Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000 Explained

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Challenge 2000

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Presenter:	Gladys Sanabria
Num Contestants:	12
Winner:	Carlos Jackson Dan Setzler Holly Shand Piggy Thomas Veronica Portillo Yes Duffy
Location:	Las Vegas Nashville Miami

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Extreme Challenge

Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000 is the third season of the MTV reality game show The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge).

Format

Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000 is the second six-on-six The Challenge in the series. The teams traveled via tour bus starting in Las Vegas, Nevada then moving to the eastern U.S., ending in Miami, Florida after competing in different individual challenges. Each time a team won an individual challenge, they won $10,000. After each mission won, the winning team would invest those 10K in the product of their choice through E-Trade. At the end, the winning team also won any money won in the stock market. The last mission would be for the right to keep the money collected in the pot, an additional cash prize and a car. This season also featured an additional challenge where the two teams had to give up smoking for the duration of filming. If any cast member on either team were caught smoking, their cast would lose the additional challenge.

Cast

Ms. Big: Gladys Sanabria from

*Real World* team
Player	Original season
nowrap	Amaya Brecher	nowrap
nowrap	David Burns	nowrap
nowrap	Heather Gardner	nowrap
nowrap	Kat Ogden	nowrap
nowrap	Mike Lambert	nowrap
nowrap	Tecumshea "Teck" Holmes III	nowrap	The Real World: Hawaii

*Road Rules* team
Player	Original season
nowrap	Carlos "Los" Jackson	nowrap
nowrap	Dan Setzler	nowrap
nowrap	Holly Shand	nowrap
nowrap	Piggy Thomas	nowrap
nowrap	Veronica Portillo	nowrap
nowrap	Yes Duffy	nowrap	Road Rules: Semester at Sea

Future Appearances on The Challenge

Dan Setzler, Holly Shand, Mike Lambert, Piggy Thomas, Veronica Portillo, and Yes Duffy all returned two seasons later for Battle of the Seasons. Portillo and Duffy would return Battle of the Sexes with Amaya Brecher. Portillo would make another appearance the next season for The Gauntlet. Portillo would return for The Inferno along with David Burns and Holly Shand. Dan Setzler and Portillo would come back for Battle of the Sexes 2. Portillo would make another appearance on The Inferno II. Burns would return to compete again on The Gauntlet 2. Portillo would return to compete on The Ruins, Champs vs. Pros, Dirty 30, Vendettas, and Final Reckoning. Duffy and Teck Holmes would return for the first All-Stars season, with Holmes going on to appear on the second All-Stars and Duffy returning for the third season with Portillo. Portillo would return again for Ride or Dies while Duffy would appear on World Championship. Portillo made another appearance on the fourth All-Stars season in 2024.

Gameplay

Challenges

Stratos-Fear:
Demolition Derby:
Wheel of Wrestling:
Snake Wrangling:
Redneck Games:
Mud Football:
Swamp Buggy Racing:
Homemade Swimsuit Contest:
Stir Crazy:
Handsome Reward:

Game summary

Episodes		Mission outcome
	Challenge	Winners		Losers
1	Stratos-Fear
2	Demolition Derby		Real World		Road Rules
3	Wheel of Wrestling		Real World		Road Rules
4	Snake Wrangling		Road Rules		Real World
5	Redneck Games		Road Rules		Real World
6	Mud Football		Road Rules		Real World
7	Swamp Buggy Racing		Road Rules		Real World
9	Homemade Swimsuit Contest		Real World		Road Rules
10	Stir Crazy		Road Rules		Real World
11	Handsome Reward		Road Rules		Real World

Real World

Road Rules

Mini challenges

Episode		Mission Results				Prize
	Challenge	Winners		Losers		Prize
2	Tobacco Free	$6,000
4	Scavenger Hunt		Road Rules		Real World	$6,000

Final results

Road Rules won the final challenge, winning brand new 2000 Nissan Xterras. They earned $60,000, while also winning $6,000 in the "Scavenger Hunt" mini-challenge and an additional $1,524 through their E-trade online investment, for a total bank of $67,524 with each team member receiving $11,254.
Real World earned $40,000, while also winning an additional $985 through their E-trade online investment, for a total bank of 40,985 with each team member receiving $6,830.
Both teams lost the additional "Tobacco Free" challenge as Piggy and David were caught smoking. Heather brought a camera man to the girls' bathroom at an RV park to catch Piggy smoking and David fully admitted to smoking during the challenge.

Teams

Demolition Derby (Ep. 2)
	Amaya & Kat		Dan & Holly
	David & Mike		Los & Piggy
	Heather & Teck		Veronica & Yes

Snake Wrangling (Ep. 4)
	Kat & Teck		Dan & Los
	Amaya & Mike		Holly & Piggy
	David & Heather		Veronica & Yes


	Amaya & Mike
	Piggy & Los
	Heather & Teck
	Veronica & Yes
	David & Kat
	Dan & Holly

Memorable moments

The Real World team organized a fake mission to trick the Road Rules team while they were in Miami. They created a scavenger hunt, asked someone to present it, and convinced a reluctant Road Rules team to complete the mission; items on the list were to get buried in the sand, polish an old man's toes, and give someone a makeover at Sephora. Meanwhile, the Real Worlders partied in South Beach. The next morning, the Real Worlders revealed the truth, and presented the prize, a "box of suckers".^[1] ^[2]