‘Survivor’ Runner-Up Domenick Abbate Was Hoping to Be Underestimated While Competing on ‘The Challenge: USA’

No regrets. Javonny Vega and Cely Vazquez may have been the first ones eliminated on The Challenge: USA, but they seem to be taking it in stride.

The inaugural network broadcast of The Challenge: USA was a boon to CBS on Wednesday in primetime. The spinoff of the successful MTV franchise, together with the 24th season of Big Brother, helped CBS to win the night overall with 2.95 million viewers.

Tonight’s the night: the debut of The Challenge: USA on CBS!

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EXCLUSIVE: Tonight marks a significant first for Bunim/Murray Productions: its long-running hit The Challenge, which launched 25 years ago on MTV, will debut for the first time on broadcast TV. CBS will follow its summer hit Big Brother with the debut of The Challenge: USA, a spinoff from B/M and MTV Entertainment Studios that features players from CBS’ unscripted lineup of BB, Survivor, Love Island and The Amazing Race. (For an exclusive first look of the series, watch the video above).

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Her showmance days are over. Big Brother 23 alum Alyssa Lopez was focused on winning when she signed on to compete in The Challenge: USA, the new CBS iteration of the MTV franchise.

James Wallington is not just the winner of The Amazing Race season 32, he’s a reality TV superfan, which he hoped would help him heading into compete on The Challenge: USA.

Kyland Young, one of six members of The Cookout alliance that ran Big Brother 23, was a little concerned when he saw so many of his former castmates on The Challenge: USA.

Shantel Smith wasn’t familiar with The Challenge franchise before she signed on for the new CBS iteration but “just wanted another adventure” after her impressive run on Survivor season 41.

Is it harder to live on an island or locked in a house for three months? Xavier Prather knew he had to keep an eye on the former Survivor players as they went to compete on The Challenge: USA, a spinoff of the MTV reality competition series..

A reluctant yes. Tyson Apostol didn’t exactly jump at the chance to compete on The Challenge: USA, the brand new iteration of the MTV reality competition, which will air on CBS this summer.

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Are they casuals or super fans? The Challenge: USA cast seem to be all over the map when it comes to their knowledge of the game. And just in case, they reached out to past players for advice.