During the filming of ' and ', the two casts met while the "Real World" cast was vacationing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Producers set up a face-off where both teams would compete for a cash prize. The intensely competitive challenge brought in high ratings and this set ideas in motion to produce yet another spin-off series. After another face-off called "AquaGames", hosted by Kit Hoover and Mark Long, between ' and ' in 1998, the "Challenge" series was born in 1998 with "", and featured cast members from five different seasons of "The Real World".