Road Rules: Down Under

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This was the sixth season of Road Rules. It took place exclusively in the continent of Australia. This season is often noted as Road Rules: Australia by fans of the show.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Memorable Moments

  • After developing a huge crush on Chadwick, Piggy makes a fool of herself and begins a love/hate relationship with him.
  • The cast have to get their Australian drivers license to drive the RV. While Christina and Susie opt not to take the test because they can't drive stick, Piggy is the only castmember to fail the test, which causes her to break down.
  • The cast is visited by Season 2's Christian and Timmy. Susie, a longtime fan of the show, is enamored with Timmy.
  • The cast visits a crocodile farm as one of their missions. They have to wrangle several crocodiles and "sex" the crocodiles to check their gender status.
  • One of the major themes of the season was the downward spiral of Susie. Susie, an 18-year-old high school graduate, proclaimed to be innocent, naive, and young. By the series end, Christina and Piggy teased her for several delinquent acts that she committed including dropping the f-bomb, stealing shoes from a bowling alley, and watching porn in a hotel room.
  • After seeing that Chadwick is good at everything, Piggy sarcastingly asks him to do backflip. To her astonishment, he does one.

[edit] Trivia

  • Susie and Timmy were engaged for a short while. The two are both from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and both worked the comedy circuit for a short while. The two broke off their engagement and even though they both appeared on The Gauntlet II and The Inferno III together, the only mention that was ever made of their engagement on the show was in the Gauntlet II Pre-show when Katie Doyle mentioned it.
  • Shayne is a Canadian citizen and lived in Canada for the majority of his life. Although he was a fan favorite and stated that he would potentially be interested in doing Challenges, he's never been asked to do one.
  • Christina was later seen auditioning for season six of the NBC show, "Last Comic Standing," in summer 2008. She auditioned in Tempe, AZ, but did not get a ticket to the semi-finals.