{"id":256924,"date":"2026-08-11T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/11\/the-challenge-couples-who-are-still-going-strong\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T20:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:30:57","slug":"the-challenge-couples-who-are-still-going-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/11\/the-challenge-couples-who-are-still-going-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Challenge\u2019 Couples Who Are Still Going Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-current\">\n<p>It\u2019s not uncommon for stars to quickly fall head over heels in love while filming a reality TV show \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/the-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Challenge<\/em><\/a>\u00a0competitors are no exception.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>While many fans didn\u2019t think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/paulie-calafiore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Paulie Calafiore<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/cara-maria-sorbello\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cara Maria Sorbello<\/strong><\/a> would create a real bond after meeting on <em>Final Reckoning<\/em> in 2018, they proved the haters wrong. The duo went on to compete alongside each other on <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> later that year and <em>War of the Worlds 2<\/em> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Although Paulie confirmed his breakup from Cara Maria in early 2026, some couples <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/couples-who-survived-the-reality-tv-curse-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have lasted the test of time<\/a>. <strong>Sean Duffy<\/strong> and <strong>Rachel Campos<\/strong> met while filming the first-ever season of <em>The Challenge<\/em> in 1998, then titled <em>Road Rules: All Stars<\/em>. The pair got married one year later before welcoming nine children.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll through the gallery below to see more <em>Challenge<\/em> couples whose romance lasted outside the house:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/the-challenge-couples-who-are-still-going-strong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not uncommon for stars to quickly fall head over heels in love while filming a reality TV show \u2014 and The Challenge\u00a0competitors are no exception. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. While many fans didn\u2019t think Paulie Calafiore and Cara Maria Sorbello would create a real bond after meeting on Final Reckoning in 2018, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-256924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}