Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2

Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2 is the 9th season of the MTV reality game show The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge). The season directly follows The Inferno and took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Battle of the Sexes 2 is the first season of The Challenge to be a sequel from an earlier season, the show's sixth season, Battle of the Sexes. A casting special titled "He Says She Says: The Battle for the Battle of the Sexes 2" aired on September 27, 2004. Battle of the Sexes 2 premiered on October 4, 2004, and concluded on January 31, 2005.

Format
Before each challenge, each team choose three leaders. If the team won, those three leaders form the inner circle and decide whom to vote from their team; if the team lost, the rest of the team form the inner circle and vote off one of their three leaders. No life-shields were used during this season.

Game summary

 * Women
 * Men

Contestant Progress

 * Competition
 * The contestant won the Final Challenge
 * The contestant lost the Final Challenge
 * The contestant was team leader and won the challenge
 * The contestant was team leader, lost the challenge, but was not eliminated
 * The contestant was safe from elimination
 * The contestant was eliminated by the Inner Circle
 * The contestant was disqualified from the competition due to physical violence

Final results

 * The three Guys remaining in the final challenge were Dan, Eric, and Theo
 * The three Girls remaining in the final challenge were Arissa, Coral, and Sophia
 * The Guys won the final challenge and won the $180,000 cash prize
 * Each team member received $60,000

Reunion special
The reunion special, Battle of the Sexes 2: Reunion - Secrets from Elimination Hill, was aired on January 31, 2005, and was hosted by VJ La La Vazquez.