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In Apostol's interview, he said he wouldn't have done the show had he known the real prize money in the beginning. “They kept assuring us that it was $500,000 to the winner.

There, each team battled it out in a test of grueling physical obstacles and mental puzzles. Each game conquered led the teams closer to a one million dollar cash prize. With popular host, TJ Lavin, always providing quality one-liners, the series has grown to become a cult favorite.

How does The Challenge: USA season 2 work? For now, The Challenge: USA season 2 has the 24 competitors divided into 3 teams (with 2 MTV vets and 6 CBS vets on each team). Every daily challenge, one team will win and be declared safe. They'll then vote one man and one woman into the Elimination Arena.

Parents need to know that fighting, sex, screaming matches, physically brutal challenges, drinking, smoking, and trash-talking are all standard practice during the challenges.

Not all contestants are paid equally. It literally pays to be a fan-favorite on The Challenge. According to Us Weekly, the "elite" veteran contestants can earn up to $80,000 just for showing up. Meanwhile, the less popular veterans bring in $3,000 to $5,000 per week and newcomers are paid around $1,000 an episode.

The Top 10 Earners on MTV's The Challenge were all Crowned in the Last 6 Seasons*

• Camila Nakagawa - $561,250.
• Chris “CT” Tamburello - $514,750.
• Jenny West - $500,000.
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• Dee Nguyen - $255,000.
• Hunter Barfield - $0 / “$500,000”
• Sarah Rice - $173,700 / “$311,200”
• The Top 10 Earners would be.

A challenge prize is a competition that offers a reward to whoever can solve a problem first or most effectively. How do challenge prizes work? We set an airtight brief with clearly defined goals, opening it to people and organisations all over the world.

In the end, however, it ended up being half of that. “We had all assumed that the prize is going to be one winner, $500K, because it's the 'Challenge champion' moving on to another part of a tournament - singular. We get to the top and I'm like, okay me and Sarah, we're splitting the $500,000, meaning we get $250,000.

Not all contestants are paid equally. It literally pays to be a fan-favorite on The Challenge. According to Us Weekly, the "elite" veteran contestants can earn up to $80,000 just for showing up. Meanwhile, the less popular veterans bring in $3,000 to $5,000 per week and newcomers are paid around $1,000 an episode.

It may be unpredictable, but even The Challenge has rules and regulations that the cast must follow. The MTV hit series, which launched in 1998, initially followed past members of The Real World and Road Rules, creating teams and competitions that gave the contestants a chance to take home cash prizes.