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''The Real World: Key West'' is the seventeenth season of
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's
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series ''
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'', 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 second season of ''The Real World'' to be filmed in the South Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in
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after '' The Real World: Miami''. The season featured seven people and was shot in the Key Haven neighborhood of
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from August to December 2005. It premiered on February 28, 2006, and consisted of 25 episodes. The season premiere was viewed by 3.33 million people. In 2019, the season was made available for streaming on
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(alongside the sixteenth and twenty-eighth seasons) ahead of '' The Real World: Atlanta''s premiere.


Production

The production faced a lawsuit by tourism mogul Ed Swift, a neighbor to the Driftwood Drive house, who sought to stop filming at the location, on the grounds that the production's floodlights, commercial-sized air conditioners, and outdoor cameras capable of rotating towards his house were a nuisance, and that local zoning laws prohibit commercial use of Key Haven homes. After MTV threatened to cancel production in response to the lawsuit, a judge threw out the lawsuit and allowed Bunim-Murray Productions to continue filming the season, with some minor production restrictions put in place. During filming,
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made landfall, forcing the cast to evacuate to
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. Subsequently, Wilma hit the area, forcing them to evacuate again, first to Ft. Lauderdale, and then to
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.


Assignment

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season. The Key West cast was assigned to assist in starting a Mystic Tan franchise at the Pineapple Gallery. It closed briefly after Hurricane Wilma had devastated the store, and later reopened.


The residence

The cast lived in a nearly Spanish
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-style, five bedroom, four and a half bathroom house at 32 Driftwood Drive in Key Haven, just north of the Key West city limits. The property spans of waterfront property, and includes a
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court, indoor
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court, gym, and an open dock. The house, which, along with two adjacent lots, was leased from June 28 to December 30, 2005, also included a x indoor pool that was converted into a sunken lounge area for filming. The house also included an outdoor pool. The house sustained some damage from
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.


Cast

: Age at the time of filming.


Episodes


After filming

After the cast left the ''Real World'' house, all seven of them appeared to discuss their experiences both during and since their time on the show, ''Fun, Sun, and Now Totally Done: The Real World Key West Reunion'' which premiered on August 22, 2006, and was hosted by
Susie Castillo Susie Castillo (born October 27, 1979) is an American actress, TV host, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2003. She competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. She pursued a career in the media, making various ...
. At the 2008 ''The Real World Awards Bash'', Svetlana won the title of "Hottest Female" and Johnny was named "Hottest Male". Other nominees included Paula for "Best Meltdown" and for "Best Phonecall Gone Bad", and Tyler for "Roommate you Love to Hate", "Best Dance-Off" and for "Steamiest Scene" alongside Bhakti."The Real World Awards Bash: Nominees"
. MTV.com. 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
"The Real World Awards Bash: Winners"
. MTV.com. 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
In 2006, Paula Meronek was arrested for assault for allegedly biting then-boyfriend John Alyward. In April, 2014, she married Jack Beckert and gave birth to three babies: Atlas (born in 2014), Athena Rose (born in 2015) and Aurora Mae (born in 2019). Svetlana Shusterman became an aspiring actress and model who appeared in ''
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'' as one of the "Girls of FHM". In 2007 she was arrested for disorderly conduct. In March 2014, Shusterman filed a restraining order against
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frontman
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. Boyd responded that he did not know her, and did not recall having ever met her. Janelle Casanave got married on June 13, 2015. In 2011, Devenanzio alleged in a lawsuit that the TV series ''
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'' damaged his name and personality and caused him emotional distress by featuring a character named "Johnny Bananas", played by
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. One year later, the judge ruled in
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's favor. In 2017, he appeared on ''
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'' alongside Leroy Garrett from '' The Real World: Las Vegas''. In 2018, he started hosting ''
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'', a late-night travel series on NBC. In 2020, Devenanzio competed in season 19 of ''
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''. Devenanzio subsequently hosted another late-night NBC show, ''Celebrity Sleepover'', which premiered on April 3, 2021. Devenanzio also competed on the first season of '' House of Villains'', and on the second season of ''
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''.


''The Challenge''

Note: Paula appeared on the 2010 MTV special ''
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'' as a commentator


References


External links


MTV's ''The Real World: Key West'' official siteSvetlana Shusterman's blog
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