Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II
Genre	Reality TV - Competition
Created by	Jonathan Murray and Mary-Ellis Bunim
Starring	T.J. Lavin (Host)
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of series	17
No. of episodes	12 (Special & Reunion Included)
Production
Location(s)	Queenstown, New Zealand
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	MTV
Original run	April 8, 2009[1] – June 17, 2009
Chronology
Preceded by	The Island
Followed by	The Ruins
External links
Website

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II is the seventeenth season of the MTV television series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, and the sequel to The Duel. It took place in Queenstown, New Zealand,^[2][3] with former cast members from MTV's The Real World and Road Rules competing along with several cast members from the Fresh Meat challenge. The cast departed for Queenstown, New Zealand on October 27, 2008^[4] and filming ran through early December. This season premiered on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 and concluded on June 17, 2009 with the reunion show.^[1][2][3][5]

Contents 1 Cast 2 Episode progress 3 Selection Processes 4 Game summary 5 Partners 6 Duel games 7 Show format 8 Episode Guide 9 Reunion Show 10 Notes 11 References 12 External links

Cast

Male Players	Original Season	Finish
Evan Starkman	Fresh Meat	Winner
Brad Fiorenza	RW: San Diego	2nd Place
Mark Long	RR: First Adventure	3rd Place
Landon Lueck	RW: Philadelphia	Episode 10
MJ Garrett1	RW: Philadelphia	Episode 9/10 [m]
Derek McCray	RR: Viewers' Revenge	Episode 8
Dunbar Flinn	RW: Sydney	Episode 7
Eric Banks	Fresh Meat	Episode 6
Isaac Stout	RW: Sydney	Episode 5
Nehemiah Clark1	RW: Austin	Episode 4
Davis Mallory	RW: Denver	Episode 3
Ryan Kehoe	Fresh Meat	Episode 2
Nick Brown	RW: Hollywood	Episode 1
Adam King	RW: Paris	Episode 1 [c]
Chris "CT" Tamburello	RW: Paris	Episode 1 [c]

Female Players	Original Season	Finish
Rachel Robinson	RR: Campus Crawl	Winner
Brittini Sherrod	RW: Hollywood	2nd Place
Aneesa Ferreira	RW: Chicago	3rd Place
Diem Brown	Fresh Meat	Episode 10
Tori Hall	RR: Viewers' Revenge	Episode 9/10 [a]
Jenn Grijalva	RW: Denver	Episode 8
Paula Meronek	RW: Key West	Episode 7
Kimberly Alexander	RW: Hollywood	Episode 6
Ruthie Alcaide	RW: Hawaii	Episode 5
Katie Doyle	RR: The Quest	Episode 4
Brooke LaBarbera	RW: Denver	Episode 3
Robin Hibbard	RW: San Diego	Episode 2
Shauvon Torres	RW: Sydney	Episode 1/2 [a]

Episode progress

Contestants		Episodes
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Rachel	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	WINNER
	Evan	WIN	SAFE	DUEL	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	WIN	SAFE	WINNER
	Brad	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	DUEL	SECOND
	Brittini	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	WIN	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SECOND
	Mark	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	THIRD
	Aneesa	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	THIRD
	Diem	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	OUT
	Landon	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	DUEL	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	OUT
	MJ	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	OUT
	Tori	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Jenn	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	OUT
	Derek	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	OUT
	Paula	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Dunbar	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Kimberly	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	OUT
	Eric	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Ruthie	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	OUT
	Isaac	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Nehemiah	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Katie	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Davis	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Brooke	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Ryan	DUEL	OUT
	Robin	WIN	OUT
	Nick	OUT
	Shauvon	OUT
Adam		DQ
CT		DQ

     The contestant won the final challenge.

     The contestant finished in second place in the final challenge.

     The contestant finished in third place in the final challenge.

     The contestant won the challenge.

     The contestant won the Duel.

     The contestant was exempt from Duel selection.

     The contestant lost the Duel and was eliminated.

     The contestant was disqualified.

Selection Processes

Episodes
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10*
Evan & Robin*	Mark & Rachel	Landon & Ruthie	Landon & Brittini	Mark & Rachel	Landon & Brittini	Landon & Brittini	Landon & Rachel	Evan & Rachel	Brad
MJ	Aneesa	Brittini	Rachel	Landon	Mark	Brad	Mark	Mark	Brittini
Katie	Landon	Mark	Mark	Brittini	Rachel	Tori	Brittini	Diem	Diem
Eric	Brittini	Rachel	Tori	Evan	Brad	Mark	Brad	Brad	Evan
Tori	Brad	Brad	Brad	Diem	Tori	Rachel	Tori	Tori	Landon
Mark	Tori	Tori	Diem	Brad	Evan	Evan	Evan	Landon	Mark
Rachel	Evan	MJ	Evan	Tori	Diem	Diem	Diem	Brittini	Rachel
Dunbar	Paula	Aneesa	Aneesa	MJ	MJ	MJ	MJ	MJ	Aneesa
Diem	Dunbar	Isaac	MJ	Aneesa	Aneesa	Aneesa	Aneesa	Aneesa
Landon	Diem	Katie	Kimberly	Eric	Eric	Derek	Derek
Brittini	Ryan	Eric	Derek	Jenn	Jenn	Jenn	Jenn
Derek	Jenn	Diem	Katie	Derek	Dunbar	Dunbar
Kimberly	Nehemiah	Evan	Eric	Kimberly	Paula	Paula
Nick	Brookie	Kimberly	Ruthie	Dunbar	Derek
Aneesa	Davis	Derek	Isaac	Paula	Kimberly
Isaac	Kimberly	Jenn	Paula	Isaac
Ruthie	Derek	Nehemiah	Dunbar	Ruthie
Nehemiah	Katie	Paula	Jenn
Brooke	Eric	Dunbar	Nehemiah
Davis	Ruthie	Brooke
Jenn	Isaac	Davis
Ryan	Robin
Shauvon	MJ

     These contestants won the Challenge, and had immunity from the Duel. Both contestants started the selection process.

     The contestant was selected to go into the Duel by the contestant at the end of the selection process.

     The contestant was at the end of the selection process, and automatically was sent into the Duel.

• Paula & Brad received exemption from the Duel selection process for this Episode.
• In episode 10 there was no selection process, however one contestant was nominated for the Duel by a vote. And that one nominee got their choice of Duel opponent.
  • Landon & Diem were voted to go into the Duel by the other competitors. Landon & Diem got to pick the contestant they wanted to go into the Duel with them.

Game summary

Episode		Challenge Winners	Duel Players		Duel Challenge	Duel Outcome
#	Challenge		Voted into Duel	Chosen into Duel		Winner	Loser
1	Last Man Standing [c]	Evan & Robin	Ryan	Nick	The Elevator	Ryan	Nick
			Shauvon	Aneesa	Back Off	Aneesa	Shauvon
2	Freezing as Puck	Mark & Rachel	Robin	Kimberly	Duel Pole Dancing	Kimberly	Robin
			MJ	Ryan	Push Over	MJ	Ryan
3	All Shook Up	Landon & Ruthie	Brooke	Brittini	Back Off	Brittini	Brooke
			Davis	Evan	Spot On	Evan	Davis
4	Luging My Mind	Landon & Brittini	Jenn	Katie	Push Over	Jenn	Katie
			Nehemiah	Evan	The Elevator	Evan	Nehemiah
5	Don't Let Go	Mark & Rachel	Isaac	Landon	Spot On	Landon	Isaac
			Ruthie	Kimberly	Back Off	Kimberly	Ruthie
6	Dangle Duo	Landon & Brittini	Derek	Eric	Duel Pole Dancing	Derek	Eric
			Kimberly	Jenn	Push Over	Jenn	Kimberly
7	Burnt	Landon & Brittini	Dunbar	MJ	The Elevator	MJ	Dunbar
			Paula	Aneesa	Back Off	Aneesa	Paula
8	Upside Downer	Landon & Rachel	Derek	Evan	Spot On	Evan	Derek
			Jenn	Diem	Push Over	Diem	Jenn
9	Spelling Air	Evan & Rachel	MJ	Brad	Duel Pole Dancing	Brad	MJ
			Aneesa	Tori	The Elevator	Aneesa	Tori
10	None[n]		Landon	Brad	Back Off	Brad	Landon
			Diem	Brittini	Push Over	Brittini	Diem
	Final Challenge	Evan & Rachel	2nd place: Brad & Brittini; 3rd place: Mark & Aneesa

Partners

Freezing as Puck	Luging My Mind	Don't Let Go	Dangle Duo
Brad & Tori	Brad & Tori	Dunbar & Paula	Derek & Kimberly
Davis & Ruthie	Derek & Kimberly	Derek & Kimberly	Dunbar & Paula
Derek & Kimberly	Dunbar & Paula	Eric & Jenn	MJ & Aneesa
Dunbar & Diem	Eric & Katie	Isaac & Ruthie	Eric & Jenn
Eric & Aneesa	Evan & Diem	Evan & Diem	Evan & Diem
Evan & Paula	Isaac & Ruthie	MJ & Aneesa	Brad & Tori
Isaac & Katie	Landon & Brittini	Brad & Tori	Landon & Brittini
Landon & Brittini	Mark & Rachel	Mark & Rachel	Mark & Rachel
Mark & Rachel	MJ & Aneesa	Landon & Brittini
MJ & Robin	Nehemiah & Jenn
Nehemiah & Brooke
Ryan & Jenn

• For Challenges where no order was present, the competitors are listed in alphabetical order by the Male player in the pair.

Duel games

• The Elevator: The competitors are placed in two separate cages with a pulling chain inside. Each competitor must pull the chain that is inside of his/her cage, and with each pull, the opponent's cage is raised. The competitor who's cage reaches the top first loses.
  • Played Four Times: Ryan vs. Nick, Evan vs. Nehemiah, MJ vs. Dunbar, Aneesa vs. Tori.
• Back Off: Each competitor has a hook attached to his/her back. The challenger must take the hook off of the opponent's back and place it on a ring on at the side of the arena. The first challenger to successfully hook his/her opponent's hook to the ring twice wins the challenge.
  • Played Five Times: Aneesa vs. Shauvon, Brittini vs. Brooke, Kimberly vs. Ruthie, Aneesa vs. Paula, Brad vs. Landon.
• Duel Pole Dancing: A totem pole-like structure is located in the center of the arena. Around the outside of the pole are climbing holds for the competitors to use to make their ascent. The first competitor to reach the top of the pole and ring a bell wins the challenge.
  • Played Three Times: Kimberly vs. Robin, Derek vs. Eric, Brad vs. MJ
• Push Over: There is a large wooden plank placed on the ground. This Duel is won by knocking a challenger off the plank twice.
  • Played Five Times: MJ vs. Ryan, Jenn vs. Katie, Jenn vs. Kimberly, Diem vs. Jenn, Brittini vs. Diem.
• Spot On: There are two rock-climbing walls, one for each challenger. There is a pattern that is designed on each wall. The pattern is not complete, though, and each challenger must use the pieces given to them in order to complete the pattern. The first challenger to complete the pattern wins.
  • Played Three Times: Evan vs. Davis, Landon vs. Isaac, Evan vs. Derek.

Show format

At the beginning of each episode, the cast is given a challenge. The challenges can involve either members of the same gender competing against each other, or groups of both men and women competing against each other.

Each challenge has a female winner and a male winner. Unlike the first Duel, the last male and female cast member that are not chosen will go into the Duel. Both of the winners will have to decide on one person to "save" from that night's Duel.

The "safe" (or "immune") contestant begins a voting process by voting for a member of the opposite gender, who then selects a member of the original gender. This process continues until there are two people remaining: one male and one female; these remaining people are assigned to compete in the Duel that evening.

The male and female that are "voted" into the Duel then select a competitor of their respective gender to go against them that night, and randomly select from one of five cards held by the host to determine the Duel in which the players will compete.

Also unlike the first season of the Duel, there is a period of deliberation between the end of the challenge and the selection of the contestants for the elimination game.

The losers of the Duel are eliminated from the game and sent home.

At the end of the season, there will be six people left, three males and three females. For each gender, there will be a first place finisher, a second place and third place finisher. First place will win $100,000, second will win $35,000 and third will win $15,000.

Episode Guide

Episode 1

Airdate: April 8, 2009

"Damned If You Duel..."

• Challenge: Last Man Standing ^[c]
• Evan & Robin won the challenge. Prior to the challenge taking place, Brad and Paula were chosen to be immune from the Duel.
• Voting Order: Evan & Robin, M.J., Katie, Eric, Tori, Mark, Rachel, Dunbar, Diem, Landon, Brittini, Derek, Kimberly, Nick, Aneesa, Isaac, Ruthie, Nehemiah, Brooke, Davis, Jenn.
• Voted into Duel: Shauvon & Ryan.
• Nick and Shauvon were sent home. Ryan and Aneesa won the Duel, though the outcome of the Aneesa vs. Shauvon Duel wasn't shown until the next episode.

Episode 2

Airdate: April 15, 2009

"Duel Unto Others"

• Challenge: Freezing as Puck
• Voting Order: Mark & Rachel, Aneesa, Landon, Brittini, Brad, Tori, Evan, Paula, Dunbar, Diem, Ryan, Jenn, Nehemiah, Brooke, Davis, Kimberly, Derek, Katie, Eric, Ruthie, Isaac.
• Voted into Duel: Robin & M.J.
• Robin and Ryan were sent home. Kimberly and M.J. won the Duel.

Episode 3

Airdate: April 22, 2009

"Duel What You Gotta Duel"

• Challenge: All Shook Up
• Voting Order: Landon & Ruthie, Brittini, Mark, Rachel, Brad, Tori, M.J., Aneesa, Isaac, Katie, Eric, Diem, Evan, Kimberly, Derek, Jenn, Nehemiah, Paula, Dunbar.
• Voted into Duel: Brooke & Davis.
• Brooke and Davis were sent home. Brittini and Evan won the Duel.

Episode 4

Airdate: April 29, 2009

"Duel-ality"

• Challenge: Luging My Mind
• Voting Order: Landon & Brittini, Rachel, Mark, Tori, Brad, Diem, Evan, Aneesa, M.J., Kimberly, Derek, Katie, Eric, Ruthie, Isaac, Paula, Dunbar.
• Voted into Duel: Jenn & Nehemiah.
• Katie and Nehemiah were sent home. Jenn and Evan won the Duel.

Episode 5

Airdate: May 6, 2009

"Duelers On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown"

• Challenge: Don't Let Go
• Voting Order: Mark & Rachel, Landon, Brittini, Evan, Diem, Brad, Tori, M.J., Aneesa, Eric, Jenn, Derek, Kimberly, Dunbar, Paula.
• Voted into Duel: Ruthie & Isaac.
• Ruthie and Isaac were sent home. Kimberly and Landon won the Duel.

Episode 6

Airdate: May 13, 2009

"Dueling For Dunbar"

• Challenge: Dangle Duo
• Voting Order: Landon & Brittini, Mark, Rachel, Brad, Tori, Evan, Diem, M.J., Aneesa, Eric, Jenn, Dunbar, Paula.
• Voted into Duel: Kimberly & Derek
• Eric and Kimberly were sent home. Derek and Jenn won the Duel.

Episode 7

Airdate: May 20, 2009

"Deja Duel "

• Challenge: Burnt
• Voting Order: Landon & Brittini, Brad, Tori, Mark, Rachel, Evan, Diem, M.J., Aneesa, Derek, Jenn.
• Voted into Duel: Paula & Dunbar
• Paula and Dunbar were sent home. M.J. and Aneesa won the Duel.

Episode 8

Airdate: May 27, 2009

"If These Duels Could Talk "

• Challenge: Upside Downer
• Voting Order: Landon & Rachel, Mark, Brittini, Brad, Tori, Evan, Diem, M.J., Aneesa.
• Voted into Duel: Jenn & Derek
• Derek and Jenn were sent home. Diem and Evan won the Duel.

Episode 9

Airdate: June 3, 2009

"Til Death Duel Us Part "

• Challenge: Spelling Air
• Voting Order: Evan & Rachel, Mark, Diem, Brad, Tori, Landon, Brittini.
• Voted into Duel: Aneesa & M.J.
• M.J. and Tori were sent home. Brad and Aneesa won the Duel, though it wasn't shown until the next episode.

Episode 10

Airdate: June 10, 2009

"Duel Or Die!"

• Voting Order: Evan, Mark, Anessa, Rachel.
• Voted into Duel: Diem & Landon
• Landon and Diem were sent home. Brad and Brittini won the Duel.
• Final Challenge: All the Duels In One
• Final Challenge Male Winners & Amounts (In Order):

Evan Starkman ($100,000)

Brad Fiorenza ($35,000)

Mark Long ($15,000)

• Final Challenge Female Winners & Amounts (In Order):

Rachel Robinson ($100,000)

Brittini Sherrod ($35,000)

Aneesa Ferreira ($15,000)

Episode 11

Airdate: June 10, 2009

"The Sh!t They Should Have Shown "

Unseen footage and highlights from the show. Cast Members Interviewed: Brooke, Aneesa, Katie, Rachel, Isaac, Kim, Dunbar, Evan, Mark, Brad, Landon, Brittini, Jenn, and Paula.

Reunion Show

First aired June 17, 2009

The reunion was hosted by Maria Menounos and was taped at the MTV Studios on June 9, 2009. Cast members that attended were Landon, Evan, Rachel, Brittini, Aneesa, Kim, Dunbar, Brad, Tori, Diem, Mark, Jenn & Paula. The many relationships/hookups, fights & missions were discussed. First topic that was discussed was how Rachel beat all of the guys in the final mission. Mark stated that the reason why she had beat every one of the guys because the guys had to wait on the girls at the checkpoint during the middle of the mission. Brad felt like Rachel should have helped him dig more like how Brittini helped Evan, even though Rachel says she did. Maria then asked Evan & Rachel what they did with their money. Rachel said "she is having a good time with it." and Evan says "He is putting it all away and saving it for the right girl." Then, the C.T./Adam fight was shown. Mark stated that besides the Diem situation being the source of the fight, past challenge history and them together on their season sparked more tension between the two. Jenn states that the fight was a whole lot worse when you were actually there, and Rachel says that C.T. shouldn't be allowed on anymore of these challenges. The love triangle is discussed. Jenn said she had already known about Rachel & Aneesa's history and that Rachel avoided talking about it to either one of them, because she didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. But, Aneesa felt like her feelings didn't matter and they were "swept under a rug." Kim then discussed that she & Dunbar had tried something after New Zealand but didn't work out. Evan then felt like Paula shook up the voting order when she voted for Dunbar instead of MJ, even though Paula denies that ever happens and says Evan "did her wrong". Mark & Landon felt like the missions were pretty easy and Landon says that he would rather lose to Brad than anyone else on the show. Brad states that the show added a stress factor to his relationship with Tori's relationship, but Tori confirms that they are engaged and will be getting married in April. It is also discussed why Mark came out of the retirement after announcing it on the Gauntlet 2 reunion. Maria asks about Robin & Katie, Robin is pregnant and expecting a little boy and Katie is engaged. Mark also added that Brooke just moved in with her girlfriend from A Shot of Love. The Real World: Cancun^[6] preview is shown, thus ending another challenge reunion.

Notes

^{^[c]} Before any challenges took place, Adam and CT were both removed from the game for fighting. MJ and Nehemiah were brought in as replacements.

^{^[a]} The Aneesa vs. Shauvon Duel was split between Episodes 1 and 2, while the Aneesa vs. Tori Duel was split between Episodes 9 and 10.

^{^[m]} MJ was eliminated on the Episode 9 Duel, but it wasn't shown until Episode 10.

^{^[n]} No challenge was held prior to the final duels. As the winners of the previous duels, Aneesa and Brad were chosen to pick the cards for the final duels.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Duel II". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/rwrr_challenge_duel2/series.jhtml. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "The Duel 2 MTV Real World Challenge begins in New Zealand at MM Agency". http://www.mm-agency.com/blog/mtv-real-world/the-duel-2-mtv-real-world-challenge-begins-in-new-zealand/3389/. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "The Duel 2: New Zealand at vevmo.com". http://vevmo.com/f187/the-duel-2-new-zealand-2288. 
4. ^ "The Duel 2: Departure Day at vevmo.com". http://vevmo.com/f187/the-duel-2-departure-day-2399/. 
5. ^ "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel 2 Cast". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/rwrr_challenge_duel2/cast.jhtml. 
6. ^ "'Real World' heads south of the border: MTV chooses Cancun as setting for 22nd cycle of series". The Hollywood Reporter. January 26, 2009. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i9df355e84da724cac535a8f9c16c43cf. 

External links

• Official website
• Challenge Dailies Video Updates and Extras
• MTV's official Real World website
• MTV's official Road Rules website

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