The Challenge: Invasion of the Champions

The Challenge
Genre	Reality Competition
Created by	Piperjr
Country of Origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Winners	Caleb Jenkins Sydney Leigh
No. of Episodes	16 (Reunion and Special Included)
Chronology
Preceded by Rivals III	Followed by XXX: Dirty 30

The Challenge: Invasion of the Champions, originally promoted as The Challenge: Invasion, is the twenty-ninth season of The Challenge.

Cast

Host: Tyson Kidd

Male contestants Player Original season Finish Caleb Jenkins RW: Cincinnati Winner Nick Peyton Bloodlines Runner-Up Jaylen Edge RW: Phoenix Third Place Terrell Williams RW: Orlando Episode 12 Xavier Howard TS: Grand Prix Episode 11 Todd Knight TS: First Race Episode 10 Brian Snyder RW: Charleston Episode 9 Silas Bryce AYTO? 2 Episode 8 Wade Marshall RW: Dallas Episode 7 Jay Tasker RW: Back to Cali Episode 6 Andy Warner AYTO? 1 Episode 5 Oliver Griffith AYTO? 1 Episode 4 Leo Madani AYTO? 2 Episode 3 Connor Wright RW: Back to Cali Episode 2 Micah Belmont AYTO? 3 Episode 1

Female contestants Player Original season Finish Sydney Leigh AYTO? 2 Winner Dustin Leach RW: Charlotte Runner-Up Rian Ashwell Bad Girls Club: LA Third Place Chantal Ferguson RW: Dallas Episode 12 Sarah Lucas Fresh Meat II Episode 11 Nikki Gaines Winter Break Challenge Episode 10 Jade Avery Fresh Meat Episode 9 Estelle Lusby RW: Boulder Episode 8 Erika Little RW: Jacksonville Episode 7 Hannah Stead AYTO? 2 Episode 6 Ariane Cameron TS: Burnin' Rubber Episode 5 Amelia Shelby Bad Girls Club: LA Episode 4 Lucy Sully AYTO? 2 Episode 3 Destiny Locke AYTO? 3 Episode 2 Shareen Christie RW: Phoenix Episode 1

Champion of

Note: The Champions — Andy, Ariane, Brian, Caleb, Chantal, Dustin, Erika, Jade, Sarah, Terrell, Wade, and Xavier — entered the game later than everyone else as a season twist.

Game summary

Challenge games

• Diggin' It: Players must race through a series of sand dunes to four fences. At each fence, players must dig under it in order to to find a key and then crawl under to continue. Once they collect all four keys, players must use the keys to unlock a box containing a bag of puzzle pieces. The first male and first female to complete the puzzle win, while the last-place male and female are automatically sent to the Fortress.
  • Winners: Oliver & Rian

• Clock n' Roll: Players must jump onto a giant pendulum suspended from a clock hanging from the base of a platform. They must swing the pendulum as far as possible in order to jump to a zip line and ride it into the water. Then, players must swim around a flag and touch a buoy to stop their time. The male and female with the fastest times win.
  • Winners: Nick & Sydney

• Dark Horse: Players must go into a pitch black room where they must use their sense of touch to memorize the specific symbols on different puzzle pieces used to assemble a giant horse statue. Then, players must go back outside and recreate the horse statue using the proper pieces. The first male and female to complete their horse statue win. The two remaining players will automatically go into the elimination.
  • Winners: Todd & Hannah

• Earn Your Stripes: When the horn sounds, three ball will be catapulted into the air. Players must race to grab the striped ball and work with their teammates to shoot the ball into their team basket. Played in two separate gendered heats, the first team to score three points wins the round. In the event of a tie, a coin-flip will determine the gender that would go against each other in one sudden death round. The first team to win two heats wins.
  • Individual Winners: Jay & Sydney
  • Team Winners: Champions

• Revolutionary War: Played two pairs at a time, each player will spend twenty minutes on a platform jumping onto spinning logs made out of four beams that is suspended above water. Each player must jump onto a log as many times as possible without falling into the water. A player accumulates one point for each rotation when they successfully land back on the platform. The team who accumulates the highest average points wins.
  • Individual Winners: Caleb & Jade
  • Team Winners: Champions

• Hot Air: Players must advance from one end of a platform to another that is suspended high above water. Each player has to jump onto a series of giant hot air balloons. As the players advance, the hot air balloons get smaller and smaller, making it harder to fit each player. The team that advances the most players to the finish platform in the fastest time wins.
  • Individual Winners: Silas & Rian
  • Team Winners: Underdogs

• Dam Jam: Players walk on a beam, from a platform that is suspended above water, from one side to the other, and have to soak themselves in a bathtub filled with jam. The players have to transfer the jam into their own buckets on the other side of the beam. Played in same-gendered heats, players may push their opponents off of the beam and into the water in order to stop them from transferring jam. The team with the most combined average jam in their buckets wins.
  • Individual Winners: Brian & Dustin
  • Team Winners: Champions

• Tilted Towers: A large, slippery platform is suspended above water. Played in separate male/female heats, players must attempt to grab one of two ropes, and hang on for as long as possible. When the platform pivots like a seesaw, players will end up sliding into and knocking other players into the water, making it difficult to hang onto the ropes. When a player falls into the water, his/her time is stopped. The team with the longest cumulative time hanging on the ropes wins.
  • Individual Winners: Nick & Rian
  • Team Winners: Underdogs

• Crowning Achievement: Each player is asked a series of trivia questions by host Tyson Kidd, which includes spelling, sports, geography, U.S. currency, the periodic table, math, and even past challenges. Each player is suspended above the water on a crown, and if they correctly answer a question, they will stay in the game, but if they answer incorrectly, they will be dropped into the water and eliminated. The team that has last player left standing wins.
  • Individual Winners: Caleb & Sarah
  • Team Winners: Underdogs

• Plates a Plenty: Chained together as a team, players must race down a giant hill to eat a plate of Filipino delicacies. Once everyone has finished, players must race back up the hill with their plate and use a slingshot to smash their plate. This process will continue for three different food items, with each portion getting larger and each shooting distance getting further away. The first team to eat all three plates and break them wins.
  • Individual Winners: Jaylen & Sydney
  • Team Winners: Champions

• Shape Shifter: Players begin on a giant treadmill suspended above the water. When the challenge begins, the treadmill will begin moving and walls with shape cutouts will begin moving across the treadmill. Players must contort their bodies in order to fit through the shapes in the wall in order to stay on the treadmill. Once a player reaches the end of the treadmill, they will fall into the water and their time will stop. The team with the fastest average time wins.
  • Individual Winners: Caleb & Chantal
  • Team Winners: Underdogs

• Connecters: Players begin on two platforms suspended above the water. When the challenge begins, the players must work with their teammates to connect two poles to one another. Once they have them connected, players must slide across the poles to the center where they must switch platforms and get a ring to the other side. Players must repeat this process for five sets of poles. If a player falls off, they must climb back up the platform while their teammates must wait for them. The team that completes the process the fastest wins.
  • Team Winners: Underdogs

Fortress games

• Kettle Cooker: Players begin in a box and must use a kettle bell to break through a series of walls and hit a target. Once all six targets are hit, a popcorn container will break through the ceiling of the box and players must use the container to get out of the box and ring a bell. First player to ring the bell wins.
  • Played by: Amelia vs. Shareen and Jay vs. Micah

• Attachment: Players must pull a giant rope through the mud in order to eject a magnet towards them. Once they retrieve the magnet, players must throw it at a board to get it to stick. First player to land all five magnets on the board wins.
  • Played by: Nikki vs. Destiny and Silas vs. Connor

• Goose Chase: Players must circle around an oval course while dragging a giant goose statue. Players must run around the course in order to catch up to their opponent. The first player to catch their opponent and touch their shoulder wins.
  • Played by: Estelle vs. Lucy and Jaylen vs. Leo

• Catching Zs: Players begin by placing both hands on a giant "Z"-shaped object. On go, players must pull the object out of their opponents hands. The first player to have sole control of the object scores a point. Played in a best-of-five rounds, the first player to score three points wins.
  • Played by: Nikki vs. Amelia and Nick vs. Oliver

• Boomerang: Similar to the original "Boomerang" from World Tour II, players are placed at the center of a circle and are asked to place both hands on a giant boomerang. The first contestant to wrestle the boomerang out of his or her opponent's hands wins a point. First player to three points wins.
  • Played by: Sarah vs. Ariane and Terrell vs. Andy

• Lever Handed: Players must move 150 cinder blocks from one platform to another in order to unlock a lever. Once they unlock the lever, a flag will be released, which players must hang in the center of the ring. The first player to hang their flag wins.
  • Played by: Estelle vs. Hannah and Todd vs. Jay

• Balls In: Similar to the original "Balls In" from Free Agents, players will receive five chances to get as many balls inside a barrel, located in the middle of a large circle. If a player is either knocked out of or steps out of the ring, or if the ball is knocked out of the ring, a new round begins. Players will alternate between offense and defense in each round. The player who has more baskets than their opponent after five rounds wins.
  • Played by: Sarah vs. Erika and Xavier vs. Wade

• Slip and Slide: Players must run across a spinning log to retrieve a key and return it to their basket. Once a player retrieves all six keys, they must use the keys to unlock a slide puzzle. The first player to solve their puzzle wins.
  • Played by: Sydney vs. Estelle and Jaylen vs. Silas

• Space Odyssey: Similar to the original "Space Odyssey" from The Dunes, players are put into harnesses that are attached to seventy-five-percent of their weight, making it very easy to climb the ladder, but very difficult to come down. Players must maneuver along the ladder to transfer twenty flags from the top to the bottom. The first player to transfer all twenty flags wins.
  • Played by: Chantal vs. Jade and Xavier vs. Brian

• In Your Court: Players must use a croquet mallet to hit balls from their court into their opponents court. After fifteen minutes, the player with the fewest balls in their court wins.
  • Played by: Rian vs. Nikki and Nick vs. Todd

• Hall Pass: Similar to the original "Hall Pass" from Battle of the Exes and Battle of the Exes II, players must run through a narrow hallway past their opponent to ring a bell. The first player to ring the bell scores a point. The first player to score three points wins.
  • Played by: Dustin vs. Sarah and Terrell vs. Xavier

• Carry Out: Similar to the original "Carry Out" from Sacrifice, players are harnessed to a rope tied behind their back in the center of the fortress. Players must then pull against their opponent to get outside of the circle to ring their bell. The first player to ring their bell wins.
  • Played by: Dustin vs. Chantal and Caleb vs. Terrell

Elimination chart

Episode		N/A	Winners		Fortress Contestants				Fortress Game	Fortress Outcome
#	Challenge				Last-place		Voted In			Winner		Loser
1	Diggin' It			Rian		Amelia		Shareen	Kettle Cooker		Amelia		Shareen
				Oliver		Micah		Jay			Jay		Micah
	Challenge		Winners		Winner's pick		Voted In		Fortress Game	Winner		Loser
2	Clock n' Roll			Sydney		Nikki		Destiny	Attachment		Nikki		Destiny
				Nick		Connor		Silas			Silas		Connor
	Challenge		Winners		Last-place				Fortress Game	Winner		Loser
3	Dark Horse			Hannah		Estelle		Lucy	Goose Chase		Estelle		Lucy
				Todd		Jaylen		Leo			Jaylen		Leo
	Challenge	Fortress Team	Winners		Winner's Pick		Voted In		Fortress Game	Winner		Loser
4	Earn Your Stripes	Underdogs		Champions		Nikki		Amelia	Catching Zs		Nikki		Amelia
						Nick		Oliver			Nick		Oliver
5	Revolutionary War	Champions		Champions		Ariane		Sarah	Boomerang		Sarah		Ariane
						Terrell		Andy			Terrell		Andy
6	Hot Air	Underdogs		Underdogs		Estelle		Hannah	Lever Headed		Estelle		Hannah
						Todd		Jay			Todd		Jay
7	Dam Jam	Champions		Champions		Sarah		Erika	Balls In		Sarah		Erika
						Wade		Xavier			Xavier		Wade
8	Tilted Towers	Underdogs		Underdogs		Sydney		Estelle	Slip and Slide		Sydney		Estelle
						Silas		Jaylen			Jaylen		Silas
9	Crowning Achievement	Champions		Underdogs		Chantal		Jade	Space Odyssey		Chantal		Jade
						Brian		Xavier			Xavier		Brian
10	Plates a Plenty	Underdogs		Champions		Nikki vs. Rian			In Your Court		Rian		Nikki
						Nick vs. Todd					Nick		Todd
11	Shape Shifter	Champions		Underdogs		Dustin vs. Sarah			Hall Pass		Dustin		Sarah
						Terrell vs. Xavier					Terrell		Xavier
12	Connecters	Champions		Underdogs		Chantal vs. Dustin			Carry Out		Dustin		Chantal
						Caleb vs. Terrell					Caleb		Terrell
13/14	Final Challenge	N/A		Caleb	2nd place: Nick; 3rd place: Jaylen
				Sydney	2nd place: Dustin; 3rd place: Rian

Fortress progress

Males	Episodes
	1		2	3	4		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Finale
Caleb	N/A					SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	FORT		WINNER
Nick		SAFE	WIN	SAFE		FORT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	WIN		SECOND
Jaylen		SAFE	SAFE	FORT		SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN		THIRD
Terrell	N/A					SAFE	FORT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	FORT	OUT
Xavier	N/A					SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	OUT
Todd		SAFE	SAFE	WIN		SAFE	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Brian	N/A					SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	OUT
Silas		SAFE	FORT	SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	OUT
Wade	N/A					SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Jay		FORT	SAFE	SAFE		WIN	SAFE	OUT
Andy	N/A					SAFE	OUT
Oliver		WIN	SAFE	SAFE		OUT
Leo		SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Connor		SAFE	OUT
Micah		OUT

Females	Episodes
	1		2	3	4		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Finale
Sydney		SAFE	WIN	SAFE		WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN		WINNER
Dustin	N/A					SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	FORT	FORT		SECOND
Rian		WIN	SAFE	SAFE		SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	WIN		THIRD
Chantal	N/A					SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	WIN	OUT
Sarah	N/A					SAFE	FORT	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	OUT
Nikki		SAFE	FORT	SAFE		FORT	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Jade	N/A					SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Estelle		SAFE	SAFE	FORT		SAFE	SAFE	FORT	SAFE	OUT
Erika	N/A					SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Hannah		SAFE	SAFE	WIN		SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Ariane	N/A					SAFE	OUT
Amelia		FORT	SAFE	SAFE		OUT
Lucy		SAFE	SAFE	OUT
Destiny		SAFE	OUT
Shareen		OUT

Competition

     The contestant won the final challenge.

     The contestant did not win the final challenge.

     The contestant won the challenge and won safety from the Fortress.

     The contestant won the challenge, but was subject to the Fortress.

     The contestant was exempt from participating in the Fortress.

     The contestant was not selected for the Fortress.

     The contestant won in the Fortress.

     The contestant lost in the Fortress and was eliminated.

     The contestant came in last in the daily challenge and was eliminated.

     The contestant withdrew from the elimination round.

Notes

• In Episodes 2 and 3, a contestant is exempt from both challenge participation and elimination after earning a ticket into the Oasis — the result of either winning a challenge or in the Fortress.
• The Underdogs participate in individual challenges from Episodes 1–3. When the Champions enter the competition in Episode 4, all contestants will be separated into two teams — Champions and Underdogs.

Voting Progress

Voted into Elimination		Jay 5 of 8 votes	Connor 1 of 1 vote	Silas 4 of 7 votes	No vote	Nick 1 of 1 vote	Oliver 3 of 5 votes	Terrell 1 of 1 vote	Andy 3 of 5 votes	Todd 1 of 1 vote	Jay 3 of 4 votes	Wade 1 of 1 vote	Xavier 2 of 4 votes	Silas 1 of 1 vote	Jaylen 2 of 3 votes	Brian 1 of 1 vote	Xavier 2 of 3 votes	No vote
		Shareen 4 of 8 votes	Nikki 1 of 1 vote	Destiny 7 of 7 votes		Nikki 1 of 1 vote	Amelia 4 of 5 votes	Ariane 1 of 1 vote	Sarah 3 of 5 votes	Estelle 1 of 1 vote	Hannah 4 of 4 votes	Sarah 1 of 1 vote	Erika 2 of 4 votes	Sydney 1 of 1 vote	Estelle 2 of 3 votes	Chantal 1 of 1 vote	Jade 2 of 3 votes
Voter		Episode
		1	2		3	4		5		6		7		8		9		10	11	12
Caleb		N/A						Ariane					Erika			Chantal
	Sydney	Jay	Connor			Nick					Jay				Jaylen
Dustin		N/A							Wade			Wade					Xavier
	Nick	Destiny	Nikki				Hannah				Hannah			Sydney
	Jaylen	Lucy		Destiny			Amelia				Hannah				Nikki
	Rian	Leo		Leo			Oliver			Todd				Silas
Chantal		N/A							Andy				Caleb				Terrell
Terrell		N/A							Erika				Erika				Jade
Sarah		N/A							Wade				Xavier			Brian
Xavier		N/A							Sarah				Jade				Jade
	Nikki	Jay		Silas			Jaylen				Jay				Jaylen
	Todd	Shareen		Destiny			Amelia				Hannah				Estelle
Brian		N/A							Sarah			Sarah					Dustin
Jade		N/A						Terrell					Xavier				Xavier
	Estelle	Leo		Leo			Oliver				Nick				Todd
	Silas	Shareen		Destiny			Amelia			Estelle					Estelle
Erika		N/A							Andy				Terrell
Wade		N/A							Sarah				Jade
	Hannah	Jay		Silas			Jaylen				Jay
	Jay	Nikki		Destiny		Nikki					Hannah
Andy		N/A							Erika
Ariane		N/A							Andy
	Amelia			Leo			Oliver
	Oliver	Shareen		Destiny			Amelia
Leo		Shareen		Destiny
Lucy		Jay		Silas
Connor		Nikki		Destiny
Destiny		Jay		Silas
Micah
Shareen		Leo

Notes

• ^1 : The Champions (Andy, Ariane, Brian, Caleb, Chantal, Dustin, Erika, Jade, Sarah, Terrell, Wade, and Xavier) entered the competition at the fourth challenge as a season twist.
• ^2 : After a tie with the vote, Tyson Kidd told the guys that if they could not come to a decision on the vote, that the opponent, Sarah, would select which girl should would want to face in elimination. The guys were unable to come to a decision, so Sarah selected Erika to be her opponent in the Fortress.
• ^3 : In episode 12, the Fortress was deemed teamless; however, Tyson Kidd revealed that the winning team would be safe from elimination and the losers would be sent to the final Fortress. As the Underdogs won, they were safe, sending the Champions into the final Fortress.