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By DC Cueva, with Meagan Cartwright & Janette Diaz
> @DC408dxtr, @Meag_Cartwright, @JannieL0ve
Hey everyone, welcome to the 6th edition of DCBLOG Fan's View, and taking a break from our coverage of The Challenge: Free Agents and from celebrating both Easter Sunday & 4/20 for the first of our two special editions of these fan-driven posts. So far this year, we've been showcasing more of the thoughts of the people who drive the conversation of the shows we watch more than anyone else: the fans. And the next two editions of Fan's View will cover the time when they and the cast come together to relive all of the moments all over again when it all ends. It's time once again for Reunion Revealed, our exclusive behind-the-scenes look at what goes on at the reunions of MTV shows from the point of view of those in the audience. And today in part one, we start with a show that has quipped my late night attention all winter long - Are You The One?.
Now first off, if this is your first time checking out DCBLOG, as MTV fans know reunions serve as the curtain closer to every season of The Real World, The Challenge, Catfish, Teen Mom and others. It's an hour to discuss and look back on everything that went on during the season. And when the entire cast gets together for the first time since they ended filming, it's almost a guarantee that there will be plenty of fireworks, similar to what happened in the episodes preceding it.
But when you walk into the studio, the reunion taping process is much more longer than the tightly-edited 43-minute version we see on TV. And of course, there's some things that you didn't see or hear unless you were one of those lucky people who get to sit in that studio & have a front row seat to all the fireworks, and braving all those hours sitting in that same chair.
This is where, with the help of some of those who watched it live, DC Fan's View: Reunion Revealed will fill in the gap, uncovering the wraps to get a firsthand perspective of what it's like to be in the audience, to watch the drama unfold among the cast, and get some valuable scoop on everything you want to know about all this, including what we didn't see on TV. And, of course, I'm not afraid to ask what you have on your mind. I'm providing this platform on here for you to praise, vent or just comment on things. So while most media outlets will be talking to the cast about the reunions, these posts add an extra dimension in getting the POV from that of those who were there in the audience.
In our first two editions of Reunion Revealed last year, we provided great insight into both the Real World Portland and Challenge Rivals II reunions with three of my followers. One was taped over six long hours and edited down to a condensed version of it, while the other took place live & unedited and highlighted by a slap in the face. And both of those posts, as well as the RW Ex-Plosion After Shows, have received great feedback from all of my guests as well as a large number of page views. For this 3rd installment (6th overall if you include RW After Shows), we're expanding our horizons by covering our first non-RW/Challenge related MTV reunion by covering the one for Are You The One?.
For someone who's normally a Real World/Challenge fan, I can also say I'm an MTV fan as well, and is open to watching anything. But for the first time in a long while, no MTV show outside of those two shows have grabbed my attention as much as Are You The One?. Since I first discovered AYTO, I have been glued to this social experiment and watching 20 awesome girls & guys being put in a house in Hawaii, watch what happens when they all live together, do challenges, be close with one another, and all looking to find their perfect match. There was lots of drama and a roller coaster of emotions, but it had a perfect ending with a wave of confetti and excitement all around when the group's strategy of coming together to find their perfect match would pay off, and going 10 for 10 & winning $1 million.
But the drama didn't end there. The week after that golden moment, the entire cast - Adam, Amber, Ashleigh, Brittany, Chris, Coleysia, Dillan, Dre, Ethan, Jacy, Jessica, Joey, John, Kayla, Paige, Ryan, Scali, Shanley, Simone & Wes - all came together for the first time since they left Hawaii and rejoined host Ryan Devlin to discuss the events and the moments from their stay in the islands. There, we saw some words exchanged among the numerous romances that came about in the islands, along with some never before seen footage and other things. And it ended, fittingly enough, with a fairy tale ending, with Ethan successfully proposing to Amber and them getting engaged.
As this reunion took place out in Los Angeles and not in New York like most other MTV reunions, as I did in covering the RW After Shows I had to look to new people from SoCal to provide me with their insight and their thoughts. After reading the tweets about the extremely-long process of taping this reunion (as explained below), as well as working hard & scouring the social-verse in the day before & day of it airing, in the end this is who I chose: Meagan Cartwright and Janette Diaz. They were in the audience when it took place back on March 8th, braving a very long Saturday in the studio to see the cast and be witness to that reunion, and of course having a front row seat to all of the fireworks. Even though you didn't see them on camera, they can best give you the comparison between watching it in the studio and watching it at home. And don't worry - we've been respectful to MTV to wait until after it airs a month later for them to finally reveal the inside scoop from the studio and share with you all of it exclusively here on DCBLOG.
Enough of my prologue...let's get to what you've here for and to hear from the people you actually want to hear from...here now are Meagan and Janette with the Fans' View of Are You The One?: The After-Match. That's after the jump...
