Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel
Genre	Reality TV – Competition
Created by	Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray
Starring	TJ Lavin (Host)
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of series	13
No. of episodes	16
Production
Location(s)	Búzios, Brazil
Running time	23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	MTV
Original run	October 12, 2006 – January 18, 2007
Chronology
Preceded by	Fresh Meat
Followed by	The Inferno III
External links
Website

The Duel is the thirteenth season of the MTV television series Real World/Road Rules Challenge. It took place in Búzios, Brazil, with former cast members from MTV series The Real World and Road Rules competing, along with several cast members from the previous Challenge, Fresh Meat. The host of this season was T. J. Lavin.

This season premiered on October 12, 2006 and differed from previous seasons in that no teams were assigned. The surviving male and female cast member would win $150,000 each.

The season was watched by a total of 83 million viewers.^[1]

Contents 1 Cast 2 Show format 2.1 Challenge 2.2 The Duel 2.2.1 Selection process 2.2.2 Duel games 3 Game summary 4 Episode Progress 5 Duel Selection Processes 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links

Cast

Host: T. J. Lavin

Female Players	Original Season	Finish
Jodi Weatherton	RR: X-Treme	Winner
Svetlana Shusterman	RW: Key West	Runner Up
Aneesa Ferreira	RW: Chicago	Episode 15
Diem Brown	Fresh Meat	Episode 14
Kina Dean	RR: X-treme	Episode 12
Robin Hibbard	RW: San Diego	Episode 10
Beth Stolarczyk	RW: Los Angeles	Episode 8
Casey Cooper	Fresh Meat	Episode 6
Paula Meronek	RW: Key West	Episode 4
Tina Barta	RR: South Pacific	Episode 2/3[t]

Male Players	Original Season	Finish
Wes Bergmann	RW: Austin	Winner
Brad Fiorenza	RW: San Diego	Runner-Up
Chris "CT" Tamburello	RW: Paris	Episode 15
Evan Starkman	Fresh Meat	Episode 13
Eric Banks	Fresh Meat	Episode 11
Derrick Kosinski	RR: X-Treme	Episode 9
Nehemiah Clark	RW: Austin	Episode 7
Kenny Santucci	Fresh Meat	Episode 5
Tyler Duckworth	RW: Key West	Episode 3
John Devenanzio	RW: Key West	Episode 1

Show format

Challenge

At the beginning of each episode, the cast is given a challenge, and it is announced whether male or female cast members will compete in the Duel that evening. 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.

The Duel

Selection process

Each challenge has a female winner and a male winner. The winner of the gender not entering the Duel is given a prize, while the winner of the gender going into the Duel is safe from the possibility of having to enter the Duel him/herself.

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 is one person remaining of the selected Duel gender of the day; this remaining person is assigned to compete in the Duel that evening.

The person "voted" into the Duel then selects a competitor of the same gender to go against him/her that night, and randomly selects from one of four cards held by the host to determine the Duel in which the two players will compete.

Note that this selection process occurs immediately after the challenge, unlike in other Challenges, where there is a period of deliberation between the end of the challenge and the selection of the contestants for the elimination game.

The loser of the Duel is eliminated from the game and is sent home.

Duel games

• I Can: Players bet on how many specific items they can lift in a cart, such as watermelons, logs, or coffee bags.
  • Played Four Times: Tyler vs. John, Eric vs. Nehemiah, Aneesa vs. Diem, Svetlana vs. Aneesa.

• Ascender: Players must climb a rope, pull another rope to release a basket containing puzzle pieces, and climb back down the rope to assemble a tiling puzzle similar to a tangram
  • Played Four Times: Derrick vs. Tyler, Nehemiah vs. Kenny, Aneesa vs. Robin, CT vs. Evan.

• Pole Wrestle: Players are placed at the center of a circle and are asked to place both hands on a wooden pole approximately two feet (0.6 meter) in length. The first contestant to wrestle the pole out of his or her opponent's hands wins the Duel.
  • Played Four Times: Aneesa vs. Paula, Robin vs. Casey, Wes vs. Derrick, Brad vs. Eric.

• Push Me: This Duel features a pole several yards long, fixed to the ground in the center. A flag is attached by a carabiner to the ground a few yards in front of the pole. Players stand on opposite ends of the pole on the side away from the flag. Each player pushes the pole toward the flag; since the pole is fixed in the center, the players are pushing against each other. They must unclip the flag from the ground (and not merely rip it off the carabiner holding it) to win.
  • Played Three Times: Svetlana vs. Beth, Svetlana vs. Kina, Brad vs. CT

Game summary

Episode		Gender Duel Day	Challenge winners		Duel contestants		Duel game	Duel outcome
#	Challenge			Safe from Duel	Voted into Duel	Picked for Duel		Winner	Loser
1	Reaching Out	Male	Robin	Eric	Tyler	John	I Can	Tyler	John
2	Ring Toss	Female	Kenny	Diem	N/A[t]
3	Pass With Care	Male	Jodi	Evan	Tyler	Derrick	Ascender	Derrick	Tyler
4	Roller Derby	Female	Brad	Jodi	Paula	Aneesa	Pole Wrestle	Aneesa	Paula
5	Push Over	Male	Beth	Derrick	Nehemiah	Kenny	Ascender	Nehemiah	Kenny
6	Flying Leap	Female	CT	Svetlana	Casey	Robin	Pole Wrestle	Robin	Casey
7	Russian Swing	Male	Kina	Evan	Eric	Nehemiah	I Can	Eric	Nehemiah
8	Rafty Race	Female	CT	Jodi	Svetlana	Beth	Push Me	Svetlana	Beth[b]
9	Pole Dance	Male	Diem	Evan	Wes	Derrick	Pole Wrestle	Wes	Derrick
10	Dine-N-Dash	Female	Evan	Diem	Aneesa	Robin	Ascender	Aneesa	Robin
11	Stacking Stairs	Male	Jodi	Evan	Eric	Brad	Pole Wrestle	Brad	Eric
12	Ice Breakers	Female	Evan	Jodi	Svetlana	Kina	Push Me	Svetlana	Kina
13	Sunken Treasure	Male	Svetlana	Wes	Evan	CT	Ascender	CT	Evan
14	Around the Block	Female	CT	Jodi	Aneesa	Diem	I Can	Aneesa	Diem
15	Paddle Me	Male	Wes		CT vs. Brad		Push Me	Brad	CT[b]
		Female	Jodi		Svetlana vs. Aneesa		I Can	Svetlana	Aneesa
16	The Rio Deal		Wes and Jodi		2nd place: Brad and Svetlana

Episode Progress

Contestants		Episodes
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Wes	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	WINNER
	Jodi	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WINNER
	Brad	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	RUNNER-UP
	Svetlana	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	WIN	SAFE	DUEL	RUNNER-UP
	Aneesa	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	OUT
	CT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	WIN	OUT
	Diem	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Evan	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WIN	WIN	OUT
	Kina	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Eric	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Robin	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Derrick	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Beth	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Nehemiah	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	DUEL	SAFE	OUT
	Casey	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Kenny	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Paula	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Tyler	DUEL	SAFE	OUT
	Tina	SAFE	DQ
	John	OUT

     The contestant won the final challenge.

     The contestant was the runner-up in the final challenge.

     The contestant won the challenge and safety.

     The contestant won the challenge and a prize.

     The contestant won the Duel.

     The contestant lost the Duel and was eliminated.

     The contestant was disqualified.

Duel Selection Processes

Episodes
1	2*	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15*
Eric	N/A	Evan	Jodi	Derrick	Svetlana	Evan	Jodi	Evan	Diem	Evan	Jodi	Wes	Jodi	Jodi
Robin	N/A	Beth	Evan	Jodi	Wes	Kina	CT	Diem	CT	Jodi	Evan	Svetlana	CT	Wes
Brad	N/A	Nehemiah	Robin	Evan	Aneesa	Derrick	Diem	CT	Kina	CT	Diem	Brad	Diem	CT
Jodi	N/A	Aneesa	Brad	Robin	Nehemiah	Jodi	Evan	Kina	Evan	Diem	CT	Aneesa	Wes	Brad
Derrick	N/A	Wes	Kina	Brad	Beth	Brad	Robin	Derrick	Jodi	Brad	Kina	Diem	Brad	Svetlana
Kina	N/A	Robin	Derrick	Diem	CT	Robin	Derrick	Jodi	Brad	Svetlana	Brad	Jodi	Svetlana	Aneesa
CT	N/A	Eric	Diem	Eric	Kina	CT	Kina	Eric	Robin	Aneesa	Wes	CT	Aneesa
Aneesa	N/A	Jodi	Wes	Svetlana	Derrick	Diem	Brad	Robin	Wes	Kina	Aneesa	Evan
Wes	N/A	Brad	Aneesa	Kenny	Robin	Wes	Beth	Aneesa	Eric	Wes	Svetlana
Tina	N/A	Diem	Nehemiah	Kina	Brad	Beth	Eric	Svetlana	Svetlana	Eric
Nehemiah	N/A	CT	Beth	CT	Jodi	Aneesa	Wes	Brad	Aneesa
Beth	N/A	Kina	Kenny	Casey	Evan	Svetlana	Aneesa	Wes
Evan	N/A	Derrick	Casey	Aneesa	Eric	Nehemiah	Svetlana
Diem	N/A	Casey	Eric	Beth	Diem	Eric
Kenny	N/A	Paula	CT	Wes	Casey
Svetlana	N/A	Svetlana	Svetlana	Nehemiah
Casey	N/A	Kenny	Paula
Paula	N/A	Tyler
John
Tyler

     The contestant won the Challenge and safety from the Duel.

     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 was automatically nominated for the Duel.

     The contestant was not picked during the selection process but was safe because it was not their gender's elimination day.

• After the second Challenge Tina punched Beth in the face, and was disqualified. Therefore there was no selection process in this Episode.
• After the 15th Challenge Jodi and Wes received safety from the Duel. All other competitors were automatically nominated for the duel. CT and Svetlana came in second place in this challenge, and got to pick the Duel they wanted to compete in. (The contestant at the end of the selection process also got to select the Duel game (albeit randomly) throughout the entire season.)

Notes

^{^[t]} No female Duel was held in Episode 2, after Tina was disqualified from the competition for punching Beth. This incident was split between Episodes 2 and 3.

^{^[b]} Beth and C.T. were disqualified from their respective "Push Me" Duels after improperly unhooking the flag from the carabiner.

References

External links

• MTV's official Real World website
• MTV's official Road Rules website

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