Telemundo
Mack Roesch returns to Team Celebrities in the fifth season of Exatlon USA.
Exathlon United States kicked off its premiere night for Telemundo with big surprises in the new season of the fiercest competition on the planet airing Monday through Friday and Sunday at 7 p.m./6c. After the entry of the 24 competitors representing the Famous Team (Red Team) and the Contending Team (Blue Team), driver Frederik Oldenburg, accompanied by Marisela “Chelly” Cantú, revealed that for the first time in history of Exathlon a man and a woman will be crowned as winners, each receiving a grand final prize of $ 200,000 and the coveted trophy.
On the night of the premiere, the competitors started the competition with a mega night circuit to see which team would appropriate “La Fortalesa”, the most luxurious and most comfortable house in the sands of Exatlón. Over the course of the two hours, they each crossed a series of challenging water obstacles, with fire, sloping ramps and other crossings alongside an opponent from the opposing team to test their physical skills. and mental and achieve their first victory. At the end of the night, the Contenders Team (Blue Team) was the winner to occupy “The Fortress”.
When is the first elimination?
It was assumed that on Sunday, January 31 at 7 pm / 6c by Telemundo, Exathlon United States would present its first Sunday of elimination in an episode full of surprises after the 24 competitors will spend their first week of great and impressive challenges in the sands of the sporting competition, a few days of heart attack where Team Contendents has shown that it came with all the power, but the reds are ultimately unwilling to stand idly by.
But as in Exathlon United States you have to learn to wait for the unexpected, on the first Sunday Frederik Oldenburg announced that there would be no elimination, but both teams would fight for a $ 12,000 cash prize on the mud circuit. On this occasion, Team Famosos broke the streak of triumphs of the blues, rose with the victory and accumulated the first prize in dollars of the competition in a day of heart attack where the Contender Andrea Nerio suffered a health setback and had to be cared for by the medical staff of the production.
The fifth season of Exathlon United States has 24 powerful contestants, 12 new athletes over 12 returning for a second chance, as part of the Celebrity Team (Red Team) and the Contenders Team (Blue Team). They will face amazing and impressive circuits and more night obstacles that will test their physical and mental skills in search of winning more than a million dollars in prizes.
The audience will be able to enjoy the full episodes of Exathlon United States live starting Tuesday, Jan. 26, or can be updated via the Telemundo app available on the Google Play Store and Apple Store or by visiting Telemundo.com.
Exathlon United States, Produced by Acunmedya for Telemundo, is an adrenaline-laden program that seeks to find the participant with the strongest physical and mental abilities through a series of obstacle courses, extreme living conditions and total isolation from the rest of the world.