Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno 3

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno 3
Genre Reality game show
Created by Mary-Ellis Bunim
Jonathan Murray
Presented by T. J. Lavin
Starring Winners
Bad Asses Team
Abram Boise
Derrick Kosinski
Evelyn Smith
Janelle Casanave
Kenny Santucci
Tonya Cooley
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of series 14
No. of episodes 17 (including the "Top 10 Moments" special)
Production
Location(s) Cape Town, South Africa
Running time 30 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel MTV
Original run April 10, 2007 – July 3, 2007
Chronology
Preceded by The Duel
Followed by The Gauntlet III
External links
Website

The Inferno 3 is the 14th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (though at the time, known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge).

The Inferno 3 marked the show's first trilogy, the third of the Inferno series, continuing on from The Inferno (8th season) and The Inferno II (10th season). Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa, with cast members from The Real World, Road Rules and the Fresh Meat challenge competing. The teams were in the format of The Inferno II, "Good Guys" versus "Bad Asses." Contrary to the previous Inferno shows, the Lifesaver competitions have been limited to gender-only winners. The season premiered on Tuesday April 10, 2007 on MTV.

There were $400,000 in prizes.

Cast

Host: T. J. Lavin

Bad Asses team
PlayerOriginal seasonFinish
Abram BoiseRR: South Pacific Winner
Derrick Kosinski[lower-alpha 1]RR: X-Treme Winner
Evelyn SmithFresh Meat Winner
Janelle CasanaveRW: Key West Winner
Kenny SantucciFresh Meat Winner
Tonya CooleyRW: Chicago Winner
Aneesa FerreiraRW: Chicago Episode 15
Jenn GrijalvaRW: Denver Episode 12
Danny JamiesonRW: Austin Episode 6
Tyrie BallardRW: Denver Episode 2/3[lower-alpha 2]
Chris "CT" TamburelloRW: Paris Episode 1[lower-alpha 1]
 
Good Guys team
PlayerOriginal seasonFinish
Ace AmersonRW: Paris Runner-Up
Alton WilliamsRW: Las Vegas Runner-Up
Cara ZavaletaRR: South Pacific Runner-Up
John DevenanzioRW: Key West Runner-Up
Paula MeronekRW: Key West Runner-Up
Susie MeisterRR: Down Under Runner-Up
Davis MalloryRW: Denver Episode 14
Timmy BeggyRR: Second Adventure Episode 10[lower-alpha 3]
Colie EdisonRW: Denver Episode 8
Rachel MoyalRW: Austin Episode 4

Format

The competition consists of a series of team and individual challenges (sometimes called "missions"), with an elimination challenge known as the "Inferno." At the end of each challenge, $10,000 is awarded to the winning team that will be banked into the team's bank account.[1]

Odd-numbered challenges are designated as team challenges (for the exception of Episode 15), while even-numbered challenges are designated as individual challenges. At the end of team challenges, one player from each team is nominated by the opposing team for the Inferno, depending on gender. If a gender-designated player who was nominated for the Inferno out-performs his/her respective teammates on the individual challenges, that player is awarded a Life Shield, and is required to replace himself/herself with a teammate of the same gender in the Inferno. If a player who was not nominated for the Inferno in a team challenge wins a Life Shield in the ensuing individual challenge, that player has the option as to whether or not to replace himself/herself in the Inferno with a teammate of the same gender. Each Inferno alternates between male and female.[1]

The winning players from the Inferno will rejoin their respective teams and stay in the game for a chance at a share of $150,000, coupled with the accumulated money earned from the team and individual challenges, while the losing players will be eliminated from the game.[1]

Gameplay

Challenge games

Inferno games

  1. Alton and Tyrie: Head Rush
    The men hang upside down by their ankles and must swing around collecting puzzle pieces. They must then construct the puzzle correctly.[2]
  2. Rachel and Jenn: Ejection
    Both opponents must use jousting sticks to hit each other's targets—which in turn causes their opponent's platform to tilt 15 degrees each time the target is hit, until the opponent falls off. The first person to knock their opponent off three times wins.[3]
  3. Davis and Danny: Watch Your Back
    A game of tag that takes place on a platform with four ladders. Davis starts on top of the platform and Danny starts on the floor. When T. J. Lavin blows the whistle, they have to chase each other until one of them either tags or passes the other. The first person to score twice wins and the loser will be sent packing.[5]
  4. Colie and Jenn: Spokesmodel
    Jenn and Colie climb to the top of a giant wheel; once T. J. sounds his air horn the wheel begins to spin, the longer the two girls remain on the wheel, the faster it will spin. The girl that remains on the wheel for the longest amount of time will be the winner.[7]
  5. Timmy and Abram: Smash House
    In this Inferno both contestants are given a metal ring and placed in a three glass boxes, each one smaller than the next, that are suspended in mid air. After the start is announced, both contestants must race against each other in order to break all of the different panes of glass, the contestant who can achieve this fastest is the winner. Following the Inferno, Timmy announced that he would be retiring from the challenges, saying that he is passing the torch. A montage of Timmy's time on "Road Rules 2" and several challenges was shown.[9]
  6. Susie and Jenn: Zero Gravity
    Both girls are put into harnesses that are attached to seventy-five-percent of their weight, making it very easy to climb the ladder, but very difficult to come down. At the top of the ladder there are eight flags; the first team member to get four of the eight flags attached at the bottom of the ladder is the winner.[11]
  7. Davis and Derrick: Corner Ball
    Each person stood on opposite sides of a wall that was 9 feet long and in a triangle with a rugby ball in between them. Once T. J. says go, they both go for the ball and try to get the ball to the other person's side of the wall. The first person to get 3 of the rugby balls to the other person's side is the winner.[13]
  8. Paula and Aneesa: Shimmy
    The opponents must shimmy up between walls, ripping off team flags along the way. The first one to rip off the flag at the top of the walls wins.[14]

The final challenge

The final challenge revolved around the idea of "The Big Five", which is a reference to the top five animals for hunting in the region. Contestant had to carry square tile puzzle pieces throughout the entire mission, accumulating more pieces along the way to complete bigger puzzles, each being a picture of an animal. The first puzzle is that of a water buffalo, after which each team has to swim across a lake with their puzzle pieces, before reaching the second puzzle station, which is a leopard. After the leopard puzzle station, each team must retrieve puzzle pieces by digging through a pit with a gurney at the bottom that will aid in each team carrying their respective puzzle pieces, before reaching the rhino puzzle station. The fourth puzzle station is that of an elephant. The remaining puzzle pieces for the final checkpoint — a lion puzzle station — are hanging overhead in a net, and players from each team must stay within a designated safe zone in order to untie the knots, which will release the pieces. After each team solves their final puzzle, they will no longer be required to carry any puzzle pieces to the finish line.[15]

In the end, the Bad Asses emerged victorious, winning an additional $150,000 on top of the $90,000 that they earned in the previous missions, for a grand total of $240,000, while the Good Guys earned $60,000. Defeating the Good Guys, Derrick Kosinski and Tonya Cooley finally took home their first win. Kosinski and Cooley participated in five prior challenges, two of which Kosinski was eliminated the day before the final challenge and one where Cooley was in the finals only.[15]

Game summary

Episode Challenge Winner Life Shield Winners Inferno Selections Inferno Game Inferno Outcome
# Challenge Good Guys Bad Asses Good Guys Bad Asses Winner Eliminated
1 Unbraided[lower-alpha 1] Bad Asses Davis Abram
2/3 Ladder Race Bad Asses Alton Abram Alton Tyrie Head Rush[lower-alpha 2] Alton Tyrie
3 Battering Ram Good Guys Susie Jenn
4 Wrap and Roll Good Guys Susie N/A[lower-alpha 4] Rachel Ejection Jenn Rachel
5 Rope Burn Good Guys Davis Danny
6 Reversible Climbing Wall Bad Asses John Abram Watch Your Back Davis Danny
7 Grape Smash Bad Asses Susie Jenn
8 Steady As You Go Good Guys Susie Tonya Colie Spokesmodel Jenn Colie
9 Leaps and Bounds Bad Asses Ace Kenny
10 Dog Day Afternoon Bad Asses Ace Kenny Timmy Abram Smash House Abram Timmy[lower-alpha 3]
11 Hand Car Good Guys Susie Jenn
12 Giraffic Park Good Guys Paula Janelle Zero Gravity Susie Jenn
13 Captain's Chair[lower-alpha 5] Bad Asses Davis Derrick
Susie Aneesa
14 Hook Me[lower-alpha 5] Bad Asses John Kenny Corner Ball Derrick Davis
15 Nothin' But Net[lower-alpha 5] Bad Asses Susie Evelyn Paula Shimmy Paula Aneesa
16 The Big Five Bad Asses
     The Bad Asses won the challenge.
     The Good Guys won the challenge.
     The contestant was saved by another contestant with a Life Shield.
     The contestant won the Life Shield and saved themselves.
     The contestant won the Life Shield and put themselves in the Inferno.
     The contestant was placed in the Inferno by the Life Shield winner.

Final challenge

Inferno progress

ContestantEpisode
1[lower-alpha 1]2[lower-alpha 2]34[lower-alpha 4]5678910[lower-alpha 3]111213[lower-alpha 5]14[lower-alpha 5]15[lower-alpha 5]Finale
Abram INFERNOWINSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEINFERNOSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINNER
Derrick SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEINFERNOINFERNOSAFEWINNER
Evelyn SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINNER
Janelle SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEWINNER
Kenny SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEINFERNOWINSAFESAFESAFEWINSAFEWINNER
Tonya SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINNER
Ace SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEINFERNOWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOSER
Alton SAFEINFERNOSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOSER
Cara SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOSER
John SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFELOSER
Paula SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINSAFESAFEINFERNOLOSER
Susie SAFESAFEINFERNOWINSAFESAFEINFERNOWINSAFESAFEINFERNOINFERNOINFERNOSAFEWINLOSER
Aneesa SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEINFERNOSAFEOUT
Davis INFERNOSAFESAFESAFEINFERNOINFERNOSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEINFERNOOUT
Jenn SAFESAFEINFERNOINFERNOSAFESAFEINFERNOINFERNOSAFESAFEINFERNOOUT
Timmy SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEDQ
Colie SAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEOUT
Danny SAFESAFESAFESAFEINFERNOOUT
Rachel SAFESAFESAFEOUT
Tyrie SAFEOUT
CT DQ
Teams
     The contestant is on the Bad Asses team.
     The contestant is on the Good Guys team.
Competition
     The contestant won the final challenge.
     The contestant lost the final challenge
     The contestant won the Life Shield and saved themselves.
     The contestant won the Life Shield but did not use it.
     The contestant was safe from the Inferno.
     The contestant was selected to go into the Inferno.
     The contestant was saved by the Life Shield winner.
     The contestant was selected to go into the Inferno and won.
     The contestant was put into the Inferno by the Life Shield winner and won.
     The contestant won the Life Shield, went into the Inferno and won.
     The contestant lost in the Inferno and was eliminated.
     The contestant was disqualified in the Inferno and was eliminated.
     The contestant was disqualified from the competition due to physical violence.

Partners

Wrap and Roll Reversible Climbing Wall Dog Day Afternoon
Derrick & Evelyn Alton & Colie Abram & Tonya Davis & Susie Derrick & Tonya
Davis & Rachel Timmy & Susie Derrick & Janelle John & Paula Abram & Janelle
Abram & Janelle Ace & Cara Kenny & Jenn Ace & Cara Kenny & Evelyn
Ace & Colie John & Paula Danny & Evelyn Alton & Paula
Kenny & Aneesa Davis & Colie Timmy & Susie
John & Paula
Danny & Tonya
Timmy & Cara
Derrick & Jenn
Alton & Susie

Episodes

No. in
season
No. in
series
Title Original air date
1/2189/190"Welcome to Africa"April 10, 2007
3191"The Good Guys Strike Back!"April 17, 2007
4192"Playing The Game"April 24, 2007
5193"Kicking Ace"May 1, 2007
6194"Off The Wall"May 8, 2007
7195"Sour Grapes"May 8, 2007
8196"Walk This Way"May 15, 2007
9197"Bouncing Back"May 15, 2007
10198"Pane In The Glass"May 22, 2007
11199"Workin' On The Railroad"May 29, 2007
12200"Match Point"June 5, 2007
13201"High Voltage"June 12, 2007
14202"Hook The Man"June 19, 2007
15203"Team Girl Squad"June 26, 2007
16204"The Big Five"July 3, 2007

Top 10 moments

Instead of a Reunion special, which has aired at the end of each season, excluding the Inferno II, a Top 10 Moments special aired on July 10, 2007. All members who participated in the Final Challenge participated in the special.[16]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Before any challenges took place, CT was removed from the game for drunkenly punching Davis. Derrick was brought in as CT's replacement.[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tyrie was selected to face Alton on the Episode 2 Inferno,[1] but the results were not shown until the beginning of Episode 3.[2]
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Timmy was disqualified for not breaking all of the pieces of glass completely in his Inferno with Abram.[9]
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 In Episode 4, the Life Shield was only awarded to the winning team of the "Wrap and Roll" challenge — the Good Guys.[3]
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 The "Captain's Chair" challenge in Episode 13 was designated as both a male and a female Inferno nomination. The male Inferno elimination was held after the "Hook Me" challenge, while the female Inferno elimination was held after the "Nothin' But Net" challenge.

References

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