Johnny Bananas

Longtime fans of The Challenge are having a great day on their couch, as 20 previous seasons have become available to stream on CBS All Access. The MTV show is one of the most successful in the network’s catalog, which started in 1998 and is still going strong today. One issue veteran viewers had with […]

The Challenge: Total Madness has concluded and although the reunion still has one more part to go, fans are already wondering what’s in store for Season 36. Like most projects in the entertainment world, production on The Challenge has been pushed back due to the ongoing health crisis. Season 36 is reportedly not far from […]

The Challenge: Total Madness has finally concluded, but new details about the show are still coming to light. Before the series aired, The Inquisitr reported on some rumors about the harsh conditions the group was living in while filming, but a lot of that never made it to air. Now, an insider has revealed just […]

The Challenge: Total Madness winner Jenny West is taking to social media to defend her friend and alliance member Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio. A little over a month ago, rumors began flying that Total Madness was rigged for Johnny to win by production, something that spread like wildfire across the internet. The show marked the 20th […]

Warning: This article reveals the winner of The Challenge: Total Madness. The epic finale of The Challenge: Total Madness aired last night on MTV, which saw nine competitors go toe-to-toe in harsh mountain terrain. The final, which is said to have been one of the most difficult ever, wasn’t just tough for the stars running […]

Warning: This article reveals the winners of The Challenge: Total Madness. The Challenge: Total Madness has finally concluded with Jenny West and Johnny Bananas being crowned the winners of Season 35. Something not uncommon with the final is players either quitting or being disqualified due to injury. Both happened in last night’s episode as Melissa […]

MTV’s The Challenge: Total Madness has come to an end, and Jenny West is the female winner of Season 35. During Wednesday’s episode, Jenny took home her first win on the popular competition series, and she’s sharing her experience, according to a report from Entertainment Weekly. The July 15 episode kicked off with nine remaining […]

MTV’s The Challenge: Total Madness has come to an end, and Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio is the male winner of Season 35. During Wednesday’s episode, the reality star took home his seventh win, and he’s reflecting on his journey to victory and his future on the popular competition series, according to report from Entertainment Weekly. The […]

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Challenge: Total Madness, including the season’s winner. The Challenge has one of the most loyal fanbases in reality television. It’s a group of dedicated individuals, many of which have been tuning in to MTV to watch the franchise every year since 1998. This fanbase is then essentially broken […]

The Challenge: Total Madness Episode 15 has come and gone, but fans are still discussing the show’s last competition before the final. The Crash Course challenge required competitors to get behind the wheel of a car and drive toward stacks of barrels in the hopes of knocking them all down. Whichever man and woman knocked […]

The infamous Hall Brawl elimination finally worked its way into The Challenge: Total Madness on Episode 15. The double-elimination pitted friends-turned-enemies Jenny West against Dee Nguyen, with Rogan O’Conner facing off against Nelson Thomas. Jenny absolutely dominated Dee in the elimination, even pushing her co-star out of the hallway onto her side before ringing her […]

MTV’s Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio might be conquering the competition on this season of The Challenge: Total Madness, but the reality star is already thinking about his future and the possibility of retirement, according to a report from Distractify. Over the years, Devenanzio has become one of the most popular names to emerge from the MTV […]

Episode 14 of The Challenge: Total Madness saw longtime player Aneesa Ferreira get the boot after losing to freshman competitor Bayleigh Dayton in elimination. While it didn’t play out on the episode that viewers watched, it looks like Johnny Bananas might have been the brains behind her getting thrown in. Johnny did admit in his […]

Paulie Calafiore was well on his way to becoming a household name on MTV’s The Challenge franchise. The Big Brother alum joined the series in 2018 when he was recruited for Final Reckoning, and returned for back to back seasons on War of the Worlds I and II. Fans were shocked to learn he and […]

Warning: This article contains spoilers regarding The Challenge: Total Madness, including the season’s winners. It’s only a few weeks until the finale of The Challenge: Total Madness, but spoilers regarding who wins the final have been out since October of last year. As The Inquisitr previously reported, Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio and Jenny West reportedly landed […]

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Challenge: Total Madness reunion. Season 35 of The Challenge is nearing its end and the reunion wrapped filming as of Tuesday. Spoilers are already out and it’s been rumored that seven cast members were not present for the taping, which was done virtually due to COVID-19. Total Madness […]

Past and present cast members of MTV’s The Challenge are remembering one of their own on social media. June 12 would have been the 40th birthday of Diem Brown, an eight-time Challenge competitor and one of the most beloved stars ever to play the game. Viewers and castmates alike adored Diem, and every year, cast […]

The Challenge: Total Madness has brought a number of twists this season, but none bigger than the alliance between former rivals Wes Bergmann and Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio. And during Wednesday’s episode, the two veterans definitely used their combined powers to rock The Challenge house in a double elimination, according to a report from Entertainment Weekly. […]

Siesta Key has collided with The Challenge. Cast members from the MTV reality shows are rumored to be embroiled in a love triangle, but reality veteran Johnny Bananas says the network’s newbies are just “thirsty.” Hours before the Season 3 premiere of the Florida-based MTV reality show Siesta Key, cast member Juliette Porter dropped a […]

The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 has concluded, and the epic two-hour reunion show unearthed some drama viewers were just not privy to during the season. Most of the cast reunited in London to recount the season’s events, which also brought to light drama that happened off-screen and on social media. One of the […]

Warning: This article contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 35 of The Challenge. This is the upcoming season of the show and not War of the Worlds 2 which just finished airing. Season 35 of The Challenge is officially over after the final was filmed this week in Europe. Coincidentally, Season 35 concluded filming around the […]

Editor’s Note: More recent spoilers, via Twitter, contest the following theory concerning the previously reported departure of Johnny Bananas from the show. Possibly the most famous Challenger of all time has been eliminated from Season 35. The next season of The Challenge is currently filming in Prague, Czech Republic, and a longtime veteran has just […]

Another one bites the dust on The Challenge Season 35. The next season of MTV’s hit reality franchise is currently filming in Prague, Czech Republic and more than a handful of competitors have been sent home. The newest spoiler coming from the gossip sights are saying Wes Bergmann is the latest casualty of the show. […]

The November 6 episode of MTV’s The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 saw the engagement between Jordan Wiseley and Tori Deal. The veterans of the show met on Season 30 of the hit reality series, while Tori was dating another man. The two eventually came together and have been dating for two years and […]

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Challenge Season 35, as well as the finale of The Challenge Season 34. The Challenge Season 35 is currently filming, and spoilers have already given a look at 30 cast members who will be appearing in the next installment of the show thanks to the Challenge Vevmo page. […]

The Challenge Season 35 is currently filming in Prague, Czech Republic, and the cast members have been competing in the European country for over a week now. The cast is hovering around 30 competitors, with The Challenge Vevmo page suggesting there are two more cast members who have not yet been named. Other rumors have […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Season 35 of MTV’s The Challenge. Season 34 of MTV’s The Challenge is currently halfway finished, but that doesn’t mean Season 35 is not already in the works. As The Inquisitr previously reported, filming for Season 35 began this week after spoilers revealed the United States cast departed on Monday for […]

A Challenge staple for the last six seasons won’t be making an appearance in Season 35 if the rumors and social media rumblings are true. It looks like Cara Maria Sorbello and Paulie Calafiore won’t be on the next season of The Challenge, ending a six-season streak for the former and three-season streak for the […]

The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 is currently halfway through airing, which means it’s time for the cast of the upcoming season to depart to the new location. Season 35 is reportedly about to begin filming, with rumors suggesting the United States cast will leave for filming on Monday, October 21 and Tuesday, October […]

Paulie Calafiore of Big Brother and The Challenge fame is making a strong claim against MTV personality Johnny Bananas, saying the 1st Look host tried to get him banned from the reality competition show for two seasons. Paulie first joined The Challenge franchise on Season 32 (Final Reckoning), the closing to the Dirty Thirty trilogy. […]

MTV’s The Challenge has returned to television for its 34th season, The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2, and things are already getting pretty vicious on and off the screen. While making the promotional rounds for the show, Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio and Nany González took a break from talking about the season’s tough challenges to […]

MTV officially released the new trailer for Season 34 of their hit franchise, The Challenge, on YouTube today. After a mega-successful Season 33, producers decided to stick with the same theme, dubbing the upcoming season War of the Worlds 2. WOTW2 will pit American contestants against those from the United Kingdom, slightly deviating from the […]

It’s the crossover reality television fans never knew they needed. Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, Tom Schwartz, and Tom Sandoval just shot something special for NBC’s 1st Look which runs every Saturday after Saturday Night Live. Bananas is the newest host for the NBC travel show which takes The Challenge veteran around the world to partake in […]

The Challenge has become synonymous with Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio and a season without its biggest star would be like cereal with no milk: doable, but dry. Johnny was just eliminated from War of the Worlds which marked his 18th season with the popular MTV franchise. The competitor has expanded from his work with MTV to […]

Season 33 of MTV’s vastly popular The Challenge series is one of the best to date, and a shocking elimination of Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio has fans reeling on social media. Johnny was sent into the elimination round by the Tribunal, which featured his longtime nemesis, Wes Bergmann. After the Tribunal couldn’t come to an agreement […]

Things have gotten pretty intense on Season 33 of MTV’s The Challenge after legend and veteran Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio was eliminated along with his partner, Morgan Willett, in the second elimination. It’s rare to see such a tenured cast member of the show get booted so early, meaning anything can happen on War of the […]

Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio has been doing various seasons of MTV’s The Challenge franchise for more than a decade now, but he has hinted that he thinks a spin as The Bachelor could be the next challenge that would be right up his alley. From the looks of things, fans aren’t exactly opposed to the idea. […]

There definitely have been some drama-starters on MTV’s The Challenge franchise in the last several years, but newcomer Paulie Calafiore might take the cake. The Big Brother alum appeared on his first Challenge with last season’s Final Reckoning and even made it to the final. He gathered some vendettas along the way and has been […]

The cast list for Celebrity Big Brother Season 2 is reportedly locked in just 10 days before the show’s premiere. Rumors have been swirling on the internet for weeks regarding the 11 houseguests who will make up this season, and the last week has seen a swap in celebrities despite some apparently signing contracts. As […]

There’s a special bond between longtime veterans on MTV’s The Challenge franchise. Cara Maria Sorbello and Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio have had a successful friendship and alliance over the years on the popular competition show, and it appears as if they are just as close when the cameras aren’t rolling. A new Twitter post from Cara […]

Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio took aim at Bristol Palin during a recent interview on the Hollywood Pipeline. According to a new report, the Real World and Challenge cast member slammed the mother of three for complaining about the way in which MTV has chosen to edit her life on their long-running reality series. “Shut up. Like […]

It’s not going to be a very Merry Christmas for Nelson Thomas. The five-time Challenge contestant has recently been arrested for theft, according to Ashley’s Reality Roundup. The Ashley is reporting Nelson had been booked in the Hays County Jail in Teaxs this past Thursday for committing a Class B theft, and there is a […]

The Challenge is currently off-air on MTV after Final Reckoning concluded several weeks ago. Season 33 will be on its way shortly, but it appears as if there is some conflict brewing in the off-season. Long-time veterans and Challenge champions Cara Maria Sorbello and Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio have had a bond over their shared tenure […]

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season finale of The Challenge: Final Reckoning. Season 32 of The Challenge might still be airing on MTV, but the reunion recently wrapped it’s tumultuous taping in NYC this past weekend. Most of the cast was present to discuss the season’s events, including fights, hookups, and even the […]

Tuesday night brings the premiere of MTV’s The Challenge: Final Reckoning and this one should be intense. There have been a lot of references to this being a final season, especially with it dubbed Final Reckoning, leaving fans feeling worried. While the reality is that MTV has not formally moved forward with Season 33 yet, […]

The Challenge is finally returning this week to the delight of fans and stars of the show alike. Final Reckoning is the last in a trilogy of seasons all about bitter feuds between the cast members. The new season will follow XXX: Dirty 30 and Vendettas theme of rivalries, but Final Reckoning will not be […]

In Tuesday night’s episode of MTV’s The Challenge, bullying played center-stage after an incident involving the female contestants in the house. The incident received so much publicity, show host T.J. Lavin, a former BMX World Champion, had to step in and threaten the involved parties with possibly being kicked off the show if it continues. […]

Johnny Bananas of MTV’s The Challenge fame hosted a Reddit AMA Tuesday evening where fans of the successful franchise could ask the veteran anything they wanted. Many questions surrounded Bananas’ controversial decision to steal money from his partner Sarah Rice during Rivals III. It was one of The Challenges‘ most memorable backstabbing moments. Bananas had […]

On Friday afternoon, two seasoned veterans of MTV’s competition show The Challenge took to Instagram, implying they will both be houseguests on the first season of the U.S. version of Celebrity Big Brother. Johnny Devenanzio, better known as Johnny Bananas, and Mark Long are seen in the social media post horsing around in front of […]

Season 31 of MTV’s long-running series The Challenge: Vendettas has had some heavy-duty flirting and hooking up happening already and only three episodes have aired. Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio and Natalie Negrotti, a crossover contestant from Big Brother, have been quite flirtatious with one another and it looks like the sparks have continued to fly post-filming. […]