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Season 41 of the hit reality competition series “The Challenge,” titled “Vets & New Threats,” continues with Episode 14 on Wednesday, October 29 (10/29/2025), at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Cord-cutters can sign up for Philo (7-day free trial), DIRECTV (5-day free trial) or other streaming services listed below to stream the episode live and on demand. In tonight’s episode, “We Have to Boogie!” “as the numbers whittle down, everyone’s collective performance in the challenge becomes crucial because winning or losing takes a vote away from their alliance; how important is your own safety versus your team’s safety?” Where to watch ‘The Challenge: Vets & New Threats’ live and on demand for free Viewers without a cable subscription can watch “The Challenge: Vets & New Threats” live and on demand for free by using several streaming platforms that offer MTV, including Philo (7-day free trial), DIRECTV (5-day free trial) and Fubo (5-day free trial). We think Philo is the best option for Challenge fans, with the lengthiest free trial and cheapest monthly rate. Sling’s Blue package also includes MTV and offers half off the first month of service. What are the differences between the streaming services? Philo - This is the best name for budget live TV around. You get 70+ channels and unlimited DVR for just $33/month, and it’s currently offering a 7-day free trial. You won’t find a ton of sports options on Philo, but if you love entertainment and lifestyle channels like Paramount Network, Comedy Central, BET and more, the price can’t be beat. Read more: Why we think Philo’s free trial on its streaming service is best in class DIRECTV - Watch live TV from major broadcast and popular cable networks. Enjoy local and national live sports, breaking news and must-see shows the moment they air. Included: unlimited cloud DVR storage space so you can record as many shows as you want and stream them from wherever you go. DTV starts at $34.99 per month after a 5-day free trial when you shop their customizable genre packs. Fubo - Fubo offers one of the widest selections of channels among live TV streaming services. More than 220 channels, including all the sports and entertainment you love, plus sports add-ons for those niche networks you rely on, and it all starts with a 5-day free trial and $30 off the first month of service. Sling - One of the best deals in live TV streaming at just $45.99/month, offering customizable channel lineups for sports, news and entertainment. Now, Sling adds even more value with passes that let you stream live TV without a subscription: just $4.99 for a day, $9.99 for the weekend or $14.99 for a full week. These one-time payments are perfect if you just want to watch a single show, live game or special event. No commitment, no auto-renewal, just affordable access when you need it. What is ‘The Challenge: Vets & New Threats’ about? According to the series’ official logline per Variety, “For 40 seasons, generations of battle-hardened Veterans have fought relentlessly for the ultimate prize: the title of Challenge Champion. “This season, fresh faces and new threats have entered the arena with one goal: to upend the old order and take it all. The Vets, driven by legacy and pride, will need to adapt fast. Their established hierarchy is crumbling, and leaning on past alliances, and experience is no longer reliable—it’s about navigating the ever-shifting landscape of alliances, betrayals, and unknown threats. “To win, Veterans and New Threats will be forced to work together, unless they’re forced to turn on each other. Nothing is guaranteed.” Who is in ‘The Challenge’ Season 41 cast? The returning vets include some of the greatest to ever play the game, including fan favorites like CT Tamburello and Johnny Bananas, controversial characters like Turbo and Ashley Mitchell and even newly minted “vets” like new couple Olivia Kaiser and Theo Campbell. On the new threats side, expect a bevy of competitors from other Paramount properties, like “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and “Big Brother.” What happened last time on The Challenge? Out the gate, we have drama between Olivia and Will not getting along. This is also an extreme case of “you already know who’s going home because they get the most emotional screen time early in the episode” with America and Leroy getting calls home. This grueling daily challenge tasks players with transporting heavy hay bales to two poles, building a tower with them, and scaling it to claim a key. Twice. Then digging through more hay bales to unearth a treasure chest which unlocks with the key. Jake is convinced that if he and Aneesa go to the opposite pole first, it will benefit them somehow. It ... sort of does? It’s hard to tell, but it definitely confuses Leroy enough that he’s surprised when they finish ahead of him. But did that surprise actually give them an edge? Anyway, Nany and Justin pull off an unlikely win here given the raw strength required for the task. Unfortunately for Theo and Adrienne, they finish a close second. Will and Olivia bicker the whole time, but finish middle of the pack, and the race for second-to-last is down to Leroy/America and Turbo/Sydney. Turbo and Sydney pull it off, sending Leroy and America straight to the sand. There’s some chatter at the house that things are not going well between Sydney and Turbo, and if you’ve been paying attention on social media, you know that their partnership is a little concerning. Production has not done a good job highlighting that, so it feels a bit baffling to watch them struggle here, when they were previously billed as one of the top power duos. Jake appeals to Leo to make a play at nominations and vote for Sydney and Turbo instead of Theo and Adrienne. Elsewhere, Will and Olivia both internally debate the merits of staking a claim, as they are both unhappy with the other as a partner. Ultimately, neither of these things pan out. No one wants to risk staking a claim and losing, and Ashley has Leo on a leash. It’s Leroy and America vs. Theo and Adrienne (the cockroaches). I like this elimination because it highlights the importance of communication, which can be a tough skill to test. Unfortunately, neither of these teams are any good at it, but Theo and Adrienne are slightly less awful. Partners are put on a merry-go-round that spins slowly past two puzzles per team. They have to solve the puzzles as they spin. Theo and Adrienne do manage to get one of them done but after 45 minutes, production steps in to give each player a full minute at the puzzle before moving on. Leroy and America finally manage one, but Theo and Adrienne are ahead on the other, and take the win.
