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Road Rules | |
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Genre | Reality |
Created by | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 14 |
No. of episodes | 220 |
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Executive producers |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Bunim/Murray Productions |
Original release | |
Network | MTV |
Release | July 19, 1995 – May 9, 2007 |
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Road Rules is an MTV reality show that was a sister show of the network's flagship reality show, The Real World . The series ran for 14 seasons, from July 19, 1995 to May 9, 2007.
The series followed five to six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24, stripped of their money and restricted to a life in an RV, traveling from location to location. The strangers were guided by a set of clues and missions to complete at each location. It was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2001.
The series was a pioneer in travel/adventure/reward reality television (together with Mark Burnett's Eco-Challenge productions). Road Rules was created by Jonathan Murray and Mary-Ellis Bunim of Bunim/Murray Productions. After Bunim died of cancer in early 2004, the show went into hiatus for three years. [1]
The idea of Road Rules came to mind when Real World castmates Jon Brennan, Tami Akbar and Dominic Griffin traveled in an RV across the United States to get to their The Real World: Los Angeles house in the first two episodes of the second season. Bunim-Murray began working on the show soon after the third season of Real World, and finally debuted in 1995. [1]
The show generated a spin-off series, also broadcast by MTV, known as The Challenge (originally known as Road Rules: All Stars before being renamed Real World/Road Rules Challenge after both its precursors), which is still in production. The spin-off series is mostly cast-contestant dependent on both Road Rules and The Real World as it combines contestants from various seasons of both precursors. The Challenge has run so far for 39 seasons since 1998, thus surpassing both Road Rules and The Real World. [2] [3]
In 2021, it was confirmed that a revamped version of Road Rules would air on Paramount+. [4] However, this never materialized.
An asterisk (*) indicates the cast member was voted off the show or lost a season 14 face-off and did not make it to the end. A caret (^) indicates the cast member was required to leave the show.
Season | Year | Cast members | Handsome Reward | ||||||
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1 | USA – The First Adventure | 1995 | Kit Hoover | Carlos "Los" Jackson | Allison Jones | Mark Long | Shelly Spottedhorse | European Trip | |
2 | USA – The Second Adventure | 1996 | Emily Bailey | Tim Beggy | Christian Breivik | Devin Elston | Effie Perez | 1997 Honda Civic Coupe | |
3 | Europe | 1997 | Patrice Bouédibéla | Antoine de Bouverie | Elizabeth "Belou" Den Tex | Chris Melling | Michelle Parma | Home entertainment center and $1000 cash | |
4 | Islands | 1997 | Jake Bronstein | Kalle Dedolph | Vincent Forcier | Oscar Hernandez | Erika Ruen | Enrollment and Tuition on Semester at Sea Program | |
5 | Northern Trail | 1998 | Jon Holmes | Roni Martin | Tara McDaniel | Noah Rickun | Dan Setzler | Anne Wharton | Trip to Greece |
6 | Down Under | 1998 | Kefla Hare | Shayne McBride | Susie Meister | Christina Pazsitzky | Chadwick Pelletier | Bronwen "Piggy" Thomas | Choice of Seadoo, Motorbike or Harley |
7 | Latin America | 1999 | Josh Florence | Abe Ingersoll | Brian Lancaster | Sarah Martinez | Gladys Sanabria^ | Holly Shand | Volkswagen New Beetle |
8 | Semester at Sea | 1999 | Yes Duffy | Pawel Litwinski | Ayanna Mackins | Pua Medeiros | Veronica Portillo | Shawn Sealy | Apple iMac |
9 | Maximum Velocity Tour | 2000 | Holly Brentson | Msaada Nia | Kathryn Omeg | James Orlando | Theo Von Kurnatowski | Laterrian Wallace | Cumulative Cash Prize on Cobalt Credit Card |
10 | The Quest | 2001 | Ellen Cho | Jisela Delgado* | Blair Herter | Adam Larson | Steve Meinke | Sophia Pasquis | Suzuki Grand Vitara |
Katie Doyle | |||||||||
11 | Campus Crawl | 2002 | Sarah Greyson* | Eric Jones | Shane Landrum | Rachel Robinson | Kendal Sheppard | Darrell Taylor | Trip around the World |
Raquel Duran | |||||||||
12 | South Pacific | 2003 | Abram Boise^ | Mary Beth Decker | David Giuntoli | Donell Langham* | Christena Pyle | Cara Zavaleta* | 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX |
Chris Graebe | Jeremy Blossom | Tina Barta | |||||||
13 | X-Treme | 2004 | Kina Dean* | Danny Dias* | Derrick Kosinski | Patrick Maloney | Ibis Nieves* | Jodi Weatherton | 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX |
Angela Trimbur | Nick Haggart | Jillian Zoboroski | |||||||
14 | Viewers' Revenge | 2007 | Abram Boise^ | Kina Dean | Shane Landrum* | Adam Larson | Susie Meister | Veronica Portillo* | Mazda3 and Cumulative Cash Prize |
Dan Walsh* | David Leech^ | Angel Turlington* | Tori Hall | ||||||
Derek McCray | Dan Walsh* | Susie Meister | |||||||
LaMonte Ponder |
The series began with a simple format, closely mirroring its parent show The Real World . The concept was simple, abandon five strangers on the road, take away their money, have them drive around in an RV completing missions and doing odd jobs for money, and if they lasted to the end of the trip, they would win a "handsome reward". It was touted as The Real World on an RV, but as the show progressed, several changes were made to the show for various reasons, mostly having to do with causing excitement and raising sagging ratings.
In its third season, producers of the show took production to the next level by deciding to move the show from the United States to Europe. While the first two seasons were not themed according to the series' location, the third season introduced the subtitle into the concept which would usually strand the Roadies in different locations around the world.
For the first time, the RV was completely abandoned for a short time in favor of an alternate mode of transportation. The cast traveled in and around the Caribbean islands and for a short time traveled on a catamaran. This season also competed against the Boston season of The Real World in San Juan, Puerto Rico, planting the seeds for the Real World/Road Rules Challenge and future face-offs.
Changing the dynamic of the cast in hopes of creating more drama by including more people in the RV, an additional cast member was included, changing the number of cast members from five to six.
Enticed by the idea of sailing around the world, producers put the cast on the University of Pittsburgh's Semester at Sea educational program. For the first time in any season, in order for the cast to get their handsome reward, the cast needed to complete coursework aboard the ship. Prior to this, cast members only needed to get to the end of the trip, and would not be penalized for refusing to do a mission.
Due to an exaggerated trend of sagging ratings, some say due to the Semester at Sea season, the show underwent a major re-tooling. The Maximum Velocity Tour represents when the series transitioned from a documentary-style reality show to an entertainment reality show. The show was brought back to the US and given a "game show" format. At the helm of a trip was a fictional character named the "Road Master" completed. After the cast would complete a mission, they would have points added to the group pool for the end prize and if they failed to complete a mission, they would lose the money.
Producers continued to re-tool the show. This time, if the cast members lost two missions, they would have to vote out a cast member. Any additional mission lost after that, another cast member would be voted off. Also, instead of adding money to a group pool, the cast competed each mission for a "key" to the handsome reward. The "keys" were placed in the RV on a large board where each "key" represented a virtue the cast learned in that mission. For this season, the "key" would be represented as part of a crest. If the cast lost a mission, they would not receive the "key" until they voted off a cast member. Jisela Delgado was the first cast member to be voted off in the series. Katie Doyle was the first replacement in the series. The series remained largely unchanged after this season, although each subsequent series had its own variation on the rules of the game.
After the series' 13th season, MTV decided not to renew the series, giving the official status of "on hiatus" for four years before being officially cancelled. In March 2005, Bunim-Murray Productions pitched the idea of an interactive format to the show in which viewers at home would be a part of the series, and running the series in real time in order for the viewers at home to have a say in the competition; nothing came of this concept.
Setting up the idea for The Real World/Road Rules Challenge, the face-offs have come to be an instrumental part of each season. The current cast competes either with a current The Real World cast who would be filming their series parallel to theirs or a former Road Rules cast, if Real World was ever out of its production season. The first official face-off, between the Islands and Boston casts gained such high ratings, that a spin-off series was begun, the ever-popular Challenges, and a pattern in most seasons where the cast would compete against another cast for a separate prize.
Road Rules: The Quest is the tenth season of the MTV reality television series Road Rules. It first aired on MTV in 2001, and featured six strangers chosen to compete in missions, while living in a RV. In this particular season, the contestants drove their RV to missions in Morocco and Spain, with a final mission in the United States. The season also was the first to have a rule where the cast would potentially have to vote a cast member off if the cast failed to meet a certain set of rules pertaining to successful missions completed.
The Challenge is a reality competition show on MTV that is a spin-off of two of the network's reality shows, The Real World and Road Rules. Premiering in 1998, it originally featured alumni from these two shows. Casting for The Challenge has slowly expanded to include contestants who debuted on The Challenge itself, alumni from other MTV franchises including Are You the One?, Ex on the Beach, Geordie Shore, and from other non-MTV shows and competitions. Starting in 2018, new contestants were chosen outside of MTV network alumni from different networks like CBS and Bravo. The contestants compete against one another in various extreme challenges to avoid elimination. The winners of the final challenge win the competition and typically share a large cash prize. The Challenge is currently hosted by T. J. Lavin.
Road Rules: USA – The First Adventure is the inaugural season of the MTV reality television series Road Rules. The show featured five young people traveling the country, completing various tasks to get their next clue to their next mission.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet is the 7th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to Battle of the Sexes. The Gauntlet featured 28 castmates competing in missions with an immunity life-saver awarded to the best individual performer. Each team would then select a player from their team to go into the Gauntlet elimination challenge. It was hosted by Jonny Moseley. This season was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding reality program.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge is the second season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Cast members from The Real World and Road Rules competed for their share of $50,000.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000 is the third season of the MTV reality game show The Challenge.
Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge is the fourth season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons is the fifth season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno is the 8th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. The season is directly subsequent to The Gauntlet and took place in Acapulco, Mexico.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2 is the 11th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat is the 12th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge.
Road Rules: Viewers' Revenge is the fourteenth and final season of the MTV reality television series Road Rules. The season premiered on January 30, 2007, at 9:00 pm EST/PST and ran through May 9, 2007. The cast is made up of six former Road Rulers and ten "Pit Crew" members. This is the first MTV reality show to be filmed and then aired in near real time with input from viewers at home.
Victoria Marie Hall is an American beauty queen and reality television personality from Midlothian, Virginia who competed in Miss Teen USA 2005, placing in the Top 10, and Miss USA 2008. She is also known for being part of the cast of the Viewers' Revenge season of the MTV series Road Rules, and on numerous seasons of The Challenge.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III is the 15th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge.
Road Rules: All Stars is the first season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Unlike later seasons, the show followed alumni of The Real World as they went on a typical Road Rules-type adventure around the United States in a non-competitive format. It is the only season without the term Challenge in its title. The season premiered on April 20, 1998.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island is the 16th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge.
Real World Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins is the 18th season of the MTV reality television game show, The Challenge. This is the last season to use Real World/Road Rules in the on-screen title, before being shortened to The Challenge in the 19th season.
The Challenge: Cutthroat is the 20th season of the MTV reality competition series, The Challenge.
The Challenge: Rivals is the 21st season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. Rivals takes place in Costa Rica, Argentina, and Patagonia. The season used former cast members from The Real World and The Challenge. Rivals marked the first season of The Challenge not to include any cast members from Road Rules.
The Challenge: Battle of the Exes is the 22nd season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge. It takes place in the Dominican Republic and Iceland, with former cast members from MTV's The Real World, Road Rules, and The Challenge competing. A launch special, "The Pre-Game," premiered on January 11, 2012, explaining the previous history of how the couples broke up. The season premiered on January 25, 2012, and concluded on April 4, 2012, with the Reunion special.