Battle of the Sexes 2
Season 9
Presented by	Jonny Moseley
No. of contestants	36
Winners	Dan Setzler Eric Nies Theo Vonkurnatowski
Location	Galisteo, New Mexico
Opening theme	"Come Out Fighting" by The Vandals
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	17
Release
Original network	MTV
Original release	October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04) – January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)
Season chronology
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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.^[1]

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.

Contestants

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

Episodes

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.