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The Challenge season 38 episode 16 release date, air time, and synopsis

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Olivia House

Published Feb 05, 2026

The Test season 38 is set to get back with another thrilling episode this Wednesday. The finale is close to the corner, and to arrive, the hopefuls must reverse themselves in a pail of ice to overcome. One veteran couple might turn into the inescapable objective.

IMDb’s portrayal of the impending episode states:

“With the last test rapidly drawing nearer, players stress that they have let a hero coast by for a really long time. The triumphant pair is clashed in which group they ought to name for end.”
The Test season 38 episode 16 is set to air on Wednesday, January 25, at 8 pm ET on MTV.

The competitors are again contending in their ride-or-dies and not in the prior assigned groups. The following episode, Companion or Froze, will have another everyday test.

There isn’t a lot of data accessible with respect to the test. Notwithstanding, in a mystery video, AJ Lavin alludes to it as the main test to date, recommending that it very well may be the last day to day challenge of The Test season 38. Ride or Dies will all the while plunge into an ice pail as a feature of the errand.

While the promotion doesn’t express a lot of about who wins, it recommends that veterans Johnny and Nany might be the objective. Johnny, who has not yet partaken in the end task in The Zone, is an extremely impressive competitor. Apparently everybody maintains that Nany and Bananas should be sent home, with the exception of Moriah, during the ride or dies’ conversation about who ought to be sent into disposal.

In a discussion with Fessy, she said: Somebody necessities to send Bananas home, says Devin, who hasn’t generally coexisted with him in earlier seasons. The Test contender is known for playing an exceptionally savvy social game this season and doesn’t believe that the seven time champion should have one more win added to his repertoire.

Still in the running in The Test season 38 are Faysal and Moriah, Jordan and Aneesa, Olivia and Horacio, Nany and Johnny, and Tori and Devin.

Last week’s episode was a momentous section. Watchers saw wiped out players return and two disposals. The episode started with the ride or dies of contenders still in the game returning. Out of three sets, no one but two could reappear the opposition. Jordan and Aneesa went facing Kaycee and Kenny and gave them the boot.

We're about to find out where everyone's TRUE loyalties lie. 👀 Don't miss #TheChallenge38 next Wednesday on MTV. 📺

— The Challenge (@TheChallenge) January 19, 2023


Nany and Johnny won the everyday test and decided to save Moriah and Fessy from being required to contend in the zone. Chauncey and Golden let the victors know that they might want to contend in the disposal task, so they were the named group. Jordan and Aneesa were disposed of after Olivia and Horacio picked the protected knife and saved Devin and Tori.

“Liv and Horacio save us, which is perfect. And afterward promptly I recollect that my closest companion was going into end. That is my young lady down there, and I believe she should win and return.”
While the two groups performed well, Aneesa and Jordan crushed Golden and Chauncey and endure one more day. Tune in on Wednesday, January 25, at 8 pm ET on MTV to watch what occurs next on The Test season 38.