Jonna has just etched her name into a rare place the All Stars history books: The Challenge competitor is the only player to appear in every final from Season 1 to Season 3. Even more impressive: The Real World: Cancun alum is the first-ever back-to-back champ on the Paramount+ series and the first woman to win two seasons in a row as a solo player without a designated partner.
"I see the chest, and Wes, and I've won twice," Jonna tearfully reflected in a confessional as footage of her hugging the male winner played. "I did it!"
Yes, she did it -- and secured $250,000 again. And now that the mother of two has had time to reflect and soak in the unique feeling of being named the victor of AS twice, how would she compare the highly coveted Ws?
"Winning Season 2, I had a good partner [MJ]," Jonna recently told MTV News. "Coming into Season 3, I felt like I still had something to prove -- that I could do it on my own. Once he left, I knew that I could do it on my own."
This experience was also different from her previous gold medal; Jonna did not face any win-or-go-home scenarios in her first two adventures. But S3 was different.
"People in the house and fans watching the show, sometimes people say, 'Oh, they didn’t earn it because they didn’t see an elimination,'" she revealed. "But this time around, I was kind of glad I was in a couple because now people can’t say that anymore."
And since Jonna is the only player to run all three finals, she explained how they stacked up against each other.
"The Season 1 and Season 2 finals were both really difficult, but different," she explained. "Season 1 had the mountain altitude, and it was two days long. It was my first final, and I wasn’t in the shape that I was in for the Season 2 final. The Season 2 final was the hardest -- it was so hot, it was crazy. It also tested me the most mentally. I can’t decide which one of those two was harder."
She continued: "Season 3 was a little easier for me, but I don’t know if that’s just because that was my third final that year. In the first season, I just wanted to make it to a final. I made it to a final. The second season, I won. I was like, 'I have nothing left to prove.' Season 2, I did it with a partner. Season 3, it was an individual final. I don’t know which one I’m more proud of, but after winning, I was like, 'I can do anything.'"
From carrying extra weight to eating, biking and puzzles, Jonna has truly done it all in this All Stars game -- and she has two wins to show for it. What do you think of her S3 performance? Sound off, then stay with MTV News for all Challenge updates.
The Challenge: All Stars 3 is the third installment in the All Stars series. This season assembles 24 past finalists in a battle for $500,000. The season was filmed in Panama City, Panama from October to November 2021.
Description
For the first time ever, this all-new season requires past contestants to have qualified for or won a final, featuring the franchise’s fiercest competitors from every era of the show.
This season will reignite old rivalries and spark new ones as these power players navigate a series of grueling challenges and eliminations, along with some unexpected twists and turns from host TJ Lavin, as they fight to earn the chance to run the Final and take home their share of $500,000.
With so much on the line, this season’s All Stars are about to take the game to an all-new level.
Contestants
Male contestants
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Female contestants
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Format
Players will compete as individuals in various challenges followed by elimination rounds in the Arena. The top 3 men and women will form the Authority. The Authority will be safe from elimination, while the last-place man and woman will automatically be sent to the Arena. The Authority will then have to choose which man and woman will compete in the Arena against that day's losers. In the Arena, the players will compete in elimination. The winner stays in the game, while the loser is sent home.
Final Prize Money
- Winners: $250,000 each
Twists
- The Authority: Similar to the Tribunal twist, the top 3 of the challenge will be safe. This will continue for the first four challenges, then the daily winners will only make up the Authority after.
- The Sabotage: Similar to the Grenade twist from Vendettas, the first place players of the challenge will earn the chance to sabotage a player of their choice at the next challenge.
- Stars: Each player has a star on their Challenge jersey. When they eliminate a player, they will acquire their opponent's star. The more stars players earn, the greater chance at an advantage in the Final. The man and woman to earn the most stars will start off with a point advantage in the final.
Game Summary
Tunnel Vision | KellyAnne | Sylvia | Veronica | Cynthia | Tina | Crawl Brawl | Tina | Cynthia |
MJ | Wes | Yes | Syrus | Tyler | Syrus | Tyler | ||
Out of Reach | Jonna | Kendal | Kailah | Tina | Melinda | Lights Out | N/A[1] | |
Brad | Jordan | Yes | Laterrian | Mark | Mark | Laterrian | ||
Playing Dirty | Jonna | Kailah | Sylvia | Veronica | Kendal | Weight Up | N/A[2] [3] | |
Brad | Derrick | Jordan | MJ | Syrus | MJ | Syrus | ||
High Stakes | Jonna | Kailah | Veronica | Beth | Kendal | Steamroller | Beth | Kendal |
Brad | Mark | MJ | Darrell | Jordan | Jordan | Darrell | ||
Side Tracked | Mark | Wes | Yes | Knock Off | Wes | Yes | ||
Sylvia | Jonna | Beth | Jonna | Beth[5] | ||||
Stacked | Brad | MJ | Derrick | Star Struck | Derrick | MJ | ||
KellyAnne | Sylvia | Nia | Nia | Sylvia | ||||
Shooting Stars | Veronica | Jonna | Roni | Pull Your Own Weight | Jonna | Roni | ||
Derrick | Jordan | Mark | Mark | Jordan | ||||
Flight Pattern | Mark | Derrick | Nehemiah | Light My Fire | Nehemiah | Derrick | ||
Jonna | Kailah | KellyAnne | N/A[6] | |||||
Wall of Fame | Jonna | N/A | ||||||
Wes | ||||||||
Final Challenge | Jonna | 2nd: Kailah, 3rd: Nia, 4th: KellyAnne | ||||||
Wes | 2nd: Brad, 3rd: Nehemiah, 4th: Mark |
Players in bold won the Sabotage.
Elimination Progress
Jonna | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ARENA | SAFE | ARENA | WIN | WIN | WINNER |
Wes | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ARENA | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WINNER |
Brad | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SECOND |
Kailah | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SECOND |
Nehemiah | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ARENA | SAFE | THIRD |
Nia | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ARENA | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | THIRD |
KellyAnne | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | FOURTH |
Mark | SAFE | ARENA | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ARENA | WIN | SAFE | FOURTH |
Derrick | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ARENA | WIN | OUT | ||
Veronica | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||
Jordan | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ARENA | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
Roni | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
MJ | SAFE | SAFE | ARENA | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
Sylvia | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||
Yes | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
Beth | N/A | ARENA | QUIT | |||||||
Darrell | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
Kendal | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
Syrus | ARENA | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
Jemmye | SAFE | SAFE | QUIT | |||||||
Tina | ARENA | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
Laterrian | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
Melinda | SAFE | QUIT | ||||||||
Tyler | OUT | |||||||||
Cynthia | OUT |
Voting Progress
Brad | N/A | Melinda | Wes | Kendal | Jordan | Kendal | MJ | Sylvia | |||
Derrick | Syrus | Roni | Jonna | Jordan | |||||||
Jonna | Mark | Melinda | Syrus | Kendal | Wes | Kendal | Derrick | Kailah | |||
Kailah | Mark | Melinda | Syrus | Kendal | Jordan | Kendal | |||||
KellyAnne | Tyler | Tina | MJ | Sylvia | |||||||
Mark | Jordan | Kendal | Wes | Jonna | Derrick | Kailah | |||||
Nehemiah | |||||||||||
Nia | |||||||||||
Wes | Tyler | Tina | |||||||||
Veronica | Tyler | Tina | Jordan | Kendal | Jonna | Jordan | |||||
Jordan | Mark | Melinda | Nehemiah | Nia | |||||||
Roni | |||||||||||
MJ | Tyler | Tina | Wes | Kendal | |||||||
Sylvia | Tyler | Tina | Syrus | Kendal | Wes | Jonna | |||||
Yes | Tyler | Tina | Mark | Melinda | |||||||
Beth | |||||||||||
Darrell | |||||||||||
Kendal | Mark | Melinda | |||||||||
Syrus | |||||||||||
Jemmye | |||||||||||
Tina | |||||||||||
Laterrian | |||||||||||
Melinda | |||||||||||
Tyler | |||||||||||
Cynthia |
Final Challenge Day 1 Scoreboard
Similar to All Stars, the Final will have a points system for Day 1. Since Jonna and Nehemiah had the most stars, they started off with five points. Players will be paired with another player of the opposite sex at each checkpoint. They will earn points based on how they finish. First place will receive four points, second gets three, third gets two, and the last place finishers receive 1. They will then compete in a face-off against the player of their choice to earn 5 points. The pairs at the next stage are determined by whether or not they win the face-off. The players with the least amount of points will compete in elimination on Day 2. The points system will then be abandoned, and players will race for the prize money.
Brad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
Jonna | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
Kailah | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
KellyAnne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Mark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
Nia | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
Nehemiah | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
Wes | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
Notes
- ↑ Melinda withdrew from the game prior to the "Lights Out" elimination due to an sprained ankle sustained during the All Stars 2 Final Challenge. Depite not competing, Tina received Melinda's star.
- ↑ Tina was medically disqualified from the competition following the "Playing Dirty" challenge due to breaking her hand.
- ↑ Jemmye withdrew from the game prior to the "Weight Up" elimination due to a family emergency. The elimination between Veronica and Kendal was canceled as a result.
- ↑ Beth entered the game prior to the "High Stakes" challenge as a replacement for Tina.
- ↑ Beth quit during her elimination against Jonna feeling that it was unfair that MJ was trying to help Jonna.
- ↑ The "Light My Fire" women's elimination between Kailah and KellyAnne was canceled due to Veronica's disqualification.
Episodes
1 | "An All Star Is Born" | May 11, 2022 |
2 | "You've Been Sabotaged!" | May 11, 2022 |
3 | "Treehouse of Horror" | May 18, 2022 |
4 | "She's Back!" | May 25, 2022 |
5 | "More Than Friends?" | June 1, 2022 |
6 | "Revenge of the All Stars" | June 8, 2022 |
7 | "Let's Make a Deal" | June 15, 2022 |
8 | "Going Bananas" | June 22, 2022 |
9 | "Cheater! Cheater!" | June 29, 2022 |
10 | "Coming for the Crown" | July 6, 2022 |
Trivia
- Ace Amerson, Beth Stolarczyk, Dan Renzi, Sophia Pasquis, and Tara McDaniel were flown to Panama with the initial cast to serve as alternates in case anybody was disqualified. Beth entered the game as a replacement, but the others were sent home after being unused.