Road Rules 2007: Viewers' Revenge
Template:In-progress tvshow Road Rules: Viewer's Revenge is the 14th season of MTV's reality television series, Road Rules. The season is set to premiere on January 30, 2007 at 9pm EST. The cast is made up of six former Road Rulers picked by fans on the MTV website before filming. This is the first MTV reality show to be filmed in real time with input from viewers at home.
Production details
In 2004, after its 13th season had wrapped, the show had not been renewed by MTV and the production company of Road Rules, officially stated that the show was "on hiatus". For the better part of two years, Bunim-Murray Productions lobbied to have the show's contract renewed, failing twice. Ultimately in 2006, Bunim-Murray Productions had announced that they were re-tooling the show to include an "interactive" portion of the series as part of a new section of their company. In late 2006, MTV announced they were picking up the series once again, resulting in Viewer's Revenge.
Once the announcement was made about filming, rumors flew about who would be cast. The MM Agency originally stated in late 2006 that there would have been two Roadies from Road Rules: X-Treme, two Roadies from Road Rules: South Pacific, one Roadie from Road Rules: Semester at Sea, and one Roadie from Road Rules: Campus Crawl. Presumably, this cast would've been Derrick Kosinski, Kina Dean, Cara Zavaleta, Abram Boise, Veronica Portillo, and Shane Landrum. This initial cast changed with Cara (South Pacific) and Derrick (X-Treme) allegedly dropping out. Susie Meister from Road Rules: Down Under and Adam Larson from Road Rules: The Quest replaced the two dropouts. The cast will be traveling throughout California in an RV.
Official Cast
MTV revealed the cast on Monday January 8th, 2007 in this MTV Press Release which includes:
- Kina Dean (X-Treme)
- Abram Boise (South Pacific)
- Susie Meister (Down Under)
- Veronica Portillo (Semester at Sea)
- Adam Larson (The Quest)
- Shane Landrum (Campus Crawl).
Additionally, to a message embedded onto the official MTV website, eight new castmembers who will be part of the MTV "Pit Crew" waiting to replace the kicked off castmembers are:
- Angel
- Dan
- David
- Ivory
- Jerry
- Kristin
- Monte
- Tori
Rules
Rather than embarking on their trip several months before the airdate, this show is being filmed in real time. Castmembers will only have the opportunity to compete in missions and nominate castmembers for elimination. Viewers at home will be able to decide most other elements of the game from the MTV website.
The rules of Viewer's Revenge state after each mission, the group nominates one male and one female. Then viewers at home choose who, of those two people, will have to go into an elimination face-off. If they lose the face-off, the castmember will be replaced by one of the eight-member "Pit Crew." The replacement will be voted on by internet visitors to the MTV.com website. Voted off castmembers are eligible to come back on the RV. After being voted off, they go back to the "Pit Crew".
Trivia
- Road Rules was put on the shelf for three years before being resurrected for this season. Producers never knew if the show was canceled or would really eventually be brought back.
- A Launch Special aired at 10:00 EST on January 23.
- This season was originally titled Road Rules 360.