Road Rules: Islands
Encyclopedia
Road Rules: Islands is the fourth season of MTV
's reality television
series, Road Rules
.
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
series, Road Rules
Road Rules
Road Rules was an MTV reality show that debuted on July 19, 1995. The series, which was MTV's second reality show after The Real World followed six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24 after stripping them of their money and putting them on an RV traveling from location to location only guided...
.
Cast
| Name | Hometown/Country | RW/RR Challenges |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Bronstein | Philadelphia, PA | Battle of the Sexes |
| Kalle Dedolph; | Fort Collins, CO | Challenge (Won) |
| Vince Forcier; | Boca Raton, FL | None |
| Oscar Hernandez | Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico -Barrios :*Carraízo*Las Cuevas*Dos Bocas*La Gloria*Quebrada Grande*Quebrada Negrito*Saint Just*Trujillo Alto Pueblo*Cooperativa Jardines de Trujillo Alto-Geo/Topography:*Carraízo dam... |
None |
| Erika Ruen | San Diego, CA | None |
- Bold indicates the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge, but lost in the Final Race.
Memorable Moments
- The cast spends the night in the crater of a volcano.
- The cast trains with the Coast Guard.
- The cast plays paintball with an All-Star team of former Road Rulers.
- The cast is part of the very first Real World/Road Rules Games ever, prompting the first ever Real World/Road Rules ChallengeReal World/Road Rules ChallengeThe Challenge is a reality television game show on MTV that is both dependent on and spun off from the network's two flagship reality shows, The Real World and the now cancelled series, Road Rules. It is currently hosted by T.J...
a year later.
Trivia
- During casting, they were looking for a Puerto Rican castmate. In a casting call, they were initially intent in looking for a muscular, manly guy, but they were won over with Oscar's personality and humor.
- The cast didn't get along too well with Oscar, who was the only US citizen not from the mainland. In Road Rules: Passport Abroad, the cast admits that they had asked production to kick off Oscar and replace him with someone who they would get along with better. Because he did nothing wrong, production chastised the cast for their negative and isolating attitude.