DC ExtraTime: Before They Were MTV Stars - Havana

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This week is a busy one for MTV Reality fans: Monday has two episodes of Floribama Shore and Part 1 of the Teen Mom 2 reunion after last week's eventful behind the scenes special. The Challenge Final Reckoning rolls along on Tuesday, and Wednesday is the premiere of Are You The One? Season 7. And it is the start to what will be a busy fall season ahead for MTV fans, as it will be followed by the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, the return of Jersey Shore Family Vacation, and the premieres of Zach Holmes' Too Stupid to Die, Pretty Little Mamas with moms who call San Diego home, the U.S. version of Just Tattoo of Us, and Made in Staten Island.
   The ladder series, executive produced by Karen Gravano of VH1's Mob Wives and featuring her daughter Karina as a cast member, is among the latest new series to be given a promotional launchpad of being part of cable's highest-rated reality network, which features its biggest series in those Jersey originals. This spring, the precious spot of following Jersey Shore was given to the first U.S. version of another MTV show that originated overseas in Ex On The Beach, where Challenge newcomers Kayleigh, Joss and Melissa got their starts before they made their American debuts on Vendettas this year.

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Amidst seeing Angela, Faith, Paulie and Derrick -- all of whom are continuing their runs into this summer & fall with The Challenge Final Reckoning -- as well as longtime staple Cory and others from in and outside the MTV family, it was the exes (including Mr. Chocolate) that invaded the same islands of Hawaii who'll host our 22 newest members of the MTV family this coming week. But instead of going for a perfect match or money, they went for getting to rekindle love, get much-needed revenge or simply settle their own final reckoning all in the midst of massive drama that took place this spring. It enthralled everybody who watched, the same way those overseas have since the MTV international franchise began airing a few years ago.
   But, you may not know that there is a link between one of those fourteen exes who invaded Hawaii to one of the nominees for the most coveted piece of silverware MTV can give out and one of the biggest artists of the past year. There, she started with America's biggest girl group since Destiny's Child and then stepped out on her own and has become a big name herself, including collaborating with Shawn Mendes and Machine Gun Kelly before she became a solo artist. And he was an ex of one of the two representatives of Bachelor Nation who popped up in Hawaii as he and the exes were part of the "ultimate relationsh** show" that brought new fans to this channel.
   In this installment of Before They Were MTV Stars, we take a look at Havana, starring Camila Cabello and Marco Delvecchio from Ex On The Beach USA... now up for 5 Video Music Awards.