Challenge Mania

Challenge Mania

MTV Star Derrick Kosinski (@DerrickMTV) & actor / comedian Scott Yager (@SHOTOFYAGER) dive head first into the MTV Challenge universe, interviewing past, present and future contestants, breaking down Challenge news and episodes, and laying down new challenges to anyone and everyone.

Episodes

July 11, 2025 84 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Shauvon Torres.

In just 3 seasons of The Challenge and one season of The Real World Shauvon made a name for herself and was involved in some of the most iconic Challenge moments of all time! She finally pops into the podcast to talk about these moments, where she's been, whether we may see her on All Stars and MUCH MORE! PLUS...the answer to the question on everybody's mind...did she ...
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Challenge Mania is kicking off Season 41 with an Epic Premiere Party Event at City Winery on Wednesday, July 30th! We'll be watching the episode with FULL SOUND on massive screens, doing a Panel Q&A after and we'll have CT, Olivia, Rogan, Theo, Aneesa, Derrick an MORE in the house!

TIX AVAILABLE NOW at www.ChallengeMania.Live

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager talk the return of CT and continue to discuss Season 41, Premiering on July 30th on MTV and with a massive Premiere Event in NYC. A podcast loaded with your questions!

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June 25, 2025 99 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Nathaniel Blackburn.

NATHANIEL BLACKBURN made his debut on Real World: Seattle and went on to do two seasons of The Challenge. With MTV really being at it's peak of popularity back then he is one of the more recognizable names and faces of the era. Now going by his full name Nathaniel (he mainly went by Nate/Nathan back then) he has had a lot of life ups and downs since appearing on o...
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June 24, 2025 121 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager answer your questions and go over some of the major topics going around the internet like Tyri's response to the Dunbar epiosde, Jordan's claims about The Traitors and his back and forth with Trishelle, whether Challenge Mania would exist if Derrick had won Dirty XXX and MORE!

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down the Season 41 Cast!

WATCH THE PREMIERE WITH US in New York City July 30th!
Tix on sale THIS THURSDAY beginning with Patron Pre-Sales at www.ChallengeManiacs.com

Pre-Sale Schedule for Thursday, June 26th:
1PM SAVAGE PATRONS
2PM DIESEL PATRONS
3PM MANIAC PATRONS
4PM ALL PATRONS

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6/28 - PITTBURGH w/ CT!
7/13 - ATLANTA w/ BANANAS!
7/27 - ROAD RULES 30th Anniversary Show in LA!

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June 18, 2025 32 mins
Season 41 is HERE! Derrick is BACK! Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager break down the entire cast and all the details for The Challenge:Vets and New Threats, Premiering on MTV at 8pm on July 30th!

HEAR THE WHOLE PODCAST HERE:https://www.patreon.com/posts/season-41-cast-131742733

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June 17, 2025 2 mins
CHOOO CHOOO! CT IS BACK!

And YOU can still be a part of it!

Head to www.ChallengeMania.Live RIGHT NOW!

CT Joins our epic lineup NEXT SATURDAY, June 28th in Pitt with his Traitors Co-Champ Trishelle, Susie, Sarah, Mark, Derrick and Scott!

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Scott Yager & Mark Long are joined by Wes Bergmann, Darrell Taylor, Amber Borzotra, Frank Sweeney and Jonna Stephens LIVE from Helium in St. Louis, Missouri. This live show was recorded on Saturday, June 7th! If this sounds fun and you want to attend future live shows, head to www.ChallengeMania.Live right now!

DETROIT PRE-SALE is Monday, June 16th at www.ChallengeManiacs.com

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June 3, 2025 95 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Dunbar Merrill.

It's crazy to think that we still have FIRST TIME GUESTS on the podcast after all these years but DUNBAR MERRILL is certainly a blast from the past that made quite a dent in The Challenge world and has somehow evaded us so far! Well NOT ANYMORE! Dunbar joins us to talk about his win on Cutthroat and how he manifested it with The Secret, teaming with Paula and Tyri, how...
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Scott discusses the recent debate over Jordan's comments regarding not being able to do other shows like Traitors, shares his thoughts on Survivor 50, drops news about Challenge Mania Boston and Detroit and takes YOUR QUESTIONS!

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BOSTON PRE-SALE 6/10
DETROIT PRE-SALE 6/16

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May 28, 2025 104 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by All Stars Runner Up Shane Landrum.

SHANE LANDRUM makes his return to the show to talk ROAD RULES, RR30 in July, Invasion, what caused his lay-off between Final Reckoning and of course All Stars 5 & his Runner Up Finish! Exclusive to Maniac Level Patrons and up! Video to follow.

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Scott takes YOUR QUESTIONS about RR30, Los Angeles, Challenge Ratings and more!

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STL - 6/7
PIT - 6/28
ATL - 7/13
RR30 LA - 7/27
CHI - 8/31
PHX - 9/7
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May 20, 2025 93 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Derek McCray.

DEREK McCRAY joins us for the 1st time to talk Road Rules: Viewers Revenge, Gauntlet III and Duel II, INCLUDING one of the most iconic what-ifs in Challenge finals history and the most memorable Challenge fight of all time! Video Exclusive to Maniac-Level Patrons and above!

WATCH this interview HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-derek-on-129467627

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May 18, 2025 98 mins
Scott Yager is joined by Challenge / Big Brother star Kyland Young to talk Ryan Coogler's Sinners, Marvel's Thunderbolts and some MOVIE MANIA as a whole!

The majority of this podcast ends up being about Sinners, not gonna lie! Kyland had to jet before we could really finish our Thunderbolts / Marvel talk. We could go on for hours! Apologies for the abrupt conclusion. For those worried about spoilers for either film, here are approxi...
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Finally in the penultimate episode of Survivor 48 A MOVE WAS MADE! A relative threat was voted out! Was it the right one!? Scott and Lindsay say whether they think so, take your questions and predict the finale!

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May 13, 2025 71 mins
Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Vinny Foti.

VINNY FOTI makes his Challenge Mania debut to talk about his short run on The Challenge from Fresh Meat II into Cutthroat and ending with his infamous removal on Battle of the Exes, which led to the end of his partner Sarah's season as well. The episode to watch before this interview is Episode II of Season 22 (Battle of the Exes) on Paramount+ to see the incident we discu...
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Scott and Lindsay talk Episode 11 and what to potentially expect from the rest of the season of Survivor! Gun to your head...has this season been good? You tell us!

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SCOTT GOES OVER ALL THE RESULTS OF THE 2024 CHALLENGE MANIA AWARDS, ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS AND RUNNERS UP!

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Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Tori Deal, Aneesa Ferreira, Rachel Robinson, Tina Bridges, Mark Long, Ryan Kehoe and MORE Live from City Winery in New York City.

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