The Challenge 40: Who has been eliminated so far?

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras premiered on August 14, 2024, and has aired three episodes so far. The monumental season featured competitors from four eras of the show as they were divided into four teams depending on when they appeared on the franchise for the first time.

Season 40 started with 40 contestants, with 10 players in each team and after three episodes, the cast list has been thinned down to 30 contestants. Those who have been eliminated so far include Amanda Garcia, Leroy Garrett, Mark Long, Katie Cooley, Paulie Calafiore, Nurys Mateo, KellyAnne Judd, Brandon Nelson, Tony Raines, and Jodi Weatherton.

While nobody was eliminated in episode 1, episode 2 sent eight contestants packing. Episode 3 marked the end of the journey for two more contestants.

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10 contestants have been eliminated from The Challenge season 40 so far

In episode 2 of Battle of the Eras, two players from each era were at risk of being eliminated based on their performance in the season's first-ever daily challenge. They had to compete individually but in the same elimination challenge against their competitors, who were picked by winners of the daily challenge.

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Amanda Garcia and Leroy Garret

Amanda and Leroy from The Challenge: Battle of the Eras (Image via Instagram/@thechallenge)

Amanda Garcia went up against Nia Moore from Era 2 in the elimination arena as they participated in Balls In, in The Challenge season 40 episode 2. In order to win the task, each player had five chances to get as many balls as possible inside a barrel placed in the middle of the arena. While one tried to score, the other acted as a defender. The final score was in favor of Nia, as she won 2-1 and eliminated Amanda.

Leroy Garret and Tony Raines, also from Era 3, competed in Balls In as well. Raines maintained a lead and was able to beat Leroy in the task, marking the first time in the franchise's history that Leroy became the first male cast member to be eliminated from a season.

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Mark Long and Katie Cooley

Mark and Katie from The Challenge 40 (Image via Instagram/@thechallenge)

Mark Long competed against his close friend Dedrick in Pole Wrestle. As part of the task, The Challenge season 40 contestants had to be on their knees and fight for a single pole. The person to be the last person still holding the pole won the task. Dedrick and Aneesa from Era 1 sent Mark Long and Katie Cooley home from the MTV show.

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Paulie Califiore and Nurys Mateo

Paulie and Nurys competed against their on-screen rivals Theo and Olivia from Era 4 in a classic The Challenge elimination task called Hall Brawl. As part of the task, the competitors stood at two ends of a narrow tunnel and had to run past one another to be the first person to cross the path and ring a bell.

Theo won the first two rounds and successfully eliminated Paulie. Meanwhile, the outcome is the same for Olivia and Nurys, as the latter was eliminated after the first two rounds.

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KellyAnne Judd and Brandon Nelson

Era 2 contestants KellyAnne and Brandon competed against Cara Maria and Ryan Kehoe. They competed in Take Shelter, during which the contestants had 20 minutes to barricade their bunker as best they could, followed by 20 minutes for them to get through their opponent's barricades. The first person to do so would win.

Cara Maria and Ryan Kehoe successfully sent KellyAnne and Brandon home by being the first individuals to break their opponents' barricade on The Challenge season 40 episode 2.

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Tony Raines and Jodi Weatherton

In The Challenge season 40 episode 3, the elimination arena challenge was One Step at a Time. As part of the task, the players had to race to discover directions and follow colored tiles to build a walkway. However, they had to follow the rules to become the first ones to complete the puzzle.

Tony competed against Darrel and lost, while Jodi went up against Averey and were eliminated from the competition.

The Challenge season 40 airs episodes weekly on Wednesdays at 8 pm ET on MTV.