The Challenge - Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat is the 12th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Fresh Meat is a season that made history on The Challenge by being the first season to include previously unknown contestants as part of the cast. Previous to Fresh Meat, all seasons functioned solely by the program's trademark: strictly using contestants that were previously cast on past seasons of The Real World or Road Rules. To date, Fresh Meat's most notable debuting contestants who've both continued on in further seasons of the show and won Challenge seasons are: Kenny Santucci, Evelyn Smith, and Evan Starkman. Filmed in Australia, Fresh Meat featured two-player teams; each team had an alumnus of The Real World or Road Rules partnered with a newcomer to the Challenge. This is the first edition of the Fresh Meat series, with Fresh Meat II following in 2010.

17 Episodes

Kickin' Things Off

Season 12 - Episode 1

Real World/Road Rules Challenge Fresh Meat head down under as a pack of eager hopefuls try to make a name for themselves against alumni in A...

Anxieties Run High

Season 12 - Episode 2

Anxieties run high when the rest of the cast decides to break up the Austin couples- Danny and Melinda and Johanna and Wes- and send Danny a...

Hanging Tough

Season 12 - Episode 3

Trust and support go hand-in-hand this week on the challenge when Diem confesses to her partner Derrick that she is suffering from ovarian c...

Jailbirds

Season 12 - Episode 4

Ryan begins to feel his partner, Melinda, doesn't have her head in the game after she talks to Danny and confesses she would rather be with ...

Climber's Paradise

Season 12 - Episode 5

Tina is full of opinions, calling Wes sexist and saying her partner Kenny is only here for fun and games. At the "Climber's Paradise" challe...

Costume Extravaganza

Season 12 - Episode 6

The cast members decide to spice things up and have a costume extravaganza. Tonya lets loose and Johanna realizes that this challenge should...

Crossing Paths

Season 12 - Episode 7

While out on the town Tonya and Johnnie discuss how to work better with one another and Wes confesses to Johanna via phone that he feels alo...

Kayak Challenge

Season 12 - Episode 8

With Tonya heading into Exile, she admits that she has three years of animosity built up toward Tina. Meanwhile, Linette finds herself formi...

Kenny VS Tina?

Season 12 - Episode 9

Tina and Kenny come away from a team meeting with an understanding that they need to avoid Exile at all costs -- and must work together more...

Game Over?

Season 12 - Episode 10

Evan finds his calling for the night when he enters a contest at a local club called Cheeky Monkey. The object of the contest is to blow up ...

Money or Friendship?

Season 12 - Episode 11

Evan returns from the hospital with bad news: his hernia has a 99% chance of causing permanent damage if not healed properly. Coral joins hi...

Jump Down Under

Season 12 - Episode 12

Linette and Aviv talk to Diem about her decision to send Linette into Exile. They make Diem promise that she will not put Linette and Shane ...

Diving In

Season 12 - Episode 13

Diem admits to having a crush on Derrick, but she tries to ignore it because she needs to keep her head in the game. Tina is feeling sick, b...

Kenny and Tina's Triumph

Season 12 - Episode 14

Theo and Chanda discuss Exile. Theo is almost excited about it, but wishes Derrick would own up to wanting him in there. For her part, Chand...

The Death Roll

Season 12 - Episode 15

Each team realizes that time is almost up and everyone discusses how important it is to win the upcoming challenge--a crocodile death roll. ...

And the Winners Are...

Season 12 - Episode 16

On the final Challenge, the teams will need to stop at series of checkpoints along a 10 mile run.

Well Done: The Fresh Meat Reunion

Season 12 - Episode 17

The reunion special, Well Done: The Fresh Meat Reunion, was hosted by Susie Castillo. It was revealed on the reunion show that Casey spent h...