
Nate is a recent graduate of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he played football and earned a degree in nuclear engineering. He was spurred to become an advocate for suicide prevention after one of his friends committed suicide, an experience that he recalls painfully in Episode 4. Īccording to MTV, Nate appears to be a typical fratboy, was a class clown growing up, and was captain of the high school football and baseball teams and senior class president. Frank and Mike break up in Episode 9, however, due to Frank's infidelity, after which his rift with Ashley and Zach resumes. His sexual identity brings him into conflict with Zach in Episode 5, though Frank grows closer to Zach and Ashley beginning in Episode 6, due to Frank's relationship with a man named Mike, whom Zach and Ashley believe brings out the best in Frank. He bonds with Sam in Episode 5, explaining that he never went to gay bars or wore gay pride paraphernalia before meeting her. His conflict with his parents over his sexuality lead him to act belligerent and confrontational when drunk. A failed past relationship that left him vulnerable is recalled through his unrequited attraction to Alexandra. He also enjoys partying to point of blacking out. Frank is bisexual and on his 21st birthday, he began a gay relationship for the first time.

ĭescribed by MTV as a "whirlwind of emotions" and a "master of manipulation", Frank, who is nicknamed "Hurricane Frank", grew up in Upstate New York, and graduated from Middlebury College, where he majored in Spanish and molecular biology, and participated in track and hammer throwing. She develops a romantic relationship with Zach, in part because, as she explains, they were both raised in a conservative environment, though Priscilla and Nate question the degree to which she grows dependent on Zach, to the exclusion of getting to know the rest of the cast. She prefers tall, athletic men, though she does not date often. She hopes to do sideline reporting for the NFL. She is extremely close to her mother, who is the only person she has ever lived with, underlining the new experience of living with six strangers. Ashley is also a model, with a profile on a website called Model Mayhem. Īshley, the oldest cast member, attended the University of Connecticut, where she majored in business. She lives in Los Angeles with her musician boyfriend of eight months, Byron. She is an accomplished ballerina, competition gymnast, singer-songwriter and activist whose co-founding, with her younger sister, of the Kijana Project to support AIDS orphans resulted in a featured appearance in Elle magazine.

Described by MTV as the most accomplished person to ever appear on the series, She studied calculus at age 10, graduated from high school at 14 and attended Stanford University at 15, studying civil engineering. She is of Zimbabwean, French, and American Indian descent. She relocated with her family to California. The residence Īlexandra, who goes by "Alex," was raised in Zimbabwe, in a village with no electricity or running water.

This season, the cast works at the House of Blues. Most seasons of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, have included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates, continued participation in which has been mandatory to remain part of the cast since the Back to New York season. Production began from June to Septem and the season premiered on September 28 of that year, consisting of 12 episodes. San Diego was first reported as the location for the 26th season when a moving company posted pictures of the house on their blog in May 2011, and said it would be used for the series. It is also the fifth season to be located in California. It is the sixth season to take place in a city that had hosted a previous season, as the show's fourteenth season was set in San Diego in 2004. The season featured a cast of seven people who lived in a house located in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla. It is the sixth season of The Real World to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in California after The Real World: Hollywood.
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The Real World: San Diego is the twenty-sixth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships.
