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[03/04/20 - 09:31 AM]
MTV's "The Challenge: Total Madness" Reveals All-Star Lineup for Its Landmark 35th Season Premiering Wednesday, April 1st at 8:00PM ET/PT
The highly-anticipated hit series will feature 90-minute episodes and is set to roll out globally across MTV's international networks in 180+ territories in the coming months.

[via press release from MTV]

MTV's "The Challenge: Total Madness" reveals all-star lineup for its landmark 35th season premiering Wednesday, April 1st at 8:00PM ET/PT

NEW YORK, NY - March 4, 2019 - MTV celebrates the franchise that invented the reality-competition genre with the season 35 premiere of "The Challenge: Total Madness," kicking off on Wednesday, April 1st at 8:00PM ET/PT. The highly-anticipated hit series will feature 90-minute episodes and is set to roll out globally across MTV's international networks in 180+ territories in the coming months.

Following a successful season of "War of the Worlds 2," which scored the highest franchise premiere in six years, the explosive new season returns to a solo game format where no one is safe and it's every traitor for themselves. Twenty-eight players will face strenuous challenges in pursuit of the $1 million-dollar prize with a shocking twist, unleashing mental warfare like never before.

Meet the cast:

VETERANS:

Ashley Mitchell - 7th Challenge Twitter: @mtvashleybrooke, Instagram: @mtvashleybrooke

Aneesa Ferreira - 13th Challenge Twitter: @Aneesamtv, Instagram: @Aneesamtv

Cory Wharton - 7th Challenge Twitter: @CoryWharton, Instagram: @CoryWharton_ig

CT Tamburello - 17th Challenge Twitter: @TheOfficial_CT, Instagram: @_famous4nothing

Dee Nguyen - 3rd Challenge Instagram: @deenguyen

Kyle Christie - 5th Challenges Twitter: @KyleCGShore, Instagram: @kylecgshore

Johnny 'Bananas' Devenanzio - 20th Challenge Twitter: @johnnybananas, Instagram: @realjohnnybananas

Jenna Compono - 8th Challenge Twitter: @JennaCompono, Instagram: @JennaCompono

Jennifer West - 2nd Challenge Instagram: @jenniferwestofficial

Josh Martinez - 3rd Challenge Twitter: @JOSHMBB19, Instagram: @josh_martinez_

Jordan Wisely - 6th Challenge Twitter: @JordanW_usa, Instagram: @jordan_wiseley

Kailah Casillas - 5th Challenge Twitter: @Kailah_Casillas, Instagram: @Kailah_Casillas

Mattie Breaux - 2nd Challenge Twitter: @MattieLBreaux, Instagram: @MattieLynnBreaux

Melissa Reeves - 3rd Challenge Twitter: @DJMelReeves Instagram: @DJMelReeves

Nelson Thomas - 6th Challenge Twitter: @MTV_NellyT, Instagram: @_NelsonThomas

Nany Gonzalez - 9th Challenge Instagram: @nanycarmen

Rogan O'Connor - 3rd Challenge Twitter: @Rogan_OConnor, Instagram: @roguesnaps

Stephen Bear - 3rd Challenge Twitter: @stephen_bear, Instagram: @stevie_bear

Tori Deal - 4th Challenge Twitter: @tori_deal, Instagram: @tori_deal

Tula "Big T" Fazakerley - 2nd Challenge Instagram: @BigTFaz

Wes Bergmann - 13th Challenge Twitter: @westonbergmann, Instagram: @westonbergmann

ROOKIES:

Asaf Goren - "Big Brother Israel," "So You Think You Can Dance" Twitter: @asafgoren1, Instagram: @asafgoren1

Bayleigh Dayton - "Big Brother" Twitter: BayleighDaily, Instagram: @Bayyday

Christopher Jordan "Swaggy C" Williams - "Big Brother" Twitter: @SwaggyCTV, Instagram: @SwaggyCTV

Kaycee Clark - "Big Brother" Twitter: @ThatStudMuffin, Instagram: @kcsince1987

Faysal Shawn "Fessy" Shafaat - "Big Brother," "American Ninja Warrior" Twitter: @fessyfitness, Instagram: @fessyfitness

Jay Starrett - "Survivor" Twitter: @Jay__Qs, Instagram: @jqskim

Jennifer Lee - "Amazing Race" Twitter: @_jennlee_, Instagram: @jenleezy

Follow The Challenge on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, subscribe to The Challenge on YouTube, and use #TheChallenge35 to join the conversation!

"The Challenge: Total Madness" was created for MTV by Bunim/Murray Productions. Gil Goldschein, Julie Pizzi, Scott Freeman, Justin Booth and Emer Harkin serve as Executive Producers, and Danny Wascou and Jeff Schmidt serve as Co-Executive Producers.

About MTV:

MTV is the leading global youth media brand in 180 countries, reaching 450 million households in nearly 30 different languages across every platform. A unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), MTV operations span cable and mobile networks, live events, theatrical films and MTV Studios.

About Bunim/Murray Productions

Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) is the leading producer of innovative entertainment content. The Emmy Award-winning company is widely credited with creating the reality television genre with its hit series The Real World, which recently moved to Facebook after 32 seasons on MTV. BMP continued to innovate with the first reality game show, Road Rules (MTV), in 1995; the first reality sitcom, The Simple Life (E!), in 2003; and the first reality soap opera, Starting Over, in 2003. BMP's current programming includes Keeping up with the Kardashians, Total Divas and Total Bellas (E!),The Challenge (MTV), Born This Way (A&E), Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project (Oxygen), The Real World and Ball in the Family (Facebook Watch), Endless Summer, Stranded with Sam and Colby (Snapchat), Miz and Mrs. (USA Network), Family or Fiance (OWN), Crystal Maze(Nickelodeon) and Emily's Wonder Lab (Netflix). BMP has also produced They Call Us Monsters (PBS), Valentine Road (HBO), Pedro (MTV) and the Emmy Award-winning Autism: The Musical (HBO) for BMP Films. Based in Glendale, CA, the company was founded in 1987 by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim, who were inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame in 2012. The company joined Banijay Group in 2010.





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