The Real World: Hawaii
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| The Real World: Hawaii | |
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| Format | Reality show |
| Created by | Jonathan Murray, Mary-Ellis Bunim |
| Starring | Amaya Brecher Colin Mortensen Justin Deabler Kaia Beck Matt Simon Ruthie Alcaide Tecumseh Holmes, III |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MTV |
| Original run | Summer 1999 – Fall 1999 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Real World: Seattle |
| Followed by | The Real World: New Orleans |
The Real World: Hawaii is the eighth season of MTV's popular reality television series The Real World, which focuses on seven diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. First airing in 1999, the cast lived in a modern beach house in Honolulu, Hawaii. This was the second of four seasons to be filmed outside of the continental United States (The Real World: London in 1995, The Real World: Paris in 2003 and The Real World: Sydney in 2007), the only season not named after a city, and the first season set in the United States to be filmed outside of the lower 48.
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[edit] Assignment
Every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates. The seven housemates worked at the Waikiki Location of Local Motion, a clothing and surf apparel store. They were responsible for booking in-store entertainment under a company they christened "7 Strangers Productions."
[edit] Cast
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| Cast Member | Age | Hometown | Stats | RW/RR Challenges |
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| Colin Mortensen | 19 | Thousand Oaks, California | (b. November 8, 1979) Colin was a college student at UC Berkeley prior to filming the show. Originally, he was one of the people who just missed making the cast, and was chosen instead to host an hour long look at the casting process. In the last segment of the casting special, he met with the show's producers. There, they informed him that he was the final housemate, much to his surprise. Despite initially returning Amaya's affections, he eventually came to feel, along with Kaia and Matt, that Amaya was needy. He was also upset that she flirted with friends of his when they came to visit. Other cast members also disliked how Colin treated Amaya and how he talked to her. After the show, Colin appeared on Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes. He graduated in 2006 from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. | Battle of the Sexes |
| Amaya Brecher | 21 | Oakland, California | (b. September 17, 1977) Amaya is a woman who attends UCLA. She became attracted to Colin, with whom she had an on-off relationship. Amaya revealed that in the past she had an eating disorder and issues with her body, but insisted that this was no longer the case. Near the end of the season, the bulk of her roommates began to turn on her, citing her insecure nature and speaking ill of them outside of their presence. Amaya currently co-hosts Stargazing and Sign of the Times, two programs on Karma Air, with astrologer Cortney Litwin.[1][2] | Challenge 2000, Battle of the Sexes |
| Matt Simon | 22 | Del Mar, California | (b. December 22, 1976) Matt became close with Ruthie's twin sister, particularly during the discussions he, she and her other sister had over Ruthie's drinking problem. He wrote to her when the cast visited India. | None |
| Justin Deabler | 21 | Kingwood, Texas | (b. September 16, 1977) Justin is an openly gay student at Harvard Law School and a self-described child prodigy. He does not develop a rapport with the others. He takes exception to Teck directly asking him if he's gay in the first episode, and is highly critical of almost all of his fellow housemates, the details of which he goes into during the group trip to India. He refers to Kaia as "ineffectual" and says that "Teck's schtick is so tired it's comatose." He tries to sabotage Amaya and Colin's relationship during the India vacation, but after the trip, he leaves the house, leaving partly due to his frustration with the other housemates, but citing as his primary reason a family emergency at home. | None |
| Margaret Emily "Kaia" Beck[3][4] | 22 | Chicago, Illinois | (b. August 24, 1976) Kaia's adopted name, means "stability" in Swahili. She was comfortable walking around topless on-camera. She is a student at UC Berkeley, majoring in African-American studies. MTV.com describes her as "a strong woman in every sense of the word", "extremely conscious of her body, [as] she maintains a strict diet and exercise routine." She is also described as an excellent and outspoken debater who will challenge ideas she does not agree with.[3] | None |
| Ruthie Alcaide | 21 | Honolulu, Hawaii | (b. September 14, 1977) Ruthie is a bisexual, adopted, Filipina college student at Rutgers University, and a triplet with a brother and sister, in addition to a second sister. She has a penchant for over drinking, which often results in her passing out at bars, and inappropriate behavior like giving a table dance for her boss' wife. During another binge at the house, she takes a drinking glass and throws it, shattering it. During the first episode, she loses consciousness, and her house mates call the paramedics. Her housemates, along with Ruthie's two sisters, explore the possibility of sending her to a rehab center, but cannot do so without her consent. After Ruthie drives home from a bar intoxicated, her housemates have a meeting with her and tell her she must go to rehab or be evicted from the house. Ruthie feels betrayed, but goes to rehab, eventually returning when her stint is completed. Currently she is a singer in a band,[5] and has appeared in alcohol awareness commercials on the Armed Forces Network (AFN).[6] | Battle of the Sexes, Battle of the Sexes 2, The Gauntlet II |
| Tecumseh "Teck" Holmes III | 23 | Peoria, Illinois | (b. January 26, 1976) Teck is an outgoing African-American man. He and Ruthie strip naked as soon as they arrive at the house in the season premiere, and jump into the pool. He has gone on to appear in a number of feature film roles, including National Lampoon's Van Wilder and First Daughter, and on television series such as Friends and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service.[7] He also appeared as a salesman in a Metro PCS commercial. | Challenge 2000 |
[edit] References
- ^ karmaair.com
- ^ Karma Air page on Stargazing
- ^ a b Biography page for Kaia Beck at mtv.com
- ^ Kaia Beck biography page at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Ruthie Alcaide's MySpace page
- ^ Video of Ruthie Alcaide's alcohol awareness commercial.
- ^ Teck Holmes at the Internet Movie Database
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