Episode
The Challenge: Handsome Reward
Overview
After a month in Jamaica, it is all down to the final challenge for the $150,000 Chili's dollars! Mark, Colin, and Jamie are going head to head with Lori, Ruthie and Ellen to see whose going to win the Battle of the Sexes. With their losing streak over, the ladies are confident that they have a chance to win... Each team is given a block puzzle as a clue for the mission that is to come. The ladies figure out the puzzle but the guys can't and Mark hopes this isn't a bad sign. After they receive the phone call with details, the teams arrive at the competition course. The game is called ""It Takes 3"" and will require each trio to work as a team in order to win. The first part of the course is the tri ski slalom, followed by the block-by-block brainteaser, and then the ropes course. No member can advance to the next phase without every person on his or her team completing the obstacle. The horn blows and the mission begins...
Details
- Series
- The Challenge
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2003-05-05
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Handsome Reward is Episode 18 in Battle of the Sexes of The Challenge. It aired on 2003-05-05. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 17: Maximum Velocity
The girls find out the grand prize and try to redeem themselves.
Episode 19: Hot and Bothered
Battle of the Sexes Reunion that featured- Genesis from Real World Boston Ellen + Blair from Road Rules The Quest Melissa + Jamie from Real World New Orleans Lori from Real World Back 2 New York Mark from Road Rules 1 Shane from Road Rules Campus Crawl Antoine from Road Rules Europe Veronica from Road Rules Semester at Sea Colin + Ruthie from Real World Hawaii Highlights include- *Guys had naked water sking *Veronica and Eric made out *Ellen believed the mission weren't fair *Veronica claimed nothing ever happened between her and James *Ruthie appologized to Veronica for the time she voted her off, Ruthie regrets it. *Veronica tells Ellen and Ruthie that she has no hard feelings. Jonny gives the girls one last chance. Both sexes pick one person to compete. They choose Veronica against Antoine. The competition is one of those knock-em sock-em games where you press the button as fast as you can to knock the opponents head off.
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Episode 16: Razors Edge
The loss of a team member leaves the girls feeling weakened and abandoned.
Episode 20: Battle of the Sexes: The Good, The Bad, and The Notorious
Meet the 32 former Real World and Road Rules alumni who will be competing on this season of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes. Hosted by Olympic Ski Jumper, Johnny Moseley, and Real World Hawaii alum Ruthie.
Episode 15: Human Aquarium
It's mission morning, James and Shane know they have a fight today to make sure that they don't end up in last place after the mission. Emily comments about how James was born for competition. They receive their next mission clue on their phone, it says the girls must wear a two piece bathing suit and the guys must wear their speedos. The girls believe it will be something humiliating. They arrive at the mission site to find a big tank of water. Johnny announces that the next mission will be Human Aquarium. Everybody will be given a snorkel and will have to lay in a 2 foot deep pool of water. They must stay submerged under the water, only their knees and one hand may come above the water. The catch is every 5 minutes, they will dump buckets of different sea creatures on them and around the pool. The person to stay completely submerged while holding a cup of water with a fish in it upright the whole time wins a Vail Ski Trip for their team and ofcourse the Ion Lifesaver.
Episode 21: Real World/Road Rules: 19 Degrees of Reality Hookups
'Real World: Miami' and 'Extreme Challenge' alum Dan Renzi links two former 'Real World: Back to New York' roommates through 19 degrees of hookin' up on 'The Real World,' 'Road Rules,' and 'The Challenge.' Recap some of your favorite reality couples and learn about some never before seen hook ups.
Episode 14: Spider Mon
We start off with the remaining cast partying hard at a local nightclub. They're shots of drinking, dancing, and even Blair going down a waterslide naked. Back at the villas, we see Shane who is growing sick of the ""Frat-Circle"" that he calls the remaining male team. He just doesn't fit in and he's growing home sick. He says that no matter if he wins tomorrows mission he is ready and will be going home. The following day Shane sits down with Ruthie and Genesis and has a three hour discussion about their lives in general. He has now realized that he has a place in these peoples lives. They head to the next mission which is taking place at a nearby hotel. They arrive to find a huge net drawn up between the two hotel towers. Johnney announces that this next mission is called ""Spider Mon"". One guy and one girl will be drawn out on a wire hung off the 15th floor of the two hotel towers in front of this huge net.
Episode 13: Collision Course
The girls are coming to a conclusion that most of the past challenges have been male oriented. They don't believe it's fair and the believe that is the reason why they keep losing. Ellen and Ruthie know they are the two strongest competitors on the female team and they know they have to start showing that this is the Battle of the Sexes. Ayanna has found herself drifting away from her team, she is not happy with the performances and attitudes of everyone on the women's team. It's the following day and it's mission day. They receive a clue on their phones telling them to wear boots and shorts and be well hydrated. The guys just believe the women should quit, they are in too deep and the guys just got it together. They arrive at their mission site, where they see a line of laser vests and gun. Ofcourse, they all realize they will be playing laser tag.
Episode 12: Stairway To Heaven
We start off with Emily commenting on that there is many girls at the challenge walking around in bikini tops and she can't help but feel jealous and vulnerable that James would try to hook up with someone else. We then hear from Melissa and Ayanna that awhile back James helped Veronica move into her apartment and it's rumored that they may have fooled around. They arrive at the mission site to find two sets of about six ladders strung together zigzagged going up to a platform hanging from a crane about 80 feet in the air. The mission is called ""Stairway To Heaven"" Along the ladder path there is different sections painted in different colors. They have a total of 1 minute to climb and for each section the contestant passes they earn 5 points for a total of 80 points possible if they make it to the top. The team that has the most points wins $1,000 for each teammate provided by Atari's Mission Impossible.
Episode 11: Leaky River
Eric receives a call from home, his sister has been in the hospital for over a week with a horrible fever and the doctors still cannot figure out what is wrong. The following morning, they receive a clue on their phone stating that the next mission will be that day and they need to wear a swim suit, shorts, and bug spray. Ayanna knows she has to do the best she can cause since herself and a few others did not participate in the 'Battle of Opposite Sexes', their score has plummeted and they are in danger of being sent home. Anne, Christina, and Emily have started a group against Veronica. They believe she in nothing but negativity to the girls' team. Veronica believes even though the past several eliminations have been the lowest scoring girl, that won't last too much longer due to several ""alliances"" forming. They arrive at the mission site, Johnny congratulates them for making it through the first half and welcomes them to the second half. The mission is called ""Leaky River"".
Episode 10: Battle of the Opposite Sexes
It's Party Time...the cast is all getting drunk, dancing, and just having a good time. Off at their own table, Emily and James are enjoying eachothers company even more. They are both happy to be in Jamaica with eachother and both are just enjoying their relationship. The following morning, they receive their next mission on their phones. It says it will be at 12:30 and they must wear a shirt, shorts, and 2 undergarments. They already put two and two together and know they'll have to take off a article of clothing if they mess up at whatever they have to do. Tonya pulls Ruthie aside and lets her know that she wants the Inner Circle to send her home if she's at the bottom. That way another strange vote-off will not happen and they will be left with the strongest team they can have. They arrive at the mission site to find out they'll be doing ""The Battle of the Opposite Sexes"" game show.
Episode 9: People Mover
Darkness has fallen over the villas and Puck is upset. It seems that Betty (Puck's wife) is not a US citizen and she has forgotten her green card, so Betty and Bogart aere detained in Immigration for a few days. Puck has decided he's done with the challenge and wants to leave, a camera films Puck as he tells the guys and Puck tells them to remove the camera from filming him. Glass is heard breaking and Puck is seen with a machete knife. He packs his bags and leaves. Holes in the walls, broken glass, and a broken guitar are later seen and we are meant to believe this was all cause by Puck on his last night. The following day, Ellen asks some of the guys what they're going to do now that they're down one man. Ellen later talks to Emily and tells her that she thinks the girls should have a meeting and discuss how they feel about the last elimination.