I live in America and I've seen every single RW/RR Challenge and almost every season of The Real World and Road Rules.
Incase you don't know, Road Rules was the sister show of The Real World that had almost the same concept except they traveled in an RV around foreign countries where they competed in challenges.
Both shows started in the early 90s. Road Rules was cancelled in 2007 after 14 seasons but The Real World is still airing on it's 22nd season and The Challenge on it's 18th season.
The last four challenges have been crap in my opinion (Gauntlet III wasnt too bad though), but this year's challenge "The Ruins" has been really really good. I have all challenges on DVD so I will try to upload some of the best ones for you all sometime! The best challenges IMO are Battle Of The Sexes, The Gauntlet, The Inferno, The Inferno II, The Gauntlet II, and The Duel.
Veronica (the brunette girl in both clips) is one of the most notorious contestants, she was on "Road Rules: Semester At Sea" and has been on 8 challenges since. "The Ruins" was her comeback since she hadn't done a challenge before that in 5 years. She is known mainly because alot of the other female contestants absolutely hate her, not sure why but she seems to evoke alot of hatred from other girls. The public either loves her or loves to hate her, but the majority of fans love her for the enterainment she brings.
Some youtube clips:
from
Road Rules: Semester At Sea (1999)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfVtBUvV22M
from
RW/RR Challenge: The Inferno 2 (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqh_EvGmTQk
from
RW/RR Challenge: The Inferno (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-d1Oh2fGR4