How to watch The Challenge: USA in Australia

A spin-off of the long-running reality series The Challenge, The Challenge USA brings together your favourite reality stars from the hit CBS reality shows Big Brother, Love Island, Survivor, and The Amazing Race. For reality TV fans, it’s an unmissable television event as reality titans come together and compete in gruelling mental and physical competitions for their share of $500,000.

Raising the stakes even more, whoever wins The Challenge USA automatically competes in The Challenge: World Championship. The grand winner, of course, becomes the first ever Challenge World Champion. Intrigued? Find out more about this new reality series, and how you can watch episodes on streaming TV. 

The Challenge: USA preview

Last year, US network CBS released its spin-off of The Challenge, a long-running MTV series that’s been running since 1998. Titled The Challenge USA, it premiered on television last July and featured contestants from some of the biggest reality programs. 

Unlike the original series, CBS’ version has what they call “The Algorithm”, which randomly pairs contestants in every challenge. Interestingly, players will never have the same partner, until no more new pairs can be made. 

Together, they compete in extreme physical contests, experiment strategies, avoid every elimination round, and forge alliances to win power and survive daily challenges, all the while being entangled in their own personal dramas as the pressure of the competition takes its toll on the players.

Ultimately, the winners of the final challenge win and will go on to participate in The Challenge: World Championship. Contestants in the global championship are winners and MVPs from international seasons, which include The Challenge: Australia, The Challenge: Argentina, and The Challenge: UK. 

An incredible spectacle for fans of reality television, cast members from the original show are also set to appear in The Challenge: World Championship as a “Challenge legend”. The Challenge host TJ Lavin is set to co-host the championship series alongside global hosts Brihony Dawson (Australia), Mark Wright (UK) and Alejandro “Marley” Wiebe (Argentina).

With The Challenge: Australia just wrapping up last December, it’s time to check out what The Challenge: USA has to offer as it drops on streaming today! 

The Challenge: USA trailer

You can watch the The Challenge USA trailer below. 

The Challenge: USA release date Australia

The new spin-off finally arrived in Australia last 1st February 2023, exclusively on Paramount+. All 12 episodes dropped on the service at once, allowing subscribers to stream back-to-back episodes of the show.

The Challenge USA	Running Time	Streaming Service
Episode 1	1 hr 4 mins	Paramount+
Episode 2	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 3	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 4	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 5	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 6	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 7	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 8	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 9	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 10	42 mins	Paramount+
Episode 11-12	1 hr 19 mins	Paramount+

What other streaming services are The Challenge: USA on?

As of this writing, the TV series has only been confirmed to stream on Paramount Plus Australia, with no announcements of the first season being available elsewhere. But since Paramount’s streaming service offers heaps of exciting new entertainment at an affordable monthly price, it’s definitely worth getting!

Streaming Services	The Challenge USA
Paramount+	Yes
Foxtel	No
Foxtel Now	No
BINGE	No
Amazon Prime Video	No
Disney Plus	No
Apple TV+	No
Netflix	No
Stan	No
Free to air	No

How to watch The Challenge: USA in Australia?

Paramount Plus boasts an impressive catalogue of shows from CBS, Showtime, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel 10, and more. More than trending series, Paramount+ also offers original programming with the likes of Mayor of Kingstown, The Offer, and Tulsa King, among others. Meanwhile, it’s not yet known whether The Challenge USA debuts on free-to-air or not, although it’s worth noting that The Challenge: Australia streams on 10Shake. 

Stream The Challenge: USA on Paramount+

Subscribe to Paramount+ today to start streaming every episode of the reality show, as well as explore the plethora of other series and movies available on the platform using a 7-day free trial.

With just a single tier, there’s no need to pick more expensive plans in order to stream the best Paramount Plus shows simultaneously. Paramount+ allows users to stream on up to three screens at the same time for the monthly price of $9.99. If you want to save a little bit, you can opt for the $89.99 annual plan, which works out to be only around $7.50 per month.

Cast of The Challenge: USA

The Challenge host T. J. Lavin resumes his presenting duties in The Challenge USA, which features 28 all-star cast members from Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, and Love Island.

Below we’ve listed some of the contestants of the new The Challenge spin-off. 

Other TV shows on Paramount+ you might like

Paramount+ has heaps of both classic and new shows, as well as blockbuster films. Check out what’s on Paramount+ now for a preview of what shows and movies are up for grabs. Once you’re done watching every episode of the show, you can watch other TV series on the platform like:

Streaming devices for watching on Paramount+

Catch your favourite Paramount+ shows on a variety of devices. You can watch every thrilling episode of the new reality series using the devices below: