The Challenge star Averey Tressler has revealed what went on behind the scenes of the latest season - which she claims was “the toughest one” yet. The 33-year-old reality star has opened up about the intensely harsh conditions she and her fellow competitors faced while filming Season 40 of the hit MTV show. Although she is a seasoned veteran of the long-running "must-see" series - having previously starred in Battle of the Exes II, Rivals III, and All Stars 4 with Adam Larson - prior to her Battle of the Eras appearance, Averey had only recently re-entered the reality TV game, after being out of it for almost a decade.

According to the former Hooters waitress, this made the milestone season - which was filmed in Vietnam - all the more challenging. Challenge fans fume after long-awaited season premiere ends with cliffhanger Challenge fans slam Laurel Stucky as she rages against 'dramatic' show edit Averey explained how the scorching weather in the Southeast Asian country made it “one of the hardest conditions” she had ever competed in. Describing the filming conditions to The US Sun, she said: “Really, very, very humid, very hot, unreal, like, unrelenting,” adding that it was “probably the toughest one.

” But the testing Vietnamese climate was not the biggest problem Averey faced. Battle of the Eras boasts the biggest cast ever seen on the show - seeing her have to compete against a whopping 39 other Challengers. The stunning brunette also described how she was .