'The Real World' To Change To 'Real World Ex-Plosion'

MTV has decided it is time for a change. More specifically, that it is time to change their long-running hit reality series The Real World. Are they going to go back to the roots of the show and showcase actually diverse and interesting people?

Of course not! They're just bringing in more hotties for the hot tub.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the network will be changing the format, and the title, for the first time ever. When the new season airs next year, it will now be known as Real World Ex-Plosion.

The show will start off as it has for the past 786 seasons, but a new twist will be implemented about half way through:

The season begins like any other: Seven young, attractive and single diverse cast-mates from around the country move into a house (first cast photo above). They’ll start to form bonds, with each other and with San Francisco locals. Then, one month into the three-month shoot, they’ll go away for a day trip. When they return, they’re in for a huge shock: Their exes have moved in too.

Snooze.

When casting season 29, producers sought singles who had particularly interesting relationships with their exes — there’s the person who’s really close friends with the ex, the one that’s always getting texts from his ex, etc. After filming began, producers had to scramble to convince the exes to drop everything and join the cast too — five of the seven agreed.

“Four weeks into the show, after some [housemates] started to develop new relationships, the exes come in — thus, Ex-Plosion,” Murray said. “Then it got really complicated and really interesting. I’m still shocked we were able to pull it off.”

In another twist, the housemates were given smartphones for the first time, for posting messages and photos throughout their experience in the house. During filming, the messages and photos were only viewable on a closed system viewable by the housemates, their friends and family (and their exes, of course). The banked content will be gradually rolled out publicly once the show starts airing sometime next year.

I've stopped watching the new seasons myself. It continues to be the same thing every year. Hot people getting drunk and fighting. I was more interested when MTV aired reruns of the first season.

And of course, I'm addicted to The Challenge.

What do you guys think of this twist? Will you be tuning in?