Zach, with a new haircut, blogs about Sydney and now calls himself Isaac

Zach (Key West), who we haven't heard much of, recently sat down and blogged about the Real World Sydney. The article has a little picture of him that shows that he got a new haircut in which he looks like he's a completely different person. Other than that, he's scheduled to be on the upcoming Gauntlet 3. Since the show ended, Zach has been taking the time to produce his own movie, so I'm sure you will be hearing about that a little more as time goes on.

In the article, he gives you his opinion of each of the new roommates. Most prominently however, is the fact that he refers to himself now as "Issac", which may be his real name, and he may have used his nickname when he was on Key West.

Nevertheless, read the blog. it's a good read.

Zach has formed a movie production company with two friends; Filming of first movie will begin in February

Zach (Key West), who we saw living the sweet life only a couple of months ago, is part of a three-person movie production company called Building Block Productions. His partners, Tony O'Brien and Mark Sayre, are embarking on their first big film project, a movie tentatively titled "Perfect Sport" that will be filmed in a small town in Washington where the founders grew up.

Zach, who serves as executive producer on the project, is looking forward to taking the first step to his career post-Real World. After the press was over and done with in Key West, Zach realized he wanted to have a career behind the camera. "I knew that it was all fake," he says, "I knew that signing up. A steep decline was next, and I want longevity in my career. I have no desire to be an actor. I want to do work behind the scenes."

The first step that Zach is taking to achieving that, is to begin casting for his movie. Zach's production company will be casting in Seattle, WA, Wednesday, January 24 at Nova High School, 2410 East Cherry Street. They're looking for actors over the age of 25 to play high school-aged kids.

The Key West season premiere was last night and will heavily focus on Paula's issues and a potential hook up with Svetlana and Zach

The Real World: Key West premiered last night to a special one-hour season premiere that introduced us to the seven strangers. Suprisingly, the cast was scheduled to move in when Hurricane Katrina hit. Most of the cast shacked up in hotels in Miami, waiting to move into the house. (Paula and Jose even met in Miami to drive down in the house car to Key West.)

While this season is brand new and spiffy, there already seems to be a variety of storylines developing from this first episode. The most dramatic being Paula's issues with eating. Although the issue has been explored before, the cast has never been so upfront about it. And although John seemed to be the life of the house, he also seemed to be at odds with Paula. Also, definitely look for Svetlana to encounter some tension with Zach as their "will they" or "won't they" status heats up. The tension between the girls will also come to fruition as Janelle, Svetlana and Paula will really start to not get along as the season continues. And don't forget Tyler, who fully admits to have an abrasive personality and will eventually clash with his fellow roommates. So, one hour into it and the fights are raring to start.

Overdrive Episode Summary
Beth S. (Los Angeles) | Monday February 27, 2006

Blair (The Quest) started off by asking Beth about the girls that always want Beth off the challenges. Beth says it's because they were afraid of her and no one liked her. She named Veronica (Semester At Sea), Rachel (Campus Crawl), Ruthie (Hawaii), Montana (Boston) and Aneesa (Chicago). Then she was asked about the Gauntlet. Beth claims the reason she didn't want to go up against Aneesa was because she thought getting oiled up & wrestling around was degrading. Then Beth claimed that she has never been in last place. Again, it is because no one likes her and everyone is afraid of her.

Beat Blair Challenge

This really wasn't too much of a Beat Blair Challenge. He basically made a little wheel of a handful of people on the current challenge and told Beth to talk as much about them as she could. As follows:

Jodi (Extreme): Beth says she is trying to be the next Tonya (Chicago). She sleeps around with the captain's to stay there longer. First she slept with Adam (The Quest), then Alton (Las Vegas), then back to Adam because it was fun, then back to Alton again.

Derrick (Extreme): Aspiring model, but looks 45 because he is an alcoholic. Puffy, "swelly", passes out naked, stupid, drinks himself to oblivion. Hair plugs were also mentioned.

Ruthie: Like Derrick, has a drinking problem. Looks for acceptance because of the drinking problem, is dumb and a bad captain.

Aneesa: Her strategy is working well, which is sleeping with everyone in the house to stay. Was taking showers with Jisela (The Quest), then started coming on to Derrick. Derrick felt good because he thought he got Aneesa away from munching carpet.

(Please remember these are the opinions of Beth only.)

Wheel of Truth - "What if?"

If you were stranded on an island, what one RW/RR-er would you want to be stranded with? Eric (New York). He's sexy. He's the reason I auditioned for the Real World.

If you could live one day as someone else, who would it be as? Eric's girlfriend.

Wheel of Truth - Word 4 Word

Jodi: slut
Tonya: slut
Ruthie: slut
Louis Vuitton: Waterproof
Veronica: tramp
Rachel: penis (She went on to say how she strongly believes Rachel has a penis.)
Eric: sexy
Blair: so cute

Wheel of Truth - Ask Blair

Blair says 3 nice things about Beth: she's his favorite guest, uncompromised opinions, and she gives him $419 after the show. (?)

The Shit You Didn't See

The funniest one is the men on the Veteran's team talking about banging Beth. First it was put on Mark (USA Tour 1). Mark said no. Then David (Seattle) said that if he did it, how much of the winning money would he get. Because he has to have some kind of incentive to have sex with her. He doesn't want to be left with only a bad memory.

Then most of the veteran team does a little thing on what's the best thing about Beth. Derrick says its because they have no more fat people on the team who suck. A few others are: glad she's gone because she can't perform and is a social retard. Robin (San Diego) says the best thing about Beth is that she is gone and can use the phone more. Aneesa said that the words "best" and "Beth" don't even go in the same sentence.

Thanks to Amber for this Overdrive recap!

MySpace profiles of the Key West cast are revealed

Since Key West premieres in nothing but a couple of days, we've decided to post the MySpace accounts of the roommates who will be donning television screens for the next couple of months. If you haven't got a chance to fully acquaint yourself with the seven strangers, here's your chance:

Janelle
John
Jose
Paula
Svetlana
Tyler
Zach

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.

John, Jose, Paula, Tyler, Svetlana, Zach rumored to be the cast for Key West; Melinda, Danny, Johanna are the first to be kicked off Fresh Meat

In an otherwise slow news cycle, adding to the preliminary list of members of the Key West cast is Jonathan from Pittsburgh, PA. So far, Jonathan, Jose, Paula, Star, Tyler, Svetlana and Zach are the seven strangers of The Real World: Key West.

Also, in a little bit of more news that we can confirm... The first few castmembers kicked off the Fresh Meat Challenge that is currently winding down in Australia are: (highlight to read)

Danny (Austin) is the first to be kicked off followed by Melinda (Austin) followed by Johanna (Austin)... No word on the fate of Wes (Austin). The Austin cast are the first to get booted out, but it didn't seem to hamper the spirits of Danny and Melinda. There are rumors circulating like crazy that the two are engaged, sparked off by the diamond ring that Melinda is wearing on her ring finger.

Zach, Jose, Tyler, Paula are castmembers of the Real World: Key West

Here's some new pictures of "supposed" Real World Key West castmembers. Although there's practically no way of confirming if these are really the real deal, you can check out pictures of Zach and Jose here at a webshots website. If the pictures turn out to be true, both Zach and Jose will join Tyler, Paula and Star as part of The Real World: Key West.