Elimination Pit #1: It's Shane and Veronica in the very first Elimination Pit

This post describes the events of the MTV.com face-off. If you don't want to know the details of what happened, stop reading. Check out the Road Rules website to see the video.

Both Shane (Campus Crawl) and Veronica (Semester at Sea) are in a studio with Drew to find out who gets sent to the Pit.

Veronica says that the rest of the team was spitting out bull until the actual vote took place. Both Shane and Veronica believed it was a random drawing until they voted.

They show who wins the most votes from the "Pit Crew". Monte (Viewers' Revenge) and Tori (Viewers' Revenge) get the most votes and get their own montages. Veronica is asked how she would react when she gets back to the RV. She said she would persue a different strategy and perhaps start throwing missions. Shane (Campus Crawl) agrees.

Drew then brings out Monte and Tori. Monte is ready for the friendly competition and Tori is a little excited/nervous.

Drew then reveals that Veronica (Semester at Sea) got the most votes to be in the Face-Off. Drew then hands Tori an envelope to tell them which event they'll be in.

They get "Whiplash". It's a forward tug-o-war, much like the Gauntlet 2 game, but they're actually connected by a common wire that's wrapped around a single pole. There's three heats. Tori sprints out in the first heat and they both get knocked back, but Tori recovers and grabs the flag. Veronica falters in the second heat and trips, allowing Tori to get the second flag easily.

Tori makes it to the RV and Veronica moves to the Pit Crew. You can actually vote for the Pit Crew right now. Next week, Veronica could potentially face Susie (Australia) or Kina (Extreme) in a Face-Off, so get to voting. The next episode of Road Rules airs this Tuesday at 9PM.

The Elimination Pit Episode airs tomorrow, Saturday, exclusively on MTV.com

We find out tomorrow whether or not Shane (Campus Crawl) or Veronica (Semester at Sea) went to the Pit and which Pit Crew member got the first attempt to get into the RV.

Every Saturday presumably, MTV.com will be airing the Elimination Round episode. This will be an exclusive online video that will show the actual elimination round and we'll get to see which castmember goes in and is maybe sent packing.

We'll be updating the news as soon as the episode appears online, so stay tuned.

Celebrity gossiper, Perez Hilton, wears College Dropout's new t-shirt that Veronica wore

If you're a fan of College Dropout, you'll love the fact that Perez Hilton, the celebrity internet gossiper, recently did a photo shoot wearing one of the company's latest t-shirts.

Veronica (Semester at Sea) and Rachel (Campus Crawl) started the College Dropout company after wearing a couple of shirts on the Challenges. They began selling them online and the company exploded. Several magazines have featured the shirts. Paris Hilton has wore them. And now, Perez Hilton has worn the shirt.

They're actually debuting a new line of shirts, some of which have already come out, so be sure to check them out.


Perez Hilton.com

Six Days of Road Rulers: Veronica returns after her own long hiatus from the shows

Veronica Portillo
Semester at Sea

Age: 29
Hometown: Tustin Ranch, CA
Currently: Los Angeles, CA
Challenges: Challenge 2000, Battle of the Seasons, Battle of the Sexes, Gauntlet, Inferno, Battle of the Sexes 2, and the Inferno 2
Challenge Record: 3-4
Elimination Round Record: 1-0

Veronica was cast for the Semester at Sea season while she was studying at UC Berkeley. Before she came to the show, as MTV described, her friends said that she could sometimes be "convincing, manipulative, and brutally honest to the point of hurting others' feelings." She definitely had trouble adjusting to her castmembers on the ship with resulted in a number of confrontations with Ayanna (Semester at Sea).

Since then, she has been dubbed the "Challenge Queen". Veronica has appeared on more Challenges than anyone else in the entire Real World and Road Rules casts and has won more Challenges than anyone else in the Viewers' Revenge cast. She made her first appearance on Challenge 2000, where she skydived solo her way to the grand prize. She was later sent home on Battle of the Seasons for being too much of a threat. On Battle of the Sexes she and several other girls were targeted by Emily (USA Tour 2) and eliminated. She would go on to win the next two Challenges, the Gauntlet and the Inferno with relative ease. When she went on Battle of the Sexes 2, she couldn't make it to the end. But she did return to the Inferno 2 and did make it to the end, only to lose the final mission.

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.

Rachel and Veronica do an interview to discuss Road Rules and College Dropout

In anticipation of the new season, Rachel (Campus Crawl) and Veronica (Semester at Sea) have both done interviews with MediaVillage describing the rise of their company which focuses on shirts they wear on MTV.

The most interesting parts of the article? The company will expand to great proportions this coming season, with new shirts and a new website being introduced. Another good little tidbit was that both Rachel and Veronica were considered, but ultimately you can't have a show that's diverse with two best friends. So, as Rachel says, "You can't have a Road Rules show without Veronica, so they of course offered it to her."

The season preview of Road Rules airs tonight.

Don't forget to check out the recap we'll be posting here as well later on tonight.

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.

Need a great gift idea for the holidays? Head on over to CollegeDropout.com for some awesome apparel

The now-infamous College Dropout, Veronica (Semester At Sea) and Rachel's (Campus Crawl) company is having a t-shirt sale for the holidays.



Check out their MySpace page for more info!

Update: Just in case the bandwidth goes out on us again, here's the code: 9QPJ-SW0Z-NGAC-IHET-VWMM-NB57. Enter it at checkout! Happy shopping!

Rachel and Veronica will not be on this upcoming Challenge

Contrary to popular belief, Rachel (Campus Crawl) and Veronica (Semester At Sea), the "mean girls" of MTV, have said they are not going to the Challenge.

This comes after they posted messages on their Facebook account. While it was heavily believed that we would see them in this upcoming show, they comment that they will be at the University of Michigan early next month.

Unfortunately, for you Rachel & Veronica fans, you might have to wait a little longer while until you see the "Mean Girls" again.

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.

Rachel and Veronica may have a new reality show and are casting for it

Rachel and Veronica are looking for someone to star in their new reality show. Check out the details here.

Kristin will be chatting with Veronica and Rachel about the Inferno 2

Wondering what you are going to do today at 5 p.m.(et)/2 p.m.(pt)? You can check out Kristin from E!Online. She will be doing a live chat with Veronica and Rachel about the Inferno 2.

Shavonda stops by the Fishbowl to chat about the Inferno II; Veronica and Rachel selling shirts

Shavonda (Philadelphia) will stop by the The Fishbowl today at 12:00pm Pacific / 3:00pm Eastern. Find out what she thought of her Philadelphia castmembers and the drama that went on in the Inferno II.

Also, CollegeDropout.com, Veronica (Semester at Sea) and Rachel's (Campus Crawl) new site that sells shirts as seen on the Inferno II has been completely redone with new content. Check it out sometime.

Veronica and Rachel start their own company, College Dropout; Kit dropped as host of Cold Pizza

Veronica (Semester at Sea) and Rachel (Campus Crawl) have started a company together... You can check out their shirts, which are all over the Inferno II at www.collegedropout.com.

Also, Kit (USA Tour 1) has been dropped as a host for ESPN's Cold Pizza. While Kit came aboard with the show when it premiered a couple of years ago, no word has been left on the show's website about Kit's departure. Since its premiere, Cold Pizza has been subject to tough reviews and low ratings (averaging a .01% of the share of household cable ratings). According to this USA Today article, the show underwent heavy retooling. The article mentions that Kit will continue on in ESPN, working on other projects like the sports fusion of Apprentice/American Idol, Dream Job.

And on a final note, the Blog hit 6 million visitors recently! Thank you for continuing to visit the best source of Real World and Road Rules information on the net today. (Or at least we think so!)

Jodi, Derrick, Veronica, Tina, Abram on the new Challenge

According to the RR/RW Talk yesterday over at the Fishbowl, Jodi, Derrick, Veronica, Tina, and Abram are confirmed castmembers on this year's Challenge.

Tonya, Derrick, Veronica, Mark, Coral will be on this new Challenge

On today's Fishbowl chat, Tonya (Chicago) revealed who would be appearing on the new Challenge. She, Derrick (Xtreme), Veronica (Semester at Sea), Mark (USA Your 1) and Coral (Back to New York) are confirmed. But she also said Melissa would be participating. Unclear whether it is Miami or New Orleans Melissa.

Tonya leaves this Sunday, the 9th and there is no clue (as usual) as to where the Challenge will be filmed. Production will be taking away their watches and sunglasses. Possibly so they are up longer and can catch them crying.

The Challenge premieres in June.

Coral and Rachel are doing well in the Challenge; Veronica is not doing well

Here's a small, itty-bitty update on people's performance at the Challenge:

As far as the last few people being sent home, we haven't really heard anything, but the last we heard, some of your favorite "regulars" had some varying degrees of success. Now, we all know that performing well in the missions doesn't actually mean that you're not going to be sent home. But, it does tend to help you sometimes... Coral (Back to New York) is said to performing well in the Challenge along with Rachel (Campus Crawl), while Veronica (Semester At Sea) is said not to be performing as well.