So the 19 degrees of Reality TV Hookups was a clip show for all intensive purposes. However, it did show some unknown things that were interesting. They are:

60 former cast members of both shows now live in Los Angeles.

There have been 40 hookups on both shows.

There are countless others that haven't been on air:

Timmy and Holly hooked up during the hurricane in Cabo. (Battle of the Seasons)

No one still knows what happened between Dan and Holly on Challenge 2000.

Becky and Theo hooked up during Battle of the Seasons.

Timmy and Becky hooked up after filming Battle of the Seasons.

Coral and Theo dated during Battle of the Seasons.

Coral went out for coffee with Steven during the Las Vegas casting process. Coral wanted something to happen. Steven didn't.

Keri and Blair shared a kiss during a New Year's Party.

Blair and Kendal dated for five months.

And finally... a confirmation on Lori and Kyle, who met during the Chicago wrap party. But declined to be interviewed by MTV on their relationship.

Also, we are working on a new sleeker site design which should be out in the next two days.

A new special airs today on MTV at 1pm. It's airing right now on the east coast. It's called Real World/Road Rules 19 Degrees of Reality TV Hookups. Hosted by Mike and Malik (Back to New York), this special will outline the mishaps of Real World/Road Rules relationships.

For those of you who were wondering about the standings on Battle of the Sexes... Here they are:

Boys Colin Jamie Mark Puck Theo Shane Antoine Syrus Jake James Dan Blair Eric N. Yes David B. Eric J. Latterrian David E.

149 141 136 134 130 128 118 117 115 103 101 99 99 94 X X X X

Girls Ruthie Emily Ellen Veronica Anne Lori Melissa Ayanna Genesis Rachel Amaya Christina Aneesa Tonya Jisela Gladys Beth Julie

134 117 108 108 103 93 92 91 89 74 71 69 67 64 X X X X

Trouble in paradise? It looks like it. It has been long said that Emily and James get voted off at the same time. James goes first, then Emily soon follows. However, what Kristin at E-Online says is that the two take a break off their relationship. Something goes awry in Jamaica? Maybe.

Plus, she reveals that we'll see a different side of Frank as Las Vegas windles down. The LA trip will show some tension between Trishelle and Frank. Plus, she reveals that Trishelle dated Adam (The Quest).

Colin's second book, A New Ladies Man, is out. Go to his website to check it out!

Talk about movin' on up. Teck (Hawaii) is featured on tonight's episode of Friends. He plays one of the youthful interns that Chandler works with and makes him feel old.

And another Real World movie? No, it's not the Lost Season... We've reported on Cancun: The Reality Movie before, but all trade reports has got this one as The Real Spring Break... Maybe spinning it of the Real World. Whistleblowers say this movie will be a spinoff of sorts... This film isn't being produced by MTV films, but is being produced by New Line Cinema with Bunim-Murray Productions. It joins two other reality movies this summer: From Justin to Kelly and Spring Break: The Movie. All three films are mysteriously all about Spring Break. The film will have six males and six females (Road Rules numbers...) and film them in Cancun, Mexico. The Real Spring Break will be released sometime in August.

Jacinda who is known for her role on London is adding two big screen movies to her resume. She stars in the Human Stain with Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins. And a bigger role in Ladder 49 with Joaquin Pheonix and John Travolta. Jacinda has a bigger role in the latter movie, playing Pheonix's wife. Ladder 49 sees wide release on November 7th, 2003 while the Human Stain is released sometime this year.

Did you know? Pam and Judd were both asked to appear on Battle of the Sexes? Just some small news. I think Chris (Chicago) was also asked to appear. (This is a slow news day...)

And The Real World You Never Saw Vegas DVD came out. Apparently, you can catch a glimpse of Irulan's boob... (This according to an emailer)

Amaya and Yes round up tonight's victims. Elimination board should be posted soon! Stay tuned. Las Vegas is dwindling down to its final episodes. Catch the latest one where Trishelle has a falling out with another cast member.

Lori is selling stuff on E-bay. So go check that out at her website. She also mentions the fact (again) that she'll be a more integral part to upcoming episodes. Maybe this is in sync with what she told Kristen at E! Online, where there are going to be people moving up in points very soon... Does Lori make the Top 3? New information... Remember how last year's Battle of the Seasons aired a reunion special with the final inner circles? Well, Colin says something about him and Mark confronting Ellen at the reunion special for Battle of the Sexes. Well, if they keep the same format as last year, most likely, Colin, Mark, and Ellen will all be a part of the inner circles. This is all speculation at this point though.

Sorry for the lack of updates... On the Saturday after Valentine's Day watch Real World/Road Rules 19 degrees of reality hook-ups hosted by Malik and Mike (Back to New York). It airs at 1pm. Kinda sad. They're just going to be making fun of all the mishaps of Real World relationships... ie. Irulan and Alton...

A new article fromWatch with Wanda... err. Kristin at E! Online. Some very juicy tidbits about the Battle and Vegas:

" Melodrama plus time equals laugh-out-loud comedy. That was the case for a group of Real World and Road Rules players, who gathered in a West Hollywood bar on Monday to watch the most recent episode of Battle of the Sexes, and yours tuberly was there to gather all the dirt that's fit to dish.

On hand were Ruthie (Real World: Hawaii), Genesis (Boston), Lori&Kyle (formerly of Back to New York and Chicago but now a single unit), Katie, Adam and Blair (Road Rules: The Quest), Mark (first season Road Rules) and Norman (first season Real World). Also in the house was Trishelle of the current Las Vegas season, who spilled more than a few secrets (which we'll get to later).

Battle host turned competitor Mark organized Monday's screening in honor of Puck (who didn't show), because this was the big ep in which Puck gets married--and, of course, is accused of threatening Ellen's life. Drama!

"Awww!" was the common comment throughout the Battle posse, as they watched a puffy-eyed Ellen quiveringly say she was afraid for her life. Followed by--get this--raucous laughter and clinking glasses when Puck retaliated and put Ellen in her place.

That's right, my friends. Puck's fellow castmates really don't hate him. I asked the studly Mark to explain the Puck cheering squad.

"Here is everything in a nutshell," he said. "Colin and I were in the room when the so-called 'I'm gonna kick your ass' thing happened with Ellen and Puck. And I can tell you, it never happened. He said, 'Beat it' and 'Get out of here,' but if he'd threatened her, we would have stepped in. In the reunion episode, Colin and I call out Ellen on the whole thing. Because it was bullshit."

So, who's crazier--Ellen or Puck? "Puck's crazy in a good way," Mark said. "Fun crazy. Ellen's a manipulative crazy. Unless I saw her saying this stuff, I would've never known it, because she's always so friendly. But when people are away, they say what they want."

Speaking of saying what you want, Trishelle (who's sweet as punkin pie in person) revealed some juicy tidbits about what's gone down since the show finished taping. If you don't want to know (pshaw!), skip the rest of this item.

Here's the status: Brynn's engaged to Austin (studly lip-stud dude), Irulan and Alton are very much together and living together--and Steven and Trishelle are not and not, but they are still close.

Trishelle explained the current sitch. "I'm living in Los Angeles with Katie, who was on the last Road Rules," she said, "and Steven lives, like, three streets away. Frank is also close. Frank and Katie are, like, inseparable. We are all very, very good friends. Irulan and Alton live right across the street. We talk every day."

Très cozy, no? I asked Trishelle if it was awkward living close to Steven given their history. "God, no! I meet all of his girlfriends, and I tell him which I like and which I don't. And he usually takes my advice. He does the same with me. We're both very mature, and we realize our friendship is more important than anything. I mean, I've met these people who are going to be in my life forever. Our producer has worked on eight other seasons, and he said that definitely we were the most close cast. I think the producers really cast us well, and they got lucky."

They weren't the only ones, eh? Speaking of which, a little birdie has told me Trishelle will hook up--then have a falling-out--with one of the other roommates (if you've seen the promos, you know which one), and she started dating a Road Rules guy after the show ended. Shhh...

Meanwhile, fans of the Lori-Kyle coupling can breathe a sigh of relief: They're still together...inseparable, in fact. They spent the entire night joined at the hip. "We've been together almost a year now," Kyle beamed, adding that Lori is planning on moving out to Los Angeles to join him.

According to her teammates, Lori and Kyle spent countless hours on the phone every night while they taped Battle. "What are you going to do?" she giggled, while sitting on Kyle's lap. "We get free phone calls. And I mean, look at him!"

As for what's coming up on Battle, Lori said to expect "lots of big changes. A lot of people on the bottom of the list who you don't even know about all jump to the top. Also, I'll eat more ramen and talk on the phone." Stop the presses!"

Good stuff!

On a small note: The links on the right side to email the cast members NO LONGER works. BMP recently changed their webmasters and they probably re-vitalized the whole server. So there are no more chances to email the casts of Las Vegas or Campus Crawl!

Hey! Real World Las Vegas is offering a trip to Austrailia with Brynn and Steve! You can pick one of two options: 1) Pay for it or 2) Enter the contest at Contiki.com!

There's two new people to add to the long list of semi-finalists: Christina Pyle. Christina is a sophomore from Western Michigan University and we can confirm that she made it to finals. When asked about which show she preferred, she said Road Rules, citing the fact that Real World is too trashy. (Jon Murray said that this season they were going back to "real people" anyway...) So we'll see what show (if she made it) Christina made it on.

The second is Bud Wierenga. Bud comes from Eastern Illinois University. He is a junior majoring in English. When asked why he auditioned for Real World, he said that life is just too ordinary. Check out his picture here.

Check to see both Bud and Christina in casting specials (if there is one!) or The Real World: Paris or Road Rules: South Seas.

MTV is going to air a Real World/Road Rules Valentine's Day Special on Valentine's Day. It's still unclear who the special will actually feature, but you'll probably see couples like Pam and Judd, Sean and Rachel, James and Emily, and Chadwick and Holly. It seems similar to that other special they aired where Becky (New York) and Syrus (Boston) hosted. Hopefully, it won't be the same.

Reaching another milestone here at the Blog.... Within the next week... (Probably on Late Sunday to Mid Monday) We plan to hit the half a million mark!!!! That's right! Half a million visitors to The Real World/Road Rules Blog! With hopefully another half a million to come!

For those of you who were wondering about the standings on Battle of the Sexes... Here they are after the Battle of the Opposite Sexes Mission:

Boys Colin Mark Jamie Shane Jake Antoine Theo Eric N. James Syrus Blair Dan Puck Yes David B. Eric J. Latterrian David E.

223 220 203 197 194 193 193 191 187 185 181 X X X X X X X

Girls Ellen Ruthie Veronica Melissa Lori Genesis Emily Ayanna Anne Christina Tonya Aneesa Rachel Amaya Jisela Gladys Beth Julie

216 210 197 188 177 174 166 162 155 116 100 X X X X X X X

What's up with Aneesa and Tonya? Why doesn't Melissa ever fight with David B.? What happened to the love relationship between Amaya and Colin? All pressing questions on everyones mind during the Battle of the Sexes. Check it out at Melissa's site in the Real World section.

We finally got an answer to the #1 Question asked here at The Real World/Road Rules Blog. No, it's not, "How do I get on the show?" or "Is it really real?". But it actually is "What's Lori's (RW10) email address!?" She has one! It's lori@everythinglori.com. SOOOO many people want to get in touch with her and now's your chance. She has been increasingly weary of the whole Real World status she's obtained, so drop her a line, complement her, make her feel just downright good! Here's the contact page she posted on her site.