Age | 42 |
Birthday | 22 June, 1982 |
Birthplace | Orange County, California |
Height | 5' 9½" (177 cm) |
Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
Hair Color | Black |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Reality TV |
Claim to Fame | Real World Key West; The Challenge |
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 game show The Challenge. His first television appearance was on the seventeenth season of The Real World in 2006. 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, in Rivals 3 and being hoisted on the back of Chris 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. In 2018, he became the host of 1st Look on NBC.