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12 episodes

The Challenge - Battle of the Seasons

First aired Sep 19, 2012Season 23

The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the 23rd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Although sharing the same name as the show's 5th season, Battle of the Seasons, unlike other sequel seasons is not distinguished as part "II" as the Season has a completely different format as well as different rules. The season took place in Bodrum, Turkey and Swakopmund, Namibia.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Tis the Season

6.0
Sep 19, 201242 min1 votes

Cast members from The Real World's most memorable seasons come together for an all out battle for Real World supremacy, but an early twist could shake things up. Plus- a surprise hook up and a fight that involves the entire house.

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Episode 2

The Perks of Being a Rookie

7.0
Sep 26, 201242 min1 votes

Divorced exes Danny and Melinda struggle to work together and help shine a light on Knight and Jemmye's similarly fractured relationship. Major alliances are revealed and one team crumbles under the pressure of elimination.

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Episode 3

What Happens in Vegas...

7.0
Oct 3, 201242 min1 votes

Two new couplings start brewing in the the Challenge house, one of which threatens to break apart a team AND ruin an entire alliance. And other season continues to break down, with one member exploding on her teammates.

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Episode 4

The Dark Knight

NR
Oct 10, 201242 min

Knight launches a full on attack to get inside Nany's head and ends up tearing the house and his own relationship with Jemmye apart. And a pending elimination may spell the end for one of the house's budding romances.

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Episode 5

N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T-I-C

NR
Oct 17, 201242 min

A trip into the Arena leaves two relationships in shambles. And after a trivia competition catapults challengers into the waters below, one team is forced to send members of their own alliance into elimination.

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Episode 6

Going Insane

NR
Oct 24, 201242 min

Tensions mount between Frank and Alton. Later, Alton asks to be sent into the arena.

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Episode 7

I Do Not Like You Sam I Am

NR
Nov 7, 201242 min

Frank and Zach berate Sam for her poor performance in a challenge; a surprising romance takes shape.

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Episode 8

Honey, I'm Homeless

NR
Nov 14, 201242 min

Team members compete in an eating challenge.

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Episode 9

The Chronicles of Nanyia

NR
Nov 28, 201242 min

Two teams face off in a diving competition.

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Episode 10

A Woman Scorned

NR
Dec 5, 201242 min

The teams take desperate measures.

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Episode 11

I Like to Move It, Move It

NR
Dec 12, 201242 min

The final four teams travel to Namibia, a country in southwestern Africa.

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Episode 12

Operation: Desert Scorn

NR
Dec 19, 201242 min

Three teams compete in the final challenge.