The Real World: Key West is the seventeenth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World , which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. This season was shot in the Key Haven neighborhood of Key West, Florida in From August to December 2005, and debuted February 28, 2006. It is the second season of The Real World to be filmed in southern Florida, as The Real World: Miami was filmed 10 years prior in 1996. It is also the fourth season to be filmed in the southern United States, after Miami in 1996, The Real World: New Orleans in 2000, and The Real World: Austin in 2005.
The production faced a lawsuit by tourism mogul Ed Swift, a neighbor to the Driftwood Drive house, who sought to stop filming at the location, on the grounds that the production's floodlights, commercial-sized air conditioners, and outdoor cameras capable of rotating towards his house were a nuisance, and that local zoning laws prohibit commercial use of Key Haven homes. After MTV threatened to cancel The Real World: Key West in light of the lawsuit, a judge threw out the lawsuit and allowed Bunim-Murray Productions to continue filming the season, with some minor production restrictions put in place.
During filming, Hurricane Rita made landfall, forcing the cast to evacuate to West Palm Beach. Subsequently, Wilma hit the area, forcing them to evacuate again, first to Ft. Lauderdale, and then to Orlando.
Assignment
Almost 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, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season. The Key West cast was assigned to assist in starting a Mystic Tan franchise at the Pineapple Gallery. It closed briefly after Hurricane Wilma had devastated the store, and later reopened.
The residence
The cast lived in a nearly 6,000-square-foot (560 m 2 ) Spanish Mediterranean-style, five bedroom, four and a half bathroom house at 32 Driftwood Drive in Key Haven, just north of the Key West city limits. The property spans 32,000 square feet (3,000 m 2 ) of waterfront property, and includes a tennis court, indoor racquetball court, gym, and an open dock. The house, which, along with two adjacent lots, was leased from June 28 to December 30, 2005, also included a 12-foot (3.7 m) x 20-foot (6.1 m) indoor pool that was converted into a sunken lounge area for filming. The house also included an outdoor pool. The house sustained some damage from Hurricane Wilma.
Cast
References
- ^ Matley, Alyson; "Swift: 'Get a Life'"; keynoter.com; August 27, 2005
- ^ Summary page for Episode 10 ("Gettin' Stormy") at mtv.com
- ^ Summary page for Episode 18 ("Hurricane Wilma") at mtv.com
- ^ The Key West house at realworldhouses.com
- ^ Key West House Pre-Renovation Outdoor Pool at realworldhouses.com
- ^ Key West House Hurricane Wilma at realworldhouses.com
- ^ Biography page for Jose Tapia at mtv.com
- ^ Biography page for John Devenanzio at mtv.com
- ^ Biography page for Janelle Casanave at mtv.com
- ^ Biography page for Tyler Duckworth at mtv.com
- ^ Biography page for Svetlana Shusterman at mtv.com
- ^ Cast Page for The Real World: Key West at mtv.com
External links
- The Real World:
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