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{{Short description|7th season of the reality television series}}
{{Infobox television season
| bgcolor       = #AE1C23
| season_name   = ''The Gauntlet''
| season_number = 7
| image         = gauntlet 281x105.jpg
| image_alt     =
| module1       = {{Infobox reality competition season
 | presenter           = [[Jonny Moseley]]
 | num_contestants     = 28
 | winner              = {{plainlist|
* Adam Larson
* [[Cara Zavaleta]]
* Darrell Taylor
* [[David Giuntoli|Dave Giuntoli]]
* Rachel Robinson
* Roni Martin
* Sarah Greyson
* [[Theo Vonkurnatowski]]
* [[Veronica Portillo]]
}}
 | location            = [[Telluride, Colorado]]
 | label1              = Opening theme
 | data1               = "It's" by Ill Kidd
}}
| num_episodes  = 16
| network       = [[MTV]]
| first_aired   = {{start date|2003|9|29}}
| last_aired    = {{end date|2004|1|26}}
| prev_season   = ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes|Battle of the Sexes]]''
| next_season   = ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno|The Inferno]]''
| episode_list  = List of The Challenge (TV series) episodes
}}
'''''Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet''''' is the 7th season of the [[MTV]] [[Reality television#Reality competition or game shows|reality game show]], ''[[The Challenge (TV series)|The Challenge]]'' (at the time known as ''Real World/Road Rules Challenge''). The season is directly subsequent to ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes|Battle of the Sexes]]''. ''The Gauntlet'' featured 28 castmates competing in missions with an [[Immunity (reality television)|immunity]] life-saver awarded to the best individual performer. Each team would then select a player from their team to go into the Gauntlet elimination challenge. It was hosted by [[Jonny Moseley]]. This season was nominated for a [[15th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Award]] for outstanding reality program.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 11, 2003 |editor-last=DiPasquale |editor-first=Cara |editor2-last=Karnopp |editor2-first=Kris  |title=ABC shows lead GLAAD nominations |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-12-11-0312120444-story.html |access-date=May 14, 2022 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

Filming was originally planned to began in July 2003 in [[Middletown, RI]], but in June a local judge blocked it at request of local residents who thought it would be "materially disruptive". The show instead ended up being filmed in [[Telluride, CO]], and finished filming in August 2003.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holland |first=Jenny |date=January 13, 2004 |title=Hotel sues MTV and production company |location=[[Providence, RI]] |id={{ProQuest|397587255}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sheley |first=Matt |date=July 27, 2003 |title=LOOKING BACK Newport, Middletown spurn MTV's 'Real World/Road Rules Challenge' |url=https://www.newportri.com/story/news/2018/08/23/looking-back-newport-middletown-spurn-mtvs-real-worldroad-rules-challenge/10973321007/ |website=[[Newport Daily News]] |language=en-US}}. June 27, 2003.</ref> A casting special, ''Real World/Road Rules Corral: A Guide To The Gauntlet'' was aired on September 22, 2003. The season premiered one week later on September 29, 2003, and concluded on January 26, 2004, with the season in-review special.

This is the first edition of the ''Gauntlet'' series, with ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2|The Gauntlet 2]]'' following in 2005–2006 and ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III|The Gauntlet III]]'' following in 2008.

==Contestants==
{| 
|-
|
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ ''Real World'' team
|-
! Player||Original season||Finish
|-
|Alton Williams||''[[The Real World: Las Vegas (2002 season)|The Real World: Las Vegas]]''||Runner-up
|-
|[[Coral Smith]]||nowrap|''[[The Real World: Back to New York]]''||nowrap|Runner-up{{efn|name=Coral}}
|-
|[[The Miz|Mike Mizanin]]||''The Real World: Back to New York''||Runner-up
|-
|Nathan Blackburn||''[[The Real World: Seattle]]''||Runner-up
|-
|[[Norman Korpi]]||''[[The Real World: New York]]''||Runner-up
|-
|Theo Gantt||''[[The Real World: Chicago]]''||Episode 14
|-
|Irulan Wilson||''The Real World: Las Vegas''||Episode 13
|-
|Rachel Braband||''The Real World: Back to New York''||Episode 10
|-
|nowrap|[[Trishelle Cannatella]]||''The Real World: Las Vegas''||Episode 9
|-
|Elka Walker||''[[The Real World: Boston]]''||Episode 7
|-
|Matt Smith||''The Real World: New Orleans''||Episode 6
|-
|[[Tonya Cooley]]||''The Real World: Chicago''||Episode 3
|-
|Montana McGlynn||''The Real World: Boston''||Episode 2
|-
|David Broom||''[[The Real World: New Orleans (2000 season)|The Real World: New Orleans]]''||Episode 1
|}
|
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ ''Road Rules'' team
|-
! Player||Original season||Finish
|-
|Adam Larson||''[[Road Rules: The Quest]]''||'''Winner'''
|-
|[[Cara Zavaleta]]||''Road Rules: South Pacific''||'''Winner'''
|-
|Darrell Taylor||''[[Road Rules: Campus Crawl]]''||'''Winner'''
|-
|[[David Giuntoli|Dave Giuntoli]]||''Road Rules: South Pacific''||'''Winner'''
|-
|Rachel Robinson||''Road Rules: Campus Crawl''||'''Winner'''
|-
|Roni Martin||''[[Road Rules: Northern Trail]]''||'''Winner'''
|-
|Sarah Greyson||''Road Rules: Campus Crawl''||'''Winner'''
|-
|nowrap|[[Theo Vonkurnatowski]]||nowrap|''Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour''||'''Winner'''
|-
|[[Veronica Portillo]]||''[[Road Rules: Semester at Sea]]''||'''Winner'''
|-
|Abram Boise||''[[Road Rules: South Pacific]]''||nowrap|Episode 12
|-
|Laterrian Wallace||''[[Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour]]''||Episode 11
|-
|Steve Meinke||''Road Rules: The Quest''||Episode 8
|-
|Tina Barta||''Road Rules: South Pacific''||Episode 5
|-
|Katie Doyle||''Road Rules: The Quest''||Episode 4
|}
|}

==Gameplay==
===Gauntlet games===
*'''Ride 'Em Cowboy:''' Players have to hold on to a [[mechanical bull]] with just one hand. Whoever falls off first loses.
**'''Played by:''' ''Katie vs. Montana'', ''Rachel B. vs. Sarah'', ''Cara vs. Theo G.''
*'''Dead Man's Drop:''' Players are suspended 10 feet into the air on a pole. They have to hold on to the pole by hanging upside down with their legs.
**'''Played by:''' ''David vs. Sarah'', ''Coral vs. Tina'', ''Matt vs. Sarah'', ''Irulan vs. Sarah''
*'''Hangman:''' Similar to Dead Man's Drop, players are still suspended 10 feet into the air, only they hang on the pole with their hands and are positioned right side up.
**'''Played by:''' ''Katie vs. Rachel B.''
*'''Perfect Fit:''' Players first must jump into a pool and pick up their respective puzzle pieces (which are scattered about the pool). The first player to solve the puzzle wins.
**'''Played by:''' ''Steve vs. Tonya'', ''Steve vs. Trishelle'', ''Sarah vs. Trishelle''
*'''Knock Your Block Off:''' Players [[jousting|joust]] on a beam right above a pool. Whoever gets knocked off first loses.
**'''Played by:''' ''Cara vs. Elka'', ''Abram vs. Mike''
*'''Pole Climb:''' Players climb a 10-foot pole. Whoever gets to the top first pulls a lever that drops the opponent's pole into the pool.
**'''Played by:''' ''Alton vs. Laterrian''

==Game summary==
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{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; white-space:nowrap"
|-
!colspan=2|Episode
!rowspan=2|Winners
!colspan=2|Freshlook Eyesaver
!colspan=2|Gauntlet contestants
!rowspan=2|Gauntlet game
!colspan=2|Gauntlet outcome
|-
!#
!Challenge
!Real World
!Road Rules
!Real World
!Road Rules
!Winner
!Eliminated
|-
!1
|Snake Soup
|bgcolor="red"|{{white|Real World}}
|colspan=2 rowspan=6 {{n/a}}
|David
|Sarah
|Dead Man's Drop
|Sarah
|David
|-
!2
|Masquerade
|bgcolor="blue"|{{white|Road Rules}}
|Montana
|Katie
|Ride 'Em Cowboy
|Katie
|Montana
|-
!3
|Mud Bath
|bgcolor="blue"|{{white|Road Rules}}
|Tonya
|Steve
|Perfect Fit
|Steve
|Tonya
|-
!4
|I Scream
|bgcolor="blue"|{{white|Road Rules}}
|Rachel B.
|Katie
|Hangman
|Rachel B.
|Katie
|-
!5
|Holey Canoe
|bgcolor="blue"|{{white|Road Rules}}
|Coral
|Tina
|Dead Man's Drop
|Coral
|Tina
|-
!6
|Heavyweight Hustle
|bgcolor="red"|{{white|Real World}}
|Matt
|Sarah
|Dead Man's Drop
|Sarah
|Matt
|-
!7
|Sink My Ship
|bgcolor="blue"|{{white|Road Rules}}
|Norman
|Dave
|Elka
|Cara
|Knock Your Block Off
|Cara
|Elka
|-
!8
|Red Barron
|bgcolor="blue"|{{white|Road Rules}}
|Nathan
|Adam
|Trishelle
|Steve
|Perfect Fit
|Trishelle
|Steve
|-
!9
|Inferno
|bgcolor="red"|{{white|Real World}}
|Alton
|Theo V.
|Trishelle
|Sarah
|Perfect Fit
|Sarah
|Trishelle
|-
!10
|Rolling On A River
|bgcolor="blue"|{{white|Road Rules}}
|Mike
|Roni
|Rachel B.
|Sarah
|Ride 'Em Cowboy
|Sarah
|Rachel B.
|-
!11
|Turntable
|bgcolor="blue"|{{white|Road Rules}}
|Theo G.
|Veronica
|Alton
|Laterrian
|Pole Climb
|Alton
|Laterrian
|-
!12
|All Or Nothing
|bgcolor="red"|{{white|Real World}}
|Alton
|Theo V.
|Mike
|Abram
|Knock Your Block Off
|Mike
|Abram
|-
!13
|Vertical Sweep
|bgcolor="red"|{{white|Real World}}
|Alton
|Adam
|Irulan
|Sarah
|Dead Man's Drop
|Sarah
|Irulan
|-
!14
|Dukes Of Saturn
|bgcolor="red"|{{white|Real World}}
|Alton
|Veronica
|Theo G.
|Cara
|Ride 'Em Cowboy
|Cara
|Theo G.
|-
!15{{efn|name=Coral}}
|Gold Rush
|bgcolor="blue"|'''{{white|Road Rules}}'''
|colspan=13 bgcolor="darkgray"|
|}

;Bank Accounts
*''Real World'' - $60,000
**$12,000 each
*''Road Rules'' - $230,000
**$25,555 each

===Gauntlet progress===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%"
|-
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Contestants!!rowspan=1 colspan=16|Episodes
|-
!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!Finale{{efn|name=Coral|Coral was removed from the final challenge due to an allergic reaction to a spider bite that needed medical attention.}}
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Adam''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Cara''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Darrell''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Dave''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Rachel R.''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Roni''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Sarah''
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Theo V.''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Veronica''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|bgcolor="lime"|'''WINNER'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Alton''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|bgcolor="skyblue"|'''LOSER'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Mike''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="skyblue"|'''LOSER'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Nathan''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="skyblue"|'''LOSER'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Norman''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="skyblue"|'''LOSER'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Coral''{{efn|name=Coral}}
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="violet"|'''MED'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Theo G.''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
| bgcolor="deepskyblue"|WIN
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray"|
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Irulan''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=2|
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Abram''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=3|
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Laterrian''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=4|
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Rachel B.''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=5|
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Trishelle''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=6|
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Steve''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=7|
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Elka''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=8|
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Matt''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=9|
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Tina''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=10|
|-
|bgcolor="blue"| ||''Katie''
|SAFE
|bgcolor="green"|<span style="color:white;">ELIM</span>
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=11|
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Tonya''
|SAFE
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=12|
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''Montana''
|SAFE
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=13|
|-
|bgcolor="red"| ||''David''
|bgcolor="tomato"|OUT
|bgcolor="darkgray" colspan=14|
|}
;Teams
:{{Color box|red|border=silver}} The contestant is on the ''Real World'' team
:{{Color box|blue|border=silver}} The contestant is on the ''Road Rules'' team
;Competition
:{{Color box|lime|border=silver}} The contestant won the final challenge
:{{Color box|skyblue|border=silver}} The contestant lost the final challenge
:{{Color box|deepskyblue|border=silver}} The contestant won the Freshlook Eyesaver Winner and was safe from the Gauntlet
:{{Color box|white|border=silver}} The contestant was not selected to go into the Gauntlet
:{{Color box|green|border=silver}} The contestant won the Gauntlet
:{{Color box|tomato|border=silver}} The contestant lost the Gauntlet and was eliminated
:{{Color box|violet|border=silver}} The contestant was removed from the final challenge due to illness

==Episodes==
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===After filming===
Instead of  a reunion special,  ''Battle Scars - From the Gauntlet to the Inferno'', a follow-up special  aired on January 26, 2004, introducing the next season, ''Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno'' with commentary by few of this season's contestants.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121101105/http://www.mtv.com/onair/rwrr_challenge/gauntlet/ |date=January 21, 2008 |title=Official website }}
*[https://www.mtv.com MTV's official ''Road Rules'' website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010917014710/http://www.mtv.com/onair/realworld/ MTV's official ''Real World'' website]

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