Sydney - welcome to The Real World
Australia may soon be inundated with boozy, sex-crazed young Americans looking for a good time.
A new season of MTV's popular reality TV show, The Real World, premieres in the US tomorrow, turning a spotlight on Sydney, particularly its nightclub and bar scene.
With millions of young Americans tuning into the show each week, it will likely spark a tourist boom down under.
Each season The Real World's producers pick a city and drop seven good-looking American party animals, aged between 18 and 25, into the mix.
The seven are filmed 24 hours a day in their luxury apartment or roaming the city, booze is always flowing, clothes are optional and hook-ups with locals are common.
Cast members have ended up in jail.
"Ah, yes, Sydney - best known for its cuddly koalas, perfect pints, beautiful beaches and, now, drama, drama, drama!" reads the publicity blurb released by MTV.
"As soon as these seven strangers move into their amazing apartment overlooking Darling Harbour, the cat-fights, drunken nights and hot tub hookups ensue."
The Real World is one of the world's longest running reality TV shows. It first aired in the US in 1992, seven years before Big Brother made its debut in The Netherlands.
The previous season of The Real World was set in Denver, with Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Paris and London among other cities where the shows have been filmed.
Filming of The Real World: Sydney began in February and the cast was picked from auditions around the US.
The seven guinea pigs are:
Shauvon, 24, a "buxom blonde bombshell" who writes a sex column for the Sacramento State University newspaper.
Isaac, 21, a "bad boy" from Cleveland who has a drug history and was once on probation for robbery.
Trisha, 19, a "sharp-tongued party girl from California who enjoys drinking, flirting, and flaunting herself with the popular crowd". Raised a devout Christian, she promised her parents to remain a virgin until marriage, but didn't keep the promise.
Cohutta, 23, a redhead hillbilly from a small town in Georgia on the lookout for a wife to take back home.
Dunbar, 22, an "arrogant and hot-headed" frat boy from Mississippi.
KellyAnne, 20, "a self-described tease" from Texas "who craves the attention of men".
Parisia, 21, a straight A student raised in New York by strict Muslim parents.
AAP
Australia may soon be inundated with boozy, sex-crazed young Americans looking for a good time.
A new season of MTV's popular reality TV show, The Real World, premieres in the US tomorrow, turning a spotlight on Sydney, particularly its nightclub and bar scene.
With millions of young Americans tuning into the show each week, it will likely spark a tourist boom down under.
Each season The Real World's producers pick a city and drop seven good-looking American party animals, aged between 18 and 25, into the mix.
The seven are filmed 24 hours a day in their luxury apartment or roaming the city, booze is always flowing, clothes are optional and hook-ups with locals are common.
Cast members have ended up in jail.
"Ah, yes, Sydney - best known for its cuddly koalas, perfect pints, beautiful beaches and, now, drama, drama, drama!" reads the publicity blurb released by MTV.
"As soon as these seven strangers move into their amazing apartment overlooking Darling Harbour, the cat-fights, drunken nights and hot tub hookups ensue."
The Real World is one of the world's longest running reality TV shows. It first aired in the US in 1992, seven years before Big Brother made its debut in The Netherlands.
The previous season of The Real World was set in Denver, with Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Paris and London among other cities where the shows have been filmed.
Filming of The Real World: Sydney began in February and the cast was picked from auditions around the US.
The seven guinea pigs are:
Shauvon, 24, a "buxom blonde bombshell" who writes a sex column for the Sacramento State University newspaper.
Isaac, 21, a "bad boy" from Cleveland who has a drug history and was once on probation for robbery.
Trisha, 19, a "sharp-tongued party girl from California who enjoys drinking, flirting, and flaunting herself with the popular crowd". Raised a devout Christian, she promised her parents to remain a virgin until marriage, but didn't keep the promise.
Cohutta, 23, a redhead hillbilly from a small town in Georgia on the lookout for a wife to take back home.
Dunbar, 22, an "arrogant and hot-headed" frat boy from Mississippi.
KellyAnne, 20, "a self-described tease" from Texas "who craves the attention of men".
Parisia, 21, a straight A student raised in New York by strict Muslim parents.
AAP
