The Island is the 16th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Gauntlet III. Like previous seasons of The Challenge, The Island featured cast members from various past seasons of The Real World and Road Rules, of which The Challenge was a spun off from, competing along with several cast members from the Fresh Meat challenge. This season featured the contestants "stranded" on an island off the coast of Panama, where the cast competed for a buried treasure chest filled with $300,000 USD in gold. Unlike in previous Challenges, the cast was not housed in a luxurious dwelling, but was "forced" to improvise and "work" for the basic necessities of food and shelter, as on the TV series Survivor. Unlike previous seasons of The Challenge, there were no predetermined teams. Instead, the cast members had to forge their own alliances. Of the twenty cast members, there were only four winners. The Island premiered on September 10, 2008, and concluded on October 29, 2008.

Seasons

S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 S22 S23 S24 S25 S26 S27 S28 S29 S30 S31 S32 S33 S34 S35 S36 S37 S38 S39 S40 S41

Episodes

E1 · Welcome To The Island

Sep 16, 2008·42m

The competitors are caught in a loop when host TJ Lavin leaves them stranded on a deserted island to figure out the new rules for this season's RW/RR Challenge.

E2 · Calling It Quits

Sep 23, 2008·42m

When things get tough on The Island, the competitors start to break one by one and contemplate throwing in the towel on this RW/RR Challenge.

E3 · Girl Fight

Sep 24, 2008·42m

It's time for a ladies to face-off and they're all stepping up to the plate to secure their spot on 'The Island.'

E4 · Are You A Quitter?

Oct 1, 2008·42m

A cut foot could hurt Ashli's chance of winning a key if she doesn't watch her back.

E5 · Ev vs. The Island

Oct 8, 2008·42m

The rules are always changing on 'The Island' and the alliance can no longer ignore Evelyn.

E6 · Island King

Oct 15, 2008·42m

The alliance takes back their strong hold on the game and officially crowns Johnny as the Island King.

E7 · Down To The Wire

Oct 22, 2008·42m

Chances of winning a key are dwindling and the alliance is about to be taken by surprise.

E8 · Sailing to Victory

Oct 29, 2008·42m

When the tables turn on the alliance again, key holders get scared and scramble to bury old hatchets and make new alliances before the final boat race to the 300,000 dollar prize.

E9 · Reunion

Nov 5, 2008·42m

Hosted by Carlos Santos from MTV Tres. The cast members who attended were Johanna, Paula, Kenny, Derrick, Johnny, Evelyn, Ryan, Jenn, KellyAnne and Robin.

The Gauntlet III

The Duel II

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