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Hi, hello, what's up and welcome back to DC SocialPulse on DCBLOG. Yeah, it's been a little while since we've last done an episode post on here. But we're glad to be back in the thick of things bringing you these twitter journals after taking some much needed and well-deserved rest & relaxation over the summer, for which we hope you enjoyed yours as well. During the first half of 2014, DC SocialPulse brought you the twitter interaction from three remarkable seasons of Real World Ex-Plosion, Are You The One? and The Challenge: Free Agents, along with both the Grammy's and the VMA's as well. Today as enter October, we begin anew here with the cast from one of those seasons, and a celebrated group for that matter, coming together once again.
Back in March 25th, the season 1 class of Are You The One? made history by winning the largest prize an MTV show has ever offered when the 10 girls & 10 guys came together with their respective perfect matches and shared in the prize of $1 million. That golden moment of them going 10 for 10 is one of my favorite moments of 2014, and seeing the group's entire ride from the beginning through that awesome season and to now is a highlight of my 16 years following the MTV world. And they then reunited for an entertaining reunion special, which was also documented in one of my Fan's View posts, and at the end saw Ethan successfully propose to Amber.
On Monday, 181 days after they were last on our screens, 10 years to the weekend of the debut of iconic MTV hit Laguna Beach, and to kick off the lead-up to season 2 of AYTO, the originals came together one more time in L.A. to celebrate the upcoming occasion of those two not only becoming a married couple, but also becoming parents to a new baby, for which they're expecting the new one to arrive over the holidays. Along with all the excitement surrounding Amber & Ethan's 2nd life-changing event in six months - and whether it's a boy or a girl, we'll also dig deep into what the rest of the originals have been up to since we last saw them last spring, from who's made up and broken up to who's hooked up and more. That's all ahead here.
But first off as we begin covering our 6th MTV series that we've provided full coverage of on here, for those of you checking out DCBLOG for the first time, as always welcome aboard...it's great to have you with us and make yourself comfortable here. If you're wondering what DC SocialPulse is about, these are one-of-a-kind posts that you can't really find anywhere in the blogosphere. Inspired by Challenge episode journals by blogger David J. Bloom (@DavidBloom7), and on advice by fellow MTV fan & webcast host Andrew Kirk (@CSUAKirk), these are my exclusive running diaries of how twitter sees TV shows and big events as they happen, straight from the people watching them in the twitter verse, including yours truly.
Something this great social platform has perfected is when people get the opportunity to witness the true communal experience that comes with watching TV and interacting with cast members, fans, friends and everyone else. As I've matured in the twitter verse since I joined the same day as premiere night of Real World St. Thomas two years ago, the reason why I become ultra busy tweeting during MTV shows or big events is for these posts. And earlier this year, I moved all my live tweeting to my new twitter handle dedicated to live tweets - DC NOW at @DC408dxnow - which allows me to still live tweet shows & events while safeguarding my primary twitter hub & audience.
If you're a fan who wants to relive how your favorite cast members reacted to a hookup, a fight, a challenge, truth booth, matchup or anything else that took place, of course we will have everything covered. Or, in the case of folks out west such as yours truly, those who might have stayed off social media while the episodes aired and wouldn't get the benefit of having the true TV & Twitter experience of your favorites tweeting along with you out west - or even watched it on your DVR a day or so later, DCSP is your first opportunity to catch up on the tweets you missed. These posts are designed & curated just for you so you don't have to do it yourself. Instead of having to go back and read up on all those tweets in your timeline or one by one after you've seen the episodes, let yours truly take care of that for you as I piece together everything in real-time, tweet-by-tweet, uncensored and unfiltered.
I monitor & compile tweets as it emerges while the shows airs out east, then RT certain tweets on DCNOW when it airs here to replicate the live twitter experience for west coast viewers, and then I burn the midnight oil to then edit it, and post these articles shortly after. This way, both on DCNow and here on DCBlog, you won't miss a single thing. And these posts serve as a public service so that everyone, regardless of where you live or when you watch it, can catch up on the social interaction. Regardless, it's a recommendation to have a two-screen experience to watch these shows, especially with an internet device handy to follow the other big show on at the same time: the spontaneous interaction among cast, fans and all of us.
Since SocialPulse launched during Rivals II in summer 2013 and then doing 36 editions covering Real World, Are You The One? and The Challenge, these SP diaries make up for a good number of DCBLOG's over 13,000 views. Yeah I know, it's a rather long process of copying & pasting cast tweets to my notepad and then putting it into my blog with commentary before & after, but the reward is lots of fans checking out my blog, including visitors from overseas in addition to U.S. fans here. And it's the work that I do compiling these tweets, along with getting views from fans and covering what I'm into that's made blogging such a great hobby of mine.
Again, DCBLOG will be offering all the tweets from cast, fans and me, plus I'll be offering an episode wrap-up when necessary, and also add thoughts & perspective when appropriate. As always, be sure to bookmark this site as this will post diaries a day or two after the episodes air, delayed of course in order to allow those who haven't had the chance to watch the episodes yet to get caught up and then head onto here for the social interaction as it happened.
Enough of this prologue. Let's get now to the reason you are actually here for: the following are the actual tweets of the cast, the season 2 group, fans and me as we got to see the 2nd reunion, along with some of the buildup in the week leading up to and the day after the reunion.
- As we begin, please note there is explicit language in many of the tweets below, but I am keeping it uncensored in order to retain the heat of the moment. So if you are mature enough, please read with discretion. :-)
- Plus, if you haven't watched the episode yet, then don't proceed. But don't worry, bookmark DCBLOG as I will compile all of these tweets into these posts after every episode so you won't be in the dark of how your favorites saw this all unfold.
- And there's also a number of twitter arguments that emerged with some members of the two casts while the reunion was airing. We've included all of their tweets in this post, and also carefully edited it to ensure that we showcase both sides of the matter.
- And there's also a number of twitter arguments that emerged with some members of the two casts while the reunion was airing. We've included all of their tweets in this post, and also carefully edited it to ensure that we showcase both sides of the matter.
So without further delay, join us after the jump as we welcome back the Season 1 Dream Team and kick off the final countdown to season two of Are You The One?, starting with the filming of it.
