Episode
The Challenge: Countdown to Chaos
Overview
The next phase of the game approaches as the countdown clock nears zero, contenders split into pairs for Upside Down Whirled, and one player worries she's being targeted by an ally.
Details
- Series
- The Challenge
- Season
- Season 39
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2023-11-15
- Runtime
- 64 min
Episode context
Countdown to Chaos is Episode 5 in Battle for a New Champion of The Challenge. It aired on 2023-11-15. The runtime is 64 min.
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Episode 8: Struggling to Hold It Together
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Episode 9: A Banana Split
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Episode 10: Feeling Used
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Episode 11: My Own Worst Frenemy
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Episode 12: A Legend Returns
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Episode 13: El Saboteur
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