The Challenge: All Stars Season 5: Release Date, what to expect, and more revealed

The Challenge: All Stars Season 5 release date is January 29, 2025. The installment is named "Rivals" and will air on MTV at 8 PM Eastern Time. The previous seasons can be watched on Paramount Plus right now.

The cast ensemble for the upcoming season is featured from The Real World, Are You The One? (US), Ex on the Beach (UK), Road Rules, Big Brother, Survivor Turkey, 12 Dates of Christmas and Shipwrecked. The contestants will be competing for a grand prize.

This is what is special about the series as it brings back old faces - allowing the viewers to witness them again in a different light. This time, the creators have moved the show back to MTV.

The Challenge: All Stars Season 5 Details

Season 5 has a theme for this new installment. It is rebranded as The Challenge: All Stars: Rivals. What viewers deem to be the most entertaining part of the series is how the players are to be partners with someone they have a feud with.

They will have to compromise and work together through their issues and, most importantly, trust each other to establish themselves as winners.

The Challenge: All Stars Season 5 Cast

A cast list has also been announced for Season 5. along with the person they will be teamed up with. Here is what it looks like:

Adam Larson and Steve Meinke
Amber Borzotra and Faysal Shafaat
Aneesa Ferreira and Ashley Mitchell
Ashley Kelsey and Dario Medrano
Beth Stolarczyk and Joanna Mannion
Da'Vonne Rogers and Shane Landrum

Devin Walker and Leroy Garrett
Frank Sweeney and Sam McGinn
Katie Cooley and Veronica Portillo
KellyAnne Judd and Sylvia Elsrode
Melissa Reeves and Nicole Zanatta
Nany González and Turbo

The Challenge: All Stars Season 5 Gameplay

We can expect the new installment to make the contestants play in pairs. This means that their challenges will be played together, and in case of eliminations, that would be together as well.

The creators are known for putting in twists every step of the way. Thus, things might switch around, and the game might become individual. However, there is no confirmation.

T.J. Lavin will be the host of The Challenge: All Stars Season 5. He has been on the franchise as a host for the longest time. He has also hosted the main and the spinoff series since 2005.

The Challenge: All Stars Season 5 Teaser Breakdown

In the video released by the creators to tease the new season, we see host TJ Lavin introduce the "Rivals" theme to the contestants. They are all shocked about it, and Frank Sweeney expresses his emotions by saying,

“What the f---?”

The Rivals format has been featured before in The Challenge franchise. We have seen this twist in the flagship series with its 21st, 24th, and 28th seasons.

While talking about the new season, Nany González, who is now engaged to Kaycee Clark, another Challenge alum, said

"Back to my old stomping grounds.”

As for Ferreira who is 43 right now, expressed,

“This season is one not to miss.”