The Challenge Total Madness: Challenger Stats

I’ve done this with prior seasons, so now I’m going to be taking a look at stats for the players on Total Madness. For this list, I can only really look at the returners with prior Challenge experience. The newcomers will have a brief bio based upon their prior experiences and relationships with existing cast members. They don’t have stats direct stats toward The Challenge, but most of them are intertwined in some ways.

Here are some guidelines to remember:

1. Eliminations are counted as appearances in an elimination arena (The Jungle, The Gauntlet, The Dome, The Proving Ground, etc.).
2. Elimination wins and losses from Battle of the Bloodlines only count if the competitor was actually competing in The Pit.
3. If the elimination did not occur due to “chance” (like Wes and Nany’s Jungle), it will not count.
4. Champs vs. Pros and Champs vs. Stars will be noted separately, but not counted as a formal appearance
5. Bolded appearances in the finals indicate a win

Ashley Mitchell

Number of Previous Appearances: 5, with War of the Worlds 2 being the most recent (+ Champs vs. Pro, Champs vs. Stars, Champs vs. Stars 2)

Best Known For: Millionaire Mitchell, the girl who stole Hunter’s money.

Original Season: Real World Ex-Plosion (2014)

Wins & Losses

• 2 elimination wins (including the Underdog Bloodbath on Invasion)
• 2 elimination losses
• Purged in War of the Worlds 2 final
• 1 Mercenary win, earning a spot into the Final Reckoning house
• 1 Mercenary loss
• 2 spinoff elimination wins
• 2 spinoff elimination losses
  

Appearances in the Finals: 3. Invasion, Final Reckoning, War of the Worlds 2.

Aneesa Ferreira

Number of Previous Appearances: 12. With Dirty Thirty being the most recent.

Best Known For: That fight with Robin in the kitchen on The Duel.

Original Season: Real World Chicago (2002)

Victories & Losses

• 8 elimination wines
• 9 elimination losses
• 1 Redemption win
• 1 Redemption loss
• 1 “win” as a Mercenary
• 1 spinoff elimination loss

Appearances in the Finals: 2. The Gauntlet 2, The Duel 2

Tula “Big T” Fazakerley

Number of Previous Appearances: 1. War of the Worlds 2

Best Known For: Sticking up for her friend Sean when everyone else was against him.

Original Season: Shipwrecked UK (2019)

Victories & Losses

• 1 elimination loss

Appearances in the Finals: 0

Cory Wharton

Number of Previous Appearances: 6. With Final Reckoning being the most recent (+ Champs vs. Stars).

Best Known For: Body-slamming Tony onto the ground over pasta. But it was fettuccini Alfredo.

Original Season: Real World Ex-Plosion (2013).

Victories & Losses

• 3 elimination wins (1 being the Underdog Bloodbath on Invasion)
• 3 elimination losses
• 1 Redemption loss
• 1 win as a Mercenary, earning his way into Final Reckoning
• 2 purge losses

Appearances in the Finals: 2. Battle of the Bloodlines, Invasion

CT Tamburello

Number of Previous Appearances: 16, with War of the Worlds 2 being his most recent (+ Champs vs. Pros, Champs vs. Stars, Champs vs. Stars 2)

Best Known For: His vicious fight with Adam on The Duel 2 where both of them were ejected from the show.

Original Season: Real World Paris (2003)

Victories & Losses: 

• 5 elimination wins
• 4 elimination losses
• 1 Redemption win
  
• 1 win as a Heavy Hitter on Cutthroat
• 1 Purge loss
• 1 Custom Johnny Bananas back pack on Cutthroat

Appearances in the Finals: 8. The Inferno, The Inferno 2, The Gauntlet 3, Battle of the Exes, Rivals 2, Invasion, Dirty Thirty, War of the Worlds 2 (+ Champs vs. Stars, Champs vs. Stars 2)

Dee Nguyen

Number of Previous Appearances: 2. With War of the Worlds 2 being the most recent.

Best Known For: Falling in love with Rogan.

Original Season: Geordie Shore Season 17 (2018)

Victories & Losses:

• 1 elimination win
• 1 elimination loss

Appearances in the Finals: 1. War of the Worlds 2.

Jenna Compono

Number of Previous Appearances: 7. With War of the Worlds being the most recent (+ Champs vs. Stars).

Best Known For: Her relationship with Zach and their fight on War of the Worlds.

Original Season: Real World Ex-Plosion (2013).

Victories & Losses

• 5 elimination wins
• 3 elimination losses (1 being the Underdog Bloodbath on Invasion)
• 1 Redemption win
• 2 purge losses

Appearances in the Finals: 3 Battle of the Exes 2, Battle of the Bloodlines, Rivals 3

Jenny West

Number of Previous Appearances: 1. War of the Worlds 2

Best Known For: Being a physical specimen who got wrecked by Tori in elimination.

Original Season: Shipwrecked (2019)

Victories & Losses

• 1 elimination win
• 1 elimination loss

Appearances in the Finals: 0

Johnny Bananas

Number of Previous Appearances: 19, with War of the Worlds 2 being the most recent (+ Champs vs. Pros & Champs vs. Stars)

Best Known For: Stealing Sarah’s money on Rivals 3.

Original Season: Real World: Key West (2006)

Victories & Losses:

• 7 elimination wins
• 12 elimination losses.
• 4 Battle of the Ex-iled wins
• 1 Redemption win
• 1 Redemption loss
• 1 spinoff elimination win
• 1 spinoff elimination loss

Appearances in the Finals: 8. The Inferno 3, The Island, The Ruins, Rivals, Battle of the Exes, Rivals 2, Free Agents, Rivals 3. (+ Champs vs. Stars)

Jordan Wiseley

Number of Previous Appearances: 5. With War of the Worlds 2 being his most recent (+ Champs vs. Pros)

Best Known For: Proposing to Tori on War of the Worlds 2

Original Season: Real World: Portland (2013)

Victories & Losses

• 5 elimination wins
• 1 Redemption win
• 1 elimination loss
• 1 spinoff elimination loss

Appearances in the Final: 4. Rivals 2, Battle of the Exes 2, Dirty Thirty, War of the Worlds 2

Josh Martinez

Number of Previous Appearances: 2. With War of the Worlds 2 being the most recent.

Best Known For: Banging pots and pans in the Big Brother house while singing circus music.

Original Season: Big Brother 19 (2017).

Victories & Losses

• 1 elimination loss
• 1 Purge loss

Appearances in the Final: 0

Kailah Casillas

Number of Previous Appearances: 4. With Final Reckoning being the most recent (+ Champs vs. Stars 2).

Best Known For: Getting kicked off Final Reckoning for fighting with Melissa.

Original Season: Real World: Go Big or Go Home

Victories & Losses

• 4 elimination wins
• 1 elimination loss
• 1 spinoff elimination win
• 1 spinoff elimination loss

Appearances in the Finals: 1. Vendettas.

Kyle Christie

Number of Previous Appearances: 4 With War of the Worlds 2 being his most recent.

Best Known For: Fighting Paulie, but never really fighting Paulie.

Original Season: Geordie Shore 8 (2014)

Victories & Losses

• 2 elimination wins
• 4 elimination losses
• 2 Redemption losses

Appearances in the Finals: 1. Vendettas

Mattie Breaux

Number of Previous Appearances: 1. War of the Worlds

Best Known For: Turning on ally Kyle by becoming a part of “Wes’s Angels” with Wes and Dee.

Original Season: Party Down South (2014)

Victories & Losses

• 1 elimination win

Appearances in the Finals: 1. War of the Worlds

Melissa Reeves

Number of Previous Appearances: 2. With Final Reckoning being the most recent.

Best Known For: Getting kicked off Final Reckoning for fighting with Kailah.

Original Season: Ex on the Beach UK (2015)

Victories & Losses

• 1 elimination win
• 1 elimination loss

Appearances in the Finals: 0.

Nany Gonzales

Number of Previous Appearances: 8, with War of the Worlds 2 being the most recent

Best Known For: Her huge fight with Nia on Battle of the Exes 2 where Nia called her every dirty name in the books.

Original Season: Real World: Las Vegas (2011)

Victories & Losses:

• 3 elimination wins
• 4 Battle of the Ex-iled wins
• 8 elimination losses
  

Appearances in the Finals: 1: Free Agents

Nelson Thomas

Number of Previous Appearances: 5. With Final Reckoning being the most recent.

Best Known For: His relationship with Angela that got him on the Dr. Phil show.

Original Season: Are You the One? 3 (2015)

Victories & Losses

• 8 elimination wins (one being the Underdog Bloodbath on Invasion)
• 1 elimination draw
• 1 elimination loss
• 1 Redemption loss
• 2 Purge Losses

Appearances in the Finals: 1. Invasion.

Rogan O’Connor

Number of Previous Appearances: 2. With War of the Worlds 2 being the most recent.

Best Known For: Being in this bromance called JOGAN.

Original Season: Geordie Shore (2014)

Victories & Losses

• 1 Purge loss

Appearances in the Finals: 1. War of the Worlds 2

Stephen Bear

Number of Previous Appearances: 2. With War of the Worlds 2 being the most recent.

Best Known For: Hooking up with many, many people. Most specifically Georgia and his “cousin.”

Original Season: Shipwrecked UK (2011)

Victories & Losses

• 3 elimination wins
• 2 elimination loss

Appearances in the Finals: 0

Tori Deal

Number of Previous Appearances: 3. With War of the Worlds 2 being her most recent.

Best Known For: Getting that ring on her finger on War of the Worlds 2

Original Season: Are You the One? 4 (2016)

Victories & Losses

• 3 elimination win
• 1 elimination loss
• Purged in the War of the Worlds 2 final
• 1 spinoff elimination win
• 1 spinoff Purge loss
• 1 loss as a Mercenary

Appearances in the Final: 1. Dirty Thirty

Wes Bergmann

Number of Previous Appearances: 12. with War of the Worlds 2 being the being the most recent (+ Champs vs. Pros, Champs vs. Stars, and Champs vs. Stars 2).

Best Known For: At this point in time, being a really gingery ginger.

Victories & Losses

• 14 elimination wins
• 7 elimination losses
• 5 spinoff wins

Appearances in the Finals: Fresh Meat, The Duel, Rivals, Rivals 2, War of the Worlds (+ Champs vs. Pros, Champs vs. Stars 2)

ROOKIES

I’ve already recapped the Big Brother 20 alumni.

Asaf Goren

What we know: Asaf was on Are You the One season 4, where he actually had a fling with Tori. Since then, he has done tons of reality TV, just not all in the US. He was also on So You Think You Can Dance? and America’s Worst Cooks. He appeared on AYTO: Second Chances where he was constantly near elimination but survived six weeks. He did an international version of Ninja Warrior and won Big Brother: Israel VIP. He’s a true wildcard in the game, but he has few connections. His social game might be strong, but if AYTO: Second Chances is any indication he might not be the most serious competitor.

Bayleigh Dayton

Bayleigh comes into this game with solid connections in the form of her fiancé Swaggy C (secretly married on the DL) and her ally Fessy. She was an OK competitor on Big Brother, but her allies were not the most strategic players. To be honest, I see her coming in with a target on her back because of her relationships.

Chris “Swaggy C” Williams

What we know: Swaggy C perspires confidence, whether it’s earned or not. He’s cocky, but was an early boot on Big Brother. He also has Bayleigh and Fessy on his side, but he is likely to be his own determent. On Big Brother his blunt gameplay cost him the game. Unless he changed his attitude, I don’t think the vets will take kindly to him.

Fessy Shafaat

What we know: Friends with Bayleigh and Swaggy C, Fessy is probably the member of the trio with the smallest target on his back. He’s not as connected as the engaged couple, plus he’s a big guy. His size has intimidated people based on first impression videos, so he might be a player that other people want to avoid.

Jay Starrett

What we know: Jay comes from Survivor where he came in sixth. His conditions on that show may make the bunker seems like a resort in comparison. He also did Ex on the Beach with Morgan, who is now Bananas’s girlfriend. They kinda split before Bananas came into the picture, but there may be some awkward energy there.

Jenn Lee

What we know: Jenn is the single most random cast member this season. She has no connections that I am aware of, did a season The Amazing Race three years ago, but came in last. She doesn’t have much of a track record, but the little we have doesn’t look good.

Kaycee Clarke

What we know: Kaycee was disconnect from her Big Brother houseguest during their season, but there’s no reason to believe there’s any real bad blood. They were on opposite sides of an alliance, that’s it. However, she also has no obligation to them and may want to take her own path this season. She is a female football player and won Big Brother 20. The Challenge seems like a show she may do well on, and she has reason to be a little cocky.