Road Rules: Northern Trail
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This was the fifth season of Road Rules
. It took place along the northern border of the United States, often landing the cast in parts of Canada.
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...
. It took place along the northern border of the United States, often landing the cast in parts of Canada.
Cast
This is the first cast to have six castmembers.| Name | Hometown/Country | RW/RR Challenges |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Holmes | Boston, MA | None |
| Roni Martin | Harlem, NY | Challenge (Won), 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... (Won) |
| Tara McDaniel | Chatsworth, CA | Battle of the Seasons |
| Dan Setzler | Apple Valley, MN | Challenge 2000 (Won), Battle of the Seasons, Battle of the Sexes 2 (Won) |
| Noah Rickun | Mequon, WI | Challenge (Won) |
| Anne Wharton | Tempe, AZ | Challenge (Won), Battle of the Sexes |
- Bold indicates the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge, but lost in the Final Race.
Memorable Moments
- Kalle and Jake, from the Road Rules Islands cast, kidnaps the cast to take them to their first mission. They catch various castmembers in compromising situations. Roni is at her high school prom, Jon is taking a shower at home, and Tara is asleep at her sorority house at UCLA.
- The cast performs the first six-person bungee jump ever.
- The RV is robbed while the cast is staying in the hotel. Most of the cast had their clothes and Road Rules backpacks stolen. Noah lost his guitars.
- While in New York City, Roni's hometown, the cast, with the exception of Noah, chooses not to meet her family and friends, instead opting to go out to party. While Roni already felt ostracized by the group, this provokes her into a tirade against her fellow castmembers.
- Dan and Tara hook-up during the entire season, which causes awkward moments when the cast stays at Dan's home in Apple Valley, Minnesota. The two admit during a truth or dare session that they had sex during the trip.
- During the same truth or dare session, Jon admits that he has a temper problem that he covered up with his awkward, goofy personality.
Trivia
- Tara believed so much that she wouldn't be cast, when the production crew told her to pack her bags "just in case", she didn't listen.
- This cast used the same RV as the Road Rules: All StarsRoad Rules: All StarsRoad Rules: All Stars is the first season and original title of the MTV reality television game show, The Challenge. The first season of the show premiered on June 1st, 1998.-Format:...
cast. - Jon is now an editor on Destructoid.com, and married to a Boston native
- This is the first season of "Road RulesRoad RulesRoad 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...
" with 6 Roadies, rather than the usual 5.