Stars on MTV’s The Challenge have proven that finding real love on reality TV is possible, despite the added pressure that comes with being followed by cameras. Paulie Calafiore and Cara Maria Sorbello, who met on Final Reckoning in 2018, are one of these success stories, having gone on to both compete together and live together in Montana. Meanwhile, Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos, who met while filming the first-ever season of The Challenge in 1998, titled Road Rules: All Stars, have been married for over 20 years and have nine children.
Reality TV stars on MTV’s The Challenge have found love and created lasting relationships, including couples such as Paulie Calafiore and Cara Maria Sorbello, and Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos.
Reality TV may not seem like the ideal place to find love, but for some stars, it has worked out surprisingly well. One popular show for romance is MTV’s The Challenge, where couples have been known to pair up quickly, but often struggle to make it last. However, some success stories prove that finding love on the show is possible.
Take Paulie Calafiore and Cara Maria Sorbello, for example. The couple met on The Challenge: Final Reckoning in 2018, and went on to compete together on two more seasons. Despite the added pressure of cameras following their every move, they managed to create a real bond. In 2019, Sorbello and Calafiore decided to put their reality TV careers on pause and move in together in Montana. “You can’t put a price tag on happiness,” Sorbello told Us Weekly. “I needed a little break for my own sanity and my own happiness, just finding what makes me me again and get my light back,” she added.
Another success story is Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos. The couple met on the first-ever season of The Challenge in 1998, when the show was called Road Rules: All Stars. They went on to marry in 1999 and have since had nine children. In 2019, they welcomed their youngest child, who was born prematurely with a heart defect. Despite the challenges, Campos shared on Facebook that their family was doing well and that their newest addition was “the sweetest, most perfect angel we have ever seen.”
There are plenty of other Challenge couples who have managed to make their relationships work long after the cameras stopped rolling. Whether they were rivals or partners on the show, these couples prove that finding love on reality TV is not impossible. So, who knows? Maybe the next season of The Challenge will bring even more successful romances.
