The Greatest Female Players in Challenge History: #27- Aneesa Ferreira
19 Seasons: Battle of the Sexes, Battle of the Sexes 2, Gauntlet 2 (Final), The Duel, Inferno 3, Duel II (3rd place), Rivals, Battle of the Exes, Rivals II, Free Agents, Battle of the Bloodlines, Dirty 30, Champs vs. Stars, Champs vs. Stars 2, Total Madness, Double Agents, All Stars (9th place), Spies, Lies & Allies, Ride or Dies (3rd place)
Final Efficiency: 4/17 (Excluding Champs vs. Stars 2 and SLA) (23.5%)
Win Efficiency: 0/17 (0%)
45 Mission Wins, 16–15 Elimination Record
Individual Missions: 2/38
Partner Missions: 4/57
Combined: 6/95 (6.3%)
Average Times Getting Voted In Per Season: 1.33
Seasons Making Final Going Into Minimum Amount of Elims: 0
With the most appearances by a woman in Challenge history having debuted all the way back in season six, Aneesa is a true OG.
She had a relatively quiet first two seasons in Battle of the Sexes 1 and 2, going out midway through the game both times.
She started to come on during Gauntlet 2, getting in a hilarious fight with Cara and becoming the female captain of the rookies after Beth was too afraid to face her. Aneesa made her first final, but in what was possibly Aneesa’s best chance to win a final the Veterans lost to the Rookies.
Aneesa’s most iconic season was The Duel, where she went into four eliminations, taking out Paula, Robin and Diem before losing in I Can to Sveltana right before the final.
She made it far on Inferno 3 despite a leg injury, but lost to Paula in the Shimmy elimination.
Aneesa had another excellent run on Duel II, defeating Shauvon, Paula (once again) and Tori to make the final. But she just couldn’t keep up in the final, dragging Mark down with her and finishing third to Rachel and Brittini.
After Duel II, Aneesa went on an epic cold streak, missing 10 consecutive finals. She had some heartbreaking losses in the final elimination on Rivals II and Bloodlines, but for the most part she was a mediocre-at-best player in that run, going 5–12 in eliminations and winning just two individual/partner missions.
Finally, Aneesa was able to break through and make the final on All Stars, and also made the final a few seasons later with Jordan on Ride or Dies.
Still, no one comes close to her record 19 seasons without a win.
Aneesa has garnered the reputation as an elimination queen with wins over names like Tori Hall, Tori Deal, Jenna, Robin, Jonna, Laurel, Kaycee, Amber B and Paula (twice).
But for most of her career she has been pretty terrible in daily challenges, finals and politics. She started her career an insane 0/54 in individual/partner missions, but has improved in that area especially since her return on Total Madness, with five wins since.
She has also improved politically. Early in her career, Aneesa never had solid allies, causing her to often go into multiple eliminations in a season (she’s been in multiple elimination eight different seasons). But with the help of the vacation alliance, Aneesa is usually a lock to make it deep in a season.
Unfortunately, Aneesa’s fatal flaw is her lack of cardio, which has caused her to fall well short in every final she’s been in.
Aneesa could be on the next 20 seasons and she still probably wouldn’t win. But with all the elimination wins she has racked up, she deserves a spot in the rankings.
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