Johnny Devenanzio

Television

Birthday June 22, 1982

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Fullerton, California, U.S.

Age 41 years old

Nationality United States

#12485 Most Popular

1982

John Amadeus Devenanzio (born June 22, 1982), also known as Johnny Bananas, is a television personality, best known as a competitor on the MTV reality competition show The Challenge.

2006

His first television appearance was on the seventeenth season of The Real World in 2006.

2018

In 2018, he became the host of 1st Look on NBC.

Devenanzio is the most decorated and one of the most infamous contestants on The Challenge.

He is known for a multitude of infamous moments on The Challenge such as keeping the $275,000 earnings from winning partner, Sarah Rice, after she eliminated him on a previous season, in Rivals 3 and being hoisted on the back of Chris "CT" Tamburello during an elimination in Cutthroat.

As of 2022, he has won the most seasons of The Challenge with seven seasons and has earned the second highest amount of prize money of all contestants on the competition show accumulating $1,184,720.

He also holds the record for the most seasons participated in with twenty-one seasons.

He has also competed in spin-offs of The Challenge such as Champs vs. Pros, Champs vs. Stars and World Championship, and in the second season of The Challenge: USA.

After filming for the thirty-third season of The Challenge had completed, Devenanzio started dating teammate and castmate and Big Brother: Over the Top winner Morgan Willett.

The couple split in September 2021 after Willett claimed Devenanzio was unfaithful.

Devenanzio was previously in a relationship with Olympic champion Hannah Teter.