Johnny Bananas shocked everyone when he decided to take the $275,000 after winning ‘The Challenge: Rivals 3,’ leaving his partner, Sarah, with nothing — and his fellow competitors were as stunned as anyone. HollywoodLife.com has the EXCLUSIVE scoop from the 2nd and 3rd place teams!

Grab your tissues, folks. The Jan 13 episode of ‘The Challenge’ will feature a big return of one of the competition monsters, CT — his first time back on TV since ‘Exes,’ when we watched him remain at Diem’s side when she was sick. This time, he’s brought along her sister.
What better way to honor Diem Brown than to bring along her “bloodline” for The Challenge season that’s all about family? That’s how CT Tamburello felt before heading on the show with Diem’s sister, he told HollywoodLife.com in an exclusive new interview.

Get your tissues ready. This season of ‘The Challenge’ is all about family — and that it could be torn apart. However, in the trailer w see that CT arrives with Faith Brown, the sister of Diem, who passed away last year.
CT Tamburello is ready to keep on fighting — just like Diem Brown would have wanted! The Challenge is going with a whole new theme this year: Battle of the Bloodlines. While some are bringing on sisters, brothers and cousins, CT will bring Diem’s sister, Faith Brown, and we have a feeling these two are going to rule things! In the trailer, they both walk in all smiles — and we’re so happy to see it. We’re not sure if they’ll be on all season or just a cameo, but either way, we’re thrilled!

After last week ended with ‘To Be Continued’ and a huge catfight, we knew that ‘The Challenge’ was getting down to the wire — emphasis on wire this week.
Wes and Theresa headed into The Dome against Leroy and Nia — both teams were insanely fired up, but while Wes has the experience under his belt, could he physically take down Leroy?

How did the house change after that shocking twist on tonight’s ‘Challenge?’ HollywoodLife.com spoke to the returning team, as well as their rivals and let’s just say, they had very different sides of the story.
Warning: if you haven’t yet watched the March 3 episode of The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2, do not keep warning (unless you’re okay with finding out who makes the huge return!).

This may be Wes’ 9th MTV ‘Challenge,’ but he’s definitely not out of it. When his team fell behind on tonight’s episode, he knew exactly what to do to get back on top — manipulate.
After last week, tensions ran really high in the house — Nia was out for revenge on Jay and Jenna for throwing them in, and Sarah’s was still completely hurt over her fight with Jordan. So naturally, the episode started with her writing him a letter apologizing and him accepting, and referring to her as his sister. (So we’re just forgetting their sexual past. Got ya!)

The Wes and Johnny Bananas feud has been going on for years, but this week it comes to a head — and only one can be on top.
Another week of Battle of the Exes 2 means another swimming challenge, and of course, more arguing! After Zach made deals with both Johnny Bananas and Wes, he was caught in the middle — but will it end up ruining his alliance altogether?

It was definitely a tough night for the MTV family. On Jan. 27, his costars gathered to pay tribute to Ryan Knight, ‘The Real World: New Orleans’ alum who sadly passed away on Nov. 27.
It was a tough night for The Challenge family. After an elimination on the Battle of the Exes 2, MTV held a special after show to remember Ryan Knight, and cast members, including his on-again off-again girlfriend and BotE2 partner, Jemmye Carroll.

This is just devastating. As most fans of ‘The Challenge’ know, contestant Diem Brown was struck with cancer for the third time while she was competing on the show. What they might not know, though, is that the bubbly blonde was aware of her illness before the show began filming– and she went for it anyway. Talk about bravery!
The Jan. 20 episode of The Challenge, was one of the most difficult to watch, as it was the last time cast member Diem Brown would be featured on the series. Diem’s fight with cancer had been well known to fans when the star sadly passed away in November of last year, however, Diem herself knew of the uphill battle in front of her long before that.

This week’s episode of ‘The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2’ was definitely one of the most heartbreaking things we’ve ever seen in MTV’s history — but it also showed that Diem Brown was one loved woman.
Last week’s Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2 ended with Diem Brown feeling sick after a peanut butter challenge, but making CT still go out and have a good time. This week picked up right where it left off, and CT returned home to bad news.

This story never gets less heartbreaking! After last week’s elimination on ‘The Challenge’ we spoke with the exes who were sent home, and they shared with us EXCLUSIVE details about what it was like to be in the house with Diem and CT.
As we know, on the current season of The Challenge: Battle of the Exes, audiences are seeing ailing Diem Brown fight for her life. After last week’s elimination, we spoke EXCLUSIVELY to Hailey and Thomas about Diem and her relationship with CT Tamberello, and shared the sweetest stories ever.

So sad. MTV’s Ryan Knight, who starred on ‘The Real World’ and ‘The Challenge’, has died. The reality star was only 28.
Ryan Knight passed away on Nov. 27. The MTV Real World and Challenge star was just 28 years old at the time of his unfortunate death. This is the second tragedy to hit the MTV family in just two weeks. Ryan’s friend and fellow MTV star Diem Brown died on Nov. 14.

You know Kenny, super competitor on MTV’s ‘The Challenge,’ or what some of you may more recognize as its original name ‘Real World/Road Rules Challenge.’ But we know some juicy stuff you might not!
Kenny Santucci entered the MTV reality realm as a piece of  “fresh meat” on the 12th season of  Real World/Road Rules Challenge, where he was partnered up with an alumnus of Road Rules. He is also the host of Jersey Shore: Hook-Up, a series released on MTV.com after certain episodes.