The BEST episodes of The Challenge season 41
Every episode of The Challenge season 41, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Challenge season 41!
Reality stars compete in physical and mental challenges that will push them to their limit for their share of a $1 million prize. Age-old alliances, twists and turns from host TJ Lavin, and everyone living together under one roof only make the battle that much harder.
#1 - At Least Someone's Getting Laid!
Season 41 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2025
Loose lips, sink ships; one player's inability to keep a secret puts a target on them; the first-ever Challenge Grand Prix sees a speedy go-kart and a series of puzzles; things start to heat up.
#2 - Finale, Part II
Season 41 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/3/2025
The finalists must rely on their partner and battle through pain, sweat and tears to become Challenge Champions. Only one team will be the first to ascend a treacherous path to a peak in the Andes Mountains where a share of $500,000 awaits them.
#3 - They Are Like Cockroaches
Season 41 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/22/2025
The challengers are sent on the heist of a century to collect a key using… haystacks. This exhausting challenge is a crucial look into everyone's speed and endurance, and one team's performance is shocking to everyone.
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#4 - A King of Kamikaze
Season 41 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/8/2025
The Stake a Claim twist creates paranoia amongst the house. The Challengers show off their speed and strength in a challenge that sees them walking the plank. An intense nominations draws the line in the sand.
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#5 - The Best Birthday Present
Season 41 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/5/2025
The players must trust their partner's driving skills to help them succeed.
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#6 - Justice for Leka
Season 41 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/2025
Karma comes for one veteran, as their challenge performance raises suspicions. The announcement of the Lock-In approaching pushes the challengers to determine who would be the best partner for the rest of the game.
#7 - Punch You in Your Face
Season 41 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/15/2025
The epic movie, The Running Man, with Glen Powell inspires today's challenge with chains, cars and detonators! After one player's failed attempt to stake a claim, everyone strategizes as to how they can use this wild twist to their advantage.
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#8 - A War Brewing
Season 41 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/1/2025
The players compete in their first challenge as permanent partners, and trivia is the staple of `The Challenge'. TJ's favourite, but they have never seen it done like this before. TJ introduces a huge twist that could throw a wrench in the game.
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#9 - Welcome to the Challenge
Season 41 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/30/2025
The newly formed pairs of Challenge Vets and New Threats must put their partnership to the test immediately; a rivalry causes chaos and uncertainty, leading to a drama-filled nominations; a nail-biting elimination sends shockwave.
#10 - Am I Being Bamboozled?
Season 41 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/12/2025
The teams must cram into a replica airplane bathroom to survive the Arena.
#11 - Wish I'd Been Practicing
Season 41 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/20/2025
The stakes are sky high, as one veteran shocks the house by getting last in the challenge. Hangnail, Gabe, looks to make a high risk move to earn back some favor. The challenge tests the players' sense of direction and sudoku.
#12 - Finale, Part I
Season 41 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/26/2025
After a grueling season, the final four teams have made it to TJ's Final. While battling exhaustion, the players must complete grueling runs, mind-numbing checkpoints and the ultimate temptation to become Challenge Champions. And that's only day one.
#13 - Pride Comes Before the Fall
Season 41 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/27/2025
The rivalry between vets and new threats heats up; worlds collide when the sports-horror movie "HIM" from Director Jordan Peele gets in on the action; a new threat is taken off guard when the challenge loser wants to swing big and take them out.
#14 - We Have to Boogie!
Season 41 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/29/2025
When it comes to everyone's favorite subject, Math, no one feels safe.
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#15 - Is He Throwing It?
Season 41 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/3/2025
A major player in the game becomes the public enemy after it appears they were trying to throw the challenge; the nominations expose where one player stands in the game and baffles another whose plan backfired.
#16 - Does Anyone Want to Confess?
Season 41 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/24/2025
The Lock-In has arrived and the players must compete in a Challenge favourite, the Mini-Final, to secure their permanent partner for the season. The opportunity to earn more points is at stake, however a Challenge first sees the players scrambling.
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#17 - Ten Toes Down
Season 41 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/19/2025
A juicy argument creates tension in the house and reveals who's been playing honest and how devious the game can really be. A classic headbanger awaits the teams in elimination and it's more than just their life in the game on the line this time.
#18 - We Used to Hook Up
Season 41 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/6/2025
TJ throws a huge wrench in the players' plans, making an ever-changing game even more difficult; two challengers get hot and heavy, making another begin to boil over with jealousy; the elimination sees the first head banger.
#19 - Vets & New Threats Reunion PT.1
Season 41 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/10/2025
Bananas vs. Vets? Gabe in tears, Smashley unleashed, and Turbo vs CT ignites the most explosive Challenge Reunion yet.
#20 - I Am The Challenge
Season 41 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/13/2025
One player's game is at risk, while their partner's competitiveness rears its ugly head and wishes it hadn't. The challenge tests the players' swimming skills for the first time and an added element makes some of the veterans lo.
#21 - Vets & New Threats Reunion PT.2
Season 41 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/17/2025
CT and Turbo fallout, Ashley vs Aneesa vs Nany fireworks, Bananas and Dee tea, TJ's surprise, and a heated Justice for Leka showdown.