9 ("Muay So-Called Ruins?") at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge/the_ruins/episode.jhtml?episodeID=160429.
- ^ "Video of Episode 9 at MTV.com". http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-ruins-ep-9-muay-so-called-ruins/1626737/playlist.jhtml.
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