'The Challenge' Couples Who Are Still Going Strong (2024)

It’s not uncommon for stars to quickly fall head over heels in love while filming a reality TV show — and The Challengecompetitors are no exception.While many fans didn't think Paulie Calafiore and Cara Maria Sorbello would create a real bond after meeting on Final Reckoning in 2018, but they proved the haters wrong. The duo went on to compete alongside each other on War of the Worlds later that year and War of the Worlds 2 in 2019.Then they hit pause on filming reality TV to focus on themselves both individually and as a couple and later decided to move in together in Montana.

“We definitely want kids and we want marriage,” Calafiore exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2023, addressing Sorbello’s initial hesitation to get married. “[During] meet and greets she’d be like, ‘No, I’m happy being the mistress.’ And I’m like, ‘We’re dating!’”

She added at the time: “I absolutely would love to marry [Paulie]. I’ve never said that before, but [Paulie is] the person that I see for the rest of my life. … Like, this is my best friend.”

[sendtonews type="float" key="HnjN9PDS4R-2839984-14453"]Although Sorbello and Calafiore are a more recent Challenge couple, some have lasted the test of time. Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos met while filming the first-ever season of The Challenge in 1998, then titled Road Rules: All Stars. The pair got married one year later before welcoming nine children.Scroll through the gallery below to see more Challenge couples whose romance lasted outside the house:

The pair, who met on Total Madness in 2020, got closer off screen but secured their relationship during season 37, Spies, Lies and Allies, moving in together after filming wrapped in 2021.In August 2022, the couple opened up to Us about their plans for the future.

"The next step, obviously, would be marriage," Gonzalez told Us at the time. "And then, of course, after that would be children and that, obviously, would, you know, come with IVF and all of that. So that's definitely something that we're going to look into eventually and we're super excited about just our future together."

Clark, for her part, revealed that the relationship was going "amazing," noting that after "sleeping [together] in bunk beds" on The Challenge, moving in together was a seamless transition.

The couple met during Compono's first season, Battle of the Exes II, in 2014. They dated on and off for years, and he proposed in December 2019. In February 2021, they announced they were expecting their first baby together. In March 2021, the pair tied the knot. Son Anthony was born in September 2021 with his younger sister, Liliana, following in December 2022. Compono and Nicholas revealed in August 2023 that they are expecting baby No. 3.

Despite a rocky start, Sorbello and Calafiore couldn't deny the sparks after meeting in 2018 on Final Reckoning. After a brief split, they got back together in 2019 and moved in together in Montana.

After meeting on Vendettas in 2018, the pair had an instant connection. Though they had an up and down romance over the years, they got back together in August 2019 and moved in together in Texas in 2020. The couple announced in December 2021 that they are expecting their first child together.

In 1998, the Real World: Boston alum met the Real World: San Fransico star during the first season of The Challenge, Road Rules: All Stars. They tied the knot the following year. She went on to be a Fox News correspondent while Duffy is a politician. He resigned from Congress in 2019 when Campos became pregnant with their ninth child, who they learned would have health complications.

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