The Real World Cancun: Episodes One and Two
By Emily Mitchell
MTV has just begun its twenty-second season of The Real World. Since 1992, The Real World has brought seven or eight strangers together to live in a house for about four months in various cities across the world, including Paris, Key West, and Chicago.
This season, the location is Cancun. Let the bikinis reign, and the Patron and tears flow.
The show begins with cast introductions. The cast is a plethora of personalities and backgrounds. Let’s begin with a short introduction of each member:
CJ- This 24-year-old hunk of a man is an NFL free agent. A punter, to be exact. And if you couldn’t already tell that this blonde hair, blue-eyed boy was an athlete, the huge championship ring that he sports wherever he goes will surely give you a hint. Classy. He also has a girlfriend back home.
Emilee- She is from Boston and works at Hooters. She is very pretty. She was adopted, like fellow castmates Derek and Jonna.
Ayiiia- In her own words, her name is pronounced like the late R&B star Aliyah, without the “L”. She is 21-years-old, from San Diego, CA. She won a four-month online contest where she was voted onto the show by fans.
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Before we get started recapping the action for Week 2, there is some injury news to report. Jennifer Capriati has aggravated a past injury and has dropped out of the competition. Tough luck for her partner, David Charvet, who gets sent home through no fault of his own. The news is good for the last team eliminated, though, because according to rules of the game, they’re back in. That means at least another week of the Terrell Owens and Joanna Krupa tandem. Woo hoo.
There’s a thin line between being a responsible recycler of resources, and just being a bum. Thanks to a new houseguest, the Goode family gets to see that line crossed like never before.