| Season Number: | 13 |
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| Num Episodes: | 24 |
| Network: | MTV |
| Prev Season: | The Real World: Las Vegas |
| Next Season: | The Real World: San Diego |
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.
The season featured seven people living in a four-story château and is the second of four seasons of The Real World to be filmed entirely outside of the United States after in 1995, and before in 2007, and in 2009.
The season was filmed over 120 days from January 19 to May 18, 2003.[1] The season premiered on June 3 of that year and consisted of 25 episodes.
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 tenth 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 four-story 5382square feet 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 10.2miles 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.[2]
| Cast Member | Age | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Daryn "Ace" Amerson[3] | 24 | Statesboro, Georgia | |
| Ace is a senior marketing major in his sixth year at Georgia Southern University and a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He co-owns three college bars back home where his girlfriend lives, and enjoys the drinking and partying that comes with that business. The death of his mother was a troubled time for him, but he has moved on. | |||
| Adam King | 23 | Beverly Hills, California[4] | |
| Adam is a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in communications, and an aspiring rap musician and lyricist who grew up in Beverly Hills, currently living in Los Angeles. His mother provided a stable home environment while his father, William King, toured with the 70's R&B group, The Commodores. A motivated and energetic young man, friends and family compare him to the Energizer Bunny. He is initially attracted to Mallory, though she does not reciprocate. | |||
| Chris "C.T." Tamburello[5] [6] | 22 | Methuen, Massachusetts[7] | |
| Chris, aka C.T., is currently pursuing a degree in Business Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and works nights as a bartender at a nightclub near his school. He believes there is nothing he cannot accomplish if he sets his mind to it. He is opinionated and confrontational and can have a very loose temper, at times to point of getting into fights with Adam, Christina, and Leah, and is a source for much tension in the house. C.T. and Christina do have a flirtatious relationship at one point, but it never comes into fruition.[8] [9] | |||
| Christina Trainor[10] | 24 | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Christina is a criminal justice graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The child of a bi-racial relationship (her mother is Korean and her father is German), Christina is drawn to diversity in her life. With a stepfather in the military, Christina grew up a military brat and so has developed the ability to adapt to the environment around her. Her family moved away from Las Vegas, but she stayed and works as a cocktail waitress. She has breast implants. C.T. and Ace find her attractive, but nothing ever comes of it. She later becomes close friends with Mallory, Leah, and Simon.[11] | |||
| Leah Gillingwater[12] | 22 | Glen Cove, New York[13] | |
| Leah is a Long Island native and a graduate of the University of Maryland who aspires to a career in fashion and enjoys partying, shopping and expensive name brands. She is known as loud and boisterous, and is often the center of attention. She admits to at one time only dating men who drove expensive cars. Leah is first attracted to Ace, but he does not reciprocate. Known to be pugnacious, she ends up in fights with most of her roommates. Leah and Mallory click at first, but later their friendship seems to crumble, the height of their animosity coming to a head on their trip to Italy. Leah has a cancer scare though, which brings her close to Mallory and the rest of her roommates. | |||
| Mallory Snyder[14] | 19[15] | Palatine, Illinois | |
| Mallory is a 19-year-old freshman at Iowa State University. Described as "statuesque, athletic", her parents are pushing her to achieve in sports, but Mallory is struggling may want to explore life outside of athletics and gives up her soccer scholarship to move to Paris. She is single and is waiting to find love before she loses her virginity. Mallory's looks gain the attention of Adam and Ace. | |||
| Simon Sherry-Wood[16] | 18 | Dublin, Ireland | |
| A native of Ireland, Simon lives at home and goes to high school in a small village about an hour outside Dublin. His family's acceptance of his homosexuality has allowed Simon to live an open life; he has enjoyed the gay scene in Dublin since he was 16. Simon met his Spanish boyfriend on New Year's Eve, a few weeks before moving to Paris. Aware of the temptations of Paris nightlife, Simon plans to stay faithful. A working model with a flair for fashion, he intends to go to college, but has yet to apply to schools because he's unsure about his career goals.[17] | |||
Age at the time of 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.
At the 2008 The Real World Awards Bash, Mallory was nominated in the "Hottest Female" category, CT in the "Hottest Male" one, and Adam for "Best Dance-Off".[18] [19]
Mallory Snyder later became a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model.[20] She posed for the 2005 and 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editions, and has also modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch and J. Crew.[21]
Chris Tamburello's son, Christopher Junior, was born in 2016 and also appeared in an episode of Invasion of the Champions. In 2018, Tamburello married Lilianet Solares and their wedding aired on MTV as a two-week special.[22] [23] [24] That same year, he appeared on Fear Factor alongside Cara Maria Sorbello from Fresh Meat II.[25] He also starred in the movie Habitual directed by Johnny Hickey, which was released on November 13, 2020, and also featured Emilee Fitzpatrick from and Sabrina Kennedy from .[26] [27] [28] In 2022, Tamburello filed for divorce from Solares.[29] In 2024, Tamburello competed on and won the second season of The Traitors.[30]
Leah Gillingwater has a son named Griffin.[31]
Simon Sherry-Wood appeared as a member of the Scruff Pit Crew during season 6 of RuPaul's Drag Race.[32]
| Adam King | Battle of the Sexes 2, The Gauntlet 2, The Gauntlet III, The Duel II, The Ruins, Rivals | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris "C.T." Tamburello | The Inferno, The Inferno II, The Duel, The Inferno 3, The Gauntlet III, The Duel II, Rivals, Battle of the Exes, Rivals II, Free Agents, Battle of the Exes II, Invasion of the Champions, XXX: Dirty 30, Final Reckoning, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds 2, Total Madness, Double Agents, Spies, Lies & Allies, Battle of the Eras | , The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars (season 1), The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars (season 2) | |
| Christina Trainor | |||
| The Inferno, Battle of the Sexes 2, The Gauntlet 2, The Inferno 3 | The Challenge: All Stars (season 1), The Challenge: All Stars (season 4) | ||
| Leah Gillingwater | The Inferno | The Challenge: All Stars (season 2) | |
| Mallory Snyder | The Inferno | ||
| Simon Sherry-Wood |
Note: CT made an appearance on Cutthroat for an elimination, Battle of the Bloodlines for a challenge and an elimination, and Battle for a New Champion for an elimination.