MTV's official Twitter account lobbies for 'The Miz' to be on the next Challenge

After hosting the Battle of the Exes Reunion, MTV's official Twitter account tweeted: "I'd pay anything to see@MikeTheMiz back on a challenge. Who's with me? #Exes".

Coral and Mike from The Real World: Back to New York.

The Miz (Back to New York), being more game than ever, retweeted back to the account, stating: "ANYTHING???" You can view the whole exchange here. Although MTV doesn't directly make the casting decisions, this is the first time, in a long time, that Mike has gone back to his roots. He's been wrestling professionally with the WWE for the past couple years, even going as far to win the WWE Championship. Maybe viewers will luck out and see him on the next season of the Challenge.

Mike and Trishelle win Fear Factor $150,000 prize; Dan is inviting you to his birthday party

Last night, Reality All Stars Fear Factor wrapped up. After eliminating the Amazing Racers, the Survivors and beating the Idols and Apprenti, Mike (Back to New York) and Trishelle (Las Vegas) were $150,000 richer after their win yesterday. Even after they feared they might've been sent home after losing last night's first stunt, since they wouldn't be selecting the order, the pair suceeded in setting the bar so high, that neither the Idols or Apprenti could do better than the Real Worlders. The last stunt required the teams to throw balls to one another from atop two cars perched high in the air by cranes. Mike and Trishelle beat out the competition with just two balls. Congrats to them.

Also, Dan (Miami) is inviting you to his Birthday Bash happening this Friday in South Beach, Miami. So if you're in Miami, go wish Dan a very happy birthday!

Trishelle and Mike will be on the last episode of Fear Factor

Tonight is the last episode of the three episode Reality Television Fear Factor. Mike (Back to New York) and Trishelle (Las Vegas) will be headed up against the American Idols and the Apprenti in the last episode which airs tonight on NBC at 8PM. The two are the favorites to win the cash prize, so be sure to check it out.

Mike and Trishelle make yet another round of cuts in Fear Factor

On yesterday's episode of Reality Stars Fear Factor, we got a chance to see two other stunts and yet another team sent home.

Mike (Back to New York) and Trishelle (Las Vegas) have firmly established themselves at the team to beat. After four stunts, the pair have won three, setting them up as the favorites to win the competition next week. On yesterday's episode, the first stunt had the groups rescuing a dummy off a boat that was on fire and taking the dummy to an ambulance that was on land. After Mike and Trishelle selected the Idols and Apprenti to go before them, they decided to give it a shot. The two completed the stunt the fastest, earning them two seadoos and a $10,000 cash prize. Jonny Fairplay, who looked like crap because of previous nights' partying, convinced his partner Twila not to complete the stunt, because there was no reason in trying to beat Mike and Trishelle's time only for a cash prize. He reasoned that it was better to save themselves for the next elimination stunt.

In the second stunt, the elimination stunt, the male teammate had to snip four safety wires and pull four release cords attached to a plastic floating box holding the female teammate covered in cockroaches and worms. While it took Jonny Fairplay around eight minutes to complete the stunt, Mike did the stunt in about 40 seconds, earning them first place in the stunt. While all this was going on Anthony Federov of American Idol kept flirting with Trishelle, who wasn't having any of it. The Idols completed the stunt in just over a minute, while the Apprenti completed the stunt a couple seconds faster than the Idols. Jonny Fairplay and Twila were sent home.

The next and FINAL episode of Reality Stars Fear Factor airs next Tuesday at 8PM.

Trishelle and Mike advance to the next round of NBCs Fear Factor

If you're missing the Fear Factor three episode special event over on NBC, be sure to catch it next week. Last night, we caught a glimpse of the first two stunts: the first being a demolition derby that American Idol's Carmen Rasmusen and Anthony Federov won. They won a trip to Kenya in the process, also giving an exemption to The Apprentice's Tana Goertz and Craig Williams. The second stunt was a timed race through a well, a swamp and basically what amounted to an alligator hole, which Mike (Back to New York) and Trishelle (Las Vegas) won, giving them to chance to select the order for the next stunt.

However, we were all winners during the second stunt when The Amazing Race's Jonathan Baker got into a fight with the host, Joe Rogan. After Jonathan and Victoria Fuller refused to complete the stunt, Victoria returned to the lineup, only to hit Survivor's Jonny Fairplay after he had heavily taunted them during their attempt to complete the stunt. Joe Rogan intervened, telling Victoria that she and Jonathan could hit each other, but assualt between contestants was unacceptable on the show. This prompted Jonathan to confront Rogan, which then prompted Rogan to put Jonathan in a headlock. This really had nothing to do with Mike and Trishelle, until Mike had to break up the fight, while Trishelle looked on and began to cry. The second episode airs next Monday at 8PM on NBC.

And this is a great time for an update on our favorite two Fear Factor contestants. Mike is doing extremely well at his hosting gig on WWE's Smackdown! After a deal to host his own segment called "Reality Check" fell through because of a reshuffling at WWE, the series gave him hosting duties for the whole show. Mike opens each show and has several segments in which he introduces other wrestlers. Trishelle is also doing extremely well. She will be appearing in the 2007 "Sexiest Women of Reality TV Calendar", which we all know is the mastermind of Beth S. (Los Angeles). She also landed a part in the "Dukes of Hazzard 2", which allegedly will feature fellow reality alum Laguna Beach's Kristin Cavallari as Daisy Duke. We also reported that she was dating Adam Duritz of the Counting Crowes, which we found out to be wrong after the two claim that they're only friends. She is however dating actor Chad Lindberg. Lindberg is featured in a movie called "Push", which releases this month. He also starred on CSI: NY and played Jesse in the 2001 film "The Fast and the Furious". Good luck to both of them.

Mike and Trishelle's Fear Factor run begins today; Tonya is in Soup of the Day; Fresh Meat MySpaces updated

The three week Fear Factor event starring none other than Mike (Back to New York) and Trishelle (Las Vegas) begins tonight. Don't forget to check it out, especially since a fight between Fear Factor host Joe Rogan and Amazing Race contestant Jonathan is promised. You won't want to miss these episodes. Fear Factor airs at 8PM on NBC.

Tonya (Chicago) is in a movie called "Soup of The Day", (link), playing a parody of herself. You can check out the clip here.

We've updated the MySpaces of Fresh Meat castmembers. We've also opened up our own OFFICIAL MySpace at www.myspace.com/realworldroadrulesblog. So be sure to check that out as well.

Theo shows up on Last Comic Standing; Timmy shows up on Rodney; Mike and Trishelle will be on Fear Factor

Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour) showed up last night on NBC's Last Comic Standing. Theo has long been pursuing a career in stand-up comic and he's been spending a lot of time honing his skills in between filming reality series. In a weird juxtaposition of the reality television world, Theo was actually selected as a semi-finalist (the first one selected) to get a chance to go to the Last Comic Standing house in Long Beach, CA. Using the shortened stage name "Theo Von", Theo now moves onto the next round of comic judging. Congrats and good luck to Theo! (The show has already been filmed and the last four remaining comics are awaiting finale time at the end of the season.)

Theo's website pal Timmy (USA Tour II) also showed up on network TV last night as a celebrity golf tournament emecee on the canceled ABC show Rodney. Looks like the duo are doing well.

Also, the reality television of NBC's Fear Factor starring Trishelle (Las Vegas) and Mike (Back to New York) as a team will air on Tuesday June 6. It's been quite a delay, as Fear Factor had been pushed back to a summer series.

The fate of Road Rules is apparently being left up to MTV, who will soon decide to pick up the new season which was pitched to MTV by M Theory Productions, which we reported on earlier. The retooled version of the series will apparently have more audience interaction. The show was unofficially left "on hiatus" after the airing of its thirteenth season.

Mike is moving to the big leagues with WWE Smackdown

It's happened. Mike (Back to New York), now better known as The Miz has finally made it in the big leagues. The Miz will officially begin appearing on WWE's Friday Night Smackdown, which airs every Friday on UPN. While he'll make his debut this Friday, word is that Mike will begin developing his storyline soon. If you remember, Mike was the runner-up in the last season of Tough Enough and he was constantly referred to as a reality show veteran, so probably expect some mention of his past appearances on Real World. Congrats to Mike!

MTV releases profiles of the Key West cast; MJ has activities going on his website; Rebecca keeps her band alive; The Miz is busy in the WWE

MTV updated its website with information on the Key West cast. Check out the website here.

Here are the cast bios:

Janelle, 23 -- San Jose, CA - Strong-willed and independent is how Janelle's friends describe her. This half-black, half-white beauty is not known to avoid confrontation - she's passionate and refuses to take crap from anyone. Janelle just added her recent graduation from University of San Jose to her list of accomplishments. However, Janelle is far from done with her education, and dreams of attending law school in the near future. In the meantime, she is ready to broaden her horizons, and what better place for that than the Real World? Will Janelle stumble for the first time in her life, or learn to lean on those around her?

John, 23 -- Fullerton, CA - With his chameleon-like ability to adapt to his surroundings, recent Penn State graduate John is the Real World's answer to Ferris Bueller. An unpredictable mixture of craftiness, charisma, intelligence and kindness, John more than lives up to his old nickname, "Johnny Bananas." But now that John's golden college years have passed, what's the next step? That's the place we will meet John at as he embarks on his Real World experience. Will this social butterfly find the direction he needs or will he continue to flounder as he revels in his glory days?

Jose, 20 -- Sunrise, FL - Picture the Brooklyn projects where 20-year-old Jose was raised, surrounded by drugs, violence and the influence of "the wrong crowd." Under those circumstances it would have been easy to fulfill his tyrannical father's prophecy that Jose would grow up to be just like him: another deadbeat failure with no future. But since Jose has never been one to take the easy road, we can flash forward to the present, where he is now in his junior year at Florida State University, the owner of multiple rental properties and the proud holder of his real estate broker license. Known to his friends as "The Don," Jose is sure to take the Real World house by storm with his natural leadership, suave nature and love of partying.

Paula, 24 -- Meriden, CT - Since her graduation from Quinnipiac University, Paula has become a corporate slave by day, but makes up for it by partying relentlessly at night. No shrinking violet, this striking girl demands the spotlight from both men and women. Confrontational, yet sensitive; bitchy, yet likeable; damaged, yet self-aware; attractive, yet insecure; Paula possesses a variety of personality traits. Seemingly caught in a downhill spiral, Paula is still connected to her abusive ex-boyfriend, and is battling body image issues. Paula is a wildcard to say the least. Chaos seems follows this beautiful young woman everywhere she goes, and the Real World house should prove to be no exception.

Svetlana, 19 -- Richboro, PA - As a nineteen year old pre-med student at Temple University, Svetlana has the reputation of being the "crazy Russian chick." While this buxom beauty is truly a confident fireball, she's also vulnerable and emotionally conflicted. Svetlana is torn between her dependency on her family, and the need to venture out and embrace all of life's adventures. As a first-generation immigrant, she's expected to live at home and work in the family restaurant. She does this instead of fulfilling her desire to live on her own, and have what she defines as a normal college experience. Let's see how Svetlana does as she finally gets her opportunity to leave the nest--and immerse herself in the Real World.

Tyler, 23 -- Minneapolis, MN - You either love him or hate him, but either way you'll have to admit that 23-year-old Tyler isn't afraid to "tell it like it is." This Midwest guy considers gossiping social commentary, his roommates' property his own, and anyone else's strife ridiculous compared to the adversities he has faced. Openly gay, Tyler was known for parading around his Tufts University campus in drag, sprinkling glitter on his fellow classmates. But there is more to Tyler than his flamboyant acts of vanity, selfishness and martyrdom. He is also a fantastic story teller, an accomplished athlete and a very intelligent kid who is just looking for attention and acceptance. Tyler must decide whether to use his gifts for good or evil as he dives head first into the Real World.

Zach, 22 -- Portland, OR - The proverbial nice guy you want to take home to mom, 22-year-old Zach is sensitive, good-looking and goal-oriented. As a senior studying Communications at Louis and Clark College, Zach has a world of opportunity waiting for him when he graduates. Born into a close-knit Jewish family, he comes from old money and old traditions. Things have not always been so easy for Zach, though. Until recently, he was regarded as the chubby nice guy. Since then, Zach has transformed himself and has emerged as a confident young man ready to take on the world. Zach's high energy and tendency to relentlessly "fix" everyone around him is sure to bring an interesting dynamic to a house guaranteed to be filled with roommates in need of some major repair.


MJ (Philadelphia) has a lot of things going on post-Gauntlet II. Say I Won't Clothing designed a line of MJ t-shirts that are available exclusively on MJ's website. MJ is also running a contest in the gallery section where people can email him the funniest pictures that they have taken with MJ. The Gauntlet Blog will also be posted soon on his website.

Rebecca (Seattle) also kept her band Becky alive after the departure of Keanu Reeves. You can check out the latest updates at her My Space.

The Miz (Back to New York) is also keeping busy in the WWE. After moving to Atlanta to participate in Deep South Wrestling, Mike has yet made another move, this time to Louisville, KY. The Miz is still in pursuit of his WWE dream and is said to be ever closer to getting to the big leagues after doing well in Deep South. Good luck to The Miz. He's providing commentary at WWE Inside every now and then, so be sure to check it out.

The Miz is on WWE.com; Pictures of Jose and Svetlana surface online

The Miz (Back to New York) has joined WWE.com as a columnist. Mike has been in Atlanta ever since filming on the Inferno II wrapped up, working with Deep South Wrestling, trying to land a development deal with the WWE. Well, you can check out Mike's column here. Word has it that he has already landed the development deal and will join Friday Night Smackdown with another Tough Enough winner.

Now, there's absolutely no way to confirm this, but it's fun nevertheless. A couple of days ago, we posted a link to pictures of supposed castmembers Jose and Zach. Well, the pictures also point out a castmember who was holding a Chanel bag in the background. Well. apparently the castmembers name is Svetlana:



So, Svetlana joins Paula, Star, Zach, Tyler and Jose as part of the Real World: Key West... or at least they do until MTV officially announces the cast.

The Miz is down in Atlanta developing his wrestling career

Over at WWE.com, there's an update on The Miz (Back to New York), who, as we previously reported, was in Atlanta developing his wrestling career with the WWE. Although the Miz announced after The Inferno II that he would be retiring from Challenges, the site announces that he is negotations to be on Fear Factor and a reality show on MTV. No word on what that reality show is.

Jake is trekking across America; Coral and Mike are team captains

Jake (Islands) has started a new project up at his blog. From what started from the search to meet his soulmate to a trek across America, read Jake's latest adventures at his blog.

The Battle of the Network Reality Stars premieres tonight. And despite there being a focus on teams being split up by networks, it looks like the teams will be split up randomly. Once again, from MTVs Real World and Road Rules, we have Coral (Back to New York), Melissa (New Orleans), Mike (Back to New York) and Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour). Trishelle (Las Vegas) will also be sharing sideline reporting duties with other reality TV stars. Coral and Melissa are on the red team. Mike (Back to New York) is on the blue team. Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour) is on the green team.

What's the red team's name? Team Coral. What's the blue team's name? Team Miz. This after Evan Marriott (Joe Millioniare), Adam Mesh (Average Joe) and Richard Hatch (Survivor Borneo) all said that certain castmembers took the show a little more seriously than others. Looks like all those years of Challenges will pay off. Battle of the Network Reality Stars airs tonight at 9PM on Bravo.

Mike will be moving to Atlanta to persue a WWE wrestling contract

Forget MTV, forget Bravo... Mike (Back to New York) will once again be pursuing his career in the WWE. Since appearing on WWE's Tough Enough and garnering a second-place finish, The Miz has been on Battle of the Sexes 2, Inferno 2 and will appear in the upcoming Battle of the Network Reality Stars. But for his next project, Mike has picked up his bags and moved to Atlanta in order to try to become a WWE superstar. The Miz has participated in a few matches on WWE's Raw and Smackdown. However, his move to Atlanta is to participate in a WWE training facility called "Deep South Wrestling". It's a training ground for WWE big shots to find new talent and the Miz was one the first to be called down to Atlanta to train. Good luck to Mike!

Landon opens a new website; Melissa, Trishelle, Mike, Theo, Coral appear on BONRS

Landon (Philadelphia) is the first castmember on his season to open a website. Check out landonlueck.net.

Also, Battle of the Network Reality Stars is premiering next Wednesday on Bravo. The show is getting a lot of attention in recent days leading up to its premiere. The show will feature Melissa (New Orleans), Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour), Coral (Back to New York), Mike (Back to New York) and Trishelle (Las Vegas) as a sideline reporter. Although initial reports had the four teaming up as their own "Real World/Road Rules" team, there are actually four teams of eight contestants, with each team vying for a $80,000 prize package. The classic format should have the cast teaming up according to their own network. However, this seems to be a problem as the show is overrun by CBS castmembers and has only one representative from UPN and ABC each. Other participants? Nikki McKibbin (American Idol), Ryan Starr (American Idol, The Surreal Life 3), Adam Mesh (Average Joe), Charla & Mirna (Amazing Race), Chip & Kim (Amazing Race), Jonathan & Victoria (Amazing Race), Richard Hatch (Survivor), Sue Hawk (Survivor), Mike Malin (Big Brother), Will Kirby (Big Brother), Evan Marriott (Joe Millionaire)... In addition to Trishelle, Omarosa (Apprentice, The Surreal Life 5) will be one of the several others doing the commentating.

By the way, TV Guide's reason not to miss the premiere episode? The collective cast teaming up to dunk Coral (Back to New York) in the water tank because of her "abrasive personality and tiny bikini". It airs Wednesday 9pm/ET on Bravo.

Side note: Melissa (New Orleans) makes mention of an incident that happened between her, Coral and Omarosa. It's a bit of a preview as she plans to update once the show begins next week with a brand new blog. Check it out here. And also, as always, The Miz will be updating you from his online Challenge diary, where he already promises drama and competition.

Danny and Paul will be a part of the Gay Pride Festivities in Atlanta; Mike officially retires from the Challenges; Tonya talks about the Inferno 2

If you're a fan of Danny and Paul (New Orleans), they both will be Atlanta this weekend taking part in the Gay Pride festivities. They will be in the parade on Sunday that starts at 1pm.

Over at Mike's (Back to New York) website, he declares that he will no longer do any more Challenges now that Inferno 2 has wrapped. He will appear in Bravo's Battle of the Network Reality Stars.

Tonya (Chicago) will be at the Fishbowl on Wednesday talking about The Inferno 2, so don't miss that!

The GQ Magazine with Coral, Mike, Melissa is on newsstands today

The GQ Magazine photo shoot that we reported on with Mike (Back to New York), Coral (Back to New York) and Melissa (New Orleans) is on newsstands today. They will all appear in Battle of the Network Reality Stars.

Mike, Coral, Melissa, Theo, Trishelle will be on Battle of the Network Reality Stars

OK, we been sitting on the info for Battle of the Network Reality TV Stars which will air on Bravo this summer. Filming begins tomorrow and the participants are... Mike (Back to New York), Coral (Back to New York), Melissa (New Orleans) and Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour). Trishelle (Las Vegas) will also be participating as one of the co-hosts.

The Austin cast had a garage sale; Judd has a new cartoon on TV; Steven, Trishelle, Mike on Fishbowl; Dan leaves the Challenge

Here's an interesting bit: Austin actually had a garage sale this past weekend at the site that was their house. There are no details on what was for grabs or who was selling stuff...

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, a relatively new cartoon on Cartoon Network is actually produced and written in part by none other than Judd (San Francisco). Congratulations to him on that.

Also, don't forget tomorrow that Steven (Las Vegas) will be having his weekly Fishbowl chat along with Mike (Back to New York) and Trishelle (Las Vegas). The chat is at 12pm (Pacific) / 3pm (Eastern).

And finally, a spoiler for you people out there loving this Challenge that is airing. Highlight the next bit of text to find out which team loses a guy in next week's Inferno II:

The Bad Asses will be saying good-bye to one of their male team members for sure. The question is will Dan (Miami) pull through and win the lifesaver?

The latest Pit Stop in the Amazing Race was the site of the Battle of the Sexes; Coral, Mike, Melissa spotted doing a photo shoot

For those of you who are Amazing Race fans and caught the finale last night, you might have recognized the 11th pit stop in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Why is this Real World/Road Rules news? Because that hotel and villa was the site of Battle of the Sexes I. That's right, the Race had the Round Hill Resort as their pit stop for the 2nd to last leg of the race.

Also, I'm getting emails from several different people saying that they saw Coral (Back to New York), Mike (Back to New York) and Melissa (New Orleans) on Hollywood Blvd. doing a photo shoot. It's unclear what it was for, but it appears not to be directly related with the shows. More info to come on this soon.

Also, here are several different articles on the Austin season:

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Mike explains what happened with Jodi on his blog

Just another indication that the drama doesn't stop once the cameras roll, Mike (Back to New York) offers a different explanation from Dan's (Miami) as to what happened last night on the Inferno at his website.