Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour
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| Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes, including commercials |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | June 6 – October 23, 2000 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Road Rules: Semester at Sea |
| Followed by | Road Rules: The Quest |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour is the ninth season of Road Rules. It took place mostly in the southern areas of the United States and in South Africa. A casting special aired on June 6, 2000, and the season premiered two weeks later on June 19, 2000.
Cast
| Name | From | RW/RR Challenges |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Brentson | Meadow Vista, CA | Battle of the Seasons |
| Kathryn Colb | The Dalles, OR | None |
| Msaada Nia | Los Angeles, CA | None |
| James Orlando | Loomis, CA | Extreme Challenge, Battle of the Sexes |
| Theo Vonkurnatowski | Mandeville, LA | Battle of the Seasons, The Gauntlet (Won), Battle of the Sexes 2 (Won), Fresh Meat |
| Laterrian Wallace | Stanley, NC | Extreme Challenge, Battle of the Sexes, The Gauntlet |
- Bold indicates the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge.
Episodes
| No. in season |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 | "Walking on the Wind" | June 19, 2000 |
| 2 | 121 | "Frosty Face Off" | June 26, 2000 |
| 3 | 122 | "Frosty Face Off (2)" | July 3, 2000 |
| 4 | 123 | "Mission Impossible: Get Shorty" | July 10, 2000 |
| 5 | 124 | "Fugitives of Love" | July 17, 2000 |
| 6 | 125 | "Love, Lust and Lies" | July 24, 2000 |
| 7 | 126 | "Swimming in Sex" | July 31, 2000 |
| 8 | 127 | "My Louisiana" | August 7, 2000 |
| 9 | 128 | "Theo Takes a Leap" | August 14, 2000 |
| 10 | 129 | "A Square in a Social Circle" | August 21, 2000 |
| 11 | 130 | "2 Negative Atmosphere" | August 28, 2000 |
| 12 | 131 | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | September 4, 2000 |
| 13 | 132 | "Blood and Goats" | September 11, 2000 |
| 14 | 133 | "Revenge in the Bush" | September 18, 2000 |
| 15 | 134 | "Flying With the African Birds" | September 25, 2000 |
| 16 | 135 | "Alone With Your Thoughts" | October 2, 2000 |
| 17 | 136 | "A Day Out on O-Town" | October 9, 2000 |
| 18 | 137 | "Letting Out the True Feelings" | October 16, 2000 |
| 19 | 138 | "The Ball and Chain" | October 23, 2000 |
Memorable Moments
- This season had a Roadmaster who was announce missions on a video monitor on the cast's Shasta RV. Many missions were around challenging the cast member's fears.
- The cast has numerous face-off missions against mtv.com fans, O-Town, and the Playboy Extreme Team.
- This season using unique editing and cinematography, with frequent use of split-screen, interviews overplayed yon top or next to on-site footage, and widescreen formatting.
- The cast walks a tightrope between two hot-air balloons.
- The cast steals the robotic dog from The Real World: New Orleans house with the help of Make a Wish Foundation host Sloan Harris.
- The cast goes to South Africa to participate in a tribal ritual, compete against The Real World: New Orleans, and shark cage dive, among other missions.
Trivia
- The first "game show" themed episode of the series. The cast competed for cash to be added to their pool of money every mission.
- The episode that found the cast in South Africa was the only episode to ever be nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Reality Program category.
- Theo has since gone on to a career in comedy. He auditioned for season four of the NBC show, "Last Comic Standing," in summer 2006. He made it to the semi-finals, but was not selected as a member of the final cast competing for the title. He did however win a fan voting poll on NBC's website.
External links
- Road Rules at TV.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
| Preceded by | Road Rules Maximum Velocity Tour |
Succeeded by The Quest |
