<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Duel</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/the-duel.aspx</link><description>The Duel - News, Spoilers, Pictures, Profiles, Forums, and Live Commentary</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2007 BuddyTV</copyright><generator>XML::RSS</generator><ttl>30</ttl><image><title>The Duel</title><url>http://www.buddytv.com/images/s/Small_The_Duel.jpg</url><link>http://www.buddytv.com/the-duel.aspx</link></image><item><title>Exclusive Interview with Wes Bergmann of The Duel</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/exclusive_interview_with_wes_b-4906.aspx</link><description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="Wes Bergmann" hspace="3" align="left" src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/wes.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/profile/wes-bergmann-1.aspx"&gt;Wes Bergmann&lt;/a&gt; is probably one of &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/The-Real-World.aspx"&gt;The Real World&lt;/a&gt;'s most hotly debated characters - do you love him or hate him?&amp;nbsp; Despite his rocky behaivor on&lt;strong&gt; The Real World: Austin&lt;/strong&gt;, he has matured over the years, appearing on &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/fresh-meat.aspx"&gt;Fresh Meat&lt;/a&gt; and most recently &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/The-Duel.aspx"&gt;The Duel&lt;/a&gt;, where he took home the grand prize of $150,000.&amp;nbsp; Wes took time from his busy week at Arizona State to talk to BuddyTV about how his life has been changed by MTV, his new entrepreneurial ventures and the possibility of an MTV Wedding Special.&lt;br /&gt;
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BuddyTV: So, how sick are you of interviewing about The Real World?&lt;br /&gt;
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Wes: You know what?&amp;nbsp; I never get tired of it.</description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:56:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/exclusive_interview_with_wes_b-4906.aspx</guid></item><item><title>Hot List: The Duel - Diem Brown</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/hot_list_the_duel_diem_brown-3138.aspx</link><description>&lt;img alt="Diem Brown" src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/hot-list-diem-brown-3.jpg" class="alignleft"/&gt;

Although &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/profile/diem-brown-1.aspx"&gt;Diem Brown&lt;/a&gt; was eliminated two weeks ago on MTV's &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/the-duel.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, she won the respect and admiration of her housemates, as well as viewers worldwide. Aside from her tenacity and strength to fight her ovarian cancer, she is also undeniably pretty with a drop dead gorgeous body. </description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:51:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/hot_list_the_duel_diem_brown-3138.aspx</guid></item><item><title>Hot List: The Duel - Brad Fiorenza</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/hot_list_the_duel_brad_fiorenz-3134.aspx</link><description>&lt;img alt="Brad Fiorenza" src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/hot-list-brad-fiorenza-3.jpg" class="alignright"/&gt;

Known for his frat boy persona, &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/profile/brad-florenza.aspx"&gt;Brad "Konky Dong" Fiorenza &lt;/a&gt;certainly stands out in the reality show circuit. His noticeably well trimmed physique and greased hair also sets him apart from the crowd. With a hunky Italian fa??ade merged with a Chicago accent, he can possibly allure viewers with his distinct and effervescent reputation. Moreover, being cast on MTV's &lt;strong&gt;Real World&lt;/strong&gt; San Diego and &lt;strong&gt;Real World/Road Rules Challenges&lt;/strong&gt; massively exposed him into fame. </description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:43:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/hot_list_the_duel_brad_fiorenz-3134.aspx</guid></item><item><title>Exclusive Interview: Evan Starkman, Contestant on MTV's The Duel</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/exclusive_interview_evan_stark-2963.aspx</link><description>&lt;img src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/duelinterview.jpg" class="alignright" /&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/profile/evan-starkman-1.aspx"&gt;Evan Starkman&lt;/a&gt; made his TV debut as one of the eponymous newbies on MTV's &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/tvshow/fresh_meat.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Real World/Roud Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  On &lt;strong&gt;Fresh Meat&lt;/strong&gt;, Evan was so beloved by fans that MTV brought him back for another challenge, this time taking place in Brazil and called &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/The-Duel.aspx"&gt;The Duel&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;strong&gt;The Duel &lt;/strong&gt;currently airs on MTV. 

Evan recently took time out of his hectic college schedule to sit down and talk to us about his start on MTV, the behind-the-scenes action on &lt;strong&gt;The Duel&lt;/strong&gt;, and his plans for the future.


&lt;strong&gt;Evan, for those of us who might not know, maybe you can tell us a little bit about yourself before you got into the MTV business.  What exactly were you doing before &lt;strong&gt;Fresh Meat&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;The Duel&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt;</description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:51:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/exclusive_interview_evan_stark-2963.aspx</guid></item><item><title>Top Ten TV Characters You Love to Hate: #8 - Wes Bergmann</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/top-ten-tv-characters-you-love-2.aspx</link><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the_duel/profile/wes_bergmann_1.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wes Bergmann&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;

Show: &lt;strong&gt;Real World, The Duel&lt;/strong&gt;

Oh, Wes, how you annoy me.  Some may disagree, but Wes is possibly my least favorite &lt;strong&gt;Real Worlder&lt;/strong&gt; in history.  I just...I can't explain with words the annoyance and frustration Wes has caused me on both his season of &lt;strong&gt;Real World&lt;/strong&gt; and now on &lt;strong&gt;Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel&lt;/strong&gt;.  Trust me.

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&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/studio_60_on_the_sunset_strip/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love.aspx"&gt;#10&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/hells_kitchen/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love_1.aspx"&gt;#9&lt;/a&gt; / #8 / &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/30_rock/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love_3.aspx"&gt;#7&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/prison_break/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love_4.aspx"&gt;#6 &lt;/a&gt;/ &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/big_brother/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love_9.aspx"&gt;#5&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/south_park/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love_5.aspx"&gt;#4&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/24/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love_6.aspx"&gt;#3&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/lost/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love_7.aspx"&gt;#2&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/american_idol/top_ten_tv_characters_you_love_8.aspx"&gt;#1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:12:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/top-ten-tv-characters-you-love-2.aspx</guid></item><item><title>Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/real-worldroad-rules-challenge.aspx</link><description>&lt;img src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/RRDUELGOOD.jpg" align="left" hspace="3"&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/tv/reviews/6653/the-duel/"&gt;PopMatters has a nice look at the premiere of MTV's new &lt;strong&gt;Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;strong&gt;The Duel&lt;/strong&gt; sees twenty former &lt;strong&gt;Real World&lt;/strong&gt; or Road Rules contestants battle it out in a competition in which the two victors (one man and one woman) receive $500,000.  About half the characters on the show are fairly despicable, which makes rooting against certain people quite easy.</description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:33:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-duel/real-worldroad-rules-challenge.aspx</guid></item></channel></rss>