Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Fresh Meat is the 12th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (though at the time, known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge). The season is directly subsequent to The Gauntlet 2.

Fresh Meat is a season that made history on The Challenge by being the first season to include previously unknown contestants as part of the cast. Previous to Fresh Meat, all seasons functioned solely by the program's trademark: strictly using contestants that were previously cast on past seasons of The Real World or Road Rules. To date, Fresh Meat's most notable debuting contestants who've both continued on in further seasons of the show and won Challenge seasons are: Kenny Santucci, Evelyn Smith, and Evan Starkman.

Filmed in Australia, Fresh Meat featured two-player teams; each team had an alumnus of The Real World or Road Rules partnered with a newcomer to the Challenge (collectively known as the "Fresh Meat"). This is the first edition of the Fresh Meat series.

Cast

Host: T. J. Lavin

Alumni	Original season	Fresh Meat Partner	Age	Origin	Finish
Darrell Taylor	RR: Campus Crawl	Aviv Melmed	21	Columbus, OH	Winners
Tina Barta	RR: South Pacific	Kenny Santucci	22	Cedar Grove, NJ	2nd Place
Wes Bergmann	RW: Austin	Casey Cooper	18	Houston, TX	3rd Place
Derrick Kosinski	RR: X-Treme	Diem Brown	25	West Hollywood, CA	Episode 15
Theo Vonkurnatowski	RR: Maximum Velocity Tour	Chanda Sneed	21	Long Island, NY	Episode 14
Shane Landrum	RR: Campus Crawl	Linette Gallo	21	Palmetto, FL	Episode 12
Coral Smith	RW: Back to New York	Evan Starkman	20	Ontario, Canada	Episode 11
Katie Doyle	RR: The Quest	Eric Banks	23	Nicholasville, KY	Episode 10
Tonya Cooley	RW: Chicago	Johnnie McBride	24	Brooklyn, NY	Episode 8
Johanna Botta	RW: Austin	Jesse Stark	19	Albuquerque, NM	Episode 6
Melinda Stolp	RW: Austin	Ryan Kehoe	24	Paramus, NJ	Episode 4
Danny Jamieson	RW: Austin	Evelyn Smith	18	Harrison, NY	Episode 2

Gameplay

Prior to the season, each of the 12 newcomers (referred to as "Fresh Meat") participates in a series of challenges to test their skills. Each alumnus selects one of the rookies of the opposite sex to be their partner for the entire season, using the stats from the pre-season challenges.

In odd-numbered episodes, teams participate in a challenge. (Challenges are sometimes called "missions.") The winner of the challenge has immunity from going into Exile, and selects one team to go into Exile. They also get the chance to pick the order in the next challenge. The remaining teams get together to vote for the other Exile team; the winning team and their pick for the Exile are not present during the process. Each individual gets a vote, and voting is not secret. The team with the most votes is picked to go into Exile.

In even-numbered episodes, teams participate in another challenge. If one of the two teams picked for Exile wins the challenge (sometimes referred to on the show as winning the "pardon"), they can select another team to go into Exile in their place, however, they cannot pick the team that won the previous challenge as that team has immunity. They also receive a prize and will get to pick the order in the next challenge. The challenge of this episode is followed by the Exile.

Exile is a race between two teams. Unlike the elimination games of other seasons of The Challenge, the remaining teams do not watch the battle between the two Exile teams. The Exile teams run a course and whoever crosses the finish line first stays, while the other team goes home. Along the way, there are two optional puzzle stations where, if the puzzle is solved correctly, they will get a prize that will benefit them in the race (such as dropping their bags or taking minutes off their total time.) To make matters more difficult, each member will be carrying bags equal to the weight of the luggage they brought to the Challenge.

A car picks them up and they are taken, blindfolded, to the race course. Once the car stops, they must jump out and go on with the race. Both team members must cross the finish line, but it doesn't matter who carries what bags.

Draft selections

Each of the 12 Fresh Meat cast members participated in a multi-challenge obstacle course, testing their strength, stamina, and mental ability. The multi-challenge obstacle course included:

1. A 40-yard Dash
2. A series of wall climbs
3. Precision throwing
4. A brainteaser puzzle

The alumni used the stats from each player's obstacle course performance to determine their partner.

Pick #	Alumni	Draft Pick	Gender	Team
	Danny Jamieson	Evelyn Smith	Female	{{colorbox}} Danny & Ev
	Coral Smith	Evan Starkman	Male	{{colorbox}} Coral & Evan
	Darrell Taylor	Aviv Melmed	Female	{{colorbox}} Darrell & Aviv
	Tonya Cooley	Johnnie McBride	Male	{{colorbox}} Tonya & Johnnie
	Theo Vonkurnatowski	Chanda Sneed	Female	{{colorbox}} Theo & Chanda
	Tina Barta	Kenny Santucci	Male	{{colorbox}} Tina & Kenny
	Wes Bergmann	Casey Cooper	Female	{{colorbox}} Wes & Casey
	Johanna Botta	Jesse Stark	Male	{{colorbox}} Johanna & Jesse
	Derrick Kosinski	Diem Brown	Female	{{colorbox}} Derrick & Diem
10	Katie Doyle	Eric Banks	Male	{{colorbox}} Katie & Eric
11	Melinda Stolp	Ryan Kehoe	Male	{{colorbox}} Melinda & Ryan
12	Shane Landrum	Linette Gallo	Female	{{colorbox}} Shane & Linette

Game summary

Episode	Challenge	Challenge winners		Winners' pick for Exile		Voted into Exile		Exile winners		Exile losers
1	Stuck On Me		Coral & Evan		Wes & Casey		Danny & Evelyn
2	Bush Wacked		Coral & Evan						Wes & Casey		Danny & Evelyn
3	Hang On		Coral & Evan		Melinda & Ryan		Wes & Casey
4	Jail Break		Theo & Chanda						Wes & Casey		Melinda & Ryan
5	Climber's Paradise		Coral & Evan		Wes & Casey		Johanna & Jesse
6	Rollin' In Oats		Coral & Evan						Wes & Casey		Johanna & Jesse
7	Crossed Paths		Theo & Chanda		Wes & Casey		Tonya & Johnnie
8	Incredible Deflating Kayak		Shane & Linette						Wes & Casey		Tonya & Johnnie
9	Swimming With Sharks		Shane & Linette		Katie & Eric		Tina & Kenny
10	Human Ox Pull		Darrell & Aviv						Tina & Kenny		Katie & Eric
11	Batten Down The Hatches		Derrick & Diem		Shane & Linette		Wes & Casey
12	Jump Down Under		Derrick & Diem						Wes & Casey		Shane & Linette
13	Deep Blue		Derrick & Diem		Theo & Chanda		Darrell & Aviv
14	Target Training		Darrell & Aviv		Tina & Kenny				Tina & Kenny		Theo & Chanda
15	What A Croc		Tina & Kenny		Darrell & Aviv	N/A			Darrell & Aviv		Derrick & Diem
					Derrick & Diem
16	Miles of Exile		Darrell & Aviv	2nd place: Tina & Kenny; 3rd place: Wes & Casey

Episode Progress

Teams		Episodes
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Finale
	Darrell & Aviv	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	WIN	EXILE	WINNER
	Tina & Kenny	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	EXILE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	WIN	SECOND
	Wes & Casey	EXILE	EXILE	EXILE	EXILE	EXILE	EXILE	EXILE	EXILE	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	EXILE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	THIRD
	Derrick & Diem	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	OUT
	Theo & Chanda	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	OUT
	Shane & Linette	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	EXILE	OUT
	Coral & Evan	WIN	WIN	WIN	SAFE	WIN	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT
	Katie & Eric	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	OUT
	Tonya & Johnnie	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	OUT
	'	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	OUT
	Melinda & Ryan	SAFE	SAFE	EXILE	OUT
	Danny & Evelyn	EXILE	OUT

{{colorbox}} The team won the competition.

{{colorbox}} The team did not win the final challenge.

{{colorbox}} The team won the challenge.

{{colorbox}} The team was put into Exile.

{{colorbox}} The team won the Exile.

{{colorbox}} The team lost in the Exile and was eliminated.

{{colorbox}} The team won the challenge and a pardon.

{{colorbox}} The team was put into Exile by another team that won a pardon and won.

{{colorbox}} The team was removed from the competition due to injuries.

After filming

Fresh Meat	Subsequent Challenge seasons	Challenges Won	Total Money Earned
Casey Cooper	The Duel, The Gauntlet III, The Ruins,	None	$10,000
Diem Brown	The Duel, The Gauntlet III, The Duel 2, The Ruins, Battle of the Exes	None	$52,500
Eric Banks	The Duel, The Gauntlet III, The Duel 2, Cutthroat, Battle of the Seasons (2012)	None	$0
Evan Starkman	The Duel, The Gauntlet III, The Duel 2, The Ruins, Rivals	The Duel 2, The Ruins	$151,293
Evelyn Smith	The Inferno 3, The Gauntlet III, The Island, The Ruins, Fresh Meat II Rivals	The Inferno 3, The Island, Rivals	$167,000
Kenny Santucci	The Duel, The Inferno 3, The Gauntlet III, The Island, The Ruins, Fresh Meat II, Rivals	The Inferno 3, The Island, The Ruins	$236,293
Ryan Kehoe	The Gauntlet III, The Island, The Duel 2, Fresh Meat II,	None	$0

Challenges in Bold indicate the challenge was a finalist on the Challenge, but lost in the Final Race.

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