*** Advisory: DC SocialPulse contains adult language, objectionable content & spoilers for some readers. Viewer Discretion is Advised. Due to its length, take frequent eye breaks if you're reading this top to bottom. ***
It's Christmas Eve Eve, and as you are getting those gifts wrapped and that food ready, we at DCBLOG are at the launchpad of the show that will be our prime focus of this winter: Season #2 of the American version of MTV's global romantic reality franchise,
Ex On The Beach. And after what we saw with The Challenge and Are You The One as well as now with Floribama Shore, "the Ultimate RelationsXXX show" should sure live up to its billing as it did when it arrived in America earlier this year.
Last spring, Season 1 of Ex On The Beach brought us to the familiar MTV setting of Hawaii, where we saw seven reality and three ordinary singles take up residency with their exes in a format that was familiar to the global audience but new to the U.S. crowd. They sure gave us a lot of wild TV there as Cory took a break from
The Challenge and parenthood to deal with Alicia and Taylor, saw Angela, Paulie and other stars make their MTV debut, and a lot more drama than you can handle as they had to deal with exes familiar and fresh emerging out of the water weekly.
For Season 2, MTV has doubled down with an all-star all-reality cast headlined by -- whether you like her or not -- Teen Mom's Farrah Abraham for the MTV crowd, and for the broader reality field by two-time Bachelor suitor Chad Johnson. They are joined by Nicole from
The Challenge, Malcolm from
AYTO,
Big Brother alums Corey & Morgan, the U.S. series' first gay castmates Jozea & Cheyenne, and past reality alums Maya & Janelle. And again, Romeo Miller is master of ceremonies as the series' format is the same as last time: exes arriving weekly and regular eliminations.
This week, their experience begins for each of them as they arrive in Malibu, California as they will seek to find love in what they feel is a new kind of dating show... only, of course, for Romeo to break the news that this is a totally different kind of show with plenty of surprises awaiting them. Along with the usual first-episode "get to know you", initial romances pop up with the singles just before the first wave of exes arrive onshore. It's what happens when the exes arrive that we find out that small things as pets can cause love to go bust, among other things. We'll have that covered here.
First, if you're new to this site, welcome, get cozy and indulge yourself in our unique, insightful and distinctive look at some of your favorite reality programming, and the U.S. version of MTV's global franchise known as Ex On The Beach. That includes SocialPulse, which we got to do for the first U.S. EOTB season back in April - and have done for every episode of
Are You The One?,
The Challenge and
Real World since summer 2013. This signature component of our MTV coverage showcases the other show taking place concurrent to when the episodes air each week: the social interaction among castmates, fellow MTV & reality alumni and fans as viewed by them in the Twitter sphere, part of the communal experience watching the show as it airs, and before and after too.
These exclusive running diaries are specially designed, curated & pieced together in its uncensored entirety to bring the drama, hookups, jaw-dropping moments and more to you here as it took place in its original airings on Thursday nights as a service to all fans each weekend. Whether you're reliving it all over again on your DVR or on-demand, or if you don't have cable/satellite or streaming & are just catching up for the first time, you are covered here. In addition to those, we also offer our spin on the traditional weekly episode recaps with opinions & analysis, and through our site's other key element of ExtraTime - also focus on the people and stories of the MTV Reality world, both on- and off-camera and in and outside the bubble.
Now, the following is the action, reaction and interaction, and the actual posts of the cast of Ex On The Beach Season 2, fellow reality alumni and fans like you as they watched the premiere on Thursday evening, along with the day-before buildup and the aftermath to that first episode.
• As we begin, please note there is explicit language in many of the tweets below, but they are kept 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 do not proceed with reading this post. But need not worry...DCBLOG 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.
Night one hook-ups, day-after invasions and plenty of love by the ocean -- and an arrest(!)... Welcome to the premiere Pulse of Season 2 of
Ex On The Beach. Thanks for joining us... dive in.
