I stumbled across this clip on YouTube advertising the new cast list for the upcoming Real World/Road Rules Challenge. It will be the Gauntlet 4 and should air sometime in the fall, 2010. It will comprised of Rookies vs. Veterans, as per past Gauntlets. Here's the list:
Rookies: Veterans
Ayiiia (RW Cancun) Dunbar (RW Sydney)
Vinny (Fresh Meat 2) Jenn (RW Denver)
Cara Maria (Fresh Meat 2) Brad (RW San Diego)
Chet (RW Brookyln Katie (RR The Quest)
Emilee (RW Cancun) Eric "Big Easy" (Fresh Meat)
Dan (RR Viewers Revenge) Melinda (RW Austin)
Emily (RW DC) Johnny " Domestic Violence" (RW Key West)
Derek (RW Cancun) Paula (RW Key West)
Laurel (Fresh Meat 2) Derrick (RR X-Treme)
JD (RW Brooklyn) Tori ( RR Viewer's Revenge)
Mandi (Fresh Meat 2) Ace (RW Paris)
Brandon (Fresh Meat 2) Tyler (RW Key West)
Theresa (Fresh Meat 2) Shavoun (RW Sydney)
Ty (RW DC)
I'm not sure how official this is since the teams seem to be odd numbered. But if the cast holds up, we could be in for an interesting Challenge. Ty will be interesting since he has some alcohol and violence issues and likes to fight women. I think him and Johnny "Domestic Violence" are going to get along famously. Ayiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia is also making her debut. She was quite the awful human being during RW Cancun and everyone hated her. Here's hoping lightning strikes twice.
On the Veterans side, we have Johnny and Derrick as the only two perennial winners. And Johnny is the only one out of the "Johnny, Wes, Evan, Kenny" core that tend to control the game. There needs to be at least two alpha dogs to spice it up, and I don't know if we have that here. Derrick is a beast, but he also doesn't involve himself too much in the politicking. I'm glad to see Brad on once again, with his wife Tori. They should provide plenty of UI (unintentional comedy) especially since it appears Brad still doesn't have a job (Tori must not work either, yet she derides Brad for not having a job?). After failing in the 7 previous Challenges he has been on, this seems to be his best chance at victory. I'll certainly be rooting for him, but it's really getting to be like being a Cubs fan when you root for Brad.
Competition-wise, it is clear the Veterans are going to TJ Lavin it. I mean, aside from Laurel, the Rookies don't have much going on. Chet? Derek? Drunk Dan? There best group of players is Vinnie, Laurel, Brandon, Ty, and JD. Compare that to Derrick, Johnny, Brad, Tori, Tyler, Jenn, and Dunbar. No contest. The Rookies only hope is to employ a similar strategy that the Rookies used in Gauntlet 3. Keep Big Easy around. In Gauntlet 3, he almost died in the final challenge and the Rookies pulled out the upset. That's the only way I see them winning this one. To be fair, their weak points are nowhere near as glaring as the Vets. I think it is safe to assume the producers set this up so that the Veterans would dominate, but the Rookies would ultimately neutralize them by keeping around the Vets worst players (Big Easy, Katie, and Shavoun).
I'm now off to submit this column to ESPN in hopes they see this as respectable sports analysis akin to Buster Olney's baseball column.
Eric "Big Easy"- I can run a 10 minute mile.
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