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The Challenge 40 episode 2, "The Era Invitational: Part 2", aired on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, on MTV. The second episode featured selected competitors from each Era to compete in the Arena. The losing Challengers from the last week’s challenge would automatically advance towards the challenge.
From Era 2, men and women competed simultaneously. Ryan competed against Brandon, and KellyAnne’s competitor was Cara Maria. Referring to Cara Maria’s win during the task, Laurel confessed:
"The relationship that I have with Cara Maria is very long standing and yeah, we are definitely at odds a lot of times. But also there's a lot of love between me and Cara Maria."
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MTV’s official synopsis for The Challenge 40 episode 2 reads:
"The Challengers arrive at the arena to see classic, brutal eliminations from each era awaiting them. Sixteen people will fight in the sand, only eight will return. The losers learn they will be sent off with a parting gift of karma for the remaining players."
Laurel's take on Cara Maria's recent performance: The Challenge 40 task explained
The second episode of The Challenge 40, "The Era Invitational: Part 2," was released on August 21, 2024, on MTV. It featured Challengers arriving at the arena where the eliminations would be carried out. Initially, there were sixteen participants, from which eight winners would advance. The losers would be sent home.
Cara Maria Sorbello and KellyAnne Judd from Era 2 (seasons 11 to 20) competed in the "Take Shelter" challenge. They were given 20 minutes to use the provided building material and barricade their assigned bunker.
After 20 minutes, they switched bunkers and tried to break into each bunker. Participants who broke in first won the challenge while losing contestants went home.
The rest of the Challengers were excited to see who would win and who would go home. Seeing Cara Maria win the challenge, her long-time rival and fellow team member Laurel Stucky confessed that she and Cara Maria share a "very long-standing" relationship.
She also added that they were "definitely at odds." However, Laurel mentioned that there was a lot of "love" between her and Cara Maria. She said:
"But at the end of the day, Cara is definitely somebody that’s just huge in this game, and my decisions are being made based on what females I want to see in the final versus what females I don’t wanna see in the final."
Meanwhile, Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio, a fellow teammate from The Challenge 40, also confessed that Cara was coming back, and the big question was where they would go from there. Johnny said:
"Are we gonna continue cannibalizing our own team, or are we gonna start going into the other team? So, that’s the million dollar question, and I don’t think we’re gonna know what the morale of the team is gonna be until we figure that out."
Cara Maria and Laurel Stucky: Competition over the years
Cara Maria Sorbello and Laurel Stucky are an infamous duo that has feuded over the years. Their first competition was during the 19th season in 2010 on Fresh Meat II. Laurel ended up winning the first daily challenge, and as a result, Cara and her partner were sent into exile.
Cara and her partner lost the task in exile and were later eliminated from the show. Since then, Cara Maria and Laurel have been competing against each other, and their rivalry has become more intense. After season 19, they participated in multiple seasons, but their rivalry remained.
The Challenge: Cutthroat, the next season, Cara Maria and Laurel were on the same team despite their differences and bitterness. For the currently running The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras, Cara Maria and Laurel belong to Era 2, making them teammates once again.
Both have participated together in multiple seasons/ shows, including Season 21 Rivals, Season 25, Invasion of Champions (2017), Season 34 - War of the Worlds II (2019), and The Challenge: All Stars 4 (2024).
Fans can stream the latest episodes of The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras on Paramount+.
