The Real World: Denver

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The Real World: Denver
Format	Reality
Created by	Bunim/Murray Productions
Starring	Alex Smith Jenn Grijalva Colie Edison Brooke LaBarbera Stephen Nichols Davis Mallory Tyrie Ballard
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 minutes, including commercials
Broadcast
Original channel	MTV
Original run	November 22, 2006 – May 16, 2007
Chronology
Preceded by	The Real World: Key West
Followed by	The Real World: Sydney

The Real World: Denver is the eighteenth season of MTV's popular reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of seven diverse strangers from across the United States living together for several months, as the cameras followed their lives and interpersonal relationships in Denver, Colorado. This season premiered on November 22, 2006, and its finale aired May 16, 2007.

This is also the first real world cast to feature two African Americans.

Contents 1 Assignment 2 Cast 3 Residence 4 Music 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Assignment

Every season of the The Real World since its fifth season has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates. The Denver cast worked for Outward Bound. They were trained on wilderness courses and later guided New Orleans teenagers displaced by Hurricane Katrina in hiking treks.

[edit] Cast

Cast Member	Age1	Hometown	Biography	RW/RR Challenge appearances
Alex Smith	22	Houston, Texas	Born August 8, 1984. MTV.com describes Alex as cocky, street smart, and sensitive, with an overconfident loud mouth. He is a Division I swimmer at ASU, has multiple paramours, is close to his family, and is constantly partying, but yearns for maturity.[1][2]	The Gauntlet III[3]
Brooke LaBarbera	24	Nashville, Tennessee	Born March 7, 1982. Brooke is a southern woman raised by two clinical psychologists. Though she grew up in a sheltered environment, she admits to being a very sexual person. She ended a long-term relationship just prior to joining the cast, and dreams of stardom.[4][5]	The Gauntlet III[3]
Colie Edison	22	East Brunswick, NJ	Born December 7, 1983. Colie is a disciplined, principled sorority president who mtv.com describes as the strongest personality in the house. She is described as having a need for attention, especially from men, and a free spirit.[6][7]	The Inferno III
Davis Mallory	23	Marietta, Georgia	Born August 10, 1983. MTV.com describes Davis as a typical blonde-haired, blue-eyed frat boy. Davis is a southern conservative Christian, and gay, something he first realized in the sixth grade, though his family was not pleased with his coming out. Being on The Real World represents a major change in his life, as he has long been afraid to show his true self to the world.[8][9]	The Inferno III
Jennifer Grijalva	22	Martinez, California	Born March 30, 1984. Jennifer was a popular girl in school, a Oakland Raiderette cheerleader, and, as mtv.com describes her, a party animal. However, she yearns for emotional attachment, which stems from her inability to allow herself to be vulnerable.[10][11]	The Inferno III
Stephen Nichols	22	Sacramento, California	Born December 30, 1983. Stephen is a deeply religious African-American, conservative Republican student at Howard University. He is very ambitious, and outspoken in his views, including his stance against gay marriage. He is also described as an expert persuader and salesperson who loves to be the center of attention.[12][13]	None
Tyrie Ballard	23	Omaha, Nebraska	Born December 7, 1982. Tyrie was raised in a strict and aggressive manner by a military father. As a consequence, he never developed a strong rapport with him, and ended up with a gang, but is trying to leave that past behind him. He has developed a reputation on his campus for his sharp wit, his interest in politics, and for having a big heart.[14][15]	The Inferno III, The Gauntlet III

Note 1: Age at time of filming.

[edit] Residence

The 21,927 square foot, two-story building is located in Lower Downtown (LoDo) Denver, a historic district and mixed-use neighborhood. Constructed in 1963, the building was sold in late April for $2.7 million to 1920 Market Street, LLC, a holding company that included the producers of the series. The Denver LoDo building was the first property in the 18 seasons of The Real World that Bunim-Murray Productions purchased for the filming of the series. Bunim-Murray had to seek permission from the city to temporarily rezone it from its commercial status to residential. On December 1, 2006 the building was sold for $3.3 million to Steve and Shane Alexander, partners in The Alexander Group, LLC. The sale included all of the furnishings that were used for the filming of the series, except for the artwork, which had been on loan.^[16]

[edit] Music

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Songname	Music Artist
Weather Girl	Shiny Toy Guns
Better Strangers	I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness
The Witch	Never
Little Lady	Sam Rhansum
Boomerang	Nectarphonic
Heart Like This	Dizzy X
Give You More	Taxi Doll

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MTV's The Real World: Denver official site
• The Real World: Denver House
• The Real World and Road Rules Blog

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