Meet the Hot Reality TV Legends Competing on 'The Challenge: USA'

Legends only!

As Gia Gunn once said on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4, “This is a place for legends, O?”

CBS has just kicked off its brand-new series The Challenge: USA, which is a spin-off from the long-running MTV competition show The Challenge. Over the years, The Challenge has established a very dedicated and diverse fanbase that includes several LGBTQ+ viewers.

What once started as a crossover series between The Real World and Road Rules has become a reality TV staple over time for numerous reality TV stars of different franchises. The core MTV show is known for bringing back a lot of familiar faces in recent seasons, and most of those cast members come from other competitive TV shows and are somewhat familiar with one another.

Alas, CBS has taken a rather different approach for the first-ever edition of The Challenge: USA. For this particular series, only former stars from CBS reality shows have been cast. This includes former contestants from franchises such as Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, and Love Island USA. It should be noted, though, that Love Island USA has been moved from CBS to Peacock. In turn, CBS is now launching a brand-new dating show called The Real Love Boat.

When it comes to the LGBTQ+ community, The Challenge: USA has cast members such as James Wallington, Kyra Green, and Cely Vazquez. With such an exciting cast full of familiar faces, it’s time to discover which 14 women and 14 men have been cast on The Challenge: USA, as well as which shows they’re best known for.

Scroll through to find out which reality TV legends have been cast on The Challenge: USA, which airs every Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.

Alyssa Lopez

Big Brother 23

Angela Rummans

Big Brother 20

Azah Awasum

Big Brother 23

Cashay Proudfoot

Love Island USA season three

Cayla Platt

The Amazing Race season 33

Cely Vazquez

Love Island USA season two

Desi Williams

Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers

Justine Ndiba

Love Island USA season two

Kyra Green

Love Island USA season one, Ex on the Beach season five

Sarah Lacina

Survivor: Cagayan, Survivor: Game Changers, Survivor: Winners at War

Shannon St. Clair

Love Island USA season three

Shantel “Shan” Smith

Survivor 41

Tasha Fox

Survivor: Cagayan, Survivor: Cambodia

Tiffany Mitchell

Big Brother 23

Ben Driebergen

Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, Survivor: Winners at War

Cashel Barnett

Love Island USA season one

Danny McCray

Survivor 41

David Alexander

Big Brother 21, Big Brother 22: All-Stars

Derek Xiao

Big Brother 23

Domenick Abbate

Survivor: Ghost Island

Enzo Palumbo

Big Brother 12, Big Brother 22: All-Stars

James Wallington

The Amazing Race season 32

Javonny Vega

Love Island USA season three

Kyland Young

Big Brother 23

Leo Temory

The Amazing Race seasons 23, 24, and 31

Melvin “Cinco” Holland Jr.

Love Island USA season three

Tyson Apostol

Survivor: Tocantins, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Survivor: Blood vs. Water, Survivor: Winners at War

Xavier Prather

Big Brother 23