The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2

"The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2", the ninth season of "Real World/Road Rules Challenge", premiered in 2004 and took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Before every challenge, each team would choose three leaders. If the team won, those leaders got to vote off anyone else; if the team lost, one of those leaders would be voted off. No life-shields were used during this season.

Cast

Host: Jonny Moseley

Game summary

Final results

Dan, Eric and Theo were the final three remaining men. Arissa, Coral and Sophia were the final three remaining women. The men won the final challenge.

Memorable moments

* After being voted off, Ayanna delivered an unintentionally humorous dramatic diatribe.
* Mike was voted off for the first time ever.
* Steven slapped teammate Shane during a tense confrontation during a challenge, violating the rule against physical violence, and is only the second person to ever be sent home from a Challenge. Steven apologized to Shane immediately after the incident, but was still sent home, much to Shane's dismay because he felt Steven had said he was sorry and deserved a second chance. (The first ejection for physical violence was Ayanna being sent home from the "Extreme Challenge". The third was when Tina punched Beth in "The Duel", and the fourth was when CT punched Davis in "The Inferno III".)
* There was controversy on the women's team when Cynthia was voted off.
* Tonya and Tina had a short-lived argument, which let to a rivalry that would be imminent throughout the "Inferno 2" and "Fresh Meat" challenges
* The men's team deliberately lost a mission, choosing to sacrifice Mark in order to guarantee Arissa, whom they considered weak, a spot in the final challenge in order to ensure victory.
* Mark, Eric and Dan stepped up to be leaders one mission to protect their alliance and eliminate Brad.
* There was much drama surrounding Angela during her entire time on the show.
* Mark began a relationship with Robin and possibly Tonya. This laid the seed for the intense animosity that Robin expressed toward Tonya in the "Inferno II".
*This was the last challenge for Eric Nies. He said he was officially 'retiring' from these challenges

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426775/ The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2 at the] Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.mtv.com/onair/realworld/ MTV's official "Real World" website]
* [http://roadrules.mtv.com MTV's official "Road Rules" website]