Overview

• The Challenge: Vets and New Threats premiered on MTV on July 30 and streams on Paramount+.
• Season 41 pairs 16 Challenge veterans—including Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, CT Tamburello and Cara Maria Sorbello—with newcomers from Love Island, Too Hot To Handle and Big Brother.
• A Day Zero launch special on July 23 dispatched contestants up a Chilean peak to determine draft order and reveal the veteran-rookie teams.
• The premiere episode thrust the new pairings into demanding mental and physical tasks that caused immediate rivalries and produced a surprise elimination.
• The return to a vets-and-rookies format unofficially revives the Fresh Meat concept last seen in 2010 as the franchise embraces multi-platform viewing.