| Real World: Miami | |
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| Season Information | |
| Season No. | 5 |
| Location | Miami, Florida |
| Season Run | July 10, 1996 – December 4, 1996 |
| No. of Episodes | 22 |
| Cast | |
| Starring | Sarah Becker Dan Renzi Melissa Padrón Joe Patane Cynthia Roberts Flora Alekseyeva Mike Lambert |
| Season Chronology | |
| Previous | The Real World: London |
| Next | The Real World: Boston |
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The Real World: Miami is the fifth 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 first season of The Real World to be filmed in the South Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in Florida.
The season featured seven people who lived in a house on Rivo Alto Island and was the first season filmed in the United States outside of New York and California.
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 Brooklyn 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.
Residence[]
The house is located at 445 E Rivo Alto Dr, in Miami Beach, just north of the Venetian Causeway on affluent Rivo Alto Island. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom house is on 3⁄10 acre (1,214 m2) of land and is 4,976 square feet (462.3 m2). Its current owner is former Ford CEO Jacques Nasser.
Cast[]
| Cast Member | Age* | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Becker | 25 | La Jolla, California |
| Dan Renzi | 21 | Overland Park, Kansas |
| Melissa Padrón | 22 | Miami, Florida |
| Joe Patane | 25 | Brooklyn, New York |
| Cynthia Roberts | 22 | Oakland, California |
| Flora Alekseyeva | 24 | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Mike Lambert | 24 | Jacksonville, Florida |
*Age at the time of filming.