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{{infobox television |
{{infobox UK place|
|country = Wales
| show_name = The Real World: Seattle
|welsh_name=
| image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:RealWorldSeattle.jpg|225px]] -->
|constituency_welsh_assembly= [[Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Carmarthen East and Dinefwr]]
| caption = Cast of the ''The Real World: Seattle'' at the [[Pike Place Market]] in [[Seattle, Washington]]
|official_name= Llandeilo
| format = [[Reality show]]
|unitary_wales= [[Carmarthenshire]]
| rating = {{TV-14}}
|lieutenancy_wales= [[Dyfed]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
|constituency_westminster= [[Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)|Carmarthen East and Dinefwr]]
| creator = [[Jonathan Murray]], [[Mary-Ellis Bunim]]
|latitude= 51.884055
| supervising producer = [[Matt Kunitz]]
|longitude= -3.999183
| starring = [[Irene McGee]]<br />Stephen Williams<br />David Burns<br />[[Lindsay Brien]]<br />Rebecca Lord<br />Janet Choi<br />Nathan Blackburn
|post_town= LLANDEILO
| country = [[United States]]
|postcode_district = SA19
| network = [[MTV]]
|postcode_area= SA
| first_aired = Summer 1998
|dial_code= 01558
| last_aired = Fall 1998
|os_grid_reference= SN625225
|preceded_by = ''[[The Real World: Boston]]''
}}
|followed_by = ''[[The Real World: Hawaii]]''
| imdb_id =
|}}
'''''The Real World: Seattle''''' is the seventh season of [[MTV]]'s popular [[reality television]] series ''[[The Real World]]'', which focuses on seven diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. First airing in 1998, the Seattle cast lived in a house on [[Port of Seattle|Pier 70]] of [[Seattle, Washington]]'s [[Elliott Bay]]. This was the third season of ''The Real World'' filmed in the [[western United States]] (after ''[[The Real World: Los Angeles]]'' in 1993 and ''[[The Real World: San Francisco]]'' in 1994).


'''Llandeilo''' (or Llandilo) is a [[town]] in [[Carmarthenshire]], south-west [[Wales]], situated at the crossing of the [[River Tywi]] by the [[A483 road|A483]] on an elegant stone bridge.
==Season changes==
* This season was the first to feature cast members who knew each other before arriving at the house, David and Nathan, who were both cadets at the [[Virginia Military Institute]], which is why they say "This is the true story of seven people" instead of "seven strangers" in the opening sequence.


The town is served by [[Llandeilo railway station]] on the [[Heart of Wales Line]].
==Assignment==
Every season of ''The Real World'', beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates. The Seattle cast worked as "modulators" at [[KNDD]] FM, an [[alternative rock]] radio station. Their job begins as a series of promotional duties but eventually leads to producing and hosting a live radio show.


== Early history ==
==Season highlights==
[[Image:Dinefwr Castle.jpg|thumb|400px|Dinefwr Castle]]
* Nathan must deal with the perils of a [[long-distance relationship]] with his girlfriend, exacerbated in part by his close friendship with housemate Irene.
Llandeilo is named after one of the better known [[Celtic Christianity|Celtic]] [[saint]]s of the 6th century, [[Saint]] [[Teilo]]. The [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word '[[Llan place name element|llan]]' signified a religious enclosure, normally one dedicated to a particular saint (thus corresponds, today, to 'church of'). Saint Teilo, who was a contemporary of [[Saint David]] the [[patron Saint]] of [[Wales]], established a small monastic settlement or 'clas' on the site of the present-day church.
* Irene's experiences a relapse of [[Lyme Disease]]. She eventually moved out of the house, ostensibly over health concerns over the disease, but years later, during a reunion show for the various casts of ''The Real World'', she appeared in a video in which she aired her criticisms of the show and her bitterness regarding her time on it. Roommate Nathan Blackburn, with whom McGee became close friends during the show, took offense at her statements.
* Lindsay is horrified when she is told over the phone that a friend has committed [[suicide]].
* In one of the most dramatic and controversial moments in ''Real World'' history, McGee's housemate, Stephen Williams, having been insulted by McGee as she was moving out, stopped her car as she was leaving, opened the passenger side door, and slapped her. Williams was ordered by producers to attend a series of anger management classes, which he is then shown to complete successfully.
* The cast traveled to [[Nepal]]. The trip served a number of purposes. In addition to the customary exotic vacation that is handed to RW cast members in each season, the trip was also used as a means of promoting [[REI]], a local outdoor equipment store, and also for creating an audio diary to support their radio program.
* The cast reacts negatively to the way the city of Seattle takes to The Real World being filmed there. At one point, they notice a lot of people selling and wearing shirts that say "Seattle says: The Real World sucks!"


The early history of Llandeilo is therefore closely related to the establishment of [[Christianity]] in the local arena. Although there is very little factual detail about the life of Saint Teilo, the fact that he was highly respected in his lifetime and revered after his death is shown by the forty-five places dedicated to him, some as far afield as [[Brittany]].
==Cast Members==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Cast Member
!Age
!Hometown
!Stats
!RW/RR Challenges
|-
|style="background:BROWN "|'''[[Janet Choi]]'''
|
|[[Elmhurst, Illinois]]
|(b. ) She is a [[Korean-American]] and attends [[Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism]], majoring in broadcast journalism and international studies. On the show she collapsed on the top of a mountain while the cast was visiting Nepal. The tour guide revived her and it was said that the elevation affected her since she was a heavy smoker. She met Jason Cornwell from ''[[The Real World: Boston]]'' after she moved out of the Seattle house, and they dated briefly. She was also an anchor for Channel One News. She later became an enterprise reporter for KTLA News in Los Angeles after covering stories internationally including in Afghanistan and Brazil. She was one of the youngest reporters embedded on the Navy's USS Constellation during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
|''[[The Real World/Road Rules Challenge|Challenge]]''
|-
|style="background:DARKBLUE"|'''[[Nathan Blackburn]]'''
|21
|[[Chesterfield, Virginia]]
|(b. October 21, 1976 ) He is a fellow VMI cadet and friend of David's. He and the long-distance relationship he struggles to maintain with his girlfriend Stephanie is another focal point of the show. They broke up after the show ended. (Stephanie at one point was considered by Bunim-Murray Productions as being a potential castmember of The Real World: Seattle.)
|''Challenge'', ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet|The Gauntlet]]''
|-
|style="background:YELLOW"|'''Rebecca Lord'''
|19
|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
|(b. ) She is an aspiring singer and later becomes a model. She claimed to be a virgin at the time of the season's taping. Rebecca is an aspiring singer who gets to record a song with Sir Mix-a-Lot during her time in Seattle. She is now the lead singer of the band Becky, which used to include [[Keanu Reeves]] as a member.
|''[[The Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge|Extreme Challenge]]''
|-
|style="background:LIME"|'''[[Lindsay Brien]]'''
|21
|[[Illinois]]
|(b. [[October 21]], [[1976]]) She is still dealing with her father's death, and consequently, is very close to her mother and brother "because they're all I've got". When she learns via a phone call that a friend committed suicide, she is inconsolably heartbroken. Rebecca tries to comfort her but Lindsay pushes her away. Over the next few days Lindsay isolates herself from the house and refuses to talk about her friend's death. The other housemates worry and want to help, but Lindsay says she prefers to deal with it on her own. Lindsay's past radio experience makes her one of the lead DJs on the program they produced.
|''[[The Real World/Road Rules Battle of the Seasons|Battle of the Seasons]]''
|-
|style="background:ORANGE"|'''[[Stephen Williams]]'''
|20
|[[San Diego, California]]
|(b. [[April 28]], [[1978]]) is an [[African-American]], whose initial warmth and friendship with Irene sours dramatically as the season progresses, as their relationship descends into a series of heated arguments. Sensing that Irene is planning to avenge their arguments by embarrassing him in some way, he hides her much treasured cuddly toy - and denies knowledge of its whereabouts when she searches for it while moving out. As a parting-shot while leaving, Irene purposefully calls Stephen aside and laughingly calls him a homosexual in front of the cameras and thereby confirms his suspicions about her intentions. By way of response, Stephen reveals that he has the toy and taunts her by holding it over the pier, and then by throwing it into the water. Still incensed by her provocation, he then approaches her as she is being driven away, opens the car door, and slaps her - later insisting that it was with very little force. The exchanges between Irene and Stephen cause significant confusion and anger among the remaining housemates, who are then approached by the crew and are shown the video of what happened. Although the degree of provocation and the force of the slap is contested, they do agree that it was an unnecessary and offensive act. The crew reminds the remaining cast of their option to eject Stephen from the house (which would only require a single vote against him). After some tense deliberation, the housemates agree that they want Stephen to stay. The cast then attends a seminar about [[Lyme Disease]] to understand what Irene had been going through - though it remained unclear whether the disease played any part in her odd and frantic behaviour prior to her departure. Stephen is also ordered to attend a series of anger management classes, which he completes successfully. Irene later claimed during a reunion show that she left over what she felt were ethical objections to how the show was produced. In a strangely ironic twist to these events, Stephen was subsequently arrested on charges of homosexual solicitation on January 31st 2001 - thereby actually validating to some extent McGee's comments from several years earlier regarding his sexuality. [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/rwsteve2.html] [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/rwsteve2.html] On the Real World Awards, Stephen states that he is happily engaged to his male partner Sheldon [http://www.usmagazine.com/real_world_seattle_stephen_gay_and_engaged].
|''Battle of the Seasons''
|-
|style="background:PURPLE "|'''[[Irene McGee]]'''
|21 (turned 22 during filming)
|[[Poughkeepsie, New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]]
|(b. 1976) She develops a close, playful friendship with Nathan. She suffers a relapse of [[Lyme disease]]. She later leaves the show, trying to explain that she is relapsing and is "not crazy" and that "art shouldn't have to hurt". In the days prior to her departure, Irene is restless and obsessively cleans the house, worrying that her housemates think she is not clean. Her housemates are sad but also angry to see her leave, especially since Irene had talked Janet into not leaving when she was considering it. In what has become one of the most infamous moments in Real World history, Irene is assaulted by Stephen Williams after she reveals that she believes he is gay.
|None
|-
|style="background:RED"|'''David Burns'''
|20 or 21
|[[Boston, Massachusetts]]
|(b. 1977) He is a cadet from [[Virginia Military Institute]], originally from Boston. David begins a relationship with Kira, a casting director for Bunim-Murray Productions. This is a violation of the rules, and Kira lost her job as a direct result. David knew Nathan from VMI before they joined the show. David naturally has one blue eye and one brown eye.
|''[[The Real World/Road Rules Challenge 2000|Challenge 2000]]'', ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno|The Inferno]]'', ''[[Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet II|The Gauntlet II]]''
|-
|}


After Saint Teilo's death, two equally important ecclesiastical centres in Wales, namely [[Llandaff Cathedral|Llandaff]] and [[St David's Cathedral|St David's]], laid claim to his body. There is reasonable evidence to suggest however, that Saint Teilo was buried in Llandeilo, where "he spent a solitary life gloriously". The [[parish church]] of Llandeilo Fawr (Great Llandeilo) is dedicated to Saint Teilo, and until 1880 its churchyard encompassed his baptistry.
{{RWSeasons}}


The early Christian settlement that developed around the Church of Saint Teilo prospered and by the early 9th century it had attained considerable ecclesiastical status as the seat of a Bishop-Abbot. The Church of St Teilo soon became a 'mother church' to the surrounding district, acquiring an extensive estate and possessing one of the principality's most beautiful and finely illustrated manuscripts - the [[Lichfield Gospels|Gospel Book of Saint Teilo]]. The discovery of fragments of two large [[Celtic cross]]es from this period provide further testimony to Llandeilo's importance and indeed prestige as an early ecclesiastical centre.
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Towards the end of the ninth century, the importance of Llandeilo as a spiritual centre had started to decline and the Gospel Book of St Teilo was removed to Lichfield where it became commonly known as the Lichfield Gospels and Book of [[Chad of Mercia|Saint Chad]]. The [[Bishop of Lichfield|Bishops of Lichfield]] still use this manuscript to swear allegiance to the Crown.

[[Dinefwr Castle]] (anglicized as Dynevor) is a spectacular Welsh castle overlooking the River Tywi near the town. It lies on a ridge on the northern bank of the Tywi, with a steep drop of several hundred feet to the river. Dinefwr was the chief seat of the kingdom of [[Deheubarth]] and the seat of [[Rhys ap Gruffydd]], one of the early kings of Wales. The foundations of two [[Roman fort]]s have been discovered in the grounds of the Dinefwr estate, which is in the custody of the [[National Trust]].

== Medieval period ==
In the centuries that followed the [[Norman Conquest]], the [[Bishop of Llandaff]] and [[Bishop of St David's]] both claimed Llandeilo for their respective [[diocese]]. By the early 12th century Llandeilo came under the patronage of the Bishopric of St David's, an ecclesiastic borough which became responsible for the affairs of the town including its development as an important [[medieval]] market centre to an extensive agricultural hinterland. Until the middle of the 20th century, a fair called St Teilo's Fair which had been authorised initially by [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] in 1290 was held annually in the churchyard. Some of the agricultural produce and other goods offered for sale are recorded to have been displayed on the tombstones. Today the fair has been replaced by a small [[farmers' market]], held fortnightly in the same place.

== 1987 rail disaster ==
In the [[Great Storm of 1987]], the floods were so severe that the River Tywi (Towy) overwhelmed the railway bridge crossing the river near Llandeilo. A schoolboy and 3 other people were drowned when the 05:27 train from [[Swansea]] to [[Shrewsbury]] [[River Towy rail crash|crashed]] while crossing the bridge and the bridge collapsed dropping the train into the river.

==Facts==
*Llandeilo hosted the [[National Eisteddfod]] in 1996.
*Llandeilo also hosted the 2008 [[World Sheepdog Trials]].
*Near Llandeilo, at Pant-y-llyn, is [[Great Britain]]'s only known [[turlough (lake)|turlough]] (or ephemeral lake).
*Llandeilo is [[town twinning|twinned]] with [[Le Conquet]] in [[Brittany]].
*[[Llandeilo RFC]] was one of the founding clubs of the [[Welsh Rugby Union]].
*Llandeilo AFC are a [[football (soccer)]] club currently playing in the [[Carmarthenshire League]]
*Llandeilo is the birthplace of Stefan Cush - vocalist and guitarist of [[folk punk]] band [[The Men They Couldn't Hang]].
*Llandeilo was the birthplace of the [[Tomos Watkins]] brewery.
*At one time Llandeilo produced its own 'Llandeilo Style' banknotes, and this is recorded on a blue plaque on the wall of the building which used to house the [[Bank of the Black Ox]].

==External links==
*[http://www.llandeilo.org/ Comprehensive history of Llandeilo]
*[http://www.llandeilo.gov.uk/ Llandeilo town council]
*[http://www.llandeilo.net/ Virtual Llandeilo]
*[http://www.llandeilo-info.co.uk/ Llandeilo info]
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2675898 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llandeilo and surrounding area]
==Also see==
*[[Carmarthen]]
*[[Dynevor]]
*[[Dinefwr Castle]]
*[[Llandovery]]
*[[List of National Trust properties in Wales]]



{{Communities of Carmarthenshire}}

[[Category:Towns in Carmarthenshire]]

[[br:Llandeilo]]
[[cy:Llandeilo]]
[[fr:Llandeilo]]
[[nl:Llandeilo]]

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Llandeilo (or Llandilo) is a town in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Tywi by the A483 on an elegant stone bridge.

The town is served by Llandeilo railway station on the Heart of Wales Line.

Early history

Dinefwr Castle

Llandeilo is named after one of the better known Celtic saints of the 6th century, Saint Teilo. The Welsh word 'llan' signified a religious enclosure, normally one dedicated to a particular saint (thus corresponds, today, to 'church of'). Saint Teilo, who was a contemporary of Saint David the patron Saint of Wales, established a small monastic settlement or 'clas' on the site of the present-day church.

The early history of Llandeilo is therefore closely related to the establishment of Christianity in the local arena. Although there is very little factual detail about the life of Saint Teilo, the fact that he was highly respected in his lifetime and revered after his death is shown by the forty-five places dedicated to him, some as far afield as Brittany.

After Saint Teilo's death, two equally important ecclesiastical centres in Wales, namely Llandaff and St David's, laid claim to his body. There is reasonable evidence to suggest however, that Saint Teilo was buried in Llandeilo, where "he spent a solitary life gloriously". The parish church of Llandeilo Fawr (Great Llandeilo) is dedicated to Saint Teilo, and until 1880 its churchyard encompassed his baptistry.

The early Christian settlement that developed around the Church of Saint Teilo prospered and by the early 9th century it had attained considerable ecclesiastical status as the seat of a Bishop-Abbot. The Church of St Teilo soon became a 'mother church' to the surrounding district, acquiring an extensive estate and possessing one of the principality's most beautiful and finely illustrated manuscripts - the Gospel Book of Saint Teilo. The discovery of fragments of two large Celtic crosses from this period provide further testimony to Llandeilo's importance and indeed prestige as an early ecclesiastical centre.

Towards the end of the ninth century, the importance of Llandeilo as a spiritual centre had started to decline and the Gospel Book of St Teilo was removed to Lichfield where it became commonly known as the Lichfield Gospels and Book of Saint Chad. The Bishops of Lichfield still use this manuscript to swear allegiance to the Crown.

Dinefwr Castle (anglicized as Dynevor) is a spectacular Welsh castle overlooking the River Tywi near the town. It lies on a ridge on the northern bank of the Tywi, with a steep drop of several hundred feet to the river. Dinefwr was the chief seat of the kingdom of Deheubarth and the seat of Rhys ap Gruffydd, one of the early kings of Wales. The foundations of two Roman forts have been discovered in the grounds of the Dinefwr estate, which is in the custody of the National Trust.

Medieval period

In the centuries that followed the Norman Conquest, the Bishop of Llandaff and Bishop of St David's both claimed Llandeilo for their respective diocese. By the early 12th century Llandeilo came under the patronage of the Bishopric of St David's, an ecclesiastic borough which became responsible for the affairs of the town including its development as an important medieval market centre to an extensive agricultural hinterland. Until the middle of the 20th century, a fair called St Teilo's Fair which had been authorised initially by Edward I in 1290 was held annually in the churchyard. Some of the agricultural produce and other goods offered for sale are recorded to have been displayed on the tombstones. Today the fair has been replaced by a small farmers' market, held fortnightly in the same place.

1987 rail disaster

In the Great Storm of 1987, the floods were so severe that the River Tywi (Towy) overwhelmed the railway bridge crossing the river near Llandeilo. A schoolboy and 3 other people were drowned when the 05:27 train from Swansea to Shrewsbury crashed while crossing the bridge and the bridge collapsed dropping the train into the river.

Facts

External links

Also see


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