The Challenge: World Championship is a spin-off of the reality competition series The Challenge. The series features notable veterans from the MTV flagship series competing alongside the winners and select contestants from four spin-off seasons: The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío, The Challenge: Australia, The Challenge: USA and The Challenge UK.
The series is hosted by T.J. Lavin with the hosts of the three international adaptations of the series: Brihony Dawson, Mark Wright and Marley making a guest appearance in the first episode. Additionally, Dawson guest hosted an episode in which Laven was absent to be accepted into the USA BMX Hall of Fame. It premiered on Paramount+ on 8 March 2023.
Background
In February 2022, a new series of international seasons of The Challenge was announced to air later in the year. The series comprises four new editions of The Challenge, which includes The Challenge: USA, The Challenge: Australia, The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío and The Challenge UK. These local renditions are followed by The Challenge: World Championship in which winners and select contestants of each series (known as "Global MVPs") compete again alongside cast members from the flagship MTV series (known as "Challenge legends").
In addition to the title of The Challenge: World Championship champions, the winners of the season also receive US$500,000 (also displayed as ARG$89,475,607, A$726,638 and GBP£413,390).
Sol Pérez, the sole winner of The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío, intended to compete on the season. However, she was unable to receive the required yellow fever vaccination in time as there was a holiday around the time The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío finished filming, with The Challenge: World Championship commencing filming shortly after.
Contestants
Draft selections
After the first elimination, each Global MVP drafted their partner for the season from the Challenge Legends in the order they finished the "Qualifier" challenge.
Each pair was also given team names of Team Argentina, Team Australia, Team UK or Team USA based on the nationality/spin-off season of the Global MVP: Team Argentina Team Australia Team UK Team USA
Format
World Championship consists of a daily challenge, nomination process, winner's selection and an elimination round. The first episode had only the "MVPs" (contestants from the spin-off seasons) competing individually. After the first elimination, each MVP picked their "Legend" partner (players from the flagship series) based on the order they completed the "Qualifier" challenge. The individual and paired format of the game is as follows: Daily Challenge: Teams compete in a daily challenge where the last-place team is automatically sent to the elimination round. The winning team is immune and earns the ability to select a second team to compete in the elimination round between the two teams later selected at nominations. Nominations: Teams, besides the winners and losers of the daily challenge, vote for two teams to compete in the elimination round. The two teams that receive the most votes are nominated for elimination. For episode 11, teams only vote for one team instead of two. Eliminations ("The Arena"): At the Arena, the winners from the daily challenge vote between the two nominated teams to select the second team to compete in the elimination round against the last-place team. The winners remain in the competition while the losers are eliminated.