I am – Hercules!!
“The Real World/Road Rules Challenge” returns tonight with loads of surprises:
* Back is Mark Long, a veteran of the very first “Road Rules” back in 1995, had announced his retirement (I thought) three years ago.
* "CT" Tamburello, who keeps getting tossed off these shows (the last time for bashing Davis Mallory in the face), demonstrates his violent behavior doesn’t prevent producers from inviting him back.
* Returning also is food-loving Eric “Big Easy” Banks, who cost himself and his team a big pile of cash during “Gauntlet III” by not being fit enough to walk to the finish line.
* Hot, unstable, lesbitastic and generally fearful Brooke LaBarbera once seemed the least likely to return following her early ouster during “Gauntlet III.”
“Duel II” was shot, apparently, before “Real World: Brooklyn,” so we don’t yet get to see how well transwoman Katelynn Cusanelli competes against girls who weren’t born with wieners.
This year’s contestants and the shows that first introduced them to a grateful America:
RR: USA (1995)
Mark Long
RW: Hawaii (1999)
Ruthie Alcaide
RR: The Quest (2001)
Katie Doyle
RW: Chicago (2002)
Aneesa Ferreira
RR: Campus Crawl (2002)
Rachel Robinson
RW: Paris (2003)
Adam King
Chris "CT" Tamburello
RW: San Diego (2004)
Brad Fiorenza
Robin Hibbard
RW: Philadelphia (2004)
Landon Lueck
RWRRC: Fresh Meat (2006)
Diem Brown
Eric Banks
Evan Starkman
Ryan Kehoe
RW: Key West (2006)
Paula Meronek
RW: Denver (2006)
Brooke LaBarbera
Davis Mallory
Jenn Grijalva
RR: Viewers' Revenge (2007)
Derek McCray
Tori Hall
RW: Sydney (2007)
Dunbar Flinn
Isaac Stout
Shauvon Torres
RW: Hollywood (2008)
Brittini Sherrod
Kimberly Alexander
Nick Brown
Remind yourself of what they all look like here.
MTV recently renewed both “Real World” and “The Challenge” for four more seasons each. Apparently the attempt to revive “Road Rules” two years ago didn’t take.
Remember that the talkbackers who complain the most about reality shows are the ones most likely to be caught by their moms masturbating to “American Gladiators.”
10 p.m. Wednesday. MTV.
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