| Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III | |
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| 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 | 15 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Location(s) | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[1] |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
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| Original channel | MTV |
| Original run | January 23, 2008 – March 19, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | The Inferno III |
| Followed by | The Island |
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Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III is the fifteenth season of the MTV reality television game show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, and the third in The Gauntlet series. The challenge was filmed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with former cast members from The Real World and Road Rules competing, along with several cast members from the Fresh Meat challenge. This season was in the format of two teams: Veterans vs. Rookies, with a format similar to The Gauntlet 2. The contestants on the Veterans team had been on at least two prior seasons of the Challenge, and the contestants on the Rookies team had been on fewer than two prior seasons.[2]
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The competition consists of a series of team challenges (sometimes called "missions") with an elimination challenge, known as the "Gauntlet", following each of the team challenges except the final.
Each team challenge puts the team of Veterans against the team of Rookies. Prior to the challenge, it is announced whether males or females will compete in the Gauntlet following the challenge.
After each team challenge, on a male Gauntlet day, the winning team selects a male member of the losing team to protect from the Gauntlet and another male member to send into the Gauntlet. The losing team then selects one of its own males to go against the person picked by the winners. On a female Gauntlet day the players protected and sent into the Gauntlet are females.
After the two players for the Gauntlet are picked, the host spins a wheel to determine which challenge will be played in the Gauntlet. The loser of the Gauntlet is eliminated from the game.
In this season, minor prizes are awarded after each challenge to the team members that were not vulnerable to elimination in the following Gauntlet; i.e. on challenges before male Gauntlets, prizes are awarded to female members of the winning team. The grand prize is $300,000, which is split among the remaining members of the team that wins the final challenge.
Host: T. J. Lavin, BMX rider
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| Episode | Challenge Winner | Gauntlet Gender | Gauntlet | The Gauntlet | Winner | Eliminated | |||||
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| # | Challenge | Protected | Winners' Pick | Losers' Pick | |||||||
| 1 | Pinata Pit | Veterans | Male | Ryan | Nehemiah | Alex | Force Field | Nehemiah | Alex | ||
| 2 | Screw You | Veterans | Female | Brooke | Jillian | Angel | Ram It Home | Jillian | Angel | ||
| Roped In | Veterans | Male | Tyrie | Tyler | Frank | Force Field | Frank | Tyler | |||
| 3 | Wring Out | Veterans | Female | Tori | Jillian | Brooke | Ball Brawl | Jillian | Brooke | ||
| Blind Man's Maze [t] | Rookies | Male | Adam | Evan | Johnny | Sliders | Evan | Johnny | |||
| 4 | Push It | Veterans | Female | Johanna | Janelle | Jillian | Ball Brawl | Jillian | Janelle | ||
| Man Overboard | Veterans | Male | Ryan | Frank | Zach | Sliders | Frank | Zach | |||
| 5 | Assembly Required | Rookies | Female | Casey | Coral | Beth | Ball Brawl | Coral | Beth | ||
| Walk The Plank | Veterans | Male | MJ | Derek | Ryan | Sliders | Ryan | Derek | |||
| 6 | Pole Push | Veterans | Female | Rachel | Melinda | Tori | Ball Brawl | Tori | Melinda | ||
| I Dig You | Veterans | Male | Ryan | Frank | MJ | Ankle Breaker | Frank | MJ | |||
| 7 | Over The Edge [c] | Rookies | Female | Katie | Evelyn | Casey | Ball Brawl | Evelyn | Casey | ||
| Mexican Blanket | Veterans | Male | Frank | N/A [f] | Ram It Home | Nehemiah | Ryan | ||||
| 8 | Chill Out | Rookies | Female | Diem | Paula | Katie | Sliders | Paula | Katie | ||
| Well-Balanced [m] | Rookies | Male | Eric | Adam | Danny | Ball Brawl | Adam | Danny | |||
| 9 | Army Strong | Rookies [r] | |||||||||
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Note: Only a male Gauntlet was held in Episode 1; the first female Gauntlet was held in Episode 2.
In the Gauntlet, the game played is determined by spinning a wheel. The wheel contains six sections, one for each Gauntlet game and one for 'spin again'. The game that was played in the previous Gauntlet is replaced by another 'spin again' section, and therefore, no Gauntlet game can be played twice in a row.
The Gauntlet is back! And season 3 of The Real World/Road Rules Challenge promises to have more drama and backstabbing than ever. Wrangling in the troops is host T.J. Lavin, who welcomes the contestants to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It's time to get down to business! Two teams are formed -- it's Veterans vs. Rookies.[3][4]
The Veterans face the Rookies at the "Screw You" Challenge, an utterly exhausting and disorientating obstacle course. At the Rookie deliberation, all hell breaks loose. Tori announces her suspicions of some of her fellow teammates having alliances with people on the Veteran team. The next day, the Rookies face the Veterans in the "Roped In" Challenge, where the teams race to complete an elaborate puzzle.[5][6]
It's time the woman's Gauntlet, so the Rookies face off against the Veterans in the "Wring Out" challenge. The Veterans feel pretty confident that they have this in the bag. The Rookies, on the other hand, are already dealing with some drama while deciding who's going to do what, leaving Brooke insecure about how the team views her. With Brooke on the defensive, she and Johanna get into a bickering match before the challenge even starts. After cooling off, the Rookies and Veterans are ready to face-off. The next morning, it's time for the next challenge. The Rookies and the Veterans meet TJ on the beach, where they see a giant maze of ropes and poles making up "Blind Man's Maze." The first team to get all their teammates across that finish line wins. The Rookies have four less players than the Veterans, and, as a result, they will end up with a severe advantage in this challenge. After the challenge, Tyrie withdrew from the game after learning of a family emergency back home.[7][8]
After Tyrie's unexpected departure from The Gauntlet III, the Rookies are down several people, and they aren't even halfway through the challenges! Right now, the Veterans are feeling pretty confident. At the challenge, the Rookies are thrilled to discover that they're getting a replacement player. With their new teammate and boosted spirits, the Rookies are ready for the "Push It" challenge. With two cars resting on a series of wooden slats, each team must use the slats to build a road for their car to move across the beach.it doesn't matter whether the car touches the sand or not. The first team to cross the finish line wins. The Rookies take an early lead, despite having fewer people than the Veterans. But the Veterans trick the rules of the challenge to get even. After the challenge, Rookie Melinda, who was accidentally hit in the head with one of the slats, is rushed to the hospital with fiancé Danny. The next challenge, called "Man Overboard," involves a huge sled that's hanging from a track that's suspended 25 feet above the water. Three to five teammates must sit on the sled and pull themselves across to the opposite side, where one person will jump off. Then they'll go back to the other side, where another person will jump off. When the last person jumps off the sled, time will be called. There will be three rounds and the team with the fastest combined time wins. The Rookies get off to a rough start when Melinda decides not to compete because she's afraid she might injure herself again.[9][10]
Fearing that their girls are weighing them down, the Veteran guys secretly agree that the time has come to actively start getting rid of some of their teammates. Taking advantage of the confusion during the "Assembly Required" challenge, the men purposely mess up, handing the Rookies their second win and landing the Veteran girls in The Gauntlet. The Rookies have a hard time deciding on which female to send to the Gauntlet. They leave it up to a coin toss, which lands on Coral. After the Veterans deliberate, they decide to send Beth in against Coral's wishes. And so it is ... challenge "queens" Coral and Beth step into The Gauntlet to compete in a brutal game of "Ball Brawl." During the next challenge, "Walk the Plank," the Veterans and the Rookies must get their players across a small plank without getting knocked off by large balls being hurled at them by their opponents.[11][12]
Each week of The Gauntlet III is intense from start to finish line, and the contestants are starting to show wear and tear. When Melinda mentions that the Rookies are going to keep losing because they're down so many players, Danny flips out on her and an argument ensues. Meanwhile, the Veteran guys continue to plot against the girls. When the Veterans and the Rookies meet host TJ Lavin on the beach, they're told they'll be competing in "Pole Push." Inside a ring, the Veterans will be on one end of a pole while the Rookies are on the other. The team that pushes their opponent outside the ring wins. After the challenge, tensions rise at deliberations when Danny calls Rookie Johanna a backstabber for not backing up Melinda ending the "Austin Aliance" and Rookies Tori and Jillian get into a screaming match. The next challenge, "I Dig You," involves two rows of coffins lined up on the beach, in which each team member will be buried two feet underground. There will be one digger who must correctly answer a series of questions before he or she can dig each teammate out of the sand. Whoever unearths all their teammates first wins, so the Rookies have an advantage because they will have considerably fewer people underground. As the Rookies and the Veterans climb into their coffins, everyone starts freaking out, there's a lot of pressure on the diggers and they start making mistakes.[13][14]
Scheming and sneakiness abound in this episode of The Gauntlet, as the Veterans plot to drop a few of their girls, who are just dead weight as far as these strong guys are concerned. But Coral overhears the conversation and confronts Evan, criticizing his untrustworthy friendship. At competition day, the guys on the Veterans team know that if they throw the challenge, a girl will be sent packing. But when they find out what the challenge is, they realize they have a huge disadvantage and might lose, anyway. When it's C.T.'s turn to brave the heightsof this challenge, he fakes a slip, giving the Veterans a 15-minute penalty. But C.T. isn't the best actor; the girls immediately realize what's happening, and feel embarrassed and disrespected. Minutes before the Veteran girls are sent to the Gauntlet, Coral throws everyone for a loop no one expected. The next challenge is Mexican Blanket, where the team members are wrapped in blankets, burrito-style, and have to roll their way to the finish line, with only three rookie men left, losing is not an option for the Rookie team.[15][16]
It's the penultimate week of The Gauntlet III and everyone is worried about how things will play out. The Rookies are especially concerned because they only have two guys left while the Veterans have seven. The next day, the teams meet up with host TJ Lavin in front of a giant freezer for the "Chill Out" challenge. Inside the freezer are two tanks filled with ice water. For the first round, the players must fully jump into the freezing water and then jump out. The second round forces everyone to submerge themselves neck-deep for five seconds. During each subsequent round, everyone has to spend an additional five seconds in the water. As the challenge begins, the Veteran boys quickly start dropping out in an attempt to throw the challenge and send their girls into The Gauntlet. The rest of the Veterans continue to drop off until Danny is the only Vet left. In between rounds, the Rookies ask Danny why he hasn't quit yet, since they know his team wants to lose. Danny says he'll quit if they promise to protect him if the Veterans lose the male Gauntlet challenge. All the Rookies agree, except for Frank -- and with that, Danny decides to stay in the game and try to win it for the Veterans. The next day, the Veterans and the Rookies head to the next challenge, "Well Balanced", where there are two giant wooden platforms tilted to one side. The teams will have to spread out on the giant scales and move around until they are perfectly balanced. Once balanced, they must hold that position for 10 seconds. the Veterans, who are usually the paragon of teamwork and communication, are screaming and fighting with each other. While slowly but surely the Rookies begin to formulate a strategy and inch their way toward perfect balance while the Veterans are caught in utter chaos.[17][18]
It's judgment day on The Gauntlet III and we're about to find out who has what it takes to go the distance! Will it be the Veterans or the Rookies?[19][20]
The Rookies won the final challenge of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III by default. While the Veterans were the first team to raise their flag, they were disqualified because they did not finish the race with Eric, who had to be medically evacuated after passing out halfway through the mission. Prior to the final race, T. J. Lavin explained that a team will only win the final challenge if every player crosses the finish line together.
In this reunion show, several cast members discuss their experiences on the show. The most common topics of discussion are the various romances, backstabbing and deceit amongst the cast members. Frank and Jillian are still a couple and living together. Tori and Brad are together, though living apart. Johanna and Wes broke up. Paula and Derek decided to remain friends and Casey and Johnny are not a couple, nor are Ev and Brooke. Ev is told that Brooke is dating her ex-girlfriend, which Ev refuses to discuss. Although C.T. and Diem are not present, Katie tells everyone that they have broken up. Evan and Kenny say they are honeymooning in Mexico the next day. Coral heavily criticized Ev for betraying the women, but Ev says she didn't betray them but also didn't care if the men threw challenges to get rid of them. Evan openly mocks Lyndsey's view that Danny and Melinda were a "power couple", saying Danny's opinion had 0% value to the Veterans. Both Rachel and Tori say that their conflicts with Frank were in the past, and Evan and Kenny praised Frank for digging for hours to retrieve the winning chest of money in the final challenge, saying Frank should have gotten an extra cut up to $100,000 of the final $300,000 prize. Some, however, noted he already had due to his relationship with fellow winner Jillian. Beth was heavily criticized, with Brad stating they wanted her out because she might have thrown missions, and Kenny telling Coral that everyone wanted her to defeat Beth in the Gauntlet. Rachel apparently began a relationship with Eric, but neither of them will confirm this. Johanna comments about Melinda's false belief that she was betrayed over the Gauntlet deliberations. Eric's failure in the final challenge is discussed, and it is revealed that only Brad, Coral, and Katie are still friends with him. Katie says she likes the fact that Kenny and Frank were blunt about her lack of ability, and hates duplicitous individuals. Coral and Ev do not part on amicable terms, and footage from the upcoming The Real World: Hollywood season is shown, thus ending the reunion.[21]
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