The Real World: San Diego (2011)

The Real World: San Diego (2011)
The cast of The Real World: San Diego (from left to right) (Top) Frank, Sam, Priscilla, and Nate (Bottom) Ashley, Zach, and Alexandra
Created by	Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray
Starring	Alexandra Govere Ashley Kelsey Frank Sweeney Nate Stodghill Priscilla Mendez Sam McGinn Zach Nichols
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	12
Production
Location(s)	San Diego, California
Camera setup	Operator-controlled and fixed
Running time	1 hour
Release
Original network	MTV Syndication
Picture format	480i SDTV and 1080i HDTV
Audio format	5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound
Original release	September 28 (2011-09-28) – December 21, 2011 (2011-12-21)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Real World: Las Vegas
Followed by	The Real World: St. Thomas

(Top) Frank, Sam, Priscilla, and Nate

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. 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.

The season featured a cast seven people who lived in a house located in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla. 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. It is also the fifth season to be located in California. San Diego was first reported as the location for the 26th season by the website Vevmo on June 7, 2011. Production began from June to September 9, 2011 and the season premiered on September 28 of that year, consisting of 12 episodes.

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. This season, the cast works at the House of Blues.

The cast resided in a beach house at 5212 Chelsea Street in La Jolla, California, a neighborhood of San Diego, which belongs to an unnamed celebrity who vacated it for the production's use, and removed his belongings from the residence because he "didn’t want any of his valuables destroyed by the Real World’s notoriously wreckless [sic] cast members." The two story, eight-bedroom house features a large set living room, small pool, a patio overlooking the ocean, and a tennis court on the top deck.