Road Rules: South Pacific is the twelfth season of MTV

MTV

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's reality show 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...

that takes place in the South Pacific

Pacific Ocean

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Original cast members

Cast member	Age	Origin	RW/RR Challenges
Abram Boise	20	Bozeman, MT	The Gauntlet Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet The Gauntlet is the seventh season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge. It featured 28 castmates competing in missions with an immunity life-saver awarded to the best individual performer. Each team would then select a player from their team to go into the Gauntlet elimination challenge. This... , The Inferno Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno The Inferno is the eighth season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge. It aired in 2004 on MTV, composed of twenty cast members, and took place in Acapulco, Mexico. In this challenge, the winning teams would receive a prize at the end of each mission. They would then nominate two players from their... (Won), Battle of the Sexes 2, The Inferno II Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II The Inferno II is the tenth season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge and the sequel to The Inferno. The show aired in 2005, and took place in Manzanillo, Mexico. This challenge was the same as The Inferno, except this time each team was allowed to choose only one "Inferno nominee" from the... , The Inferno 3 (Won), The Island Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Island is the sixteenth season of the reality television game show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, which aired on the American cable tv network MTV. It premiered on September 10, 2008 at 10pm ET/PT... , Cutthroat The Challenge: Cutthroat The Challenge: Cutthroat is the twentieth season of the MTV reality television game show, The Challenge, and follows Fresh Meat II. Filmed in Prague, Czech Republic, Cutthroat features a first-ever three-team format, with cast members from The Real World, Road Rules, Fresh Meat, Fresh Meat II and...
Mary Beth Decker Mary Beth Decker Mary Beth Decker is an American model who attended Texas A&M University. She was the "Cyber Girl of the Week" for Playboy in the fourth week of September 2002, and "Cyber Girl of the Month" for January 2003....	22	Houston, TX	None
Dave Giuntoli Dave Giuntoli David C. Giuntoli is an American actor.In 2007, he moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue an acting career. He has since appeared on several TV series including Nip/Tuck, Veronica Mars, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, Privileged, Without a Trace, and Cold Case among others. He is currently in the...	22	St. Louis, MO	The Gauntlet (Won)
Donell Langham	20	Boston, MA	None
Christena Pyle	20	Tampa, FL	The Inferno (Won)
Cara Zavaleta Cara Zavaleta Cara Zavaleta is an American model and actress.-Reality TV career:Zavaleta was a cast member of MTV's reality show Road Rules during the Road Rules: South Pacific season...	22	Bowling Green, OH	The Gauntlet (Won), The Gauntlet 2 Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2 The Gauntlet II is the 11th season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge and the sequel to The Gauntlet. The Gauntlet II aired in late 2005 and into 2006 with 32 contestants and took place in Trinidad and Tobago. The teams were designated Veterans and Rookies, based on the number of prior Challenge... , The Inferno 3

Replacement cast members

Cast member	Age	Origin	Cast member replaced	RW/RR Challenges
Chris Graebe	22	Ellettsville, IN	Abram	Battle of the Sexes 2
Tina Barta	21	Lincoln, NE	Cara	The Gauntlet, Battle of the Sexes 2, The Inferno II, Fresh Meat Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat Fresh Meat is the twelfth season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge. Filmed in Australia, Fresh Meat featured two-player teams; each team had an alumnus of The Real World or Road Rules partnered with a newcomer to the Challenge . This is the first edition of the Fresh Meat series.-Cast:Host: T. J... , The Duel Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel The Duel is the thirteenth season of the MTV television series Real World/Road Rules Challenge. It took place in Búzios, Brazil, with former cast members from MTV series The Real World and Road Rules competing, along with several cast members from the previous Challenge, Fresh Meat. The host of...
Jeremy Blossom	19	Parma Heights, OH	Donell	The Inferno, The Gauntlet 2

Two girls discovered by Playboy

Playboy

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. Cara Zavaleta

Cara Zavaleta

Cara Zavaleta is an American model and actress.-Reality TV career:Zavaleta was a cast member of MTV's reality show Road Rules during the Road Rules: South Pacific season...

 was named Playmate of the Month for November 2004 after the show had already aired. Mary Beth Decker

Mary Beth Decker

Mary Beth Decker is an American model who attended Texas A&M University. She was the "Cyber Girl of the Week" for Playboy in the fourth week of September 2002, and "Cyber Girl of the Month" for January 2003....

, a bartender from College Station, TX

College Station, Texas

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 was named Cyber Girl of the Month for January 2003 before she had even been cast for the show.

The entire cast of this season was trained in public speaking by American University

American University

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's Department of Communications.

• Bold indicates the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge, but lost in the Final Race.

Missions

#	Challenge	Result	Notes
1	Around the World	Completed
2	Buried Alive	Completed
3	Strong Man Competition	Completed
4	Search for the Cure	Completed
5	Family Fued	Completed
6	Climb to Jump	Completed
7	Strip Tease	Completed	Abram DQ'd for hitting; Chris replaces him.
8	Catche Me If You Can	Failed
9	Rock Diving	Completed
10	Glacier Climb	Failed	Cara voted out; Tina replaces her.
11	Little House on the Prairie	Completed
12	Sensory Race	Completed
13	Put the Skills to the Test	Failed	Donell voted out; Jeremy replaces him.
14	Face Off	Failed	Beat by Road Rules: Campus Crawl Road Rules: Campus Crawl -Cast:*Bold indicates the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge, but lost in the Final Race.* During the season, Sarah was voted off and Raquel took her place.*The group toured various university campuses around the United States.-Memorable moments:...
15	Trust Me	Completed
16	Grab the Keys	Completed

Memorable Moments

• The cast jumps off the Sky Tower in New Zealand.
• The cast runs up the stairs of a huge skyscraper in New Zealand.
• Abram hits Donell after Donell won't stop making fun of Abram, forcing him to get kicked off.
• Several members of the cast get the tattoo they worked so hard to get during the show.