Kina and Susie may retire from the Challenges, write good-bye letters on their blogs

In what has been an emotionally taxing situation for the castmembers of this season of Road Rules, it looks like both Susie (Australia) and Kina (Extreme) will be saying goodbye to the reality television experience.

Last month, Susie hinted that she will be saying good-bye permanently to the reality television experience. If you're watching the Inferno 3, you've been seeing that she's being thrown into the Inferno every time and she's the subject of scrutiny from several of her other castmates. This season on Road Rules, she felt relegated to play the game and she played the game hard. She writes a good-bye letter to her castmates, thanks her fans, and seems to be saying good-bye to the Road Rules experience over at the blogs.

Kina (Extreme) may have officially retired from the Challenges as well, explicitly saying that "I am serious", meaning that she's done with the show. Kina also writes a good-bye letter, which seems to be heavily influenced by the negativity directed to this cast in particular. This is the ONLY season which has been aired in real-time and castmembers have never had to adjust to viewer opinions, especially of this magnitude. When the alumni formed an alliance, many lashed out at them for stagnating the game, but they were only playing their part in the game.

Kina and Susie join Mike (Back to New York), Mark (USA Tour 1), and Wes (Austin) as castmembers who have retired from Challenges. Tonya (Chicago) also issued an "unofficial" retirement statement after Fresh Meat, but soon returned in the Inferno 3.

Pit Battle: Kina will face the Pit and we'll find out who gets onto the RV tonight

Once again, MTV.com showed the beginning of the Pit Battle. If you don't want to know who is nominated, stop reading as we'll soon reveal who Kina (Extreme) is taking on in the Pit.

Surprisingly, Veronica (Semester at Sea) didn't get to the Pit Battle this time around, which is somewhat disappointing as we'll have to wait to see an alumni-vs.-alumni Pit. Angel (Viewers Revenge) wins the opportunity to face Kina in the Pit this week.

To find out what happens, unfortunately, check out tonight's episode of Road Rules.

Adam promises a great episode tonight, plus he tries to clarify his relationship with Susie and Kina

Adam (The Quest) posting over at his MySpace fills us in a little on this upcoming episode of Road Rules. He says that you need to watch or TIVO this episode as you don't want to miss this episode.

He doesn't offer much information in addition to that, but then he tries to clarify something that he said in the first episode. If you remember, he says that Kina (Extreme) and Susie (Down Under) were his best friends. He clarifies this by saying that he never really knew either of them before the Gauntlet 2, in which he was sent home early, but he considered them as betraying friends since Kina was very good friends with Katie (The Quest), while Susie (Down Under) and Timmy (USA Tour 2) were also very good friends.

What does this mean? Well, it could mean that Adam turns his back on the girls. Most likely, this is probably what happens as they'll probably institute the "can't vote out the last person brought in" rule, in which the cast will not be able to nominate Tori (Viewers' Revenge) for the Elimination Round.

Should be a good episode.

Six Days of Road Rulers: Extreme's Kina is the newest alumni of the group

Here at the Blog, we're going to spend the next six days with bios of each of the alumni who are appearing on the upcoming Road Rules: Viewers' Revenge.


Kina Dean
Road Rules Extreme

Age: 23
Hometown: Pennsville, New Jersey
Currently: Boston, Massachusetts
Challenges: Battle of the Sexes II, Gauntlet II, and The Duel
Challenge Record: 1-2
Elimination Round Record: 3-1


Kina came to the Road Rules scene as a vivacious, flirtacious, sensual girl who was looking to have fun and creating a bit of drama on her own. Raised by her grandparents when her mother was incapacitated by a brain aneruysm, Kina went on to attend the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She graduated with a degree on psychology and hopes to someday help children.

On her season, she bonded closely with her team, only to be sent home by a random process when her cast chose to draw names from a hat. She returned for a short-lived appearance on the Battle of the Sexes II only to be voted off quickly because of her newbie status. Later on, in the Gauntlet II, she ascended through the ranks of her team to earn the distinction of team captain throughout the whole series, sending three girls home. In the Duel, Kina narrowly missed the final five girls by being upset by underdog Svetlana (Key West).

She is currently dating Randy (San Diego). Can Kina maintain her impressive elimination record and pull off another win? Or will she be doomed to a life on the pit crew?

Tune in tomorrow when we catch up with Abram (South Pacific).

Check out Road Rules every Tuesday on MTV at 9PM.

Launch Special: The alumni meet the pit crew and Road Rules finally returns to the airwaves

The following is a recap of the Road Rules: Viewers' Revenge Launch Special that has not yet aired at its normal time at 9PM PST. If you don't want to read the review, please skip this post.

Susie Castillo brings us back to the TRL studios where they filmed the Launch Special "reunion style" with the cast around a couch. She introduced Kina (Extreme), Abram (South Pacific), Veronica (Semester at Sea), Shane (Campus Crawl), Adam (The Quest) and Susie (Down Under.

Then there's this huge montage of the six alumni showing them at their own seasons.

Susie asks them after seeing the footage, what do they think of the trip. Susie thinks that it's time to get Road Rules back.

Susie then addresses some past conflicts with the alumni. Susie and Kina butted heads on the Gauntlet 2. The two are ready to start fresh and they're excited to get to know each other in new circumstances.

Susie then brings up the sexual tension between Abram and Veronica in the Gauntlet where they hooked up in the shower with Rachel (Campus Crawl). Veronica says been there, done that.

Now, the rules: There are 6 alumni, 8 "pit crew" members. After the first mission, a guy and girl are nominated by the cast. The viewers then choose who of the two are going in the elimination round. They choose a person from one

David, 20 (Kansas City, Mo)
He's going to freak everyone out real bad, because he's crazy. He mentions something about not going to college.

Susie: He seems great.
Veronica: His farts would smell.
Adam: He looks fit.
Abram: ...or thick.
Adam: You got to think of space on the RV.

Ivory, 22 (Brooklyn, NY)
She will be the top girl. Everyone wants to be her partner. She will be the wild, unattainable person. If she'd hook up with anybody, she'd school Kina. She would give it to Kina real good.

Kina: She's intense.
Shane: He likes her.
Susie: If they were going into the elimination round, she would be distracted by Kina.

Then they introduce the host of Road Rules, Drew Bell, in Los Angeles at the Elimination Arena in Los Angeles, which they are still constructing.

(Time for some montages of past seasons:)

Best Hookups

Flash of Adam (The Quest) flirting with Ellen (The Quest)
The Extreme cast looks on as Patrick (Extreme) hooks up with Jillian (Extreme)
Kit (USA Tour 1) kisses Mark (USA Tour 1) in New Orleans
Darrell (Campus Crawl) dancing in the club with Rachel (Campus Crawl)
Dan (Northern Trail) and Tara (Northern Trail) caught kissing in the ocean

Best Fights
Belou (Europe) and Antoine (Europe) fight at breakfast
Abe (Latin America) and Gladys (Latin America) fight over Abe's hookup with Susie (Australia)
Donell (South Pacific) gets hit by Abram (South Pacific)
Jisela (The Quest) screams at Adam (The Quest)
The Extreme RV gets hit as Derrick (Extreme) is driving

Next, they keep introducing new castmembers.

Jerry, 22 (Fresno, CA)
He loves girls that he can't have. All he needs is a wakeboard, surfboard, and snowboard.

Abram: I look forward to competing with him.
Shane: He won't have trouble picking up women. He's hot. He's excited about Jerry.

Kristin, 24 (Saline, MI)
She's the worst person to fight with. She's little, but there's a lot of competition in her.

Veronica: She doesn't sound believable when she says she's a bitch. We all can take her.
Susie: She would like to go against her because she feels like they're both underestimated.

Angel, 22 (Springfield, PA)
Her hair stuff alone would take up the RV. Vote for her because she's competitive and share the money with America.

Susie: She's a little too high maintainence

Tori, 19 (Midlothian, VA)
She's Teen Miss Virgnia. She cheered competively. She's not living life for anyone else. She runs the show.

Shane: She's fu($ing hot.
Adam: Who wants to date a pageant queen?
Veronica: She seems nice, everyone seem nice. She doesn't care to have any of them on their team.
Abram: He's looking forward to kicking the living daylights out of everyone.

LaMonte, 20 (Decatur, GA)
He's in a dance company and it's a great workout. He has an extensive tie collection. Don't see him as cocky, he has confidence, just give him a chance.

Abram: He's athletic. He's in a dance troupe. He's agile.
Adam: He might go enroll himself in the dance class.

Dan, 23 (St. Louis, MO)
He's a professional wrestler and a US Marine. He's been in Iraq. His heroes are Edgar Allen Poe and Dane Cook.

Susie: Dan makes her nervous. He's so intense.
Shane: If he faces him, he just wants him to throw him around.

Out of the eight people, Veronica is not scared of any of them. Adam is scared of LaMonte and losing to him. Susie then asks them about saying these things to their face. And then introduces the "Pit Crew".

(Even more montages of past seasons)

LaMonte and Adam exchange words. Ivory meets Kina and doesn't give a &$*# about what Kina said and she'll look at her. Angel is pissed about the hair products. Kristin is little, but mighty. Then Abram gives a little word about mental over physical.

Tori tells Adam that she's not fake and Adam confesses to not knowing what he said. David wants Abram to unleash the Donell-fury. LaMonte wants Adam. Jerry also wants Adam. Dan wants to compete against Abe. Dan outright calls Veronica the devil.

Check out http://roadrules.mtv.com for videos and profiles of the cast.

Re-introducing the alumni of your Road Rules Viewers' Revenge cast

For your viewing pleasure, the cast of Road Rules: Viewers' Revenge:





Abram (South Pacific) | Adam (The Quest) | Kina (Extreme) | Shane (Campus Crawl) | Susie (Australia) | Veronica (Semester at Sea)

http://roadrules.mtv.com

Pool of replacements on Road Rules includes eight new potential members

One of our astute visitors found this while Googling Road Rules the other day. If you type "Road Rules" into the Google search engine like it is done here here, you'll notice that under MTV.com's official website, you'll see the description of the site.

Under the description of the site it says a blurb about the new castmembers of Road Rules. While including Abram (South Pacific), Adam (The Quest), Kina (Extreme), Shane (Campus Crawl), Susie (Down Under) and Veronica (Semester at Sea), it also says the names of eight complete unknowns. MTV still hasn't updated the Road Rules website to reflect this, but it seems the pool of replacements to replace kicked-off Road Rulers is compromised of only eight people. The eight people are:

Angel, Dan, David, Ivory, Jerry, Kristen, Monte, Tori

Can any of them be found on MySpace?

Veronica posted pictures of her and Shane at the launch special; She will be wearing College Dropout shirts on air

Veronica (Semester At Sea) posted a blog on her College Dropout MySpace with pictures from the Launch Special which airs on Tuesday, January 23.

The Launch Special will no doubt catch us up with the six returning alumni, Abram (South Pacific), Adam (The Quest), Kina (Extreme), Shane (Campus Crawl), Susie (Australia) and Veronica (Semester at Sea), but it looks like MTV also did some sort of preliminary filming at MTV studios in New York City.

Be sure to catch up with Veronica, who promises new t-shirts on this new season and the rest of her castmembers next Tuesday.

Road Rules 14 cast is announced; Press release details the rules and uses Viewers' Revenge

MTV finally had a press release on the upcoming 14th season of Road Rules. The cast is:

Abram (South Pacific)
Adam (The Quest)
Shane (Campus Crawl)
Kina (Extreme)
Susie (Australia)
Veronica (Semester at Sea)

What's interesting about the cast is the dynamic between them that automatically sets up alliances before the game even starts. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out. The rules state that after each mission, the group nominates one male and one female. Then we at home get to chose who, of those two people, will have to go into an elimination face-off. My guess is the face-off will be against the "Pit Crew", which is the board of replacements that viewers will also be voting on at MTV.com. Check out the press release here.

What's most interesting though, is that the voted off castmembers are eligible to be thrown back in the RV. Once someone is voted off, they are in the "Pit Crew". This suggests that the "Pit Crew" is made up of former alumni as well, but that's also in question, as BMP was casting for Road Rules late last year.

The press release also states that this season will be called Road Rules 2007: Viewers' Revenge.

Randy and Kina are still a couple; Kina gives an interview with an online radio station

Here are the Blog, we get tons of questions in our email everyday. One of the most commonly asked questions: Are Randy (San Diego) and Kina (Extreme) still together? Last time we saw them "together" was when they both filmed the Gauntlet II. But, now we can officially tell you that the two of them are still together and going strong.

Also, Kina was on this radio show talking about the Duel. (The radio show is on 560AM in Balitmore. If you're listening in, her interview starts at 1:18:23. She talks about how the cast reacted to the Beth (Los Angeles) and Tina (South Pacific) incident, how she interpreted Diem's (Fresh Meat) removing her wig, how she and Randy are together, and even how Angela (Extreme) was on Entourage.

It's a good interview, so check it out!

Randy and Kina are nervous about the final male Gauntlet; Ace appears on an episode of the Surreal Life

Tonight marks the last episode of the Gauntlet where someone will be voted out. A man will be voted out of tonight's episode. Highlight the following text to see who will be going home:

The men are obviously fearing being sent into the Gauntlet. It's the last mission before the grand prize and no one wants to go home. With a slight lead over the Veterans, the Rookies still can't manage to pull out a win this time. With Kina (Extreme) fresh off her win, she fears that Randy (San Diego) will be put into the Gauntlet. Her fears are realized when Alton (Las Vegas) decides to send in Randy... In the last Gauntlet of the competition, Randy is eventually sent home, leaving Kina to face the final mission on her own... With the teams finalized, both teams are energized and ready to fight in the final mission.

Ace (Paris) appeared on last night's episode of the Surreal Life 6. Typically, there's a reality television star amongst the cast. (In Season 2, it was Trishelle (Las Vegas).) But this season, the existing cast of six got to choose the reality star to live with them. The choices were Ace, Corey Clark (American Idol), Maven (Tough Enough), Scott Long (Big Brother) and John (Survivor 9). After surviving three eliminations, it came down to Ace and Maven. Then it was dropped that the women of the house would choose and the women chose Maven, saying Ace would've been "too much of a ham".

Kina will face Jillian in the upcoming episode of the Gauntlet sparing Susie

Monday marks yet another new episode of the Gauntlet II. Again, the following are spoilers for the episode. If you want to figure out what happens in this and future episodes, highlight the following text:

The girls cope with the pressure as no one wants to go home in this final female Gauntlet. While Aneesa (Chicago) now heads up the Veterans, they fear that the guys on their team will try to throw the challenge in order for one of the girls to be sent home. Kina (Extreme), on the other hand, really feels the pressure of being the captain this time around. The Veterans pull off a win this time... And Kina is forced to make a decision between Susie (Australia) and the remaining Rookie girls who all were on her season. Because of a mistake she made on the Challenge, Kina chooses Jillian (Extreme) to go to the Gauntlet. While Kina does fret about her decision, she ends up winning and continuing on to the final mission. With one Gauntlet left, who will stay and who will go?

Katie and Kina do interviews with RealityReel to update them on their lives

If you haven't already done so, be sure to check out the recent interview that RealityReel.com did with current Challenge participants Katie (The Quest) and Kina (Extreme). Both reveal a little inside information that you may have not have known about.

Katie talks about why she's laying low on this Challenge this time around and her feelings about Veronica (Semester at Sea) and Rachel (Campus Crawl). While Kina talks about her relationship with Randy (San Diego), being team captain, the Danny (Extreme)/Jodi (Extreme) scandal and more. Be sure to check them out.

Susie, Katie, Ibis, Kina all fight via online channels

Due to some minor difficulties, the Blog has missed another week in updating. While the whole MTV/online audience was captivated by the Susie (Down Under)/Katie (The Quest)/Ibis (Extreme)/Kina (Extreme) controversy last week that resulted from Susie's appearance on the Aftershow, Susie has just opened up her own MySpace and new website. (If you missed it, a few of the castmembers were bothered by Susie's remarks on the Aftershow.) Susie's MySpace can be found here, while her website, www.susiemeister.com, will open in the next week.

Rumors floating around that Randy and Kina may be dating

There is a rumor floating around that Randy (San Diego) is dating Kina (Extreme).

Danny gets the boot and Nick, Angela and Jillan are the replacements

Unfortunately, for all you Danny (Xtreme) fans out there, Danny got the boot yesterday on Road Rules. Look for Nick to join the cast next episode... Speaking of the Xtreme replacements, Carlos (a very dedicated fan) made a discovery at MTV.com.

http://www.mtv.com/onair/roadrules/season13/meet_the_cast/personality.jhtml?personalityId=516
http://www.mtv.com/onair/roadrules/season13/meet_the_cast/personality.jhtml?personalityId=517
http://www.mtv.com/onair/roadrules/season13/meet_the_cast/personality.jhtml?personalityId=518

It looks like Nick, Angela, and Jillian will be joining the cast of Xtreme! (Unfortunately, that means only one of the original Xtreme girls (Jodi, Kina and Ibis) will survive until the end!)

Danny, Patrick, Kina, Ibis, Jodi, Derrick are the cast of Road Rules Extreme

Meet Danny, Patrick, Kina, Ibis, Jodi and Derrick, the new cast of Road Rules 13: Xtreme. Check out the MTV.com webpage here. Road Rules will premiere on June 7.