Every Season of The Challenge, Ranked: #23 — Total Madness

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Host: TJ Lavin

Aired: 2020

Champions: Jenny and Bananas

General Thoughts: The Challenge: Total Madness is obviously a tale of two seasons.

I think the first 10 episodes are up there with nearly any other season. With the rise of the Bananas/Wes alliance, the downfall of Tori and Jordan, Jay pulling one of the biggest upsets ever against CT, Kailah falling into the Bear trap, and Nelson playing the most hilariously bad political game in Challenge history, it was pretty much non-stop entertainment.

But the season climaxed with the Bananas/Wes elimination, and completely cratered after.

In the week after the Bananas/Wes elimination, MTV severed ties with Dee and completely cut her out of her subsequent episodes. The edit led to a horrendous stretch of episodes from 11 to 14, including what I consider to be the worst episode in Challenge history in episode 11.

Cutting out Dee, who was arguably the biggest star of the season, took away a huge storyline with the Dee/Rogan/Jenny triangle that should have been a big part of the show for the rest of the season. But instead, the show tried…