MTV Real World Road Rules News Blog

University of Buffalo and Hawaii researchers claim that fans of reality TV are more likely than others to accept friends they don’t know on social media sites such as Facebook and Myspace.

This was reported on WebProNews as people watch reality TV shows, such as The Real World, where cast members get more TV time when they create drama and controversy - thus people emulate this on the social networks by building a large friend network of mostly unknown people and then sharing pictures and videos of themselves for attention.

This behavior is more often associated with women, especially by sharing images of themselves with others.

Do you feel this is accurate of fans of The Real World?

I personally feel this is very accurate of the Real World cast members themselves on the social media networks, specifically Myspace.

The MTV Real World Awards Bashhad 85 Real World cast members show up on Saturday March 15th after an unexpected hailstorm at the Sunset Plaza house in Los Angeles, California.

Below is the press release from MTV about the show airing on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 at 10pm.

693,082 FIGHTS

367,301 TEARS

20 SEASONS

1 UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT…

“THE REAL WORLD AWARDS BASH”

PREMIERING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 (10:00 – 11:30 P.M.)

MTV.com Offers Viewers All-Access Pass to the Big Party

with Exclusive Video and Photos

Santa Monica, CA, March 20, 2008 – MTV honors 20 seasons of its longest running series – and the pioneer of the modern reality program – with the first “The Real World Awards Bash” Wednesday, April 2from 10:00 – 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.  Produced with Bunim-Murray Productions, MTV reunites roommates from 19 seasons and introduces the cast of the landmark season 20 for one glamorous, drama-filled, boisterous night in the Hollywood Hills.

After seasons of talking amongst themselves about who are the hottest, funniest and nastiest, viewers were able to voice their opinions online and vote for their favorites in 13 different categories, including “Best Meltdown,” Best Fight,” “Hottest Male / Female,” “Best Phone Call Gone Bad” and “Favorite Season.”  Additional airings of “The Real World Awards Bash” will be two hours with an extra 30 minutes of colorful content. 

Hosted by comedian Jeffrey Ross and Susie Castillo, the unconventional awards show brings high-drama, lots of humor and plenty of déjà vu as the winners of each “The Real World Bash” award are revealed.  In true “Real World” fashion, roommates have the chance to gossip about other roommates and give their opinions on the winners and losers in the Confessional.  “The Real World Awards Bash” also focuses on how the series has influenced pop culture and created a trend in reality programming.  Retrospective packages highlight the funniest and most dramatic moments and show how “The Real World” has brought attention to socially-important causes, including AIDS, racism, homophobia, addiction and abortion.  A tribute will be paid to Pedro Zamora, who gained President Clinton’s support and died of AIDS after the last episode of “The Real World: San Francisco” aired, and to “The Real World: San Diego” cast member Frankie Abernathy, who lost her battle to cystic fibrosis last year. 

Viewers will have an all-access pass to “The Real World Awards Bash” with exclusive video content and photos at http://realworldawards.mtv.com.  In addition, the entire awards bash will be posted online for viewing.  For each award category, pictures and video highlights of the nominees are available for review.  MTV On Demand will offer original content from the wild and wacky event beginning April 3. 

“The Real World” launched the modern reality television genre and is the longest-running reality series in history.  Past seasons have taken place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Miami, Boston, Seattle, Hawaii, New Orleans, Chicago, Las Vegas, Paris, San Diego, Philadelphia, Austin, Key West, Denver and Sydney.  The first season, set in New York City, debuted in 1992.  Each season, the show brings seven young strangers to live together in a new city and rolls the cameras 24-7, witnessing as their lives intersect, their ideas are challenged and their passions emerge. 

Puck Rainey from The Real World was one of the guests on the red carpet for the 65th Annual 2008 Golden Globe Awards in this parody hosted by Taryn Southern.

On January 7, 2008 it was announced that, due to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike, the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards would not be telecast live.

The ceremony was faced with a threat by actors to boycott the ceremony rather than cross picket lines and by striking writers threatening to picket the event.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association which hosts the Golden Globes and NBC were forced to adopt another approach for the broadcast.

Who else is left but unscripted NON union reality stars like Puck Rainey from the Real World, and others from Beauty and the Geek, Joe Millionaire, The Apprentice, Survivor, The Amazing Race, America’s Most Smartest Model, and even Perez Hilton.

In this spoof, directed by Richie Keen and David Garrett, The Heavy Show host Taryn Southern brings you all the action from the red carpet at the 2008 Golden Globes.

The 20th season of The Real World had everything pointing to it being “Back to LA” which was confirmed recently by the MTV Press Release confirming it as, The Real World Hollywood.

The Real World Hollywood will also include the first-ever viewer-chosen housemate as Greg Halstead, aka Pretyboy, from Daytona Beach, Florida was chosen after 2.9 million total votes were tallied will join the other six housemates.

There will be 24 episodes that will begin shooting in the Fall of 2007 and air in early 2008.

In a groundbreaking initiative for the network, this new season will go “green” and introduce today’s youth to the ways in which they can incorporate environmentally-friendly household items and make eco-friendly lifestyle choices, as seen on “The Real World” into their everyday lives.

A leader in pop-culture, MTV will showcase many of the ways in which viewers at home can participate in “green” practices every day with an intimate look at the sustainable and energy-efficient choices made in the construction of the house. By partnering with thinkMTV and working with a wide range of environmentally-friendly manufacturers, the 20th season will continue to set the standard for aspirational home design, this time with an eco-friendly twist.

“The Real World” house will include everything from solar energy solutions to bamboo flooring, recycled glass counters, some sustainable furniture and recycled vintage décor, energy star appliances, a solar heated swimming pool and energy efficient lighting. Additionally, Bunim-Murray Productions has taken measures to reduce its environmental impact by adopting more environmentally-sound production practices on set. They also are working towards making the production and show carbon-neutral by offsetting remaining carbon emissions after these carbon reducing measures are applied. Eco-friendly elements will be added on a regular basis throughout production and within the show, including products seen with the cast and around the house…

“Coming back to Los Angeles after 14 years, where else but Hollywood could MTV have brought ‘The Real World’?” said Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, whose 13th district includes the production’s location. “The combination of reality-TV excitement with strong ecological practices is a natural fit for Hollywood, the world’s capital of entertainment and the place to look for the future of building a sustainable city.”

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Filming for the latest Real World Road Rules Challenge Gauntlet 3 will be wrapping up later in July.

The cast of the Gauntlet 3 Challenge have been filming for the better part of June in Mexico.

It appears to be one of the largest cast ever to film a Real World Road Rules Challenge, which includes cast members of the recently wrapped up Real World Sydney and last aired season of The Real World Denver.

***CORRECTION - The Real World Sydney cast were NOT part of the Gauntlet 3, rather will be in the following challenge ***

The Gauntlet 3 is being produced under heighten secrecy and threats of reprisals to the cast if segments of the show or spoilers are leaked beforehand.

These threats were proven not to be empty as was seen being enforced publicly within the last episode of Road Rules where David was dismissed due to leaking information of each episode to the web before it aired on MTV.

This next Real World Road Rules Challenge should televise on MTV in late August or early September 2007 in tandem with season 19 of The Real World Sydney.