Surprising Fallouts And Shattered Alliances: Here Are The Shadiest Moves Ever From The Challenge Trilogy

Forget Star Wars or Lord of the Rings: In 2018, The Challenge has produced entertainment’s most gripping trilogy, and its final installment — Final Reckoning — will award one team a whopping $1 million.


Although how did we get here?


Across Dirty Thirty and Vendettas, the two most recent seasons, players could only get ahead by screwing over their fellow competitors. And, boy, did they. Double-dealing abounded, backstabbing became second nature and deceit proved to be a weapon as powerful as a cannon.


Right now, in teams of two, players have to right those wrongs by working with — and only with — their most reviled enemies. Like Rivals before it, Final Reckoning has paired up a handful of enemy duos, and they’ve already proven to be pretty combustible.


So which one will come out on top? That remains to be seen. In the meantime, though, let’s look back at the hugest double-crosses and fallouts from The Challenge trilogy. Because as long as there really are Challenge seasons, you could plan on players continuing to create vendettas.

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  Jemmye and Jenna
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It was the betrayal heard round the world — while Jenna spared Jemmye from elimination right after winning the very first “Dirty Thirty” Purge, Jemmye proved she had no intention of returning the favor. At the second Double-Cross ceremony, Jemmye determined against playing nice and voted Jenna into The Presidio against her BFF Kailah. She claimed it was for the sake of gameplay, yet there’s no denying it was pretty cruel.
  
  
  
  
  





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  Britni and Leroy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  While in a seemingly inconsequential nomination ceremony on Dirty Thirty, it was like a sure thing that Hunter could be the group’s choice for The Presidio…that is, up until Britni cast a “burn vote” for Leroy. Although her plan backfired, because right after Veronica followed suit, the tides turned, and suddenly, Leroy noticed himself fighting for his life in an elimination round. Sadly, Hunter ultimately sent him packing.
  
  
  
  
  





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  Jenna and Camila
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Double-Cross that followed Leroy’s nomination was just dramatic because the voting itself. While Jenna and Kailah had a understood alliance with Camila, the agreement went to hell once Jenna got the chance to pick Jemmye’s Presidio opponent. At the eleventh hour, she determined to spare Tori and send in Camila, setting off a particularly heated Camilanator tirade.
  
  
  
  
  





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  Kailah and Cara Maria
  
  
  
  
  
  
  While Cara insisted that she and Camila had an alliance with Jenna and Kailah, Kailah proved that was very much not the case once she, Britni, Jordan, Tony and Veronica won “Blackout” and earned the chance to send two players straight into the Redemption Residence. Without blinking, Kailah sent Cara away, setting up their eventual mutual loathing.
  
  
  
  
  





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  Tony and Bananas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  While Bananas saw Tony as a protégé, the difference was short-lived. Any time Tony got the chance to toss Bananas into a Vendettas elimination round, he took it — and, to add insult to injury, Bananas was sent home.