The first season of "The Challenge: All Stars" featured 22 past contestants competing for a half-million dollar prize along the mountains of Argentina. The blast-from-the-past cast included Mark Long ("Road Rules: USA"), Syrus Yarbough ("Real World: Boston"), Aneesa Ferriera ("Real World: Chicago"), and even old-time "Real World: Los Angeles" star Beth Stolarcyzk. But it was Yes Duffy ("Road Rules: Semester at Sea"), who won the big bucks. Duffy, who works as an architect, returned to the "Challenge" franchise nearly 18 years after his stint on "Battle of the Sexes," but he didn't expect to make it far.
"I thought I was going to get sent home on the first day," the dad of two admitted to E! News, adding that he didn't know many of the other players and has zero social game or alliance going in. While he did train ahead of the show, Duffy was surprised by the intensity of some of the challenges. "Mark told everybody, 'We're going to have fun! It's going to be cool!' ...I thought we were going to go light and then it was just all-out madness the minute we got there," he said.
Duffy also revealed the secret to his big win was doing yoga twice a day, every day, ahead of the competition. As for the possibility of a "Challenge" return, the champ said, "I'm game. I love the idea of having more 'All Star' challenges. There are so many more competitors we can tap and look at and see what they got now. If we want to do the Super Bowl, OG vs. new school, I'm game. I'm game to jump in it and see what I got. I'll bring everything I've got."
