''The Real World: Miami'' is the fifth season of

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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 first season of ''The Real World'' to be filmed in the South Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in

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. The season featured seven people who lived in a house on

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and was the first season filmed in the United States outside of

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and

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. Production for the season started from February to July 1996. The season premiered on July 10 of that year, consisted of 22 episodes. This is the first of two seasons filmed in Florida. Ten years later, the show set its seventeenth season, returning to the state in the Key Haven neighborhood of

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Season changes

This was the first season in which the housemates were given a season-long assignment or task, an aspect of the series that would continue in almost all subsequent seasons (the

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and D.C. seasons dispensed with it). This season the cast was given $50,000 startup money to begin a business of their choosing. The cast's efforts were marked by much disorganization and conflict, and while ideas such as a dessert delivery service and a fashion line were floated about, they were ultimately not able to start the business.

The residence

The house is located at 445 E Rivo Alto Dr, in

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, just north of the

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on affluent

. The four bedroom, three bathroom house is on of land, and is . Its current owner is former Ford

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Cast

: Age at the time of filming.

Duration of cast

Notes *Melissa voluntarily leaves the house in Episode 20 after an argument with Sarah.

Episodes

After filming

In 1998, Joe Patane published his memoirs about his experiences on the show, ''Livin' in Joe's World: Unauthorized, Uncut, and Unreal: The Memoirs of Joe Patane from the Miami Cast of MTV's The Real World''. During ''The Real World Reunion 2000'', the first reunion show that involved the Miami cast, Flora revealed that she and Mitchell got married. Joe revealed that he and Nicole broke up, to which Mike expressed relief, because, as he told Joe, Nicole was a "bitch". At the 2008 ''The Real World Awards Bash'', Dan received a nomination for "Best Meltdown" because of his fight with Melissa, while Flora received one in the "Best Phonecall Gone Bad" category."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. Flora Alekseyeun appeared nude in the May 2002 issue of ''

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'' magazine, along with other alumnae of ''The Real World'' and '' Road Rules'':

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and Jisela Delgado. In 2020, she appeared on E! reality series '' Botched''. Cynthia Roberts appeared in "Floating Deck", a 2008 episode of the DIY Network show ''Yard Crashers'', which depicted the renovation of her back yard. After a career in runway and print fashion modeling, Dan Renzi became a model scout for a Chicago agency, a field researcher with the Los Angeles Department of Epidemiology and director of AIDS/HIV program at the Kansas City Gay and Lesbian Center. He has made appearances at celebrity Spring Break parties in the

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.Spring Break Celeb — Dan Renzi
Student City, Accessed November 7, 2010. He has also contributed to the ''

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'' and the ''

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'', and chronicles all his adventures at his own blog, How Was Your Day, Dan?"'The Real World' Stars: Where Are They Now?"
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''/ AOL TV. March 4, 2008. He is now a

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based in his home state of Kansas, and has been working on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City.

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Notes

References

External links

''The Real World: Miami'' at MTV.comCast page at MTV.comEpisode synopsis list at MTV.com
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