Road Rules: Viewers' Revenge is the fourteenth and final season of the MTV reality television series Road Rules. The season premiered on January 30, 2007, at 9:00 pm EST/PST and ran through May 9, 2007. The cast is made up of six former Road Rulers and ten "Pit Crew" members. This is the first MTV reality show to be filmed and then aired in near real time with input from viewers at home.
The cast drove around California, Arizona, and Nevada competing in various missions. Each mission earned a prize of $10,000 to be pooled and split by the six cast members who made it to the finale. In addition to the cash prize, individual cast members won a Mazda3.
This season brought several changes, most notably the requirement for some to face-off against pit crew members for the right to stay on the RV. The cast was also given money and filming was not done on an ongoing schedule. This season also included new sponsorships from Wendy's and Mazda.
While this season was originally touted as bringing Road Rules out of hiatus, there have been no further seasons of Road Rules since.
Production details[]
In 2004, after its 13th season had wrapped, the show had not been renewed by MTV and the production company of Road Rules officially stated that the show was "on hiatus". For the better part of two years, Bunim/Murray Productions lobbied to have the show's contract renewed, failing twice. Ultimately in 2006, Bunim-Murray Productions had announced that they were retooling the show to include an "interactive" portion of the series as part of a new section of their company. Viewers had input in the cast eliminations, and elimination face-offs aired exclusively as digital elements on mtv.com. In late 2006, MTV announced they were picking up the series once again, resulting in Viewers' Revenge. The season's working title was Road Rules 360.
Original cast[]
Alumni[]
MTV revealed the group of alumni who were invited back to participate on Monday, January 8, 2007. The group includes:
| Name | Age | Original season | Currently from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abram Boise | 24 | South Pacific | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Adam Larson | 28 | The Quest | Santa Monica, California |
| Kina Dean | 23 | X-Treme | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Shane Landrum | 25 | Campus Crawl | Chicago, Illinois |
| Susie Meister | Down Under | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Veronica Portillo | 29 | Semester at Sea | Los Angeles, California |
Pit Crew[]
In addition, eight new cast members were brought on to compete with the alumni for spots on the RV. Two others, Derek and Mike, later joined this group. Derek joined after Abram was kicked off, opening up a spot in the total cast. The additional new cast members are called the "Pit Crew". The cast members who comprised the original "Pit Crew" are:
| Name | Age | Hometown | Special Fact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Turlington | 22 | Springfield, PA | She wants to remain a virgin until she is married. |
| Dan Walsh | 23 | St. Louis, MO | He is a Marine reservist who returned from Iraq in 2004. |
| David Leach | 20 | Kansas City, MO | He sent multiple videos to BMP in order to be cast. |
| Ivory Martinez | 22 | Brooklyn, NY | She thought that Kina was the hottest Roadie. |
| Jerry Jankowski | 22 | Fresno, California | He had difficulty getting along with his parents growing up. |
| Kristen White | 25 | Saline, MI | She has a boyfriend who is 5 years younger than her. |
| LaMonte' Ponder | 20 | Decatur, GA | He is in a dance troupe and was a University of Georgia Orientation Leader in 2006. |
| Tori Hall | 20 | Midlothian, VA | Former Miss Virginia Teen USA |
| Derek McCray | 24 | Jacksonville, FL, born in Corry, PA | Over 200 colleges wanted to recruit him for football. Derek joined the cast after Abram was kicked off for fighting, opening up a spot in the total cast. |
| Mike Flatley | 25 | Plainsboro, New Jersey | Joined the Pit Crew the final weeks as the winner of Ask.com's 'You in The Crew' Sweepstakes. |