Genre Reality Original language(s) English | Country of origin United States No. of episodes 25 | |
Created by Jonathan MurrayMary-Ellis Bunim Starring Adam KingChristina TrainorSimon Sherry-WoodLeah GillingwaterClyde Daryn "Ace" AmersonMallory SnyderChris "C.T." Tamburello | ||
The Real World: Paris is the thirteenth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the only season to be filmed in France.
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The season featured seven people living in a four-story château and was the second of four seasons of The Real World to be filmed entirely outside of the United States after The Real World: London in 1995, and before The Real World: Sydney in 2007, and The Real World: Cancun in 2009.
The season was filmed over 120 days from January 19 to May 18, 2003. The season premiered on June 3 of that year and consisted of 25 episodes.
Assignment
Almost every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season. The Paris cast was assigned to write reviews for Frommer's, reviewing various Paris bars, clubs and other attractions. A weekly bonus would be given to the housemates if they all completed their weekly assignments, which they rarely did. In fact, two of the castmates, Chris "C.T." Tamburello and Leah Gillingwater, were caught submitting fake reviews.
The residence
The four-story 5,382-square-foot (500.0 m2) Château was built in 1869, and is located in Le Vésinet, a commune of France in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.2 miles (16.4 km) from the center of Paris. Le Vésinet is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris, known for its wooded avenues and bourgeois mansions built around boating lakes and English-Style gardens. In some of the rooms of the Château, fake walls were built to protect 18 carat gilding on the original surfaces. The Château includes a wine cellar.
Cast
^Note 1 : Age at the time of filming.
After filming
Six months after the cast left the Real World house, six of them, except for Simon, who was there via telephone, appeared to discuss their experiences both during and since their time on the show, French Kissing and Telling: The Real World Paris Reunion which premiered on November 11, 2003, and was hosted by La La Vazquez.
Mallory Snyder later became a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. She posed for the 2005 and 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editions, and has also modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch and J. Crew.
Chris "C.T." Tamburello became a father to his first child in 2016. He introduced his son, Christopher during an episode of Invasion of the Champions.
Simon later appeared as a member of the Scruff Pit Crew during RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6). He did not return to the show for the following season.
Real World/Road Rules Challenges
Challenges in bold indicate that the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge.
Note: CT made an appearance on Cutthroat for an elimination, and Battle of the Bloodlines for a challenge and an elimination.
Note: CT came into Invasion of the Champions at the 4th challenge as a twist with 7 other champions.