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You can rent the Back to New York house for $25,000 a month

It's a new year. Why not find some new digs? If you have $35,000 to shell out every month then you could be the proud tenant of the Real World Back to New York loft. Check out the ad in the Observer.

Chris was on the View talking about his book; Rachel and Veronica on the Fishbowl

Chris (Chicago) recently appeared on the View, chatting with the ladies about his new book. Ilene tells us that although the ladies were far more interested on how he cleaned himself up, Chris was kind of vague about it. He also credited his experience on The Real World as helping him recover because the cameras were on him 24-7. Check out his site for updates on Chris.

Both Rachel (Campus Crawl) and Veronica (Semester At Sea) will be appearing on the The Fishbowl, possibly to promote their new reality show with BMP, where they took some random girl and made her one of the "mean girls".

Katie (The Quest) has also updated her blog with a recent Gauntlet II review.

Also, since the Gauntlet II seems to have TONS of quotes that are memorable, we are currently accepting visitor-submitted quotes. If you noticed, we run quotes at the top of the page, which are designed to change everytime you hit "Refresh/Reload". So, if you have a quote that you think belongs up there, submit it to newrwroad@hotmail.com. Make sure the subject line is QUOTES, so we can easily identify the messages.

And finally, many are wondering about the lack of news on Key West and Fresh Meat. Well, paired with the holiday season and the fact that production on both series have wrapped since then, there's very little news to report on future seasons of The Real World or the Challenges. More should come in February, when Key West premieres.

Katie is doing updates at Inside Pulse on the Gauntlet 2

Katie (The Quest) is still doing updates at Inside Pulse. Check them out.

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Beth is posting recaps; Robin, Mark, Jodi are in a love triangle next week

In of the most dramatic Challenge seasons ever, Beth (Los Angeles) has also been providing recaps of the episodes. You can check them out here at Reality TV Stuff.

In an already dramatic season that saw the hasty departure of Jo (San Francisco), the rise of Derrick (Extreme) as a leader of the Veterans and the fight between Danny (Extreme) and Jodi (Extreme)... Comes yet another piece of drama. Next week's episode is being hyped up as there is tension between Jodi (Extreme), Mark (USA Tour 1) and Robin (San Diego)...

If you are fresh on your gossip, Mark and Robin both met on the Battle of the Sexes 2 and dated pretty seriously for a short time. Then, on the Inferno II, drama erupted between Robin and Beth (Los Angeles) because Beth revealed that Tonya (Chicago) had slept with Mark. Now, although this is still unclear, it looks like that Beth reveals to Robin that Jodi and Mark were pretty hot and heavy. (Got all that?) MTV is hyping up this episode... but in recent memory, the last time MTV hyped up an episode was when CT (Paris) pulled off "The Biggest Lie in Real World history", when he claimed responsibility for Leah's (Paris) flowers. Don't forget to catch the episode next Monday.

Happy New Years!

Spend New Years with none other Eric Nies

Do you want to party with Eric (New York)? Well here's your chance.

Danny and Melinda show up on TRL and give a shot out to his Grandma

In probably one of the most strangest appearances ever, both Danny (Austin) and Melinda (Austin) showed up on TRL today, but not as guests, but as members of the audience. Apparently, they were in town to get Melinda's ring re-sized. They stopped by the TRL studios to check out the show. Unfortunately, they both awkwardly stuck out since they were former castmembers who were sitting in the front row and were two of the oldest audience members in attendance. TRL eventually allowed/forced them to do a shot-out, where Danny said hello to his Grandma.

Chris writes a book about his battle with alcoholism

Chris (RW Chicago) has written a book about his battle with alcohol. The book is called "Clean" and you can pick it up at Barnes and Noble.

Landon, MJ, Katie are reviewing the Gauntlet 2; Melinda shows up at the Video Game Awards

Katie (The Quest) is back at Inside Pulse recaping Gauntlet episodes.

Landon (Philadelphia) is recaping Gauntlet episodes at his website.

MJ (Philadelphia) has a section at his website that recaps the Gauntlet, but has yet to post.

Don't forget that the Gauntlet 2 airs tonight at 10PM.

I'm also told that Melinda (Austin) made an appearance at yesterday's Video Game Awards. Spike TV should re-air the awards on a regular basis if you want to check her out.

Irene is currently getting her master's degree and is a radio talk show host in San Francisco

Here's some news on an ex-Real Worlder you don't hear about much anymore. Irene (RW Seattle) is currently getting her Master's degree at SFSU. She is enrolled in the Broadcast and Communication Arts department and is the host of a student radio program called No One's Listening. She speaks about her time in Seattle and what she hopes to accomplish in the future in an article published on the SFSU site. Check it out.