Desafío (TV series)

Colombian television series

Desafío

Genre| Reality competition
Presented by| Margarita Rosa (2004–2006, 2008, 2011–2016)
Victor Mallarino (2004–2005, 2009–2010)
Lina Marulanda & Juan Pablo Llano (2007)
Taliana Vargas (2009)
Toya Montoya (2010)
Juan Ignacio Velásquez (2011)
Catalina Aristizábal (2017–2018)
Andrea Serna (2019–present)
Country of origin| Colombia
No. of seasons| 20
Production
Running time| 42 minutes
Original release
Network| Caracol TV
Release| 2004 (2004) –
present
Related
Expedición Robinson
Other versions

Desafío is a Colombian reality competition television series produced by Caracol TV. In the show, contestants are isolated in an island and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other members until only one final contestant remains and wins a cash prize.

Although the show has been mostly produced by Caracol TV, other versions have been produced by GenTV and Univision. These two versions were produced in Florida and aimed to the Latin American audience in the United States.

## Format

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### Groups

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Contestants are split in different groups of usually six to eight people each. The criteria for the division might vary from season to season. Some criteria used have been whether they had been in a previous season ("Sobrevivientes", and "Superhumanos"), if they were famous ("Celebridades"), age ("Cuchacos", "Pelados", and "Catanos"), social status ("Privilegiados", "Rebuscadores", and, "Llevados"), or where they came from ("Antioqueños", "Cachacos", "Cafeteros", "Costeños", "Emigrantes", "Santandereanos", and "Vallecaucanos")

Each group is given a unique name and an identifying color. These are used on flags, challenge courses, on-screen text and various other items. Each player is given an assortment of clothes with their respective colors and symbols. Players are required to wear the color of their group in a visible location at all times, allowing the audience to identify their affiliation. Upon switching groups (due to a merge or dissolution), players are required to give up their old clothes and obtain new ones in the new group's color.

### Locations and beaches

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Each group is assigned a different beach to stay. Each beach has different qualities and benefits:

* Playa Alta/Oro has a luxurious cabin with beds, showers, bathrooms and a fully equipped kitchen. In some occasions, there are employees that prepare the meals for each contestant.
* Playa Media/Plata features the bare necessities for living. Contestants have a wooden roof with hammocks to sleep. They are given pots and pans, knives, some food and tools to hunt and cook.
* Playa Baja/Bronce features the worst conditions for the contestants to live in. Contestants have to build their own shelter or sleep in a cave. There is no food and the contestants have to eat fruits or try to hunt or fish what they can.

During each show, the groups have to compete in a challenge ("Desafío territorial") to decide which group will stay on each beach. As the show progresses and contestants are eliminated, the teams are merged into a single group and they are taken to Playa Fusión, which features commodities slightly better than Playa Media.

### Challenges

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During each show, teams will play three separate challenges. The challenges are:

* Desafío Territorial where the winning group receives the "keys" to "Playa Alta". The second and third place teams get the "keys" to "Playa Media" and "Playa Baja" respectively.
* Desafío de Salvación
* Desafío de Salvacion where the winning team gains immunity from elimination, plus, in some seasons, the chance to be judges at the final "juicio" or judgment.
* Desafío a Muerte where the losing team is sent to "Juicio" to have one of their members eliminated.

Challenges vary from obstacle courses, to races, swimming matches, building puzzles, among many others.

### El Juicio

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"Juicio" (or "Judgment") is held after the ‘Desafío de Salvación’. Here, the group that lost the "Desafío Final" vote one person out of their team. Present at the judgment is the team that won the "Desafío de Salvación", who will serve as the judges. After a brief discussion of the events that led to that moment, each member of the losing team walks up to a table and secretly votes to eliminate a member of his team. After all members of the team have voted, the host counts the votes.

Originally, the judges voted to save a member of the other team. The strategy usually was to try to anticipate who the losing team would want to eliminate and save him/her. The next member with the most votes would then be eliminated. In 2008, the rules were changed and the judges were given the option to veto the choice of the other team to eliminate a member. If they veto, the losing team is forced to vote publicly for a second member to be eliminated. This is referred to as the "bloody vote". In 2009, a new rule was made. The losing team voted to eliminate a member of their team. Then, a second voting has to be done to choose a second member to be eliminated. Then, the judges decide which of the two "sentenced" members was eliminated.

In the event of ties, sometimes the judges get to choose which of the members of the losing team that are involved in the tie, is eliminated. Also, the members that are chosen to be eliminated are sometimes given a chance to vouch in front of the judges for their safety.

### End of the game and prizes

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When there are two contestants left in the game, they return to Colombia for one last show, along with the eliminated contestants. Here, the audience votes for the contestant they want to win the game. In 2008, the system was changed and it was the other contestants who voted for the winner. The winning contestant usually gets a prize in cash whereas the second place contestant gets a new car.

### The Box format

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects forced changes in the show's format starting from 2020, with the edition scheduled for that year having its production postponed until further notice.[1] Given the worldwide travel restrictions triggered by the pandemic, in early 2021 the reality's production staff decided to stage the show within Colombia, building a special complex for that purpose which would work as a bubble to ensure the adequate biosecurity conditions for contestants and staff.[2]

In The Box, three teams (Alpha, Beta, and Gamma) of eight (four men and four women) led by a captain are made from eleven original groups of four contestants (two men and two women) after a first challenge,[3] while an additional team (Omega) is later made up of contestants who were not originally selected by the respective team captains, who participate in a special challenge to get the chance to join this last team.[4] Unlike other previous editions of the show in which teams would have to win the right to stay at the best territory in each cycle, in this format the four teams are assigned a house to stay until the team dissolves or merges, all of which have the same qualities and benefits such as public services, a fully equipped kitchen with supplies, beds, showers, bathrooms, furniture, grill, a swimming pool and a gym, which they will progressively lose if teams fail to win the different challenges, to the point those houses will be akin to the Playa Baja/Bronce of previous editions.[5]

During each cycle, five separate challenges are played at five different arenas or boxes: Blue (for water-themed challenges), Red (for contact-themed challenges), Yellow (for ground-based, military-style challenges), White/Rainbow (for air-themed challenges in which contestants may not touch the floor) and Black (for elimination challenges).[6] The challenges teams have to play in every cycle are:[7]

* Desafío de Sentencia y Hambre (Sentence and Hunger Challenge), where the winning team gets to select one or two contestants from any team (even their own) to participate in the cycle's "Desafío a Muerte" and also keep all the food they have been supplied with at the beginning of the cycle. The second team gets to choose a food item from an offered selection and the remaining teams are left without any food for the remainder of the cycle.
* Desafío de Sentencia y Servicios (Sentence and Services Challenge), where the winning team gets to select one or two contestants to participate in the cycle's "Desafío a Muerte" and also keep all of their house's public services (water, electricity, gas) running as normal. The second team gets to choose one of those services while the rest are cut, and the remaining teams get all of their public services cut for the remainder of the cycle.
* Desafío de Sentencia y Bienestar (Sentence and Wellness Challenge), where the winning team also gets to select contestants for the "Desafío a Muerte" as well as keep all of their house's amenities (beds, furniture, pool, gym) in place. The team placing second gets to choose one of those amenities, and the third and fourth-placed teams are deprived of all amenities.
* Desafío de Sentencia, Premio y Castigo (Sentence, Prize and Punishment Challenge), where the winning team gets to select the last contestants for the "Desafío a Muerte" and is also entitled to get a prize and select another team to get a punishment.
* Desafío a Muerte (Death Challenge), where the contestants who were sentenced after the cycle's other four challenges play to avoid being eliminated. The ones to come in last place are eliminated.

The Black "box" is only used for the Desafío a Muerte, while the other challenges alternate around the remaining four boxes every cycle. Challenges vary from obstacle courses, to races, swimming matches, building puzzles, among many others.

As in previous editions, the teams dissolve and reconfigure as the cycles progress until the last eight contestants (four men and four women) are merged and play a semi-final challenge, separated by gender. At the end of the show, a male contestant and a female one are declared as winners.

## Participants

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List of participants by year

Desafío 2004 - La Aventura
Celebridades  | Sobrevivientes  | Retadores

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Paula Andrea Betancourt | Rafael Barrera  | Paula Domínguez
Isabella Santodomingo  | Mónica Londoño  | Francisco Escobar
Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama | Luisa Fernanda Bejarano  | Mario Espitia
Juan Carlos Vargas  | Iván Darío Correa  | Leidy Farith Polo
Patricia Castañeda | Marlon Restrepo  | Elsa Velásquez
Juan David Posada  | Juliana Posso  | Santiago Zuleta

Desafío 2005 - Cabo Tiburón, Colombia
Celebridades  | Sobrevivientes  | Retadores

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Faustino Asprilla | Paula Domínguez  | Vanessa Cañizales
Luigi Aycardi  | Jean Pierre Mandonnet  | Mario Alberto Caparroso
Héctor Buitrago | Cristóbal Echavarría  | Álvaro Mesa
Catalina Acosta  | Pedro Luis Falla  | Mauricio Ochoa
Tatiana de los Ríos  | Catalina Jaimes  | María Victoria Ramírez
Carolina Sabino  | Carolina Lizcano  | Catalina Tarud

Desafío 2006 - La guerra de los estratos
Privilegiados  | Rebuscadores  | Llevados

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Carolina Ángel  | Angélica Aristizábal  | Diana Maya
Gloria García  | Eileen Moreno  | Tatiana Rueda
Catherin Salazar  | Mayerly Vásquez  | Levia Peralta
Alfredo Varela  | Fernando Marín  | Juan Carlos Camero
Juan Guillermo Zea | Diego Agudelo  | Jorge Eliécer Pinto
Juan Miguel Camacho  | Jorge Alberto Peláez  | Manuel Horacio Velasco

Desafío 2007 - La Guerra de las Generaciones
Catanos  | Cuchachos  | Pelados

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Alexandra Díaz | Carlos Díazgranados | Camilo Vega
Betty Rosales | Edgar Jaimes | Cindy González
Johanna Cote | Fernely Guerrero | Fabio Lesmes
John Dossman | Jair Romero | Harold Martínez
Jorge Paz | Janeth Valencia | Isabel Solís
Luis Arias | Laura Puerta | John Jairo Córdoba
Sandra Azuero | Margot Álvarez | Nina Osswald
Víctor Benavides | Sandra Bermúdez | Sharon Durán

Desafío 2008 - La Lucha de las Regiones
Costeños  | Cachacos  | Vallecaucanos

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Gustavo Fuentes  | Sonia Vanegas  | Clara María Cruz
Brígida Gutiérrez  | Mauricio González  | Diego Landaeta
Juan José Sierra  | María Julieth Ávila  | Gustavo González
Stephanie Carrillo  | Jorge Iván Giraldo  | Halem Castillo
Myriam Brant  | Carolina Trujillo  | Katherine Arango
Klein Contreras  | Andrés Alarcón  | María Isabel Franco
Juan Pablo Londoño  | Pedro José Orduz  | Lina María Ramírez

Desafío 2009 - La Lucha de las Regiones, La Revancha
Costeños  | Cachacos  | Emigrantes

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John Jairo Larios  | Arlex Eduardo Ávila  | José Jesús Henao
Carlos Adolfo Ponnefz  | Andrés Gaitán Herrera  | Ludwig Harold Monoga
Jonathan Mulford  | Hebert Fabián Guzmán  | Didier de Jesús Castañeda
Marie Cristine Echávez  | Aydeé Patricia Galvis  | Jhovanna Ramírez
Anaís Gutiérrez  | Sofía Blanchet  | María Claudia Rubio
Stephanie Coymat  | Shirley Lorena Bermúdez  | Sandra Mendivelso
MaryLuz López  | Miguel Ángel Urrea  | Paola Andrea Rodríguez

Desafío 2010 - La Lucha de las Regiones, el Brazalete Dorado[8]
Costeños  | Sobrevivientes  | Paisas

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Jonathan Cure Simonds  | Dayana Martínez  | Akemi Nakamura Gómez
Angélica María Duque  | Eider Guerrero  | Carolina Jaramillo
Bony Lim Rodríguez  | Eliana Ardila  | Cristian Leonardo Flores
Emerson Eloy Vásquez  | Karen Jiménez  | Daniel Alejandro Cortés
Martha Maturana  | Oscar Mahecha  | Luis Alfredo Rueda
Silvio José Carrasquilla  | William Vargas  | Natalia Rueda Montoya
John Jairo Escobar  | Temistocles Savelli  | Gina Daza

Desafío 2011 - La Lucha de las Regiones, La Piedra Sagrada
Retadores  | Paisas  | Sobrevivientes

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Roland Bryan Edén  | Óscar Muñoz  | Andres Felipe Nieto
Diego Díaz  | Daniel Tirado López  | Yorlady Moreno León
Ceidy Lorena Gaitan  | Luis Fernando Cardona  | Jenny Liseth Machado
Hanny Marcela Mendoza  | Tatiana Cristina Arango  | Hector Manuel Osorio
Martha Bonilla  | Nalu Sol del Mar Guerrero  | Kelly Andrea Cadena
Carlos Mauricio Morales  | Deicy Yamile Cárdenas  | Jader Alexis Arizala
Farid Laverde  | Klein de Jesús Contreras  | Arlex Eduardo Avila

Desafío 2012 - El Fin Del Mundo
Cafeteros  | Cachacos  | Costeños | Sobrevivientes

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Aníbal Alberto Morales  | Mauricio Iragorry  | Rosa Paola Caiafa  | Sergio Alejandro Arango
Carlos Ancízar Quintero  | Roland Villegas  | Sandra Victoria Mendoza  | Jénnifer Alexa Caicedo
Luz Alba Sánchez  | Julián David Agudelo  | Pierine Yolieh Peñaranda  | Ruby Alejandra Murillo
John Alexander Jiménez  | Jenny Leidy Moreno  | Robinson de Jesús Pérez  | Carlos Eduardo Mejía
Vanessa Posada  | Adriana Vargas  | Dawis Martínez  | Édinson Fernando Muñoz
Katherine Gómez  | Sandra Milena Rojas  | Martín Suárez  | Silvia Vanessa Becerra

Desafío 2013 - África, El Origen
Celebridades  | Sobrevivientes  | Retadores

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María Luisa Calle | Martín Suárez  | Elizabeth Loaiza
Claudia Moreno | Daniel Cortés  | Alejandro Herrera
Mónica Rodríguez  | Stephanie Carrillo  | Cindy Jiménez
Fabián Mendoza  | Silvia Vanessa Becerra  | Jaime Andrés Espinal
Hassam Gómez  | Fabián Guzmán  | Jonathan Aarón Hurtado
Gregorio Pernía | Carolina Jaramillo  | Julián Alberto Árias
Juan David Agudelo | Halem Castillo  | Lina María Quintero

Desafío 2014 - Marruecos, Las Mil y Una Noches
Celebridades  | Sobrevivientes  | Retadores

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David García  | Rosa Caiafa  | Betsy Tobar
Adrian Lara  | Elizabeth Loaiza | Carlos Hernández
Daniella Donado | Sandra Milena Rojas  | David Henao
Mauricio Mejía  | Ronald Villegas  | Manuela Vásquez
Daniela Tapia  | Oscar Muñoz  | George Monti
Sebastián Caicedo | Carlos Díasgranados  | Diana Peña
Martha Isabel Bolaños | Jorge Iván Giraldo  | Wilder Zapata

Desafío 2015 - India, La Reencarnación
Tigres  | Elefantes  | Cocodrilos

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Akemi Nakamura  | Juan David Posada  | Faustino Asprilla
George Monti  | Marie Cristine Echávez  | Pierine Peñaranda
Alejandro Herrera  | Maryluz López Mantilla  | Jonathan Aaron Hurtado
Tatiana Rueda  | Hanny Mendoza  | Jonathan Cure Simonds
Vanessa Posada  | Hassam Gómez  | Carolina Trujillo
Tatiana De los Ríos  | Marlon Restrepo  | Dawis Martínez
Julián Arias  | Paula Andrea Betancourt | Tatiana Arango
Daniel Tirado  | Rolando Patarroyo  | Cindy Martínez

Desafío 2016 - Súper Humanos, Súper Regiones[9]
Antioqueños  | Vallecaucanos  | Cafeteros  | Cachacos  | Santandereanos  | Costeños

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María Clara Ceballos  | Angélik Hernández  | Tomás Mejía Marulanda | Karoline Rodríguez  | Juan Carlos Arango  | Ángel Jesús Arregoces
Augusto Castro  | Gustavo Molina  | Esmeralda Amézquita  | Eduar Salas  | Leonardo Quintero  | Karmen Mestre
Paola Usme  | Leandro Cambindo  | Guillola González  | Jeysson Monroy  | María Fernanda Bylander | Karen Bray
Sebastián Buitrago | Marcela Peña Salas | Alejandro Ortíz  | Julián Duarte  | Valentina Villamizar  | Kevin Vega
Daniel Vanegas  | José Miguel Cambindo  | Carlos Andica  | Milena Salcedo  | Virgilio Elehazar Galeano  | Juan Carlos Fuente
Johanna Vargas  | Leidy Orozco  | Paula Andrea Restrepo  | Angie Hernández  | Johanna Orozco | Mar Ballestas
Álvaro Vallejo  | Edinson Angulo  | Helver Emir Hernández  | Miguel Ángel Sierra | Jonathan Lozano  | Christian Rafael Maestre

Desafío 2017 - Súper Humanos, Cap Cana[10]
Antioqueños  | Vallecaucanos  | Cafeteros  | Cachacos  | Santandereanos  | Costeños  | Desterrados

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Esteban Bernal | Alejandra Cañizares  | Luis Giraldo | Victoria Sierra  | Fabio Carreño  | Dina Vergara  | Tatiana Ussa
Mateo Carvajal  | Óscar López  | Camila López  | Leidy Martínez  | Andrea Fernández | Luz Elena Echeverría | Dúmar Roa
Valentina Ortiz  | Jhon Jairo Mosquera | Yeni Arias  | Camila Celemín  | José Vargas  | Ricardo Álvarez  | Francisco Zuluaga
Juliana Jaramillo  | Juan Olarte  | Héctor Murillo  | Daniel Méndez  | Tatiana Cabeza  | Alejandro Abomohor  | Edith Rocío Ortega
Fausto Murillo

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Luisa Hernández  | Natali Gómez  | Daniela Cardona  | Jhonnatan Bulla | Frank Sáenz  | Tatiana Ángel  | Javier Argel

Desafío 2018 - Súper Humanos XV[11]
Antioqueños  | Vallecaucanos  | Cafeteros  | Cachacos  | Santandereanos  | Costeños  | Súper Humanos

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Diego Posada  | Ricardo Montaño  | Mauricio Giraldo  | Marisol Chaparro  | Paola García  | Óscar Muñoz | Camila López
David Trujillo  | Belmer Ospina  | Santiago Guarín  | Witsmar Lucumí  | Paola Santos | María Fernanda Aguilar  | Mateo Carvajal
Laura Restrepo  | Yeison López | Víctor Bobadilla | Laura Sin  | Yaniz Valencia  | Mike Wilches  | Ángel Arregoces
Jonathan Betancur | Daniela Lozano | Manuela Arango  | Marcela Rozo | Alexis Cuero  | Sunny Doria  | Karoline Rodríguez
Valeria Duque  | Mónica Henao  | Laura Suárez  | Shadi Harb  | Rodney Camargo  | María Cristina Vergara  | Óscar López
Shirley Atehortúa  | Karen Cano  | Violeta Struvay  | David Bedoya | Fabián Gómez  | Kevin Fuentes | Andrea Fernández

Desafío 2019 - Súper Regiones[12]
Amazónicos  | Antioqueños  | Cachacos  | Cafeteros  | Costeños

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Lizeth Mendieta Villanueva  | Verónica Zuluaga  | Lina Franco  | Ángela Lopera  | Brynnis Joissy López Olivella
Diana Gil Bora  | Maria Camila Cartagena  | Diana Másmela  | Tatiana Rincón  | Lairen Bernier
Clever Alejandro Vargas  | Daniel Velásquez Zuluaga  | David Franco  | Kevin Cárdenas  | Jerry Karth
Fee Wee Súarez  | Juan Fernando Moncada Madrid  | Alejandro Gómez Mapaná  | Didier Mauricio Sepúlveda  | Reikin Herrera
Llaneros  | Pastusos  | Santandereanos  | Tolimenses  | Vallecaucanos
Mayra Alexandra Muñoz  | Karla Maya  | Katherine Gonzalez  | Natalia Vargas  | Juliana Ocampo
Diana Carolina Camacho Tafur  | Andrea Tatiana Morales  | Daniela Arias  | Viviana Rodríguez  | Yenny Álvarez
Santiago Rodríguez  | Juan David Dueñas Suárez  | Yei Gamboa  | Robert López  | Wilber Rentería
Andrés Felipe Lazcano  | Cristian López  | Brian Aceros  | Hernán Darío Guzmán Ipuz  | Diego Fernando Lenis Calderón

Desafío 2021 - The Box[13]
Amazónicos  | Antioqueños  | Boyacenses  | Cachacos  | Cafeteros  | Costeños

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Ángela López Guarín ("Tatica")  | Laura Jiménez Madrid  | Rodolfo Torres | Diana Carolina Rey  | Carolina Giraldo  | Steffit Valencia ("Tiffi")
Yadira Castaño ("Yatu")  | Juan David Zapata  | Laura Angarita  | John Ronin Bedoya  | Carolina Cortés ("Carito")  | César José Romero ("CJ")
Cristian Alexander Acho  | María Camila Ospina  | George Gutiérrez  | Sofía Acosta  | Carlos Echeverri  | Miguel David Assias
Fabio Eduardo Torres  | Juan Manuel Gil  | Nina Yurany Melo  | Jonnathan Calderón ("Tatán")  | Luis Miguel Tibocha  | María Clara Cortés
Llaneros  | Pastusos  | Santandereanos  | Tolimenses  | Vallecaucanos
Sonia Manjarrés  | Mayeli Valencia  | Francisco Remolina  | Paola Solano  | Melissa Chalare ("Meli")
Jorge Luis Cáceres Franco  | Ángela González  | Karen Lorena Bayona  | Karol Tatiana Zambrano  | Gabriela Sánchez
Andrea Manjarrés  | Jesús David Morales  | Vanessa Torres  | Esteban Perdomo  | Óscar David Coime ("Razza")
Gonzalo Andrés Pinzón ("Galo")  | Juan José Lemos  | Andrés Felipe Ojeda ("Pipe")  | Carlos Mario Pérez ("Mono")  | Deiby Gómez ("Dagómez")

Desafío 2022 - The Box 2[14]
Amazónicos  | Antioqueños  | Boyacenses  | Cachacos  | Cafeteros  | Costeños

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Emily Múnera  | Anna De Villa  | María Fernanda Tobitto  | Karla Rodríguez  | Andrea Cardona  | Valeria Porto
Luis Mosquera ("Leticiano")  | Carlos Oquendo | Carlos Andrés Merchán  | Brayan Huertas  | Neider Criollo  | Samir Reveiz
Xiomara Alfonso  | Valentina González  | Daniela Camargo ("Dani")  | María Alejandra Sánchez ("Maleja")  | Dayana Bermúdez  | Stephanie Villadiego
Otoniel Tonguino  | Andrés Ossa  | Juan Pablo Casallas  | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | Andrés Ramírez ("Skirla")  | Andrés Alfonso Miranda ("Tarzán")
Llaneros  | Pastusos  | Santandereanos  | Tolimenses  | Vallecaucanos
María Paula Cifuentes  | Karol Andrea Yela  | Grecia Gutiérrez  | Carmelina Durán ("Lina")  | Alexandra Rodríguez ("Alexa")
Moisés Sanmiguel  | Julián Bastidas  | Duván Yesid Niño  | Jorge Luis Castillo Carballo  | Víctor Hugo Gaviria ("Padre Torvic")
Karina Rojas  | Lisseth Torres ("Liz")  | Diana Villamizar  | Andrea Olaya ("Valkyria")  | Natalia Medina
Camilo Tarifa ("Ceta")  | Fernando Illera  | Johan Sebastián Patiño  | Humberto Plazas ("Beto")  | Sebastián Paredes

Desafío 2023 - The Box 3[15]
Participants

Alejandra Martínez | Alejandra Ulloa | Alejandro Calderón | Alejandro Escudero
Alfredo Martínez | Byron Riveros | Camilo Bogdan | Carolina Abadía
Daniel Murillo | Daniela Taborda | David Mateus | Douglas Mackarthur Bueno
Federico Orjuela | Franqui Reyes | Iván Gutiérrez | Johana Gómez
Juan Pablo Ángel | Juliana Tovar | Kate López | Kelly Ríos
Maira Padilla | Margoth Salazar | Maryam Gómez | Óscar Rivas
Paz Ruiz | Rafael Rapelo | Ricky Rodríguez | Sara Cifuentes
Sara Velásquez | Saskya Badrán | Valeria Restrepo | Yan Pizo

Desafío 2024 - XX[16]
Alpha[16] | Beta[16] | Gamma[16] | Omega[16]

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Marlon David Duque Lemus | Angel Danilo Rojas Montoya | Luis Alexander Gómez Getial | Enzo Alejandro Meneses Bermejo
Francisco José Amaya | Juan David Villada Bañol | Henrry Alejandro Baquero Ruiz | Bryant Enrique Guzmán Daza
Alejandro Londoño Aguirre | Kevyn Leonardo Mosquera Rúa | Yurleisi Carolina Dickson Prado | Franck Stiward Luna Valencia
Iván Andrés Arteaga Martínez | Jhoana Daniela Acero Pérez | Karoline Artunduaga Galvis | Jorge Andrés Yepes Restrepo
Juliana Melissa Gaspar Marín | Luisa Alejandra Sanmiguel Quiroz | Camila Gamboa Monsalve | Valerie de la Cruz Millán
Karen María Candia Ramírez | Darlyn Estefanía Giraldo Torres | Gloria Katherin Peña Manrique | Ana María Tavera Lozano
Ana María Restrepo Gómez | Juan Esteban Caipe Caipe | Vittorio Orodico Doglioni | Paula Natalia Roncancio Rincón
María Paula Tobón de Castro | Valentina Rodríguez Ortiz | Yoifer Andrés Lemus Moreno | Lina Marcela Hernández

## Seasons

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The Colombian version is produced by Caracol TV and has been hosted by several celebrities. Each competition has a unique name, and lasts from 13 to 15 episodes.

# | Name | Location | Original teams | Winner(s) | Runner(s)-up | Audience

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1 | Desafío 2004: La Aventura | Colombian's and Panama Islands | Three teams of six | Paula Andrea Betancourt[17] | Mónica Londoño | 14.7
2 | Desafío 2005: Cabo Tiburón, Chocó, Colombia | Colombia (Cabo Tiburón) | Tatiana de los Ríos[18] | Álvaro Mesa | 14.9
3 | Desafío 2006: Guerra de Estratos | Dominican Republic | Alfredo Varela[19] | Diego Agudelo | 10.9
4 | Desafío 2007: La Guerra de las Generaciones | Panama (Bocas del Toro Archipelago) | Three teams of eight | Isabel Solís Montoya[20] | Camilo Vega | 8.6
5 | Desafío 2008: La Lucha de las Regiones | Panama (Isla Contadora) | Five teams of six | Juan Pablo Londoño[21] | Pedro José Orduz | 12.9
6 | Desafío 2009: La Lucha de las Regiones, La Revancha | Panama (Bocas del Toro Archipelago) | Six teams of six | Didier Castañeda[22] | Ludwig Monoga | 13.5
7 | Desafío 2010: La Lucha de las Regiones, El Brazalete Dorado | Eider Guerrero[23][24] | Jhonattan Cure | 13.6
8 | Desafío 2011: La Lucha de las Regiones, La Piedra Sagrada | Dominican Republic | Mauricio Morales[25] | Jader Arizala | 12.4
9 | Desafío 2012: El fin del mundo | El Salvador | Jenny Moreno[26] | Sergio Alejandro Arango | 14.0
10 | Desafío 2013: África, el origen | Senegal | Three teams of seven | Carolina Jaramillo[27] | Alejandro Herrera | 13.1
11 | Desafío 2014: Marruecos, las mil y una noches | Morocco | Wilder Zapata[28] | Manuela Vásquez | 11.1
12 | Desafío 2015: India, la reencarnación | India | Three teams of eight | Vanessa Posada[29] | Pierine Peñaranda | 12.3
13 | Desafío 2016: Superhumanos | Trinidad and Tobago | Six teams of seven | Ángel Jesús Arregoces[30] | Augusto Castro | 11.6
14 | Desafío 2017: Superhumanos Cap Cana | Dominican Republic | Six teams of six | Mateo Carvajal[31] | Jhon Jairo Mosquera | 12.5
15 | Desafío 2018: Superhumanos, XV | Óscar Muñoz[32] | Witsmar Lucumí[nb 1] | 12.1
16 | Desafío 2019: Súper Regiones | Ten teams of four | Brynnis Joissy López Olivella[35]
Lairen Bernier[35]
Jerry Karth[35]
Reikin Herrera[35] | Lizeth Mendieta Villanueva
Diana Gil Bora
Clever Alejandro Vargas
Fee Wee Súarez | 11.0
17 | Desafío 2021: The Box | Colombia (Nimaima) | Eleven teams of four | Gonzalo Andrés Pinzón[36]
Paola Solano[36] | Juan Manuel Gil
Laura Jiménez Madrid | 11.8

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11.8
18 | Desafío 2022: The Box 2 | Camilo Tarifa[37]
Andrea Olaya[37] | Juan Pablo Casallas
Alexandra Rodríguez
19  | Desafío 2023: The Box 3 | Four teams of eight | Alejandro Calderón[38]
Alejandra Martinez[38] | Yan Pizo
Kelly Rios | 10.0
20  | Desafío 2024: XX | Kevyn Mosquera[39] | Darlyn Giraldo | 11.6

## International versions

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Although the main version of Desafío is produced by Caracol TV for Colombian television, three other versions have been produced already.

Currently airing  No longer airing  Upcoming or returning version

Country  | Show name  | TV channel  | Winners  | Presenter(s)  | Grand prize

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Bulgaria  | Игри на волята [bg]
(Igri na volyata)  | NOVA | Season 1, 2019: Dobrin Nikolov
Season 2, 2020: Milen Tsvetkov
Season 3, 2021: Andrey Gridin
Season 4, 2022: Alexa Erski
Season 5, 2023: Ivan Rulev
Season 6, 2024: Current season[40]
Season 7 (All-Stars), TBC: Upcoming season[40] | Aleksandra Sarchadjieva (1)
Ralitsa Paskaleva (2–present)
Dimo Aleksiev (2–present)  | 200,000 лв. (1)
100,000 лв. (2–present)
Colombia
(original format)  | Desafío | Caracol Televisión | Season 1, 2004: Paula Andrea Betancourt
Season 2, 2005: Tatiana de los Ríos
Season 3, 2006: Alfredo Valera
Season 4, 2007: Isabel Solís
Season 5, 2008: Juan Pablo Londoño
Season 6, 2009: Didier Castañeda
Season 7, 2010: Eider Guerrero
Season 8, 2011: Mauricio Morales
Season 9, 2012: Jenny "Perla" Moreno
Season 10, 2013: Carolina Jaramillo
Season 11, 2014: Wilder Zapata
Season 12, 2015: Vanessa Posada
Season 13, 2016: Ángel Jesús Arregoces
Season 14, 2017: Mateo Carvajal
Season 15, 2018: Óscar "Olímpico" Muñoz
Season 16, 2019: Equipo Costeños
Season 17, 2021: Gonzalo "Galo" Pinzón and Paola Solano
Season 18, 2022: Camilo Tarifa "Ceta" and Andrea Olaya "Valkyria"
Season 19, 2023: Alejandro Calderón "Sensei" and Alejandra Martínez "Aleja"
Season 20, 2024: Kevyn Mosquera  | Margarita Rosa de Francisco (1–3, 5, 8–13)
Víctor Mallarino (1–2, 6–7)
Lina Marulanda† (4)
Juan Pablo Llano (4)
Taliana Vargas (6)
Toya Montoya (7–8)
Juan Ignacio Velásquez (8)
Catalina Aristizábal (14–15)
Andrea Serna (16–present)  | COP 300,000,000 (1–8)
COP 600,000,000 (9–15)
COP 900,000,000 (16)
COP 800,000,000[nb 2] (17–19)
COP 1,200,000,000 (20)
Greece  | Nomads | ANT1 | Season 1, 2017: Apostolia Zoi
Season 2, 2018: Stelios Hantampakis  | Grigoris Amaoutoglou (1)
Savvas Poumbouras (2)
Giorgos Lentzas (2)  | €150,000
Mexico  | La Isla, el reality | Azteca 7 | Season 1, 2012: María Renee Núñez
Season 2, 2013: Cecilia Ponce
Season 3, 2014: Francisco Covarrubias
Season 4, 2015: Jorge Alberti
Season 5, 2016: Jorge Luis Vázquez
Season 6, 2017: Luis Arellanes  | Alejandro Lukini  | ?
La Isla: Desafío en Turquía | Azteca Uno | Season 1, 2023: Maite Olalde
Season 2, 2024: Upcoming season
Romania  | Ultimul trib | Antena 1 | Season 1, 2018-19: Zamfir Mircea  | Octavian Strunilă  | €100,000
United States (Spanish)  | Desafío 20.06 | GenTV | Season 1, 2006: Alejandro Kenig | Sissi Fleitas  | $100,000
Desafío: La Gran Batalla | Univision | Season 1, 2010: Yunior Puig  | Michel Brown
La isla: desafío extremo[42] | Telemundo | Season 1, 2024: Upcoming season | Javier Poza  | $200,000

## See also

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* Expedición Róbinson
* Survivor

## Notes

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1. ^ Based on votes from the public hearing.[33] After details about controversy in its exact date of the final live.[34]
2. ^ Split by half between the male and female winners.[41]

## References

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1. ^ "Caracol Televisión aplaza producción de "Desafío súper regiones"" [Caracol Televisión postpones production of Desafío súper regiones] (in Spanish). El Espectador. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
2. ^ "Videos: así luce la fortaleza del Desafío The Box que mantendrá al COVID alejado de la competencia" [Videos: this is what the Desafío The Box's fortress looks like, which will keep COVID away from the competition] (in Spanish). Blu Radio. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
3. ^ "Alpha, Beta y Gamma fueron conformados después de una intensa prueba" [Alpha, Beta and Gamma were formed after an intense challenge] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
4. ^ "Participantes compiten para quedarse y formar el equipo Omega" [Participants compete to stay and form the Omega team] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
5. ^ "Así será la dinámica del Desafío The Box" [This will be the dynamic of the Desafío The Box] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
6. ^ "Amarilla, azul, blanca, negra y roja: ¿qué pasará en las distintas cajas del Desafío The Box?" [Yellow, blue, white, black, and red: what will happen at the different Desafío The Box's boxes?] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
7. ^ "Así funciona "Desafío" 2021, para que entienda el juego cada noche; tiene varios cambios" [This is how Desafío 2021 works, so you understand the game every night; it has several changes] (in Spanish). Pulzo. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
8. ^ "Desafío 2010: duelo de titanes". lafiscalia.com (in Spanish). February 21, 2010. Archived from the original on February 26, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
9. ^ "Así será el Desafío Súper Humanos 2016". Entretengo (in Spanish). June 27, 2016.
10. ^ "Llega una nueva versión del 'Desafío' con un botín de mil millones de pesos". Publimetro Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved June 6, 2017.
11. ^ Entretengo (May 11, 2018). "Canal Caracol anuncia nueva temporada del Desafío Súper Humanos para el 2018" (in Spanish). Retrieved May 11, 2018.
12. ^ Noticias Caracol (May 3, 2019). "Con este impresionante comercial, anuncian la pronta llegada del Desafío con Andrea Serna" (in European Spanish). Retrieved May 3, 2019.
13. ^ "Conoce uno a uno a los 44 participantes del Desafío The Box" [Meet one by one the 44 Desafío The Box participants] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
14. ^ "Desafío The Box: conoce a los 44 participantes que harán parte de esta temporada" [Desafío The Box: meet the 44 participants who will be part of this season] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
15. ^ Urrea, Ángela (March 15, 2023). "Desafío The Box 2023: vea la lista completa de los participantes para esta temporada". Noticias Caracol (in Spanish). Retrieved March 16, 2023.
16. ^ a b c d e XX, Desafío (2024-04-02). "Desafío The Box 2024: lista completa de los participantes". Caracol Televisión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-02.
17. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2004-08-09). "PAULA ANDREA, REINA DEL DESAFÍO 20.04". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
18. ^ Universia (2008-10-15). "Realities, una opción válida. | listas creadas por los usuarios". Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2023-05-26.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
19. ^ "El ganador de reality El Desafío que casi llega a ser gobernador del Atlántico". Las2orillas (in Spanish). 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
20. ^ "Isabel Cristina Solís Montoya, ganadora del reality 'El desafío' 2007". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). 2011-04-10. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
21. ^ "Ganador de Desafío 2008, un modelo muy cotizado - Noticias Caracol". 2019-11-15. Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
22. ^ "Dídier Castañeda, un emigrante, fue el ganador del Desafio 2009". www.elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
23. ^ "El ganador del 'Desafío' que ahora es cantante". Publimetro Colombia (in Spanish). 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
24. ^ "Eider ganó el Desafío 2010 la lucha de las regiones | lafiscalia.com". 2019-11-15. Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
25. ^ Peña, John (2011-07-22). "Mauricio Morales es el ganador de la piedra sagrada del Desafío 2011". Entretengo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
26. ^ "Perla es la ganadora del Desafío 2012". www.elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
27. ^ COLPRENSA (2013-09-12). "Carolina Jaramillo es la ganadora del Desafío 2013". www.vanguardia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
28. ^ COLPRENSA (2014-09-23). "Wilder, ganador del Desafío Marruecos 2014". www.vanguardia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
29. ^ "Vanessa: la ganadora del Desafío India 2015". Las2orillas (in Spanish). 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
30. ^ Pulzo; Pulzo.com (2016-10-25). "Ángel fue el ganador del 'Desafío Súper Humanos 2016'". pulzo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
31. ^ Espectador, El (2020-04-14). "Mateo Carvajal es el ganador del Desafío Súper Humanos 2017". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
32. ^ Espectador, El (2020-03-29). "Óscar Muñoz ("El Olímpico") es el ganador del Desafío Súper Humanos 2018". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
33. ^ "¡Qué nervios!Se acerca el momento de conocer al ganador del #DesafíoSúperHumanos, ¿por quién votaste? | El Desafío on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
34. ^ "¿Final del 'Desafío súper humanos' ya estaba grabada?". Publimetro Colombia (in European Spanish). Retrieved September 18, 2018.
35. ^ a b c d Heraldo, El (2019-09-23). "En video | Costeños ganaron Desafío Super Regiones". EL HERALDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
36. ^ a b Radio, Redacción BLU (2021-07-20). "Súper humanos: 'Galo' y Paola, los ganadores del Desafío The Box 2021". Blu Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
37. ^ a b Alcaraz, Juan (2022-07-16). "Ganadores del Desafío The Box revelaron en qué se gastarán los $800 millones". www.elcolombiano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
38. ^ a b "'Aleja' y 'Sensei' son los grandes ganadores del Desafío The Box 2023". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2023-07-26. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
39. ^ "Kevyn es el ganador del Desafío XX; triunfó el favorito". El Universal (in Spanish). 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
40. ^ a b "За първи път в "Игри на волята": Кастинг битки определят участниците за сезон 6 и All Stars". nova.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
41. ^ "La jugosa cifra que se llevarán los ganadores del Desafío: The box 2022" [The juicy figure the winners of Desafío: The box 2022 will take]. KienyKe.com (in Spanish). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
42. ^ "La Isla: Desafío Extremo premieres on Telemundo on Tuesday, July 30th at 7pm". produ.com. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

## External links

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* Official website (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2015 (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2016 Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2017 (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2018 (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2019 Archived 2019-04-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2021 (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2022 (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2023 (in Spanish)
* Official website of Desafío 2024 (in Spanish)

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