{"id":1524496,"date":"2026-07-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=2fcff3752449fbc60fec5c55386aca37"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:06:18","slug":"the-challenge-moves-to-paramount-for-season-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1524496","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Challenge&#8217; moves to Paramount+ for season 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/07\/a82720391f0244c8a21f6aa3cf7a5bb8.png\" alt\/><figcaption>The key art for season 42 of 'The Challenge.' (Jonne Roriz\/Paramount+)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><em>The Challenge<\/em> has officially moved to Paramount+ for season 42.<\/p><p>The popular reality competition show will feature a mixture of veterans and newcomers on its cast as they compete against each other on <em>The Challenge: Cutthroat<\/em>. The&nbsp;42nd season, which will take place in Thailand, premieres on Aug. 5. The <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ML6CiAcsDr8\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trailer<\/a> for the new season is available to watch now.<\/p><p>Season 42&nbsp;marks a major change with its brand-new, exclusive streaming home. <em>The Challenge<\/em> previously aired on MTV. However, spinoffs such as <em>The Challenge: All Stars<\/em> premiered on the streaming service and one version of the show aired on CBS.<\/p><p>There will be 24 contestants competing \"past their breaking points in a ruthless battle for a share of the $500,000 grand prize,\" according to an official description of the season. \"In this bold new era, the Challengers will be divided into three teams and the only way to take home a share of the cash prize, is to cross the finish line together as a unit. To win, nominated captains must balance their hunger for dominance with the need for loyalty, or risk losing their power while solo players must prove they can be team players or lose their chance at the winnings.\"<\/p><p>Competing this season are veteran contestants Brad Fiorenza, Chris \u201cCT\u201d Tamburello, Chris Underwood, Cory Wharton, John \u201cJohnny Bananas\u201d DeVenanzio, Justin Hinsley, Leonardo \u201cLeo\u201d Dionicio, Nelson Thomas, Will Gagnon, Adrienne Naylor, Cara Maria Sorbello, Cassidy Clark, Isabella \u201cIzzy\u201d Fairthorne, Michele Fitzgerald, Nurys Mateo, Sydney Segal and Victoria \u201cTori\u201d Deal.<\/p><p>Newcomers this time around are <em>Big Brother<\/em> alums Cedric Hodges, Keanu Soto and Reilly Smedley; <em>Love Island USA<\/em> alums Josh Goldstein and Deb Chubb; former WWE NXT performer Alexis \u201cLete\u201d Lete; and <em>The Amazing Race<\/em> contestant Anna Leigh Wilson.<\/p><div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ML6CiAcsDr8?si=ALTCFnrwQzUh8JLh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key art for season 42 of &#8216;The Challenge.&#8217; (Jonne Roriz\/Paramount+)The Challenge has officially moved to Paramount+ for season 42.The popular reality competition show will feature a mixture of veterans and newcomers on its cast as they compete again&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1919,"featured_media":1524502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-15\/E_TheChallenge_071526.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1524496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-entertainment-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-17 14:17:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-15\/E_TheChallenge_071526.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1919"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1524496"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524501,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524496\/revisions\/1524501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1524496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1524496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1524496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}