7 Challengers Who Should Have Become Mainstays

These people had all the tools to become the face of the show.

By Dylan DeckardPublished 8 months ago • 3 min read

Frank / Photo by MTV

The Challenge is unique because it lets reality TV stars come back season after season. We have people who do 1-2 seasons and then people who do 20+ seasons and have become faces of the franchise. This list will be of challengers who could have become mainstays but didn't.

Marlon Williams

Original Show - The Real World: Portland

Best Finish: 3rd

Rivals II

Marlon is someone who would thrive on The Challenge. He is a former Division I football player and knows how to bring drama. He's a bisexual man and got into some drama with Ryan Knight over that on Rivals II. The fact that Marlon has only done 1 season is absolutely insane to me.

Heather Cooke

Original Show - The Real World: Back to Las Vegas

Best Finish: 2nd

Rivals II

Cooke has the "it girl" factor. She came into The Real World: Back to Las Vegas late and the whole house hated her. She came into Rivals II with Naomi someone from her season and they probably would have gotten pretty far just cause Cooke is that good but once she got Cara Maria Sorbello it was over. Cooke was a collegiate soccer player and is super athletic.

Joss Mooney

Original Show - Ex on the Beach UK 1

Best Finish: 2nd

Final Reckoning

When they first brought UK talent onto The Challenge on Vendettas I thought Joss was said up to be the next big guy on the show. He lost on Vendettas to Derrick Kosinski because he thought the ball was out of bounds. He got 2nd place on Final Reckoning with Sylvia Elsrode and was purged on War of the Worlds II because Kayleigh Morris can't swim. We haven't seen Joss since. Apparently he's upset with getting purged but if he ever comes back he is threat #1 to win.

Georgia Harrison

Original Show - Love Island UK 3

Best Finish: 8th

War of the Worlds

If anyone was set up for success it was Georgia Harrison. Georgia was even on a billboard in Times Square, NYC for War of the Worlds II. MTV was obsessed with her and was going to throw her to the moon. Unfortunately, Georgia was last seen on War of the Worlds II. She went through a traumatic event with another challenger, Stephen Bear. She is now in a happy relationship and is expecting her first child so we might never see her again.

Bayleigh Dayton-Williams

Original Show - Big Brother 20

Best Finish: 3rd

Total Madness was Bayleigh's rookie season and she got all the way to the final. Won some dailies and an elimination and got into some fights. I thought Bayleigh had potential to be the new face of the show. Big Brother wasn't the show for her but The Challenge was. She's tall and athletic and can compete. She now has 2 children and is living in Dubai with her husband, Swaggy C, but I'd still love to see her come back and compete.

Katrina Stack

Original Show - The Real World: Bad Blood / Back to Seattle

Katrina has never been on The Challenge but she would have been the main girl if they still casted from The Real World. She is tall, pretty, and knows how to argue. She would have had The Challenge fans in a hold. There were rumors she was going to be on season 31 when it was Bloodlines II but once they changed it to Vendettas they didn't cast her.

Frank Sweeney Fox

Original Show - The Real World: Back to San Diego

Best Finish: 1ST

Battle of the Seasons II

Frank would have been the Greatest Challenger of All-Time if he didn't leave after Free Agents. Frank won Battle of the Seasons II, got 2nd place on Rivals II, and then won 2 eliminations before he was medically disqualified on Free Agents. Frank could have won multiple seasons and gotten to the end of the rest.

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