Q&A: CT from ‘The Challenge’ talks that ending to ‘Spies, Lies & Allies’ and his future

The all-time great legend talks about this season and beyond.

WARNING: THE CHALLENGE SPOILERS AHEAD!

At 41 years old, Chris Tamburello — better known as CT to fans — has put together an unbelievable career on MTV’s competition reality series, The Challenge.

He made two finals in his first two appearances. There were  some altercations that got him sent home early. After a couple of wins, he stepped back from the show for a few seasons.

Since his return? He’s been absolutely dominant. That’s included three wins in his last four appearances, the latest coming on Spies, Lies & Allies, in which he and Kaycee Clark split $1 million in prize money while also choosing to share $100,000 each with the second- and third-place teams.

For The Win got a chance to speak to Tamburello just hours before the finale aired on Wednesday night, all about the win, his return to dominance and whether we’ll see him again on the show after this one.

(This interview has been edited and condensed.)

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies final recap: And the winner is …

WE HAVE A WINNER!

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

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Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

Normally, we put together some power rankings each week … But IT’S THE LAST PART OF THE FINAL!!!! WOOOOOOOO!

So let’s review the end of what was a grueling final and run through each player left after last week’s first part, starting with the winners!

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies: 5 important things we learned from Part 1 of the final

The final is HERE!

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

Ready?

Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

Normally, we put together some power rankings each week … But IT’S THE FINAL!!!! WOOOOOOOO!

So let’s instead pivot to a post about the important things we learned from this final so far as we get set for a lot more drama next week:

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies power rankings after ep. 17

A BIG twist ended this one …

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

Ready?

Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

As usual, we’ll do some power rankings each week to see who’s in the lead … and who could fall short.

In this week’s episode: Is the final starting? Not quite yet. There’s a HUGE twist at the end of this one, but before that, one all-time great dominates and a promising rookie’s season ends.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies power rankings after ep. 16

Feels like we’re REALLY close to the final …

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

Ready?

Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

As usual, we’ll do some power rankings each week to see who’s in the lead … and who could fall short.

In this week’s episode: A vet goes home, and it’s starting to feel like the final is just around the corner.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies power rankings after ep. 13

Another amazing week for [SPOILER].

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

Ready?

Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

As usual, we’ll do some power rankings each week to see who’s in the lead … and who could fall short.

In this week’s episode: A vet goes home, and a rookie who makes one team even stronger is the one to send him there.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies power rankings after ep. 12

One team stands far above the rest.

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

Ready?

Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

As usual, we’ll do some power rankings each week to see who’s in the lead … and who could fall short.

In this week’s episode: The best team left continues to be the best, an all-timer helps execute a move to improve his team and another rookie says goodbye.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies power rankings after ep. 11

What a week for Kyle.

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

Ready?

Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

As usual, we’ll do some power rankings each week to see who’s in the lead … and who could fall short.

In this week’s episode: Kyle’s huge error costs his team a victory this week, and when Ed is voted in, he picks Kyle to go up against in elimination, leading to some team-switching drama from the victor.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies power rankings after ep. 10

EVERYTHING CHANGED!!

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

Ready?

Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

As usual, we’ll do some power rankings each week to see who’s in the lead … and who could fall short.

In this week’s episode: EVERYTHING’S CHANGED! Instead of pairing up, the competitors are now in three groups, and a rookie ended up going home. So we’ll rank the groups by try to touch on each of the players within the groups.

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies power rankings after ep. 9

Are we about to get a HUGE twist next week?

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE CHALLENGE AHEAD!

Ready?

Season 37 of The Challenge is here: Spies Lies & Allies, which pairs up some international reality star show stars with American counterparts as pairs try to win their share of $1 million. It’s a sequel of sorts to Double Agents, in which everyone paired up … but then could switch as the season went on.

As usual, we’ll do some power rankings each week to see who’s in the lead … and who could fall short.

In this week’s episode: Our first week without a rookie-rookie pair ends with a former champ going home along with a first-year player … but is a big twist going to change the game going forward?