MTV's The Challenge: All Stars is a spinoff of the series The Challenge, which premiered in June 2021. The Challenge has been on the airwaves since the '90s and still, the series continues, with its latest season released in August 2021.
All Stars featured 22 past cast members, who compete for a massive $500,000 prize. A number of the past winners invited to take on these new challenges did not turn up, despite the mammoth grand prize on offer. Most of them have moved on to pursue different things in life and so have limited time to participate.
One interesting fact about The Challenge: All Stars is that every single cast member had at some point won a challenge or made substantial amount of money from their time on the show. These stars have also made a couple of bucks from starring in other similar shows where they also competed for cash prizes.
After those years of competing, these OGs have grown older, even as they have advanced their TV careers and built friendships amongst each other. Let's dive in and take a look at the ten oldest competitors in the history of the show.
10 Ace Amerson Age 42
Ace Amerson returned to All Stars over a decade since he last competed in The Challenge. Sadly, he was knocked out of the challenge in an elimination battle in the first mission.
Unfortunately, he broke a rib in a wrestling match hence couldn't take part in any more challenges. In an interview with EW, Ace said that the first night was brutal and a nightmare.
9 Ayanna Mackins Age 43
Ayanna Mackins was born on November 26, 1978. She was a finalist in The Challenge: All Stars 2. Before All Stars, it had been 15 years since she competed in the series. Immediately after her return, though, she proved her worth. Mackins made her first appearance contesting on Road Rules: Semester at Sea.
The 43-year-old Pennsylvania-based mom also competed in other challenges such as Extreme Challenge, as well as Battle of the Sexes 1 & 2.
8 Yes Duffy Age 43
Yes Duffy was the overall winner of The Challenge: All Stars season 1. His first Challenge was contesting on Road Rules: Semester at Sea. He is also the proud winner of The Challenge in 2000.
Battle Of The Seasons 2002 and Battle Of The Sexes are other challenges the star has competed on. Duffy is also an architect, a fabricator, and also an educator and by combing these skills he earns his living. Born in March 1978, Duffy is now 43.
7 Laterrian Wallace Age 44
The 44-year-old veteran Laterrian Wallace was born in 1977 in Chicago, Illinois, where fans know him for participating and becoming the finalist at Extreme Challenge. Wallace's first TV challenge was as a contestant from the MTV reality television series, Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour.
He told Yahoo Entertainment that he was scared of even featuring in Season 1 of the series. However, he is one of the best contestants in The Challenge, as the fitness master has competed in five different challenges.
6 Steve Meinke Age 44
Steve Meinke initially appeared on The Challenge in the early 2000s, but shortly after left the show to advance his advertising career. Back then he was still in his 20s when he was eliminated in the eighth episode of the Season 7.
Steve also competed in Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet. His latest appearacne was on The Challenge: All Stars Season 2 as one of the oldest cast members. Meinke's current age is 44 years.
5 Ruthie Alcaide Age 45
Ruthie Alcaide is famously known for being a finalist in both of MTV's reality shows Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the SexesThe Battle Of Sexes and The Challenge: All Stars. Alcaide has also competed in Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2 and Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II.
After finishing in seventh place with Jemmye Carroll, Alcaide has moved on to continue her career in production. Born in 1977, Alcaide is one of the oldest players at 45 years old.
4 Tecumshea 'Teck' Holmes Age 46
Tecumshea Holmes, famously known as "Teck" made his debut on TV as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Hawaii. Teck Holmes competed on The Challenge 2000 and The Challenge: All Stars.
The 46-year-old challenger made a name for himself as a competitor with three daily wins on The Challenge 2000, where he won a grand total of $6,830. He resides in Los Angeles.
3 Syrus Yarbrough Age 50
Syrus Yarbrough is also an actor whose first challenge was as a competitor on The Real World: Boston. Like Mark Long, Yarbrough has a prolific challenge history, as he won the Extreme Challenge, the 4th season of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge. He has made $30,333 from 29 daily wins.
Syrus was also a finalist in Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno. Over the years, he also contested in The Ruins, The Gauntlet 2, Battle of the Sexes, and most recently, The Challenge: All Stars. Yarborough was born on September 1971 and his current age is 50 years.
2 Mark Long Age 50
Mark Long is an actor and a producer who played in Road Rules: USA – The First Adventure. Amongst all the above challengers, Mark is the most accomplished and is warmly nickname the "Godfather of the Challenge."
Since he made his debut in 1995, Long has featured in six Challenge seasons. Out of the six, he made it to the finals four times, and won two of them. With only one elimination and 35 daily wins, Long managed to reap a whopping $81,184. The veteran challenger, actor and producer has now lived for 50 years.
1 Beth Stolarczyk Age 52
At 52, Beth Stolarczyk is the oldest of all the Challenge stars. As a cast member of MTV's The Real World: Los Angeles, Stolarczyk featured on the Real World/Road Rules Challenge. She was also a finalist in the six-episode long series.
At her age, she has competed in several challenges, namely, Battle of the Sexes, The Inferno II, The Gauntlet 2, Battle of the Seasons (2002), and The Gauntlet III. In 2021, she made her return to battle in The Challenge: All Stars.
