Adam says that he's done with Week 1 on his MySpace, has another show airing on Fox Reality

Adam (The Quest) is posting on his MySpace during the filming of Viewers' Revenge. The alumni have finished filming their first week of the fourteenth season of Road Rules and nothing has yet been spoiled.

The first week, which we'll be seeing tonight on television, marks the return of the series with the interactive element. Presumably, two alumni, one male and one female, are already nominated for the elimination round. After the end of tonight's episode, we'll vote for either male or female to enter the elimination round with someone from the "Pit Crew". This should all go down by next week and be followed every week after that with a similar pattern.

Adam also mentions that he's on "Camp Reality" on the Fox Reality Network. It's a new show that's produced by Survivor: Pearl Islands' Burton Roberts. It also premieres tomorrow, but an hour ahead of Road Rules. Check your local listings.

Six Days of Road Rulers: The Quest's Adam is back to create some trouble

Adam Larson
Road Rules The Quest

Age: 28
Hometown: Exeter, NH/Grosse Pointe, MI/Wickford, RI
Currently: Santa Monica, CA
Challenges: Battle of the Seasons, Gauntlet and the Gauntlet II
Challenge Record: 1-2
Elimination Round Record: 0-1

Adam came to Road Rules as the cocky persona who would haphazardly lead his team to victory with his unorthodox leadership style. Probably most remembered for his ADD, he started a relationship with fellow castmember Ellen (The Quest) which seemed to cause friction in the RV.

Later, he appeared on Battle of the Seasons with Jisela (The Quest) only to be voted off early in the game. He returned to win the Gauntlet in which he never went to the Gauntlet. Later, he tried his luck in the Gauntlet II, in which he was made the team captain, to be sent home first by tough Challenge competitor Derrick (Extreme).

A very short trailer for the new season of Road Rules has cropped up on MTV.com

Over at the Road Rules website, which currently has nothing on it and should be completely revamped in the next couple of days, a trailer for the new season of Road Rules has opened.

One of the most important things about this trailer, however, is what it reveals. There has been some question to if the pool of replacements would be newcomers or alumni. This trailer makes it seem as if they are newcomers. A casting call back in November also contributes to this notion.

Nevertheless, the trailers shows clips from past seasons and it's a great feeling for old fans who have missed the show since it went off the air in 2004. Here's some highlights:

13 seasons.
(Flashes title cards of several of the seasons)
163 missions.
(Flashes past missions)
And miles and miles of drama.
(Flashes clips of drama)
Road Rules is back.
(Flashes title cards of several castmembers)
But this season the rules have changed, with an all-star cast, and a group of eager newcomers ready to hop on board.
(Flashes of casts getting in their RVs)
This time, you decided who goes on the road, and who gets left behind.
(More random clips)
On this Road Rules, you rule.
(Premieres Tuesday, January 30 @ 9PM)

The several clips that I could gather are all jumbled up into a short one-minute trailer. Here are the clips I could make out:

Missions:
South Pacific's and catching/bungee jumping mission
Extreme's dog attack mission
Europe's running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
South Pacific's buried alive mission
Extreme's dune buggy mission
Northern Trail's WWF mission
South Pacific's bungee jump off New Zealand's Sky Tower

Drama:
A sound byte from one of the Ayanna/Veronica fights on Semester at Sea.
Abe's physical altercation with Donnell on South Pacific.
Pua and Ayanna's fight after Ayanna distances herself from the group on Semester at Sea.

RVs/Eliminations:
Down Under checking out their RV for the first time.
Maximum Velocity Tour checking out their RV for the first time.
Patrick and Derrick greet Angela when she arrives on Extreme.
Kina tells her castmembers good-bye when she's kicked off Extreme.

Random clips:
Shane and Darrell (Campus Crawl) dancing in a club.
The Extreme cast painted in their naked mission.
The Quest in Spain during a mission.
The South Pacific cast doing the tire-flipping, strongman competition.
Susie and Kefla freaking out on the alligator farm mission in Down Under.
Veronica bungee-jumping in the start of Semester at Sea.

In anticipation of the new season, MTV releases On Demand clips onto Overdrive

Since this is the last weekend that you will go "Real World-less" for a considerable amount of time, MTV is releasing a couple of videos that will satiate your appetite. Check them out on Overdrive.

The clips are opened up by Blair (The Quest) who introduces Dan (Miami) and the rest of the clips:

Dan's House Tour: He starts in the living room. He sits in the chairlifts in the living room. Goes over to the "guest bedroom." He checks out the phone room. He checks out the Jeep/converted bar in the living room. The fireplace has a fish tank. He checks out the kitchen. Then he goes up to the bedrooms. The house has an interesting "changing area" behind the beds which you'll see once the season starts. He lays shuffleboard upstairs on the shuffleboard court. He then rolls around the C-couch. He looks at the office and ridicules its use and the books behind the desk. He then goes to the bathroom, which has four sinks, two toilets and two huge open showers with six showerheads. He also says this is the first house to have a gym, which is untrue, a couple of houses have had gyms including San Diego and Hawaii. Then he goes to the confessional and it's potential to hook-up. Then he checks out the basketball court/courtyard which has an endless pool and the hot tub.

Mile High Clubbin': The tour begins in front of Coors Field, which is front of the house. He then checks out LoDo's and they basically say they were loud and drunk. He interviews the Tavern and they say they ordered six shots in two minutes. Next, he's over to Tryst, which ridiculed them for not tipping, breaking things, throwing glass at servers, etc., He's then over to the Rock Bottom Brewery where the waitress seemed out of it, but she did mention that they drank.

High Altitude, Bad Attitude: This is a odd video. It starts of with sweeping shots of the Rocky Mountains, intertwined with the castmembers fighting. Then slowly, they begin introudcing a storm over the mountains, with some footage of castmembers fighting and yelling at each other.

Blair's video game show G-Hole will finally get some love on MTV

Blair's (The Quest) "other show", which is not the Aftershow, will be getting some love on the regular channel.

Blair has been working on another show, focused solely on video games called G-Hole. G-Hole, which has been airing exclusively online, will now be moving to the regular channel in short segments.

No details are available as of yet. But, if you want to check out the website, go over to the website for G-Hole, which has the first episodes online.

Katie will leave to Chicago within the next week because Derrick has appearances until November

So, Katie (The Quest), who talked about moving to Chicago two weeks ago, over at MySpace, has recently mentioned that she will move out sooner than expected.

The impetus behind a quick move? Derrick (Extreme) will be unavailable to drive her from Los Angeles to Chicago because he'll have appearance booked from this next week to November. I know what many people are thinking... Doesn't that mysteriously line up with the Challenge film date of October 16? Well, yes. However, technically, Katie mentioned that the move itself would happen on the 15th, so Derrick may or may not be on this next Challenge.

Tired of the "reality tv life", Katie decides to move to Chicago

Everyone who is a fan knows that there is an extensive network of Real World and Road Rules castmembers living in Los Angeles. Reality television almost becomes this alternative reality where castmembers fall into a black hole of appearances, parties, Challenges, club promotions and college speaking engagements.

So, in a cathartic post over at her MySpace, Katie (The Quest) explains her reasons for deciding to move out of Los Angeles to avoid the reality TV lifestyle.

While a frequent problem for many castmembers, it's been known that certain alumni have struggled with the realities of life after MTV. As documented on MTV's True Life, we saw Tonya (Chicago) go through similar emotions. Although Katie has decided to move out of Los Angeles, she says she is not retiring from Challenges. But Katie's move also means she will not be a part of the next Challenge filming in South Africa. Good luck to Katie in her endeavors!

Derrick, Johanna, Mark, Svetlana and Trishelle grace the cover of the Sexiest Men & Women of Reality TV

Derrick (Extreme), Johanna (Austin), Mark (USA Tour I), Svetlana (Key West) and Trishelle are all gracing the respective covers of the 2007 Sexiest Men and Women of Reality Television calendars.

Spearheaded by Beth S. (Los Angeles), the calendar has been a yearly venture that features some of the hottest castmembers on the pages of a full-color calendar. Tonya (Chicago), Beth S. (Los Angeles), Katie (The Quest), Adam (The Quest), Nehemiah (Austin), Syrus (Boston) and Wes (Austin) are all inside the pages of the calendar as well.

If you'd like to preview the calendar, check out their website.

MJ, Danny, Melinda, Katie, Tina will be at the first Reality TV Convention

The Reality TV Convention, billed as the first ever, is heading to Nashville this June. If you have a few extra bucks and are around Nashville, you can catch MJ (Philadelphia), Danny (Austin), Melinda (Austin), Katie (The Quest) and Tina (South Pacific) at RealityCon.

And today marks the day when we're only less than a week away from the official premiere of The Real World: Key West. Get ready to see Janelle, John, Jose, Paula, Svetlana, Tyler and Zach party it up in Key West.

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.

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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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.

Katie reveals tons of information about Fresh Meat via her MySpace

Over at Katie's (The Quest) MySpace, she offers tons of information about the new Challenge that's being filmed right now.

Right now, the list of alumni run at: Tonya (Chicago), Coral (Back to New York), Danny (Austin), Johanna (Austin), Melinda (Austin), Wes (Austin), Darrell (Campus Crawl), Shane (Campus Crawl), Katie (The Quest) and Derrick (Extreme).

The cast is in Byron Bay, Australia.

The alumni are grouped into pairs with a newbie for the Challenges.

Rooms are seperated by gender and alumni/newbie status.

One of the newbie's is Jesse. He comes from New Mexico. His blog is here.

Another newbie is Linette from Miami, FL.

For those of you wondering or confused about the Gauntlet II, which has already completed filming... The airdate is still posted two weeks from now... No word on MTV.com's website.

MJ (Philadelphia), who is also part of the Gauntlet II, will be at The Fishbowl commenting on the Gauntlet episodes. It actually will air on XM Satellite radio a couple times a week. Check the website for more info.

Katie and Derrick will be on this upcoming Challenge; Producers faced with the challenge of mixing it up

Katie (The Quest) confirmed a long time ago, via her MySpace, that both she and Derrick (Extreme) will be leaving for the upcoming Challenge, which begins production this Saturday, October 15 in Australia. Other participants? Danny (Austin), Johanna (Austin), Melinda (Austin) and Wes (Austin) are all confirmed.

So what's with this eleventh installment of the Challenge? Well, as inviting former castmembers back to challenge each other became difficult following the cancellation of Road Rules... Bunim-Murray decided to start casting for the what they called the "Fresh Meat Challenge". This new Challenge will supposedly pit former Real World and Road Rules alumni against a fresh-faced team of nobodies. A few months ago, Derrick (Extreme) appeared in television ads encouraging "newbies" to forgoe the Real World and Road Rules experience and go straight to the Challenges.

So what does this mean for the series? Nobody, except, of course, the production crew know what role the "newbies" will play. On Maximum Velocity Tour, The Quest and Campus Crawl the roadies faced-off or participated in a task with a group of nobodies who were selected in a sweepstakes from MTV.com. Of course, trash-talking or hook-ups usually ensued, but they were never considered to be a full-fledged part of the cast, since they were only included in one or two episodes.

As for this upcoming Challenge, it is unclear whether producers have decided to have a regular, consistent set of "newbies" challenge the group of alumni they are inviting back. For all we know, they potentially could have rotating groups after each individual mission. What's also important however, is how loyal viewers will welcome the "newbies". Very little exposition is done on the Challenges. Storylines from castmembers' first appearances on The Real World and Road Rules tend to set up the exposition needed for the Challenges. Viewers are familiar with and excited about former castmembers returning to reality television. Will the "newbies" be accepted by viewers as regular castmembers? Will the Blog update you on the latest news and information about the "newbies"? Will BMP ask the "newbies" back for new installments of the Challenge as they do for regular alumni?

Only time will tell. It all depends on production. Our guess is that since a casting call went out for this Challenge, expect to see a regular group of "newbies" to stay and challenge the alumni. What does that mean? Probably way more time getting to know the "newbies", less time on the Challenge itself and more drama between the two teams (mostly because the alumni will feel like this is their Challenge and they should win it). But, of course, all this considering if this really does end up becoming the format of the show. Expect more news to leak when production starts up this Friday.

Melissa posts about Katrina; Keri, Blair, Theo have roots in the area

After Friday's post about Hurricane Katrina, the disaster seems to have reached more alumni than we thought. Melissa (New Orleans) posted her thoughts on the events over at her blog. She updates information about Lionel Milton, the artist friend who she made while in New Orleans who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.

Also, we have received various questions about different castmembers who we didn't mention on Friday. Keri (Chicago) was thought to be living in New Orleans with her family. Both Blair (The Quest) and Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour) are also thought to have family and friends living in Louisiana and surrounding areas. Although we have heard no updates on these castmembers, we hope all is well.

To help with relief efforts, you can go to FEMA's website or the Red Cross' website.

Katie gives a funny interview with Reality Steve

Check out a pretty funny interview with Katie here.

Alton and Irulan may have broken up; Cara and Dave may have broken up due to David or Mark; Ellen is pregnant

There are all sorts of rumors floating around about the relationships of former cast members. Here's the scoop from yesterday's chat over at the Fishbowl:

Alton and Irulan may no longer be a couple.
Cara and Dave broke up.
Cara hooked up with David (Seattle) and Mark (RR1) while Mark was dating Robin.
Ellen (Quest) is pregnant.

MJ was recently assaulted at a bar outside Philadelphia; Karamo and Sophia at a college

Wondering what some members of the Philly cast has been up to lately? Well The Philly News is reporting that MJ (Philadelphia) was recently assaulted at a bar outside Philadelphia. He was there making a promotional appearance when a man apparently punched him in the face as a dare. You can read the article by clicking on the link and signing up for an account.

Also, Karamo (Philadelphia) and Sophia (The Quest) dropped by UF to speak to students about their experiences and to give them tips for upcoming auditions. You can read all about it here.

Katie never dated Jeff Probst, Jonny Fairplay, will kick Fairplay's ass

Heres a tiny clarification about something written on the Blog: A couple of posts ago, we mentioned an article written about Katie (The Quest), Jeff Probst and Johnny Fairplay from Survivor. Well, after a few days of the rumor going around, it seems to be simply not true. Katie never dated Probst or Fairplay, contrary to what either the wrestling article or Fairplay himself said.