The Challenge: All Stars 3 Cast Details & Insights

NovaRogue
9 min readJan 11, 2022

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With the finale of All Stars 2 around the corner and Challenge 38 not filming until March — and who knows when Ex on the Beach 5 will air or the Paramount Spin-off will film 🙄 — y’all are probably hungry for more Challenge content.

And you’re in luck! 🍀 All Stars 3 has already filmed and will air before Season 38. Who’s back this time around? Well, some of the old and some of the new. At least one of these names will blow your mind.

Let’s dive in. These are casting spoilers only, nothing about format / twists / eliminations / winners ⚠

Women 🚺

Cynthia Roberts

Last appearance: Battle of the Sexes 2 (2004–5)

Previous seasons: 2

Highest finish: winner on Road Rules All Stars (aka the very first season)

Original show: Real World Miami (1996)

Finals & wins: 1 & 1

Daily wins: 1

Elim record: 0–0

Jemmye Carroll

Last appearance: All Stars 1 (2021)

Previous seasons: 7 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: 3rd place on Rivals II, 3rd woman on All Stars 1

Original show: Real World New Orleans (2010)

Finals & wins: 1 & 0 and 1 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 4 + 1 spin-off

Elim record: 2–4 & 0–0 spin-off

Note: was alternate for All Stars 2

Jonna Stephens (née Manion)

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 5 + 2 spin-offs

Highest finish: winner on All Stars 2

Original show: Real World Cancun (2009)

Finals & wins: 0 & 0 and 2 & 1 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 6 + 2 spin-off

Elim record: 2–5 & 0–0 spin-off

Kailah Casillas

Last appearance: Total Madness (2020)

Previous seasons: 5 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: 3rd place on Vendettas

Original show: Real World Go Big or Go Home (2016)

Finals & wins: 1 & 0

Daily wins: 7 + 2 spin-off

Elim record: 4–2 & 1–1 spin-off

Kellyanne Judd

Last appearance: All Stars 1 (2021)

Previous seasons: 4 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: 2nd on The Ruins & 2nd woman on All Stars 1

Original show: Real World Sydney (2007–8)

Finals & wins: 1 & 0 and 1 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 1 + 2 spin-off

Elim record: 5–3 & 0–0 spin-off

Kendal Darnell (née Sheppard)

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 1 + 2 spin-offs

Highest finish: winner on Inferno I

Original show: Road Rules Campus Crawl (2002)

Finals & wins: 1 & 1 and 0 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 11 + 3 spin-off

Elim record: 1–0 & 2–1 on spin-offs

Melinda Collins (née Stolp)

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 4 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: lost third-last elimination on Gauntlet III

Original show: Real World Austin (2005)

Finals & wins: 0 & 0 and 1 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 4 + 2 spin-off

Elim record: 0–4 & 2–0 spin-off

Note: holds the record for most canon seasons without winning an elimination

Nia Moore

Last appearance: Battle of the Exes II (2015)

Previous seasons: 2

Highest finish: 5th place on Exes II

Original show: Real World Portland (2014)

Finals & wins: 0 & 0

Daily wins: 2

Elim record: 3–1

Note: famously considered blacklisted before being cast on AS3

Roni Martin

Last appearance: The Gauntlet (2003–4)

Previous seasons: 2

Highest finish: winner on RW/RR Challenge and Gauntlet 1

Original show: Road Rules Northern Trail (1998)

Finals & wins: 2 & 2

Daily wins: 12

Elim record: 0–0

Note: only woman to have competed on multiple seasons and won every time

Sylvia Elsrode

Last appearance: Final Reckoning (2018)

Previous seasons: 3

Highest finish: 2nd place on Final Reckoning

Original show: Real World Skeletons (2014–15)

Finals & wins: 1 & 0

Daily wins: 3

Elim record: 5–1

Tina Barta

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 5 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: second place on Fresh Meat I

Original show: Road Rules South Pacific (2003)

Finals & wins: 2 & 0 and 0 & 0 spin-offs

Daily wins: 15 + 1 spin-off

Elim record: 3–1 & 0–1 spin-off

Veronica Portillo

Last appearance: Final Reckoning (2018)

Previous seasons: 11 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: winner on Challenge 2000, Gauntlet 1, & Inferno 1

Original show: Road Rules Semester at Sea (1999)

Finals & wins: 4 & 3

Daily wins: 48

Elim record: 2–2 & 0–1 spin-off

Note: set and holds the record for most seasons won by a woman, with 3

Men 🚹

Brad Fiorenza

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 10 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: winner on Cutthroat

Original show: Real World San Diego (2004)

Finals & wins: 4 & 1 and 0 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 41 + 3 spin-off

Elim record: 6–6 and 1–1 spin-off

Darrell Taylor

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 9 + 4 spin-offs

Highest finish: winner on The Gauntlet I, The Inferno I, The Inferno II, Fresh Meat I, and Champs vs Pros

Original show: Road Rules Campus Crawl (2002)

Finals & wins: 4 & 4 and 2 & 1 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 38 + 8 spin-off

Elim record: 6–3 & 1–0 spin-off

Note: holds the record for most seasons won consecutively (4)

Derrick Kosinski

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 10 + 2 spin-offs

Highest finish: winner on The Inferno 3, The Island, & The Ruins

Original show: Road Rules X-Treme (2004)

Finals & wins: 5 & 3 and 1 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 43 + 3 spin-off

Elim record: 9–5 and 0–1 spin-off

Jordan Wiseley

Last appearance: Total Madness (2020)

Previous seasons: 6 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: winner on Exes 2, Dirty 30, & War of the Worlds 2

Original show: Real World Portland (2014)

Finals & wins: 4 & 3 and 0 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 21 + 2 spin-off

Elim record: 7–2 & 0–1 spin-off

Laterrian Wallace

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 3 + 2 spin-offs

Highest finish: finalist on Extreme Challenge / lost fourth last elimination on The Gauntlet I

Original show: Road Rules Maximum Velocity Tour (2000)

Finals & wins: 1 & 0 and 0 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 13 + 3 spin-off

Elim record: 0–1 and 2–2 spin-off

Mark Long

Last appearance: All Stars 1 (2021)

Previous seasons: 6 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: winner on RW/RR Challenge & Battle of the Sexes 1

Original show: Road Rules USA — The First Adventure (1995)

Finals & wins: 4 & 2 and 1 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 35

Elim record: 0–1 & 1–0 spin-off

MJ Garrett

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 3 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: winner on Gauntlet 2 & All Stars 2

Original show: Real World Philadelphia (2005)

Finals & wins: 1 & 1 and 1 & 1 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 10 + 1 spin-off

Elim record: 2–2 & 0–0 spin-off

Nehemiah Clark

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 4 + 2 spin-offs

Highest finish: winner on Gauntlet III

Original show: Real World Austin (2005)

Finals & wins: 1 & 1 and 1 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 5 + 4 spin-off

Elim record: 3–3 and 3–1 spin-off

Syrus Yarbrough

Last appearance: All Stars 1 (2021)

Previous seasons: 5 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: winner on Extreme Challenge

Original show: Real World Boston (1997)

Finals & wins: 2 & 1 and 0 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 29 + 1 spin-off

Elim record: 1–2 & 0–1 spin-off

Note: was an alternate for All Stars 2

Tyler Duckworth

Last appearance: All Stars 2 (2021–2)

Previous seasons: 4 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: winner on Cutthroat & Rivals I

Original show: Real World Key West (2006)

Finals & wins: 2 & 2 and 0 & 0 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 5 + 1 spin-off

Elim record: 4–2 and 0–1 spin-off

Wes Bergmann

Last appearance: Double Agents (2020–1)

Previous seasons: 14 + 4 spin-offs

Highest finish: winner on The Duel & Rivals II

Original show: Real World Austin (2005)

Finals & wins: 5 & 2 + 2 & 0 spin-off

Daily wins: 25

Elim record: 14–9 & 5–0 spin-off

Note: holds the record for most elimination wins

Yes Duffy

Last appearance: All Stars 1 (2021)

Previous seasons: 3 + 1 spin-off

Highest finish: winner on Challenge 2000 & All Stars 1

Original show: Road Rules Semester at Sea (1999)

Finals & wins: 1 & 1 and 1 & 1 on spin-offs

Daily wins: 10 + 2 spin-off

Elim record: 0–0 & 0–0

Note: undefeated in finals

Alternates

Beth Stolarczyk

Sophia Pasquis

Tara McDaniel

Ace Amerson

Dan Renzi

Dropped last-minute

John “Johnny” “Bananas” Devenanzio

I literally just found out his middle name is Amadeus… 🤦🏼‍♂️

TL;DR

Who’s been on all 3 seasons: Darrell, Derrick, Jonna, Kendal, Laterrian, Nehemiah

Returning from AS1: Jemmye, Kellyanne, Mark, Syrus, Yes, (Beth, Ace)

Returning from AS2: Melinda, Tina, Brad, MJ, Tyler, (Sophia)

Debuting on All Stars: Cynthia, Kailah, Nia, Roni, Veronica, Jordan, Wes

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NovaRogue

I write about MTV’s The Challenge, with a queer / social justice / critical analysis bent. #UnspoiledGang