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The Gauntlet 2
Season 11
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Presented byT. J. Lavin
No. of contestants32
Winners
  • Alton Williams
  • Ibis Nieves
  • Jamie Murray
  • Jodi Weatherton
  • Kina Dean
  • Landon Lueck
  • MJ Garrett
  • Randy Barry
  • Susie Meister
LocationTrinidad and Tobago
Opening theme"Anthem" by Superchick
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes18
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseDecember 5, 2005 (2005-12-05) –
March 27, 2006 (2006-03-27)
Season chronology
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The Inferno II
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Fresh Meat

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2 is the 11th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge). The season is directly subsequent to The Inferno II.

The Gauntlet II marked T. J. Lavin's first time presenting the series, regularly hosting the program from this season forward. Prior seasons only used temporary hosts. The season is the second in the Gauntlet series, with the original Gauntlet airing in 2003–2004 and The Gauntlet III following in 2008.

The Gauntlet II aired in late 2005 and into 2006 with 32 contestants and took place in Trinidad and Tobago. The teams were designated Veterans and Rookies, based on the number of prior Challenge seasons on which each cast member had competed. Those on the Veterans team had been on at least two prior seasons, and those on the Rookies team had been on fewer than two seasons. For this season, a male and female captain were determined at the beginning of the season. After each team challenge, the losing team captain was sent to the "Gauntlet", where they would face an opponent of the same sex and same team who was voted into the Gauntlet by the respective team.

Contestants[edit]

Veterans team
PlayerOriginal seasonFinish
Aneesa FerreiraThe Real World: ChicagoRunner-Up
David BurnsThe Real World: SeattleRunner-Up
Julie StofferThe Real World: New OrleansRunner-Up
Katie DoyleRoad Rules: The QuestRunner-Up
Mark LongRoad Rules: USA – The First AdventureRunner-Up
Robin HibbardThe Real World: San DiegoRunner-Up
Timmy BeggyRoad Rules: USA – The Second AdventureRunner-Up
Derrick KosinskiRoad Rules: X-TremeEpisode 16/17
Brad FiorenzaThe Real World: San DiegoEpisode 14
Beth StolarczykThe Real World: Los AngelesEpisode 13[a]
Syrus YarbroughThe Real World: BostonEpisode 10
Montana McGlynnThe Real World: BostonEpisode 9
Ace AmersonThe Real World: ParisEpisode 8
Ruthie AlcaideThe Real World: HawaiiEpisode 7
Jisela DelgadoRoad Rules: The QuestEpisode 5
Adam LarsonRoad Rules: The QuestEpisode 2
Rookies team
PlayerOriginal seasonFinish
Alton WilliamsThe Real World: Las VegasWinner
Ibis NievesRoad Rules: X-TremeWinner
Jamie MurrayThe Real World: New OrleansWinner
Jodi WeathertonRoad Rules: X-TremeWinner
Kina DeanRoad Rules: X-TremeWinner
Landon LueckThe Real World: PhiladelphiaWinner
MJ GarrettThe Real World: PhiladelphiaWinner
Randy BarryThe Real World: San DiegoWinner
Susie MeisterRoad Rules: Down UnderWinner
Jillian ZoboroskiRoad Rules: X-TremeEpisode 15
Jeremy BlossomRoad Rules: South PacificEpisode 12
Cara ZavaletaRoad Rules: South PacificEpisode 11
Adam KingThe Real World: ParisEpisode 6
Danny DiasRoad Rules: X-TremeEpisode 4
Cameran EubanksThe Real World: San DiegoEpisode 3[b]
Jo RhodesThe Real World: San FranciscoEpisode 2[c]

Gameplay[edit]

Challenge games[edit]

  • Royal Rumble: Players, divided by gender and team, are placed on a raft. The last male and female standing for each team are named the captains. Some chose to use rock-paper-scissors to decide who should be the last one standing.
    • Winners: Alton, Jo, Ruthie & Adam L.
  • Chock Full o' Coconuts: Players must work in pairs to transfer a total of 200 coconuts using bamboo sticks. If they lose coconuts long the way, a player has to pick-up the coconuts. The first team to transfer all of their coconuts in the designated area wins.
    • Winners: Rookies
  • Team Builders: Teams compete in a series of tasks to complete in order. The first team to advance all of their players through the obstacle course wins.
    • Team Bridge: Players are provided with tires and wooden boards, that they must use to get to the second station without touching the ground. If a player touch the ground, the whole team has to start over.
    • Up and Over: With the help of a wooden board, players must go over a suspended rope without touching it. If a player touch the ground, the whole team has to start over.
    • Carry the Load: Players must carry a ball up and down a hill without using their hands.
      • Winners: Veterans
  • Moving Pyramid: Both teams must form human pyramids with three people on the bottom, two in the middle and one on top. In pyramid formation, they must crawl through a course and retrieve a total on 16 flags on top of poles, every team member must be on top at some point during the challenge. The team with the most flags after 1 hour wins. In the event of a tie, the teams must race through the course in pyramid formation and the fastest team wins.
    • Winners: Veterans
  • Sponge Worthy: Players divide themselves in three categories: Soakers, Transferers, and Collectors. Spongers collect water directly from the ocean with a sponge on their body, they then pass it on the Transferers with the help of a second sponge. Collectors must then squeeze the sponge on the Transferers without using their hans. The first team to collect a certain amount of water wins.
    • Winners: Rookies
  • Body Painters: Wearing a speedo, the players must use their body to completely cover six canvases in different colors. The fastest team wins.
    • Winners: Veterans
  • Rickshaw Races: Teams must complete a total of six laps and transfer all of their players in a rickshaw using only six drivers (three males and three females. The fastest team wins.[d]
    • Winners: Rookies
  • Team Strength: Teams selects two Pushers and one Driver to move a truck through a course. The back of the truck is then filled with cinder blocks and pushed back to the starting point. The fastest team wins.
    • Winners: Rookies
  • Balancing Act: Working in pairs, teams must balance on two parallel ropes using another piece or rope held by the pairs. The team with the most players to successfully complete the course wins.
    • Winners: Rookies
  • Buck-a-neer: Alternating in both positions, one team must balance on barrells connected to ropes without using hands while the other team tries to make them fall pulling the ropes. The team with the most players standing at the end of the challenge wins.
    • Winners: Rookies

Gauntlet games[edit]

  • Name That Coconut: Players compete for the coconut with the name of the person that is the answer to a Real World/Road Rules trivia question. If the answer is wrong, the other player can answer freely.
    • Played 3 Times: Derrick vs. Adam L., Kina vs. Cara, Derrick vs. Brad
  • Beach Brawl: Players have to wrestle their opponent out of a ring.
    • Played 4 Times: Alton vs. Danny, Derrick vs. Ace, Derrick vs. Syrus, Aneesa vs. Beth
  • Capture the Flag: Players have to climb up a 20-foot (approx. 6 meters) rope net to get a flag.
    • Played 3 Times: Kina vs. Cameran, Alton vs. Adam K., Alton vs. Jeremy
  • Reverse Tug of War: Players are tied to each other, facing opposite directions. The first to get to their flag wins.
    • Played 4 Times: Ruthie vs. Jisela, Beth vs. Ruthie, Beth vs. Montana, Timmy vs. Derrick
  • Sticky Situation: Players had to stick balls to a board as their opponent tries to stop you.
    • Played 1 Time: Kina vs. Jillian
  • Knock Off: The wheel never landed on this challenge; the rules and gameplay of the challenge are unknown.
Other spaces on the wheel
  • Spin Again: If a Gauntlet challenge was done 3 times, the next time there is a Gauntlet, that challenge is taken off the wheel for that instance and is replaced by Spin Again.
  • Captain's Choice: The captain of the team going into the Gauntlet will choose which challenge he or she will be doing.
  • Challenger's Choice: The person the team chose to oppose the captain in the Gauntlet will choose which challenge he or she will be doing.

Game summary[edit]

EpisodeGenderWinnersGauntlet contestantsGauntlet gameGauntlet outcome
#ChallengeCaptainVoted InWinnerEliminated
1Royal RumbleMaleAltonN/A
Adam L.
FemaleJo
Ruthie
2Chock Full o' Coconuts[c]MaleRookiesAdam L.DerrickName That CoconutDerrickAdam L.
3Team BuildersFemaleVeteransKinaCameranCapture The FlagN/A[b]
4Moving PyramidMaleVeteransAltonDannyBeach BrawlAltonDanny
5Sponge WorthyFemaleRookiesRuthieJiselaReverse Tug of WarRuthieJisela
6Body PaintersMaleVeteransAltonAdam K.Capture The FlagAltonAdam K.
7Rickshaw RacesFemaleRookiesRuthieBethReverse Tug of WarBethRuthie
8Team StrengthMaleRookiesDerrickAceBeach BrawlDerrickAce
9Balancing ActFemaleRookiesBethMontanaReverse Tug of WarBethMontana
10Buck-a-neerMaleRookiesDerrickSyrusBeach BrawlDerrickSyrus
11Pull MeFemaleVeteransKinaCaraName That CoconutKinaCara
12Spare TiresMaleVeteransAltonJeremyCapture The FlagAltonJeremy
13Easy Does ItFemaleRookiesBethAneesaBeach BrawlN/A[a]
14The PitMaleRookiesDerrickBradName That CoconutDerrickBrad
15Blind TrustFemaleVeteransKinaJillianSticky SituationKinaJillian
16/17Piece by PieceMaleRookiesDerrickTimmyReverse Tug of WarTimmyDerrick
17Bet Your BootyN/ARookies[e]

Gauntlet progress[edit]

ContestantsChallenges
12345678910111213141516/17Finale[e]
AltonWINWINSAFEELIMWINELIMWINWINWINWINSAFEELIMWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
IbisSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
JamieSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
JodiSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
KinaSAFEWINELIMSAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINELIMSAFEWINWINELIMWINWINNER
LandonSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
MJSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
RandySAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
SusieSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINWINNER
AneesaSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINELIMSAFEWINSAFELOSER
DavidSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINSAFESAFEWINSAFELOSER
JulieSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINSAFESAFEWINSAFELOSER
KatieSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINSAFESAFEWINSAFELOSER
MarkSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINSAFESAFEWINSAFELOSER
RobinSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINSAFESAFEWINSAFELOSER
TimmySAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINSAFESAFEWINELIMLOSER
DerrickSAFEELIMWINWINSAFEWINSAFEELIMSAFEELIMWINWINSAFEELIMWINOUT
JillianSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFESAFEWINWINOUT
BradSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINSAFEOUT
BethSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINELIMSAFEELIMSAFEWINWINQUIT
JeremySAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINSAFEOUT
CaraSAFEWINSAFESAFEWINSAFEWINWINWINWINOUT
SyrusSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFEOUT
MontanaSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFESAFEOUT
AceSAFESAFEWINWINSAFEWINSAFEOUT
RuthieWINSAFEWINWINELIMWINOUT
Adam K.SAFEWINSAFESAFEWINOUT
JiselaSAFESAFEWINWINOUT
DannySAFEWINSAFEOUT
CameranSAFEWINQUIT
Adam L.WINOUT
JoWINQUIT
Teams
  The contestant is on the Rookies team.
  The contestant is on the Veterans team.
Competition
  The contestant's team won by default after the other team forfeited.[e]
  The contestant's team forfeited after determining they weren't going to win.[e]
  The contestant's team won the challenge and was safe.
  The contestant won the Captain's challenge and was named the team captain.
  The contestant sat out of the challenge and the contestant's team won the challenge.
  The contestant sat out of the challenge and was exempt from the Gauntlet.
  The contestant won the Gauntlet.
  The contestant was selected for the Gauntlet, but did not have to compete.
  The contestant lost the Gauntlet and was eliminated.
  The contestant withdrew from the competition.

The final challenge[edit]

The final challenge, "Bet Your Booty" consisted of three games, roti eating, a memory challenge, and a relay race, to place bets on after receiving 250 gold doubloons each from the host, T. J. Lavin, with each contestant eligible to compete in only one event.

RookiesEventVeterans
Ibis
Jodi
Jamie
Randy
(1 doubloon)		Roti EatingMark
Timmy
Robin
Julie
David
(248 doubloons)
Susie
Kina
(1 doubloon)		Pirate Memory[e]Katie
(1 doubloon)
MJ
Landon
Alton
(248 doubloons)		Sand Sprint[e]Aneesa
(1 doubloon)

Episodes[edit]

No. in
season		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
1140"Throwing Down the Gauntlet"December 5, 2005 (2005-12-05)
2141"Derrick Steps It Up"December 12, 2005 (2005-12-12)
3142"We Can Work It Out"December 19, 2005 (2005-12-19)
4143"The $10,000 Pyramid"December 26, 2005 (2005-12-26)
5144"Sloppy Seconds"January 2, 2006 (2006-01-02)
6145"Watching Paint Dry"January 9, 2006 (2006-01-09)
7146"The Heat Is On"January 16, 2006 (2006-01-16)
8147"Rookie Movies"January 23, 2006 (2006-01-23)
9148"Walking the Line"January 30, 2006 (2006-01-30)
10149"Bucked"February 6, 2006 (2006-02-06)
11150"Victory At Last"February 13, 2006 (2006-02-13)
12151"Tire Me Up, Tire Me Down"February 20, 2006 (2006-02-20)
13152"Mac-Beth"February 27, 2006 (2006-02-27)
14153"The Good, the Brad, and the Ugly"March 6, 2006 (2006-03-06)
15154"Blind Panic"March 13, 2006 (2006-03-13)
16155"Last Men Standing"March 20, 2006 (2006-03-20)
17156"Don't Bet On It"March 27, 2006 (2006-03-27)

Reunion special[edit]

The reunion special, Shark Infested Waters: Gauntlet II Reunion, was aired after the season finale on March 27, 2006 and was hosted by Susie Castillo.

Teams/Pairs[edit]

Chock Full of Coconuts (Ep. 2)
Ace & DerrickAdam K. & Kina
Adam L. & TimmyAlton & Ibis
Aneesa & JiselaDanny & Susie
Beth & JulieCara & Randy
Brad & DavidJamie & Jeremy
Katie & RuthieJodi & MJ
Montana & RobinLandon & Jillian
Balancing Act (Ep. 9)
Mark & SyrusAlton & Landon
Derrick & KatieJillian & Kina
Julie & RobinCara & Susie
Aneesa & MontanaJamie & Jeremy
Brad & DavidMJ & Randy
Beth & TimmyIbis & Jodi
Easy Does It (Ep. 13)
David & MarkAlton & Landon
Katie & RobinJamie & Jodi
Beth & DerrickJillian & Kina
Aneesa & JulieIbis & Susie
Brad & TimmyMJ & Randy

Memorable moments[edit]

  • For this challenge, a male and female captain were determined at the beginning of the show based on physical prowess in a King of the Hill type of game. However some groups (namely the veteran men) chose to use rock-paper-scissors to decide who should be the last one standing.
  • Jo made her first appearance in a Challenge, marking her first return to MTV in eleven years, and quickly caused controversy in the first episode. She called the police to escort her out and leave the show after she found being in the house with 31 other cast members intolerable.
  • Derrick blew up at his team for choosing a secret ballot method for voting into the Gauntlet rather than openly stating their votes.
  • After the Rookies lost the second challenge, Kina picked Cameran for the Gauntlet. Cameran voluntarily lost, feeling Kina would be a better captain than she would. Many of the Veterans were astounded at this, especially after Derrick and Adam L. fought so hard in the previous Gauntlet. This led to an argument between Cara and Aneesa, with Timmy mimicking Aneesa's rant behind her.
  • Danny harbored intense hatred towards his former Road Rules cast member Jodi, due to his belief that she manipulated the cast into voting him off. After being called out in the "Moving Pyramid" challenge, Danny lashed out at Jodi, which then led to Alton pulling Danny into the Gauntlet. He went on another tirade, claiming he would easily defeat Alton in the Gauntlet, but was beaten in a humiliating fashion. Jodi recounted at the reunion that Danny then suffered a painful medical crisis after he returned home, and that after she called him to talk about the events of the challenge he hung up on her. Danny never appeared on another Challenge after this one until he died in 2017 at the age of 33.
  • Jisela volunteered to go into the Gauntlet and lost to Ruthie. Host T.J. Lavin commented that Jisela pretty much quit the game.
  • In a Veterans team meeting Ace took fault for the failure during a mission and volunteered to go to the Gauntlet. He and Derrick went head-to-head in a wrestling beach brawl. Derrick stayed low and powered his way through Ace to keep his role at Veteran captain.
  • When Beth reveals to Robin that Jodi had told her that Mark, who Robin was seeing at the time, said he was in love with her, she confronted Mark, who became so angry with Robin that he punched the bus and walked home.
  • While strategizing for a mission in which a team member had to pull other team members around a track in a large rickshaw, Beth decided that she should be the one teammate who would sit out, due to her being the biggest woman on the team (the veterans had to sit one man and one woman out due to having more players than the rookies). Montana, along with several other members, believed that Beth was manipulating Ruthie so that she would get immunity from the Gauntlet. The team sided with Montana and let her sit out. Beth performed well in the mission, but the team lost. Beth was voted into the Gauntlet against Ruthie, but stunned the team by beating her at the Reverse Tug-of-War, thus becoming the new female team captain.
  • While her team hoped she would be eliminated as soon as possible, Beth defeated both Ruthie and Montana in "Reverse Tug of War" Gauntlets. Both of her opponents stated that Beth had the advantage over them because she weighed more than they did.
  • Jillian tells Kina that Susie and Cara approached her for an alliance with the other team, starting a rivalry between Cara and Kina.
  • After losing a challenge, Beth quit the Beach Brawl wrestling challenge against Aneesa, claiming it was "against her moral values", thus leading to a segue in which host T.J. Lavin stated, "I thought I told you to quit two weeks ago when the other quitters quit". The other cast members speculated that she was afraid of losing to Aneesa, who was praying for the Beach Brawl challenge. At the reunion, Beth defended her decisions, while Timmy said that the team's anger with her stemmed from her history of performing well for stretches and then not trying when she didn't feel like it.
  • Controversy arose amongst the Rookies team when Kina chose to go against Jillian in the final Gauntlet as opposed to Ibis, whom some of the Rookies believed to be a weaker player.
  • On the reunion show, Mark announced his retirement from the Challenges. He gave his bandana to Derrick saying, "From the first Road Ruler to the last Road Ruler, I give you my bandana." Mark joins Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, Eric Nies and Timmy Beggy as the only cast members to officially issue a "retirement" from the Challenges. However, Mark would come out of retirement for The Duel II in 2009 and Battle of the Exes in 2012 (and since 2012 stated numerous times he wants to come back for another one).
  • Jamie was mistakenly cast as a Rookie when he had previously been on two challenges. (Extreme Challenge and Battle of the Sexes).
  • On the final men's Gauntlet day, Timmy volunteered to face off against Derrick in the final men's Gauntlet, even though Derrick had stated he wanted David to go in. After two ties, with Katie and Aneesa opting not to vote, Timmy ultimately went in after time ran out and he told T.J. he wanted to go in. Despite stating beforehand that he did not even want to win, Timmy went on to win the Gauntlet, dethroning Derrick (who had already won 4 Gauntlet rounds), the Veterans' male captain, the day before the final challenge.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Beth refused to compete in the "Beach Brawl" Gauntlet. Aneesa became the new team captain by default.
  2. ^ a b Cameran gave the win to Kina, and did not compete in the "Capture The Flag" Gauntlet.
  3. ^ a b Jo withdrew from the game in Episode 1 before the first challenge. As a result, Kina was named team captain for coming in second in the Captain's challenge.
  4. ^ Since the Veterans had two more players, they had to pick one male and one female to sit out from the "Rickshaw Races" challenge. The designated players would also be automatically safe from elimination. The Veterans selected Syrus and Montana.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Only the first event was played, after the Veterans team bet 248 coins on the roti eating challenge. After a loss gave the Rookies 249 coins, the Veterans elected to forfeit, on the basis that Aneesa could not win against the three Rookies that were to race her in the relay event. (Episode recap) During the reunion show, Mark and Robin attributed the loss to a bout of food poisoning the night before.

External links[edit]

  • Official site
  • MTV's official Real World website
  • MTV's official Road Rules website